This is incendiary- It's so good-the first one in Australia that really started 'something' new - when this came out in Australia- it was mostly mid 70's pub rock- denim and satin flares and Americanised Country rock or ponderous jazz fusion bullshit- - AC DC were making some awesome music but the Saints took it that step ahead-went from really fast sped up rock n roll and morphed into Punk in Australia- this is the one lit the spark I reckon
@misterd699 hate to say it, but all too true.. Skyhooks were uniquely Australian but took a page from the British glam thing... The Saints were just The Saints... Brisbane guys that did their things with a measure of US/UK punk awareness, but with no intention of copying nor imitating.
@misterd699 ACDC is not an Australian Band they call themselves an international band that originated in Australia. Which sucks 'cause when they went big they never looked back to here... :(
this is NOT punk (in the vane of the shit UK manufactured Pistols crap). Grew up in Brissie and saw the boys play/practice this greatest of songs many times, well before punk. Not PUNK, fast rock n roll.
@PLScanlan punk comes in many shapes. or how do you explain the fact that the screamers, clash, buzzcocks, ramones, wire, suicide, métal urbain, heartbreakers - all of which had a distinct sound of their own - are referred to as punk? and yes, i'm aware that wire pretty quickly were labelled as post-punk. fast r'n'r is an aspect of punk; the dead boys, kids, teengenerate, new bomb turks, devil dogs all are/were punk bands. admittedly, i envy you for seeing the saints in their heyday!
well then noel mengele "the butcher from bribie"....the question today is ...... a classic song like this on an album of pretty average to below average songs....does that make the album a 4 star album?....i tend to think not......i think it makes i at 1 or 2 star album with a classic song on it.nobody can persuade me any differently. this should come up as entry #4 on "the butcher of bribie"s google page.
@salvadory at the end of the day, they're all just boys making noise... the UK press and the 'punk' tag has really distorted what is a simple pass-time.
@ManFromMelbourne The Dictators and The Ramones were definitely earlier but it seems like the Australian bands and the New York/Ohio bands evolved separately while the English bands didn't happen until after they'd heard The Ramones.
@szzmm Radio Birdman (a little more complex, but still raw) - type Radio Birdman nzoz1978
The Birthday Party - type nzoz1981 and then try some others
The Scientists - type nzoz1980
Also, try Fun Things, X (Australian band), New Race, Lipstick Killers, Celibate Rifles, The Hard Ons, Ratcat ('Car Crash')... there's heaps more, probably better than the short list here...
Please just stop arguing and enjoy the song. If you like it, you can comment on that. If you don't like it, you can comment on that too. But really, how does filling up a ridiculous amount of space with childish comments help? And does it really change anything?
@xaberful I got a better upload of this song on this very channel, which includes an introduction from Jesus & Mary Chain, Nick Cave, Michael Hutchence, Alice In Chains, etc.. they're talking about the Saints.
@jkdguy1 One doesn't have to be tone deaf to enjoy this rocking, intense and, angry song. One may like it for it's fast paced, abrasive, noise! And oh, what a great noise it is. One can sing along to the good melody too.
@jkdguy1 a stones song like the "last time" might sound a bit prettier to your stupid poppy ears...
but "i'm stranded" (Though fuckshit simple) would be a hell of lot harder to compose and play then "the last time" with its mozart worthy EDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDA. chord procession
obviously all you can do with your amazing talent is go around bagging music which is very similar to your own tastes
i still can't get over the fact that you are a musician wow!
I know people that are musicians... i know people who actually have degrees in music... I my self am... well a hobbiest (i don't like to self-righteously brag... i don't have small penis issues) .... i'm sure they will all tell me that structurally this is very, very similar...
he is so... so brilliant ... i literally want to suck his cock.... he... he can... play the guitar.... or maybe he can't play the guitar... but he can play the xylophone... even better...
look at his wonderful contribution to the you tube musical community.... zero demonstrations... zero music videos... zero tutorials
@jkdguy1 lol.... your a troll who can say big words like CUNT
keef was just some stoner who copied black music.... These guys are more original then that old faggot... at least they played a bit faster and sang different. He was just an old faggot who got jealous in the late 70's 'cause a new style of three cord procession was pissing all over his old faggot 60's three chord procession music. I, VI, V!
Look at the structure you douche-bag. Its the same. Look at the ramones page on all music.
you say that this music is meaningless... I don't think it is, for me I think its about a boyhood fear of being abandoned or lost and not being able to get home. I remember being afraid of abandonment as a child. or Lost. I think this is a valid, subject matter for a song. Their are plenty of meaning full songs on I'm stranded"
Punk rocks point was very much in the lyrics. Never mind the bullocks its the sex pistols is a famous satire of English satire. You obviously no nothing .
you can go fucking DIY. You can create new and interesting style that's not corny or cliche like pink Floyd or the beetles. look at the master pieces that were created because of bands like the saints! new and innovative bands like joy division, U2, the cure, nirvana etc etc etc etc etc etc. searching these bands and you will see.... they would not have existed if it was not for punk bands like the saints and the sex pistols that said, "You can fucking do it, even if your from some povo hole"
And don't give this "its made by the industry" and punk bands made heaps of money
they didn't... most punk bands were total flops or just made enough money to get by... For example these guys up above, probably don't have much more money then you do.
And sure this isn't a masterpiece(in my opinion) (some would say it is for its , revolution factor etc) look what it created. It inspired other bands by sending the message, you can fucking do what you fucking want, you can create your own music.
This shit was created by a bunch of youths in a garage who got their music theory from the rolling stones...
This stuff isn't revolutionary in composition, its revolutionary in style and culture. Punk rock bands like the saints said "fuck the industry, fuck pink floyd, fuck elitism, I can be just as fucking good as the beetles, fuck the image of the "rock star, up on his fucking pedestal"
You obvious don't like it cause you think it sound "abrasive"... are the lyrics aren't exactly a master piece... but so what, plenty of bands have crap lyrics... and if you would do some fucking research you find out they got alot better pretty quick
Your ignorance really shines when you say it is "angsty and industry produced" you obviously think this is Susan Boyle, beaver or my chemical romance or some shit....
I'm guessing your just a troll trying to get a reaction(which I myself have been guilty of at times)
Musically this is pretty much identical in complexity to Dylan and like the rolling stones and metal. In that its fuck shit simple. A composition consisting a few rep-dative chords. No Mozart or Beethoven Dylan couldn't sing either.
Get over it you entitled piece of shit....If you don't enjoy or like it. Fuck off, I noticed all you do is make negative comments on videos you don't like, good to see you've done something with your life.
Not punk! but punk/thrash Who invented punk? NY Dolls inspired 'Television' { ad read "Wanted:Rhythm guitarist.Talent not necessary."}songs such as" fuck rock and roll' and 'i dont care'. bands such as the Dictators,Suicide,Dead Boys all playing at cbgb's at the same time as the ramones who had to go to england and play with the pistols (Mclaren stole almost everything from Television) clash and as a support to the'groovies' or as the saints sing in another of their anthems. KNOW YOUR PRODUCT..
The best Australian punk anthem, second to none. I'm glad this song is still remembered after all these years. Also saw the reformed Saints at Pig City in 2007 where they performed this song and kids who were probably not even born when Bailey and Kuepper parted company were going ballistic to it! :-)
first time I heard this song was in a skate video for black label. was for Rag Doll's part. Always forgot to fucking listen to this band even though I loved the song.
Greatest Punk Song of all time!!! Chris Bailey and the boys, Rips it apart and nails it to the floor ....Down and dirty and hard and fast this track go's threw you like knife in butter. Takes you on the ride of your life this is punk at it's best. Go to town !!! Spark it up... Mate ,thanks for the song. Somebody get Chris Bailey back on tour!!!!!!!!!!!
@VALNUT1 He is on tour, saw his gig, the duo "Bailey & Burns" in Lyon (France) last weekend.. plus chatted with him afterwards (he now lives in Amsterdam).. they've got a new album & some quality trax on it too..
i bought both single and the entire record in 1977. The 'progressive' radio station i worked refused me to play it and many of the 'punk' experts refused to listen to it, because it was not from England nor America. It would surprise you just how xenophobic many LA punks were during this period. One night, I tricked these people by playing 'Know Your Product'. All was well until I revealed it was an Australian single. Seconds later, 'White Punks On Dope' took over and KYP was ignored.
The Saints !!! Put Punk on this Planet first before any other. Killer vocals .Raw Talent from the boys. Kick ass track that is timeless. Thank-you for this song.
This is phenomenal. It's too bad that relations were so highly combustible between Chris & Co. - but then again, that just added another dynamic right?
Also, just as an aside - Ivor Hay must have had women lined up all over OZ (and I'm sure NZ too).
The fact that western Brisbane produced anything more musically coherent than a scream in the mid 1970s, is a source of enduring amazement to me more than 30 years later... travel the rail line to Ipswich some time and tell me you don't want to leap onto the tracks somewhere west of Toowong. I'll tell you you're a LIAR!
@ace69er What's wrong with Ipswich? Well, gee... nothing.... nothing that a small nuclear bomb wouldn't fix, at any rate. (And before anyone gets up me for being a terrorist, I'm not - I've been making that remark for years, and even policemen have laughed along with me. So nyerrrr.)
Yeah, Stooges were great, Pistols great (although there was a touch of " Spice Girls" in that they were manufactured by a clever manager), The Jam, lots of bands back then were great. This doesn't discount The saints, though. I don't think it's an "either/ or" thing, just a matter of taste. I can't imagine them comparing themselves at the time, it just kinda wasn't that way, y'know? Lots of encouragement and that, but still a healthy, but not destructive, competition. Good Times!
I can't trust the comments of somebody whose own YouTube page reeks of negative comments and hostility from other youtubers (as seen in the comment section on your own page). You are a boring trouble-maker. You're a troll. You get a thrill out of making shit comments and getting a reaction.
Personally, I don't care about you and what your mission. Last night, two young females placed their hands down my pants at a gig I was at, and both ending up fucking me. Now that's living.
@indyfan1958 I believe that Chris Bailey grew up in Inala, Ed Kuepper grew up in,and still lives in Chelmer (as far as I know) as for Kim Bradshaw and Ivor Hay, I'm not so sure......They all went to Corinda High.
@zfonz firstly, not a hippy, secondly, my life is quite fulfilling- that is I have better things to do with my time than simply and cowardly insult those whose taste differs from my own, furthermore, if someone has a question pertaining to history that I was part of, or aware of, I will do my best to answer it to the best of my knowledge..
Indeed, I am a by-product of the brisbane punk scene of that era- my Dad is in fact the last living member of the Fucken Leftovers...I remember the police raids and excessive police brutality, I also remember the total disregard given to me by the police as a young child, the police would have no problem beating the crap out of BOTH my parents right in front of me, once while being walked home from Kindy. Self expression was severely frowned upon, and Semi Fascist is an understatement.
sorry to break it to u man but your dad's band totaly sucked so get over it - "In 1978, The Leftovers released their one three-song 7" EP, their only release in their short career,"
So get over it dickwad, they released 1 shitty album and no one has ever heard of them and no one cares, stop living in the past
@zfonz WOW man, I never realized how important it was for punk bands to release more than one EP in order to gain recognition! Its strange then, how the Cigarettes and Alcohol EP can fetch over 500 bucks, and how there is seldom a book on the topic of Australian punk rock that doesn't mention them...
As for living in the past, wasn't it you who described the Pistols as "dangerous"? Maybe back in 77 they were, when the word FUCK was still offensive
* the following has been borrowed from howlingdingo-
From 1968, for well over a decade, Joh Bjelke-Petersen was the leader (Premier) of an authoritarian State Government in tropical Queensland. With a compliant mass media turning a blind eye to his behavior, he in effect operated a police state in which democratic rights to effective free speech and meaningful citizen opposition to his frequent abuses of power were squashed.
He achieved this with the help of a highly manipulative propaganda machinery whose job was to pervert the truth, as well as a secretive and highly politicized arm of the state police force called the Special Branch. Their job was to spy on and intimidate all who would attempt to challenge the travesties and corrupt activities being committed. Anyone who wanted to see basic civil rights and truly democratic processes restored attracted their immediate attention.
*cont'd 2 Police corruption to the highest levels were later exposed and prosecuted as a result of a public inquiry, with opponents' accusations against the government shown to be entirely true.
Sounds similar to the new wave and punk sound that was also emerging around the late seventies. As this song is mostly made up of simple power chords. If this band has dressed as punks they could have easily passed themselves off as a punk band and gained a large punk following.
The point of the Saints was the punk attitude - not the punk fashion. They came from semi-fascist-state Brisbane and were playing this music back in 73/74 - a little before punk hit. When they made it in the UK, they were passed over for not having the look, which must have been a joke to them, seeing as they weren't rich kids and the music was the important factor.
semi-fascist-state Brisbane??? Last time I looked Brisbane was a town (back in 74) not a state. If you were alive back then you'd remember. Semi-facist? LOL. You are funny. I bet you're best mates with Peter Beattie. You dickhead! Please learn some history before you comment any further.
Shut the fuck up cunt. I admit to making a mistake when I called it a state...
Secondly, ask the poor kids who had to live there during that period. If you were one of them and still stand by your statement, then congradulations for avoiding the police brutality.
Anyway, don't bother responding to this, because you're blocked here, so you have no say. Fuck yourself you stupid little cunt.
I was around back then and I'm telling you, QLD was indeed a semi-fascist state! The corruption was ubiquitous, the police flat out criminal thieves, and it was run by folk who thought that all fine as long as they maintained power. Worse thing is though, the state is heading back to those ways. Time for a Royal Commission into police/politocracy, then re-instatement of the C.J.C, this time with real teeth! How's about it, Anna? Got the guts?
@EinMagillaGorilla Mate, I was here back then and am old enough to have been a victim of the flat out corrupt, thieving pigs and Just as corrupt, thieving,autocratic politocracy that ran QLD back those nightmare times, and trust me, YES IT WAS INDEED A SEMI-FASCIST STATE! I don't need to learn anyhting about the history of Brisbane back then, I lived it and sadly, can see us slipping back into those ways now. Time for another Fitzgerald Inquiry and the re-instatement of the C.J.C., I say!
@zfonz you seem to think that the points we make about Brisbane are learned, but the fact of the matter is that we LIVED through those times- its people like us who WROTE the books on Brisbane that have become standard reading for anyone studying Australian music history, sociology or political science.
You seem to often advise people to get laid, I would suggest you take your own advice, if at all possible - only the loneliest of people would spend so much time seeking attention.
I loved this song when it came out - despite hating punk - so I went to see them at The Tiger Lounge in Richmond (I think it was their first Melbourne gig) and they were shit live. They couldn't play or sing and they had crappy Savage amps that blew up. I walked out. I still love the song, it's as good as any early Stones stuff.
thats how they all used to play....it was cool....and then u hear there CD's so it's not like any of them couldn't play..everyone played bad, that's why there were so many more punk bands back in the day, for some reason people only want "perfectionists" nowadays or the people listening want it to be perfect...bunch of wanker
@zfonz You are obviously a supreme dickhead, judging by other comments you have made and comments also made about you. My story wasn't "shitty", it happened. The Saints were shithouse when they first started. Just because something is 'punk' and they weren't, doesn't mean it's good. They were just a garage band with one very good song. Were you actually around in the 70s?
you´re right to a certain extent, making grand moneymaking schemes of punkrock certainly isn´t rock n roll nor punk by any stretch of the imagination.
The Saints were one of THE punk bands and just one of the sucession of total quality Aussie bands, if you cant play live in Oz, then you are fur-cooked
There's always someone who tells me that 'punk' started with The Ramones or The Saints or Radio Birdman--however, I believe 'punk' in its purest form has come from a variety of older sources, say, The Stooges, or The Sonics, Monks, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Wailers (not the reggae Waliers--although, they too, are great), The Who, Kinks, etc.
To put a category on any band, or for a band to do that to themselves is tragic.
That said, The Saints are still beating the shit out of All Bands Today...
Love ya form. Saints got famous, got laid and made some $ just doing their thing and in doing so showed up and comers an Aussie punk band could be legit. That gave hope to all the bedoom punk bands struggling here and fed the scene I lived in the early 80's. Greatest mispent time of my life and I reckon they're iconic in Australian music for that reason.
@zfonz Grow up hippy? Sorry if I've rattled your little two dimensional world.
There are great modern bands coming through like Parkway Drive, but no one with any sort of grasp of what makes music great discounts the bands that drove an evolving genre... unless of course they're some self-indulged teen twat. Perhaps mummy has been giving you too many cuddles, but the sad reality is you're not the centre of the universe and nobody gives a rat's ass about your uninformed and unintelligent input.
@zfonz who the fuck are you calling a hippy? dickhead......there are several books on the subject, try "Pig City" or "The Hillbilly Dictator"....you obviously have NO idea what you are talking about.... And yes, I will draw parallels between Hitler, Stalin, and Bjelkie-Peterson, and anyone who was there, and in any way involved with ANY counter-cultural group will agree......Notably, the Stranglers were so shocked when they visited, it prompted them to write "Nuclear Device"..Look it up, hippy
Beautiful voice; I love this song.
AndreTheRainbow 3 weeks ago
Aussies are awesome !
KSX387 3 weeks ago
This is incendiary- It's so good-the first one in Australia that really started 'something' new - when this came out in Australia- it was mostly mid 70's pub rock- denim and satin flares and Americanised Country rock or ponderous jazz fusion bullshit- - AC DC were making some awesome music but the Saints took it that step ahead-went from really fast sped up rock n roll and morphed into Punk in Australia- this is the one lit the spark I reckon
misterd699 4 weeks ago
@misterd699 hate to say it, but all too true.. Skyhooks were uniquely Australian but took a page from the British glam thing... The Saints were just The Saints... Brisbane guys that did their things with a measure of US/UK punk awareness, but with no intention of copying nor imitating.
nzoz1977 4 weeks ago
@misterd699 ACDC is not an Australian Band they call themselves an international band that originated in Australia. Which sucks 'cause when they went big they never looked back to here... :(
reeceracing123 1 week ago
how come i love this song....and hate the rest of their s h i t!
figbat1 1 month ago
this is NOT punk (in the vane of the shit UK manufactured Pistols crap). Grew up in Brissie and saw the boys play/practice this greatest of songs many times, well before punk. Not PUNK, fast rock n roll.
PLScanlan 1 month ago
@PLScanlan punk comes in many shapes. or how do you explain the fact that the screamers, clash, buzzcocks, ramones, wire, suicide, métal urbain, heartbreakers - all of which had a distinct sound of their own - are referred to as punk? and yes, i'm aware that wire pretty quickly were labelled as post-punk. fast r'n'r is an aspect of punk; the dead boys, kids, teengenerate, new bomb turks, devil dogs all are/were punk bands. admittedly, i envy you for seeing the saints in their heyday!
yogiman78 2 weeks ago
well then noel mengele "the butcher from bribie"....the question today is ...... a classic song like this on an album of pretty average to below average songs....does that make the album a 4 star album?....i tend to think not......i think it makes i at 1 or 2 star album with a classic song on it.nobody can persuade me any differently. this should come up as entry #4 on "the butcher of bribie"s google page.
figbat1 1 month ago
Can please anybody upload "Wiuld about you" from that band again?
Cause I'm from germany and the f*****g GEMA does not want me to watch and enjoy it.
Please, someone upload it again!
Lasstsiefrei 1 month ago
Please listen this peruvian group from the 60´s
LOS SAICOS
songs:
(el entierro de los gatos) (camisa de fuerza) (demolicion)
all are and others are in youtube
I think is a punk band before everybody
ecologistaperu 2 months ago
Still can't get enough of this classic.
ChrisYonts 2 months ago
i got his record on vinyl..the lp.. 1977 emi, sire records.. anyone remeber how to play it?
MrFinnstuga 2 months ago
beethoven started it all...but there was a caveman banging two sticks together once but he failed to record it
TheThetechnician 2 months ago
yea the first punks. this stil rocksyeaaaa.;[[[['.//9*
chulieho 2 months ago
This song goes out to all the QANTAS passengers out there.
DavidJHilt 3 months ago 11
@DavidJHilt What a legend you are mate!
MissOrderedChaos 2 months ago
The first ever punk single. Released august 1976, beating the Damned`s New Rose by a month. A fact that the British music press like to ignore.
ManFromMelbourne 3 months ago 9
@ManFromMelbourne this song does get listed among the great punk songs in those UK mags (ie; MOJO)...
nzoz1977 3 months ago
@ManFromMelbourne ofcourse the doors monks mc5 stooges and the ramones beat all of them
salvadory 3 months ago 4
@salvadory at the end of the day, they're all just boys making noise... the UK press and the 'punk' tag has really distorted what is a simple pass-time.
nzoz1977 3 months ago 2
@ManFromMelbourne Totally correct, The Saints were one hell of a band!!!!! This perfect day - ultimate punk single!!!!!
johnbarry1965 2 months ago
@ManFromMelbourne even cooler every one thinks its the pistols then i tell the them its the dammed goes to show ya u learn somthing new every day
nancivenuk09 1 month ago
@ManFromMelbourne The Dictators and The Ramones were definitely earlier but it seems like the Australian bands and the New York/Ohio bands evolved separately while the English bands didn't happen until after they'd heard The Ramones.
BCThunderthud 3 weeks ago
Tried a few more from the recommendations but couldn't find anything this raw and cool. Any recommendations from this era and area?
Cheers.
szzmm 3 months ago
@szzmm Radio Birdman (a little more complex, but still raw) - type Radio Birdman nzoz1978
The Birthday Party - type nzoz1981 and then try some others
The Scientists - type nzoz1980
Also, try Fun Things, X (Australian band), New Race, Lipstick Killers, Celibate Rifles, The Hard Ons, Ratcat ('Car Crash')... there's heaps more, probably better than the short list here...
nzoz1977 3 months ago
@nzoz1977 There is sooo much Aussie punk that came straight after The Saints...
nzoz1977 3 months ago
the best thing from oz gud punk from dud year fukin shit hot
cowshedposse 3 months ago
crassico \o/!
26271892 3 months ago
best Brisbane band ever at least from my part of brisbane
corindaboynextdoor 4 months ago
luv luv luv luv luv....unforgetable.. unlike how 2 spelll
steviewondek 4 months ago
Please just stop arguing and enjoy the song. If you like it, you can comment on that. If you don't like it, you can comment on that too. But really, how does filling up a ridiculous amount of space with childish comments help? And does it really change anything?
By the way, great song. Thx for uploading.
xaberful 5 months ago 2
@xaberful I got a better upload of this song on this very channel, which includes an introduction from Jesus & Mary Chain, Nick Cave, Michael Hutchence, Alice In Chains, etc.. they're talking about the Saints.
nzoz1977 5 months ago
@nzoz1977 Thanks a ton.
xaberful 4 months ago
makes me proud to be aussie
TheJohnsonsOfficial 5 months ago
Love the Saints.. Thats rock n roll
racheal971 5 months ago
Jason Segel?
coryjmiller11 6 months ago
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww i've had this on an unmarked tape for the best part of ten years and only just found out who it was!
metamaggot 6 months ago
@jkdguy1 One doesn't have to be tone deaf to enjoy this rocking, intense and, angry song. One may like it for it's fast paced, abrasive, noise! And oh, what a great noise it is. One can sing along to the good melody too.
MrPotatoesLatkie 6 months ago
@jkdguy1 a stones song like the "last time" might sound a bit prettier to your stupid poppy ears...
but "i'm stranded" (Though fuckshit simple) would be a hell of lot harder to compose and play then "the last time" with its mozart worthy EDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDAEDA. chord procession
douche bag
*headdesk
*headdesk
*headdesk
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
obviously all you can do with your amazing talent is go around bagging music which is very similar to your own tastes
i still can't get over the fact that you are a musician wow!
I know people that are musicians... i know people who actually have degrees in music... I my self am... well a hobbiest (i don't like to self-righteously brag... i don't have small penis issues) .... i'm sure they will all tell me that structurally this is very, very similar...
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
lol... you hear all
jkdguy can play a fucking guitar...
he is so... so brilliant ... i literally want to suck his cock.... he... he can... play the guitar.... or maybe he can't play the guitar... but he can play the xylophone... even better...
look at his wonderful contribution to the you tube musical community.... zero demonstrations... zero music videos... zero tutorials
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
@jkdguy1 lol.... your a troll who can say big words like CUNT
keef was just some stoner who copied black music.... These guys are more original then that old faggot... at least they played a bit faster and sang different. He was just an old faggot who got jealous in the late 70's 'cause a new style of three cord procession was pissing all over his old faggot 60's three chord procession music. I, VI, V!
Look at the structure you douche-bag. Its the same. Look at the ramones page on all music.
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
look up the clash, the sex pistols joy division.... lol.... you are so wrong,....
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
look this stuff up on all music or the review links on wikipedia
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
Most punk rock bands lyrical content is genius
Do some fucking research... This stuff is highly regarded, by people who actually have valid opinions
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
you say that this music is meaningless... I don't think it is, for me I think its about a boyhood fear of being abandoned or lost and not being able to get home. I remember being afraid of abandonment as a child. or Lost. I think this is a valid, subject matter for a song. Their are plenty of meaning full songs on I'm stranded"
Punk rocks point was very much in the lyrics. Never mind the bullocks its the sex pistols is a famous satire of English satire. You obviously no nothing .
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
you can go fucking DIY. You can create new and interesting style that's not corny or cliche like pink Floyd or the beetles. look at the master pieces that were created because of bands like the saints! new and innovative bands like joy division, U2, the cure, nirvana etc etc etc etc etc etc. searching these bands and you will see.... they would not have existed if it was not for punk bands like the saints and the sex pistols that said, "You can fucking do it, even if your from some povo hole"
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
And don't give this "its made by the industry" and punk bands made heaps of money
they didn't... most punk bands were total flops or just made enough money to get by... For example these guys up above, probably don't have much more money then you do.
And sure this isn't a masterpiece(in my opinion) (some would say it is for its , revolution factor etc) look what it created. It inspired other bands by sending the message, you can fucking do what you fucking want, you can create your own music.
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
This shit was created by a bunch of youths in a garage who got their music theory from the rolling stones...
This stuff isn't revolutionary in composition, its revolutionary in style and culture. Punk rock bands like the saints said "fuck the industry, fuck pink floyd, fuck elitism, I can be just as fucking good as the beetles, fuck the image of the "rock star, up on his fucking pedestal"
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
You obvious don't like it cause you think it sound "abrasive"... are the lyrics aren't exactly a master piece... but so what, plenty of bands have crap lyrics... and if you would do some fucking research you find out they got alot better pretty quick
Your ignorance really shines when you say it is "angsty and industry produced" you obviously think this is Susan Boyle, beaver or my chemical romance or some shit....
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
@jkdguy1
Lol, you are so, so, so ignorant
I'm guessing your just a troll trying to get a reaction(which I myself have been guilty of at times)
Musically this is pretty much identical in complexity to Dylan and like the rolling stones and metal. In that its fuck shit simple. A composition consisting a few rep-dative chords. No Mozart or Beethoven Dylan couldn't sing either.
MadMarkMagee 6 months ago
@jkdguy1... lol you and your rhyming dictionary suck. We like it! C'MON!!!
HuesosBrigada 7 months ago
The singer looks like "im 15 year old and i want to be bad, so im gonna bang my head an smoke a cig"
Bald andy warhol on drums, Def Leppard singer on Bass, and the guy from The Jam on guitar.
Punk !!
pato3mix 7 months ago
Yehh fuckin original punk rock...i love thsi band!!
Danyexcluded 7 months ago
@jkdguy1
Get over it you entitled piece of shit....If you don't enjoy or like it. Fuck off, I noticed all you do is make negative comments on videos you don't like, good to see you've done something with your life.
AutomaticaRobotica 7 months ago 2
Not punk! but punk/thrash Who invented punk? NY Dolls inspired 'Television' { ad read "Wanted:Rhythm guitarist.Talent not necessary."}songs such as" fuck rock and roll' and 'i dont care'. bands such as the Dictators,Suicide,Dead Boys all playing at cbgb's at the same time as the ramones who had to go to england and play with the pistols (Mclaren stole almost everything from Television) clash and as a support to the'groovies' or as the saints sing in another of their anthems. KNOW YOUR PRODUCT..
rubywaxed 7 months ago
@rubywaxed 60s garage rock created punk
paintedship 7 months ago
@jkdguy1 If you don't like it, then why did you comment? For your information, this is one of the most influential and applauded punk records ever.
philipsrecords1 7 months ago
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this aint punk
danthetto 8 months ago
AWLRIGHT!!
sparticle1 8 months ago
It´s clear what band invented punk rock music.
you got it! The RAMONES
Pataki2200 8 months ago
best played loud...real LOUD
Jac0Bus1 9 months ago
BLACK LABEEEEEEEL !
88mates 9 months ago
The REAL punk rock!!!!
midwichyouthclub 10 months ago
WOW amazing stuff... really one of the coolest songs I've heard in awhile..
NightOfTha44 10 months ago
Lol, I used to have this album.
kbinco 10 months ago
The best Australian punk anthem, second to none. I'm glad this song is still remembered after all these years. Also saw the reformed Saints at Pig City in 2007 where they performed this song and kids who were probably not even born when Bailey and Kuepper parted company were going ballistic to it! :-)
dariowestern 10 months ago
saints were punk before punk was punk
nickisnow1 11 months ago 4
valla drogadictos se metian mierda y toooo
elnotariofeo 11 months ago
A 1/2 fat curly-uptown-boy "does" Punk. ...who needed "The Pistols" at that time ??
Greatest punk song of all time ???? Clash,Stranglers,Pistols and m.m ?????
hantimmy 11 months ago
Bro turned me on to these guys yesterday. Wow, what incredible music. Rockssss....
murfdasurfer 1 year ago
first time I heard this song was in a skate video for black label. was for Rag Doll's part. Always forgot to fucking listen to this band even though I loved the song.
EyesOfTheSouthSTi 1 year ago
he has a pimple .... pre-pubescent punks .... not my thing yeah ?
valcarni1 1 year ago
@valcarni1
pimples are a sign of pubescence, and punk rock was about young people.
gloomyoutlook 11 months ago
top tunes from australia, going there next year woohoo!
auptt 1 year ago
News of the Ramones got around back in the early 70's. I'm not complaining one bit.
Chuckjagermeister 1 year ago
loving this song even more...everytime i listen to it ^^
xXxXDisasterpiece 1 year ago
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unmedication 1 year ago
Greatest Punk Song of all time!!! Chris Bailey and the boys, Rips it apart and nails it to the floor ....Down and dirty and hard and fast this track go's threw you like knife in butter. Takes you on the ride of your life this is punk at it's best. Go to town !!! Spark it up... Mate ,thanks for the song. Somebody get Chris Bailey back on tour!!!!!!!!!!!
VALNUT1 1 year ago 21
@VALNUT1 He is on tour, saw his gig, the duo "Bailey & Burns" in Lyon (France) last weekend.. plus chatted with him afterwards (he now lives in Amsterdam).. they've got a new album & some quality trax on it too..
tigercity72 4 months ago
It makes me proud to be a Brisbane boy watching this! Cheers :)
RiskGraveTV 1 year ago 2
i bought both single and the entire record in 1977. The 'progressive' radio station i worked refused me to play it and many of the 'punk' experts refused to listen to it, because it was not from England nor America. It would surprise you just how xenophobic many LA punks were during this period. One night, I tricked these people by playing 'Know Your Product'. All was well until I revealed it was an Australian single. Seconds later, 'White Punks On Dope' took over and KYP was ignored.
SoundsIUsedToHear 1 year ago
The Saints !!! Put Punk on this Planet first before any other. Killer vocals .Raw Talent from the boys. Kick ass track that is timeless. Thank-you for this song.
VALNUT1 1 year ago 2
ALLLLLLRIIGHTTTTTTTT!
Crookedmencrookedrul 1 year ago
Sing it up West Coast! Whoops, wrong one! :)
This is phenomenal. It's too bad that relations were so highly combustible between Chris & Co. - but then again, that just added another dynamic right?
Also, just as an aside - Ivor Hay must have had women lined up all over OZ (and I'm sure NZ too).
NewWaver80014 1 year ago
heard this song through the new Aus show Spirited, it's the themesong and I love it, I'm betting I'll fall in love with this band now :)
kiaralouisee 1 year ago
this is IT! pure punk rock i dont care about nothing else :P
kingnuke 1 year ago
The fact that western Brisbane produced anything more musically coherent than a scream in the mid 1970s, is a source of enduring amazement to me more than 30 years later... travel the rail line to Ipswich some time and tell me you don't want to leap onto the tracks somewhere west of Toowong. I'll tell you you're a LIAR!
TheFlyslip 1 year ago
@TheFlyslip Whats WRONG with Ipswich? I LIKE Ispwich!!!
ace69er 1 year ago
@ace69er What's wrong with Ipswich? Well, gee... nothing.... nothing that a small nuclear bomb wouldn't fix, at any rate. (And before anyone gets up me for being a terrorist, I'm not - I've been making that remark for years, and even policemen have laughed along with me. So nyerrrr.)
TheFlyslip 1 year ago
@TheFlyslip Ha ha. I've always found the place rather nice. Hilly & old QLD architecture.
Its nice than Logan or Woodridge or maybe try for BEENLEIGH?
LOL!
ace69er 1 year ago
I used to have this album, lol. I'm 52 people, i am one of the real old school ones.
kbinco 1 year ago
@kbinco damn haha that you are!!! wish I could of beeeen!! musics not the same today
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unmedication 1 year ago
Another one of my ex fiances favourite songs... Wish I got to say goodbye. RIP Luke
bardancer 1 year ago
Ook erg fijn!!!
TheKrot7 1 year ago
Chris Bailey really cool at start, couple of quick drags then into it. Not as cool as drummer's head wobble at the start though.
gazgolfer1 1 year ago
Vocals remind me of early Stooges.
StickWarrior 1 year ago
@StickWarrior stupid comment
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz Not true.
It's a valid comparison.
StickWarrior 1 year ago
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Fuck all of you. Just listen to the fucking music...cunts.
VUandChips 1 year ago
give me The Stooges any fucking day!
jclilly 1 year ago
@jclilly
Yeah, Stooges were great, Pistols great (although there was a touch of " Spice Girls" in that they were manufactured by a clever manager), The Jam, lots of bands back then were great. This doesn't discount The saints, though. I don't think it's an "either/ or" thing, just a matter of taste. I can't imagine them comparing themselves at the time, it just kinda wasn't that way, y'know? Lots of encouragement and that, but still a healthy, but not destructive, competition. Good Times!
coochiemudlo02 1 year ago
Give me The Stooges any fucking day!
jclilly 1 year ago
THESE GUYS ARE SO OVERATED
give me the sex pistols any fucking day
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz
I can't trust the comments of somebody whose own YouTube page reeks of negative comments and hostility from other youtubers (as seen in the comment section on your own page). You are a boring trouble-maker. You're a troll. You get a thrill out of making shit comments and getting a reaction.
Personally, I don't care about you and what your mission. Last night, two young females placed their hands down my pants at a gig I was at, and both ending up fucking me. Now that's living.
nzoz1977 1 year ago
i don't think a wiggles gig counts mr stinky
zfonz 1 year ago
@nzoz1977
Yea you own that fucking troll..
Who the hell are these retarded no-life people?
OriginalMindTrick 1 year ago
@OriginalMindTrick lol, thanx man... but that Wiggles gig comment was a funny comeback! I'll give him that.
nzoz1977 1 year ago
Can somebody leyt me know if the Saints originated from Inala in Brisbane
indyfan1958 1 year ago
@indyfan1958 I believe that Chris Bailey grew up in Inala, Ed Kuepper grew up in,and still lives in Chelmer (as far as I know) as for Kim Bradshaw and Ivor Hay, I'm not so sure......They all went to Corinda High.
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
can u go get laid instead hippy - man get a life
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz firstly, not a hippy, secondly, my life is quite fulfilling- that is I have better things to do with my time than simply and cowardly insult those whose taste differs from my own, furthermore, if someone has a question pertaining to history that I was part of, or aware of, I will do my best to answer it to the best of my knowledge..
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
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@bullshitdetector101 my point is you are part of something that means nothing to everybody
zfonz 1 year ago
@indyfan1958 Chris bailey went to Richlands high, that's about as much as I know. He must have lived near by, so maybe Inala.
Wayne Goss went to Richlands, too.
coochiemudlo02 1 year ago
@coochiemudlo02 stupid comment
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz Not the chorus so much as the verses.
StickWarrior 1 year ago
Indeed, I am a by-product of the brisbane punk scene of that era- my Dad is in fact the last living member of the Fucken Leftovers...I remember the police raids and excessive police brutality, I also remember the total disregard given to me by the police as a young child, the police would have no problem beating the crap out of BOTH my parents right in front of me, once while being walked home from Kindy. Self expression was severely frowned upon, and Semi Fascist is an understatement.
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
sorry to break it to u man but your dad's band totaly sucked so get over it - "In 1978, The Leftovers released their one three-song 7" EP, their only release in their short career,"
So get over it dickwad, they released 1 shitty album and no one has ever heard of them and no one cares, stop living in the past
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz WOW man, I never realized how important it was for punk bands to release more than one EP in order to gain recognition! Its strange then, how the Cigarettes and Alcohol EP can fetch over 500 bucks, and how there is seldom a book on the topic of Australian punk rock that doesn't mention them...
As for living in the past, wasn't it you who described the Pistols as "dangerous"? Maybe back in 77 they were, when the word FUCK was still offensive
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
* the following has been borrowed from howlingdingo-
From 1968, for well over a decade, Joh Bjelke-Petersen was the leader (Premier) of an authoritarian State Government in tropical Queensland. With a compliant mass media turning a blind eye to his behavior, he in effect operated a police state in which democratic rights to effective free speech and meaningful citizen opposition to his frequent abuses of power were squashed.
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
*cont'd
He achieved this with the help of a highly manipulative propaganda machinery whose job was to pervert the truth, as well as a secretive and highly politicized arm of the state police force called the Special Branch. Their job was to spy on and intimidate all who would attempt to challenge the travesties and corrupt activities being committed. Anyone who wanted to see basic civil rights and truly democratic processes restored attracted their immediate attention.
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
*cont'd 2 Police corruption to the highest levels were later exposed and prosecuted as a result of a public inquiry, with opponents' accusations against the government shown to be entirely true.
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
amazing to me how this shit this band became in the 80s and beyond.
paintedship 1 year ago
THE SAINTS!!!
YEAH BADASS YEAAAYAH!
chrissstopherG 1 year ago
badass as in jonas brothers?
go listen to some sex pistols - that is dangerous
zfonz 1 year ago
One has to love a lively debate. Albeit, you are both on relatively the same side!!!
Paladin60 1 year ago
I really like this band!! Very good!!
lvmscinco 1 year ago
Sounds similar to the new wave and punk sound that was also emerging around the late seventies. As this song is mostly made up of simple power chords. If this band has dressed as punks they could have easily passed themselves off as a punk band and gained a large punk following.
InternetUser1999 1 year ago
The point of the Saints was the punk attitude - not the punk fashion. They came from semi-fascist-state Brisbane and were playing this music back in 73/74 - a little before punk hit. When they made it in the UK, they were passed over for not having the look, which must have been a joke to them, seeing as they weren't rich kids and the music was the important factor.
nzoz1977 1 year ago 2
semi-fascist-state Brisbane??? Last time I looked Brisbane was a town (back in 74) not a state. If you were alive back then you'd remember. Semi-facist? LOL. You are funny. I bet you're best mates with Peter Beattie. You dickhead! Please learn some history before you comment any further.
EinMagillaGorilla 1 year ago
Shut the fuck up cunt. I admit to making a mistake when I called it a state...
Secondly, ask the poor kids who had to live there during that period. If you were one of them and still stand by your statement, then congradulations for avoiding the police brutality.
Anyway, don't bother responding to this, because you're blocked here, so you have no say. Fuck yourself you stupid little cunt.
nzoz1977 1 year ago 3
@nzoz1977
I was around back then and I'm telling you, QLD was indeed a semi-fascist state! The corruption was ubiquitous, the police flat out criminal thieves, and it was run by folk who thought that all fine as long as they maintained power. Worse thing is though, the state is heading back to those ways. Time for a Royal Commission into police/politocracy, then re-instatement of the C.J.C, this time with real teeth! How's about it, Anna? Got the guts?
coochiemudlo02 1 year ago 3
stop living in the past hippy
zfonz 1 year ago
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bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
facist state? obvioulsy u r comparing to your experiences with Hitler, Pol Pot?
Shut the fuck up u stupid hippy
zfonz 1 year ago
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THESE GUYS ARE SO OVERATED
give me the sex pistols any fucking day
zfonz 1 year ago
boy u had it tough growing up in QLD, survivors of genocide must cry when they hear of your story
zfonz 1 year ago
@EinMagillaGorilla Mate, I was here back then and am old enough to have been a victim of the flat out corrupt, thieving pigs and Just as corrupt, thieving,autocratic politocracy that ran QLD back those nightmare times, and trust me, YES IT WAS INDEED A SEMI-FASCIST STATE! I don't need to learn anyhting about the history of Brisbane back then, I lived it and sadly, can see us slipping back into those ways now. Time for another Fitzgerald Inquiry and the re-instatement of the C.J.C., I say!
coochiemudlo02 1 year ago 3
maybe u should spend more time getting laid and not studying pointless shit about shitty bands that noone cares about
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz you seem to think that the points we make about Brisbane are learned, but the fact of the matter is that we LIVED through those times- its people like us who WROTE the books on Brisbane that have become standard reading for anyone studying Australian music history, sociology or political science.
You seem to often advise people to get laid, I would suggest you take your own advice, if at all possible - only the loneliest of people would spend so much time seeking attention.
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
@bullshitdetector101 get laid hippy
zfonz 1 year ago
@nzoz1977 get laid bro
zfonz 1 year ago
It's remarkable how these guys were emerging at the same time the Ramones were emerging half a world away.
1967PONTIACGTO 2 years ago
ed kuepper!!!!!!!!!
altebaran 2 years ago
@altebaran Ivor Hay!!!!!!!!!
ireadtabloids 1 year ago
I loved this song when it came out - despite hating punk - so I went to see them at The Tiger Lounge in Richmond (I think it was their first Melbourne gig) and they were shit live. They couldn't play or sing and they had crappy Savage amps that blew up. I walked out. I still love the song, it's as good as any early Stones stuff.
changingnames83 2 years ago
thats how they all used to play....it was cool....and then u hear there CD's so it's not like any of them couldn't play..everyone played bad, that's why there were so many more punk bands back in the day, for some reason people only want "perfectionists" nowadays or the people listening want it to be perfect...bunch of wanker
tyikiki101 1 year ago
@tyikiki101 why don't u stop living in the past u pathetic hippy
zfonz 1 year ago
@changingnames83 that is a really shitty story man
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz You are obviously a supreme dickhead, judging by other comments you have made and comments also made about you. My story wasn't "shitty", it happened. The Saints were shithouse when they first started. Just because something is 'punk' and they weren't, doesn't mean it's good. They were just a garage band with one very good song. Were you actually around in the 70s?
changingnames83 1 year ago
great stuff, im thinking of picking up this album in original pressing but it costs a bit.
Casar1973 2 years ago
if you can do it, just do it... money doesn't matter when you have stuff as valuable as that.
nzoz1977 2 years ago
you´re right to a certain extent, making grand moneymaking schemes of punkrock certainly isn´t rock n roll nor punk by any stretch of the imagination.
I got a fair deal so I picked it up.
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tyikiki101 1 year ago
great band!!!...is it on CD?
thawthepast 2 years ago
nope, I got it on vinyl. I prefer vinyl with old stuff, it´s all analog.
Casar1973 2 years ago
The Saints were one of THE punk bands and just one of the sucession of total quality Aussie bands, if you cant play live in Oz, then you are fur-cooked
casinodelonge 2 years ago
@casinodelonge u have a shgit taste in music
zfonz 1 year ago
The singer looks just like John Segel.. (you know.. the american actor from the films "forgetting sarah marshall" and "knocked up")
getupkid76 2 years ago
american illiteracy! thats funny!
bardybeard 2 years ago
Thanks so much for all the great stuff you've been posting NZOZ! More people like you in the world would make it a much better place!
pernicketty 2 years ago
thanks mate... much appreciated! :-)
nzoz1977 2 years ago
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nuMbERsRuNN3R 2 years ago
There's always someone who tells me that 'punk' started with The Ramones or The Saints or Radio Birdman--however, I believe 'punk' in its purest form has come from a variety of older sources, say, The Stooges, or The Sonics, Monks, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Wailers (not the reggae Waliers--although, they too, are great), The Who, Kinks, etc.
To put a category on any band, or for a band to do that to themselves is tragic.
That said, The Saints are still beating the shit out of All Bands Today...
mattsince69 2 years ago 5
still wrong the first band to ever to be labelled punk was velvet underground....
tyikiki101 2 years ago
@mattsince69
Love ya form. Saints got famous, got laid and made some $ just doing their thing and in doing so showed up and comers an Aussie punk band could be legit. That gave hope to all the bedoom punk bands struggling here and fed the scene I lived in the early 80's. Greatest mispent time of my life and I reckon they're iconic in Australian music for that reason.
JayboAdelaide 1 year ago
i think it is time u got laid and stop living in the past hippy
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz Grow up hippy? Sorry if I've rattled your little two dimensional world.
There are great modern bands coming through like Parkway Drive, but no one with any sort of grasp of what makes music great discounts the bands that drove an evolving genre... unless of course they're some self-indulged teen twat. Perhaps mummy has been giving you too many cuddles, but the sad reality is you're not the centre of the universe and nobody gives a rat's ass about your uninformed and unintelligent input.
JayboAdelaide 1 year ago
@JayboAdelaide u realise parkway drive and blink 182 isn't real punk right?
zfonz 1 year ago
fuck off hippy
zfonz 1 year ago
@zfonz who the fuck are you calling a hippy? dickhead......there are several books on the subject, try "Pig City" or "The Hillbilly Dictator"....you obviously have NO idea what you are talking about.... And yes, I will draw parallels between Hitler, Stalin, and Bjelkie-Peterson, and anyone who was there, and in any way involved with ANY counter-cultural group will agree......Notably, the Stranglers were so shocked when they visited, it prompted them to write "Nuclear Device"..Look it up, hippy
bullshitdetector101 1 year ago
stop talking shit hippy and go get laid u washed up rockstar wannabe. u r living in the past man, it is 2010
zfonz 1 year ago