Working Class Hero - Manic Street Preachers

[TheAyalonb]

best version of this song

[hmwm67]

Hmm...a song made in tribute to worthless benefits claiming chav scumbags. That sucks!

[Burningrockets]

Castro won them freedom from the states ands lead the country. Kinda seems like he earned his mansion

[warriorprince1010]

@Burningrockets Stole his mansions. 50% of housing in Cubva is not fit for children to live in according to human rights watch. Nice guy.

[Longniddrie]

I remember meeting a Cuban exile in Berlin march last year, a socialist. If Cuba is a socialist utopia why are there socialist exiles in Berlin?

[Vlodrak]

The John Lennon song is bloody brilliant, but I feel like I can listen to this one more often, y'know again and again, cause there's more variation. I definitely think the Manics did it the justice it deserves.

[tingss92]

@marc911uk2 i did i love ozzys and lisetned to green days but i must say im not all that keen on that one, thanks anyway man!

[fromdaghettowithlove]

At first I thought, man those Chicks have deep voices.

[back2thefutre]

boner th0se chcks

[gavilan1973]

ok it doesnt matter which is the best version the question is are we doing our best to beat the system and dont be a slave?

[tingss92]

2nd best version of this ive heard.. Lennon's is first obvs!

[Marc911UK]

@tingss92

Listen to Green Days and Ozzy Osbourne's.

[Fazacsi]

almost better than the original, but the stress is on "almost" of course...:)

[megal0w]

thank you for uploading this

iv not heard this cover in years

[eusfm]

One of the few good covers of this song...

It's good... but it would be better if he keeps the high tone during the phrases and chorus

[RawrRoxas]

Meh i dislike this

[Vasyukov]

Long live the Manics!

[ladyshadowslayer]

I really try not to troll on songs but I have to say I don't like this, I'm a fan of some of Manics stuff, but this don't really sound right... maybe it's just me but I like the original and the Manson versions best.

[finlankyee]

@ladyshadowslayer

Have to agree, this is awful, Manson's version is the best cover of this song.

[Imnotspencer]

how many people cover this song? haha i don't blame them its freaking epic!

[Elibobbob]

I'm a working class hero :-)

[tayopic]

wanna see the best version with allot of emotion put behind it ... look for TINA DICKOW. fuckin awsome . usually the origional is always the best but this woman wins my vote over lennon

[GuitarOwnsDrums]

Not my favorite version, but it's not about that eh?

[sheepysheepish]

i uploaded this ages ago and forgot my password for the account:)

love how this song always evokes an argument:P

will put up the mp3 link later if i get in my account, using youtuber converter software always produces lower quality=/

[mltar2]

The Roger Taylor version is worth listening to.

[kufferman]

no no no no no soooooooooo wrong

[eojoeoj]

The problem I have with Green Day is that they resorted to political and social awareness as a result of a creative block. The shit they've churned out and wealth they've accumulated over the years totally negates any sentiments of the song.

[Gamagachee]

@eojoeoj I was always one of the rare fans of that band - Nimrod was the only album I found great imo.

[MyDj123]

sound like tom petty

[Papkaify]

I'm wondering wich feeling is in it. I can find no. This song is made for pain, fear, anything, not for this. Nobody can go better than John, but they can be near...

[deriaku75]

thats fucking gay

[eretnamo]

greenday stands strongly against american hegamony, social & international inequality, brutality, racism, civil wars, american idiocracy & so much that no other artists do. except for the U2, maybe.they fuckin rule

people who claims the opposite, well let them make music so the whole world,us, could hear & witness their change on the globe

well, at least stop bein internet freaks and get out of ur little worlds

[11thhourreprieve]

the problem with covers is ppl are always measuring them against each other and the original. Personally I take each song I hear as a stand alone piece. I love MSP and what they did with this. It's got the manic stamp all over it, u can believe they wrote it (I know they didn't but they wrote the arrangement.) Only version I aint keen on is tin machine's, simply cos I dun like their arrangement.

[red9black9white]

john lenon was a fucking bloody hippie

hippies are the worst shit in this world

[birdy47]

i actully like Manics but i do not like this cover.

[rockerwere]

I despise this version. It is probably the worst I have ever heard. Ergh!

[oceanat9]

I'm with hawketc on this one, Manics have better songs!

[sheepdog2c7]

This is pretty good, in my opinon Lennons is still the best by miles

[maxansell86uk]

WRONG!! Original by Lennon is easily the best. Greenday and Manics have arse fucked this song!! At least Manson's cover kept it simple. Manson wanted the song to still have a bit of Lennon character, what the hell is this though!! Bloody awful!

[butteo]

Too fuckin' fast you welsh gits!

[bobrock94]

Dos a fwcio dy hyn XD

[mentalcherriesrcool]

they're welsh ?!?!????

[BejnXander]

Green absolutely desecrated this song.

Manics do a much better cover!

[SuperMegabar]

@BejnXander Look. I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Green Day.. I only like their early stuff, i can hardly get into their newer stuff. And i do prefer Manics. But saying they desecrated this song is just wrong. Their cover was actually pretty good. You're judging them for the music they make and not the cover.

[BejnXander]

@SuperMegabar I heard the Green Day cover. I didn't like it at all, hence the comment.

[rholemurdoch]

Almost as good as Green Days version...

[daryl4classic]

greenday are wannabe's. Nothing but posers.

[rholemurdoch]

Yes, I agree. Still their version of this song is better.

[hawketc]

I really do love the Manics, but they shouldn't have done this :o(

[twistedpreference]

two words, "bad cover"

[gdmcr41182]

this is way better than manson's piece of shit version

[ro1980video]

i kinda like it, the weide rithem just represents just how fuckedup "they" make you,

[Nautules83]

this is just awefull

[0TeriMoore0]

They ruined it.

[ShishioSeta]

I don't want to judge Manic Street Preachers since I haven't heard their songs, but this cover was completely disgusting.

[luciferion2000]

this sounds too happy

it makes me laugh

sorry

[kaylasulk]

I laughed too.

I'm sorry,I really like the manics but this is by far the worst cover of any song i have ever heard,it's a piece of fucking shit.

[IxAmxAnxAint]

Green Day and Marilyn Manson cover this song best. I don't care bout anyone else's opinions

[UberTroll13]

and they don't care about yours

[merbywerby]

this is horrible .. what the fuck

[SgtBastard101]

You want to hear a really great version of this song,check out the album Working class Hero-A tribute to John Lennon.Screaming Trees does this song better than anyone except Lennon himself.Fuck Greengay!

[ShishioSeta]

"Greengay"? Wow, that was the WORST insult I've ever heard! I agreed with you on most of this, until I read the last sentence.

[SgtBastard101]

Well,good enough name for sell-out corporate swine they are!How about Gain-Green-Lay?! lol

[daryl4classic]

gren day = posers

Manics = One of the World's greatest

Clash = The worlds greatest

:P

[tonima36]

best version is by Racoon

[brotherofgurnip]

How can any version be better than John's?

HE MADE THE GODDAMN SONG!

[MoskvaMorten]

The most funky version of this great song. I love it.

[vasorockgirl]

well, they ruined the song!!!! Lennon and then Green day

[heyaevery1x]

Greendays version is a shit copy! Least the manics Made it their own way.. Greenday made it EXACTLY the same..!

Greenday are far too overeted..

Manics are awesome!

[ShishioSeta]

Well of course it's the same, IT'S A FUCKING COVER! I thought the people on Ozzy's and Marilyn Manson's side were idiots, but all of you are dumbasses!

[ShishioSeta]

How did Lennon ruin the song IF HE FUCKING MADE IT?!? FUCKING IDIOT!!

Lennon's and Green Day's were my favorite.

[hammerforever13]

ok this is just a piss take of a brilliant soulfull emotionall song a total waste of time

[GreenDavid100]

O.k

Green Day Is better but this is also nice

But I LOVE PUNKROCK

[lordtcn1337]

green day is even worse then rap

[GreenDavid100]

GREEN DAY

THIS IS FUCK

[1991Tijmen1991]

Its certainly not like the original, or like Green Day,

but it's good in its own way.

[sulack]

AHHHH MY EARS. AHHHHHH

[hackajack]

Worst version ever!

[lennonisgod576]

no no maralin manson take that prize but this pretty shit

[Aritarg]

it's ok, dont to much

[gerlend]

1. Green Day

2. John Lennon

3. Marlyn Manson

4. Ozzy Osbourne

[3035730357]

Would be right IF Green Day didn't censor. The "fucking" 's are ESSENTIAL to the sense of the song.

[saveourplanet14]

John Lennon first...then I agree with you.

[lordpenut1]

john lennon first man

[rickthaluddite]

don't forget Marianne Faithfull on her 1979 album, "broken English," which is second only to the original-- this version is pretty good

[AcousticPromotions]

love it!!

[johnnyfarout]

hit you and hit you and then hit you and hit you

[KosmicFlux]

Can't think of a more appropriate band to cover this song. The Manics socialist ideology allows to sing a song like this and actually mean every word. They represent everything this song is about. Rock on!

[EvelynDungeon]

And what is that? I really think that this song is all about, not to fall, all these ideologies. Socialists, working-class, rightwing, left wing...all that bullshitt. The system makes you weak! And you all think, hey! Who did better cover-version of this song! Read Orwell!

[Chinaboatman]

This isn't a socialist song.... it isn't about politics at all.

[amphi8ian]

So what do you think the song is about then? If not politics then it's about class? And class is not about politics right? Even religion is about politics. It's all about politics. POLITICS!!!!! ARGGHHHHH!!!! Kill kill kill. Arrrggghhhh!!!! Burn burn burn!!!!! AAAARRRGGGHHH.

[SpaceShipWarrior]

@amphi8ian I want a hardline socialist goverment just a little to the right of what the great che guvara and general castro achieved in cuba.

[warriorprince1010]

@SpaceShipWarrior Castro...billionaire, servants, private chefs, maids, 50 mansions spread around Cuba, him and his friends live in them. Cuban people...cannot choose their own leaders, live on under $6000 a year, poor quality housing, no freedom, cannot own their own copyrights or businesses. Castro is the oposite of what we need.

[SpaceShipWarrior]

@warriorprince1010 Nonsense they are all fairly well of with free education and health care inspire of illegal trade restrictions placed on cuba by fascist america. Your a right winger, I hate the way rightwingers or trotskys moan as if their view is more important than the majority....That is dictatorship...

[warriorprince1010]

@SpaceShipWarrior Nonsense, Cuba has mainly poverty, very corrupt govening class who live in total wealth, and no freedoms. Hlaf of all homes are not fit to live in. You are a left wing nut and I hate any political radicals, you are just as bad as the right wing nuts, you failed.

[SpaceShipWarrior]

@warriorprince1010 free education, health care etc you don't get that in columbia.

[warriorprince1010]

@SpaceShipWarrior Free...LOL. The Cuban people all work for Castro and his corrupt regime. The people in charge are all millionaires, Castro a billionaire, they all have mansions and it is the work of Cuban people that has made them rich. The people of Cuba work hard and pay for healthcare and eductaion by their hard work, it is not free. Castro's mansion was free for him as he did not earn it.

[RadicalAlternative]

hey love this! Love Lennon etc., etc., etc., but this is so good too! Keep the anger alive!

[oasisfan27611]

wow i didnt think this was at all possible but it think this actually beats marlin manson for its shitness

[walkthrumasterx]

i agree. i personaly like Ozzy's cover better

[westylufc10]

best cover but John Lennon's version still is miles better

[keimzeit88]

existiert keine Video dazu???? Oder eine Live Auftritt???????????????

[keimzeit88]

beste Version, die ich je gehört habe !!! S T A R K !!!

[Mychonatora]

the voice is amazing but the song isnt right

[pjtheloser]

i agree this is amazing in the vocal category but this is just a song u cant change without ruining it

[tottenhamx]

who the fuck cares which version is the best. the more covers the better, this song had such a powerful and amazing message. you people ruin everything

[CausesSideEffects]

correct man.. i totally agree with you..

[tottenhamx]

thanks, at least some people understand:)

[lukesixtynineuk]

Good point. The message is lost on most. Thats why the working class stays where it is and why we stand by as our 'defence forces' travel round the world dying and killing working class foreigners.

"You think youre so clever and classless and free. But youre still fucking peasants as far as I can see". The best line ever!

[tottenhamx]

yep its only down here from here on out. most People these days are just to mindless to realize society is insanity. I try yo lead by example, im trying to become a musician or something. 9-5 is not how i want to spend the rest of my life. miserable old grouch like parents

[xpurity666]

@tottenhamx yeah and its about being pushed into a meaningless lifestyle, the person singing doesn't nesseserily have to currently BE "working class"

[solidaritet2010]

@tottenhamx - agree!

[Plinblox]

I like the tempo change & the guitar licks. Like many a great thoughtful song, it's hard to ruin. Good Work, Rev Manic St.

[ludwig5bn]

green day's version sucks. manic's version much much better

[ThePhobiaViewed]

Out of all the versions of this song i really like the vocals on this one.

[trl234567]

green days was d best

[lethargy82]

Gt8 Cover!!!

[ECMuse]

I really like this version, actually.

[sabbymae]

This isn't a very good cover. There really isn't a lot of emotion in this person's voice.

[aquazod]

i dont like this cover

[ivanmikicic]

i think green days cover is as good as this one...you cant really compare them

[cartmandk]

green days cover....... that band buchered the song !

[HeyHoDaveO]

Green Day know nothing about being working class.

[Mjbell93]

@HeyHoDaveO And you know nothing about Green Day. They were brought up in a Working Class background.

[usedmerkin]

@HeyHoDaveO and you have missed the point of the song entirely.

[msgr33nday]

@HeyHoDaveO are you sure? how much do you know about green day? those guys didn´t grow up in wealthy families at all...they´ve worked hard to be where they are now....

[dljc1979]

@HeyHoDaveO | you have no idea do you?

[snelch]

@HeyHoDaveO neither did lennon, lol

[manicstreetpreacher5]

the point is greenday know fuck all about working class and its a contradict even recording that song and billie joe is a poor vocalist who cant sing live.

The manics are a working class band.. care about the fans and their music more than the pay cheque unlike the corporate bastards in green day

[trollfinger]

My brother knows a guy who comes from their town and even now, if there is a little crappy battle of the bands or anything on, they will lend some of their equipment to them. That's fucking great.

[coswehate]

"you cant really function your so full of fear"

[bleo34]

This is an awful cover.

Whoever said it's the best version needs their ears cleaning out.

[BorgCymru]

Like Bob actually ever had a job, what does he know about being a 'working class hero' ? fucking hippy.

I'd like to see Bob down the valleys.

At last a song sung by people that know. if you want a PARTY wait till Thatcher dies then go to the Valleys, the party wont stop.

[xne6041]

how do you know if bob has a job sometime in his life?

...fucking hippy...what the shit is this

your a fucking emo

[cossielegends]

very good song

[Shoes4eva]

definantly the best version no question.

[gilbertgodlyddd]

THANKYOU!