all i can say is thank you social D. this one song has pulled me through so much, from losing my best friends, to losing my child and the love of my life, even when i was homeless, this song helped me get through it all. Mike Ness, you truly are a genius and a god amongst mortals
everytime i play this song i just feel good...i hope mike reads all these comments and feels good to that we enjoy what he does and how it helps me with my own issues! thanks mike!
Just hearing this song for the first time...the first 3 seconds just hooked me on this song. Mike Ness is THE most underrated singer/songwriter of ALL time.
song kept me going when i had to skateboard in the rain @ 5 am to work thank u guys 4 putting ur heart into the music, SOCIAL DISTORTION will forever live on in my heart
I absolutely love to watch the creativity of people’s minds at work. Great video. Thank you for sharing it. I grew up on these guys. So many of Mike’s lyrics resonate deeply with me and what happened in my life through the years. It definitely got me through some tough times as a teenager and a young adult. Social Distortion was my rhetoric, my bible so to say, when life comes at you 90 miles an hour and from every direction, all you can do is try to hold on... I wish I could post my photo I got with Mike and Johnny after they played “ The Burtie” in 2009. Until the day I die, these guys are my favourite band. Forever and always.
You know what, every time I feel bad, or even when I dont, and when I go to listen to music on youtube, social distortion is one of my first reflexes, and when I read everyone's personnal story about them, I realise that they are more than just another rock band, they have found how to make true music, that goes directly to the heart. So hats off to Social D, and to their fans !
we had story of my life at our wedding me and my wife... everyone loved it. There was some people not familiar with the band that had heard the song before. All around good day
i love Social Distortion this song helped me get through the hardest times in my life and i thank you so much Mike Ness and the band you are amazing you rock and i hope i can see you live some day
Mike is the most down to earth guy i've ever met. So many great storys and always good times chillin' with him! The tattoos on his arms are covering up from the days of using. He really is a success story.
Love Social D they are very awesome best Punk Rock band out there and very Old School which i like alot and Mike Ness is the most underrated Singer and Songwriter in history His music has been keeping me going through the years especially in the past 3 years without Mike Ness and his music i don't think i would be here today for all the shit i have been through Social D and Mike Ness if you see this Thank You for sharing your story and speaking out to the others who have been through shit
I just started getting into Social Distortion and I love their music. I think Mike Ness is one of the greatest singers i ever heard, him and Freddie Mercury.
Another f'ing genius song from Mike & Social D. The way so many of their songs just capture how you feel and are so easy to relate to, is just amazing!!
I'm going through a divorce after 22 years. I recently found Social D. It's truly been life changing. This song and Highway 101. Feels like they were written for me. Give me hope that there is life and love still yet to be lived and enjoyed. I can't express all this group has meant to me these past few months. I plan on getting Skelly tattooed on my arm to always help me remember the hope and promise these songs speak to. Long Live Social D and Mike Ness!! And thank you!!
"We stuck through the hard times and continued going together" We sincerely thank you for doing so, Mike. You're one of the greatest and surely in a league of your own!
@sikkinixx82 I agree, this really is one of the best fan made videos I've ever seen on UA-cam. Extra points for mixing the interview sequence perfectly, man. It's an emotional song, and if you've never been touched by it, you have no soul.
Almost three years ago, my body turned on itself and I was in a coma for around 72hours, I was later diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. When I woke up, this song was playing in my mind, and continued to for the rest of my hospital stay, and I routinely listen to it while managing this deadly disease. Mike Ness is my therapy.
Yep, music has an uncanny way of helping us to get through whatever this is we're stuck in. People like Mike Ness are a treasure in a world where so much of life makes no sense at all!
Dude, you just said what i though about Reach For The Sky, at first i though this was because those lyrics somehow describes what's happening around me right now, but it seems that everyone who listens to it will find it epic! Social Distortion is surely more than just another rock band!
hey joeyc415...brothers in arms my friend...mike ness,tim armstrong and the like.These men have lived and breathed punk/country/ska/reggae etc..etc...live forever my friend
@gaijinass i wasn't a marine sniper, but thought myself tough nonetheless. a broken heart, a broken heart and booze got me straight down. then there was this song. well, after some years of recovering i'n pretty back on track. i know what you're talking 'bout. keep ya head up, dude!
@gaijinass Stand strong in your Solidarity with the LoVe, Light & Understanding from the Music of Mike Ness. You matter and so does everyone else who got ripped by the War! Thank you for Posting your message of hope! It's all about the LOVE that's going to save this World from Man's destruction...
social distortion is my favorite band ever! the first song i ever heard by them was reach for the sky and i thought i loved it but i proved myself wrong when i heard this song!
it has more versions of this track here on yt. so if you dont wanna see the interview just choose the one without, in my case when i listen this track i mostly take this more individual vers. here, i dont have on cd, and the interview messages fits perfectly to this song and makes it even more complete !
I fucking love Mike Ness. He knows how to make real good music, and he's a cool, badass guy. Some people say Angel's Wings aint, punk... and you know what? They're wrong, it is! Having the guts to write a song like that is true punk rock, at least to me. Besides, Mike has been through a lot, you can (almost completely) feel what he was going through by listening to his songs.
I have been dead. DEAD. No home. No place to go. No Money., Nothing. Nothing. The only thing that pulled me through was this music. I was so bad, so desperate. Rob, steal, kill, anything to eat. The only thing that kept me totally out of that gutter was this music. I was ripped apart. I died. I am a former Marine. I was a Sniper. I was hard. But I fell apart. Anyone can. Music kept me in this life. Music, Social D. kept me HERE. Thank THEM.....Nothing else left.
@gaijinass Talented musicians like Mike Ness have a very special mission in this lifetime & that is to share the love, light & understanding that has entered their lives, so that like-minded people can be touched by their passionate knowledge in a way that no other person possibly could. What you have been though matters, YOU matter! I admire you for putting yourself here on this page for still others to be touched by your experience too & so the chain goes on, longer & more powerful. LoVe!
You say you're down on your luck hey baby, its a long, long way up hold back now, hold back your fears you say you're really down and out and you feel like there's no way out now let go now let go of your tears some more How many times have you asked yourself is this the hand of fate that I've been dealt? you're so disillusioned this can't be real and you can't stand now the way you feel I don't care about what they say I won't live or die that way tired of figuring out things on my own angel's wings wont you carry me home [Chorus:] And when you're down on your luck hey baby, its a long, long way up hold back now, hold back your fears and when you're really down and out and you feel like there's no way out now let go now let go of your tears some more [Repeat Chorus] I triumphed in the face of adversity and I became the man I never thought I'd be and now my biggest challenge, a thing called love I guess I'm not as tough as I thought I was I don't care about what they say I'm gonna marry you some day go ahead and wake up, its a brand new day Angel's wings gonna carry you away Angel's wings are going to carry me away Angel's wings are going to carry us away
Mike Ness was the 1st punk I ever kissed ~ after a gig @ this weird ass Billy Barty's Skating place in Fullerton I think maybe Buena Park...I will forever LOVE him
Agreed! Ness has been been singing the soundtrack of my and alot of other fucking hearts over the years! Im sure there is more to follow.Just gotta wait baby.
i seen mike ness in the house that "johnny built" last friday night.....im talking about the ryman, in nashville, it was a religous experince! He was born for that place, he totally got it!
all i can say is thank you social D. this one song has pulled me through so much, from losing my best friends, to losing my child and the love of my life, even when i was homeless, this song helped me get through it all. Mike Ness, you truly are a genius and a god amongst mortals
If this song doesn't have any affect on you at all, you probably don't have a soul. Mike Ness is one of the greatest American songwriters ever.
everytime i play this song i just feel good...i hope mike reads all these comments and feels good to that we enjoy what he does and how it helps me with my own issues! thanks mike!
Just hearing this song for the first time...the first 3 seconds just hooked me on this song. Mike Ness is THE most underrated singer/songwriter of ALL time.
awesome tune...awesome human
My son is one of those fallen in Iraq. This song, and Social D's "Reach for the sky" now get me every time.
God bless you and your family
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song kept me going when i had to skateboard in the rain @ 5 am to work thank u guys 4 putting ur heart into the music, SOCIAL DISTORTION will forever live on in my heart
I absolutely love to watch the creativity of people’s minds at work. Great video. Thank you for sharing it. I grew up on these guys. So many of Mike’s lyrics resonate deeply with me and what happened in my life through the years. It definitely got me through some tough times as a teenager and a young adult. Social Distortion was my rhetoric, my bible so to say, when life comes at you 90 miles an hour and from every direction, all you can do is try to hold on... I wish I could post my photo I got with Mike and Johnny after they played “ The Burtie” in 2009.
Until the day I die, these guys are my favourite band. Forever and always.
Mike really knows how to inspire people to persevere through the toughest of times. His music is just amazing.
I would listen to Social D when i was going through some very hard times in my life it is amazing what music can do for someone
Social D is very therapeutic
You know what, every time I feel bad, or even when I dont, and when I go to listen to music on youtube, social distortion is one of my first reflexes, and when I read everyone's personnal story about them, I realise that they are more than just another rock band, they have found how to make true music, that goes directly to the heart.
So hats off to Social D, and to their fans !
a very good song and I always play it over and over again when I was a child until now♥️🔥
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Amazing band and great man! My wife walked down the aisle to this song!
we had story of my life at our wedding me and my wife... everyone loved it. There was some people not familiar with the band that had heard the song before. All around good day
did she trip and fall walking down the aisle to this song?
i love Social Distortion this song helped me get through the hardest times in my life and i thank you so much Mike Ness and the band you are amazing you rock and i hope i can see you live some day
Mike is the most down to earth guy i've ever met. So many great storys and always good times chillin' with him! The tattoos on his arms are covering up from the days of using. He really is a success story.
Love Social D they are very awesome best Punk Rock band out there and very Old School which i like alot and Mike Ness is the most underrated Singer and Songwriter in history
His music has been keeping me going through the years especially in the past 3 years without Mike Ness and his music i don't think i would be here today for all the shit i have been through Social D and Mike Ness if you see this Thank You for sharing your story and speaking out to the others who have been through shit
I just started getting into Social Distortion and I love their music. I think Mike Ness is one of the greatest singers i ever heard, him and Freddie Mercury.
Great Video Tribute to Social D. Good Cuts to the Song Angel's Wings.
GO SOCIAL DISTORTION!!!! may u live 4 ever
Another f'ing genius song from Mike & Social D. The way so many of their songs just capture how you feel and are so easy to relate to, is just amazing!!
I'm going through a divorce after 22 years. I recently found Social D. It's truly been life changing. This song and Highway 101. Feels like they were written for me. Give me hope that there is life and love still yet to be lived and enjoyed. I can't express all this group has meant to me these past few months. I plan on getting Skelly tattooed on my arm to always help me remember the hope and promise these songs speak to. Long Live Social D and Mike Ness!! And thank you!!
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"We stuck through the hard times and continued going together" We sincerely thank you for doing so, Mike. You're one of the greatest and surely in a league of your own!
@sikkinixx82 I agree, this really is one of the best fan made videos I've ever seen on UA-cam. Extra points for mixing the interview sequence perfectly, man. It's an emotional song, and if you've never been touched by it, you have no soul.
Iam from indonesia and i very very love this song.. thx mick u make me very happy when i lisen this song
whoever wrote this friggin' song is a friggin' god of music and poetry.
I feel ya, man. This song got me through my last deployment during the darkest days.
Almost three years ago, my body turned on itself and I was in a coma for around 72hours, I was later diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. When I woke up, this song was playing in my mind, and continued to for the rest of my hospital stay, and I routinely listen to it while managing this deadly disease. Mike Ness is my therapy.
How you're doing now?
He's all time top 10 best musician..singer.. song writer. he deserves so much more recognition.
Yep, music has an uncanny way of helping us to get through whatever this is we're stuck in. People like Mike Ness are a treasure in a world where so much of life makes no sense at all!
Ness has overcome more than most in this life, and he still effn rocks..he is an unsung hero...God bless you Ness.
Every single time im sad, i listen to Social D they really do something to me that nothing else does! They are making REAL music.
Very nice job.
Great retrospective of Mike's music.
Dude, you just said what i though about Reach For The Sky, at first i though this was because those lyrics somehow describes what's happening around me right now, but it seems that everyone who listens to it will find it epic! Social Distortion is surely more than just another rock band!
That awesome moment when the opening chord hits your ears.
I am a big social D fan. Mike Ness is flippen hot! Those video is great and I love this song.
greattttt this is the best old school song that i have ever heard
im sorry for your loss, sir. i break down thinking of my brothers that have died. i hope your son rests well
hey joeyc415...brothers in arms my friend...mike ness,tim armstrong and the like.These men have lived and breathed punk/country/ska/reggae etc..etc...live forever my friend
Yea man i listened to this track in Ramadi with the 3RD battalion 1St marines awsome tunes brings back alot of tears that i layed to rest .
My favorit Social D song. Absolutely awe inspiring and beautiful. Well done on the vid!
this feels like a tribute video but damn...thats good =) well done
this is one of my favourite social d songs too
wow, phenomenal. Simply put Mike Ness is god. Excellent job.
Nice mix of cool pics n stuff. Thx for being a great Social D fan
Mike is my hero and a genuinely good person. Great video!
@gaijinass
i wasn't a marine sniper, but thought myself tough nonetheless. a broken heart, a broken heart and booze got me straight down. then there was this song. well, after some years of recovering i'n pretty back on track. i know what you're talking 'bout. keep ya head up, dude!
I didnt expect to hear Mike talking, it suprised me but I like it
great tune, great video... they're a perfect marriage. Thank you!
i love this band and this song, i'll never stop to listen this song, in misic history one of the best ever..
@gaijinass Stand strong in your Solidarity with the LoVe, Light & Understanding from the Music of Mike Ness. You matter and so does everyone else who got ripped by the War! Thank you for Posting your message of hope! It's all about the LOVE that's going to save this World from Man's destruction...
social distortion is my favorite band ever! the first song i ever heard by them was reach for the sky and i thought i loved it but i proved myself wrong when i heard this song!
I love it when the drums build up in this song
I have been in love with this man for 20 years now. Fucking awesome video. Thanks for sharing
This is a great song by a great band. I'd love for them to swing through the South on a tour. I can't make it to California for the usual circuits.
I think this is the best video at Social D
Nice footage, my husband still has that VHS from way back.
I love this video and the part when he is talking
vid came out pretty damn good. nice job.
46 years old. when life is shit..i crack a beer and listen to SOCIAL FUCKING D!!
Love this band !!!!!!!!!!!!thanks Mike !!!!!
it has more versions of this track here on yt. so if you dont wanna see the interview just choose the one without, in my case when i listen this track i mostly take this more individual vers. here, i dont have on cd, and the interview messages fits perfectly to this song and makes it even more complete !
@Iamphenomenalaj That is the best commentary that i had ever read on youtube, cant agree more! Ness is really underrated as a writer and singer.
love all their music, all wicked!
WOW. Excellent vid. Keep it up.
I fucking love Mike Ness. He knows how to make real good music, and he's a cool, badass guy. Some people say Angel's Wings aint, punk... and you know what? They're wrong, it is! Having the guts to write a song like that is true punk rock, at least to me. Besides, Mike has been through a lot, you can (almost completely) feel what he was going through by listening to his songs.
I triumphed in the face of adversary and I became the man I never thought I'd be.
another state of mind is an amazing movie
SD and ST. Mike N. and Mike M. Pulling people out of holes for at least 40 years!
When you put on a record it’s not going to criticize you for being different it’s gonna make you feel better about yourself
hes seems like a cool guy to hang out with and he seems like a he has some cool stories
Super cool!!! Thanks sickboy378!
@FullMetal0728 That is one of the most awesome comments I have read. Social Distortion kicks ass! Don't take me for granted is my favorite song.
I have been dead. DEAD. No home. No place to go. No Money., Nothing. Nothing. The only thing that pulled me through was this music. I was so bad, so desperate. Rob, steal, kill, anything to eat. The only thing that kept me totally out of that gutter was this music. I was ripped apart. I died. I am a former Marine. I was a Sniper. I was hard. But I fell apart. Anyone can. Music kept me in this life. Music, Social D. kept me HERE. Thank THEM.....Nothing else left.
nice video, great song !
that was an amazing video i love social distortion and i love mikne ness
Dont ever give up on your dreams listen to this if you are hurting
@gaijinass Talented musicians like Mike Ness have a very special mission in this lifetime & that is to share the love, light & understanding that has entered their lives, so that like-minded people can be touched by their passionate knowledge in a way that no other person possibly could. What you have been though matters, YOU matter! I admire you for putting yourself here on this page for still others to be touched by your experience too & so the chain goes on, longer & more powerful. LoVe!
So I searched for something completely different...man did I hit the gold mine
einfach der wahnsinn ! social are legends
Este som tocou em um casamento de um grande amigo, essa banda dispensa comentários obrigado Social Distortion!!!!!!
I think Mike wrote this for the bassist that past. Great song and a great band.
just love this song !
another state of mind was a great movie
same here my brother. I listened to them about every night
I want this song played at my funeral.
You say you're down on your luck
hey baby, its a long, long way up
hold back now, hold back your fears
you say you're really down and out
and you feel like there's no way out now
let go now let go of your tears some more
How many times have you asked yourself
is this the hand of fate that I've been dealt?
you're so disillusioned this can't be real
and you can't stand now the way you feel
I don't care about what they say
I won't live or die that way
tired of figuring out things on my own
angel's wings wont you carry me home
[Chorus:]
And when you're down on your luck
hey baby, its a long, long way up
hold back now, hold back your fears
and when you're really down and out
and you feel like there's no way out now
let go now let go of your tears some more
[Repeat Chorus]
I triumphed in the face of adversity
and I became the man I never thought I'd be
and now my biggest challenge, a thing called love
I guess I'm not as tough as I thought I was
I don't care about what they say
I'm gonna marry you some day
go ahead and wake up, its a brand new day
Angel's wings gonna carry you away
Angel's wings are going to carry me away
Angel's wings are going to carry us away
12 and listing to sd and mike is my idol
Mike Ness was the 1st punk I ever kissed ~ after a gig @ this weird ass Billy Barty's Skating place in Fullerton I think maybe Buena Park...I will forever LOVE him
Mike Ness is my hero I love Social Distortion
Agreed! Ness has been been singing the soundtrack of my and alot of other fucking hearts over the years! Im sure there is more to follow.Just gotta wait baby.
@deadkennedys909 Wow your a lucky guy that you got to meet and hang with Mike. I hear that he is really humble as well and good to the fans.
Old school punk like this? Rocks!
Great song
i love this song !
i seen mike ness in the house that "johnny built" last friday night.....im talking about the ryman, in nashville, it was a religous experince! He was born for that place, he totally got it!
good tune good vid! 5 stars!
this is my fav song
come to slide bar in fullerton after house of blues please.
This viedo was done pretty good.
i listened to this in iraq on my headphones so i couldnt hear the bombs fall. now it reminds me of our fallen service members
This song reminds me of my best friend who helped me through all my hard times.. And I'm in love with her.. I'm gonna marry her some day.
@gaijinass Hang in there brother good things will come. Thanks for your service to this country. GODSPEED MY FRIEND
There's Social Distortion, and the whole rest.