Great album - can play it every day, love Sewing Up Crap - more great lyrics. In fact there's hardly a meaningless song in their extensive repertoire. One of those bands that just keeps shining brightly. Does anyone know why you can never find Anarchy or Swinging With Raymond on any of the many downloads/streaming sites?
As a last comment (I'll shut up now) my grandfather was lost with HMS Acasta,. Their courageous deeds deserved - and deserve - to be honoured, not hushed up.
The closest British ship, the cruiser HMS Devonshire, was under strict radio silence (orders of Churchill) since she was taking the Norwegian royal family to exile in the UK , & therefore could not report the alarm signals received from Glorious. The German ships, Scharnhorst & Gneisenau, didn't stop to rescue men because Scharnhorst had been hit by a torpedo actually fired by HMS Acasta but thought to be from a submarine & feared more torpedoes. Acasta could have run, but made a last stand.
It IS a good song. This version is about the sinking of the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious & her two destroyer escorts, Ardent & Acasta, by German battlecruisers in the Arctic in June 1940. Over 1500 men were lost in the tragedy, in the space of those "three days in the water" over 800 men died of exposure or their wounds, only about 40 men survived to be picked up. It was such an embarrassment to the British government that they covered it up. Or tried to.
I have never discovered another band in my entire life that has produced such a stunning quantity of both fun and meaningful music. I try and I try but I just cannot get sick of listening to these people.
I bought the single in a cd shop but it was released for the Afghanistan invasion so it's probably hard to find by now. Have you tried P2P searching? It's title is Jacob's ladder (an anti-war single), I think. It is pretty close to the original musically, but the words are enough to make it worth several listens (in the name of the father maybe, but not in my name)
Awesome, I've only heard the version on Protest Records that started with Like the sermon on the mountain or something, this ones just as good I think.
love this song
judoisnotamonkey 1 month ago
Thumbs up if you want Pretty Lights to tear this bitch (song) a new asshole!
buckj54 2 months ago
Wow....I love this music. Thank you! Check out U.S. Citizens and the New World Order. Peace, Ven
sharlenemusiclover 4 months ago
Great album - can play it every day, love Sewing Up Crap - more great lyrics. In fact there's hardly a meaningless song in their extensive repertoire. One of those bands that just keeps shining brightly. Does anyone know why you can never find Anarchy or Swinging With Raymond on any of the many downloads/streaming sites?
UKMrMick 5 months ago
@UKMrMick You can find them on torrent sites like isohunt.com but then you will need a torrent client such as utorrent which is easy to use.
erickleandro 2 months ago
This song came out the summer before the 2003 Iraq War started and is very telling of things to come.
(What, they did other stuff after 'Tubthumper'!)
peetrwilson 8 months ago
i like this version the best. it just something about it...
JanuaryBlack1996 9 months ago
Damm I remember listening to this song and album when I was really young :)
SatayBeef 11 months ago
@SatayBeef Me too!
wreoughadsjn 6 months ago
As a last comment (I'll shut up now) my grandfather was lost with HMS Acasta,. Their courageous deeds deserved - and deserve - to be honoured, not hushed up.
MDWH65 1 year ago
The closest British ship, the cruiser HMS Devonshire, was under strict radio silence (orders of Churchill) since she was taking the Norwegian royal family to exile in the UK , & therefore could not report the alarm signals received from Glorious. The German ships, Scharnhorst & Gneisenau, didn't stop to rescue men because Scharnhorst had been hit by a torpedo actually fired by HMS Acasta but thought to be from a submarine & feared more torpedoes. Acasta could have run, but made a last stand.
MDWH65 1 year ago
It IS a good song. This version is about the sinking of the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious & her two destroyer escorts, Ardent & Acasta, by German battlecruisers in the Arctic in June 1940. Over 1500 men were lost in the tragedy, in the space of those "three days in the water" over 800 men died of exposure or their wounds, only about 40 men survived to be picked up. It was such an embarrassment to the British government that they covered it up. Or tried to.
MDWH65 1 year ago
I believe the other version you are referring to is "Jacobs Ladder (Not In My Name)"
The lyrics are good in that one, but I prefer this version.
There's just something about this one....
KRonniK420 1 year ago
I have never discovered another band in my entire life that has produced such a stunning quantity of both fun and meaningful music. I try and I try but I just cannot get sick of listening to these people.
TheFleeingPhoenix 1 year ago 7
I likey!
wakko1221 1 year ago
Thanks mate...That is really great.I will try to upload the protest records version to!!!
castorsia 1 year ago
Nice song, but i heard another version of this song that is a lil bit faster in terms of tempo. Has anyone heard of it? Let me know
errorstas 1 year ago
Amazing, plus Harry Cox to boot! Putumayo's "Eurogroove" has this piece. The songs of Resistance are tonic for the soul.
jwielmak 2 years ago
I bought the single in a cd shop but it was released for the Afghanistan invasion so it's probably hard to find by now. Have you tried P2P searching? It's title is Jacob's ladder (an anti-war single), I think. It is pretty close to the original musically, but the words are enough to make it worth several listens (in the name of the father maybe, but not in my name)
armsnhashish 2 years ago
I love this! Yeah, I've only heard the Protest Records version too. But it's good to hear this one too!
BooksMusicMe17 2 years ago
Thank you! I've been trying to find this song for ages...
DresdenStarwing 2 years ago
good job, this. always thought this song was about drowning. thanks for the lyrics, since i was to lazy to look em up myself
voidem13 2 years ago
Awesome, I've only heard the version on Protest Records that started with Like the sermon on the mountain or something, this ones just as good I think.
NicholasCobalt 2 years ago
The a capella one by the prague group, right?
just got that one, it's fantastic, but I've known this version for years. it's one of my favorites from these guys.
the1produkt 2 years ago
No, that version is also originally by Chumbawamba, but I agree that the acapelle version by the mysterious Prague group is pure genius as well.
armsnhashish 2 years ago
oh wow, I'd love to hear chumbawamba do that version. do you happen to have anywhere i could find it?
the1produkt 2 years ago