The Streets - Never Went To Church (Official Video)
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Mike Skinner's recordings as the Streets marked the first attempt to add a degree of social commentary to Britain's party-hearty garage/2-step (and later grime) movement. Skinner was initially an outsider in the garage scene. Although his initial recordings appeared on Locked On, the premiere source for speed garage and 2-step from 1998 to the end of the millennium, he listened first to hip-hop, then house and jungle.
The Streets biggest hits include “Blinded By The Lights”, “Dry Your Eyes”, “Don’t Mug Yourself”, “Fit But You Know It”, “Let’s Push Things Forward” and “Has It Come To This”. The iconic Streets catalogue also includes the albums “Original Pirate Material”, “A Grand Don’t Come For Free”, “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living”, “Everything Is Borrowed” and “Computers and Blues”.
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Lyrics:
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity
I know which one I prefer
We never went to church
Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt
But it's hit me since you left us
And it's so hard not to search
If you were still about
I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now
I just get a bit scared every now
I hope I made you proud
On your birthday when mum passed the forks and spoons
I put my head on the table, I was so distraught with you
You tidied your things into the bin the more poorly you grew
So there's nothing of yours to hold or to talk to
You put your hand up and interrupt the conversation with a "but"
People say I interrupt people with the same look
Sometimes I think so hard, I can't remember how your face looked
Started reading about dreams in your favourite book
Panic and pace when I can't see the right thing to do
You'd be scratching your head through the best advice you knew
And I feel sad I can't hear you reciting it through
I miss you, Dad, but I've got nothing to remind me of you
We never went to church
Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt
But it's hit me since you left us
And it's so hard not to search
If you were still about
I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now
I just get a bit scared every now
I hope I made you proud
I needed a break when your book about dreams was taken
I needed to pray or see a priest that day
I needed to leave this trade and just heave it away
But I cleaned up my place like you so I could see things straight
I never cared about God when life was sailin' on the calm
So I said I'd get my head down
And I'd deal with the ache in my heart
And, for that, if God exists, I'd reckon he'd pay me regard
Mum says me and you are the same from the start
I guess, then, you did leave me something to remind me of you
Every time I interrupt someone like you used to
When I do something like you, you'll be on my mind all through
Cause I forgot you left me behind to remind me of you
We never went to church
Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt
But it's hit me since you left us
And it's so hard not to search
If you were still about
I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now
I just get a bit scared every now
I hope I made you proud
We never went to church
Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt
But it's hit me since you left us
And it's so hard not to search
But you, you still tell me how you didn't know
What to do, even now
And then I'm not so scared somehow
Cause I know that you'd be proud
I got a good one for you, Dad
I'm gonna see a priest, a Rabbi and a Protestant clergyman
You always said I should hedge my bets
Shout out to all the other guys in their late 30s listening to an artist from their good old days hitting us right in the feels with relatable lyrics...
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33, from the north east, full of fear
My dad's still alive and when I read through the comments it makes me realize I should make time to see him 😊 rip all the fallen dad's out there!!
It's been 6 years and I'm still crying
And believe it or not I'm I'm not a b b****
Hey mate do it, i lost my dad a month ago, what I wouldn’t give to have had more time with him. Even more phone calls. Make memories take photos. Have a good one fella
I'm fortunate enough to call my Dad my mate. Folk think we're brothers rather than father and son. I'm 48 and he is 70. I couldn't imagine life without him.
My dad was scared to say he was dying. He took chemo to give us time to be with him. He did clear his things,and it's consoling to know he left me behind to remind me of him rip dad's, make the time to see him xx
One of the most under rated songs to have been made
It truly is.
One of the most under rated artists!!
my funeral song
I agree pal
Reminds me of my old man! God bless dad love you rip x
Still listen to this. The dad he’s singing about is my grandad, and Mikey is my uncle. Love it
(He actually interrupts conversations like him.)
ohgee roughh my old man passed around the same time and your uncles song made me cry but also smile so much. Buy him a beer from me. Xoxoxo
I still listen to this my dad passed ah long time ago and would do anything for ah photo xx
I love your uncle mikey
Legend
That is awesome. Been listening to this since it came out, still gets to me.
My mam passed away suddenly on 6th May 2006. She was getting ready to go up town and sent dad down to the sitting room to put the fire guard up. When he came back to the kitchen she was lying on the floor. Massive heart attack. No warning. Just gone. In the weeks after I was questioning everything. Lost without my best friend. Who else do you turn to when your heart is breaking so badly that you can feel the pain in your chest? What would I do without her calm strong advice? How would I go on? Then the dj played this song and I bawled crying for the first time since the funeral. Misery loves company they say. To hear someone vocalise what I was feeling and thinking so perfectly. As if he was reading my mind. This song got me through those really frickin tough days. I was 35 when mam passed. She was only 67. It doesn't get easier, you just learn to live with the pain but there'll always be a hole in my heart that nothing and no-one can ever fill. Yet every time I look in the mirror it's her face I see looking back at me. I hope I made her proud. I hope I still do. Hugs to anyone who needs one.
One love
Rip dad. Thanks for listening to the streets with me when I was a kid.
MIKE SKINNER YOU ARE A LIVING LEGEND
I big up Mike until the end of time
This was a great song when it was released. Then my old man died. Now it's a fucking gut wrenching, great song.
Know the feeling mate. Cheers!!👊
Lost my dad in February. Big fan of the streets, but first time I listened to this since. Actually cried for the first time in a long time, but good tears.
Stay strong pal. I struggle sometimes with what you’re saying. Fuck
godbless you mate....
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I saw Mike sing this live soon after my father died.
I was crying for the first time. Will always be a special song.
kondolerer ven, tro mig han er altid, ligesom vi er.
Thank you for this song. It was on repeat while my dad was in the hospital. On repeat after he passed. And now, still helping me deal with this.
It means alot!
Thanks again.
🖤
This man is a poet genius, massive respect
Poetical*
@@softcactus0147 cancer is good for you
“I never cared about god when life was sailing on the calm so I said I’d get my head down and I’d deal with the ache in my heart”
I'll miss you for the rest of my life Grandad 💔 you were the closest thing I had to dad.. life will never be the same without you 😢
My Dad committed suicide when i was 19, I never spoke to him as a man, think of you every day XXXX
My dad left me by his own hand right about the time that this song came out. He was the person who introduced me to you guys and I give it a listen every once in a while, and I can never help but feel that it puts my feelings into words in such a perfect way as I was religious before I lost him.
So sorry for your loss
Every single time I listen to this amazing song, I can't help crying for my Dad. I am not the crying type, but I am crying now for him, just this song every time, and it has been 10 and a half years since he went.
My relationship with my old man is a complex one like many of us. I know he loves and cares about me on some level and despite all the resentment he’s still my dad. This song makes me mourn and helps me come to terms with our forever severed bond 😭 love you Mr Skinner
I am a big supporter of The Streets since 2002. You are till producing good music. Greetings from Germany.
This used be my dad favourite tune he was born in 1944 and sadly he passed away but he told me to listen to this when he passed and I did 😢
Miss my Dad everyday. 2008 when he left, I was 17, not been a day since I don't think about him, this song eptomises how you feel.
Thanks for the song Mike,
Love ya Dad x
Lost mine too all the best to you Mac
Never really "got" this song until I lost my dad. Now there's not a song on this earth that hits closer to home.
Fucking hell I miss him.
This guy is so much underrated its crazy
"You tidied your things into the bin the more poorly you grew"
Jesus.
Can't believe I haven't heard this before, have listened to a couple of the streets albums to death. This song really resonates with me, great lyrics. RIP Dad.
Loved this song when it was released. and still love it now it means more to me now. I lost my father 4 weeks ago 😢😢😭
I lost my dad when i was 14. I love the streets and when this song came out i could relate to it 100%. Thank you mike skinner x
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Always think of my dad when I hear this always makes me cry I miss my dad so much rip ♥️
Still cry my eyes out everytime I hear this definitely has stood the test of time still love it !
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I still have no words for this song, the only thing that kills me every time I listen to it. I miss you dad but I have nothing to remind me of you
That's because you forgot, he left you behind to remind you of him.
Never had my dad in my life so don't understand why this song plays on my mind so much.
🙏🏻
So much emotion and feeling in this track. So many different meanings to different people and I think we can all relate to this track in someway.
Rest in peace Mum and Dad !!! Will love you untill i give my last breath and way way beyond my darling's Ian 2.2.15 Carol 17.11.17 xxxc
Love the streets ❤ I’m 42 this year music was amazing back then xx
I come here to weep.
I listen to this when I'm really missing my granddad. He was more of a father than my actual father.
Sweet memory of Ferenc Filep, my dad, who was the major of the hungarian army, and who died in 07.28.2017. The man, who's name got my child..
Gut wrenchingly beautiful this. I don't have a dad but it makes me think of my daughter and how she would feel when I leave this place
Got my dad to listen. He loves it too... as a father to 5 sons ... i hope my sons can come to me for wise wisdom and anyhow they do make me proud ❤
This song came on the radio, made me cry like a baby. Utterly beautiful and timeless
An absolute timeless song
I love this track always have since it first came out and I use to listen to it alot and think poor lad losing his dad , I lost my dad unexpectedly a year ago and I'm in floods of tears ! And I'm not the crying type , I love you dad X
The Streets is a phenomenal lyricist
this song made me cry.
Beautiful song
As a Christian, my heart absolutely goes out to you. This is as beautiful as it is heart-rending.
2023 ive been coming back for many yrs good to be back again what a classic
Completely my story. Well if we take away agnostic part of a story cause i am a believer. :)
My father God bless his soul was a workaholic, not to much time for kids, but he loved us and did as best as he thought but honestly we needed maybe more of him then a bloody money. Well we never went to church together, we had our share of differences but i will love you until the end of my life line Buko. Thank you for every sacrifice you made and sorry that i was young and ignorant ro get it. Now i get it... love you dad, i cherish every rare moment we had . May God welcome you lilto his dominion. Every time i interrupt someone like you used to.
I guess than you did leave me something to remind me of you,
Every time I interrupt someone like you used to,
When I do something like you you'll be on my mind or through,
'Cause I forgot you left me behind to remind me of you.
Anyhow Mike Skinner is preaching what we are feeling. Buko ❤
First saw The Streets back in the early 2000s at Reading Festival I think. They were great…and then Skinner records this. From booze, drugs, nights out and dodgy relationships to this incredible song…Skinners talent and range is far and wide.
I've come back to this song many time over the years, always thinking how the comments serve as memorial for sons who've lost their fathers.
Well, I finally get to be a contributor. Like many, I never got to know my father well as an adult. Indifference kept use apart when I left for college and before long a decade passed without a word. Fortunately the ice thawed- he saw me married and start a family, but time and distance kept us from any meaningful relationship besides phone calls on holidays.
I'm sad for the memories I'll never have, but happy he's at peace. George, you'll always be on my mind 'cause you left me behind to remind me of you.
This song fits scarlet close to the same experience I have had recently losing my stepdad to alcoholism- this is so incredibly warming for me to know I’m not alone, and how closely someone can relate
Vulnerability in rap? Yes, OK, it does help me to be a human being so thank you for that.
I lost my old man 14 years ago and this song makes me cry every time 😢 I can fully relate (sadly)
Choonage though 🔥
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RIP Dad, never really knew you but this made me cry cause I wanted so much to know more of you. THANK YOU MIKEY
Gets me everytime!!! MISS U DAD!! 👨👨👧👧GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. KU2D XXXX
Great song brother. Still hits home and its been 15 years! See you are touring again. Your Dad would be proud brother. Its 2022 and this is still one of the best song I'v ever heard.
This song came out right after my brother passed away it really helped get me through and incredibly tough time in my life. I saw him perform it live in seattle and I am not even ashamed to say it brought me to tears. One of the best concerts I ever saw. Mike skinner is a legend
Your brother saw too my g! Big love x
I never cared about god when life was sailing on the calm so I said I’d get my head down and I’d deal with the pain in my heart,and for that if god exists I reckon he’d pay me regard.
My feeling s for my dad. The words are bang on. I used to cry while listening to this now I’m proud. Thanks geez. ✌️
One seriously underated song. Right up there with MikeAnd The Mechanis 'In The Living Years' and Cat Stevens 'Father To Son'.
The Father Son relationship is so complex and we never really get to know each other as well as we should before one passes. Swear down us men have got work to do in terms of bonding and sharing and breaking down the emational barriers to getting to know each other properly. Love the way this song is so simple but mega deep and emotional..
SKINNER YOUR A LEGEND BRUV,
Mike is such a lyrical genius!
Legendary song
You don't know what you've lost till its gone! Breaks my heart this song 😢
Bloody love it. Still!! 2022 woop x
Needed this today. 💔
Me too..
2018 i lost you dad. still till this day i can not belive your gone
Don't take anything in life granted. My mom died to cancer when I was 17. I have only dad and I love him more than anything. I even try to tell him that and show it often as possible, even though it feels akward for me and him. But I don't want to make same mistakes as I made then with my mom. I was young (14) and so shocked, I was on deniel about her demise and lost all chances to tell her I love her. I'm 34 and it still hurts and I swear I won't allow the myself the same mistake.
Mike Skinner is the British version of Eminem.
But no one gives him shit.
Music for the soul
This needs a million views
You left me behind to remind me of you
That shit is tight
I miss you dad so much wish you were still here xxx
Yvonne Moore he's still with you
Sorry😢
This is one of my top 3 Mike Skinner tracks! I've been on a few journeys with this one that's for sure! 😕♥
Mate, when my life went pear you were there. So many times over the years. 21 when I found this. Your music helped me mend a friendship that was damaged for years, I didn't have words so sent one of your songs.
Thanks for being there most of my adult years...and if you're the same Mike geezer from late 90s underground club scene in Northbridge and North Perth, you were there for part of my teens in person. If not you have a clone, who seemed to share similar taste and poetry and care for people.
If that Mike is kicking around these comments let me know.
Fucking hell, haven't heard this in yrs but still know it word for word! So relatable !
What a tune this came out just before my mum passed away
Kristofer Chaplin RIP to your mum. Sorry for your loss
One of the best songs from The Streets 🎶❤️👏
That song make me cry, coz I know what gonna happen someday, my dad is sick, I can see that he doesn't have much time left. Let's appreciate every moment while we can
I'm 49 from NYC my father was me Hero my daughter was born same anniversary of his death at 49. I wish I could let him hold his granddaughter and honestly without my father I got lost still am but I got to be a Father so thank you for this song. I'm in phillipines my daughter is half Filipina and all my nationality. Never thought I'd have a child ty Dad I love you always Will.
A work of art
Some of the greatest poets and musicians never recieve the real exposure and admiration they deserve.
Let me be clear. Despite the fame Mike has recieved, he deserves more.
Thank you for everything Mike Skinner. Sorry for your loss. God bless.
He is such a great writer
WOW This is my Favourite STREETS song now wow.
My dad died over a decade ago. Still can't watch this without breaking down.
RIP to all your lost fathers..personally never met mine...5 kids and lives basically a mile away...never bothered...some men don't deserve to be called fathers .....but I'm happy and sad for you all at the same time ❤️💙🤍
Having lost both my parents by the time I was 21, this song hit home hard when I first heard it back in 2009 or 2010
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Always someone cutting onions nearby when I listen to this...
Can so relate too this,
Cheers Skinner, lyrical legend.
I lost my dad 9 years ago through dementia now my mother has got it, how unjust!
Totally underestimated, The Streets were the bizzness 💙💙💙
My dad's not dead he js left me and my mum and siblings I remember when we would go on car rides 😂 he was the most funny person I knew he would always say he would take me on fishing trips and never did 😂 I miss him even tho he left I still do hope ur doing well out there where ever you are ❤
I remember seeing the streets at Reading 2002. Loved before and ever since.
Beautiful track. May he rest in peace
Miss you Scott and blades this music relates so much 😢
Lost my Dad in April 1995. It still hurts 😢
Rest in peace my old father 23/11/1956 - 31/01/2016 xxx
RIP mate, avin a pint for ya, cheers
mike this resonates soo much with me. literally hits a spot so much. still struggle with losing him but ...
I still miss my dad,
Two years coming up on my father's death. I think I'm finally convinced to see his grave since the funeral just not easy.
30 seconds in. Can’t handle it. I need my dad.