The Skids, great Scottish band, check out “The Saints are Coming” , “Working for the Yankee Dollar” and ”Masquerade” all big hits for them in the late 70s punk new wave scene
The Skids' guitarist, Stuart Adamson, had great success with a band called Big Country after The Skids split up. He had a very recognisable guitar sound and style. You might want to check out "Fields of fire" or "In a big country".
RIP Stuart - got to spend five minutes talking to him many many moons ago - a big man with a big talent & a big Guitar sound, top bloke. Any Big Country track is a good steer - he carried over that huge Guitar sound to the new band. I can't recommend their back catalogue enough.
This drove me crazy when I was a kid, in the days before the internet, trying to decipher the lyrics, and still remember the excitement when I found a music magazine with the lyrics in it. i still know them off by heart.
If there was a pub full of people singing this song I would steer away, since the possibility to get drunk and being at home around 4 am would be high.
You should also react to "Babylon's burning" by The Ruts. Along with The Skids, they were one of the best and most successful of the second wave of UK punk bands.
I’d second that! Along with ‘Staring at the Rude Boys’ … also - why not try ‘Looking after No.1’(? I think) by The Boomtown Rats. All great adrenaline tunes!
They reformed recently and I saw them here in Bristol. Was blown away by them, especially Jobsons's energy. He danced around stage all night like Muhammad Ali.
Wow! Another of my favourite songs, two in the one week- you are really spoiling me/us! With Jobson's singing it certainly isn't just the accent. I grew up and now am back living less than 15 miles from where the Skids were from and I couldn't understand more than every second or third word. One of the greatest contributions the internet has made to world culture is finally being able to understand what the fuck the Skids and some of the other bands from my youth were on about. Lots of great Skids tracks to listen to next: 'Working For the Yankee Dollar', 'Charles' or 'Out Of Town' are the first 3 to come to mind. I think you've saved the best for first though. Good stuff!
Yay, I couldn’t click on this fast enough. Great song. If you want to be woken up try Xray Spex and “Oh bondage up yours “ or maybe “The day the world turned dayglo” to be woken up a bit more gently.
Richard Jobson went on to become a TV presenter, as well as fronting a band called The Armoury Show. He certainly looked older than his tender years when appearing on Top Of The Pops!
Loved this when it came out. It's in all those top 10 most frequently misheard lyrics. We all sung along in our youth clubs not having a clue what the words were. 🤣
This is one of the best and most melodic punk songs ever written. The band had a top ten hit in the UK with this. The definitive Scottish punk band. I'm reading Richard Jobson's autobiography right now (Into the Valley!). The lyrics of this band really were arty and intelligent. One of a kind. Never repeated!
"Soldiers go marching there's masses of lamb" lol. Yes top of the pops appearance is a memorable moment I remember when I was a teen, the singer became a TV presenter for the BBC (I think) presenting art shows. Another high energy song around the same period maybe abit later was Teardrop Explodes-Reward lead singer was Julian Cope. Also Tempole Tudor-Swords of a thousand men (that too was a memorable top of the pops moment very energetic).
Hi Nick, thanks so much for following up this recommendation ! You really nailed all the things I love about this song, and its message. The bass intro grabs from the outset, and Stuart Adamson's lead guitar work is thrillingly memorable (often cited as an influence by other guitarists, like U2's The Edge, and Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield). The Skids were best known for these dynamic rabble-rousing anthems (like Charade and Masquerade), but some of their more introspective tracks have some wonderfully expressive guitar work (like the album title track 'Scared To Dance'). Great review, thankyou !
That was the best review of that song, and The Skids, I have heard! You took the time to comment on all band members, and then went in to an analysis. Excellent. The Skids were the first band I ever liked, when I was 15 yrs old and saw them on Top of the Pops doing Masquerade(the following single to the above song) Masquerade is still the greatest song, for me. After that, I wanted to be in a band myself so learnt bass guitar, and played in several bands over the next 20 years. I suppose your going to say you are a Canadian (I think you may be, I am most unsure) but I was going to say, you, as an American, may want to hear there single from 1980, Working for the Yankee Dollar.
Enjoyable reaction as ever, Nick. As for the unintelligible diction, that was more than acknowledged in the attached...Hope you can get it to play (maybe use a VPN), as it has always made me laugh. ua-cam.com/video/Gib916jJW1o/v-deo.html.
@@simonevs020 Haha I am really glad that it played for you. Check out the other in the same series of Maxell ads, using The Israelites by Desmond Dekker
The track perhaps became most well known for it's use in a Maxwell cassette ad in the 80's in which misheard lyrics were presented on cards a la Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues. I believe it was Jobson himself in the Dylan role. The other song used was Desmond Dekker's Israelites ("Me ears are alight"). Be warned though, as once heard it's hard to go back to the original lyrics: Into the valley Peas sure sound divine That sissy suffered you But who can Viv iron? The soldiers go marching There’s masses of lamb. Whose disease is cat skin? My picture is Hugh’s toe. Ahoy! Ahoy! Len see a sty Ahoy! Ahoy! Barman and soda Ahoy! Ahoy! Juicy men embalmed her Ahoy! Ahoy! Lung nearly gave ua-cam.com/video/Gib916jJW1o/v-deo.html
You'll probably know, Nick, that after the Sex Pistols split up, John Lydon formed a band called Public Image Limited. They were musically very different to the Pistols, taking in influences from Krautrock, dub and crude early electronica. If you haven't heard the song "Poptones" from their album "Metal box", I'm sure you'd find the music and lyrics very intriguing.
lol i just realised after 40 odd years that jobbie could also be a reference to Richard Jobson the vocalist. this will only fly in scotland but bearing in mind the above explanation of what a jobbie is and how kids are the poor guy must have had a nickname nightmare at school as the immediate go to is jobbie Jobson and imagine if your nickname had been shitty or turdy at school you would come out totally neurotic or you would end up doing what he did and learning to have such a big personality that you cancel it out.
1979 school disco chaos! Forty euphoric 11-year-old lads kick-dancing themselves into unmanageable delirium.
The Skids, great Scottish band, check out “The Saints are Coming” , “Working for the Yankee Dollar” and ”Masquerade” all big hits for them in the late 70s punk new wave scene
The Skids' guitarist, Stuart Adamson, had great success with a band called Big Country after The Skids split up. He had a very recognisable guitar sound and style. You might want to check out "Fields of fire" or "In a big country".
RIP Stuart - got to spend five minutes talking to him many many moons ago - a big man with a big talent & a big Guitar sound, top bloke.
Any Big Country track is a good steer - he carried over that huge Guitar sound to the new band. I can't recommend their back catalogue enough.
I had Skids Masquerade as my ringtone for 10 years!
Great to hear The Skids. The Saints Are Coming should be next.
As covered by Green Day with U2 . . . not very well if I dare say
This drove me crazy when I was a kid, in the days before the internet, trying to decipher the lyrics, and still remember the excitement when I found a music magazine with the lyrics in it. i still know them off by heart.
ua-cam.com/video/Gib916jJW1o/v-deo.html Anyone remember these ads?! 😂
If there was a pub full of people singing this song I would steer away, since the possibility to get drunk and being at home around 4 am would be high.
You should also react to "Babylon's burning" by The Ruts. Along with The Skids, they were one of the best and most successful of the second wave of UK punk bands.
I’d second that! Along with ‘Staring at the Rude Boys’ … also - why not try ‘Looking after No.1’(? I think) by The Boomtown Rats. All great adrenaline tunes!
@@neilmccarthy5102 Good call, mate.
Great band, You should check out their songs,
The Saints are Coming
Working for the Yankee Dollar
Masquerade
They reformed recently and I saw them here in Bristol.
Was blown away by them, especially Jobsons's energy.
He danced around stage all night like Muhammad Ali.
Wow! Another of my favourite songs, two in the one week- you are really spoiling me/us!
With Jobson's singing it certainly isn't just the accent. I grew up and now am back living less than 15 miles from where the Skids were from and I couldn't understand more than every second or third word. One of the greatest contributions the internet has made to world culture is finally being able to understand what the fuck the Skids and some of the other bands from my youth were on about.
Lots of great Skids tracks to listen to next: 'Working For the Yankee Dollar', 'Charles' or 'Out Of Town' are the first 3 to come to mind. I think you've saved the best for first though. Good stuff!
This takes me back
to great music 👍
Yay, I couldn’t click on this fast enough. Great song.
If you want to be woken up try Xray Spex and “Oh bondage up yours “ or maybe “The day the world turned dayglo” to be woken up a bit more gently.
Richard Jobson went on to become a TV presenter, as well as fronting a band called The Armoury Show.
He certainly looked older than his tender years when appearing on Top Of The Pops!
Loved this when it came out.
It's in all those top 10 most frequently misheard lyrics.
We all sung along in our youth clubs not having a clue what the words were. 🤣
I haven't heard this song since 1979. Keep up the good work Nick!
This is one of the best and most melodic punk songs ever written. The band had a top ten hit in the UK with this. The definitive Scottish punk band. I'm reading Richard Jobson's autobiography right now (Into the Valley!). The lyrics of this band really were arty and intelligent. One of a kind. Never repeated!
"Soldiers go marching there's masses of lamb" lol.
Yes top of the pops appearance is a memorable moment I remember when I was a teen, the singer became a TV presenter for the BBC (I think) presenting art shows.
Another high energy song around the same period maybe abit later was Teardrop Explodes-Reward lead singer was Julian Cope.
Also Tempole Tudor-Swords of a thousand men (that too was a memorable top of the pops moment very energetic).
Barman and soda
What a fabulous band
My home town band. First record I ever bought was Working for a Yankee Dollar. Saw them live about 4 years ago, which was excellent.
Hi Nick, thanks so much for following up this recommendation ! You really nailed all the things I love about this song, and its message. The bass intro grabs from the outset, and Stuart Adamson's lead guitar work is thrillingly memorable (often cited as an influence by other guitarists, like U2's The Edge, and Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield). The Skids were best known for these dynamic rabble-rousing anthems (like Charade and Masquerade), but some of their more introspective tracks have some wonderfully expressive guitar work (like the album title track 'Scared To Dance'). Great review, thankyou !
Guitarist, the late Stuart Adamson went on to form Big Country a few years later. Charlton Athletic FC play at The Valley
First record i ever bought. Great Scottish band, try’Of One Skin’ next
I remember asking for this and Hersham boys by sham 69 at the local disco happy days I used to Copy the dance after seeing them on top of the pops lol
Saw them in 78 and 79. Went on to become a massive Big Country fan because of Stuart
That was the best review of that song, and The Skids, I have heard! You took the time to comment on all band members, and then went in to an analysis. Excellent. The Skids were the first band I ever liked, when I was 15 yrs old and saw them on Top of the Pops doing Masquerade(the following single to the above song) Masquerade is still the greatest song, for me. After that, I wanted to be in a band myself so learnt bass guitar, and played in several bands over the next 20 years. I suppose your going to say you are a Canadian (I think you may be, I am most unsure) but I was going to say, you, as an American, may want to hear there single from 1980, Working for the Yankee Dollar.
Thanks! Yes, I try to give everyone their due and analyze as best as I can. And yes, I'm Canadian, but I can still check out that song!
"The Saints Are Coming," "Women In Winter," "Circus Games," "Hurry on Boys" would be brilliant follow ups! Cheers!
Great songs and great music great live band
you can still hear the ahoy ahoy chanted at football matches over 40 years later-
Seeing them on saturday
Memories😀 'mascarade' another top dittie by em
Enjoyable reaction as ever, Nick. As for the unintelligible diction, that was more than acknowledged in the attached...Hope you can get it to play (maybe use a VPN), as it has always made me laugh. ua-cam.com/video/Gib916jJW1o/v-deo.html.
Maxell tape ad? Made me laugh too.
@@simonevs020 Haha I am really glad that it played for you. Check out the other in the same series of Maxell ads, using The Israelites by Desmond Dekker
@@robinwarner3332 my ears are alight 😀
@@farnleytyas4235 haha. Those advertising execs deserved a pat on the back for that one.
got the white vinyl single...a classic
The song is about young Scottish lads being sent to serve in Northern Ireland during the peak of the troubles.
Yes, next up The Ruts classic Staring At The Rude Boys and also Babylon's Burning.
That metallic riff...
The track perhaps became most well known for it's use in a Maxwell cassette ad in the 80's in which misheard lyrics were presented on cards a la Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues. I believe it was Jobson himself in the Dylan role. The other song used was Desmond Dekker's Israelites ("Me ears are alight"). Be warned though, as once heard it's hard to go back to the original lyrics:
Into the valley
Peas sure sound divine
That sissy suffered you
But who can Viv iron?
The soldiers go marching
There’s masses of lamb.
Whose disease is cat skin?
My picture is Hugh’s toe.
Ahoy! Ahoy! Len see a sty
Ahoy! Ahoy! Barman and soda
Ahoy! Ahoy! Juicy men embalmed her
Ahoy! Ahoy! Lung nearly gave
ua-cam.com/video/Gib916jJW1o/v-deo.html
B-Side is also great. Early Start Adamson (Big Country) also - but deffo early signs of BC guitar there ....
Graham Coxon nicked most of this song for Freaking Out!
I love Graham Coxon!
Suprised you havent done The Exploited or Lords of the New Church
Why didn't you expect the guitar work to be so good? Saw them in 78 supporting the Stranglers in Peterborough .Love Jobo.R.I.P Stuart.
Thick accent pal.I'm Scottish and understand everything.Get a life.
Days in Europa best album methinks
Please do Chicken Payback by The Bees.
You'll probably know, Nick, that after the Sex Pistols split up, John Lydon formed a band called Public Image Limited. They were musically very different to the Pistols, taking in influences from Krautrock, dub and crude early electronica. If you haven't heard the song "Poptones" from their album "Metal box", I'm sure you'd find the music and lyrics very intriguing.
Hi Nick, pls do King's Crossing by Elliott Smith freakin mastepiece
Saw them last night excellent
Awesome, good to hear!
✨ Ｐ𝐫Ｏ𝕞Ｏ𝓢ｍ
original name brown jobbie and the skid marks jobbie being a scottish colloquialism for a turd or shit so in fact you are quite correct.
lol i just realised after 40 odd years that jobbie could also be a reference to Richard Jobson the vocalist. this will only fly in scotland but bearing in mind the above explanation of what a jobbie is and how kids are the poor guy must have had a nickname nightmare at school as the immediate go to is jobbie Jobson and imagine if your nickname had been shitty or turdy at school you would come out totally neurotic or you would end up doing what he did and learning to have such a big personality that you cancel it out.