Chumbawamba - Happiness Is Just a Chant Away

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @jackal59
    @jackal59 3 роки тому +23

    Now I see why Chumbawamba took the EMI contract. They must have figured that if EMI was so incredibly daft as to offer a bunch of anarchists who close a song singing "Harry Roberts" in the style of "Hare Krishna," then they deserved everything they would get. (And damn it, could they ever write a hook. I've been listening to this on a loop.)

  • @elsyepetrie
    @elsyepetrie 10 років тому +54

    I miss Chumba so much.. Maybe I'm just getting old....

    • @dvonpm4881
      @dvonpm4881 8 років тому +13

      Dont worry, happiiness is just one pair of grampa pants away ;D

    • @robertwyszynski6806
      @robertwyszynski6806 3 роки тому

      me too

    • @voidmystic3419
      @voidmystic3419 3 роки тому +1

      I miss chumba too. We are getting old

    • @Peaceluvnfcuk
      @Peaceluvnfcuk 3 роки тому +8

      No mate your not getting old, every day I wake to ' The day the nazi died' it reminds me of the values I've carried for so long, we should never rest til every Nazi dies!

    • @deanevans3069
      @deanevans3069 3 роки тому

      I miss them too

  • @johnmothershaw4485
    @johnmothershaw4485 5 років тому +11

    One of the very best bands ever

  • @showbizsam4440
    @showbizsam4440 Рік тому +1

    I recall picking up and buying a crusty-punk 7" compilation with a few bands on it, named Bare-Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records. However, at the time of Chumbawamba's brief relationship with EMI, I met a good woman, got married, had a few kids, and put every penny into raising our family. As I couldn't afford to purchase singles & albums, I had no option but to opt out of music until they were a little older and things weren't so tight. Basically, I kept tags on my two favourites, Go-Kart Mozart and Hard Skin, and avoided being tempted by anything else.
    Did Chumbawamba take EMI for as much as possible and then call it a day? Or did they plod on with an indie label for a while? And did the crusties kiss and make up with them? Or was it an eternal parting of the ways?
    Just bought my first vinyl in years last weekend. It's been a long, long, time.

  • @BenStone_
    @BenStone_ Рік тому +1

    I drove from one side of Crete to the other and back again on a 125 trail bike singing about the hills of Hebden Bridge and Halifax to my Walkman!

    • @BenStone_
      @BenStone_ Рік тому

      everybody's great! ❤️

  • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
    @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 10 років тому +44

    I think what I find the MOST addicting about a lot of their stuff is their sarcastic use of major key.

    • @music4thedeaf
      @music4thedeaf 9 років тому

      Pyagrl*16 what other bands would you recommend?

    • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
      @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 9 років тому +6

      I think System of a Down is like the U.S.A. counterpart to Chumbawamba, because almost all of their songs are sociopolitical, and they likewise present them in very goofy and/or cheeky manner. I don't know if System of a Down are anarchists, but their lyrics make it pretty clear that they support at least the downfall of the current social structure in the U.S.

    • @music4thedeaf
      @music4thedeaf 9 років тому +1

      Pyagrl*16 do you like folk music?

    • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
      @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 9 років тому

      Abiasaf López You know, I could like anything, as long as it's interesting! :-)

    • @music4thedeaf
      @music4thedeaf 9 років тому +9

      well then heres a couple artists i really like. :)
      Ryan Harvey-global economy. he's an anarchist folk singer i really like.
      Tom Frampton-a song of unapologetic optimism. Tom and Ryan used to be in a group called riot folk collective. i really like his music its very emotional even if his voice isn't the most pleasant.
      Jesse Williams-ironside
      Woody Guthrie-two good men. Woody Guthrie once said" I don't know about communism, but I've been in the red all my life."
      Phil Ochs-i aint marching anymore. Phil Ochs was a journalist who also was a folk singer. i believe he was a socialist.
      Mischief Brew-Graditude and Thanks .Erik Petersen is a carpenter,folk singer and anarchist. his music always has something to communicate.
      hope you like it. :-)

  • @pixiesprimecut
    @pixiesprimecut 12 років тому +9

    yeah i loved it..i used to be out in my ford capri with it in my cassette player :-)

  • @mikenorledge4110
    @mikenorledge4110 3 роки тому +9

    I'm having a wonderful time drunk on communion wine
    One sin over the seven
    Sick all over the stairway to heaven
    Bullshit, bullshit, priests without a pulpit
    Shake shake shake your blessed bells
    Ding dong, heaven calling, buzz buzz buzz, haircut sir
    You put your whole self in, your whole self out
    In out in out, shake it all about
    With a pop song, pop song, smothering love bombs
    You're great i'm great everybody's great
    Everybody's great
    (repeat)
    Happiness is just a chant away
    (repeat)
    Georgie got a needle and georgie got a hit
    Georgie got religion and a saviour on a stick
    There're a thousand georgies all posing in a field
    Which are false and which are real?
    You put your whole self in, your whole self out
    In out, in out, what's it all about?
    Pop song, pop song, smothering love bombs
    You're great i'm great everybody's great
    Everybody's great
    (repeat)
    Happiness is just a chant away
    (repeat)
    I'm having a wonderful time drunk on communion wine
    One sin over the seven
    Sick all over the stairway to heaven
    Harry roberts, harry roberts, roberts, roberts, harry, harry
    (repeat)
    Everybody got a good deal
    Everybody got a guru
    Everybody got a love bomb
    Everybody got a hit song
    (repeat)
    LOVE!

  • @elsyepetrie
    @elsyepetrie 13 років тому +4

    Thank you for posting this wonderful album. PLEASE post them all. Thank you. Andrew from Vancouver Island.

  • @LackaJudgment
    @LackaJudgment 10 років тому +16

    It just clicked in my head the Harry Roberts is the Hare Krishna mantra, hahaha what an insanely eclectic eccentric group of folks.

    • @AnklepantsSkateZine
      @AnklepantsSkateZine 10 років тому +4

      That is why this band is brilliant. This song is even noted on the Harry Roberts Wiki page.

    • @MrTrafford72
      @MrTrafford72 9 років тому +4

      And Harry Roberts was the name of a Policeman shot dead by babkrobbers in the 70s, Leeds United football fans used to chant that at police during football matches....

    • @kobi5282
      @kobi5282 9 років тому +11

      James Loughran Harry Roberts was the guy who shot and killed 2 policemen, he spent 48 years in jail and came out last year. The football fans chant his name as they dont like the coppers.

    • @malmurray6958
      @malmurray6958 7 років тому +1

      Mike Norledge . Yup suppose your right . Good bad old harry .. did spend excessive amounts of time in gaol though . Bit unfair .

    • @alewis5836
      @alewis5836 6 років тому +3

      they certainly were pacifists but they are pretty explicit about shifting their politics to supporting more militant tactics after the miners strike. And i certainly disagree that violence can't be used as a tool of resistance, the history of revolution and autonomous resistance bears this out, but we can certainly disagree as to whether it is always used strategically, and probably agree that not everyone is going to be down for it

  • @manmountain108
    @manmountain108 5 років тому +10

    None of it is sarcastic. Just fuckin genius. Best album ever.

  • @andrewpetrie2103
    @andrewpetrie2103 2 роки тому +1

    Slava the world. Chumbawumba.

  • @smckie56
    @smckie56 12 років тому +4

    my fave Chumbas album.

  • @DavidSevern
    @DavidSevern 6 років тому +2

    Takes me back. Thank you for this

  • @ichaukan
    @ichaukan 5 років тому

    I grew up on loads of different music, but mostly KMFDM and Chumbawamba. It all really helped me make sense of living in North America.

  • @NefBZA0999
    @NefBZA0999 Рік тому

    You just can't help but sing along..VERY LOUDLY..😁😅😂🤣😭..☠️

  • @adychaplin6418
    @adychaplin6418 10 років тому +8

    thanks for putting this up.

  • @alexroselle
    @alexroselle 5 років тому +5

    04:10 this horn solo was used by the Beatles too! Or is it originally from somewhere else?

    • @steeplejack50
      @steeplejack50 5 років тому +4

      Nope -- you got it. From "For No One" from the Revolver album.

  • @whisperingfox
    @whisperingfox 8 років тому +3

    Everybody got a good dealEverybody got a guruEverybody got a love bombEverybody got a hit song

  • @votolatodiaries
    @votolatodiaries 2 роки тому +2

    Why is this song and “Behave” not on Spotify????

  • @TheAskTrixieChannel
    @TheAskTrixieChannel 5 років тому +5

    Spot the "If there's a bustle in your hedgerow" melody they snuck in there. XD

  • @MarioLopez-me8ni
    @MarioLopez-me8ni 4 роки тому +1

    4:29 Hare Krishna melody!!. Beautiful Song!. Harry Roberts?. Who is he?. :)

    • @MarioLopez-me8ni
      @MarioLopez-me8ni 4 роки тому +1

      @Thomas Warriner Thank you

    • @voidmystic3419
      @voidmystic3419 3 роки тому +2

      Shot and killed 2 coppers in 1970 something. In leeds

    • @MarioLopez-me8ni
      @MarioLopez-me8ni 3 роки тому +1

      @@voidmystic3419 Thank you

    • @justahumanbeing.709
      @justahumanbeing.709 Рік тому +1

      a violent criminal that killed two policemen, Chumbawumba obviously think killing innocent men with wives and children is cool and something to be celebrated!

  • @steeplejack50
    @steeplejack50 5 років тому

    I like the Beatles' nods in this -- the trumpet solo is taken note for note from the Revolver album's "For No One" while repeating the words "Harry Harry" mimics George Harrison's use of "Hari Hari" in "My Sweet Lord".

    • @AlIguana
      @AlIguana 3 роки тому

      the whole album was supposed to be a Chumba-ised version of Beatles songs, except the Beatles/Apple objected, so they rewrote them all (I seem to remember). I'm glad they did, cos the album is far more interesting than an album of Beatles songs with cheeky lyrics

    • @justahumanbeing.709
      @justahumanbeing.709 Рік тому

      they are singing 'Harry Roberts' in the style of the Hare Krishna chant, Harry Roberts murdered some innocent policemen and Chumbawumba think that's cool and glorified him in a song!

  • @MarkShapiroJudgmentBuy
    @MarkShapiroJudgmentBuy 9 років тому +2

    Rocking song!

  • @dannycheesums
    @dannycheesums 12 років тому +3

    It was only recently I heard For No One by the Beatles for the first time - I had always the trumpet solo was a Chumbawamba composition! Chumba use it better though

    • @ninagray4441
      @ninagray4441 2 роки тому +2

      The Shhh album was originally called Jesus H Christ and it was entirely used up them playing parts of other people's songs and mashing them together. No one they approached agreed without getting 100% profits from the song, making it untenable. They had to reimagine the entire album, though did leave in as much of the pinching as possible.

  • @johnmothershaw4485
    @johnmothershaw4485 4 роки тому

    Ding dong heaven calling buzz buzz buzz haircut sir?

  • @SecretTimeWarp
    @SecretTimeWarp 12 років тому +1

    Try to find MP3's of their unreleased single "Hat Trick For Harry"..... the b-side is a very long, INCREDIBLY BIZARRE remix of this song that is just too nightmarish and creepy for words. (A snippet of the remix popped up as a hidden track on 'Uneasy Listening', but the rest of it remains unreleased.)

    • @rezillosross
      @rezillosross 4 роки тому

      Just seen this comment, now I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to find theae tracks...

  • @andrewpetrie2103
    @andrewpetrie2103 2 роки тому

    I get knocked out! chumba..

  • @alexroselle
    @alexroselle 3 роки тому +1

    Harry Roberts and the Prisoner of ACABan

  • @jupiter6218
    @jupiter6218 5 років тому +1

    🎺🎺🎺

    • @1204-p3r
      @1204-p3r 5 років тому +1

      🎸🎸🎸

  • @Smoker2110
    @Smoker2110 11 років тому +1

    everybody's great!

  • @andy29375
    @andy29375 5 років тому +4

    Sends a horrible chill down my spine when they start chanting 'Harry Roberts'!
    For anyone who doesn't know, Roberts and two of his criminal gang gunned down three innocent police officers because they were about to discover the gang had guns on them.
    It would seem he's being celebrated by these lyrics. Heartbreaking!

    • @LarryKippings
      @LarryKippings 4 роки тому +4

      Yes, I agree. My neighbour is the widow of one of the Police officers that was murdered. It’s not appropriate to include his name in this song, it’s very wrong.

    • @andy29375
      @andy29375 4 роки тому +4

      Larry Kippings poor lady! Please let her know she’s not forgotten ❤️❤️

    • @nodiggity9472
      @nodiggity9472 4 роки тому +1

      @@andy29375 Remember Kieth "half a pound of smokey" Blakelock too?

    • @andy29375
      @andy29375 4 роки тому +1

      No Diggity no. Sounds disgusting mate 😪

    • @nodiggity9472
      @nodiggity9472 4 роки тому

      @@andy29375 Poor Bloke got hacked to bits by 13 year olds with machetes. In Tottenham.

  • @johngleason1776
    @johngleason1776 10 років тому +2

    Why does this remind me of the Safety Dance

    • @nodiggity9472
      @nodiggity9472 3 роки тому

      Is that the one with Jaime, Cersei and Tyrion Lannister happily dancing through the ruins of season eight? The ending that was promised. ua-cam.com/video/0QDKLglEP5Y/v-deo.html

  • @robertcreighton4635
    @robertcreighton4635 3 роки тому +2

    Harry Harry Roberts is our mate he killed three coppers Harry Harry roberts

  • @wcarloswilliams
    @wcarloswilliams 12 років тому

    yes the days before vw commercials

  • @URBANPERMACULTURE
    @URBANPERMACULTURE 2 роки тому

    fucking genius

  • @andyforsythe2565
    @andyforsythe2565 4 роки тому

    Sorted for E's and Whizz

  • @VicYelding
    @VicYelding 3 роки тому

    Harry Roberts!

  • @elofan5484
    @elofan5484 7 років тому +1

    Is it me or does the guitar sound a bit like the Cars?

    • @1204-p3r
      @1204-p3r 5 років тому

      LOL YES 😱

  • @markbrad123
    @markbrad123 5 років тому

    Mind blowing when one thinks how rare and precious organic life is in the Universe. In that sense everybody is really great. Sad the lack of attention makes everybody behave so bad through thinking. Don't think sarcasm helps though.

  • @thelonious1310
    @thelonious1310 11 місяців тому

    This sounds like some awful sonic underground track that didnt make the cut ☠️

  • @stevepaleface
    @stevepaleface 10 років тому

    Schite.

  • @JohnnyWrong
    @JohnnyWrong 10 років тому +8

    One of the very worst bands ever.

    • @JohnnyWrong
      @JohnnyWrong 10 років тому

      ***** Ha ha ha...yeah, I rrreeeaaalllyyy love corporate culture. Baseless troll response, son. Just what I'd expect from a fan of this pish.

    • @timlincoln3009
      @timlincoln3009 10 років тому +4

      Wrong by name, wrong by nature

    • @JohnnyWrong
      @JohnnyWrong 9 років тому

      ***** Dude, you're replying to MY comment with playground insults, that makes you the troll. And a hypocrite to boot.

    • @jamesellis8076
      @jamesellis8076 9 років тому +3

      +disgraceland uk nob

    • @JohnnyWrong
      @JohnnyWrong 9 років тому

      +James Ellis Ha ha.