As said before the Ruts where a fantastic band (and still are in the form of Ruts DC). Thanks for giving them another shot and taking one step closer to Staring At The Rude Boys 😁
Thank you for doing this recommendation, it's always very much appreciated. Great band 'The Ruts', they don't get the recognition which they deserve these days. This song refers to an incident which happened in April 1979, there was a rally organised in Southall (a part of London that had a large African and Asian community) by 'The National Front' who were a Neo Nazi organisation, anyway protesters from the area went to try to halt the rally and trouble broke out and the Police turned up en force, what happened during this was the HQ for the band 'Misty-in-Roots' was broken into by the Police and the place was ransacked and all the band's equipment was destroyed, Clarence Baker the band's manager was assaulted by the Police beaten about the head and ended up in a coma, this happened on the same day as Blair Peach a New Zealand teacher and a member of 'The Anti Nazi League' was killed by blows to his head by the Police, no one has ever been charged for these offences and the latter was ruled as 'Death by Misadventure'. I hope that this helps explain things?
Mostly correct but Southall never had a large African community it was mostly Punjabi Indians - I remember the troubles around there at that time very well. Incidentally Southall had a great shoe shop called Lesters which was the go to place for Dr Marten boots by the local skins/punk/mods
Last night I saw Clarence Baker on a Channel 4 TV show here in the UK. The programme was about the 1979 Southall protest, and Baker described what happened to him there. People were also interviewed about the Blair Peach incident.
There was serious 'civil unrest' in Britain during the late 70s early 80s. Protesters and Police were injured, some died, including Police. As a rookie Police Officer myself I remember those worrying times well. Don't recall the military being involved though. These troubles were often picked up and reflected in the music of the time, SKA, Two Tone and Punk. The music was great but the times were dangerous.
I grabbed this fi Wiki... In 1979 Clarence Baker, a member of the collective, was severely beaten and injured by the London Metropolitan Police's SPG unit during a protest in Southall against a National Front march.[7] The punk band The Ruts, who were partners of and had their debut single released by the People Unite co-operative, honoured him in their song "Jah War" which was released as a single and on their album The Crack the same year.
The song you where refering to Cynthia, i think was the Reggae Fi Peach reaction you guys did. That song also involves the SPG and the murder of Blair Peach
@@SPKdesign1 Im not from the UK and born in the late 80's so i had never heard about the SPG until i came across LKJ. I loved this song Anti-Sus Poem but i really didnt know what Sus was until i read up about it. Then i could finally really understand the song in the right context
@@Bogart401 There was real Clampdown on people in the 80s. The Free Festivals got broken up, they tried to stop people moving around and hammered the Travellers. Even Hitchiking became more difficult. They clamped doon on Protests and Gatherings. It was a Harder time in a lot of ways than it is noo but I had Fun.
@@SPKdesign1 Its a relative, in most places its still a hard time to be in. Babylon still makes the rules, only now according to the standards of this time. Im living in The Netherlands and we have a major housing and building crisis due to an ruling of the highest court here in NL when a local Climate Activist Club sued the state for not being green enough and failing to reach the Climate agreement set by the EU. So since 2013 i believe,there are hardly any houses build, yet the country is bursting out of it seams with people and no houses to hold them. This is also why the refugee crisis is affecting the country so hard. There is just no place to house everyone yet the government is failing to fix this problem for more then a decade now... Maybe there is no physical force applied anymore, yet the mental force society has been put under has come to an extreme. Thats why we need these songs to keep reminding ourselfs Babylon is always around and we beat them by being humble and concious. Maybe i got in a little bit to deep here though😅😆
Love this track. Never heard of them or this song before. They are a punk band you said, and i do not really listen to that genre but i dont dislike it either. So thats maybe why i never came across this. Amazing song, love that uptempo bassline!
Saw them live in 79 they performed a song called 'In a Rut' where half way through the band swapped around on the instruments - couldn't tell the difference. Fantastic energy!
Banger. Similar vein to The Members 'Offshore Banking Business' as they were stable mates on Virgin. Unbelievably didn't chart in the UK. There was a lot of police intimidation of the black community during the late 70 culminating in the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985. I had a friend who joined the Metropolitan Police in the early 80's and he used to say an officer had to make a certain amount of arrests per month and he had his special people who he would drag in for no reason
Not sure if you've already covered this, but another song worth covering would be Ghost Town by The Specials as well as Gangsters by the same band. Also, Mirror In The Bathroom by The Beat and On The Radio by The Selecter.
@@johncarr2806 ah, I didnt know that. I followed them a lot up to a couple of years earlier, but lost interest after the Power In The Blood album. He's a superb player, I've seen him with them maybe a dozen times, always had an incredible sound, never made a mistake.
Bit late, but imho The Ruts were the last great UK punk band. They were and still fine musicians as well. Is that punk? Saw them twice, once blowing The Damned offstage, and a headlining gig. Awesome live band.
And another recommendation that I would also give to any Hispanic reaction channels, Entre Dos Tierras by Heroes Del Silencio. The original, not the Rammstein cover.
As said before the Ruts where a fantastic band (and still are in the form of Ruts DC). Thanks for giving them another shot and taking one step closer to Staring At The Rude Boys 😁
Such an incredible band, gotta listen to Staring At The Rude Boys next 🤘🏻
The Ruts' 'Something That I Said' is worth a listen, as well as 'Staring At The Rude Boys'.
YES AND YES. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN both of those songs are WICKEDLY AWESOME 💯
Thank you for doing this recommendation, it's always very much appreciated.
Great band 'The Ruts', they don't get the recognition which they deserve these days.
This song refers to an incident which happened in April 1979, there was a rally organised in Southall (a part of London that had a large African and Asian community) by 'The National Front' who were a Neo Nazi organisation, anyway protesters from the area went to try to halt the rally and trouble broke out and the Police turned up en force, what happened during this was the HQ for the band 'Misty-in-Roots' was broken into by the Police and the place was ransacked and all the band's equipment was destroyed, Clarence Baker the band's manager was assaulted by the Police beaten about the head and ended up in a coma, this happened on the same day as Blair Peach a New Zealand teacher and a member of 'The Anti Nazi League' was killed by blows to his head by the Police, no one has ever been charged for these offences and the latter was ruled as 'Death by Misadventure'. I hope that this helps explain things?
Mostly correct but Southall never had a large African community it was mostly Punjabi Indians - I remember the troubles around there at that time very well. Incidentally Southall had a great shoe shop called Lesters which was the go to place for Dr Marten boots by the local skins/punk/mods
@@shedend3066 I used to go to Lesters, a great shop. I was living in London at that time, in Balham, and knew of the troubles.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. nice one
Unfortunately , this band never had a US record deal & are barely known here despite their stellar reputation in the UK. They were real good.
Unbelievable they were one of the best punk bands anywhere .
Last night I saw Clarence Baker on a Channel 4 TV show here in the UK.
The programme was about the 1979 Southall protest, and Baker described what happened to him there. People were also interviewed about the Blair Peach incident.
There was serious 'civil unrest' in Britain during the late 70s early 80s. Protesters and Police were injured, some died, including Police. As a rookie Police Officer myself I remember those worrying times well. Don't recall the military being involved though. These troubles were often picked up and reflected in the music of the time, SKA, Two Tone and Punk. The music was great but the times were dangerous.
Thanks for playing this, class tune!
Yippee i LOVE THE RUTS
I grabbed this fi Wiki...
In 1979 Clarence Baker, a member of the collective, was severely beaten and injured by the London Metropolitan Police's SPG unit during a protest in Southall against a National Front march.[7] The punk band The Ruts, who were partners of and had their debut single released by the People Unite co-operative, honoured him in their song "Jah War" which was released as a single and on their album The Crack the same year.
The song you where refering to Cynthia, i think was the Reggae Fi Peach reaction you guys did. That song also involves the SPG and the murder of Blair Peach
@@Bogart401 The SPG were a nasty bunch.
@@SPKdesign1 Im not from the UK and born in the late 80's so i had never heard about the SPG until i came across LKJ. I loved this song Anti-Sus Poem but i really didnt know what Sus was until i read up about it. Then i could finally really understand the song in the right context
@@Bogart401 There was real Clampdown on people in the 80s. The Free Festivals got broken up, they tried to stop people moving around and hammered the Travellers. Even Hitchiking became more difficult. They clamped doon on Protests and Gatherings. It was a Harder time in a lot of ways than it is noo but I had Fun.
@@SPKdesign1 Its a relative, in most places its still a hard time to be in. Babylon still makes the rules, only now according to the standards of this time. Im living in The Netherlands and we have a major housing and building crisis due to an ruling of the highest court here in NL when a local Climate Activist Club sued the state for not being green enough and failing to reach the Climate agreement set by the EU. So since 2013 i believe,there are hardly any houses build, yet the country is bursting out of it seams with people and no houses to hold them. This is also why the refugee crisis is affecting the country so hard. There is just no place to house everyone yet the government is failing to fix this problem for more then a decade now... Maybe there is no physical force applied anymore, yet the mental force society has been put under has come to an extreme. Thats why we need these songs to keep reminding ourselfs Babylon is always around and we beat them by being humble and concious. Maybe i got in a little bit to deep here though😅😆
Love this track. Never heard of them or this song before. They are a punk band you said, and i do not really listen to that genre but i dont dislike it either. So thats maybe why i never came across this. Amazing song, love that uptempo bassline!
Molera, of Zion Train, sings this on the Henry Rollins/ Ruts live show, its pretty awesome.
Saw them live in 79 they performed a song called 'In a Rut' where half way through the band swapped around on the instruments - couldn't tell the difference. Fantastic energy!
We all wanted this one.
If you want some deep, dark reggae, react to Prince Far I's Some With Roof or Linton Kwesi Johnson's Five Nights of Bleeding
Also LKJ's 'Sonny's Lettah', which has a similar theme to this song.
Banger. Similar vein to The Members 'Offshore Banking Business' as they were stable mates on Virgin. Unbelievably didn't chart in the UK. There was a lot of police intimidation of the black community during the late 70 culminating in the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985. I had a friend who joined the Metropolitan Police in the early 80's and he used to say an officer had to make a certain amount of arrests per month and he had his special people who he would drag in for no reason
Shame Malcolm Owen OD'd as I liked his singing
A Fine Track ! A proper memory Jogger !! Cheers !
Yea.. 👍Saw them 3x..great band, and Gentleman..
Not sure if you've already covered this, but another song worth covering would be Ghost Town by The Specials as well as Gangsters by the same band.
Also, Mirror In The Bathroom by The Beat and On The Radio by The Selecter.
We have done all those songs except for Mirror In The Bathroom which we know very well.
great band, great track.... check out 'West one shine on me' if you can...
This is great.
Two of the original members tour to this day, as Ruts DC.
And Segs was, possibly still is, a member of Alabama 3
@@Sandy-dd4le He left in 2007.
@@johncarr2806 ah, I didnt know that. I followed them a lot up to a couple of years earlier, but lost interest after the Power In The Blood album.
He's a superb player, I've seen him with them maybe a dozen times, always had an incredible sound, never made a mistake.
The Ruts and The Stranglers are my fave "Punk" bands from England. If you liked that from them you should listen to "Love in Vain".
Excellent track. You might be interested in reacting to "Armagideon time" by The Clash, which has a similar vibe.
We did that one
Bit late, but imho The Ruts were the last great UK punk band. They were and still fine musicians as well. Is that punk? Saw them twice, once blowing The Damned offstage, and a headlining gig. Awesome live band.
I don't think they have a Bad track. I used to play this a bit way back when I DJed
And another recommendation that I would also give to any Hispanic reaction channels, Entre Dos Tierras by Heroes Del Silencio. The original, not the Rammstein cover.
On a side note, I work with a band called SPG One.
Special Patrol Group is a HAMSTER 🐹
@@heathcornbeef He is.
@@SPKdesign1 haha S.P.G ONE a one man band?
@@SPKdesign1 Sorry one Hamster band
@@heathcornbeef They keep changing their lineup. I don't think they've played a single gig wi the same folk.
It's not a strange way to end because he says "the truncheon came down".....the end of Clarence Baker
Search for Henry Rollins and The Ruts !
Unfortunately !! Not to get in hot water !!
The Met Plod are a lot worse now !
Reasonably good, but it seems to be stuck in a rut.
Oi! You're Out Of Order 😉
Boom , Boom !
@@ghichens3418 Thank you, I thank you 😂😂😂
@@colrhodes377 Roar of applause !!Encore
#Encore !
'You gotta get out of it'