The Damned - I Just Cant Be Happy Today [OGWT]

[solonely8777]

Captain Sensible should take responsibility for that one. launched his key board when signal failed.

[duffdeluxe]

I think the bass player started to play the Southbank show theme tune at the end.

[SmithySDMF]

encore! oh wait...

[andreaprodan]

As underrated as Sensible's T-Shirt!

[mookie2637]

Perhaps a trifle under-rehearsed.

[thoomoo]

Very punk

[tomahawkbungle]

that drumkit was demolished in seconds.

[xblackmetalstormx]

Dave Vanian...the most gorgeous man of his time...

[carneasadaplate]

YES!!!!!!!!!!



[louis0121]

This is TV gold !!! First band i ever went to see live back in 82/83 at The Odeon in Edinburgh with a band called The Straps supporting.Rat Scabies turned up in the foyer mortal drunk and started a fight with some of the local punks ...this before the gig had started !!!! Priceless..

[47davros]

dont get this on x factor,bland manufactured horshit that it is.what happened to all the anger

[punkbabeloveya]

When i am feeling not so happy, I watch this video and it makes me laugh every time. Love it!

[watoowatootheband]

Perfect Chaos.

[barnowl01292]

Fucking brilliant!

One of the best bands ever...

[yallop9]

Rat Scabies, the Keith Moon of punk.

[MrSvesse3]

bad day at work??

[bluejeckett]

lol Now thats what I call on the job training, Damned rock.

[adders45]

Art house

[Winston41Smith]

They look like they were actually very happy in their lives.

Great song though.

[Tiger8231]

I was 16 and the Damned amongst many bands were changing the music scene (as well as the social scene) - shame there is no movement today.....everyone is tame/nonadventurous. We wait for the youth to do something other than comply.

[jlooker143]

@Tiger8231 i'm 16 now, give it a year or so and things will change. People my age are getting fed up of the shit on mtv etc

[erictheviking871]

BLOODY TOP NOTCH .

[PunkInDrublic1993]

Oddly my dad showed me this off the old grey whistle test dvd he recently bought. By far one of the best performances I've ever seen.

[BourneLippy]

Anarchy In the U.K.! Oh happy days.

[swampdodger33]

like the cherry red`s, Rat , £65 a pair nowadays

[iScrapEm]

I LOVE THIS, and it makes me laugh so much, there just is nothing better!

[thewholio1]

FENOMENAL...FROM MEXICO-TENOCHTITLAN PARA EL MUNDO

[backinburntcity]

One of the best performances I've ever seen, lol.

[rudydynxx]

dave vanian 54 this week,,all getting on a bit.seen the damned in the penthouse glasgow about 1983 xllent.

[luckyba2tard]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, ........where was I? Oh yeah, Brilliant !

[DeadButFeelingBetter]

why cant bands be like this these days????

[primate1234]

Love it when the candles fall off the keyboards!!!!!

[primate1234]

I miss this chaotic side to The Damned- I'd say it ran from about 79' to 81-82 and then they started getting serious in their live shows. Seeing them like this is pure bliss :)

[Kelly14UK]

Well they DID sing Smash It Up earlier on didn't they?

[luvlife77]

Vanian is the epitome of hot.

[kennycthonic]

Pure class! The greatest Damned recording ever!

[Kelly14UK]

I'd love to see Nightingale's famous reaction!

[Kelly14UK]

Classic performance.

[errcycoo]

this is just flat out one on th best live performances ever recorded

[foff4strings]

If I remember correctly there was some sort of technician work to rule at the BBC when this was aired. As a result of hanging around for most of the day waiting for the camera crew to begin filming they started drinking....and drinking...and drinking...note Algy Ward's 'almost too p*ssed to stand up' stance...Annie Nightingale made some comment after about the ghost of the Who haunting the building; she looked (professionally ) terrified.

[2206411411]

The captain without his beret? Must have been special-forces back then. A demolition unit, obviously. :)

[CatapultYourMom]

I think I know what happened to Michael Jackson's other glove.

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

We're The Damned! We're a punk band! And this is called "Cahnt B Happee 2-Day"!

[deamonsushi]

Scabies wat a fukin nutter

classic performance

[rawkpig]

Totally priceless!!

[hattertim]

Kudos to wiggy for posting this...seeing them in May...looking forward to it even more now!

[jonahstevenson]

i love the way vanian magically makes the captain start playing the keys. great little performance touch

[jonahstevenson]

raw power

[gdececco]

The best punk band in its worst live performance...

[ZLUGGO]

Childish and pointless destruction.

[peej67ify]

"whoops (0:27) I knocked me candles off, must pick em up, shit I'm supposed to be playin keyboards". Captain sensible you fkin star u

[chrisjapow]

ha, i love that apathetic sneering "hi we're the damned, we're a punk band"... punk bands can't get away with that sorta thing these days cos it seems dated and cliched... but at the time it was perfect

[akastuntfish]

a beautiful shambles...

[akastuntfish]

magic...love the damned...

[Thejimislim]

the keyboard on this song is intense

[fishybighits]

St.Helens St.Helens the damned were awesome grew up listening to it because off my dad. Saints till i die.

[sunboy1000]

the best punk/goth band in the world

[carolynharlow1]

lol thanks Wiggy =D

[glangorous]

Utter lunacy. What great footage.

[scherbenltd]

best keyboard solo ever !!!

[completecontrol77]

haha loving the captains keyboard skills!

[HydrowolfTD]

haha no band would risk their preciousss "career" by doing something like this on mtv or some crap. bring the danger back into music!

[melitosse]

@HydrowolfTD The Vines, Get Free, on the letterman show, almost as fucked up as this.

[JohnnySwitchblade]

One of the first proper punk bands.

[62salv]

Haha....haven't seen this since it was broadcast! I forgot Rat's destruction spree was so....visual. And to reprise a quote he once made 'what happened to the spirit of '65'?.....indeed!

[Mel7vc]

Oh Dave... forgotten how gorgeous you were (are).

the good ol' days.... originality ruled.

[bkwannabe]

1:47-1:50 so funny

[pfishy69]

Nice one Wiggy ...at least someone in St Helens can post things other than pissed up kids in town or coppers getting agro in The Acres or Parr...thanks mate

[wokingfc2]

around sept/oct 1979 love this performance onthe ogwt fantastic love captain sensibles keyboard playing.

[cambelt2001]

Good to see this, what a band!