@zopicloneable I came on here hoping the top comment was that. that solo makes this entire song for me. I like The Damned but this song without it is just generic punk.
Makes me smile every time and the mistakes and timing make it even better.g
will every stop with saying green day is crap or it isnt punk there are many kinds of punk and every punk song is great so stop saying that some bands are not punk or its crap it is punk only an different style and now every one shut the fuck up and listen!!! :D
Punk is an attitude, not an image... Dressing like one doesn't mean shit... in fact that makes me think the person is just shallow... I love that these guys wear suits and play punk.. :)
And the only Green Day album that I would consider punk was Buddha..
poor algy ward got into the smack and got dropped. appparently topper headen got kicked fom the clash for the same reason. tho, smackhead bass players are ok in my book, smackhead drummers aren't. i'm w stru mmer on this. drummers on speed can be a bit iffy too. spend 30 mins between fkn songs tuning the skins
1960's ideology may well have opened an avenue of thought, but that's all it was really. . . . .ideas. But this generation of the late 70's & early 80's that went on strike, bunked school and rioted all over England, changed so much and created life styles and opportunities that we take for granted today
Goddamn the fabric of time and space has once again fucked me over. This is music. People my age can keep their generic factory made nonthreatening bullshit and chew their gum.
Suberb album - Suberb band !! Old punks and skins of the world unite. goatumscroatum - you made me larf!! Check out Punks Not Dad - In me shed !! And oh, you forgot the Ruts !!
Made up you guys like em. Im an old punk/skin ead from the 80`s, Seen them in concert approx 1982 Royal Court Liverpool. All I ever hear from my kids is dad thats so old and crap...They havnt got a clue have they??? I KNOW BETTER Siouxsie, Killing Joke, Damned and even the Anti Nowhere league all stored in this old fuckers memory Lol...Check out So What by Anti Nowhere League.. Tell me what you think Lol.Carry on stomping all you old Boot Boys !
I'm 47.Pity the poor saps of today who have to listen to crap...Gangsta Rap,City Rap my arse.Little boys singing about life when they havn't yet reached pubity.Punk meant something.never to be bettered or repeated
@islespatrick Up against Greenday ?? Yep but remember Greenday where not even born then.Greenday ,very much like SLF eh ??in ways only we understand LOL
"They're closing the Schools. They're burning the books. The Church is in ruins. The Priests hang on hooks. The radio's on ice. The telly's been banned. The Army's in power. The Devil commands."
they're closing the schools, they're burning the books, the church is in power, the priests hang the hooks, the radio's on ice, the telly's been banned, the army's in power, the devil commands! yeh!!!!
Censorship, don't think., cos if you do you're a threat to the state. Do what you're told and never ask why. But some of us still make out own rules. It's us against the world, Courtesy of Evol Intent.
Damned good this. Got the single in the attic. Yep...good track....esp when your in a very dark mood. Turn the lights out...wind up the volume..ye...I'm there....
"Nibbled to death by an okapi" was the fate of Arthur Dent's brother in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The clip on the end of the record (which repeated over and over again because it was in the centre groove) was taken from the radio broadcast of THHGG. Thanks for bringing back this 30-year-old incantation!
This group had so much talent. Never really got the recognition they deserved. So much better than the Pistols.
pals199301p 1 month ago
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@rocker56975 LOL Green day is punk Lolololol ..... holy shit my sides.,....lololol ..... where my bat......
kahetel13 1 month ago
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kahetel13 1 month ago
wow no dislikes, not that the song is bad as its good but seriously, no dislikes wow
MW2fanatic 3 months ago
The Damned and this song in particular is a work of fucking art.
Chipmonkcheeks53 3 months ago
1:30 The best organ solo of all time!
zopicloneable 4 months ago
@zopicloneable I came on here hoping the top comment was that. that solo makes this entire song for me. I like The Damned but this song without it is just generic punk.
Makes me smile every time and the mistakes and timing make it even better.g
Rydo182 1 month ago
we're all just a bunch of subhumans
MrChopsticks312 5 months ago
Perfect song, and perfect band (:
I just can't be happy, just can't be happy, just can't be happy today ....
TheAngelsfallfirst1 5 months ago
Argh, Green Day is for those who like Green Day, just let them be.
carolwinger 6 months ago 2
quality,,,
TELF666 6 months ago
Green day is for the coca cola kids....it seems punks, it tastes punk but it's not punk...
The damned forever...
pifjehey 7 months ago 4
will every stop with saying green day is crap or it isnt punk there are many kinds of punk and every punk song is great so stop saying that some bands are not punk or its crap it is punk only an different style and now every one shut the fuck up and listen!!! :D
stuffy777 7 months ago
great shit greed day great but oldies are goodies
cmnuet 8 months ago
greenday who the fuck are they?sorry to say if u missed punk in the late 70s early 8os u missed out .
1bazmooster 9 months ago 2
punk
charadeyouareha 9 months ago
wicked, they astonish me other songs of these guys as well
arnyarny77 9 months ago
@arnyarny77 Fine stuff for sure.
slepper98 6 months ago
the church isn't in power. it's in ruins.
i've seen them play this loads of times and dave gets the lyric wromg all the time
Dangersmith1 9 months ago 2
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Punk is an attitude, not an image... Dressing like one doesn't mean shit... in fact that makes me think the person is just shallow... I love that these guys wear suits and play punk.. :)
And the only Green Day album that I would consider punk was Buddha..
sobaixu 9 months ago
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sobaixu 9 months ago
greenday sucks ass. Pathetic excuse for punk. But the damned rock!
ezcamper 9 months ago
Solid!
Vinseneb 10 months ago
bit trebbly but great song
Johnzoil 10 months ago
Not happy today!
cthomann 11 months ago
Gotta love Captain's outfit there.
TrixieStardust 11 months ago
Wow, no dislikes, shows how great this song is!
pym13579 11 months ago
poor algy ward got into the smack and got dropped. appparently topper headen got kicked fom the clash for the same reason. tho, smackhead bass players are ok in my book, smackhead drummers aren't. i'm w stru mmer on this. drummers on speed can be a bit iffy too. spend 30 mins between fkn songs tuning the skins
narred 1 year ago 2
@narred well, I used to go to the same dealer as Topper....lol
cursty1 10 months ago
I Just Can't Be Happy Today... Bloody freeze up might come back!
Kelly14UK 1 year ago
this song has a goth feel underlining it
KillingJoke696 1 year ago
@KillingJoke696 It was one of their first Goth tracks, preceding Curtain Call, 13th Floor Vendetta, and everything else.
Kelly14UK 1 year ago
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kevintheshedend1976 1 year ago
@kevintheshedend1976 ...it changed nothing,the "Government" is still in power,doing whatever Big Business tells it too.....
077glenn 11 months ago
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Illegal to dance.
Forbidden to cry.
You do what you're told.
You never ask why
Ignore all those fools
They don't understand we make our own rules
1960's ideology may well have opened an avenue of thought, but that's all it was really. . . . .ideas. But this generation of the late 70's & early 80's that went on strike, bunked school and rioted all over England, changed so much and created life styles and opportunities that we take for granted today
kevintheshedend1976 1 year ago
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kevintheshedend1976 1 year ago
Goddamn the fabric of time and space has once again fucked me over. This is music. People my age can keep their generic factory made nonthreatening bullshit and chew their gum.
KyleBrock13 1 year ago
Suberb album - Suberb band !! Old punks and skins of the world unite. goatumscroatum - you made me larf!! Check out Punks Not Dad - In me shed !! And oh, you forgot the Ruts !!
anUltaigh 1 year ago
First song I heard from The Damned..
and i can't stop listening to them !!
MiranduhJass 1 year ago
this is one of my favorite songs ever, and definitely one of the greatest punk albums of all time
okcomputer1016 1 year ago
Made up you guys like em. Im an old punk/skin ead from the 80`s, Seen them in concert approx 1982 Royal Court Liverpool. All I ever hear from my kids is dad thats so old and crap...They havnt got a clue have they??? I KNOW BETTER Siouxsie, Killing Joke, Damned and even the Anti Nowhere league all stored in this old fuckers memory Lol...Check out So What by Anti Nowhere League.. Tell me what you think Lol.Carry on stomping all you old Boot Boys !
goatumscroatum 1 year ago
Love the damned!
Diabolik771 1 year ago
Thanks.... really needed hear this one today....
cheers,
astrotower 1 year ago 2
What a privilege to be a teen in the late 70s.
MGE Probably their best line up with Algy Ward
TheElasticJesus 1 year ago
LOVE
THE
DAMNED
slumpytube 1 year ago
They dont write them like they used to...young people these days...'ave no respect for their elders and far superiors!!!!!!!!!
seirbeach 1 year ago
@seirbeach I beg to differ. I'm 17 and diggin this stuff
danthefave 1 year ago 2
thank you fery 2 for posting a great song ,great album.
TheNanosteve 2 years ago
There was always something quite emotive and moving about the Damned's material that didn't surface in most other punk outfits.
gorblimey61 2 years ago
I'm 47.Pity the poor saps of today who have to listen to crap...Gangsta Rap,City Rap my arse.Little boys singing about life when they havn't yet reached pubity.Punk meant something.never to be bettered or repeated
MrHodgeheg123 2 years ago 5
It's not "The devil commands" it's actually "The GENERAL commands"
mcmillandr 2 years ago
still as great as when I first heard in 1978
valhooligan68 2 years ago
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smithdog1965 2 years ago
fuck greenday, this is real punk.
islespatrick 2 years ago 97
@islespatrick Right on!
Mr2009Truth 1 year ago
@islespatrick Up against Greenday ?? Yep but remember Greenday where not even born then.Greenday ,very much like SLF eh ??in ways only we understand LOL
Starfirephoenix1 10 months ago
@islespatrick the damned is real punk and green day is real punk too
and fuck you
jackdaw123456 9 months ago
Dave Vanian's interlude actually goes like this:
"They're closing the Schools. They're burning the books. The Church is in ruins. The Priests hang on hooks. The radio's on ice. The telly's been banned. The Army's in power. The Devil commands."
cognitivemagic 2 years ago 3
You do what you're told but nerver ask why? Wrong.. Never!!! Punk not dead!
cthomann 2 years ago 3
they're closing the schools, they're burning the books, the church is in power, the priests hang the hooks, the radio's on ice, the telly's been banned, the army's in power, the devil commands! yeh!!!!
narred 2 years ago 27
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WE KNOW THE LYRICS PAL.
izarac88 2 years ago
@narred . The church is in ruins.
evertonio 1 year ago
@evertonio yeh, i always get that bit mixed up. i heard dave vanian sing it thatv way once live and it kinda stuck in my head
narred 1 year ago
@narred errrr....the church is in ruins.....
077glenn 5 months ago in playlist Pre-1980
@narred I think Imma turn Goth just for the hell of it GREENDAY CAN FUCK JUSTIN BIEBER
chrisandrealove 2 months ago 2
@narred ...the church is in ruins....
077glenn 1 month ago in playlist Pre-1980
holy shit i just found this band from a MDC video, they are great
MushroomP1llowz 2 years ago
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comfy1 2 years ago
good on ya dude
comfy1 2 years ago
Censorship, don't think., cos if you do you're a threat to the state. Do what you're told and never ask why. But some of us still make out own rules. It's us against the world, Courtesy of Evol Intent.
cthomann 3 years ago 2
Ladies and gentlemen, how do ?
best album intro ever
Nowherehill 3 years ago 3
"Hey man what's happening"...... dun da dun da da dun dun, dun dun dun da dun da dun dun......Goooooooooooooo !!
I remember it all so well. Pure class, this album was brilliant
Coppertunes 3 years ago 2
FINALLY someone has uploaded this version. Thank you SO much :-)
coffycup75 3 years ago 4
I prefer them when they was totally a punk rock band, but the Damned will be always amazing...
moutoupunks 3 years ago
They were a punk rock band always
cthomann 3 years ago
Damned good this. Got the single in the attic. Yep...good track....esp when your in a very dark mood. Turn the lights out...wind up the volume..ye...I'm there....
paul20motorbikes 3 years ago 2
Tebb1t,
I LOL when I read that. It was the only track on my laptop - just got the album ACE!
andyj1567 3 years ago 2
Ladies and gentlement how do?
tebb1t 3 years ago
this rocks. I loved the lyrics then and now they apply more than ever before.
cthomann 3 years ago
softest album with the most hardcore title
shawnswims 3 years ago
there was nothing soft about this album in 79 mate, you have to put yourself back then!
billybadbrakes 3 years ago 4
thanx for the upload
is a great song
EmTheTrooper 3 years ago
nibbled to death by an okapi
Jonesie12344 3 years ago
Oh yes mate ,well remembered!
Sold mine years ago,fool that I am,but hey needed the money.
barnowl01292 3 years ago
"Nibbled to death by an okapi" was the fate of Arthur Dent's brother in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The clip on the end of the record (which repeated over and over again because it was in the centre groove) was taken from the radio broadcast of THHGG. Thanks for bringing back this 30-year-old incantation!
gusgorilla76 1 year ago 2