Cock Sparrer has been playing "old man punk" since they were young. I think that's why the music is so timeless. They literally grew into the sound that they had previously created. Hands down one of the best rock bands of all time!
14y/o american skinhead here, this song explains my life entirely. Sad seeing that there are pretty much no more S.H.A.R.P and ANTIFA skins my age. Oi!
Bless Them , if I can put my teen angst and rebellion into a song this is it and will always be , singing in unison with all my friends at those riverbeds and train tracks , love this song
*LYRICS* : Because you're young, sharp as a knife You need that buzz to come alive Out on the edge, out on the town You ain't got time to settle down You're always sure, you're always right You see it all in black and white You never listen to anyone Because you're young Because you're young, you're torn between A world of hate and a world of dreams So much to lose, so much to gain So much to fight for, so much to change You don't look back, you don't look down You gotta turn everything around You live your life like a loaded gun Because you're young Stop talking back, get off the phone You're late again, you missed the last bus home This ain't the way you wanna live I know something's got to give You're always sure, you're always right You see it all in black and white You never listen to anyone Because you're young
Was blessed enough to see these guys tear the roof off at Riot Fest Chicago 2014. They were amazing! They had to be in their 60's but played like they were in their 20's!
Because you're young, sharp as a knife You need that buzz to come alive Out on the edge, out on the town You ain't got time to settle down You're always sure, you're always right You see it all in black and white You never listen to anyone Because you're young Because you're young, you're torn between A world of hate and a world of dreams So much to lose, so much to gain So much to fight for, so much to change You don't look back, you don't look down You gotta turn everything around You live your life like a loaded gun Because you're young Stop talking back, get off the phone You're late again, you missed the last bus home This ain't the way you want to live I know something's got to give You're always sure, you're always right You see it all in black and white You never listen to anyone Because you're young
@@therespectedlex9794 I put him off ? Read that back to myself? You have absolutely no idea the context of what my comment means between my son and me and if you have listened to this song then you should at least have some tiny iota as why .. I didn’t put him off anything I was showing him where he was going wrong at that moment in our lives but as you seem to know better you tell me How I’m making my son feel sad and hopeless ? Take your time
@@leemorson2453 @Lee Morson Seems open to interpretation, and I did wonder if I was wrong. Sorry if I don't understand the context and you meant the opposite. But without being specific, unless you want to be, what do you mean 'thought he could be somebody he could never be be'? You must know what I'm getting at.
@@therespectedlex9794 Like you say “Seems open to interpretation” yes it does but with that reply you came to the conclusion that I was somehow holding him back making him feel belittled and it made me bite and I had to fire back It’s just my nature If you had just replied asking me what my quote was implying I might (or might not ) have explained in short the real meaning of it . I bear no malice towards you mate it was just a misunderstanding between us both
Una nostalgia enorme, está música, mi adolescencia ahora tengo más de 30 años 😢😢 que buenos tiempos los adolescentes de hoy nunca lo van a entender pura delincuencia
Sick Man! Yeah, we were on floor back right next to that little bar. We were purple hazing that place up. What a fantasticly beautiful night it was!!! My first time seeing Sparrer and they were superb.
I had a therapist show me this song back when I was first learning to play guitar in the 6th grade. I'm 20 and only now had I the curiosity to look for this song I had only heard once.
I saw these guys standing outside their tour bus in Berkeley California . They were trying to make a deal with pizza hut for lunch and it looked like serious business so as much as I wanted to run up and shake hands i just stood back and watched the exchange in awe.
Reminds me of when I was young... this song came out back when I was in high school and in an oi! band. Used to blast this track and album driving to band practice. Memories!
43 … transitioning between young and old.. if I were to make a video of photos of myself and friends/ family from the past 25 years, this would be the soundtrack
I live in San Diego, but my cousin came thru for my B-Day and bought me a ticket to the show. So, I just had to buy the plane tix to get up there. It was an incredible show!
Live your life on your own fucking terms do what you want when you want because life is to fucking short love the people you love tell em everyday do things with em appreciate the time you have with someone or whatever it is... miss you kals love you my brother you fought but cancer took u from us at 25yr we miss u every fucking day my brother this song is for you..
Well indeed, they personally worked hard to help me to achieve my goals. And I am very grateful for that. But what did Germany achieve for me? Well, a history lesson: I am NOT better than a kid in Jamaica, the USA, Asia, French, Spanish, English, Jews, Blacks. The 10 year Skinhead experience actually brought me in personal contact with kids from those places. And they were just like me: Humans. The danger of patriotism is when it become so extreme that one feels superior because of a passport..
@@keithziaja4150 well Keith, this was part of a discussion, where someone posted rather odd opinions on skinheads and patriotism. UA-cam didn't have threats back, 7 years ago, but sorted comments by time. Comments got deleted in the meanwhile, too. Reading it out of context, you're critique is right. In context it would more sense. But even if, it doesn't warrant insults. Looking at your quite nice Ben Harper cover, I assume, you are quite young. I am an old "jackass", with almost 3 decades of subculture under my belly. Labels, fanzine, shows, all nighters - been there, organized that, done that. Believe me, it's easy to kick some ol' jackass arse, that was young in 90s. But insults are not an impressive way to do so.
Cock Sparrer were a SHARP band. Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice. Google SHARP. Learn something fundamental. Not directing this at the OP. Sounds like they got it figured out all on their own. Cheers.
When I was at the ripe age of 16 -17 and causing a nuisance going up and down the country fighting at stadiums my dad would play this in the car and look at me sideways as a I know what your up to 😂
This popped into my head on repeat and took on a different meaning when I started parenting a teenager. It comes full circle.
The past 16 years my husband has played this for me every year on my birthday :)
He's a good husband
That's adorable 😊😊
That's adorable 😊😊
Spanish,48 years old, lived for 8 years in London long time ago and still singing this song every single day!!! Love them !!!!
The older I get the more this song brings a tear to my eye :*)
Curtis Campbell Because we know how true it is, but those it’s meant for, don’t listen, because they’re young !
On the same page my friend,rose tinted specs and all that ,was fucking good fun tho eh!
Yeah if I am in hip hop or in techno or in what so fckn ever... Always come back into OI...just to real to be real...
Cheers and OI from Germany 2021
I know the feeling oh so well...those times are gone but never forgotten
I dunno this makes me realise i could have died so many times and im hella lucky to still be here and have somewhat of a brain
Cock Sparrer has been playing "old man punk" since they were young. I think that's why the music is so timeless. They literally grew into the sound that they had previously created. Hands down one of the best rock bands of all time!
I second this one
🤯
Nothing old man about it, it was relevant then and it still counts now
Boomer punk rock😅
@@mothra3477punk rock full stop
49 yrs old, still digging this song!!
Oi Oi
now u got 50 hehe. i'm 43 yo. Salut from Poland old man! oi!
@@TheDziadek1977 salut from sweden i'm 57..
48. damn this song nails it
Oi Oi to all of you🍻🍻
14y/o american skinhead here, this song explains my life entirely. Sad seeing that there are pretty much no more S.H.A.R.P and ANTIFA skins my age. Oi!
I'm playing at a wedding tonight and this was the bride and grooms only request......such a great tune
Hell yeah
God fkn bless em
A Jewish wedding was it?
Bless Them , if I can put my teen angst and rebellion into a song this is it and will always be , singing in unison with all my friends at those riverbeds and train tracks , love this song
Beautiful..
Wow, I'm 17 years old, and this song was written for me.
Such amazing lyrics, it humbles me so much.
how is life 7 years later?
How's adult life, my friend? Suck right? Yeah I know...
The best time to be young was way back in the 1980s! I was 13 at the beginning of the 1980s and 23 at the end of that decade!
wow you're 25 now
Wow 9 years later
*LYRICS* :
Because you're young, sharp as a knife
You need that buzz to come alive
Out on the edge, out on the town
You ain't got time to settle down
You're always sure, you're always right
You see it all in black and white
You never listen to anyone
Because you're young
Because you're young, you're torn between
A world of hate and a world of dreams
So much to lose, so much to gain
So much to fight for, so much to change
You don't look back, you don't look down
You gotta turn everything around
You live your life like a loaded gun
Because you're young
Stop talking back, get off the phone
You're late again, you missed the last bus home
This ain't the way you wanna live
I know something's got to give
You're always sure, you're always right
You see it all in black and white
You never listen to anyone
Because you're young
von pikkendorff gracias !!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting the lyrics. Who hasn't felt these feelings? Who cannot relate to this song!? Riddle me THAT!!! ;^)
von pikkendorff fucking nice one mate oi
44 punkrock still yougn up the punx .... Butler
@@claudinepaquet7832 43 here and getting younger than never. The secret is keeping listening to these favourite tunes.
I never heard of these guys before, then my son introduced them to me and saw them in Chicago at riot fest 20/20 this is now my favorite song
I was at that show as well, We're Coming Back is my favorite
The song that explained my existence when I was 15. 20 years ago! Still hits me in all them feels.
One of those "play this at my funeral" songs. Beautiful lyrics.
JoeStunner fucking same as pal oi
Same feel
For me too, along with Dropkick's "Going Out With Style" and Ignite's "Where I'm From"
@@gkiss2030 "Csak magyarul imádkozott
Vagy káromkodott apám"
:D
Još jedan dan u našem hramu, još jedna slika u tvome ramu!
Was blessed enough to see these guys tear the roof off at Riot Fest Chicago 2014. They were amazing! They had to be in their 60's but played like they were in their 20's!
They did a great job capturing youth in this song! I love it. Everything in this song is true!
Almost 40
Almost 25 yrs of loving this song
Almost 20
Almost 20 yrs of loving this song
I vaguely remember hearing this song once in middle school. Now almost ten years later I have found it.
Because you're young, sharp as a knife
You need that buzz to come alive
Out on the edge, out on the town
You ain't got time to settle down
You're always sure, you're always right
You see it all in black and white
You never listen to anyone
Because you're young
Because you're young, you're torn between
A world of hate and a world of dreams
So much to lose, so much to gain
So much to fight for, so much to change
You don't look back, you don't look down
You gotta turn everything around
You live your life like a loaded gun
Because you're young
Stop talking back, get off the phone
You're late again, you missed the last bus home
This ain't the way you want to live
I know something's got to give
You're always sure, you're always right
You see it all in black and white
You never listen to anyone
Because you're young
Great song, great band and up there with the best live bands I've ever seen and will carry on seeing hopefully (40 years worth!)
I've been listening to them for almost 20 years and this is one of my go to songs always
Timeless gem. 30 years old but still brilliant and so it will be for the next 30 years 💪🏻
I don't listen to much punk. I'm more of a classic rock person, but holy fuck, Cock Sparrer kicks ass!
Hell yeah
Punk IS Rock!
That was me! Now I’m older and I can appreciate the lyrics even more!
I'm just glad 40+ years later,vcock sparrer has people talking / fighting about the shit in their lives. Oi, Oi, Oi....
I hung out with these guys in Chicago one year at Riot Fest. They still make punk fun and holding it true to their hearts a legit thing.
Love this song, Fortunately, I'm not young anymore.
Well then, what's it like to be old? I love that song too. Cheers to you and to our youth. Never quite leaves us, even as we age.
Top 5 punk songs ever, probably #1 best kept secret punk anthem.
It's oi
and oi is punk....
@@BigBoss-xu4cv dumb dumb comment....
@@BigBoss-xu4cv you ain't no fucking sharp
@Definitely a George Soros funded bot well you call him communist but you have anarchy with sickle and hammer so...
As a father of a 24 yr old son who thought he could be someone he could never be I played him this and he grasped it.. job done
You put him off? Read that back to yourself. Why make your son feel sad and hopeless?
@@therespectedlex9794 I put him off ? Read that back to myself? You have absolutely no idea the context of what my comment means between my son and me and if you have listened to this song then you should at least have some tiny iota as why .. I didn’t put him off anything I was showing him where he was going wrong at that moment in our lives but as you seem to know better you tell me How I’m making my son feel sad and hopeless ? Take your time
@@leemorson2453 @Lee Morson Seems open to interpretation, and I did wonder if I was wrong. Sorry if I don't understand the context and you meant the opposite. But without being specific, unless you want to be, what do you mean 'thought he could be somebody he could never be be'? You must know what I'm getting at.
@@therespectedlex9794 Like you say “Seems open to interpretation” yes it does but with that reply you came to the conclusion that I was somehow holding him back making him feel belittled and it made me bite and I had to fire back It’s just my nature If you had just replied asking me what my quote was implying I might (or might not ) have explained in short the real meaning of it . I bear no malice towards you mate it was just a misunderstanding between us both
@@leemorson2453 Ok, that seems fair. No malice from me either, take care.
Amazing song , I need to listen more of this band.
Dam this still gets me so amped up ! These guys are so timeless!
Var Underbar konsert med Cook Sparrer.was on a wonderfull koncert whith Cook Sparrer 😻🤘👌
Always brings a tear to my eye
One of punk's underrated anthems
não por mim!
Oi's!
Very classic n bringing up all the memory when I was so much younger than today
One of the best songs ever wrote in the punk/Oi! history. What a epic sensations make me feel when I hear them. Epic sound.
Yeah, they have that real raw punk sound. Really underrated band as they early singed in song "Is anybody there".
anyone listening 2019
@Sten Friisk it will never die !!!
60 years old and still listening
Always
yeah! cheers from brasil
20-20 soon.
One of my favourite bands in Hungary (Egészséges Fejbőr) has covered this song in Hungarian.
Did not know the original until now.
Fab work here.
I have luck to find this at my 17, such beautiful song
Una nostalgia enorme, está música, mi adolescencia ahora tengo más de 30 años 😢😢 que buenos tiempos los adolescentes de hoy nunca lo van a entender pura delincuencia
Sick Man! Yeah, we were on floor back right next to that little bar. We were purple hazing that place up. What a fantasticly beautiful night it was!!! My first time seeing Sparrer and they were superb.
This song always brings tears to my eyes.
23 and I love this song trying to keep punk alive and going
Didn't you know, Punks Not Dead?
Technically it's Oi, not punk. And this album is 30 years old now
I had a therapist show me this song back when I was first learning to play guitar in the 6th grade. I'm 20 and only now had I the curiosity to look for this song I had only heard once.
danke für diese wudervolle musik.das ist mein lieblingssong von euch
Thanks for the great song and memories!!!....from Malaysia
This song always makes me cry now
I saw these guys standing outside their tour bus in Berkeley California . They were trying to make a deal with pizza hut for lunch and it looked like serious business so as much as I wanted to run up and shake hands i just stood back and watched the exchange in awe.
Saw these 2021 rock city Nottingham. Pure class
One of my fave punk rock band.... 🤘🤓
BoMb was here !! 58 still kickin!! ☠️🇺🇸
Reminds me of when I was young... this song came out back when I was in high school and in an oi! band. Used to blast this track and album driving to band practice. Memories!
И крв и душа све је црно - бело!
⚫⚪
joj@@Gliga1010
43 … transitioning between young and old.. if I were to make a video of photos of myself and friends/ family from the past 25 years, this would be the soundtrack
I live in San Diego, but my cousin came thru for my B-Day and bought me a ticket to the show. So, I just had to buy the plane tix to get up there. It was an incredible show!
You see it all in black and white !
Humska
I used to drink and use my self into oblivion playing this on repeat.
🍻
Man.. this takes me back
Fabulous. Thanks for the sharing
never get sick of jamming this song around the civic center in Downtown Denver!!
This is the song that brings me back to the skinhead days
YOU SEE IT ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE!
PxFxC GROBARI BELGRADOOOOOOOOOO
I see what you did here.
Wuuuu skateboarding! Born in 92 and lovin it
🇧🇷 2024 because you're young
thats it!, love from hamburg....
Perfect lyrics, good tunes.
beautiful, music & lyrics
Song with great positive energy!!!
Steve burgess from the band use to run a pub in Bethnal Green Rd London, called the stick of rock pub, Oioi skinhead London Oioi classic
cheers&Oi from Germany
Why I just find this song in 2020? That's awesome
Because you are young... That's all
Oi!! Oi!!! Oi!!!! from New York we need More real music like this
I’ll be listening to this song when I’m 87
An anthem for every generation!
oh shit. my memories... oh shit... here they come... oh its sooooo god damned good. thank you.
simply Awesome.....
A LOT OF GRACIAS!!!🙏
You never listen to anyone....because you're YOUNG! Oi!
This is me and my lil bros song D: I miss him so much
How I feel when these young people come around with something to prove. It’s cuz you’re young.
i love this song :D
You see it all in black and white!!!
+keza155 Само панк браћо , и мени је драго да видим да људи слушају праву мјузу , још да су делије .... хехех :)
+Punk PFC Respect from P(A)OK GATE 4 bro
paokara mounares!!!!
CS NEVER DIE!!! ALWAYS IN MY AND YOUR HEART
awesome Frank it's John eer an old clockwork skin tick Tock n all that I'm from somers town in Camden Oi Oi; )) )
OxBlood, i hope youre still alive and well, you brought me some great song with your channel when i was younger, i just wanted to thank you my man
Live your life on your own fucking terms do what you want when you want because life is to fucking short love the people you love tell em everyday do things with em appreciate the time you have with someone or whatever it is... miss you kals love you my brother you fought but cancer took u from us at 25yr we miss u every fucking day my brother this song is for you..
This song was too down last night
Looking forward to seeing Cock Sparrer in San Francisco on March 23rd 2012. They're coming back!
Thx 4 really lots of Oi, fund, good feelings and fine concerts.
Still young at heart... Keep on keepin on!
Life ur life life like a loaded gun :)
Excellent to hear my stuff young again TA,,
Well indeed, they personally worked hard to help me to achieve my goals. And I am very grateful for that. But what did Germany achieve for me? Well, a history lesson: I am NOT better than a kid in Jamaica, the USA, Asia, French, Spanish, English, Jews, Blacks. The 10 year Skinhead experience actually brought me in personal contact with kids from those places. And they were just like me: Humans. The danger of patriotism is when it become so extreme that one feels superior because of a passport..
KB yes!!! So much good in what you said.
Wtf does this have to do with this song jackass
Keith Ziaja they used it in the movies
@@keithziaja4150 well Keith, this was part of a discussion, where someone posted rather odd opinions on skinheads and patriotism. UA-cam didn't have threats back, 7 years ago, but sorted comments by time. Comments got deleted in the meanwhile, too.
Reading it out of context, you're critique is right. In context it would more sense. But even if, it doesn't warrant insults. Looking at your quite nice Ben Harper cover, I assume, you are quite young. I am an old "jackass", with almost 3 decades of subculture under my belly. Labels, fanzine, shows, all nighters - been there, organized that, done that.
Believe me, it's easy to kick some ol' jackass arse, that was young in 90s. But insults are not an impressive way to do so.
Cock Sparrer were a SHARP band.
Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice.
Google SHARP.
Learn something fundamental.
Not directing this at the OP.
Sounds like they got it figured out all on their own.
Cheers.
Grobari Jug 1970
2021 and i'm still listening
superb song....should have put their name way up high on the map....
Oi from Serbia!
When I was at the ripe age of 16 -17 and causing a nuisance going up and down the country fighting at stadiums my dad would play this in the car and look at me sideways as a I know what your up to 😂
Lenny you will always be young !!! RIP
One of their best tunes.
And now we are old. Because we used to be young.
This is the last of the best ever. Oi Oi Bless all skins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oi nice bro . Im from malaysia