The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns, Top Of The Pops 22nd September 1983

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  • @4472robin
    @4472robin 4 роки тому +87

    Declaration was one of the finest albums of the 80s, fantastic memories

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 3 роки тому +7

      Too true. Mike is inspirational. I have been listening to The Alarm for nearly forty years and while it is always good, a lot of the time I take it for granted. Sometimes a song catches me and reminds me of how I felt at the time of its release. Now is one of those moments for which I am eternally grateful.

    • @Sam_Green____4114
      @Sam_Green____4114 Рік тому +1

      Was it ? l have to google it after this !

    • @jeffreybarkin3177
      @jeffreybarkin3177 5 місяців тому

      ​@Sam_Green____4114
      You Should LISTEN and Rely on your Own Personal Tastes, don't you Agree?
      IT'S FANTASTIC, YOU will NOTICE ! ! !
      ❤ 😅 ❤

    • @scottcheely7553
      @scottcheely7553 3 місяці тому

      Can still sing the whole album word for word! Wish they would tour!

    • @dublinsix
      @dublinsix 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@scottcheely7553they're doing the 80s cruise from Miami next March!

  • @philgina200
    @philgina200 4 роки тому +44

    Absolutely belting song from a great lead singer ,proper band and musicians ....timeless

    • @LeoHodges
      @LeoHodges 2 роки тому +2

      @@kmrnxo That is so cool!!

    • @jonshaw9472
      @jonshaw9472 Рік тому +1

      ​@@kmrnxohe's an absolute icon, greatly loved in the music industry.

  • @charmer1979
    @charmer1979 Рік тому +8

    Il have a listen to your 80s album tonight on the beach. 68 guns I can just remember being only 13yrs old at the time of 1983.

    • @NWPaul72
      @NWPaul72 3 місяці тому

      A friend put this on a mixtape for me at 14. You always sing this one to the back row.

  • @linseypizzuto390
    @linseypizzuto390 3 роки тому +26

    These are the songs that hit your soul

  • @patrickfitzgerald409
    @patrickfitzgerald409 5 років тому +33

    Impassioned vocals and a great song! Newcastle city hall gig 1983. Top memories!

    • @teejay8258
      @teejay8258 Рік тому +1

      I was there, too! Amazing night!

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars Рік тому

      Looks like the lead singer had stuck his finger in a leccy socket, bad head. 😂

    • @angelavasey5083
      @angelavasey5083 Місяць тому

      I was there night did have 1 of the cards fro when they sang Where were you hiding

  • @jonathanleckie1539
    @jonathanleckie1539 2 роки тому +5

    From my home town Rhyl ! Saw them in passing in the Bistro . Happy days xxx

  • @davidcousins3508
    @davidcousins3508 11 місяців тому +3

    The sounds ..the visuals .and the big hair ! ..that was the 80s..great days 👍

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 3 роки тому +4

    Happy 62nd Birthday Michael Leslie Peters
    25/02/59 Prestatyn, Wales
    Your folksy / raspy voice is one of a kind. And so is The Alarm.
    Born same day as George Harrison too..

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 3 роки тому +2

      When bands of this ilk were in their prime they were ten years or so older than me. It seemed like a chasm in time but now I am 51 it is shocking to think of Mike Peters only three years away from being a pensioner. He is a hero and their music endures.

  • @mattstokes1189
    @mattstokes1189 4 роки тому +18

    Great voice ....great song....timeless

  • @MrJezvesp
    @MrJezvesp 3 роки тому +30

    Really underrated band.

  • @anthonyjackson5996
    @anthonyjackson5996 Рік тому +3

    Always a favorite of. Mine only wish they lasted longer .

  • @grahamscoffield4283
    @grahamscoffield4283 4 роки тому +43

    In the days before videos a TOTP appearance was everything. Not surprised they flew back from the states. I lost my shoe at their 1984 London gig...it was so packed. I had to come home by public transport with only one shoe 👞 !!!!

    • @joycesomerville2787
      @joycesomerville2787 4 роки тому +2

      Just be more careful in future eh ?

    • @philgina200
      @philgina200 4 роки тому +4

      Graham Scoffield this has made me laugh Graham......and yes, an appearance on TOTP back in the day was like getting to the FA cup final and winning.....fantastic band.

    • @waitinginthepipeline
      @waitinginthepipeline 4 роки тому +2

      Nice story Graham.

    • @craigdenfordphotography
      @craigdenfordphotography 4 роки тому

      Not really 'In the days before videos' though eh.

    • @mariadaugbjerg6141
      @mariadaugbjerg6141 3 роки тому

      :-D

  • @timbrockley7020
    @timbrockley7020 4 роки тому +9

    Seen them when they were called seventeen in Holywell with the grids and spectre featuring glen Matlock great night

  • @NotAWatchSnob
    @NotAWatchSnob Рік тому +1

    Met you in que for my plane today enjoy the skiing

  • @tiger2too18
    @tiger2too18 2 роки тому +4

    I remember being a steward at Greenbelt in ‘87 and Mike Peters signed my leather jacket after the concert. Great times.

  • @glenndenny9987
    @glenndenny9987 4 роки тому +11

    A legend seen him many times ....god bless

  • @joycesomerville2787
    @joycesomerville2787 4 роки тому +52

    Mike Peters insisted that he shared the mic with the other guys, he didn't want them to stay in the background. Nice gesture, nice man. I wish him a speedy recovery from his illness.

    • @jeff1962-m4j
      @jeff1962-m4j 4 роки тому +2

      What is wrong with Mike Peters please.#

    • @joycesomerville2787
      @joycesomerville2787 4 роки тому +11

      Hi Jeff. Mike Peters has been fighting cancer for quite a while now. Sadly his wife Jules has also been suffering from breast cancer -she plays keyboards in the band as you probably know. Best wishes. Stay safe. Joyce.

    • @jeff1962-m4j
      @jeff1962-m4j 4 роки тому +4

      @@joycesomerville2787 .Yes terrible . Thank you for answering . Keep well.x

    • @screwyootube1
      @screwyootube1 4 роки тому +2

      @@joycesomerville2787 Oh man! I thought he'd kicked it some time back. I guess it came back. Hope he wins the battle.

    • @joycesomerville2787
      @joycesomerville2787 4 роки тому +8

      Yes I think this is his third attempt at fighting it -my best wishes go to this lovely man and you too

  • @vmovesho2900
    @vmovesho2900 Рік тому +6

    Deserves 68 m views.
    At least ❤️

  • @rickyhowell1618
    @rickyhowell1618 4 роки тому +5

    I went to see the alarm ,big country and u2 at hammersmith Palais 1983 fucking great times

    • @treatmentbound
      @treatmentbound 3 роки тому

      Wow! Never knew they were all on the same bill. I always thought if you somehow merged Big Country & U2, you’d get The Alarm!

    • @Clem_Fandango11
      @Clem_Fandango11 3 роки тому

      Ex girlfriend walked off with my tour t-shirt from that gig....I was more upset I lost that shirt than losing her.

    • @eightiesmusic1984
      @eightiesmusic1984 3 роки тому

      I used to drink in The Laurie Arms next door in the mid 1990s.

  • @johncameron6853
    @johncameron6853 5 років тому +24

    The anthem of the time, bloody marvellous😎

  • @philipthompson8525
    @philipthompson8525 2 місяці тому +3

    Get Well Soon Mr Mike Peters, Legend, Keep Fighting Fella.❤

  • @davidwood4271
    @davidwood4271 Місяць тому +2

    Great song great memories ❤

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 Місяць тому +1

      He isn't well again I hear .

  • @janinelowe6551
    @janinelowe6551 6 років тому +7

    Brilliant Mike. Ah yes I remember it well! Xx

    • @andym9074
      @andym9074 5 років тому +1

      Janine Lowe
      Good old music 🎶 better than some of today's crap 👀👀

    • @bright_morning_star8212
      @bright_morning_star8212 4 роки тому

      andy M
      Agree absolutely! I remember watching this exact performance on my 23rd birthday

  • @paully1969
    @paully1969 Рік тому

    What a fantastic song... thanks for posting x

  • @colinjwilliams6149
    @colinjwilliams6149 4 роки тому +6

    So awesome! Life changing

  • @tonypetts6663
    @tonypetts6663 3 місяці тому

    All hail the algorithm! For once it recommended something I wished to listen to. Forgot all about this banger until today, bloody great song!

  • @rickyhowell1618
    @rickyhowell1618 3 роки тому +3

    Yes big country & the alarm supported u2 at hammersmith Palais in a end of the war tour added gig 1983 was awesome

    • @patrickfitzgerald409
      @patrickfitzgerald409 3 роки тому +1

      Awesome indeed. Seen all 3 bands but certainly not on the same gig!

  • @johnchristiananderson5242
    @johnchristiananderson5242 5 місяців тому

    I remember watching the Alarm in Ryll in north wales.They were the most energetic different band of their time.The songs were all different and I thought to my self these guys are going to be great.

    • @grahamcheesman2252
      @grahamcheesman2252 5 місяців тому +1

      I love them and also thought they would be big, this along with the deceiver and where we're you hiding when the storm broke amazing

  • @wyaskme2515
    @wyaskme2515 3 роки тому +1

    It’s September 22 , 2021. TOTP 38 years ago. I wonder if that guy dancing at 3:28 still has those moves?

  • @mellison1007
    @mellison1007 3 роки тому +5

    Wicked hairdos belting song..who could ever forget...brill song..guys

  • @rachelmills7577
    @rachelmills7577 2 роки тому +1

    I had such a crush on the singer!!

  • @marco1969.
    @marco1969. 7 місяців тому +1

    From Milan...what a memories😢😢😢❤

  • @DD-ev2dt
    @DD-ev2dt Рік тому

    ALARM such great memories ot then remember The TUBE channel 4 UK always great 😂 .... Saw them first in 1985 supporting U2 on "Unforgettable Tour" @ Croke park Dublin Ireland hard to believe REM were 4th on bill that day 🤔 .... Saw Alarm a few years still great .... 68 Guns great song great times great memories 😎✌️👍.

  • @halenbud
    @halenbud 2 роки тому +3

    Such A Good Song

  • @sm7eric
    @sm7eric 5 років тому +4

    Amazing live

  • @losyeezyrosas
    @losyeezyrosas Рік тому +1

    dearly beloved

  • @chrisr5499
    @chrisr5499 Рік тому

    Would of loved to have them have a Brass section with this excellent performance on TOTP.

  • @martinbeesley8334
    @martinbeesley8334 5 років тому +60

    A fair amount of hairspray went into the making of this performance 😂

    • @vincentwilliamson8561
      @vincentwilliamson8561 4 роки тому +2

      😂 yes.
      Great song tho.

    • @suzanneswain993
      @suzanneswain993 3 роки тому +1

      I always liked that song! 😏👍true about

    • @suzanneswain993
      @suzanneswain993 3 роки тому +2

      True about the hairspray!

    • @mariadaugbjerg6141
      @mariadaugbjerg6141 3 роки тому

      When i was a teenager in the 80's , my friends and i was always using hair gel ( extra strong hold ) and after that , a lot of hairspray ( also extra strong hold ) , but when it was windy we used gelatin instead of hair gel , before we where using hair spray .The hair got so stiff that we couldn't rest our heads against backrests on sofas or anything , or even go to bed before it was brushed out , because the hair could crack . Lol . :-D

    • @jasonking1284
      @jasonking1284 3 роки тому +1

      That's why we got Global Warming today....

  • @HeroicaPlay
    @HeroicaPlay Рік тому

    Him saying "looks like we'll have a good evening then" makes me so happy.

  • @shamsoni
    @shamsoni 4 роки тому +5

    Always thought they wanted to be the nxt Clash - brilliant band and underrated

    • @johnnowlan2480
      @johnnowlan2480 3 роки тому +1

      They were a mod band called seventeen before they became the alarm 👍

    • @AndreVlaamsValle
      @AndreVlaamsValle Рік тому +1

      Ironically in 1990 they kinda became the next U2, because U2 abandoned their own 80s sound and their record company liked it :)

  • @billc307
    @billc307 4 роки тому +1

    Saw them open for Pat Benetar in 1988 and just saw them last July headline at the House of Blues in Chicago.

  • @jamesmckean3221
    @jamesmckean3221 Рік тому +6

    Forever young, I cannot say. HEY!

  • @johnodonnell9306
    @johnodonnell9306 4 роки тому +1

    I saw them at the old Cardiff arms park ground supporting U2 arms in 1987

  • @Darthyoof
    @Darthyoof 4 роки тому +5

    2:05 magic harmonica....plays itself

  • @drugstoreeyeliner9936
    @drugstoreeyeliner9936 4 роки тому +3

    as a teen i dont know who this is (my mum recommended me this song) but god the vibes are ✨immaculate✨

  • @marchfast8291
    @marchfast8291 Рік тому +4

    68 guns will never die!

  • @simonadotcom
    @simonadotcom 4 роки тому +1

    love the hair ♡

  • @nigellacey559
    @nigellacey559 Місяць тому

    Great band. Remind me of the clash for some reason.

  • @Neil2022
    @Neil2022 2 роки тому +3

    Big country

  • @accadoza
    @accadoza 2 місяці тому +2

    Keep fighting mike🌟

  • @paulwoods84
    @paulwoods84 2 місяці тому

    I miss the 80’s😂😂

  • @rochesterjohnny7555
    @rochesterjohnny7555 3 роки тому +8

    Long live Mike Peters

  • @RICK_BASS
    @RICK_BASS Рік тому

    OMG Great stuff !

  • @chislenko4499
    @chislenko4499 2 роки тому +3

    Hogia o'r Rhyl!

  • @grahambarr6114
    @grahambarr6114 4 роки тому +3

    Best song ever!

  • @joeb6245
    @joeb6245 Рік тому

    Absolute reality!!!!

  • @alanfox4172
    @alanfox4172 5 років тому +2

    I not seem the bands reunited episode on vh1 with the alarm any good?

    • @joycesomerville2787
      @joycesomerville2787 4 роки тому +1

      Just saw it recently yeah very good -hope to see them in Glasgow later this year once the lockdown is over

  • @kayprout3234
    @kayprout3234 2 роки тому +2

    some of the audience know ..good

  • @robertgarriott5958
    @robertgarriott5958 3 роки тому +1

    How many guns

  • @davidcousins3508
    @davidcousins3508 11 місяців тому +2

    Never more relevant than now in 2024 👍

  • @christiansmith1883
    @christiansmith1883 3 роки тому +2

    This song is true 2021

    • @jamesmckean3221
      @jamesmckean3221 Рік тому

      I can well imagine it. I only wish that I had been there in 2021, when this was true.

  • @theshawnmurphyjournal2946
    @theshawnmurphyjournal2946 2 роки тому +1

    The American audience never understood 68 Guns , they were hardly a thing in the USA.

  • @Hertfordshire247
    @Hertfordshire247 3 роки тому +1

    Them TOTP titles were the best they ever made.

  • @pauledwards499
    @pauledwards499 Рік тому +3

    Absolute belter! I remember this coming on the radio at work and thinking 'fuckin hell, this is the bollocks!' Saw them a few times since then, great gigs, even though the Welsh made us unwelcome, but did we care? 👊👊👊👊👊🤣

  • @paulmuir9871
    @paulmuir9871 Рік тому +3

    Love the eighties music

  • @roostriccardo8514
    @roostriccardo8514 3 роки тому

    Rember it 👊🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @vincentwilliamson8561
    @vincentwilliamson8561 3 роки тому +1

    Boom. Get in!

  • @trupax2210
    @trupax2210 10 місяців тому

    Happy birthday Mike Peters!

  • @billyweir714
    @billyweir714 2 місяці тому

    Tune

  • @EclecticDiscus
    @EclecticDiscus Рік тому +2

    Wow look at that hair lol

  • @Nick-ts4vt
    @Nick-ts4vt 10 місяців тому

    Why 68?

  • @ravenhill_the_crusader_1968
    @ravenhill_the_crusader_1968 4 роки тому +3

    fckin 68 guns.

  • @fandangobrandango7864
    @fandangobrandango7864 4 роки тому

    Supported Dave when he was playing solo at Prestwich, Manchester. He wasn't happy when we blown him off the stage and all our crowd left. X

    • @leedsboy64
      @leedsboy64 11 місяців тому

      well done im not surprised

  • @1labuakimegnyerteasegberug596
    @1labuakimegnyerteasegberug596 3 роки тому

    THIS DUDE IS SICK !

    • @pauledwards499
      @pauledwards499 2 роки тому

      This bloke looks perfectly healthy to me

  • @mbokil
    @mbokil 3 роки тому +2

    My God look at that hair!

    • @cathyl4953
      @cathyl4953 3 роки тому +1

      Saw them in Columbus, Ohio in the 80s. Their souped-up acoustic guitars were freakin loud and rockin!!!

  • @melgrant7404
    @melgrant7404 Місяць тому

    All the best to mike .he is suffering from ill health again.

  • @zafonic5965
    @zafonic5965 Рік тому +1

    A1

  • @ChristopherFraser-o2p
    @ChristopherFraser-o2p 8 місяців тому

    GREAT SONG still reckon the lead singer is a doppelganger of HOWARD JONES ? 🤔

  • @jimi666
    @jimi666 4 роки тому +2

    JESUS CHRIST, THIS IS A BATTLE CRY

  • @ok2760
    @ok2760 3 роки тому +1

    Sounds like something off Sandanista

  • @buildersandinteriorexperts
    @buildersandinteriorexperts 8 місяців тому

    Rescue me.

  • @KEVINANDREWMACRAE
    @KEVINANDREWMACRAE 2 місяці тому

    there after you...ha..see you in valhalla

  • @mtb0730
    @mtb0730 4 роки тому +1

    I know mike peters!

  • @TANTRUMGASM
    @TANTRUMGASM 4 роки тому

    never knew this was all done on acoustic guitars..lol wtf

  • @mjh5437
    @mjh5437 4 роки тому +3

    They always looked ridiculous even when those clothes were fashionable but they made some great records.

  • @timothycoyle179
    @timothycoyle179 4 роки тому +1

    Reminiscent of Green Day

  • @1labuakimegnyerteasegberug596
    @1labuakimegnyerteasegberug596 3 роки тому

    RABIES??

  • @RobertfSullivan
    @RobertfSullivan 3 роки тому +1

    *.
    RFS Israel

  • @1ricky77333
    @1ricky77333 3 роки тому +2

    Romans 10
    8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

  • @rubberneckk
    @rubberneckk 4 роки тому +1

    It’s hard to describe how shit this song was at the time ffs

  • @melovemusic69
    @melovemusic69 4 роки тому

    Never heard of the band or song. Wouldn't listen again sorry. Wander why VH1 classic wanted to reunite this band?