The Skids - Into The Valley [totp2]

[elafonisi08]

My picture is Hugh's toe

[64LIVERPOOL]

Are the crowd listening to a different piece of music??

[AHOYKIPPER]

Hurrah Hurrah :) laa laa laa laa

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

Ah, peas sure sound divine. And there's masses of lamb.

[steve856100]

Thankyou for all the time and dedication it took you to remind me of the best bits of my life :)

[unclemort1960]

jobson chin is the size of a house brick

[grimsbytown69]

absolute brill !! RIP Stuart Adamson

[MrTheprovider]

if these guys were around playin this shit now, they would be top o the tree.

[bernardballbag]

Wiggy are you a D.J.....because you play some great music...Keep it coming

[BritAU2TH]

Cracking group

[MrDinger24]

Looking back you can hear Stuart Adamson's guitar is similar sounding to his Big Country stuff. A sad loss

[marialfabeta]

my youth

[ycfunlover]

ricky jobson fae ballingry rules 

[jamesstewart13]

Video of the week on Croy Music Miscellany on 11 April, Stuart's birthday...

[ShaunoftheSmeg]

Jobson... What an Arsehole,

Moved next door to a pig farm in Toddington, then campaigned to shut said pig farm because it smelled!

Why move there in the first place!!

[stevobath]

@ShaunoftheSmeg Yes.What a tosser!

[Damnblastify]

@ShaunoftheSmeg "Jobson... What an Arsehole"

PMSL :-)

[Koeningsplein15]

Does anyone with a great memory from the UK remember a parody of this song where it goes ‘Into the Valley...eating fish and chips’? Was it from the Kenny Everett Show?

[kevkonk]

@Koeningsplein15

I remember an advert for cassettes for video I think,

[doggy1boy]

I AM ALSO AN IMORTAL GENIUS OF THE PLANETIAN GALAXIES

[deeder2000]

The sound by the guitarist was v. original and I think only ever played by him in the Skids and Big Country. RJ's dancing was also v. original.. he must have been into Northern Soul when he was younger cos they had moves like his.

[TheRudegirl007]

love this song cannae help but jump around the living room to this one... sadly Stuart isnt on this Earth no more... but has left behind great memories hence this video and not forgetting Big Country..Superb

[scotsmaninusa]

I love the way Jobson always danced out of time.

[nuuuurrr]

ace, always was n' is.

[camfroghoofy]

The audience are playing musical statues , unfortunately no-one told them the rules that they have to stop moving when the music stops lol

[BonoMeArse]

@camfroghoofy

We heard a story back then that the audience couldnt even hear the songs being played....maybe it was true...............

[camfroghoofy]

@BonoMeArse Yes it was because the BBC didnt have quality equipment between the music played and heard from the studio to the tv set.

[Sparta2310]

I bought this as a single record when it was released, it had a bonus poster of the Dunfermline F.C. team line up. I think Stuart Adamson was in the line up IICR but not sure about the rest of the group. They were big Dunfermline FC fans [don't ask me why LOL] Yeah I know they came from there

[hadidta]

JOBSON=LEGEND,END OF

[unclemort1960]

@hadidta he had a huge ego -almost as huge as his jaw

[Fin021]

Bloody fantastic this is what music was all about. Showmanship and entertainment you don't get that anymore. I love all music but I was there for the 80s and still find some of the tracks unbeatable. Most of the tracks out there now will never be remembered. I would love to live it again the clubs were always full to the rafters and the music they played was so diverse. The clubs of today just play the same stuff dance dance and more dance.

[syderwarp]

WTF?! wit crowd this is Great !

[rabidbanshee]

@Gyphia and now the real lyrics Into the Valley Betrothed and divine Realisations no virtue But who can define Why soldiers go marching Those masses a line This disease is catching From victory to stone Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

[andrewt008]

"AVE YOU GOT INTO THE VALLEY BY THE SKIDZ"! Paul Calf video diaries!

[80musiclover]

what a great song as ateenager to drnk and jump about to great stuff

[sadduck28]

@80musiclover maybe you should have spent a bit more time at school , learning to spell

[80musiclover]

@sadduck28 to true spent to much time rouging up class swot

[miganovisky]

great intro

[LCHLLO2008]

no one could kung fu dance quite like mr Jobson!! .Great song thanks for posting>

R.I.P Stuart .A sad loss to music.

[fodder687769]

come on now ya talkin

[sabotagetimes]

Isn't this Richard Jobson Skids look lifted from a Robert Redford or James Caan role?

[musicds]

Music is truly the soundtrack of our lives...

[captainz99]

@musicds so true

[mrblifil]

Nice skanking from Jobson. Hurts a bit to see Stuart Adamson so young and full of promise, even though now we know him to be an immortal genius.

[greshami]

@mrblifi

The immortal genius who put the tree into Big Country? He was a Big Country member. And we do remember.

[someblokecalledchris]

@mrblifil yehh god bless him mate .

[BigWoodyAllen]

Glasgow 05.03.10

SKIDS LIVE  ABC

Fucking awesome!!!! Cheers Richard Jobson!

[jammumu]

Scottish junky bands rule.

[tonyttt31]

They look more like Madness than a punk band.

[compasschris]

The audience are a bag of laughs aren't they?

[AtticusStount]

@compasschris typical of this programme. Whenver there is a rock performance, the audience just doesn't know how to react.

[buckstoneboy]

ma sons football team xmas nite out last month and most of the dads maself included were into punk/ska etc back in the day, so we took control of music for 20 mins & had a riot! skids were ma band so all over the hall floor jobbo style was i! got the 14 year old kids up, what a laugh, they have now all watched this.

[freethequeen]

class !! i used to dance like him, drinks used to go flying all over the place !!

[TaxiRED]

So did i, oh what memories.. :)

[woodyfurball]

LMAO @ 2nd generation Punk, Fook off Skids fooking rooled ya clown, so ive just saw SLF 2 months ago, well I must be watchin 25th generation PUNK? you were born in 67 I take it, please dont say you were Pogoing at 9 year old or maybe you read about it?

[heartsloyal1]

Class act

[Glenn1967ful]

This was second generation punk, no ripped clothes, green hair, in fact these bands looked " normal" and were more acceptable to TOTP than the Sex Pistols were.

[royayersrules]

2nd generation? Punk was over by then.

[mrbassman25]

wot .... in 1979?

Punk was still young and at it's peak!

[Vijaysuper]

Albert Tatlock for fucking top!

[MrAlQ]

well, the white hat is kind of regrettable but what a great song

[dartmoordog]

Stuart Adamason......LEGEND

[Forestamtul]

Is richard Jobson alive still I think he is but I know Stuart has passed away a few yrs ago.

[dartmoordog]

Yes he is mate. He is a TV presenter.

[Forestamtul]

Thank you dartmoordog.  but shame about Stuart no longer with us.

[dartmoordog]

Yes. A real tragedy.

[kenfig]

Yeah shame ; depression is bad shit

[grampysimon1]

Albert Tatlock!!!

[kenfig]

Sorry grampy ? ; Albert Tatlock ?? What about Tatters ?

[grampysimon1]

The B side.....

[kenfig]

Oh i see ; never heard it as i didnt buy a Skids single EXCEPT 'Yankee Dollar' in about Nov '79 which was more of an E.P. really.Albert wasnt on my Skids compilation c.d. either

[grampysimon1]

teh B side was actually called TV stars, but the chorus was just shouts of "Albert Tatloclk". there is a clip of a recent version on Youtube, song's about people in coronation street, crossroads and other UK stcoms mostly

[forestgumpaed]

jobson was in a band the armoury show,he formed them after they split and admason(r.i.p.) went on to big country.

[WarningPunkSpirit]

not really... they are from the '70's this is original from them

[JohnnyAlpha8]

A total blatant rip off of Weezer and Green Day!

[kingprawn2007]

lao

never studied history

[OnionTerror2007]

Absolutely! They even did it 30 years ago! Shocking!

[2bsom1]

you mug

[derick776]

dont talk out your arse mate,this is from 1979,did they have a crystal ball to see into the future or something lmao

[dartmoordog]

JohnnyAlpha8....What a Dick

[SiolGhoraidh]

Was that sarcasm..? I fucking hope so mate..

The Skids are way out of their league!

[nitramyerfdog]

???? Don't go there sonny.

Name the B side.

[SiolGhoraidh]

Don't go where? I was stating that it's fucking ridiculous to say that the Skids are a rip off of Weezer and Green Day, mostly because the Skids did it approximately twenty years before and are approximately twenty times better than either of the aforementioned bands.

The B side to what, and why, may I ask, 'sonny'?

[kevatthedisco]

wicked dancin

[IMPERIALSTORMTROOPER]

was jobson in group called the armoury show?

[mindtpi]

Yes, with Russell Webb from the Skids and John McGeoch and John Doyle from Magazine

[GriefTourist]

truly great intro

[chipzz86]

come on the fifer

[tallpaul530]

best thing jobson ever did or will do

[vanspursman]

you should watch his films he does

[tallpaul530]

i have heard the saying don,t give up your day jog sorry but he,s a good singer thats it

[anarchy62]

I loved them,

nobody else knew of them back then in sth Australia.

[stellaviolens]

Jobson looks like suggs, his lyrics and singing will go down as legend .

Classic song from 79' when every other new wave song was a belter or so it seemed.

[hanging1v]

AHOY;

[sparx65]

Rest in peace Stuart, God bless you.

[hastie9]

Best band and best song ever!

[deadkennedy1]

school discos for me :)

yeeeahhh i look back with pride!!!

[soboneidol]

so, the blur machine has been at it again? have they ever had an original idea between them? or is everything they've ever done ,collectively or separately, 'inlfluenced' by something... these fellas were real. long live real music :)

[BLAGASPANTS]

Graham coxon must of been into these... deffo sound familiar.

/watch?v=BANR-EFZZJM

[b00mhauer]

Ahoy! Ahoy! I love the chorus, I bet this is a fave at footie matches.

[sirkettle]

great tune been listning to this for years but still can get the words,probably notwot im singing lol

[ZLUGGO]

Skids. One of the best bands ever!

[colincky]

did some great pogoing to this ,brings back fantastic memories.a fine scottish band from fife.

[boyfat6161]

The Birth of BIG COUNTRY . RIP STU T.

[lesstewarts1]

Great stuff - saw them at T in the Park for their last hurrah and they were fabulous even without Stuart

[MF197980]

GREAT SONG GREAT YEAR

[SiolGhoraidh]

Wow, no offence meant, but Jobson looks proper like Mike from the Young Ones in this!

Anyway, TOP SONG!

[damian1983ar]

classic!

[OXAXCO]

What is wrong with that audience ? They should be having the time of their lives !!!

[lewisner]

Richard Jobson on top form...great song...TY for posting

[drewinulster]

great tune

[tdforbust]

I love this song and Peas sure sound devine.

[4plates]

they told you the lyrics on that maxell tapes advert in the 80's.....ha ha

[SpeedTriple59]

another classic record from a fantasic under rated band, if they were from london they would have been massive, but alas it seems north of the border is not recognised, like a lot of bands of the time,brought it first time out on a 7 inch white vinyl!!!

[stiffest]

reminds me of 2nd year c-hill high livi

[katastrophenschutzwa]

first single i ever bought!and i know ALL the lyrics so there....

[scottykid5]

I'm Scottish and its east to understand if i listen.

[Glamrock70]

AWEOSME SONG!

[barvida]

Hey, I'm English and I still dont know some of what he's singing........

[FLORENT2222]

nevermind, music is a universal language !!

the most important thing ever !!

P.S.: I am french and I don't understand all the lyrics !!! ;=)

[gabsmabs]

pittoop don't worry about it mate, us english don't understand them neither!. i bought this when i was 16 in '79 and just made my own up. :s

[Pittoop]

Thanks for understanding. :)

[barnowl01292]

I still now all the words!

Great song.

[Pittoop]

So talented!

[jefesitohk44]

Into the valley= best intro ever.

[daveden115]

I agree and so does graham coxon he nicked it for his song freakin out..

[mookie2637]

Good point. Never noticed that before...

[suspectdevice71]

The singer of this song stole that hat from Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney. Charges were brought but Maloney dismissed them saying "I like this song and the hat lends the singer a distinct air of idiocy".

[Chad4752]

I can't get their songs on Limewire! :(

[TaraTownsend]

This will always be one of the best tracks ever! This is light years better than most of the pap that passes for music these days! One cannot compare the raw energy which was pumped out back then with the carefully-staged-brain-dead monotony of the 'Gegenwart'.

[EUROPHOBIC]

Watch "You've been Framed" there's always some twat at a wedding dancing like Jobbo.....Oh Richard, so much to answer for mate!

[TomthatiscalledTom]

True, very very true.....

[garrygoob]

fuckin class

[stakka79]

What a band...Still sounds exciting...Like John Peel said, their choruses sounded like a goal being scored!

[BurkZerker]

Into the valley, betroth and divine. Realisations of virtue but who can define, why soldiers go marching, those masses align. This disease is catching, from victory to stone... Ahoy, ahoy, land sea and sky. Ahoy, ahoy, boy and a soldier. Ahoy, ahoy, decieved and then punctured. Ahoy, ahoy, long may they go. All of the children, blank and starry eyed. Why so uncertain, our culture diseased. Prophets are brainwashed, tomorrows demise. All systems failing, the placards unroll...

[TaraTownsend]

Thank you for writing the lyrics so that Mr American-haven't-got-a-clue-ab­out-any-other-native-English (and that's dubious) could enlighten himself!

[BurkZerker]

No problem, I noticed the vandross fan mention a jungle and after knowing the lyrics for 29 yrs I couldn't resist, yet ran out of character space, so they can hum the rest.

[digglyda]

nearly 30 years since I first heard it...and I'm still puzzling over the lyrics. I get about 1 word in 5

[vandrossfan]

I aint got a clue what the lyrics are I just thought he was singing in spanish or french but I know someone was born in a jungle and the la la la la bit lol

[vandrossfan]

Actually Miss Townsend as your English is so excellent and i'm a Leicester lad not an American I suppose you know and understand every lyric that has been voised since music began my comment was made in jest and I do happen to like this song as it's what I grew up listening to as the Americans might say "get a life"

[TaraTownsend]

Sorry!

[vandrossfan]

Apology accepted,I would like to say sorry to you as well Tara as I may have over reacted to your comment I was just having a bad day me thinks so as an American may have said to me "Man your an asshole"..... SORRY!.

[Pittoop]

I'm an American and I always understand native english but for some reason, couldn't understand the words on this song. Either way, I love the song and that's the main thing really.

[kramer2088]

Actually was Russell Web not from Glasgow? Cardonald to be exact. His mum gave my girlfriend 2 tickets to see the armoury show supporting U2, We went to see the Armoury show and left before U2 played!

[treacle]

C H U N E

omg @ that dancing

[lespaulstrata]

holy crap....

jobbo - once voted the worst dancer in the northern hemisphere.

this guy had more front than tesco's car park.

love them all to bits.

brilliant music and real talent.

masssive, massive sound - hence big country and the armoury show

[upkeep617]

Took me back 30 odd years , Just magic!!!!

[NewWaver80014]

Dunfermline should be proud of these guys.

If nothing else, it's worth watching just to see Richard rip his tight elastic. I mean...trip the light fantastic.

[parsdraft]

I am from Dunfermline and we are proud of them

[whitehills2007]

It was seeing this very performance on the box, back in 79, that 1st got me into the band. And 28 years later, I marry a girl from the very town that they came from !!! Betrothed and divine !!!

[macaroon44]

the jobson shuffle there were many who tried.including me-recently ,three sweat soaked t-shirts later.

[quiggypop]

love the skids!

[jmpmcd]

get them on my underpants all the time..duh