The Slits - So Tough

[LortheBlair]

M.I.A. should TOTALLY do a remix of this song!!!

[steffe689]

@LortheBlair .....

[innercitygritrecords]

Hey we are putting on a tribute event for Ari Up in Bristol, UK (30.07.11) with Tessa Pollitt, Hollie Cook, Viv Albertine, Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart! Please watch our ad youtube.com/watch?v=qE5BCjxH5g­M and check out our facebook event if you are interested? Big Love

[mcpartridgeboy]

america

[chocotoxinconcoction]

yesss

[DajaWaja]

now i understand why zappa likes this

[princesstamika]

@DajaWaja ...Zappa liked The Slits?! Really?

[DajaWaja]

@princesstamika yes i just dropped by to hear some of their music because zappa talked about them

[themisale]

theyre better than the runways thats for sure

[TeddyLeper]

While I can't say theirs was a sound I enjoyed listening to, it was interesting musical experimentation and they were pushing boundaries.

[lifewatcher69]

WOW These bitches are horrible !!!

[intoximacated]

@xbunnyflyx You might call it "Instant Hit", I call it "The Best Thing Ever".

[cheeeseballs]

RIP Ari, I'm re-listening to all your amazing songs and they're all bringing back such happiness. I'm so thankful to have had your music with me when i was young, it gave me the strength to be free with myself.

[Jerry2665]

Arianna Forster (aka Ari-Up) Rest in Peace

[Martin63]

Farewell Ari - you burned so brightly

[MrOoppoddoo]

R.I.P., Ari Up. You will never be forgotten.

[shastasheen926]

RIP atypical girl.

[RetroBarbieDoll]

rip Ari :(

[oogie11]

Rest In Peace Ari

[rootsquare]

RIP Ari.

[ladykier]

their first album changed my life as i am still determined not to be a typical girl and forever traveling to new towns.I love Ari-Up! i'll never forget her. she'll be in my heart forever.

[maorigator]

So sad to hear about Ari's death. So Young. RIP

[ljwification]

Yes, a very very sad day for the planet of the cool people

[Crede06]

R.I.P. Ari Up

[Zsanebula]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ARI UP!

[Germ0o]

i love Viv.

[AliasPoorYorick]

eatmyface1234 - 'that guy' is Suggs from Madness

[eatmyface1234]

that guy for last split second of the video his face is priceless!!!! he's like wtf just happened lol

[raku217]

true innovators!

[Khultan]

Ari, Tessa and Viv are FINE.

[THiRAKAULiTZ]

I love the Slits :D

[vinto34]

instant hit.

[L0un9ePunk]

All good and fine, but isn't this INSTANT HIT?

[lee88614]

this song is about SID VICIOUS legend!!

[TADapling]

what version is this? can someone help me out?

[riverseaocean]

they have such a superb understanding of harmony and how to thrash it around

[Mercurybeam]

Superbe son, qui ne ressemble à rien d'autre, si ce n'est peut-être aux Specials, et composition très personnelle.

[anntokiko]

i love slits!

this is new wave!

[jacobladders]

@anntokiko i see it as post-punk reggae nobody sounds like the slits they are totally original

[brookbart]

Oh yeah - this is Instant Hit

[brookbart]

This is not So Tough -- it's another song of Cut -- I'll have to look it up ...

[ilbabi]

To Syd...

To Rotten

[Kimbercakes]

wow! i enjoyed this alot.

what other bands were there like this at the time?

[MothraBlues]

Sadly, not nearly enough! The Slits were totally unique, but you may enjoy The Raincoats from the same period. Cheers!

[knicks9899]

The Slits may've been unique, but there were plenty of great girly post-punk bands: Au Pairs, Liliput, Raincoats, Delta 5, Essential Logic, Lizzie Mercier Descloux, etc.

[Khultan]

Maybe Bush Tetras, they're a New York group from late 70s or very early 80s. Actually, they're not as, I don't know how else to say it, entertaining as the slits.

[verbusen]

The Mo Dettes had a member of the Slits in it and they likewise had one song I liked just like the Slits, lol. White Mice, its posted on youtube. For a female lead punk band that lasted a little while you could look up Siouxsie & the Banshees, and Bow Wow Wow, I also saw The Plasmatics in the late 70's and that was quite a night for my 16 year old self, Wendy O Williams was a true trend setter I dont think anyone tried to walk in her shoes since. Also Joan Jett, she made me deaf for 3 days.

[djmrbrown00]

who produced the track??

[MrFritz23]

the great dennis bovell

[adorant]

Suggs at at the end there I reckon

[ImCaptainScarlet]

never seen this, fucking brilliant, such a period piece!lol

[idanya4]

itz instant hit.

but still love the song.

[maroonbaboon]

Fantastic original band!!!

Isn't this called "Instant Hit" though?

[sensei021281]

there is a mistake, the real song name is Instant Hit