Great scottish band pre big country that riff scottish sound skids big country as a scotsman i find vey thrilling and proud thanks brilliant anorhet fantastic song by skids masquerade and working 4 the yankee doller
Second band I ever saw live (first was The Angelic Upstarts who were from my home town). Skids rocked the house, literally. They had the whole of a packed, Newcastle City Hall, dancing. I was up on the balcony, it shook so much I thought it was going to collapse. Literally felt like they were going to bring the house down.
LOVE this band... and THANK YOU for doing SKIDS! Some of their great songs: "A WOMEN IN WINTER," "THE SAINTS ARE COMING," "HURRY ON BOYS," and "CIRCUS GAMES." Cheers to you and the people who recommended this!! One of Scotland's finest! Some other great Scottish bands you might want to check out: THE DELGADOS: "Bits Of Bone," "The City Consumes Us," "Coming In From The Cold" "The Light Before We Land" are all brilliant songs. FRIGHTENED RABBIT: "Swim Until You Can't See Land," "Things," "State Hospital" (Their powerful music, much like The Delgados, hits you right in the soul). Cheers!
Great stuff. Saw these guys a few times back in the day and they were great live. Loch Lomond bear park festival on the same day as the Stranglers, UK Subs and Dr Feelgood, what a day! The saints are coming and Charles are great tunes by the Skids.
lol, Richard Jobson was like that with the words and his singing so no surprises lol I'm sure sometimes even the rest of the band weren't entirely sure.
Live and grew up in Scotland and this band played locally all the time , loved them and they are definitely guys !!!! best opening riff ever !!!!! signature bagpipe sounding guitar 😄RIP Stuart
Anthemic and very memorable, great riff provided by the sadly late but great Stuart Adamson, i must confess however, ive never had a clue what Richard Jobson was singing apart from into the valley, but this is perhaps due to my lack of understanding the Scottish language, thanks for translating it into Canadian!
As a 10 year old i was obsessed by this song and lyrics, but you couldn't just look them up on the internet like today. I can still remember being so happy to find a copy of "Record Mirror" at a newsagents with lyrics in. When you actually know what he's saying they're not that difficult to understand and I can still remember them all over 40 years later.
The guitarist is the late Stuart Adamson, they broke up and Stewart formed big country, he sadly took his own life in a Nashville hotel room after years of battling alcoholism, a great musician, sadly missed.
Dunfermline's finest. I still remember going to No Bad record shop in Dunfermline in early 1978 to buy their first ep Charles (which includes the fantastic Test Tube Babies on the b-side) on, of course, No Bad Records (the first release on that label I believe).
They have several great songs namely " The Saints are coming " covered by Green Day , and yes a young Stuart Adamson on guitar who went on to form Big Country .
Oh what joy it was to be alive and at the right age to fully appreciate the "Punk New Wave music explosion " (1976/80 approx) . So much great music and bands from the Sex Pistols to Joy Division from the Clash to Magazine from the Skids to The Only Ones . Not forgetting the Ruts, Siouxsie, The Damned, The Cure, The Fall etc etc . ps The Skids have been playin live again recently saw them play the Robin 2 in Bilston in 2022 , and have tickets to see them again in June. Jobson was on fore and hilarious with a great fund of stories from back in the day. rip Stuart Adamson. The Band have 2 extra guitarists doing what he did on his own !
Loved the video thank you. You mentioned members of bands becoming "entwined", FYI, later on, ex members of The Skids and Magazine came together briefly to form The Armoury Show, who did an excellent album called "Waiting for the Floods".
Ricky jobsons brother played for meadow bank thistle,and the song is about the Dunfermline " boys" , fighting with the neighbouring village of " high valley field" hence " into the valley 🏴✌️
@@lordprefab5534 well it was John jobson who told a couple of folk I knew, tam downie and Davy Conroy , who also played for meadowbank, the story about " laddies fi Dunfermline" going fighting wi " laddies fi highvalley field" , infact come to think of it , Tam downie might have played for Alloa as well 🏴 happy healthy peace ✌️
It's not at all. Jobson said it was about losing his friends who joined the Black Watch Regiment and lost their lives in Northern Ireland in their late teens and early twenties. Please stop talking rubbish!
My favourite Skids track has to be Masquerade, which was produced by Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe frontman). Bill and Stuart Adamson became good friends and Bill composed an instrumental track, For Stuart (Triumph And Lament), in his honour when he died.
Pop punk sort of sound - the Skids were one of those probably slightly-under-rated bands of the late 70s. Not quite top rated IMO but this is a bit of an anthem. Contrary to opinion, most British punk bands of the 70s didn't look like classic punks - except the Pistols, Damned, Siousxie and the Banshees, X-Ray Spex, and Generation X - think the Clash, Jam, Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruts, 999 (who I hope you will take a look at - 'Emergency' for starters then 'Wild Sun' perhaps), Vibrators, Magazine,, Angelic Upstarts, XTC, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Fall, Neon Hearts etc - all looked quite normal dress-wise but all were a key part of the 70s British punk scene.
Most have been mentioned or actually played on here Wolf .. except 999.. ! Good call , Emergency or my personal fav “ Homicide “ .. get in there ! 👌 👍🏴
Bruce Watson, also of Big Country, was a member of the band and was in the video. You should do The Saints Are Coming, Sweet Suburbia, Working for the Yankee Dollar, Masquerade and, for a different pace, Iona.
Bruce along with son Jamie wasn't inThe Skids originally but joined them in the last few years around 2016, they also perform with Big Country. Thats Willie Simpson on bass here - you're talking utter rubbish!
It's 45 years since I first heard this song,and all these year's later whenever I hear it,I still can't understand a word,except for the into the valley part,and something that sound's like peas sure sound divine.But a great song.
There was a tv commercial, possibly for cassette tapes, which used the misheard lyrics of this song to comic effect. The Skids were definitely one of the better bands to hit the singles chart during that era, although I think there were tensions within that quickly brought the band to an end, with Richard Jobson becoming a performance poet, tv presenter and general mouth on legs. Other Scottish bands: The Rezillos, The Tourists, Altered Images.
Richard Jobson was a massive tool imho Del , and yes your right the musical differences between the original friends Jobson and Adamson was what just as swiftly as they’d arrived meant they departed as quickly with Jobson thinking he was a great tv presenter - he wasn’t ! Just an abrasive jerk 😳 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering You've just said the thing I tried to tactfully avoid, but that is exactly the perception I had of Jobson at the time. I think he might have mellowed or learned a little humility in recent years but, to be honest, he slipped off my radar very quickly and wasn't missed.
@@delorangeade 💯 agreed del and in the spirit of fairness I think your right about time mellowing him , I seen him on .. I want to say a BBC4 docu and he didn’t have me spitting on the carpet in frustration as I used to when he was on the telly back in the day 👌 👍🏴
remember seeing the skids with this single on totp back in 79 and watching richard jobson kicking his way across the stage like some coked up football hooligan - such a great power pop single- their first 2 albums scared to dance and days in europa are minor classics- sadly the guitarist stuart adamson committed suicide a few years later
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I'm pretty sure it was just Jobson fi the early Line Up but I could be wrong. Martin Metcalfe did play a few numbers wi them. Their new LP issnae too bad though. Worth a listen.
@@SPKdesign1 I’m glad you enjoyed it sir , it’s no fir me though , it’s got that whiff of The Drifters et Al in terms of trading on a name , without Stuart it just seems hollow to me - that’s just my stubborn opinion though and that counts for hee -haw in the great scheme of things 🤣 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Fair Dos. I hadn't seen them live before so it didn't bother me so much. Also it wissnae an overly Aplified gig, mer semi Acoustic so it had a different sound anyways.
The Skids: Scotland’s greatest band. Stuart Adamson: punk’s greatest guitarist. Richard Johnson: punk’s most likeable frontman. When I saw this on Top of the Pops as an eight year old it changed my musical life. It was my gateway drug for adrenaline charged two to three minute songs which I later learned what punk/new wave was all about. It’s actually an anti-song with the lyrics written by Jobson inspired by Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade” and his damaged friends who had returned broken men from fighting in Northern Ireland. How do I know this? Certainly not from the indecipherable lyrics! Jobson has made it clear since but few people, if anyone, realised at the time!
Great stuff. Like some others, you should check some other great early tracks/singles of theirs like Charles, Hope & glory, Contusion, The saints are coming and Working for the Yankee dollar.
Saw the Skids atThe Marquee Club in London way back in 1976. We sat at the same table as them in the café/pool area before they played. They were cool laid back easy guys....completely different from their stage presence.....good days back then.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering hey Jay....your spot on...lol🤣...I was typing this comment with one finger on my phone whilst eating a bacon sarnie!!!! Typing error my friend. It was indeed 1978🫣
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I gather your not a big fan of Bill Nelson....but he was a close buddie of Stuart from the skids....I believe they did some kind of collaboration, or Bill may have produced some of Stuart's work,but when Stuart passed away Bill was devastated and released " For Stuart" in his honour....its stunning and its on you tube live....you may actually like it.🤔🙂
Well done Chris for knowing the lead guitar sound (even with a little help from t'internet). I am the same - i need to know if i recognise a musician's sound.
As others have said they're a Scottish band, two members of which, Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, went on to form 'Big Country' in the early '80s. The lead singer here is, Richard Jobson, who later became known as a, writer, director, producer, presenter and actor. Songs which I recommend by them are: "Working for The Yankee Dollar", "Masquerade", "The Saints Are Coming", "Charade", "Scared to Dance", "Of One Skin", "Hurry On Boys", "A Woman in Winter" (a personal favourite of mine). There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
@@garryhorton5899 yeah that was the title , I keep getting that title mixed up with Dead pop stars by Altered Images tbh - but I always remember it as ALBERT TATLOCK followed by that great Adamson riff 😃 👍🏴
It was based on the poem the charge of the light brigade by alfred Lord Tennyson. A military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in many casualties to the cavalry. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Hi to the Haniers ! The Skids were a brilliant band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. I first saw them live in 1979 at the Kinema Ballroom (Dunfermline) tickets were £1.50 😂😂😂 the guitarist Stuart Adamson went on to form “Big Country”, he sadly committed suicide in 2001 in Hawaii. Unbelievably I saw them again 2 years ago, different lineup, supporting Stiff Little Fingers in Edinburgh. You should definitely have a listen to Big Country, if you haven’t already 😊 if you get the chance listen to “out of town”
Im one if those auld diehards Andy, the Skids sound was so defined by Stuart’s sound that once he’d tragically gone then the skids went with him . Who was in the version you seen from the original band if you don’t mind ? 🙏 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering hi lad, it was Jobson and I think it was ? Willie Simpson on bass, added to that it was Bruce Watson and his son on guitars, canny mind who was drumming that night
Thanks for the namecheck but no, no, no - you can NOT look up the lyrics for Into The Valley. Whatever you hear is correct: Ahoy, ahoy - Pants in the sky; Ahoy, ahoy - Barman and sugar; Ahoy, ahoy - Asleep at a barstoool; Ahoy, ahoy - long may he lay That's what I hear and that is, therefore, correct. Skids were brilliant, so much energy, great guitarist in Stuart Adamson (later Big Country), stonking rhythm section in Tom Kellichan and William Simpson (at this point) and bat-poop crazy Richard 'Jobbo' Jobson on vocals. Great songs - there's also Saints Are Coming (yes, that one, but better), Sweet Suburbia, Working for the Yankee Dollar, Masquerade, Charade and loads more. Sadly, Jobbo's high kicks aren't so prominent on this video, see the TOTP performance for that.
Since I first heard this when it came out I never understand a word...I've just looked up the lyrics and still find it hard to follow......good sound though
Thanks C and C for giving this great Band a Blast , they have a Spliffic back catalog , and all tracks are very unique . " Big Country " is the next journey . I dont think Stuart Adamson is with us any more ! IMO he is responsible for some of the best Riffs ever !!! Cheers for that ! Graham
Dang I'm unfamiliar even tho I'm a 51 year old rock geek! I see this got lots of Likes. I wonder if lots of your viewers are from the UK. I love this era, when "new wave" became a big thing
Love this / later became Big Countey. Have you reacted to Aslan, from Dublin? Either ‘this is’ or ‘crazy world’ - pick a live one. You guys are so open. HF❤
Hey guys, just got to work and this popped up 😂. Should have said you might want to look up the lyrics. Guitarist is Stuart Adamson of Big Country fame. Actually going to see them in Lincoln this week 😊
Chris and Cynthia check out the song 🎵 "In a Broken Dream " by Python Lee Jackson, I bet you will recognise the lead singer straight away . I follow a lot of reactioners and no one as done this yet. PS you won't regret it, regards Alan Smith. Also there's a British band from the 70s that no one as reacted to and that's C C S two songs stand out "Whole Lot of Love " and " Tap turns on the water " take care guys.
Gaisers in Scotland isnt the same as geezers btw 👀.. if it’s what I think it is , Gaisers or Guisers more likely came from Mary of Guise former Queen of Scotland and mother of Mary Queen of Scot’s . Pronounced Guy-zers, nowadays describes the activity of going round the streets n houses on Halloween ( NOT trick or treat , that a North American thing ) performing songs or jokes etc in exchange for sweets , fruit , chocolate , money etc … but I’m sad to say the trick or treat thing is spreading 😡…. ANYHOO ! .. that’s Guisers explained - your welcome 🙏 👍🏴
👀 I ballsed that right up , sorry ! I thought you were referring to a lyric in the song 🤦♂️.. I’ve just rewatched the vid and now realise what your talking about and of course your right 😆.. let’s never talk of me Fkn up there ever again .. ooops 👍🏴
Alot of late 70's and early 80's bands broke up and formed new bands going into the later 80's Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson (canadian-born) from the skids formed Big country David steele and Andy cox from The Beat formed The fine young cannibals Robert Smith left Siouxsie and the Banshees and went on to form The Cure
Bruce Watson wasn't in the Skids originally at all! He joined them and took over Stuart's role this century along with his son Jamie! The Bass player was Willie Simpson - so many have got this wrong on here!
Dunfermline’s finest ! It’s no surprise you picked up on the singers unintelligible lyrics - Jobson was FAMOUS for it , annoyingly so ! Can I recommend The Saints are coming ? Fir a wee band from the East coast of Scotland the boys did well and as others have pointed out the really talented 2 went on to form Big Country which actually eclipsed the Skids ( In a Big Country was fabulous ).. sadly the super talented guitarist n vocalist Stuart Adamson shocked the music industry when he took his own life 😢… but if you want to know the legacy he and they left behind , I was watching the gig for the Benefit fir New Orleans after Katrina destroyed it and one of my fav bands Green Day along with those perennial auld frauds U2 did a STUNNING version of The Saints are coming which I would be delighted if you would consider for “ Who did it better ? “ it’s also used as the football anthem for Southampton in England AND St Johnston in Scotland- The Skids , proud sons of Scotland and fav of yours truly - cheers for this C n C 🙏 👍🏴
@@ghichens3418 I’m like you Sir G , if I get a interesting snippet I’m proper made up n go and Google the 💩 out of it as I’m delighted to be educated on stuff I’m interested in but don’t know a lot about it . The flip side of course is someone trying to educate you on something that makes you boak , like Jethro Tull , Blackmores night etc ( you know what I mean Col 👀 ) 😝 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Cheers for that Jay !! Tis good to check stuff out , tis about , have you tried this , or this might not be what you think ?? give it a go ! have a splendifferous day sir Jay !
Bruce Watson was not in The Skids originally - he joined this century along with his son Jamie! The Bass player was Willie Simpson who also rejoined them in 2016 though no longer in them!
* "those gysers" 😉 And that's another Yamaha SG guitar, similar to John McGeoch's in the Magazine videos you two have watched 🙂 I'd once owned one of the lower-priced models myself, an SG-300; Great guitar but also very heavy! 😅
@@ghichens3418 - Good! That you've been splendid yourself is exactly what I wanted to hear, too! 😊👍 I admit I _am_ a wee bit nervous about the CT Injection I'll be getting next week, to help with my ongoing lower-back issues 😬 Still better than an actual operation, though! 😅🙏
@@mightyV444Hi M"V" ouch , Yes not surprised you are a bit nervous ! I have been talking to Gillian ( Live it up ) about "Bio Resinence "its all about our bodies Frequency . the machine scans you bod and organs to see if your are the right freq , if it is not , it inverts it and sends it back to retrain the area with the prob . Sounds a bit Star Trek , but it works , I can send you info on said Subject if you want . Have a great day , Graham
Cheers for that take on the meaning of the lyrics , very interesting tbh and as you say no one would’ve known from Jobsons singing nor even the printed lyrics 😅.. I don’t agree with any of your first 3 statements of fact cos they’re not facts just your opinions , but that’s cool for you if that’s your opinion ✊ 👍🏴
I don't know too much about English punk bands inter membership but here in Aotearoa new zealand it's inbred as hell example my friends Ross plays bass for ROOFDOG lead guitar for the Managers and The Acetones.David Hind keyboards and vocals for the Murder Chord Drums for ROOFDOG Simon bass for the City Newton Bombers and Head like a Hole Craig Radford bass and vocals for Sticky Filth and vocals for NEFARIOUS
@@ghichens3418 yip I've liked them since my early teens. I saw a Scottish band about four years ago you might have heard of🤪😵💫 THE EXPLOITED at the wammy bar in Auckland about 150 capacity it was a great night
@@ghichens3418 i also should have said British bands not English i forget there's a difference sometimes it's a small piece of rock and with many different countries a bit like here we have AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND and some other bits hanging on pretending their a real country like AUCKLAND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND the G.P.S correct centre of the universe
@@heathcornbeef Haa !!! Fair point !!! Check out the Rezilos and Run Rig !!! Both Scottish ! Punk and Celtic sounds brill !! Have a good day Heath ! Cheers ! Graham ! off into Penzance to pick up a sink !
Jobson still can't dance. You probably wouldn't understand me either, I'm from about 12 miles away from The Skids hometown, dunno what that distance is in Canadian!
Awesome band! They're playing in Brisbane in a months time, soo pumped to see them!!
Great scottish band pre big country that riff scottish sound skids big country as a scotsman i find vey thrilling and proud thanks brilliant anorhet fantastic song by skids masquerade and working 4 the yankee doller
School discos late 70's jumping about to The Skids, magic! Stuart Adamson RIP, went on to form Big Country❤
Second band I ever saw live (first was The Angelic Upstarts who were from my home town). Skids rocked the house, literally. They had the whole of a packed, Newcastle City Hall, dancing. I was up on the balcony, it shook so much I thought it was going to collapse. Literally felt like they were going to bring the house down.
ha ha I was at a gig in Wolverhampton around 1980 when the NF attacked the AU because of the song who killed Liddle Towers.
What a band and what a legend Stuart is he went far to soon RIP Legend 💔❤️
LOVE this band... and THANK YOU for doing SKIDS! Some of their great songs: "A WOMEN IN WINTER," "THE SAINTS ARE COMING," "HURRY ON BOYS," and "CIRCUS GAMES." Cheers to you and the people who recommended this!! One of Scotland's finest! Some other great Scottish bands you might want to check out:
THE DELGADOS: "Bits Of Bone," "The City Consumes Us," "Coming In From The Cold" "The Light Before We Land" are all brilliant songs.
FRIGHTENED RABBIT: "Swim Until You Can't See Land," "Things," "State Hospital" (Their powerful music, much like The Delgados, hits you right in the soul).
Cheers!
Great stuff. Saw these guys a few times back in the day and they were great live. Loch Lomond bear park festival on the same day as the Stranglers, UK Subs and Dr Feelgood, what a day! The saints are coming and Charles are great tunes by the Skids.
I love this song , looked up the lyrics and i was singing something completely different 😂 for years i might add
lol, Richard Jobson was like that with the words and his singing so no surprises lol I'm sure sometimes even the rest of the band weren't entirely sure.
One the best songs when I was a dj great live band great song
Live and grew up in Scotland and this band played locally all the time , loved them and they are definitely guys !!!! best opening riff ever !!!!! signature bagpipe sounding guitar 😄RIP Stuart
still around and touring in 2024
Still got the 45rmp in plastic folder with original poster. Takes me back, I'm 65 Still rocking 😎
Stuart Adamson on lead guitar became big country founder lead singer. Legend.
Anthemic and very memorable, great riff provided by the sadly late but great Stuart Adamson, i must confess however, ive never had a clue what Richard Jobson was singing apart from into the valley, but this is perhaps due to my lack of understanding the Scottish language, thanks for translating it into Canadian!
As a 10 year old i was obsessed by this song and lyrics, but you couldn't just look them up on the internet like today. I can still remember being so happy to find a copy of "Record Mirror" at a newsagents with lyrics in. When you actually know what he's saying they're not that difficult to understand and I can still remember them all over 40 years later.
The guitarist is the late Stuart Adamson, they broke up and Stewart formed big country, he sadly took his own life in a Nashville hotel room after years of battling alcoholism, a great musician, sadly missed.
Stuart Adamson went on to form Big Country
Singer Richard Jobson later was in The Armoury Show 🙂
Stuart with his Yamaha SG 2000
I remember always asking the dj for this song and Hersham boys by sham 69 at my local disco I even did the dance 😂
Sham army!
Dunfermline's finest. I still remember going to No Bad record shop in Dunfermline in early 1978 to buy their first ep Charles (which includes the fantastic Test Tube Babies on the b-side) on, of course, No Bad Records (the first release on that label I believe).
nice one mate brilliant ep test tube babies is a cracker as well.
Lookup maxell into the valley video for what the words aren't - Barman and soda etc
Mine and my dad’s favourite band, and my favourite song
Thank you. Makes me proud to be Scottish.
They have several great songs namely " The Saints are coming " covered by Green Day , and yes a young Stuart Adamson on guitar who went on to form Big Country .
And " Working for the Yankee dollar"
Oh what joy it was to be alive and at the right age to fully appreciate the "Punk New Wave music explosion " (1976/80 approx) .
So much great music and bands from the Sex Pistols to Joy Division
from the Clash to Magazine
from the Skids to The Only Ones . Not forgetting the Ruts, Siouxsie, The Damned, The Cure, The Fall etc etc .
ps The Skids have been playin live again recently saw them play the Robin 2 in Bilston in 2022 , and have tickets to see them again in June.
Jobson was on fore and hilarious with a great fund of stories from back in the day.
rip Stuart Adamson. The Band have 2 extra guitarists doing what he did on his own !
Love the Skids, I'm going to see them live next month
Loved the video thank you. You mentioned members of bands becoming "entwined", FYI, later on, ex members of The Skids and Magazine came together briefly to form The Armoury Show, who did an excellent album called "Waiting for the Floods".
Got all their releases; some absolute rippers
RIP Stuart Adamson
Ricky jobsons brother played for meadow bank thistle,and the song is about the Dunfermline " boys" , fighting with the neighbouring village of " high valley field" hence " into the valley 🏴✌️
Fightin? Wae VALLEYFIELD????? Are you mental????? 😜 🤣🤣🤣🏴🤣🤣🤣
@@paulsmith2516 naw um no mental, am fruit gums " cumbie ya bas" 💯🏴✌️
I always thought it was about going from Dunfermline to Valleyfield. John Jobson played from Alloa too.
@@lordprefab5534 well it was John jobson who told a couple of folk I knew, tam downie and Davy Conroy , who also played for meadowbank, the story about " laddies fi Dunfermline" going fighting wi " laddies fi highvalley field" , infact come to think of it , Tam downie might have played for Alloa as well 🏴 happy healthy peace ✌️
It's not at all. Jobson said it was about losing his friends who joined the Black Watch Regiment and lost their lives in Northern Ireland in their late teens and early twenties. Please stop talking rubbish!
My favourite Skids track has to be Masquerade, which was produced by Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe frontman). Bill and Stuart Adamson became good friends and Bill composed an instrumental track, For Stuart (Triumph And Lament), in his honour when he died.
Also Richard Jobsons and mine 😂
Pop punk sort of sound - the Skids were one of those probably slightly-under-rated bands of the late 70s. Not quite top rated IMO but this is a bit of an anthem. Contrary to opinion, most British punk bands of the 70s didn't look like classic punks - except the Pistols, Damned, Siousxie and the Banshees, X-Ray Spex, and Generation X - think the Clash, Jam, Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Ruts, 999 (who I hope you will take a look at - 'Emergency' for starters then 'Wild Sun' perhaps), Vibrators, Magazine,, Angelic Upstarts, XTC, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Fall, Neon Hearts etc - all looked quite normal dress-wise but all were a key part of the 70s British punk scene.
Most have been mentioned or actually played on here Wolf .. except 999.. ! Good call , Emergency or my personal fav “ Homicide “ .. get in there ! 👌
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Kate Bush and Stuart Adamson "The Seer" was one of my favourites. From album of the same name by Big Country.
Great band, remember going to record shop in the 70s & buying this single
Richard Jobson became a filmmaker (writer, director and producer) after a brief career as a tv presenter and newsreader.
Also was the singer for The Armoury Show in the early-to-mid 80's 🙂
‘Working For The Yankee Dollar” was another great single from them. My favourite track of theirs is “,Peaceful Times”.
There was an advert for cassette tapes on British tv years ago that made fun of the lyrics as being "There's masses of lamb....... lung nearly gave!"
Barman and soda.
Bruce Watson, also of Big Country, was a member of the band and was in the video. You should do The Saints Are Coming, Sweet Suburbia, Working for the Yankee Dollar, Masquerade and, for a different pace, Iona.
That’s not Bruce Watson in the video…
Bruce along with son Jamie wasn't inThe Skids originally but joined them in the last few years around 2016, they also perform with Big Country. Thats Willie Simpson on bass here - you're talking utter rubbish!
Scottish Anthem! Greatings from Jonas Gothenburg Sweden.
It's 45 years since I first heard this song,and all these year's later whenever I hear it,I still can't understand a word,except for the into the valley part,and something that sound's like peas sure sound divine.But a great song.
Takes me back to my youth have seen them live a few times
For years I thought it was
“Let’s see your style born into sugar”
The guitarist, Stuart Adamson, went on to form Big Country. He's the one in the red top. Unfortunately took his own life in his early 40s.
There was a tv commercial, possibly for cassette tapes, which used the misheard lyrics of this song to comic effect. The Skids were definitely one of the better bands to hit the singles chart during that era, although I think there were tensions within that quickly brought the band to an end, with Richard Jobson becoming a performance poet, tv presenter and general mouth on legs. Other Scottish bands: The Rezillos, The Tourists, Altered Images.
Richard Jobson was a massive tool imho Del , and yes your right the musical differences between the original friends Jobson and Adamson was what just as swiftly as they’d arrived meant they departed as quickly with Jobson thinking he was a great tv presenter - he wasn’t ! Just an abrasive jerk 😳
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering You've just said the thing I tried to tactfully avoid, but that is exactly the perception I had of Jobson at the time. I think he might have mellowed or learned a little humility in recent years but, to be honest, he slipped off my radar very quickly and wasn't missed.
@@delorangeade 💯 agreed del and in the spirit of fairness I think your right about time mellowing him , I seen him on .. I want to say a BBC4 docu and he didn’t have me spitting on the carpet in frustration as I used to when he was on the telly back in the day 👌
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I probably saw the same thing.
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Chance by big country is one of my favourites. Scott Bournemouth UK.
Many many years ago, i met Tam Kellichan, he was in the Kings Arms in Lochgelly. Got his autograph for my mate in the Army
remember seeing the skids with this single on totp back in 79 and watching richard jobson kicking his way across the stage like some coked up football hooligan - such a great power pop single- their first 2 albums scared to dance and days in europa are minor classics- sadly the guitarist stuart adamson committed suicide a few years later
grrrreat band! great track! takes me back to rebellious & rampant teenage years....! ❤
I saw these guys last year playing in a Cathedral. This and "Working For The Yankee Dollar" are great songs.
Eh ? .. who was still in it from the original line up SPK ? 😮
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I'm pretty sure it was just Jobson fi the early Line Up but I could be wrong.
Martin Metcalfe did play a few numbers wi them. Their new LP issnae too bad though. Worth a listen.
@@SPKdesign1 I’m glad you enjoyed it sir , it’s no fir me though , it’s got that whiff of The Drifters et Al in terms of trading on a name , without Stuart it just seems hollow to me - that’s just my stubborn opinion though and that counts for hee -haw in the great scheme of things 🤣
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Fair Dos. I hadn't seen them live before so it didn't bother me so much. Also it wissnae an overly Aplified gig, mer semi Acoustic so it had a different sound anyways.
@@SPKdesign1 it wiznae a wee boozer was it ? 25 auld punks n Dizzy Davie wi his Guinness n a collie at his feet wiz it ? I’m joking ✊
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Still got the limited edition white vinyl version! Albert tatlock on b side .
The Skids: Scotland’s greatest band. Stuart Adamson: punk’s greatest guitarist. Richard Johnson: punk’s most likeable frontman. When I saw this on Top of the Pops as an eight year old it changed my musical life. It was my gateway drug for adrenaline charged two to three minute songs which I later learned what punk/new wave was all about.
It’s actually an anti-song with the lyrics written by Jobson inspired by Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade” and his damaged friends who had returned broken men from fighting in Northern Ireland. How do I know this? Certainly not from the indecipherable lyrics! Jobson has made it clear since but few people, if anyone, realised at the time!
It's Richard Jobson.
Do research
@@jameseadie7145 I know. Autocorrect mistake as you can see from the second paragraph!
@@johncraven2614 do one.
Check out the TDK Cassette advert in the 80s. Masses of lamb ❤😂😂😂
my first time introducing into stuart adamson and the skids brilliant.
Outstanding 😊
Skids were great 👍! Pure Pop For Now People.
Albert Tatlock!!!
@@DavidSaum-is6xmlol I said that too 😅
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Fantastic band. I need one more 7" to complete the collection.
Great stuff. Like some others, you should check some other great early tracks/singles of theirs like Charles, Hope & glory, Contusion, The saints are coming and Working for the Yankee dollar.
Saw the Skids atThe Marquee Club in London way back in 1976. We sat at the same table as them in the café/pool area before they played. They were cool laid back easy guys....completely different from their stage presence.....good days back then.
Eh … maybe you did see the skids at the marquee club mark but it wasnt in 1976.. maybe a few years later ?
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@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering hey Jay....your spot on...lol🤣...I was typing this comment with one finger on my phone whilst eating a bacon sarnie!!!! Typing error my friend. It was indeed 1978🫣
@@markferrett700 🤣brilliant mark ! I’ve got that mental image of the bacon sarnie perfectly ! Cheers mate 😄
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@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering trust me....its not good look🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I gather your not a big fan of Bill Nelson....but he was a close buddie of Stuart from the skids....I believe they did some kind of collaboration, or Bill may have produced some of Stuart's work,but when Stuart passed away Bill was devastated and released " For Stuart" in his honour....its stunning and its on you tube live....you may actually like it.🤔🙂
Until very recently, Bruce Watson and his son were playing in both The Skids and Big Country.
Well done Chris for knowing the lead guitar sound (even with a little help from t'internet). I am the same - i need to know if i recognise a musician's sound.
As others have said they're a Scottish band, two members of which, Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, went on to form 'Big Country' in the early '80s. The lead singer here is, Richard Jobson, who later became known as a, writer, director, producer, presenter and actor.
Songs which I recommend by them are:
"Working for The Yankee Dollar",
"Masquerade",
"The Saints Are Coming",
"Charade",
"Scared to Dance",
"Of One Skin",
"Hurry On Boys",
"A Woman in Winter" (a personal favourite of mine).
There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
😝 you missed Albert Tatlock … incomprehensible to non Coronation street fans
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Ha! Ha! I like Albert Tatlock!
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. me too sir ! 😀
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T.V Stars 😂
@@garryhorton5899 yeah that was the title , I keep getting that title mixed up with Dead pop stars by Altered Images tbh - but I always remember it as ALBERT TATLOCK followed by that great Adamson riff 😃
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The first Skids song that I remember was a Top Of The Pops performance of 'Circus Games'.
Och ah ken! Brilliant band!
It was based on the poem the charge of the light brigade by alfred Lord Tennyson. A military action undertaken by British light cavalry against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, resulting in many casualties to the cavalry.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
It looks like Stuart Adamson is playing a Yamaha SG 2000 which was an instrument used by his musical hero, Bill Nelson, of Be Bop Deluxe.
the saints are coming , out of town , sweet suburbia and many others suggested below. brilliant
My mates band followed these into the recording studio and Stu Adamson had left a mandolin (he never saw that again 😂)
The Introduction to this song is the ring tone on my phone . It's Awesome , and everytime my phone goes off , everyone looks round at me lol .
Hi to the Haniers ! The Skids were a brilliant band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. I first saw them live in 1979 at the Kinema Ballroom (Dunfermline) tickets were £1.50 😂😂😂 the guitarist Stuart Adamson went on to form “Big Country”, he sadly committed suicide in 2001 in Hawaii. Unbelievably I saw them again 2 years ago, different lineup, supporting Stiff Little Fingers in Edinburgh. You should definitely have a listen to Big Country, if you haven’t already 😊 if you get the chance listen to “out of town”
Im one if those auld diehards Andy, the Skids sound was so defined by Stuart’s sound that once he’d tragically gone then the skids went with him . Who was in the version you seen from the original band if you don’t mind ? 🙏
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering hi lad, it was Jobson and I think it was ? Willie Simpson on bass, added to that it was Bruce Watson and his son on guitars, canny mind who was drumming that night
@@andygray7478 fair enough I suppose , hope ye had a good time sir 👌
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Thanks for the namecheck but no, no, no - you can NOT look up the lyrics for Into The Valley. Whatever you hear is correct:
Ahoy, ahoy - Pants in the sky;
Ahoy, ahoy - Barman and sugar;
Ahoy, ahoy - Asleep at a barstoool;
Ahoy, ahoy - long may he lay
That's what I hear and that is, therefore, correct.
Skids were brilliant, so much energy, great guitarist in Stuart Adamson (later Big Country), stonking rhythm section in Tom Kellichan and William Simpson (at this point) and bat-poop crazy Richard 'Jobbo' Jobson on vocals. Great songs - there's also Saints Are Coming (yes, that one, but better), Sweet Suburbia, Working for the Yankee Dollar, Masquerade, Charade and loads more.
Sadly, Jobbo's high kicks aren't so prominent on this video, see the TOTP performance for that.
thats Ace !!!!!!!!
Love the Skids! No one understands the lyrics lol, hence a brilliant TV ad for Maxell tapes back in the day - ua-cam.com/video/Gib916jJW1o/v-deo.html
Fantastic advert...exactly what I thought they were saying...
Why has this popped up on my feed I’m going to watch them next month supporting Bruce Foxton (from the jam)
Since I first heard this when it came out I never understand a word...I've just looked up the lyrics and still find it hard to follow......good sound though
BIG Tune.
Thanks C and C for giving this great Band a Blast , they have a Spliffic back catalog , and all tracks are very unique . " Big Country " is the next journey .
I dont think Stuart Adamson is with us any more ! IMO he is responsible for some of the best
Riffs ever !!! Cheers for that ! Graham
Just as the walkout music for Redditch United F.C.U.K. football club.We play at the Valley 😊
Dang I'm unfamiliar even tho I'm a 51 year old rock geek! I see this got lots of Likes. I wonder if lots of your viewers are from the UK. I love this era, when "new wave" became a big thing
Indeed the Big Country guitar sound. Check out Restless Natives and Look Away
Love this / later became Big Countey.
Have you reacted to Aslan, from Dublin? Either ‘this is’ or ‘crazy world’ - pick a live one.
You guys are so open. HF❤
Hey guys, just got to work and this popped up 😂. Should have said you might want to look up the lyrics. Guitarist is Stuart Adamson of Big Country fame. Actually going to see them in Lincoln this week 😊
You have heard the guitar before. They split and formed Big Country.
Aren't you guys lucky your community has introduced you to another great group 😊
Indeed eh
@@robertofraser101 it's cool ah
I have asked them to do Big Country for some time and the next band I'm putting forward to them Is Public image (PiL)
@@darrenwestbury8569 I've seen Public Image back in the eighties at the power station 1200 capacity club
@@darrenwestbury8569 The song by Public Image PUBLIC IMAGE and RISE? I don't know were to start with pil
Chris and Cynthia check out the song 🎵 "In a Broken Dream " by Python Lee Jackson, I bet you will recognise the lead singer straight away . I follow a lot of reactioners and no one as done this yet. PS you won't regret it, regards Alan Smith. Also there's a British band from the 70s that no one as reacted to and that's C C S two songs stand out "Whole Lot of Love " and " Tap turns on the water " take care guys.
Ah the sound of a a misspent (but thoroughly enjoyable) youth😂✌❤🐦.
This is such a good song love it 😍
You can definitely hear the Big Country roots, instead of saying guysers, geezers would be more commonly used.
Gaisers in Scotland isnt the same as geezers btw 👀.. if it’s what I think it is , Gaisers or Guisers more likely came from Mary of Guise former Queen of Scotland and mother of Mary Queen of Scot’s . Pronounced Guy-zers, nowadays describes the activity of going round the streets n houses on Halloween ( NOT trick or treat , that a North American thing ) performing songs or jokes etc in exchange for sweets , fruit , chocolate , money etc … but I’m sad to say the trick or treat thing is spreading 😡…. ANYHOO ! .. that’s Guisers explained - your welcome 🙏
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👀 I ballsed that right up , sorry ! I thought you were referring to a lyric in the song 🤦♂️.. I’ve just rewatched the vid and now realise what your talking about and of course your right 😆.. let’s never talk of me Fkn up there ever again .. ooops
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More of these guys please Chris and Cynthia please thank you 😁
I had their album, but it disappeared..
Thus, this being the first time I'm hearing this tune in 45(ish) years...
Alot of late 70's and early 80's bands broke up and formed new bands going into the later 80's
Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson (canadian-born) from the skids formed Big country
David steele and Andy cox from The Beat formed The fine young cannibals
Robert Smith left Siouxsie and the Banshees and went on to form The Cure
Nah, The Cure had formed already years before Smiff's stint with the Banshees, during which he hadn't left his own band either!
@@mightyV444just beat me to it 😮
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering - It must be true then what I wrote!
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@@mightyV444 indeed it is sir
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Bruce Watson wasn't in the Skids originally at all! He joined them and took over Stuart's role this century along with his son Jamie! The Bass player was Willie Simpson - so many have got this wrong on here!
Dunfermline’s finest ! It’s no surprise you picked up on the singers unintelligible lyrics - Jobson was FAMOUS for it , annoyingly so !
Can I recommend The Saints are coming ? Fir a wee band from the East coast of Scotland the boys did well and as others have pointed out the really talented 2 went on to form Big Country which actually eclipsed the Skids ( In a Big Country was fabulous ).. sadly the super talented guitarist n vocalist Stuart Adamson shocked the music industry when he took his own life 😢… but if you want to know the legacy he and they left behind , I was watching the gig for the Benefit fir New Orleans after Katrina destroyed it and one of my fav bands Green Day along with those perennial auld frauds U2 did a STUNNING version of The Saints are coming which I would be delighted if you would consider for “ Who did it better ? “ it’s also used as the football anthem for Southampton in England AND St Johnston in Scotland- The Skids , proud sons of Scotland and fav of yours truly - cheers for this C n C 🙏
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Cheers sir Jay ! Thats proper interesting , twill check that out later !!!
Yep "Skids " are one of my faves as well Pard !
@@ghichens3418 I’m like you Sir G , if I get a interesting snippet I’m proper made up n go and Google the 💩 out of it as I’m delighted to be educated on stuff I’m interested in but don’t know a lot about it . The flip side of course is someone trying to educate you on something that makes you boak , like Jethro Tull , Blackmores night etc ( you know what I mean Col 👀 ) 😝
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Cheers for that Jay !! Tis good to check stuff out , tis about , have you tried this , or this might not be what you think ?? give it a go ! have a splendifferous day sir Jay !
@@ghichens3418 and you Graham 👌
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Bruce Watson was not in The Skids originally - he joined this century along with his son Jamie! The Bass player was Willie Simpson who also rejoined them in 2016 though no longer in them!
working for the Yankee dollar and Charles are good tracks
Their song Masquerade is another banger. Please, check it out.
* "those gysers" 😉
And that's another Yamaha SG guitar, similar to John McGeoch's in the Magazine videos you two have watched 🙂
I'd once owned one of the lower-priced models myself, an SG-300; Great guitar but also very heavy! 😅
I dont mind being called a Geyser ! Ive had a lot worse ! hope you is all good "V"
@@ghichens3418 - Splendid! 😀 Thank you, Graham! 😊
@@mightyV444 Splendiffic back at you "V"
@@ghichens3418 - Good! That you've been splendid yourself is exactly what I wanted to hear, too!
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I admit I _am_ a wee bit nervous about the CT Injection I'll be getting next week, to help with my ongoing lower-back issues 😬 Still better than an actual operation, though!
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@@mightyV444Hi M"V" ouch , Yes not surprised you are a bit nervous !
I have been talking to Gillian ( Live it up ) about "Bio Resinence "its all about
our bodies Frequency . the machine scans you bod and organs to see if your are the right freq , if it is not , it inverts it and sends it back to retrain the area with the prob . Sounds a bit Star Trek , but it works , I can send you info on said Subject if you want . Have a great day , Graham
Working for the Yankee dollar next...
It will always be a mystery why the guitarist killed himself by hanging in a wardrobe in Hawaii in 2001,the Demon drink did not help
BOZ SCAGGS, MISS RIDDLE
Cheers for that take on the meaning of the lyrics , very interesting tbh and as you say no one would’ve known from Jobsons singing nor even the printed lyrics 😅.. I don’t agree with any of your first 3 statements of fact cos they’re not facts just your opinions , but that’s cool for you if that’s your opinion ✊
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also big country,stuart adamson
Have a listen to Dogs, London Bridge.
Try 'Circus Games'
I don't know too much about English punk bands inter membership but here in Aotearoa new zealand it's inbred as hell example my friends Ross plays bass for ROOFDOG lead guitar for the Managers and The Acetones.David Hind keyboards and vocals for the Murder Chord Drums for ROOFDOG Simon bass for the City Newton Bombers and Head like a Hole Craig Radford bass and vocals for Sticky Filth and vocals for NEFARIOUS
Hi Heath ! just a heads up !!! Skids are Scottish , just in case you get some ear ole
,Have a top day Squire !
@@ghichens3418 yip I've liked them since my early teens. I saw a Scottish band about four years ago you might have heard of🤪😵💫 THE EXPLOITED at the wammy bar in Auckland about 150 capacity it was a great night
@@ghichens3418 i also should have said British bands not English i forget there's a difference sometimes it's a small piece of rock and with many different countries a bit like here we have AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND and some other bits hanging on pretending their a real country like AUCKLAND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND the G.P.S correct centre of the universe
@@heathcornbeef Haa !!! Fair point !!! Check out the Rezilos and Run Rig !!!
Both Scottish ! Punk and Celtic sounds brill !! Have a good day Heath !
Cheers ! Graham ! off into Penzance to pick up a sink !
@@ghichens3418 safe travels brother 👍✌️
Pls react to the best singer in the world,watch dimash sing SOS 2021. Or the song when I've got you might suit you first.
Jobson still can't dance.
You probably wouldn't understand me either, I'm from about 12 miles away from The Skids hometown, dunno what that distance is in Canadian!
19.3 km