The lyrics to this masterpiece are the chilling match for what took place all over London in August AD2011; When the whole city was turned over & torched of an evening....
But it's true what many say, this great song isn't done justice by the piss-poor production - The sound is shallow & tinny, amateurish -even. Nothing like the hard-hitting early recordings that established The Damned as one of the All-Time Great Rock groups.
@guthywoodry true, I always thought this was the Damned's first attempt at cleaning up their sound in an effort to land a major record label.That being said you get to hear how great a voice Dave Vanian really has.
This is about the riots of somewhere in London , maybe Brixton some years ago.
I remember hearing C sensible talking about it , about how the riots were, in his opinion, a good catalyst to show how things needed to improve for those who were pushed by circumstance to ..well, riot.
Awful tinny tune compared to the usual Damned stuff though.
Played this repeatedly on college su bar jukebox searched for years to find exactly same disc. One of the best songs ever . Thanks for the .....memory
if you cant find tabs for this one just look up ignite and mess with the tempo.
at the start anyway, well cap is a fan of recycling after all
Dangersmith1 5 days ago
vanian never sounded better than on this one, brilliant
Dangersmith1 5 days ago
wish i had the guitar tabs for it
sarafin07 1 month ago
The lyrics to this masterpiece are the chilling match for what took place all over London in August AD2011; When the whole city was turned over & torched of an evening....
But it's true what many say, this great song isn't done justice by the piss-poor production - The sound is shallow & tinny, amateurish -even. Nothing like the hard-hitting early recordings that established The Damned as one of the All-Time Great Rock groups.
guthywoodry 5 months ago
@guthywoodry true, I always thought this was the Damned's first attempt at cleaning up their sound in an effort to land a major record label.That being said you get to hear how great a voice Dave Vanian really has.
pauldb707 1 month ago
yeah its about the riots in brixton and toxteth in 1981,really weird to hear it now with whats been going on!!!
gers701 6 months ago
This is about the riots of somewhere in London , maybe Brixton some years ago.
I remember hearing C sensible talking about it , about how the riots were, in his opinion, a good catalyst to show how things needed to improve for those who were pushed by circumstance to ..well, riot.
Awful tinny tune compared to the usual Damned stuff though.
vegbloke 6 months ago 2
the first damned record i owned....still a favourite to this day!! they even started doing it live again recently!!
cookyplymouth 7 months ago
Eve of Destiny made my way me to this song
AuronTheMaster 8 months ago
ThanX 4 this vid! The very essence of the late Damned!
(....thanx for the ni-i-i-ight!...)
Hollandia777 9 months ago
One of my favourite Damned songs. Brilliant.
LeeRatbag 10 months ago
Kinda starts up like Ignite.
evilashxero 1 year ago
Rat Scabies drums like an express train in this.
Kelly14UK 1 year ago
One of the few songs about the Brixton riots.
johnnyvicious2 1 year ago
i never heard this version before, The Captain sings in the other one i guess, right? idk, i like the other version better
mitolperu 1 year ago
@mitolperu
Yeah, that other version appears on the Damned But Not Forgotten CD, and also the Cap. recorded his own version for his album The Power Of Love.
livingdeadpunk138 1 year ago
@mitolperu The other version is from the the "Damned but not forgotten" LP...it is a better version.
TheBleech 6 months ago
Played this repeatedly on college su bar jukebox searched for years to find exactly same disc. One of the best songs ever . Thanks for the .....memory
altstadtpunx 1 year ago
I fucking love this song! Thank you so much for uploading
snogmyarse2890 1 year ago 2
awesome ;)
sapmi23 2 years ago
The original and the best version. Cheers for sharing.
TheQuakerKId 2 years ago
You're welcome :)
I also like this version better.
livingdeadpunk138 2 years ago