Every Sunday night in Los Angeles from 8PM to Midnight on KROQ 106.7 .. Rodney Bingenheimer would play punk rock in the late 70's. That's how I discovered Stiff Little Fingers. Great Punk Band who never compromised themselves.
They were one of the few bands who vocalised their fury and despair at the troubles raging around them in Northern Ireland at the time . Ballsy and great track too 👍🏴
SLF's songs were often commentary on 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, not just against the government, but the two warring factions trying to drag the province into civil war. Even now there are 25 ft high walls through parts of Belfast to keep the communties apart.
Their song alternative ulster became the best song of our youth in the cool punk kids in scotland. That and nellie the elephant by toy dolls played at the under 18 discos. This was all post pistols and the clash. Though we still liked em too.
I saw Stiff Little Fingers and X (LA Band) at Ink N Iron festival Long Beach, CA. Changed my life forever. Amazing band. Later, I saw them at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA.
Yes ! Brilliant band ! Thing that you have to remember how young these guys were ! A great Movie that covers "Irish Punk " which IMO is the most powerful ! Is the Movie "Good Vibrations " about a chap buys a record shop on the Shankly Road Belfast during the" Troubles" ! Also the story of how the "Undertones " from Derry were discovered ! A must watch ! Cheers !
So you have to understand the time period from which Stiff Little Fingers came. In the 70s there was a battle going on in Northern Ireland, what's known as The Troubles. About half of the population wanted to re-unite with the Republic of Ireland (Catholics or Republicans) while the other half wanted to stay with Britain/UK (Protestants or Loyalists). There were protests and riots, Republicans long felt they were targets of discrimination. Violence broke-out, formation of the Irish Republican Army and occupation by British forces (Operation Banner). It started in 1969 and didn't really end until 1998. For a while the city of Belfast was one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Society there is still divided today along those lines. Stiff Little Fingers often brought this up in their lyrics.
Great vid first seen fingers in 1978 I was 15 I'm 59 now seen them five times this year best live band you will ever see lost count how many times I've seen them
The film would be High Fidelity. He is in a record shop and was arguing that Green Day copied SLF, he put on an SLF track and a kid walked in and asked if it was the latests Geen Day tune 🤣.
IMO the best version of this track is their live version on HANX! (an amazing live punk album - you deffo need to check out that version). Also, some SLF was in the John Cusack movie High Fidelity, which might be where you heard it (or other SLF tracks from Inflammable Material).
Lovely stuff again guys and great choice. SLF were one of my favourite punk bands when I was around 17 and saw their first gigs in London (me , a couple of mates and only about another 30 odd at the Camden Electric Ballroom). Can't remember which other SLF tracks you've done, but I'd recommend Johnny Was (Bob Marley cover off their 1st album), Nobody's hero, Alternative Ulster, 78 rpm and At the edge. And it was used in a John Cusack film-High Fidelity. Scene in the record shop when the shop assistant plays it to a girl and another shopper asks 'Is this the new Green day album'!
can remember seeing them live in the 90s and a load of us dancing on this long table to get a better view and it was bending and throwing us up into the air with us all doing the pogo on it, the owner was pleading with everyone to get off and then the inevitable snap happened and there were about 50 people in a heap lol, cans of red stripe and sodden weed everywhere, ears were ringing for a couple of days after as well so you know it was a good one!
It was in a John Cusack movie, Grosse Pointe Blank (Didn't know that off the top of my head btw) A legendary punk band from Chicago called Naked Raygun did a cover of this and it's awesome, you should def check them out as well. I was lucky to see SLF in Chicago around '95, never thought I'd get the chance as I think they disbanded for a long while prior.
The first of three SLF gigs for me was in 2007 the first time they toured Aotearoa New Zealand i made a banner about 15 feet long from a roll of white curtain black out material with stencils of red flames spray painted all over it and in black spray paint it said Roots Radicals Rockers and Reggae one of my favourite songs ever!!! They signed it for me after the show it was also the first song they played 👏👏👏 at their next show same banner with an add on WELCOME BACK NOBODY'S HERO'S
Specifically northern irish band (britain) , which is different from republic of Ireland band , Jake supports english football team Newcastle united and Northern Ireland national team, Ulster or Northern Ireland have some of the most "british" people of the 4 nations the others England Wales, Scotland , though SLF have always stood up against the civil war, "Johnny Was" is one of the most deeply moving songs you would hear , it has 3 great hotbeds of watching Stiff little fingers live, Its Belfast , Glasgow and Newcastle
Nothing British about any part of Ireland..The country is partitioned with six of our thirty counties still under occupation by Britain.This will end,nothing will break Irish resistance and reunification will be secured.Our day will come.TAL.
@@bealfeirste2056 your time will come? I think you should refrain from coming out with such terrorist threats on these obviously decent peoples platform. Because what your asking for is civil war. We had 30 years of your terrorism. And you know fine well that the British in Ireland who have been there 100s of years will never be beaten by terrorists. Yet Mr hypocrite Irish people in their thousands live in Glasgow and Liverpool and London. .so live and let live . And respect those who choose to he part of Britain.
As a Geordie lad who like Jake loves Newcastle United I have had the joy of seeing SLF so many times in Newcastle and have always left the gig at end of night with a big smile thinking just how great this band have been for over 40 years. Greatest punk band of all time imo
He was joking about the folk song- and SLF isn’t just about the distortion isolated garage sound but more-so about the anti-war anti-establishment lyrics that provoke fire, inspiration, energy and thought during a time when Elton John, Foghat and Hall & Oats just weren’t enough….
@@andygray7478 I saw them on that tour. One of the best gigs I’ve been to. I was right at the front, battered and sweaty and, at the end of the gig Jake Burns passed me his bottle of beer which I was very glad of.
@@joe2tonepringle352 "Inflammable Material" & "Nobody's Heroes" are my favourite punk albums but the song "Roots. Radicals, Rockers & Reggae" should have warned us of what was to come. I remember how disappointed I was on first hearing "Go For It" when it first came out & hoped it was just a blip but then "Now Then" was equally disappointing for me & I knew I was done with SLF at that point. I was very angry at them but what can you do?
Hiya, love this channel. I’m quite new to it and like the format and, obviously, you two. Sorry, but I’ve not checked all the comments but I felt I needed to put you right regarding the message in the song. It’s not about the government, it’s about the terrorist groups in n Northern Ireland at the time, trying to control everyone’s lives ie the IRA & UDA. They did put themselves at risk singing songs against these groups. Keep up the great show 😊
Can listen to SLF tracks any day (many good tracks), Suspect Device was very much a track of the times in the UK as we were all painfully aware due to the IRA bombing campaign of any package, car or container left suspiciously unattended, which usually required evacuation of the surrounding area and the army bomb squad being called in, as a means to call people to resist the system it's message was as strongly worded as the Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK or God Save the Queen or The Clash's White Riot or I Fought the Law.
Maybe you could look at The Interrupters - Get Down Moses (Joe Strummer cover) and compare to Joe's & The Mescaleros. I thinks Joe's is more organic, However I love the Inturrupters version.
I've got my headphones on its REGGAE SUNDAY here in Northland Aotearoa New Zealand i don't want to have to sleep with Chooper and Diablo our pet kunekune pig's for killing Tori's reggae vibes with punkrock
@@hanierfamily it's all good I'm just happy you are getting SLFs sounds out to your people Thank you 👏👏👏 if you ever have a day put aside for Reggae please check out KIA MANU official music video reggae Maori style and beautiful in my opinion
I'd never heard this remaster until watching your reaction and it felt so weird and then I had to go back and listen to the original (here: ua-cam.com/video/on6DxBgfsDY/v-deo.html) and yeah, the original is (in my opinion of course) so much better, it's faster and got real energy which after knowing that version makes this one feel a bit off for me. Great reaction and glad you enjoyed it, probably my favourite SLF song.
The remaster uses the same musical performance. While it's theoretically possible to digitally adjust the playback speed these days, I don't think that's a thing anyone actually does. I'm pretty sure it wasn't even possible back in 2002.
@@FailureByDesignMusic You're right. It sounds like they reduced the playback speed, because the pitch is lower. Weird. There's also the possibility that the original you linked to is a rip from a vinyl record being played slightly fast. I'm going to have to see if I can dig up my CD of the original and compare.
Maybe not entirely. We live in Canada, where people generally don't shoot at or bomb people of other political or religious backgrounds. We understand it's more complicated than that, as well. But, living in a place where we, for the most part, get along, and we don't have to watch friends and family die kind of shelters us from the reality of it. But we know what happened during the Troubles.
Stiff Little Fingers are on of the few Punk bands that are absolutely exceptional live. Try Hanx! Considered by many to be the greatest live album ever made. I love Pink Floyd live, but Hanx! is something very special.
Every Sunday night in Los Angeles from 8PM to Midnight on KROQ 106.7 .. Rodney Bingenheimer would play punk rock in the late 70's. That's how I discovered Stiff Little Fingers. Great Punk Band who never compromised themselves.
This is punkrock gold
So fun to watch this little girl face as she discovers the greatness of this song.
They were one of the few bands who vocalised their fury and despair at the troubles raging around them in Northern Ireland at the time . Ballsy and great track too 👍🏴
Screams of hope from the Troubles. If you wanted to let an alien know what pure punk is, hand them an SLF single.
Though not all of their stuff was punk - their 1982 hit 'Listen', for instance.
I like how you think
SLF's songs were often commentary on 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, not just against the government, but the two warring factions trying to drag the province into civil war. Even now there are 25 ft high walls through parts of Belfast to keep the communties apart.
Their song alternative ulster became the best song of our youth in the cool punk kids in scotland. That and nellie the elephant by toy dolls played at the under 18 discos. This was all post pistols and the clash. Though we still liked em too.
I saw Stiff Little Fingers and X (LA Band) at Ink N Iron festival Long Beach, CA. Changed my life forever. Amazing band. Later, I saw them at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA.
A "suspect device" was how they described home-made bombs used during The Troubles.
It's still used to describe potential pipe bombs, not just during the troubles. Happens every other week or so.
IED's to an American
Wrong. A suspect device is literally what it says... a device that is suspect. Not necessary an IED, but could be.
@@wilks6 Thank you. The lack of any context at all was driving me crazy
Yes ! Brilliant band ! Thing that you have to remember how young these guys were ! A great Movie that covers "Irish Punk " which IMO is the most powerful ! Is the Movie "Good Vibrations " about a chap buys a record shop on the Shankly Road Belfast during the" Troubles" ! Also the story of how the "Undertones " from Derry were discovered ! A must watch ! Cheers !
@@iainjamieson9608 OK ! I stand corrected !
I saw the film about 300 yrs ago ! my memory is good but not that good ! LOL
It was featured in 'High Fidelity' with John Cusack.
We love that movie. We don't recall the song. Now we're going to have to watch it again.
So you have to understand the time period from which Stiff Little Fingers came. In the 70s there was a battle going on in Northern Ireland, what's known as The Troubles. About half of the population wanted to re-unite with the Republic of Ireland (Catholics or Republicans) while the other half wanted to stay with Britain/UK (Protestants or Loyalists). There were protests and riots, Republicans long felt they were targets of discrimination. Violence broke-out, formation of the Irish Republican Army and occupation by British forces (Operation Banner). It started in 1969 and didn't really end until 1998. For a while the city of Belfast was one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Society there is still divided today along those lines. Stiff Little Fingers often brought this up in their lyrics.
If you want a fantastic live version of SLF songs, go and try the Rockpalast show, 1980, the whole gig was filmed by german TV and it 's a killer !
Great vid first seen fingers in 1978 I was 15 I'm 59 now seen them five times this year best live band you will ever see lost count how many times I've seen them
They're not in a league of their own m8 they're up there with the big boys from punk from the late 70 s when you mention live performances.
👍👍
The film would be High Fidelity. He is in a record shop and was arguing that Green Day copied SLF, he put on an SLF track and a kid walked in and asked if it was the latests Geen Day tune 🤣.
Yes. That was a great movie. We have that, and Grosse Pointe Blank on DVD.
That's so incredibly insulting.
IMO the best version of this track is their live version on HANX! (an amazing live punk album - you deffo need to check out that version). Also, some SLF was in the John Cusack movie High Fidelity, which might be where you heard it (or other SLF tracks from Inflammable Material).
We do love that movie. That would likely be where we heard it.
I think you're right, Suspect Device appears in that film with John Cusack and Jack Black. High Fidelity
I hadn't listened to this for years but not long back from a gig so this is going doon well.
Lovely stuff again guys and great choice. SLF were one of my favourite punk bands when I was around 17 and saw their first gigs in London (me , a couple of mates and only about another 30 odd at the
Camden Electric Ballroom). Can't remember which other SLF tracks you've done, but I'd recommend Johnny Was (Bob Marley cover off their 1st album), Nobody's hero, Alternative Ulster, 78 rpm and At the edge.
And it was used in a John Cusack film-High Fidelity. Scene in the record shop when the shop assistant plays it to a girl and another shopper asks 'Is this the new
Green day album'!
Now I have to see that movie again.
can remember seeing them live in the 90s and a load of us dancing on this long table to get a better view and it was bending and throwing us up into the air with us all doing the pogo on it, the owner was pleading with everyone to get off and then the inevitable snap happened and there were about 50 people in a heap lol, cans of red stripe and sodden weed everywhere, ears were ringing for a couple of days after as well so you know it was a good one!
This is sung with the background of the shootings and bombings of what is known as The Troubles going on in the North East of Ireland at that time.
They played part of it in the movie High Fidelity, with John Cusack (in his record store).
Now we have to go and watch 'High Fidelity'. It's a great movie.
You cannot deny the energy
It still has the power to get my blood racing. The riff is similar to Space Station No. 5 by Montrose.
a band thats still going strong they j are ust awesome
My fav band in school.. them and Blondie.
It was in a John Cusack movie, Grosse Pointe Blank (Didn't know that off the top of my head btw) A legendary punk band from Chicago called Naked Raygun did a cover of this and it's awesome, you should def check them out as well. I was lucky to see SLF in Chicago around '95, never thought I'd get the chance as I think they disbanded for a long while prior.
The first of three SLF gigs for me was in 2007 the first time they toured Aotearoa New Zealand i made a banner about 15 feet long from a roll of white curtain black out material with stencils of red flames spray painted all over it and in black spray paint it said
Roots Radicals Rockers and Reggae one of my favourite songs ever!!! They signed it for me after the show it was also the first song they played 👏👏👏 at their next show same banner with an add on
WELCOME BACK NOBODY'S HERO'S
High Fidelity - the one set in a record shop.
Specifically northern irish band (britain) , which is different from republic of Ireland band , Jake supports english football team Newcastle united and Northern Ireland national team, Ulster or Northern Ireland have some of the most "british" people of the 4 nations the others England Wales, Scotland , though SLF have always stood up against the civil war, "Johnny Was" is one of the most deeply moving songs you would hear , it has 3 great hotbeds of watching Stiff little fingers live, Its Belfast , Glasgow and Newcastle
Nothing British about any part of Ireland..The country is partitioned with six of our thirty counties still under occupation by Britain.This will end,nothing will break Irish resistance and reunification will be secured.Our day will come.TAL.
@@bealfeirste2056 your time will come? I think you should refrain from coming out with such terrorist threats on these obviously decent peoples platform. Because what your asking for is civil war. We had 30 years of your terrorism. And you know fine well that the British in Ireland who have been there 100s of years will never be beaten by terrorists. Yet Mr hypocrite Irish people in their thousands live in Glasgow and Liverpool and London. .so live and let live . And respect those who choose to he part of Britain.
As a Geordie lad who like Jake loves Newcastle United I have had the joy of seeing SLF so many times in Newcastle and have always left the gig at end of night with a big smile thinking just how great this band have been for over 40 years. Greatest punk band of all time imo
Their cover of THE SPECIALS (doesn't make it alright) I'm positive will rock your boat it's one of the best Anti RACISM songs ever
Hanx best live album
SLF
WE SALUTE YOU
BIRMINGHAM UK
I regard them as Irish, but they could be described as British - because of where they are from! And I am from the Republic (Limerick)
He was joking about the folk song- and SLF isn’t just about the distortion isolated garage sound but more-so about the anti-war anti-establishment lyrics that provoke fire, inspiration, energy and thought during a time when Elton John, Foghat and Hall & Oats just weren’t enough….
It's always for the better of them (politicians) and their big business buddies
The movie you're thinking of is High Fidelity.
What a band to see live, f brilliant, I need a Time Machine
You don't need one of those I saw them 2 weeks ago
@@TheStein474 😉👍I saw them last summer, but I want to go back to the “Nobody’s Heroes Tour” ? 1980 ?
@@andygray7478 I saw them on that tour. One of the best gigs I’ve been to. I was right at the front, battered and sweaty and, at the end of the gig Jake Burns passed me his bottle of beer which I was very glad of.
@@HarryR1 😂😂brilliant album, brilliant tour/gig
Just saying ......... STIFF LITTLE FINGERS one of the BEST BANDS EVER!!!!!!! Period
They were - I still have the first 2 albums on vinyl & they're great - but then SLF turned reggae & that was me done with them. I always hated reggae.
@@rosiemason-rk4cm go fot it & now then, are pretty good albums (solid 7.5/8 ) outta 10 but if not your thing ..🥰
@@joe2tonepringle352 "Inflammable Material" & "Nobody's Heroes" are my favourite punk albums but the song "Roots. Radicals, Rockers & Reggae" should have warned us of what was to come. I remember how disappointed I was on first hearing "Go For It" when it first came out & hoped it was just a blip but then "Now Then" was equally disappointing for me & I knew I was done with SLF at that point. I was very angry at them but what can you do?
Hiya, love this channel. I’m quite new to it and like the format and, obviously, you two. Sorry, but I’ve not checked all the comments but I felt I needed to put you right regarding the message in the song. It’s not about the government, it’s about the terrorist groups in n Northern Ireland at the time, trying to control everyone’s lives ie the IRA & UDA.
They did put themselves at risk singing songs against these groups.
Keep up the great show 😊
Check out the John Peel versions of SLF songs. Search Peel Stiff Little Fingers and you'll find them
Can listen to SLF tracks any day (many good tracks), Suspect Device was very much a track of the times in the UK as we were all painfully aware due to the IRA bombing campaign of any package, car or container left suspiciously unattended, which usually required evacuation of the surrounding area and the army bomb squad being called in, as a means to call people to resist the system it's message was as strongly worded as the Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK or God Save the Queen or The Clash's White Riot or I Fought the Law.
Kia ora hello my friends hay AWESOME THANK YOU FOR PLAYING SLF again these guy's are number two after THE CLASH for me 👍🤘✌️👏👏👏
Our pleasure! What an energetic band!
The Clash were nearly reggae/ska…. Never punk….. SLF were punk
If you want to listen to SLF at their best you must listen to their live album "Hanx", best live album ever all categories.
Some other SLF songs you might like: The Liar's Club, Tinderbox, The Cosh, Each Dollar A Bullet, Tin Soldier, At The Edge and Harp.
Grab and change it -it yours get an alternative ulster !! Still live still vibrant still relevant still stiff -go for it
The album version (this is the single version) is even wilder.
Given the era, you'd be lucky to find a live version with decent sound quality.
The era didn't demand sound quality, just attitude :)x
ua-cam.com/video/RBYoNYuUVk0/v-deo.html
Maybe you could look at The Interrupters - Get Down Moses (Joe Strummer cover) and compare to Joe's & The Mescaleros. I thinks Joe's is more organic, However I love the Inturrupters version.
i only had 1 ambition in life, i then saw crass live and then SLF and never looked back. otherwise i would of killed my brother or died in the process
Need to look at British and Irish media from the troubles!
have you reacted to 'the exploited'? great uk neo punk band
We haven't heard of The Exploited.
Ofc it was the radio edit 💀
SLF, love it!
Not sure the Americans/Canadians ever get SLF and the message
If you're getting into punk, listen to some songs by the Chats like 6lt gtr, smoko, the clap. All high energy, dare I say cliche raw fun punk.
smoko is awesome ......... so fucking leave me alooooooone!
Another suggestion for you from the fingers is bits of kids!
I've got my headphones on its REGGAE SUNDAY here in Northland Aotearoa New Zealand i don't want to have to sleep with Chooper and Diablo our pet kunekune pig's for killing Tori's reggae vibes with punkrock
Sorry we got it up so late. We were trying to get it up in time so you would be okay. lol
@@hanierfamily it's all good I'm just happy you are getting SLFs sounds out to your people Thank you 👏👏👏 if you ever have a day put aside for Reggae please check out KIA MANU official music video reggae Maori style and beautiful in my opinion
The two mixed well over here for years.
@@SPKdesign1 Reggae and punkrock are brothers in arms rebel music
check out EACH DOLLAR A BULLET by them slf
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1st.2nd are good
thanks
Northern Ireland will do that to ya
very sanitised version of this song.
Aye sod that :)
Im not sure if it was the government they were speaking of, but rather the IRA.
not propping the government..they're an evil all their own.
Northern Ireland and Ireland are very different!
I prefer the original version!
Green day influenced?
This is from 77/78
@@barrysax2109 meant other way round had the album in the day.😊
@@changelocation oh I see
We do l like what Green Day was doing, but it doesn't have that raw feel that Stiff Little Fingers does.
I'm a fan of the late 70s punk scene but I do love green Day as well.
I'd never heard this remaster until watching your reaction and it felt so weird and then I had to go back and listen to the original (here: ua-cam.com/video/on6DxBgfsDY/v-deo.html) and yeah, the original is (in my opinion of course) so much better, it's faster and got real energy which after knowing that version makes this one feel a bit off for me. Great reaction and glad you enjoyed it, probably my favourite SLF song.
The remaster uses the same musical performance. While it's theoretically possible to digitally adjust the playback speed these days, I don't think that's a thing anyone actually does. I'm pretty sure it wasn't even possible back in 2002.
@@trevorlambert4226 the remaster clocks in at 2 mins 40 where as the original clocks in at 2:31. Quite a significant difference in tempo.
@@FailureByDesignMusic You're right. It sounds like they reduced the playback speed, because the pitch is lower. Weird. There's also the possibility that the original you linked to is a rip from a vinyl record being played slightly fast. I'm going to have to see if I can dig up my CD of the original and compare.
Listen to hanx album
You played yourselves the wrong version!
Anarchism is the only way
I'm not entirly sure you understand this.
Maybe not entirely. We live in Canada, where people generally don't shoot at or bomb people of other political or religious backgrounds. We understand it's more complicated than that, as well. But, living in a place where we, for the most part, get along, and we don't have to watch friends and family die kind of shelters us from the reality of it. But we know what happened during the Troubles.
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I thought you people didn't like rock music.
What people?
Stiff Little Fingers are on of the few Punk bands that are absolutely exceptional live.
Try Hanx!
Considered by many to be the greatest live album ever made.
I love Pink Floyd live, but Hanx! is something very special.