Alabama 3 live at the Astoria "Mao Tse Tung says"

[Pawlzee]

I wondered what happened to Puck from M.T.Vs Real World season one.Seriously though i like this band alot.

[ThePogle]

the world is now a better place

[MaoistLeninistMarx]

are they Communist?

[barguybrady]

few regrets in my life. Not Seeing Alabama 3 play Live is one of them..

[akajezebel]

The length of time it took them to get to the actual song . . . 1:55. The sheer number of people holding up their right hands despite having been told NOT to . . . countless. :)

[Hugo411]

Was not this song used in an old KOOL AID commercial?

[greenan67]

yeeee haaaaaa

[Lee1878Sant]

Not no fucking more !!!

[hifiguy2805]

Duh!! What? Your point being? And? Get on board.

Leave the politics. Get the groove and ENJOYYYYYYAAAAA

Praise yee the Alabama 3

[whitehorsetom]

5 times in row , maybe one more time.x

[thestickwoman]

I'll never get tired of watching this. I love all these guys.

[dyingsun23]

These guys are simply awesome.

Know what else would be awesome? If Country Dick Montana was still alive and did a track or two with these guys. What a killer combination that would be.

[Lee1878Sant]

Yeahman :)

[Lee1878Sant]

Hasta La Victoria Siempre xx

[nidumite]

Bristol Fleece last Sunday smaller combo but still ROCK :-)

[Alec3115]

Brilliant, really embodies the spirit of being at their gigs - great edit.

[JackyRowe]

Alabama 3 have a bodhran player??!! SWEET!!!!!!!

[jillamanda]

Shit hot!!!

[MegaChairmanMao]

Mao = Hero.

[dragonsarefake]

take on madman speech add some music= 1one hit

[pauljrchef]

"Exile on Cold Harbour Lane" is one of the bast CD's i've ever heard and own, out of the thousand or so that I have

[Beachluvr28]

Awesome. Fucking awesome.

[1286z]

brilliant that is all

[ReallyBigFatLarry]

Far and away the greatest song / performance ever.

[lee3sant]

Love it la x

[ScBaba09]

Brilliant. Off to see them in Glasgow in May. If its anything like this video its going to be great!

[mrdjotter91]

@ScBaba09 its nothing like the video mate been to see them twice, last night in leeds was one ''/ ...... its fuking better

[loudmouth4]

This I just my impression, but it seem more of a cynical song pointing out the hypocrisy of the Peaceful communist beliefs, honestly a system that starved 7.5 million Ukrainians just because they believed In individual rights.

[VanDoodah]

@loudmouth4 Alabama 3 are all communists.

[hen0506]

@VanDoodah

And ??

[VanDoodah]

@hen0506 ...I was merely stating a fact, not making a judgment.

[hen0506]

@VanDoodah Man, I see your point and I was slightly pissed (Aussie for 'drunk'), so my judgement was slightly impaired and I now recognise you were stating a fact and not making a judgement, I didn't know they were red flaggers. All I know is they make some pretty fine music and the uniqueness of a band is what gets me in, not the normal mainstream crapola aimed at the market of 14 year olds... These guys are cool without trying to be cool.

[hen0506]

@VanDoodah ... almost forgot - *peace*

[KITCHENOFDISTINCTION]

Love lots of music but this is the best band I've seen live

[carysfaerie]

@KITCHENOFDISTINCTION

Me too..without a doubt :)

[oranbhoy67]

change must come from the barrell of a mother fuckin gun!

P-IRA INLA ETA!!

[antz1916]

1. the PIRA have no guns

2. the INLA are on a permanent ceasefire

3. spell ETA.

[oranbhoy67]

1.your a dick

2.your an internet warrior dick

3.eh ETA?

[oranbhoy67]

And why u trying to slag a fellow tim/republican ya wank

[craigtheton]

Brilliant

[craigtheton]

Loved this band for a few years now, seen them live 3 times, the best band i have ever saw live. Go see them if you are watching this, it will be excellent you will not regret it.

[whoviansouljah]

who else would have the balls to use jim jones on backing vocals god bless alabama 3

[Rikk303]

I'd have love to have been there...young with a mind full of something instead of disinterested carnal hormomes running riot. Hey-ho. Love all you Tubesters. Have the best Christmas ever xxxxxx

[scarbelly1967]

saw them in cambridge last week. new female singer,looks good but she's no devlin love.

[mrdjotter91]

she as had a baby

[1vmgl6ma]

jake black fae posso lol quality!!!!!!

[BiffChunksteak]

3:32 should give anyone who understands English a clue that the Alabama 3 are not Rage Against The Machine.

[Congest]

Communism is the future, motherfuckers!

Mao sucks, though; Trotsky is the way to go!

[griparbelli]

Brother,

if you start like this, you are through before an opening.

Mao won many fights against many monsters and demons.

They had to wait his death to prevail.

Trotsky wrote many intelligent things. Too intelligent ones: as Lenin commented in his wills.

Th. was a main character of a great revolution as a young man.

Afterward, not so much of practical.

[3vilJ1m]

Lol!

trotsky what did he ever do apart from divide the left wing forces? And spout shit about the USSR.

[focusonmusic]

@Congest communism is good , hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahah!

[cookingglen]

been to goa but they wern't there i'm in belfast an cin dem next week!

[jenevete]

heading to see them too.. can't wait.. will be a great gig in Belfast..

[cookingglen]

was a great gig!

[jenevete]

yeah it was Brilliant.. i danced all night...

[Lukhoth]

All I can say is I CANNOT WAIT til they come back to the US. Gonna go to Dublin... not Goa. Saw them in Cleveland... sweet pretty mutherfuckin country acid house rock...

[sofakingdrunk66]

Tubby O'hara says hi ya Alabama 3...

[lilmisspino]

Cracking open an O.P.T., kicking back and just loving them good 'ole A3 boys! Converted back in 1996 and have been preaching the word ever since .... oh, and I definitely ain't goin' to Goa neither ;-)

[tunderbomber]

The guy playindg the budrun.. these guys handle any type of genre. Just waiting till they go all Jaques Brel on me..

[seanylynch]

Jaques Brel aint too bad either,so..win/win

[melodyalice]

I love love love this sontg, going to see them on thursday at the Electric ballroom, not seen them before and Im so so excited

[rockerbillyj]

once was enough - you will be taken over they are mad and cool and when can i go again - have a good-un

[compagnocarmine]

w mao

[shunt007]

this band is so cool

[scarbelly1967]

fuckin brill this

[wodandieus]

This is my favorite live version of this song by a wide margin.

Good work here.

[Dippers85]

Love this version of Mao Tse Tung said....simply awesome!!!! :D

[eddbhoy]

hail fkn hail ta the love's

[juicetractor]

all hail to the vid im a bit intoxicated yehaa

[ravenhill632]

awesome vid. Thank you so much for posting this. great job.

[eddbhoy]

STILL BEST SONG/PERFORMANCE EVER.

[matmonkglover]

wow i was there it was my birthday was such a great gig loved it love this band

[S1umGoddess]

we were there...i keep thinking i see myself up front w/the red/black hair but who knows? editing's fast but terrific and captures the feeling.

about the salute we were amazed when PITB was released in the States w/the same cover as here (that L-hand salute; we're Americans).

[Blob666]

saw them at wickerman 2005 and 2008. now im a dedicated metalhead but alabama 3 have got to be one of THE greatest bands on the planet. i was brought up listnin to exile... and its one of my fav albums

[Emyrsaurus]

These guys played a festival last Sunday and were just unbelievable. I really miss watching these, could have danced to them all night

[empibroo1]

I't does not get any better than this for me! The only thing that surpasses this great song is it's performance.Unfuckin believable!

[commentisfree1]

In many ways it is a great song. What worries me, though, is the way that - especially in this video - the band seem to think that Chairman Mao was a good thing. And, surely, he was very, very far from that.

[tgraham0227]

Of course in this postmodern age the use of Chairman Mao is used in an ironic sense,not as a incitement to arms, right? It's all entertainment. We incite and then dissemble. We mean it but then a moment later we're only in it for the money.

[commentisfree1]

Ah: so the band is schizoid (worst interpretation) or just being silly or something like that (best interpretation). Given the subject matter, I am unhappy even with the latter. I do love the music though (and part of the reason I like THIS song, worryingly, is that it is rousing).

[commentisfree1]

On reflection, perhaps I should relax. (It was the salute that really got me going. .)

[BiffChunksteak]

Do not get distracted by the title. Remember a title is but a label, a meme designed to make something stick. There is at least as much of Jim Jones in this as there is Mao. There's also reference to Elvis (another gun nut), Salvador Allende (who died by the gun rather than lived by it) and Daniel Ortega among many others. To me it's rather about mind control and the appeal of controversy than that it conveys any real 'red' ideas.

[tgraham0227]

Yes it is all Jim Jones on the tape, quoting Mao and coaching the young female voice that we hear that killing is the only way to bring on change. Jim Jones was a fervent communist as well as a paranoid cult leader who led over 900 Americans to commit revolutionary suicide in 1978 in Guyana. This song is certainly controversial because it pairs Jones's revolutionary musings with a killer beat that builds and builds until it explodes. I love it.

[rolutos]

On wow on the Demon Soul Server I have an Guild for Alabama 3 fans. if you want to join send a mail message to Limeyman on the Demon Soul server

[wullyp]

are you t in the park

[fe22a]

yeah they are - better be playin this . . .

[sachemsiouxx]

Should you decide to stop by Paris, Il love to get a live glimpse of you.

Peace.

[eLeCtRoxxxGurL1989]

yea this isnt fair i seen them at the ABC the other week and i miss them already....come back guys!!!!pleaeeeeeeese

ye dont see enuff of spirit in this ...the guy rocks :D

[wullyp]

when you coming back to glasgow

[spirokeet21]

Coming to Glasgow tomorrow, ABC, can't wait. Good excuse to get my crocodile skins on and get nicely toasted.Catch ya there rockfreebase.

[Sqorpio1980]

Thanks Quandary! Tis A Great Band! With Huemer. I Must State! Not What I Normally Listen Too! But Good All The Same!.

[Quandary121]

this band are the best ever they out strip anything else ive followed them for ages and this is the greatest song ive heard for years 5 stars all the way on all there stuff go boys rock the house blow them away

[rockfreebase]

We'd love to come to San Francisco again, not sure when, but it will happen.

[robdemexico]

any chance of a visit to Mexico. I haven't seen they boys since the Hey on Wye book festival!

[rockfreebase]

Doubt we'll be in Mexico in the near future I'm afraid.

[smilybri07]

Please come to San Francisco!!

You are loved here!!

:)

[blackandorange55]

Seriously wish I was there, I love alabama 3.

[TurboLover88]

i like the way this band doesnt rape you with ticket prices

[kiriwood]

Ohhhhh fried gold! Can't Wait to see em again!!

[victoruhldotcom]

Hell, I'm in Kansas City, USA, and I love these guys. Don't know how, but I'm gonna see them someday...

[DoctorTheo]

I think they'll be be doing South by South West festival this year. Remember, in the US the band goes by the name of A3.

[rockfreebase]

I think we might have played kansas on our first American tour in 1998, afraid most of it's a bit of a blur. Hopefully see you soon Victor, I'll keep you posted about US dates.

[rockfreebase]

Wow! Brings back memories, actually, aftershow memories I thought were long gone. Not bad for a, daft as a tap, country, techno, gospel, acidhouse, blues band. By the way, we're not all from Glasgow and Wales.

[tinnedweasel2]

you know they're from lyk glasgow and somewhere in wales or something ...love them tho

[jockstrapy]

roll on to my next fix of the boys

[keithwalsh1972]

saw these guys doing a small acoustic set last night. They rocked the joint

[juicetractor]

not sure what im commenting on but i saw the band a couple of times in ireland, i have never experienced anything like it,its an event don't feel like a concert etc absolutley marvellous

[emilymartian]

this is one band I need to seriously see live

[seanylynch]

loved the clip mate, ta

[Annehetherington]

They were amazing in sligo! Friends saw them in dublin a couple of weeks earlier, said it was good but not much of the old stuff, but the dj set at eamonn dorans was incredible.

Best live band bar none

[tlufs59]

just saw them in Sligo on Friday 26th October and got name checked during this...."Big Frank Rafferty says".

Thanks Jake.

[Puddies87]

Awesome.

[craigtheton]

Brilliant at Glasgow. The best concert I have ever been to.

[craigtheton]

Seeing them on 22nd Sept at Glasgow Carling Academy . Cannot wait....

[thedoctorherb]

lucky man

[cemaca89]

awesome!

[thedoctorherb]

bin in to these since 97 seen them supoportin the levellers fuckin class

[ajktony]

that was fucking awesome.

[peppino2]

Cazzo spacchiamo il culo ai passeri X)

[zolabud69]

This is my favourite.Great vid.

[craigtheton]

Brilliant

[Dragnim]

Segs is dead baby, Segs is dead.

[juicetractor]

the best there is.. u can get the dvd

[padthebear]

Top Quality

[6zina9]

Where's Segs?

[Lovewoood]

I sayed Goddam yeah!

[MaddJackMcMadd]

Oh yes indeed!