Awwww NOW yer talking C n C .. went out in shocking weather to buy this I seem to recall back in the day .. cracking ascending riff allowed to be borrowed from ex band mate Pete Shelley , Howard Devoto was a TERRIBLE singer but great frontman imho.. you can’t think of Magazine without John McGeogh , soon to run off n join the Banshees . Great call , great track ✊ 👍🏴
We are really getting into it now shit I'm enjoying your PUNKROCK journey and THIS SONG JUST POP'S 🎉 I LOVE IT 👍 this geriatric stinky old PUNKROCKER is in heaven THANK YOU CYNTHIA AND CHRIS AND THE HANIER CREW(GOONIES)MY FRIENDS ❤
Shot By Both Sides, is a metaphorical expression representing the feeling of being caught between two opposing forces. It encapsulates the internal battle within oneself, torn apart by the expectations and judgments of society. The lyrics further explore this sense of duality, emphasizing the inner turmoil and confusion faced by individuals in a world where they are bombarded from all sides
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering It’s OK but not even the best track on Real Life, The Light Pours Out of Me and Motorcade are superior IMHO. Whenever I hear it I can here “Lipstick” the original Buzzcocks tune that the riff is lifted from, but I am from”Buzzcocks Country” went to same school as Pete Shelley all be it 9 years his junior
@@BKKMekong yeah I knew about Lipstick and agreed that the only 2 other songs worth bothering about on that album were The light/motorcade . ✊ 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Se we have similar tastes. I was an aspiring guitarist at the time and whilst my contemporaries raved over Clapton, Page and the “Old Men” I was more John Mcgeoch (ot who as often asked) and still rate Juju by Siouxie as one of the best pot punk albums.
@@colrhodes377hay my friend isn't this great fun listening to great music from our long distant past and wondering why we moved on and forgot we had gold banging into our ears all along I'm loving this sooo much
@@colrhodes377 having to actually write play and sing without electronic help (auto tune🤢🤮 and multiple/dozens backing tracks is what i think is a big difference i could be wrong but i go back to my fall back defence and that is I'm an ARIE'S born in Auckland Aotearoa new zealand and we are never wrong it's scientifically impossible and i know I'm right because of the above 😜🤪🥴😬
A lot of these great tracks are about context . It’s 1978/9 - this was brand new ,this kind of stuff hadn’t existed before - that’s what made it so brilliant.
Wow this brings back memories. I was walking down Oxford Street in London 1978 with my mates and we saw a poster on a lamp post saying Magazine were playing a last minute gig at The 100 club. We'd heard of them but not heard them so we decided to go and check them out. They were pretty damp good live👍
I'm really impressed thta you featured tis track. This song was quintessential punk/ new wave. The singer, Howard devoto personified the punk ethic and philosophy by rueing the (slightly later) commercialised transitiion from the rough-around-the-edges raw spontaneity of punk into squeeky clean, heavily-produced, monetized, standardised music. Hemce, his characteristic Devoto-esque epigram : "What was once unhealthily fresh, has now become a clean Old Hat". My apologies, I'm out of my depth here with my ignorance of Americano lingo bcoz I'm not sure whether I need to interpret the idiom "old hat" which (at least in the UK) means out-of-date, lacking oriiginality, or trite. Thanks.
The Guitarist is beyond brilliant here, John McGeoch remember his name kids and look up his extensive work with other bands as well. Its all excellent.
It's the first I've ever heard my name mentioned on a reaction , sweet. and yes, as mentioned, Pete Shelley used the same riff on "Lipstick" and take a listen to "a different kind of tension" eponymous song of the third LP of the Buzzcocks.on headphones it's breathtaking
Chris - Barry Adamson plays a Gibson EB-3 (a.k.a. SG bass) and John McGeoch a Yamaha SG-1000; Discontinued by Yamaha some years ago, the Eastwood guitar company now makes a close copy and even calls it the 'McGeoch model' 😁 I'd once had the more affordable SG-300 version, which was quite nice already, so I assume the pricier SG-1000 and SG-2000 ones must've been totes amazeballs 😄
A great track fi a great LP. This, if mi memory is working, was Produced by Mick Glossop who worked with everyone fi Public Image Ltd and Frank Zappa to, Ian Gillan and John Lee Hooker.
@@mightyV444 according to Wiki it was Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac who wrote that song n Carlos did his version a year later - well I never ! 😳 👍🏴
@Jay MacGee - Ah! Okay! Yeah, the guy I spoke to did also mention Peter Green / Fleetwood Mac but did think Hooker wrote the original. Thank you for the _correct_ info! 😉👍
Every time I hear this song, I wonder why that riff sounds familiar, and then there is that Buzzcocks like bassline, but this is one of my favorite Magazine songs and stands the test of time. Great suggestion.
A true classic of the era. Yamaha SGs were very popular around that time: Jake Burns, Midge Ure, Stuart Adamson, just to pick out a few names who favoured them. Then they more or less disappeared from view. Now highly desirable, but not affordable for me.
Superb song, best magazine did along with 'The Light Pours Out of me'. Magazine were sort of caught between genres, probably not accepted as punk but not anything else either
You have got a good taste of what bands to react to according to me. Anywhere I go, you are there reacting to my favorites. What country/state are you from? ❤ Greetings from Jonas, Gothenburg Sweden.
Luv you from England, Bournemouth, south. I'm ecstatic. I knew you liked the banshees. Ithink it is punk so it can only be explained as energy and aggression. But the lead guitarist is also on souxsie. Thanks, you are one of the best reactions. Scott. Try the cult the 1985 love album. X.
Ffs another disappeared comment - Suffice to say , I loved this track and I can’t be bothered to re do my original windswept n interesting comment 😳 👍🏴
@@SPKdesign1I’m using my phone so it’s only open on one tab . I’m pretty sure it’s cos those dopey 🤖’s at UA-cam think I’m liking too much so i must be spamming ..🤷♂️ Phookers..🤬 👍🏴
@@hanierfamilyyup , your right , I just did that and it’s turned up on this occasion , I’ve no explanation it’s just aggravating , but thanks for that , it worked 👌 👍🏴
This is the original 45 version. They rerecorded it for their debut LP "The Correct Use of Soap" (UK 1978). Mine is a minority opinion, I admit, but I actually perfer the later LP version...
This was written with Pete Shelley ( Buzzcocks ) & the late & great & future Banshees guitarist John Mcgeoch is on it. Rightly considered a classic.
Awwww NOW yer talking C n C .. went out in shocking weather to buy this I seem to recall back in the day .. cracking ascending riff allowed to be borrowed from ex band mate Pete Shelley , Howard Devoto was a TERRIBLE singer but great frontman imho.. you can’t think of Magazine without John McGeogh , soon to run off n join the Banshees . Great call , great track ✊
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We are really getting into it now shit I'm enjoying your PUNKROCK journey and THIS SONG JUST POP'S 🎉 I LOVE IT 👍 this geriatric stinky old PUNKROCKER is in heaven THANK YOU CYNTHIA AND CHRIS AND THE HANIER CREW(GOONIES)MY FRIENDS ❤
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Bletheringkia ora hello Jay brother 👏👏👏🤘👍✌️
Same riff used in Buzzcocks "Pink Lipstick" that they were working on at about the same time.
The song was not written with Pete Shelley, but the riff is Petes. Buzzcocks used this riff on Lipstick, and allowed Magazine to use it on this song.
Sounds awesome…every time. Never grows old.
He was the lead singer in the original buzzcocks line up. This is a great song in my opinion. 😊
Monumental riff, awesome solo, one of their defining moments.
Now you have to do Lipstick by Buzzcocks....
Shot By Both Sides, is a metaphorical expression representing the feeling of being caught between two opposing forces. It encapsulates the internal battle within oneself, torn apart by the expectations and judgments of society. The lyrics further explore this sense of duality, emphasizing the inner turmoil and confusion faced by individuals in a world where they are bombarded from all sides
Yes.. but do you LIKE the song or not ? 🤣
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering It’s OK but not even the best track on Real Life, The Light Pours Out of Me and Motorcade are superior IMHO. Whenever I hear it I can here “Lipstick” the original Buzzcocks tune that the riff is lifted from, but I am from”Buzzcocks Country” went to same school as Pete Shelley all be it 9 years his junior
@@BKKMekong yeah I knew about Lipstick and agreed that the only 2 other songs worth bothering about on that album were The light/motorcade . ✊
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Se we have similar tastes. I was an aspiring guitarist at the time and whilst my contemporaries raved over Clapton, Page and the “Old Men” I was more John Mcgeoch (ot who as often asked) and still rate Juju by Siouxie as one of the best pot punk albums.
sounds just as good now as it did when I first heard it in 1978
Unlike the ones yesterday, I think it's superb
@@colrhodes377hay my friend isn't this great fun listening to great music from our long distant past and wondering why we moved on and forgot we had gold banging into our ears all along I'm loving this sooo much
@@heathcornbeef it just goes to show that the talent was far greater then. Either that of there is a complete lack of taste and judgement nowadays
@@colrhodes377 having to actually write play and sing without electronic help (auto tune🤢🤮 and multiple/dozens backing tracks is what i think is a big difference i could be wrong but i go back to my fall back defence and that is I'm an ARIE'S born in Auckland Aotearoa new zealand and we are never wrong it's scientifically impossible and i know I'm right because of the above 😜🤪🥴😬
John McGeoch (ex lead Siouxsie &TB) on lead guitar,RIP JMCG. One of the finest punk tracks ever! Never tire of this,love this song!
Eh… they are MY initials and I got a proper fright seeing that there … not cool man ! 😳
😂😂😂😂😂
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John McGeoch was the British punk's best guitarist. Please try love from the cult's classic 1985 album love. Or phoenix song, for that matter.
Its nice that you have discovered Magazine
Listening to your comments Howard Devoto will say to himself that you love him because you're frightened
A lot of these great tracks are about context . It’s 1978/9 - this was brand new ,this kind of stuff hadn’t existed before - that’s what made it so brilliant.
Wow this brings back memories. I was walking down Oxford Street in London 1978 with my mates and we saw a poster on a lamp post saying Magazine were playing a last minute gig at The 100 club. We'd heard of them but not heard them so we decided to go and check them out. They were pretty damp good live👍
Great to hear this legendary punk anthem, cheers guys!
I'm really impressed thta you featured tis track.
This song was quintessential punk/ new wave. The singer, Howard devoto personified the punk ethic and philosophy by rueing the (slightly later) commercialised transitiion from the rough-around-the-edges raw spontaneity of punk into squeeky clean, heavily-produced, monetized, standardised music. Hemce, his characteristic Devoto-esque epigram : "What was once unhealthily fresh, has now become a clean Old Hat".
My apologies, I'm out of my depth here with my ignorance of Americano lingo bcoz I'm not sure whether I need to interpret the idiom "old hat" which (at least in the UK) means out-of-date, lacking oriiginality, or trite.
Thanks.
This made me dance around. Absolutely fabulous sweety.
The Guitarist is beyond brilliant here, John McGeoch remember his name kids and look up his extensive work with other bands as well. Its all excellent.
All time classic, never gets old.
Thank you so much for that. That brought back a few memories. Now to fulfill a promise to myself (and you).
It's the first I've ever heard my name mentioned on a reaction , sweet.
and yes, as mentioned, Pete Shelley used the same riff on "Lipstick"
and take a listen to "a different kind of tension" eponymous song of the third LP of the Buzzcocks.on headphones it's breathtaking
Chris - Barry Adamson plays a Gibson EB-3 (a.k.a. SG bass) and John McGeoch a Yamaha SG-1000; Discontinued by Yamaha some years ago, the Eastwood guitar company now makes a close copy and even calls it the 'McGeoch model' 😁
I'd once had the more affordable SG-300 version, which was quite nice already, so I assume the pricier SG-1000 and SG-2000 ones must've been totes amazeballs 😄
John McGeoch was an incredible guitarist. He played a yamaha sg btw. The first 'real' guitar he ever got and always his favourite
A great track fi a great LP. This, if mi memory is working, was Produced by Mick Glossop who worked with everyone fi Public Image Ltd and Frank Zappa to, Ian Gillan and John Lee Hooker.
Phook me gently , now it’s turned up in a reply to the first commentor.. I give up 😅
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Someone had told me earlier today that John Lee Hooker also does the original of 'Black Magic Woman'! I'd always thought it was a Santana original! 😅
@@mightyV444 according to Wiki it was Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac who wrote that song n Carlos did his version a year later - well I never ! 😳
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@Jay MacGee - Ah! Okay! Yeah, the guy I spoke to did also mention Peter Green / Fleetwood Mac but did think Hooker wrote the original. Thank you for the _correct_ info! 😉👍
@@mightyV444 I didn't realise it was a cover either.
Every time I hear this song, I wonder why that riff sounds familiar, and then there is that Buzzcocks like bassline, but this is one of my favorite Magazine songs and stands the test of time. Great suggestion.
New Musical Express single of 1978 .
A true classic of the era. Yamaha SGs were very popular around that time: Jake Burns, Midge Ure, Stuart Adamson, just to pick out a few names who favoured them. Then they more or less disappeared from view. Now highly desirable, but not affordable for me.
Howard Devoto the singer was a founding member of the Buzzcocks
Woof!!! RIGHTEOUS SONG!!!
It already is sacrilege to stop a song during a guitar solo, but it's much worse even when it's someone like John McGeoch playing it! 😅😉
You got it front to back on the restart. You're welcome. 😉
@@hanierfamilyahhhh 😅 Le Burn 🔥 mightyV 😂
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@hanierfamily - Yes, I did! And thank you! 😊 And I was just being an @r$e really 😄
@@mightyV444 an HONEST arse mightyV , don’t sell yerself short my friend 😄
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@Jay MacGee - Thank you, Jay! 😁👍 Hey, why doesn't _your_ comment disappear when you spell '@r$e' properly?! 😄
Brilliant tune and band!
This was a big hit single for them, but it was atypical of their normal stuff. Thanks for reacting to it C and C.
I do like this one, but I like songs like 'Motorcade' and 'The Light Pours Out Of Me' better 🙂
@@mightyV444 I totally agree, 'The Light Pours Out of Me' in particular is one of my favourites.
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis - That's usually the first song that comes to my mind whenever I read or hear the name 'Magazine' 😊
Superb song, best magazine did along with 'The Light Pours Out of me'.
Magazine were sort of caught between genres, probably not accepted as punk but not anything else either
You have got a good taste of what bands to react to according to me. Anywhere I go, you are there reacting to my favorites. What country/state are you from? ❤ Greetings from Jonas, Gothenburg Sweden.
We are from Canada
It's a great song. I don't know what else to say.
I believe the song is about him being caught for shop lifting as a kid
DAMN YOU MAGAZINE..........
Hi Hanier Family, A Flock of Seagulls, Magic, Listen😊
Check out the light pours out of me from the film awaydays
Luv you from England, Bournemouth, south. I'm ecstatic. I knew you liked the banshees. Ithink it is punk so it can only be explained as energy and aggression. But the lead guitarist is also on souxsie. Thanks, you are one of the best reactions. Scott. Try the cult the 1985 love album. X.
Mega
Ffs another disappeared comment -
Suffice to say , I loved this track and I can’t be bothered to re do my original windswept n interesting comment 😳
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I think mi comments may be occasionally disappearing when I have UA-cam open in more than One Tab.
Try refreshing the comments section.
@@SPKdesign1I’m using my phone so it’s only open on one tab . I’m pretty sure it’s cos those dopey 🤖’s at UA-cam think I’m liking too much so i must be spamming ..🤷♂️
Phookers..🤬
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@@hanierfamilyyup , your right , I just did that and it’s turned up on this occasion , I’ve no explanation it’s just aggravating , but thanks for that , it worked 👌
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Could be.
Try pump it up by Elvis Costello and the attractions, great post punk British sounds.
We know and love that one!
This is the original 45 version. They rerecorded it for their debut LP "The Correct Use of Soap" (UK 1978). Mine is a minority opinion, I admit, but I actually perfer the later LP version...
The correct use of soap was their debut LP?
@@duncangerrard6828 Oops!? I AM sorry! "Real Life" was their debut! (Use of Soap" was their third from 1980!) I apologize...
@@l.salisbury1253 no problem friend.
Superb track. It's about politics
Kennedy assassination second shooter conspiracy theory from the POV of the second shooter - song theme/meaning FYI
Nothing is Perfect by Metric, music video request plz 😊
At least you're listening to the best version of this one 😄
Real life album version 👎👎👎