Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United (BBC Top Of The Pops, 1978)

[FuckViacom4thJuly]

The boring music before is exactly what they try to sold now for kids in 2011. same arrangments, same lyrics, same shit..

Sham 69 was a real nice band, and this song is a TOP 50, may be a top 10 for Lyrics.

My only shame is to have missed a gig with them, I had chosen Siouxsee, who was playing the same day, and it was also great, in Hammersmith..

But Sham gig were more rare, I had understand it after their "deah"

[thewelly1973]

trendous......bette rthan american rap shit.  british kids have lost their identity

[OJC1994]

just missed em first time round but wont on oct 29th at brixton....

[DelStrainComedy]

See why Punk was needed shite in charts man.SHAM ARMY.

[MsRamones16]

Hey The Boy Band of the late 70"S

[greyhound497]

sham 69 at the electric brixton oct 29

[GriefTourist]

happy days , this was the exact time i started buying records..the pistols track is the ronnie biggs thing which was the second single i bought after rivers of babylon haha

thinking about it, life never really got any better!!

[MrQuincy63]

fucking brilliant sham.

[toydolls1979]

so little views? whats wrong with the world

[chrishaldane1]

I SAW THEM IN 78....... FAB BAND ......

[middxdiehard]

Brilliant, Christ there was some shit in that top 30.

[sammyjmc1]

seen them live at glasgow apollo in 78,wot a nite, aye they wur the days it was bouncin, and so wiz i, full of eldorado,no girly buckfast in those days

[cromozzer]

great video!!! oi oi oi

[WillOrng]

Skip the first 1'23"...

[EricandDish]

Like The Rattles' "The Witch" another performance from "Top of the Pops" that had amazing energy. The title just about sums up 1978.

[RuloThe]

pops?

[flaxonx3]

It's strange but most music in those days whatever style or level of talent had an underlying energy & passion. Whenever I have the misfortune to listen to stuff from now, however loud or soft, whatever category, it sounds insipid & lame.

[netando]

@flaxonx3 That's because most music today is made for money and not love of making music. There are still some great bands out there, they are just harder to find! Don't look to major labels to carry them, look to independent labels.

[Feisty1967]

Sham 69 were brill!!

[missabs09]

long live jimmy pursey

[chuffyplug]

This was the 2nd single I ever bought......... oh dear oh dear oh dear!!!

[DeeGee941]

I was just about 9.Still one the songs that sticks in ya head.

[flaxonx3]

I was 15 in 1978 & at the time wished I'd been 15 in 1967 but now I'm happy I was 15 in 1978, there you go.

[PaulBriden]

@flaxonx3 Same as, Agreed as in happy to have been 15 in 1978.

[LeeAdamsful]

I wish I had been fifteen-years-old in 1978...

[Glamking1]

The song from the TOTP rundown from that week is "Come Back And Finished What You Started" by Gladys Knight & The Pips.