Fantastic song which brings back many memories. I went to see them at a small venue when this song first came out. My mate and I were try to learn to play guitar so just before they started playing this song we asked the guitarist what chords he was playing . He told us and then whilst playing the song, he called out the chords to us so we could see exactly what he was doing. I was about 14 at the time and it made a huge impression on me. Great song, great band.
I am 14 years old and one of the founding members is one of my mothers close friends. hes known me since my birth and i just found out he was a musician!
Wow. I saw this band back in in 1978 in a shitty little club in Norwich (now a branch of MacDonalds). Had the single but haven't listened to it for 40 years or so. Blew me away! This so good. That's what 77 was all about!
Beth Crossley ......I'm 62 and still love this track. "Fast Product - The First Year Plan is imho the greatest compilation album ever. Still proud to have my original copy.
@@davidharrison9324howsabout this... I played this in my first band, Matra Fact. I live in Canberra, Australia. We heard it on a Rough Trade compilation, Wanna Buy A Bridge (?) A few years later, 2 members of my best band, Black Dogs (who played an even better version of this song), & I played Armalite Rifle as part of a play, American Days. The British TV version of the play starred Toyah Wicox. The woman who played Toyah's part in Canberra, 1989ish, is the woman I always thought of when I sang The Mekons' line: "You had yellow hair- did you see me?" Anyhoo, how fucking good were Gang Of Four? I still listen to them. Leeds, eh? Who knew?
Heard this for the first time yesterday watching Adam Curtis' Can't Get You Out Of My Head. As a long time admirer of most things punk and post-punk I can't believe I've let this gem pass me by until now!
When I was about 14/15 we played this in my living room with our band while my parents were away (about 1978/9) we lived on a council estate and had complaints from about 1/4 a mile down the road because of the noise. Happy days :-)
You had yellow hair, did you see me? I loved this song, this punk track way back in the day....& many more of vintage punk ilk at the time. Just now in 2023, listening to this....in my early 60's - I only now realise how much I UNDER rated it as a song, way back then! Fecking Brilliant!
John Peel played this a lot in the late 70's. The drums building to a crescendo at the start just builds the excitement. Big John Langford was the powerful drummer. Heady days. There are quite a few gems like this in the punk era. Great guitar riff.
Still one of the greatest singles ever released!! Sad that this version was never put out in the states......I remember paying import prices for this back in '79......
I have seen the Mekons at least 30 x live and they NEVER dissapoint! Brilliant music as always and f****** hilarious people too! Sympathy for the Mekons!
A superb band that I wouldn't have been aware of if it wasn't for John Peel. I was born in 1980 and my parents loved there Punk Rock bands so it rubbed off on me from an early age.
Bailed up Phil Jupitus years ago at a Gang of Four gig when he had a show on 6 music and said to him play this tomorrow morning. Fair play to him, he did!
When I was waiting in the bar, where were you? When I was buying you a drink, where were you? When I was crying home in bed, where were you? When I watched you from a distance, did you see me? You were standing in a queue, did you see me? You had yellow hair, did you see me? I want to talk to you all night, do you like me? I want to find out about your life, do you like me? Could you ever be my wife, do you like me? When I was waiting in the bar, where were you? When I was buying you a drink, where were you? When I was crying home in bed, where were you? When I watched you from a distance, did you see me? When I was standing the queue, did you see me? You had yellow hair, did you see me? I want to talk to you all night, do you like me? I want to find out about your life, do you like me? Could you ever be my wife, do you love me?
This takes me back! I heard it while watching Adam Curtis' excellent docu-series, "Can't get you out of my head" and I knew the tune instantly but it was such a while back I couldn't recall the name but was determined not to look it up and then once the programme finished it came to me, as did the single which was a treasured part of my collection. Great, great record and firm supporters of RaR (Rock against Racism) of which I was an active member. The Mekons had to brave one of the ugliest and most violent branches of the NF(National Front) the then erstwhile, infamous neo-fascist shitheads of the day who tried to attack and wreak their gigs but they held firm. They did us proud and my generation owes a lot to these pioneers and others (Gang of Four, The Raincoats, The Slits, The Pop Group to name a few) of real muzak instead of the mainstream pap that we were subjected to by Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds et al.
Not looking things up is the best way to keep that can of soup in your head fresh. That is what I do anyway. Are you here to take me home? I am home? Are you my son? :)
haha, yes dude! that video used to get me and my friends pumped up before a skate sesh! SO many good songs. Chris cole was S.O.Y back then for the tre flip at the end of the video. Good shit
i've been spending all day searching for one song after another and seeing all the other adam curtis fans have done the same thing. and I'm only on episode 2 at the minute!
I ended up meeting Jon Langford a couple of times over a school trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame recently. He has some cool art, and is hella funny to listen to.
The Boredoms version of this is incredible! Search on here for Super Roots 7 Boriginal if you want to hear this song with loads more noise and stretched out to twenty minutes!
Ace tune. Whenever I hear the start of this and that great build-up - it reminds me of charlatans and sproston green , especially when they do it live. Great post & thanks.
I was a teen in the 70's, and in my 20's in the 80's, and it was brilliant !!! I was into so many "post-punk" bands it wasn't funny. Of course the gigs were the best.
adam curtis brought me here, god bless
franchise tag on me bron bron
Ha! Me too.
Same. Love it. I instantly paused the doc and googled the lyrics. Might have to watch "A Band Called Death" tomorrow. Cheers yall
Me too in a way, but I did a search history on here and realized I thumbs upped this in 2019. But I know it played somewhere more recently.
Check out boredoms super roots 7 that took big inspiration from this as well
Fantastic song which brings back many memories. I went to see them at a small venue when this song first came out. My mate and I were try to learn to play guitar so just before they started playing this song we asked the guitarist what chords he was playing . He told us and then whilst playing the song, he called out the chords to us so we could see exactly what he was doing. I was about 14 at the time and it made a huge impression on me. Great song, great band.
Wow, what a story! A great guy and a great musician!
that is awesome
This is one of the best comments on UA-cam, if not the whole internet. Obscure, uplifting, nostalgic and very personal but completely relatable.
I am 14 years old and one of the founding members is one of my mothers close friends. hes known me since my birth and i just found out he was a musician!
Beautiful memory
Wow. I saw this band back in in 1978 in a shitty little club in Norwich (now a branch of MacDonalds). Had the single but haven't listened to it for 40 years or so. Blew me away! This so good. That's what 77 was all about!
Greatest track of all time. Means so much to me. I'm 53 now. Where's it all gone. Music is timeless.
Beth Crossley ......I'm 62 and still love this track. "Fast Product - The First Year Plan is imho the greatest compilation album ever. Still proud to have my original copy.
54 now and my feelings exactly
hmm..i know what u mean..but i have to go with "armalite rifle"...
@@davidharrison9324howsabout this... I played this in my first band, Matra Fact. I live in Canberra, Australia. We heard it on a Rough Trade compilation, Wanna Buy A Bridge (?)
A few years later, 2 members of my best band, Black Dogs (who played an even better version of this song), & I played Armalite Rifle as part of a play, American Days. The British TV version of the play starred Toyah Wicox. The woman who played Toyah's part in Canberra, 1989ish, is the woman I always thought of when I sang The Mekons' line: "You had yellow hair- did you see me?"
Anyhoo, how fucking good were Gang Of Four?
I still listen to them. Leeds, eh? Who knew?
You're 60 now dude!
Heard this for the first time yesterday watching Adam Curtis' Can't Get You Out Of My Head. As a long time admirer of most things punk and post-punk I can't believe I've let this gem pass me by until now!
Me too! I shazam'd it and ran to the computer to listen to it :D How did I miss this??!?
Absolute punk rock perfection. It simply doesn't get any better than this.
When I was about 14/15 we played this in my living room with our band while my parents were away (about 1978/9) we lived on a council estate and had complaints from about 1/4 a mile down the road because of the noise. Happy days :-)
You had yellow hair, did you see me?
I loved this song, this punk track way back in the day....& many more of vintage punk ilk at the time.
Just now in 2023, listening to this....in my early 60's - I only now realise how much I UNDER rated it as a song, way back then!
Fecking Brilliant!
What is the remainder of that verse?
Really the classic British sound of the early punk scene. I love the angst.
Everyone who lives near me loves this song. Well, I hope they do.
John Peel played this a lot in the late 70's. The drums building to a crescendo at the start just builds the excitement. Big John Langford was the powerful drummer. Heady days. There are quite a few gems like this in the punk era. Great guitar riff.
One of my favourite tracks ever! many a love sick night was spent in my room listening to this over and over!! aah to be young again!.
Two minutes and forty eight seconds of pure post-punk perfection.
Heard this on John Peel's show - bunked off school the next day to buy it - took it to school the following day and someone nicked it -- good times
; )
What a song. Listen to it again eight times.
hahaha
punk personified !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a rotter...
I remember this with such fondness. Life was so good then.
reminds me of an x girl friend
Yeah no internet, no streaming or downloading, no youtube and if you lived in UK only 4 channels of shite TV to choose from
Good times
Life was shit then...that's why the music was so impactful.
Man...a fucking awesome intro....got the goosebumps. Someone got A+ in their Velvet Underground project.
That intro gave me chills through my entire body
...always a song from our youth that tells us we are never dead!!!...
Adam Curtis new fantastic series brought me here! Fantastic!
Still one of the greatest singles ever released!! Sad that this version was never put out in the states......I remember paying import prices for this back in '79......
+david4264100 Also had a great other side as well.
Vincent 79 yes!! Too bad I don't have a turntable anymore, but I can hear the "put on bee gees" break as I type this...........
Any fans of this song should look up Super Roots 7 by Boredoms, it's a 20 minute re imagining of this song that's absolutely awesome.
ua-cam.com/video/lz774iTTD0Q/v-deo.html
Love boredoms
Is this the Rabbitoh supporter?
Boredoms!!! Super Are You is one of my favorite songs of all time. Unfortunately I missed the show in New Haven back in 2000.
I am here because of Boredoms. How the hell did they choose this?
Unpretentious, classic, brilliant and timeless...
one of the finest songs of all time
ian cusack YES.
yep
Agreed. Certainly one of my all-time favourites.
Love this brilliant classic track.
I have seen the Mekons at least 30 x live and they NEVER dissapoint! Brilliant music as always and f****** hilarious people too! Sympathy for the Mekons!
The most energetic and powerful introduction of all time
That would actually be the guitar intro to 'Alternative Ulster' by SLF..!! 😬
I was just recently exposed to The Mekons. Outstanding band. I can’t stop listening.
This should be compulsory listening for every teenager who says they want to be in a band.
And every teenager who doesn't !
This comment is more profound than most people will ever imagine.
one of the top ten best ever released punk records and possibly the best of the ten...
bought this single when it came out still takes pride in my collection played it to death my band even did a cover of of it in 1980.
A superb band that I wouldn't have been aware of if it wasn't for John Peel. I was born in 1980 and my parents loved there Punk Rock bands so it rubbed off on me from an early age.
British "punk" scene never ceases to amaze me.
It has THAT sound
Baricevic Russell ....hey mate! You are correct of course!
Bailed up Phil Jupitus years ago at a Gang of Four gig when he had a show on 6 music and said to him play this tomorrow morning. Fair play to him, he did!
The truest song ever written about unrequited love..? I still have my original 7" copy even after all these years...
..."you had yellow hair, did you see me?"
Haven't heard this since 1979 (about)....really awesome song, thanks for posting
This sound as fresh as when it came out, brilliant song
true punk freshness was THIS.
I listened this song cause i've been watched one day 😢
Buen tema de 1978 del grupo de Leeds, West Yorkshire, Inglaterra
When I was waiting in the bar, where were you?
When I was buying you a drink, where were you?
When I was crying home in bed, where were you?
When I watched you from a distance, did you see me?
You were standing in a queue, did you see me?
You had yellow hair, did you see me?
I want to talk to you all night, do you like me?
I want to find out about your life, do you like me?
Could you ever be my wife, do you like me?
When I was waiting in the bar, where were you?
When I was buying you a drink, where were you?
When I was crying home in bed, where were you?
When I watched you from a distance, did you see me?
When I was standing the queue, did you see me?
You had yellow hair, did you see me?
I want to talk to you all night, do you like me?
I want to find out about your life, do you like me?
Could you ever be my wife, do you love me?
This takes me back! I heard it while watching Adam Curtis' excellent docu-series, "Can't get you out of my head" and I knew the tune instantly but it was such a while back I couldn't recall the name but was determined not to look it up and then once the programme finished it came to me, as did the single which was a treasured part of my collection. Great, great record and firm supporters of RaR (Rock against Racism) of which I was an active member. The Mekons had to brave one of the ugliest and most violent branches of the NF(National Front) the then erstwhile, infamous neo-fascist shitheads of the day who tried to attack and wreak their gigs but they held firm. They did us proud and my generation owes a lot to these pioneers and others (Gang of Four, The Raincoats, The Slits, The Pop Group to name a few) of real muzak instead of the mainstream pap that we were subjected to by Tony Blackburn, Noel Edmonds et al.
Not looking things up is the best way to keep that can of soup in your head fresh. That is what I do anyway. Are you here to take me home? I am home? Are you my son? :)
Once upon a time, Jonboy Langford and Miss Sally Timms went to The America and reinvented Country Music for their huddled masses. . .
My favourite record of all time. God bless basic rock and roll. You have my soul. Tomboy.
zero new blood intro song fucking nice!!
Good times
Zero skateboards
"New Blood" intro
there were skateboards, believe me
reminds me of being 12 watching zero new blood
haha, yes dude! that video used to get me and my friends pumped up before a skate sesh! SO many good songs. Chris cole was S.O.Y back then for the tre flip at the end of the video. Good shit
Seb Felix same bro
One of my favourite intros to a skate movie
Adam Curtis brought me here too. God bless him twice!
Still got this one in the record collection. Remeber hearing it on Peel and going out and buying as well. :-)
Adam Curtis brought me here too - shooting and f**king are the same thing
Greatest skateboard movie of all time.
Still one of THE greatest records ever made !!
fear and whiskey is one of the great albums of the eighties.
This has always been one of my favorites as well. It's transcendent.
One of THE FUCKING BEST electric guitar tones in rock & roll history!!!
1958Shemp agreed I mean come on
never stopped playing this on a regular basis , since the week of release !! Brilliant.
I'm still loving it.
Amazing. I bought this when it came out and it is one of the few songs that still has the same impact on me now as the first time I played it.
In my top ten of songs.
Brilliant song, one of my faves!
Any Adam Curtis fans here?
hell yes!
Here after 'one day'series🥂
👏🍻
🥂 cheers
Makes me feel so old... such a fantastic song that summed up the crap of the 70's.
Rock in Mekons...
can't get you out of my head.
Gang of four brought me.
Classic Underground Punk!!! The Mekons Rock !!!
Absolute class.
one of the greatest songs ever, fucking love it!!!
First heard this on the "Fast Product - First Year Plan" album. That, and "Bouquet of Steel".....the best compilation albums ever!
I bought Fast Product's Mutant Pop in the States when it came out. Been a Mekons fan since.
the greatest post-punk 45 on vinyl.
How is something from '78 "post-punk". Actually asking--not a challenge
brilliant!! not heard this for years & it still sounds as fresh & rockin as it did back then!
i've been spending all day searching for one song after another and seeing all the other adam curtis fans have done the same thing. and I'm only on episode 2 at the minute!
Love you all. Punk life. X
TRUNK OF PUNK....RADIO 6 Sounding Brilliant 2021
mekons..best ever band with longevity...
This is the shit I need it in my fucking life
agreed. this somehow encapsulates all of my favorite things in music.
I ended up meeting Jon Langford a couple of times over a school trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame recently. He has some cool art, and is hella funny to listen to.
A truly fantastic song, thanks for this
got this off Zero New blood like 3 years ago and i just remembered this song existed!
Good old times skating all day rockin out!
can't get this out of my head ... thanks for the reminder Adam
David Bowie's favourite song.
Really?
That's like saying Mozart digs Agnostic Front or Bootsy Collins likes Enya. Damn
*A
Bowie was a knob'ead
2021, zero new blood, still :D
The Mekons brought me here.
I wasn't there. But I'm here. And I dig it.
Very cool song...shared to the 'PUNK YOU' Community on GOOGLE+
As intense now as it was when I first heard it all those years ago.
The first minute of this song sounds like the start of a revolution
all time classic - outstanding intro x9
Absolutely Brilliant!
The Boredoms version of this is incredible! Search on here for Super Roots 7 Boriginal if you want to hear this song with loads more noise and stretched out to twenty minutes!
thank you, great track
The soundtrack to a revolution.
Found this song off a Cd mix. Good CD
Ace tune. Whenever I hear the start of this and that great build-up - it reminds me of charlatans and sproston green , especially when they do it live. Great post & thanks.
brilliant.music has never been this good since.
Bought this single after hearing it on Peel....CLASSIC
Me too mate
Brilliant track, an inspiration from way back....
Total CLASS ! ✌️🖤
I was a teen in the 70's, and in my 20's in the 80's, and it was brilliant !!!
I was into so many "post-punk" bands it wasn't funny. Of course the gigs were the best.
Had this on vinyl back in the day.Still sounds great!
Loved this song, still do
brilliant no other word will suffice