Wire - The 15th

[kriki5555]

Hello to "Travis". One of the best songs ever

[kriki5555]

One of the best songs ever. Hello to "Travis"

[Celestiaetterra]

There was definitely something in the air at the time.

[martini17]

Mathew Cerletty album art?

[Lucianoloucurinhas]

♥♥♥

[charlie123abc360]

What is this "Carlos" film? It's mentioned on all my favourite videos:P Sounds like it has a good soundtrack, perhaps I should watch it:)

[Pacmanknapp24]

The movie it's self is based on a true story somewhat on lich Ramirez Sanchez funny it's loosly based on a true story he was pretty much like a ghost, so the movie is based on facts the media knows about with some investigation inspired to add into the film. Charlie123abc360 it's a epic film regardless

[Afereth]

this is so ahead of its time our time everybody's time. Wire. They are fucking legends

[directjw1]

Wire are genius, are they in the Hall of Fame?

[sineadnicgabhann1]

they were pioneers in a way,check out what gang of four kraftwerk ,can, nau ,bowie and eno were dooing around the same time,to name but a very few well known 70s bands were at.the bands today are nothing new then???

[SilverSpoonsFan81]

@decorumgun421 Yeah, uh... maybe you've heard of The Stooges, New York Dolls, Patti Smith Group, Television, Suicide and a hundred other brilliant American bands before and after?

[deki740]

I get so happy listening to this song. I have no idea why I do, but it is awesome.

[rkeppler3633]

Well used in the film Carlos. Disc 3.

[decorumgun421]

I was born in 1982, and I just kind of stumbled upon this song and thought "HOLY CRAP this group influenced how many of my favorite bands?" But Wire, Esp in this song, arranged things just...perfectly. So grateful for finding this. I was just never exposed to this before because I am a shitty American, and we generally have shitty music that just imitates genius. THIS is GENIUS!!! And I will take the advice of a previous poster and go shrooming later this fall, and apply some Wire to my mind.

[cadmus98]

@decorumgun421 "...we generally have shitty music that just imitates genius."

What are you talking about? America has a lot of the most innovative and interesting music ever made. Sure, your pop music is bad... but so is everyone else's.

[Afereth]

@decorumgun421 so the doors , jimmi hendrix velvet underground never meant a thing? I am Greek yet I appreciate america's influence UK and the US along with Australia ar the rnr pioneers. Not to mention the US has the blues and jazz and other awesome sound. Every country has something amazing to offer dude. and USA has plenty when it comes to music.

[Afereth]

@decorumgun421 oh and a clarification added sorry for my bad english and also no offence intented xD

[Darkiver]

@decorumgun421

Wipers, Mission of Burma, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, Fugazi, The Feelies, X, Gun Club, Pixies, Big Black, Sonic Youth, Replacements, Television, Pere Ubu, Dead Kennedies, Dinosaur Jr....American Bands no?

[ajisilaos]

WIRE!!! They reached the Graal with 154!!...

So many songs on this album are so creative!!

A kind of grace over what we call pop music!!

INTEMPORAL!!

[stegmac1]

Listening, by chance, to John Peel one night in 1977 and Wire sang Lowdown from "live at the roxy". my life changed that night and was never the same since. thank you Wire. x

[mediattackrecords]

their best album by far

[andycomplex]

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[omgpuppies0707]

i hate how people think fischerspooner are original

[sweetknuckle]

Just realised that the guitar notes are not being 'bent' in any way shape or form, so that they fit coherently with the keyboard melodies....Very, very smart.

[bargeanimal]

Post punk???  These boys are more like pre punk!!!

[mattisprettycool]

possibly the  best song ever? How could someone not like this?

[xDeadMisfitsx]

Unknown pleasures

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

One Fucking Fifty Four!

[312YUSUKE]

They are very simple,cool and gentle.

I like them so much!

[djmusicjac]

beautiful tune more alternative rock with elements post punk

[dmfishface]

I'm not ashamed to admit I learnt of Wire via Fischerspooner in the early 00s!

[vandergraaf54]

One of my very favorite songs too. The last minute is aural heaven. "154" over "Unknown Pleasures", thought that is pretty fab too.....

[MrOoppoddoo]

@jmacatx ~ well, I remember listening to this well over 30 times in a row, and I never owned a walkman. You bothered posting that comment? OH YEAH...and I bothered calling your ill-nature into question.

Solution? Set comments to "none" and cranks can't comment. I love this music, always loved Wire. Thank you for posting.

[MrOoppoddoo]

@jmacatx ~ well, I remember listening to this well over 30 times in a row, and I never owned a walkman. You bothered posting that comment? OH YEAH...and I bothered calling your ill-nature into question.

Solution? Set comments to "none" and cranks can't comment. I love this music, always loved Wire. Thank you for posting.

[MrOoppoddoo]

Thank you for posting.



[misssooshi]

My brother just told me they were going to be in Minneapolis soon. ???

[kostasxrysogelos]

Let's start a mini-poll! 154 or Unknown Pleasures? I'm with Joy Division, although 154 is a marvellous album as well.

[TerrierBram]

@kostasxrysogelos Both?

[misssooshi]

I seriously love this song so much I have the original vinyl album and I need to hear it over and over.

[Megajosh2]

How the fuck did this come out in the late 70s? This is EXACTLY what bands are doing RIGHT NOW!

[djgiga]

@Megajosh2 Becuase you don't need a new technology to create rock you just need imagination.

[madmexarts]

@Megajosh2 nothing new under the sun mate

[demijemladost]

this is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[cosmicrider287]

yeah,analog synths rule.

[encarnacion9]

far better than the FS cover...

[Lucianoloucurinhas]

classic

[ferret630]

GREAT

[terransage]

Someone stole this album from me in 1980, and I never bought it again, though I should have. This is the first time I've heard it since then, and it brings back great memories. Man, I'm getting old....  Postpunk nostalgia.....

[manaledo]

God I forgot how great Wire were

[jimmywunts]

I bought Pink Flag & Chairs Missing on album covers alone. Proved to be the two most influential albums in my collection.

[posstockhoarder]

@jimmywunts

Couldn't agree more!

[martini17]

matthew cerletty?

[xarathustra01]

Marvellous. Thank you from a long time Wire fan :)

[blackadder3]

THE GREATEST POST PUNK SONG EVER!

[MrOoppoddoo]

 Damn....needed this. Thank you.

[DJWHV]

You should listen to it in the dark or with just one little candle.

[ELNITO2009]

it was and will always be soon there... bloody great!

[Benegeserit33]

das letze mal vor 22 jahren gehört.

und jetzt wieder:)

sind immernoch gut

[featheredone456]

 good oldy

[erockticme]

aweeeesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeee

[Philly696]

great song

[axellock62]

fuckin awesum

[turus3325]

der beste wire track überhaupt !!!! perfekter song..........

[starlight68100]

they were too far ahead of their time

[TerrierBram]

Nowadays every body try to sound like Wire did here. However, they miss that particular atmosphere, that soul of this album.

[miguelcontrol]

muy buena rola!!

[jeffdeanable]

I like Kidney Bingos more. These guys are tough. Production wise, wow. 1 2 X U is great, too. All of the sudden this song is reminding me of the Buzzcocks, there's something similar, can't put my finger on it.

[jeffdeanable]

It's a good song, with impressive production, good voice. It's alright. I like Kidney Bingos more. These guys are tough, in a special way.

[inputmodule]

fucking kills.

unbelievable

[CasperEX69]

Sublime. It has everything - everything.

[ShemTheSham]

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!­! My brain-shakes!!! This shit almost puts ENO to shame! And I LOVE Eno.

[WarGoatForestWolf666]

Fischerspooner's cover wasn't bad, but there's something hollow and detached about a synth-based cover of what is essentially a guitar song. AMIRITE

[GerryTeekman]

Amazing band, amazing album. Wow!!!!

[milkcult]

visti a vicenza l'anno scorso... a momenti piangevo...

[mdykehouse]

Charles Thompson ripped this song off...his version is called "Wave Of Mutilation" :))))

[jKoch219]

@mdykehouse They really aren't similar

[agbz]

@mdykehouse Could be. I heard the song, Wave of Mutilation, and it does have similar chord changes. Wire's version is still the best, though.

[RaffaLyla]

grande canzone!

[bonzitoo76]

Adoro sta band, stanno tra le nostre primissime influenze

[nhdaniele]

Sono anche tra le influenze della mia band!

Gruppo assolutamente privo di ridondanze, ogni minimo secondo è sentito e necessario.

[bonzitoo76]

Grandissimi! Vi auguro tanti successi! :)

[TheMassimy]

tra i miei dischi preferiti in assoluto del post-post punk. Amo molto anche la copertina che mi ricorda Kandinsky.

[Superlizzana]

The best song post punk ever time

[mdmayhew]

@Superlizzana Hurts so good to read XD

[whiskeychimp]

Me and her died on the vine..this was the soundtrack.

[Liveoncefool09]

I used this song in my skate part

[coyanikki]

Good choice. One of my favorites. I've often noticed quality music choices in skate videos.

[talktal]

what video was this in? @coyanikki

[coyanikki]

Looks like the comment that I replied to has been erased or something. it mentioned this song in a skate video, which is weird but cool. As a kid, watching my brothers skate videos, I noticed good random music.

[dirtbag1713]

is it me or did wire sound more and more like brian eno each album?

[lavionatube]

I only knew the Fischerspooner version...this one sounds nice as well!

[zboyyu]

1:26 just great

[nodepressionman]

back in the day, i could only find pink flag and 154, and was amazed at the transition from raw punk to psycodelic punk in this band. now that i have heard chairs missing, i see the transformation happening. but what a mind blow this album was. shagnasty is right, this album is probably the best "get stoned and veg out" recording ever

[mccail9]

mush traquir quthquan

[NineShagnasty]

Remember taking a tape (black stringy stuff in a plastic case) of 154 to a party in a squat just after it was released. Everyone tripped out on mushies.......we all just kinda floated away.........

[coyanikki]

So ahead of their time, it's insane.

[BitterSweetFuck]

I'm so glad i found this, i love the Fischerspooner version so much and as soon as I heard that it was a cover version i had to find the original

[racheepiez]

likewise ;)

[epaynes]

oi oi exploited barmy army,,,, lol

[danz818]

its punk that experimented with more things than earlier punk, more complex riffs and themes

[Contraceptive]

So... could you consider them part of the new wave movement?

[62salv]

I notice Wire are often referred to as "post punk". As far as i am concerned Wire were "punk"....at least in the concept of what i consider punk was! But then there are some who consider The Exploited as "punk" lol

[thimble288]

punk started to rot as soon as it hit the airwaves. Wire were simply inspired enough to continue on. Their music has a sort of comfortable confidence to it, in all Wire's iterations. This might be my favorite song of theirs, but that's a tough call.

[GARGANTUA1967]

quite rite my friend, im an old schooler, pre 81, wire was back in the day way ahead, and those off us who listned were considered freakes and still are. Bravo for the comment. Punk was an attitude that ive yet to let go, so long live it

[namesareforrhinoceri]

Thank you. Such a great song.

[Superlizzana]

The best song post punk all time

[Vispateresa3]

Best Wire song and one of my favourite of all times. Remember listening to this in a cold winter evening in 1986, in a station, waiting for a train.

When I first heard it, I liked it so much I listened to it about thirty times in a row.

This song was so good I even forgot about the cold....

[whiskeychimp]

My break up tune from 1986..it was so good,I became numb..

[PlanetoftheAtheists]

@Vispateresa3 Thats so funny! 1986 is when my then-girfriend turned me on to it. It was an epiphany for me, this band changed my musical tastes forever. I would listen to it on my midnight drive from her house, she was the first person i ever said "i love you" to.I still get chills and extremely nostalgic listening to 154 and Chairs Missing.

[baxterbrigham]

@Vispateresa3 i love your story! i went to Europe for a month, and this was the only tape i brought -- and i was content.

[PliSsK]

Thanks for posting. Best version of the song. Best wire song. Almost makes me cry.

[Zeedink]

Very great song !

[gasape]

tanks.....  good song... saludos desde México....