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Crossing my fingers for Animal Collective. I think you’d have a blast going through their entire (and very expansive) discography because it’s very unique!
it's insane that you're covering these guys. they were basically an anarcho-punk group, got one hit, and messed around at every award show because they could, and went right back to anarchist music again. iconic
It's kinda poetic that their final release was thanks to the death of the woman that caused them to start making political-focused music to begin with. Oh BTW, Chumbawumba also made an "extension" cover of The Beatles' 20 second song, Her Majesty, and it's just as dark as their discography.
I have to mention this every time someone brings up Chumbawamba: I studied Film at Middlesex University in London and Dunstan Bruce was my lecturer in the documentary course. At the time he was still working on I Get Knocked Down and he showed us the trailer for it. He was just the loveliest man and an incredibly helpful teacher.
This video rules! Just one point: Mumia Abu Jamal hasn't been released from prison; his death sentence was overturned in 2001, but he is still incarcerated.
genuinely glad that chumbawamba is getting some more coverage given their 30 year career and sticking closely to their founding values til the very end. and for their efforts i give them the most respect
This is absolutely perfect, i've heard of Chumbawamba's crazy long story from One Hit Wonderland episode on Thumbthumping, and now there's a video detailing their story in full. This is also such a surprise pick, never would have imagined this band getting a DDD.
I'm only 10 minutes in and I've already thought more about Chumbawumba than I have in my life beforehand 😅 Thank you for teaching us the stories of these bands!
When I got to college in 2011 and started using the internet to dig deeper into music, one of the first things I did was check out discographies of One-Hit-wonders because I was always fascinated by the idea that "this one song cant be all they are worth" and Chumbawumba and Midnight Oil were the two that I got really into and loved the fact I dug into their works. Its crazy and awesome to see you just putting your balls out there covering these guys 10 years after they retired and letting more people know they were much more than one song. Just amazing.
Midnight Oil actually played on SNL in 1993 (Truganini and My Country). I got Earth and Sun and Moon on cassette when I was 12 and that was my favorite album at the time.
2:04 this might be a joke that I'm missing but the "middle class" is not typically associated with supporting the miners in Britain. Middle Class here refers to pretty much everyone without a title or connections to the aristocracy that aren't employed in more manual ("blue collar" would be the equivalent) work, or with close family connections to that manual work. Most of Thatcher's support came from the Middle Classes, and though there were definitely many middle class people, particularly young people like Chumbawumba, opposed to Thatcher, it was by no means a given that a 'middle class' person would support Thatcher. This isn't really a correction tho as I think middle class is defined differently in the US - I just think it's interesting how we subdivide ourselves Big up Chumbawumba theyre great
Shut out to people like me who had a basic idea of how crazy Chumbawamba was from Todd’s One Hit Wonderland, and are now all for the absolute chaos that is this DDD.
Wanna go even further? You know part of the CD jewel caases that held the CD in place, that little circular thing that's shaped like sphincter? Directly behind it is a picture of a human sphincter. Yeah, that one.
Considering both have made deep dives into the career of Chumbawamba, Mic The Snare has finally evolved into the younger, peppier, and visible version of Todd In The Shadows
I actually used to live nextdoor to Alice from the band and we used to take turns cat sitting for each other! She’s absolutely lovely and still a massive leftie
Comment sections are full of similar stories about ex-members of Chumbawamba. Fame never got to their heads. They used their moment in the spotlight to rally for the causes they believed in. Meanwhile, Rage Against the Machine broke up right before the 2000 election when they could have been very helpful to the Ralph Nader campaign. They couldn't just hold it together for a few more months?
Happened to rewatch the Todd in The Shadows episode on this today, so I was excited to see this come up. Glad to see more info on the band, it's great how much more depth there is to them than being a OHW. A band so punk they rebelled against being punk.
I grew up in Leeds and these guys were seen as local legends. Anarchy was one of my dad's favourite albums, it was on heavy rotation in our house in the 90s - Give The Anarchist A Cigarette and Enough Is Enough were my absolute jams! It's a shame people don't really know them outside of their most famous hit, they're an incredibly interesting group. Oh, and their trumpet player now occasionally does session work for my mum's band! (A Latin American folk band, no less)
In 1999, I got a book called Rock: the Rough Guide and Chumbawamba was one entry that interested me more than most. I was surprised to hear back in 1997 that the guys who did that song that was currently being playing ad nauseum were an anarchist collective who had a connection to Crass. The book confirmed it.
@@nobodyburgen4594 Great question. It'll depend on your definition of either of those words, but no, not really. In fact, quite the opposite. Anarchism is thought of by some as a subcategory of communist thought, since it ultimately strives for the same stateless, moneyless, and classless society, which is precisely what communism is. However, anarchists reject using electoralism and seizing state power as a means of reaching this society, which differentiates them from other types of communists, and that's where the confusion lies. Some think we should take control of the government to bring us closer to this ideal society, while others prefer a more decentralized approach. Still, both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists fit under the larger umbrella of communist thought. There's also actually a pretty long history of people synthesizing Marxist and anarchist philosophy but I've been yammering long enough lol; I think I've covered the basics. Hopefully that answers your question!
@@nobodyburgen4594 it's worth pointing out that the idea of "communism" as an authoritarian mode of government is mostly the legacy of the USSR, which was arguably not communist, except in name
@@capkernel also at least one anarchist (dejacque) called himself communist before marx did, and ancoms like reclus and kropotkin began using the term in the 1870s when marxists weren't really a thing, but the people who could be called marxists didn't really use the word communist tldr, ancomism is more than just anarchism plus marxism
What have you done Mic!?! I was perfectly happy having written Chumbawamba off as that band with that one song.... Now I will have friends question my sanity as I try to expound to everyone how those Tub-thumpers are one of my favorite Folk bands....
No way. Chumbawamba’s early stuff is fantastic and I’m glad a (somewhat) major UA-camr is actually covering it. I hope you cover more punk rock bands in the future.
Succeeful people don't become that way overnight. Most people you see as a glance_wealth, a great career, purpose, is the result of hard work and hustle over time . I pray that anyone reading will be successful in life
As a big fan of folk music as soon as you started talking about English rebel songs I immediately went and listened to it and holy hell it’s so good if anyone likes folk music at all you gotta listen to it
Few errors. "That's How Grateful We Are" is about the Hungarian uprising of 1956 where a giant statue of Stalin was torn down. Mumia abu Jamal's death sentence was overturned in 2001. He remains in prison and still advocating for a retrial. "On eBay" is about how Iraqi museums were looted and ancient artifacts, art ended up put on eBay.
Chumbawamba came into my life from an early boyfriend who had seen them live in the late '80s. The combination of dance music, punk, and folk was exactly what the doctor ordered. Slap was the newest album at the time and I followed their career ever since. I was one of those annoyed punks when they hit the top 40, although it was hard to deny what a great song tub thumping was. Anarchy was my Bible and WYSIWYG brings back turn of the millennium memories that tears at my heart. Thank you so much for doing this. Most engaging "one hit wonder" band ever.
Yknow what they say about Mic, he might get knocked down a few subscribers after a long break, but he gets up(loading) again, giving us some of the best content on this godforsaken platform
I'm not a huge fan of Chumba Wumba but this is super cool! They have a 40 years history outside of their big song, so they make so much sense for this show. Now all I need is a DDD for Semisonic!!
"Middle class" doesn't mean the same thing in the UK that it does in the US. In Britain, someone is "middle-class" if they have a bachelor's degree and eat croissants. This does not describe Chumbawamba.
Man this was a nice journey. A band millions see as a one hit wonder that didn't exist before or after tubthumping started as experimental punk sharply taking it to the thatcher administration, to going big and seemingly abandoning their roots only to use their five minutes of fame to bring their message to the world, and finally coming to a later age, taking in worldwide inspiration and adopting a folk style because they didn't have to conform to anyone's expectations for them before calling it in. Oh, and one last flip off to thatcher once the good news broke. Legends. You gave me far more respect for this band.
as a chumbawamba nerd 🤓 that is not Mave Dillon 1:12 that is Jude Abbott who joined after Swinging with Raymond and I have more to say but I can’t remember that this current moment… to be continued
Great video - one thing to note that the Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records EP was a comp, and featured Oi Polloi and they would be very grumpy to be called an English band (16:37) When I first started getting into Chumba, I asked good ol' Facebook "where's the best place to start with Chumbawamba?" and someone tagged Boff Whalley in the post. He suggested this EP. (Boff also founded Commoners Choir who are an amazing collective)
Seeing someone give Chumbawamba the full rundown and "day in court" they so richly deserve. "One hit wonder" to most of the world, and anarchist music idols to those who know. I am in awe of how versatile their skill is.
Singsong and a Scrap was on replay for me when it came out. there was just something so soothing about the vocals. I do wish more people knew about them, really.
Sometimes i feel like it's all a simulation. I just got into Chumbawamba like a week or two ago and suddenly my favourite youtube channel drops this gem. Thank you mr Mic
Sometimes I'm excited for a DDD because I love a band and just wanna hear Mic talk about them, but today I'm excited because I have little knowledge of Chumbawumba and always wanted to hear about the punk band that made a pop hit
I love this I think it would be great if you did more videos like this. I already know about the discographies of Kanye West, Radiohead, etc, but I had no idea that chumbawumba had a such a rich discography, it would be great to see more bands and artists like this. I would also highly recommend that you do a ddd on Raymond Scott, as he was an insanely interesting musician that it feels no one really talks about
I got the privilege to watch Dunstan Bruces' 'I get knocked down' doc recently and to my surprise he was there in person to answer questions and just talk to all us folk afterwards.
To answer the question, "Was Chumbawamba successful in seeding their anarchist ideology into the mainstream?" I must say yes. Perhaps it was because I was already there, long years before Tubthumping let me down. I knew it was methodical, I just needed time... Then they made Un and all was forgiven (the whole album is worthy). A clear indicator of their seeding success is that two of my three children, all raised on Chumbawamba, still listen- but even better than their musical choices is their lifestyles- their conscientious, humanitarian ideologies that don't need the music I raised them on. It just so happens that we can enjoy the music together.
Great overview! Thanks. I recently listened to, “the day the Nazi died,” which is a brilliant insightful song! Prophetic. It made me want to do a deeper dive into this band. Grateful that I found your video.
Loved this! Thank you! Side note: Mumia is still NOT free... And On eBay is actually about the looting of Iraq's ancient relics by our own soldiers, who were then found to be selling them online.
Yeah there's several times where Mic doesn't catch three point bring made. I guess he didn't know about the website where you could read the liner notes.
20:32 did i miss something? last i checked, mumia abu-jamal iss still incarcerated. no longer facing the death penalty but still life imprisonment. not free yet.
Chumbawamba is such a brilliant group; often seen as a one hit wonder in the states, if you really explore their 30 year history of music, it's such a unique, fascinating and fun ride. They deserve much more attention than they got. Even if they're not your style of music (any of their numerous, ever evolving styles that is), its hard not to celebrate what they've done, and how they did it. Great retrospective video here
I was under the impression that they picked a nonsense word for their name and the "North African drummers is Paris" explanation was just one of many they'd have for when people asked how they came up with it
9:17 was unexpected enough that I did a real-life double-take at my phone. I love that you covered these guys. Underrated band that people tend not to know about beyond the one song, but definitely an interesting group for a deep dive!
When they started singing Bella Ciao I gasped. After this video I’m pretty sure they got the meaning right and after years of hearing it remixed as dance music because of La Casa De Papel it’s such a relief!
Thanks for doing this and educating the masses on the best anarchist dance music collective ever! That said, there’s a deeper and more sinister catalyst behind “on EBay” from the “Un” album that deserved a mention.
What an interesting deep dive into an off kilter band I only really know about because of that one Todd in the Shadows video I can't wait for Mic to put out a video on Frank Zappa's entire discography....coward.
I know there’s way more popular artists you could go through, but I love the idea of picking a one-hit/minor-hit wonder and going through their discography. There’s plenty of gems in there!! That being said, I am to totally voting for Nine Inch Nails on your form.
27:33 Hold on a bloody second. Both Weird Al and Chumbawamba have made songs called "Everything You Know Is Wrong", And they've also both made songs about Ebay! Coincidence? I think not!
I think I have the original cover version of Anarchy. It was sitting in the front of my car when my mom came to visit once. I started with Chumbawamba with every other American on Tubthumper, but I moved past it very quickly and couldn't get enough of the rest of the album and worked backward from there. Honestly, I think it's the best band of all time.
I recently discovered Chumbawamba a couple years back when I found Tubthumper at a thrift store. It quickly (and unexpectedly) became one of my favourite albums ever. Since then I've been slowly listening to the rest of their discography. Glad to learn more about their history here 👍
Today I woke up late, took a 12:30 bus to get groceries but we got into an accident so i got stranded for 90 minutes, was about to take the bus back at 3:15 but found an email from my PhD advisor from a few hours earlier asking me to watch a talk that had started at 3, ran to Barnes and Noble so I could hop into the talk late on my phone and take notes in my planner, tried to take the 4:30 bus but it didnt show up, then it started to rain so i paid like $20 for an Uber that was 20 minutes away, and I only just got home about half an hour ago Seeing this in my sub feed 100% makes up for everything thats happened today
This is was really surprising and interesting! There's so much I've learnt about from your DDDs. One of my favorite "shows" on UA-cam! Awesome stuff as always!
Most of my listening nowadays on streaming is in discography spanning. And Chumbawumba was an absolute pleasure, favorite, and have a lot of songs that are just perfect for their moods. Love them to bits.
If you ever want to do another DDD on a one-hit wonder with a surprisingly long career and a strong political bent, Midnight Oil is well worth checking out. (Australians, please don't kill me. I know Midnight Oil is/was a big deal down under, but here in the US and throughout most of the world they're mainly known for Beds Are Burning.)
Next month’s DDD will be decided by you! Go to the form linked in the description, and vote on who you want to see covered next time. Thanks for watching!
Crossing my fingers for Animal Collective. I think you’d have a blast going through their entire (and very expansive) discography because it’s very unique!
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can we really vote for more than one?? 🤩
Add Steven Wilson to your list, that DDD would be like a 3 parter at least
voted for Aphex Twin and Joni Mitchell. one vote for each personality in me.
The slow realization this wasn’t a joke is a feeling the likes of which I have never felt before.
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it's insane that you're covering these guys. they were basically an anarcho-punk group, got one hit, and messed around at every award show because they could, and went right back to anarchist music again. iconic
Amnesia was a top 10 hit and their football song charted high. Both were on mainstream on heavy rotation.
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“Anarcho-Punk” yeah buddy, they never had the sound. Stop making them look cooler.
@@salvadorpradoramos Gatekeeping anarchy and punk, oxymoronism at its finest.
Putting up a preorder for an EP about Margaret Thatcher’s death and releasing it only on her death is such a ballsy badass move I am so impressed lol.
I got that cd, its still sealed as i knew what it was
People thinking this is a joke clearly haven't seen the one hit wonderland on Thubthumping
this DDD made me exited _because_ of that One Hit Wonderland episode, it made me apreciate this band a lot.
It's kinda poetic that their final release was thanks to the death of the woman that caused them to start making political-focused music to begin with. Oh BTW, Chumbawumba also made an "extension" cover of The Beatles' 20 second song, Her Majesty, and it's just as dark as their discography.
I remember getting sent this as a CD single through the post for free because I was on their mailing list!
A great book-end to their career.
@@BNoble86 I wish I found them at a time when I could have been on their mailing list. I am jealous.
I have to mention this every time someone brings up Chumbawamba: I studied Film at Middlesex University in London and Dunstan Bruce was my lecturer in the documentary course. At the time he was still working on I Get Knocked Down and he showed us the trailer for it. He was just the loveliest man and an incredibly helpful teacher.
That is AWESOME
Anarchists being lovely is very unsurprising haha
This video rules! Just one point: Mumia Abu Jamal hasn't been released from prison; his death sentence was overturned in 2001, but he is still incarcerated.
I was not expecting this, but I definitely needed a chumbawumba deep discog dive.
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I just realized that the band is spelt Chumbawamba I think I’m having the Mandela effect or something I’ve always thought it was Chumbawumba.
genuinely glad that chumbawamba is getting some more coverage given their 30 year career and sticking closely to their founding values til the very end. and for their efforts i give them the most respect
This is like a one hit wonderland episode but even more insane, It's like my two fav music youtubers are crossing over
There was a One Hit Wonderland episode on Thubthumping, as a matter of fact
@@penepleto1210 lmao I remember that that’s why I got into the Boybands album as a kid
I posted a link to this video on Todd’s Tubthumping One Hit Wonderland video.
Mic and Todd are like 2 sides of a coin for music UA-cam
This is absolutely perfect, i've heard of Chumbawamba's crazy long story from One Hit Wonderland episode on Thumbthumping, and now there's a video detailing their story in full. This is also such a surprise pick, never would have imagined this band getting a DDD.
Fun fact: “The Boy Bands Have Won…” is the current world’s longest album title. Fiona Apple’s “When the Pawn…” held the record before its release.
That's not entirely correct, this one fits in between: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_of_the_Remixes
people r finally realising that chumbawamba are really good unironically
I walked into a hipster coffee shop wearing a Chumbawamba shirt and the guy behind the counter thought I was being ironic.
@@a.champagne6238Did he look at you and say "I think you're being ironic"?
@@johnsterizer he laughed when he saw the shirt so I explained the history of the band.
@@a.champagne6238So had he thought you were wearing a t shirt of a one hit wonder?
I'm only 10 minutes in and I've already thought more about Chumbawumba than I have in my life beforehand 😅 Thank you for teaching us the stories of these bands!
When I got to college in 2011 and started using the internet to dig deeper into music, one of the first things I did was check out discographies of One-Hit-wonders because I was always fascinated by the idea that "this one song cant be all they are worth" and Chumbawumba and Midnight Oil were the two that I got really into and loved the fact I dug into their works.
Its crazy and awesome to see you just putting your balls out there covering these guys 10 years after they retired and letting more people know they were much more than one song. Just amazing.
Midnight Oil actually played on SNL in 1993 (Truganini and My Country). I got Earth and Sun and Moon on cassette when I was 12 and that was my favorite album at the time.
as an aussie calling midnight oil a one hit wonder would be wild to me
2:04 this might be a joke that I'm missing but the "middle class" is not typically associated with supporting the miners in Britain.
Middle Class here refers to pretty much everyone without a title or connections to the aristocracy that aren't employed in more manual ("blue collar" would be the equivalent) work, or with close family connections to that manual work. Most of Thatcher's support came from the Middle Classes, and though there were definitely many middle class people, particularly young people like Chumbawumba, opposed to Thatcher, it was by no means a given that a 'middle class' person would support Thatcher.
This isn't really a correction tho as I think middle class is defined differently in the US - I just think it's interesting how we subdivide ourselves
Big up Chumbawumba theyre great
Shut out to people like me who had a basic idea of how crazy Chumbawamba was from Todd’s One Hit Wonderland, and are now all for the absolute chaos that is this DDD.
No playing of Amnesia and why it sounds so familiar.
And those of us who were into them before Todd.
For those who don’t know…
The back cover of What You See Is What You Get reveals that the dog on the front is having sex with another dog.
Wanna go even further? You know part of the CD jewel caases that held the CD in place, that little circular thing that's shaped like sphincter? Directly behind it is a picture of a human sphincter. Yeah, that one.
@@halwakka504 Holy shit. I never knew I needed this cd so badly.
Considering both have made deep dives into the career of Chumbawamba, Mic The Snare has finally evolved into the younger, peppier, and visible version of Todd In The Shadows
"That certain circumstance was Margaret Tatcher's death" I was not expecting that but give their whole history that is THE way to go out.
I actually used to live nextdoor to Alice from the band and we used to take turns cat sitting for each other! She’s absolutely lovely and still a massive leftie
Comment sections are full of similar stories about ex-members of Chumbawamba. Fame never got to their heads. They used their moment in the spotlight to rally for the causes they believed in.
Meanwhile, Rage Against the Machine broke up right before the 2000 election when they could have been very helpful to the Ralph Nader campaign. They couldn't just hold it together for a few more months?
We won't let the fact she's a leftie spoil our enjoyment of El Fusilado
Happened to rewatch the Todd in The Shadows episode on this today, so I was excited to see this come up. Glad to see more info on the band, it's great how much more depth there is to them than being a OHW.
A band so punk they rebelled against being punk.
Saw them live in 1992 with an audience of 80 people, the concert was awesome. Never stopped listening to them.
heads-up! 'slap!' and 'shhh' are now available to stream
I grew up in Leeds and these guys were seen as local legends. Anarchy was one of my dad's favourite albums, it was on heavy rotation in our house in the 90s - Give The Anarchist A Cigarette and Enough Is Enough were my absolute jams! It's a shame people don't really know them outside of their most famous hit, they're an incredibly interesting group. Oh, and their trumpet player now occasionally does session work for my mum's band! (A Latin American folk band, no less)
thats amazing
In 1999, I got a book called Rock: the Rough Guide and Chumbawamba was one entry that interested me more than most. I was surprised to hear back in 1997 that the guys who did that song that was currently being playing ad nauseum were an anarchist collective who had a connection to Crass. The book confirmed it.
As an anarcho-communist punk, I appreciate this DDD so much, Mr. The Snare
What is the point of being an Anarcho-Communist? Don’t those two cancel each other out?
@@nobodyburgen4594 Great question. It'll depend on your definition of either of those words, but no, not really. In fact, quite the opposite.
Anarchism is thought of by some as a subcategory of communist thought, since it ultimately strives for the same stateless, moneyless, and classless society, which is precisely what communism is. However, anarchists reject using electoralism and seizing state power as a means of reaching this society, which differentiates them from other types of communists, and that's where the confusion lies. Some think we should take control of the government to bring us closer to this ideal society, while others prefer a more decentralized approach. Still, both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists fit under the larger umbrella of communist thought.
There's also actually a pretty long history of people synthesizing Marxist and anarchist philosophy but I've been yammering long enough lol; I think I've covered the basics. Hopefully that answers your question!
@@capkernel Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! Have a lovely day!
@@nobodyburgen4594 it's worth pointing out that the idea of "communism" as an authoritarian mode of government is mostly the legacy of the USSR, which was arguably not communist, except in name
@@capkernel also at least one anarchist (dejacque) called himself communist before marx did, and ancoms like reclus and kropotkin began using the term in the 1870s when marxists weren't really a thing, but the people who could be called marxists didn't really use the word communist
tldr, ancomism is more than just anarchism plus marxism
What have you done Mic!?! I was perfectly happy having written Chumbawamba off as that band with that one song.... Now I will have friends question my sanity as I try to expound to everyone how those Tub-thumpers are one of my favorite Folk bands....
The best thing to come out of this video is Mic saying, "Anarchy is great"
I appreciate you throwing this band into the DDD list like an egg at the Maggie statue.
It was literally asking to be pelted
I love that the inevitable endpoint for all punk bands is either for them to flame out hard or to turn into a folk band
No way. Chumbawamba’s early stuff is fantastic and I’m glad a (somewhat) major UA-camr is actually covering it. I hope you cover more punk rock bands in the future.
there is literally no universe or dimension where i could’ve seen this coming
the sleeve notes and booklets that came with the records explaining the background to each song were always stunning.
You should do Gotye next. He is another one-hit wonder (Worldwide at least. He has a few more here in Australia). His trilogy of albums are fantastic.
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As a big fan of folk music as soon as you started talking about English rebel songs I immediately went and listened to it and holy hell it’s so good if anyone likes folk music at all you gotta listen to it
Few errors. "That's How Grateful We Are" is about the Hungarian uprising of 1956 where a giant statue of Stalin was torn down. Mumia abu Jamal's death sentence was overturned in 2001. He remains in prison and still advocating for a retrial. "On eBay" is about how Iraqi museums were looted and ancient artifacts, art ended up put on eBay.
Chumbawamba came into my life from an early boyfriend who had seen them live in the late '80s. The combination of dance music, punk, and folk was exactly what the doctor ordered. Slap was the newest album at the time and I followed their career ever since. I was one of those annoyed punks when they hit the top 40, although it was hard to deny what a great song tub thumping was. Anarchy was my Bible and WYSIWYG brings back turn of the millennium memories that tears at my heart. Thank you so much for doing this. Most engaging "one hit wonder" band ever.
Yknow what they say about Mic, he might get knocked down a few subscribers after a long break, but he gets up(loading) again, giving us some of the best content on this godforsaken platform
Awesome, glad to see dives into bands that have an interesting history that isn’t that well known to most people
I'm not a huge fan of Chumba Wumba but this is super cool! They have a 40 years history outside of their big song, so they make so much sense for this show. Now all I need is a DDD for Semisonic!!
"Middle class" doesn't mean the same thing in the UK that it does in the US. In Britain, someone is "middle-class" if they have a bachelor's degree and eat croissants. This does not describe Chumbawamba.
I've been asking for Manic Street Preachers since I discovered Mic, and the discussion of the miner's strike warms my Welsh heart... in a way
I went into this thinking 🤔 “hes going to cover a one hit wonder band” and left with… a lot of respect for this band. This was fantastic!
Man this was a nice journey. A band millions see as a one hit wonder that didn't exist before or after tubthumping started as experimental punk sharply taking it to the thatcher administration, to going big and seemingly abandoning their roots only to use their five minutes of fame to bring their message to the world, and finally coming to a later age, taking in worldwide inspiration and adopting a folk style because they didn't have to conform to anyone's expectations for them before calling it in. Oh, and one last flip off to thatcher once the good news broke. Legends. You gave me far more respect for this band.
as a chumbawamba nerd 🤓 that is not Mave Dillon 1:12 that is Jude Abbott who joined after Swinging with Raymond and I have more to say but I can’t remember that this current moment… to be continued
Real ones knew this was gonna be great just by the title
Great video - one thing to note that the Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records EP was a comp, and featured Oi Polloi and they would be very grumpy to be called an English band (16:37)
When I first started getting into Chumba, I asked good ol' Facebook "where's the best place to start with Chumbawamba?" and someone tagged Boff Whalley in the post. He suggested this EP.
(Boff also founded Commoners Choir who are an amazing collective)
This video Chumbas my Wambas
The guys on "It's always sunny in Philadelphia" said it best; chumbawamba is the greatest band of all time
Seeing someone give Chumbawamba the full rundown and "day in court" they so richly deserve. "One hit wonder" to most of the world, and anarchist music idols to those who know. I am in awe of how versatile their skill is.
Chumbawamba were the real deal true anarchists
Singsong and a Scrap was on replay for me when it came out. there was just something so soothing about the vocals. I do wish more people knew about them, really.
Sometimes i feel like it's all a simulation. I just got into Chumbawamba like a week or two ago and suddenly my favourite youtube channel drops this gem. Thank you mr Mic
DANBERT NOBACON IS MY DRAMA TEACHER! HES A LOCAL LEGEND and an incredibly sweet man to boot
Mumia has not been released. He is still in prison, his death sentence was changed to life in prison in 2001.
Refreshing to see someone covering the extensive, beautiful discography of this incredible band!
Sometimes I'm excited for a DDD because I love a band and just wanna hear Mic talk about them, but today I'm excited because I have little knowledge of Chumbawumba and always wanted to hear about the punk band that made a pop hit
I love this I think it would be great if you did more videos like this. I already know about the discographies of Kanye West, Radiohead, etc, but I had no idea that chumbawumba had a such a rich discography, it would be great to see more bands and artists like this. I would also highly recommend that you do a ddd on Raymond Scott, as he was an insanely interesting musician that it feels no one really talks about
I got the privilege to watch Dunstan Bruces' 'I get knocked down' doc recently and to my surprise he was there in person to answer questions and just talk to all us folk afterwards.
Where can I watch this?
I would also love to know where I could find this.
To answer the question, "Was Chumbawamba successful in seeding their anarchist ideology into the mainstream?" I must say yes. Perhaps it was because I was already there, long years before Tubthumping let me down. I knew it was methodical, I just needed time... Then they made Un and all was forgiven (the whole album is worthy). A clear indicator of their seeding success is that two of my three children, all raised on Chumbawamba, still listen- but even better than their musical choices is their lifestyles- their conscientious, humanitarian ideologies that don't need the music I raised them on. It just so happens that we can enjoy the music together.
I think they're a great intro into Anarchism.
Great overview! Thanks. I recently listened to, “the day the Nazi died,” which is a brilliant insightful song! Prophetic. It made me want to do a deeper dive into this band. Grateful that I found your video.
OMG this is the most excited I’ve been clicking a video in weeks. What a bold fucking move
Loved this! Thank you!
Side note: Mumia is still NOT free... And On eBay is actually about the looting of Iraq's ancient relics by our own soldiers, who were then found to be selling them online.
Yeah there's several times where Mic doesn't catch three point bring made. I guess he didn't know about the website where you could read the liner notes.
20:32 did i miss something? last i checked, mumia abu-jamal iss still incarcerated. no longer facing the death penalty but still life imprisonment. not free yet.
"in total, anarchy is great!" Mic the snare based
Genuinely made up to find a Chumbawamba deep dive video, let alone one as good as this is!
Chumbawamba is such a brilliant group; often seen as a one hit wonder in the states, if you really explore their 30 year history of music, it's such a unique, fascinating and fun ride.
They deserve much more attention than they got.
Even if they're not your style of music (any of their numerous, ever evolving styles that is), its hard not to celebrate what they've done, and how they did it.
Great retrospective video here
Honestly pissing off punks is god-damn punk as fuck.
I was under the impression that they picked a nonsense word for their name and the "North African drummers is Paris" explanation was just one of many they'd have for when people asked how they came up with it
9:17 was unexpected enough that I did a real-life double-take at my phone.
I love that you covered these guys. Underrated band that people tend not to know about beyond the one song, but definitely an interesting group for a deep dive!
i live in leeds and my dad is mates with boff, hes a great guy
WYSIWYG is one of my fav records of all time. It's like the Y2K version of We're Only In It For The Money by the Mothers of Invention.
When they started singing Bella Ciao I gasped. After this video I’m pretty sure they got the meaning right and after years of hearing it remixed as dance music because of La Casa De Papel it’s such a relief!
Thanks for doing this and educating the masses on the best anarchist dance music collective ever! That said, there’s a deeper and more sinister catalyst behind “on EBay” from the “Un” album that deserved a mention.
Ooh! Do tell. I love that song.
the "Shhh" segment actually begins at 10:57
Given that most of us only know them for Tubthumping... Yeah I think you've given me the interest to take a listen
Yay, Arcade Fire in the DDDDescision!
Don't want to throw too much on, but I'd also really love to see a deep dive on Florence and the Machine
What an interesting deep dive into an off kilter band I only really know about because of that one Todd in the Shadows video
I can't wait for Mic to put out a video on Frank Zappa's entire discography....coward.
I mean, he’d have to wait until it’s finished. He’s still releasing albums, not letting a little thing like being dead stop him
That was a very interesting Deep Discography Dive video to watch.
I’ve need this video forever
I see you watched Todd in the shadows one hit wonderland, amazing video Mic.
I know there’s way more popular artists you could go through, but I love the idea of picking a one-hit/minor-hit wonder and going through their discography. There’s plenty of gems in there!!
That being said, I am to totally voting for Nine Inch Nails on your form.
27:33 Hold on a bloody second. Both Weird Al and Chumbawamba have made songs called "Everything You Know Is Wrong", And they've also both made songs about Ebay! Coincidence? I think not!
oh dang i think i should listen to Chumbawamba
You definitely should. I liked Slap! and Swingin' With Raymond more than the creator of this video did so don't skip those two.
I think I have the original cover version of Anarchy. It was sitting in the front of my car when my mom came to visit once.
I started with Chumbawamba with every other American on Tubthumper, but I moved past it very quickly and couldn't get enough of the rest of the album and worked backward from there. Honestly, I think it's the best band of all time.
The ending of Tubthumping is amazing
This is a wild ride. I really thought this video was going to be a joke, never could I think that Chumbawamba has such a rich and badass history.
Mumia abu-jamal was not released from prison in 2001 his death sentence was overturned but he still is serving life in prison
I recently discovered Chumbawamba a couple years back when I found Tubthumper at a thrift store. It quickly (and unexpectedly) became one of my favourite albums ever. Since then I've been slowly listening to the rest of their discography. Glad to learn more about their history here 👍
Wow. This is way more than I ever expected to learn about Chumbawumba and it's all iconic. I can't wait to dive in to some of these albums.
Today I woke up late, took a 12:30 bus to get groceries but we got into an accident so i got stranded for 90 minutes, was about to take the bus back at 3:15 but found an email from my PhD advisor from a few hours earlier asking me to watch a talk that had started at 3, ran to Barnes and Noble so I could hop into the talk late on my phone and take notes in my planner, tried to take the 4:30 bus but it didnt show up, then it started to rain so i paid like $20 for an Uber that was 20 minutes away, and I only just got home about half an hour ago
Seeing this in my sub feed 100% makes up for everything thats happened today
This video made me check out Pictures of Starving Children. Holy fuck what a record. Seriously did not expect it to be that good. 10/10 for me.
If you liked that one, try Anarchy and Readymades if you haven't already. Anarchy is my favorite album.
This is was really surprising and interesting! There's so much I've learnt about from your DDDs. One of my favorite "shows" on UA-cam! Awesome stuff as always!
PLEASE COVER THESE ARTISTS:
-TOOL
-THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
-WEEN
Most of my listening nowadays on streaming is in discography spanning. And Chumbawumba was an absolute pleasure, favorite, and have a lot of songs that are just perfect for their moods. Love them to bits.
Just a small correction, Mumia Abu Jamal was not released from prison, he was taken off death row in 2001, but he remains in prison to this day.
If you ever want to do another DDD on a one-hit wonder with a surprisingly long career and a strong political bent, Midnight Oil is well worth checking out.
(Australians, please don't kill me. I know Midnight Oil is/was a big deal down under, but here in the US and throughout most of the world they're mainly known for Beds Are Burning.)
Thank you for the disclaimer, i wont kill you now
You're absolutely right, Midnight Oil is a fantastic band with a surprisingly awesome discog, i'd love to see a DDD on them