I'm a girl of 15 years old, surrounded with people that listen to Melanie Martinez, Bieber, Swift and other of that type of stuff, and I'm here listening to fucking GUN from the 90s. If we're talking about the rock n' roll vibe: I'm the living proof. I hope there are still othere teens like me and that we will keep this genre alive!
You have GREAT taste in music then, all those pop fans that your surrounded by should take a leaf out of your book and ditch those shitty pop artists and listen to REAL MUSIC! Good for you. \m/ Keep on rockin' !!
I think these guys were just a bit older than yourself when bought out the album"" taking on the world..": ...awesome. Album for such young coming.out of Scotland
When I was 14 my dad took me back to Scotland, to visit family. Unbeknownst got me, my uncle Derek played guitar for gun for around 2-3 years! I was to young to remember now, but I listened to them onstage at a festival. Experience of a lifetime.
Saw GUN opening for the Rolling Stones on is Steel Wheels tour 1990 in Barcelona Olimpic Stadium. 😲👍 GUN is youth energy on stage, God bless these boys. Greetings FROM BCN.💪💪💥💪💪
One of the most under-rated bands of the late 80s/early 90s. Taking on the World is a cracking album. I feel very luck to have seen the original line up live on several occasions back in the day.
They played a live session out the first floor window of Tower Records in Glasgow some time back in the 1990s. Almost stopped all traffic on Argyle street.
I just read the old Tower Records building is going up for auction. £1.7m they're looking for. The memories of that building will live with me forever.
back to being a student, walkman on, dodging classes, playing cards in the refectory, playing practical jokes on the whole damn building ..... never got better than this - those were the better days.
I forgot all about this band and song for at least 20 years - probably closer to 30 really !! So glad I finally rediscovered and remembered it , cuz as I read in some of the other comments , we truly need 'em now more than ever !! Great band , great song !! Love the Norton motorcycle in the video - nice touch to let you know that these guys are more than likely lads from Britain !! ❤️💋😜👍💪😎🥸
There was a time...my dear friends...when all you need to make good rock music was a good band, classic instruments and some very powerful boosters ...!
ok lets discuss-- my love for this band started so long ago im not sure what year it was but picture it late 80's at a store in cumberland RI called Ann &Hope they had cassette tapes all on sale and i just reached in grabbed this said yea they look cool-- no googling no internet just my awesome instincts for good music! Never regretted that purchase they won me on the first song --this one!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I took my car to a mechanical shop here last year and this band was playing on the youtube. Man How could I miss this band all these years. Today I listened to 3 albuns during my shift
I would like to thank Classic Rock magazine for having this Gun album in their Top 100 Greatest 80's Albums. Never heard of 'em. In Australia in the 1980's we didn't get to hear (or see) lots of stuff. Thanks.
I remember buying this cassette in ‘89 when I was 20 and really thought they were gonna be BIG! Keep wondering what happened… the whole album was really fricking GOOD! I still have the cassette… Course, I have nothing to play it on, but I’m NEVER gonna let go of my old cassettes… too many great memories attached to them.
Holy shit I have been looking for these songs for years. I remember my Dad had this album and he recorded it for me on tape as I loved it. Have not heard it in a long long time and can still remember the words. Loved this album.
gun was epic i grew up listening to throughout my teens up to when i was 20.Mark rankin is 3rd best rock vocalist of my generation.We all need better days in 2021.from shaz in the uk.
Did the lead singer pass away , noticed on the new sessions he is not with them . Taking on the world is my fist CD of this band . a true one of a kind band.
I remember this song when it first came out 1989-90 and loved the song, afterwards i forgot the song lyrics band name so it was lost but never forgot the song, then one day I heard it on the radio in 2017 it took 27 years to be reunited.
This was the first video of this band, I saw ( about 30 years ago ; ). Those good times, still in my mind ( I got they first vinyl record from a local music store ). This song of Gun is still pretty good. Imo ; )
Over the years, I've bought some albums on the strength of hearing one track only. Solid Air by John Martyn, Pornograffiti by Extreme, and Taking on the World by this band. It's a joy to take the risk on paying good money for something you've never heard in full, and discovering the whole album is a belter. This one is no exception and more than most, still holds its head higher than many other artists. Oh, and just a thought. I've bought some albums on the strength of hearing one track and have been absolutely dire. Needless to say, they're not in my CD collection. Hope a few more teenagers find this album, and hey. Nothing wrong with leather jackets and jeans. They're a cut above most youth fashion I see in the streets today. And bare in mind, the two guitarists in Gun at the time of this album were only seventeen years old. And the fashion that was to dominate this country soon afterwards was the dreary Brit Pop bags. At least Bernard Butler was able to carry the flag in the early days of Suede. Regards, Nick the Pensioner. 🦽
What I would give to have the isolated drum track to put this in my pub rock set,,too difficult to program, the drummer is amazing ! Better days is up there with The Boys are Bqdk Thin Lizzy ,,absolute classic!!
Cant listen to this loud enough. Saw em live in exeter uni standing next to the rig getting my jeans blown off spilling larger ,smoke everywhere boy they were better days
89.. The Advent of Acid House and Ecstacy.....bad time as a rock band to try and become BIG.... And I'm somebody who grew up on Heavy Rock/Metal, but who also embraced Acid House as well.... Bad timing for them, that's what I'd say....
Who are the 53 dicks on thumbs down,,if youre here because youre a rock fan how can you not hear and see a classic track..Sizzling guitar work,great drummer ,great vocals and a fantastic song.Gun for me were the natural progression from Thin Lizzy ,maybe the inspirational Brian Robertson Glasgow connection ? Better management or relocating in America should have seen their star rise even higher ,wish thier original singer would return,no disrespect to the Dante brothers.Gun or Bon Jovi,, no brainer !
This song is more relevant today than ever. Great Song!
That's totally right! I agree 100%
One of the most underrated bands to come out of Scotland 🏴😉
Truly were better days.
I'm a girl of 15 years old, surrounded with people that listen to Melanie Martinez, Bieber, Swift and other of that type of stuff, and I'm here listening to fucking GUN from the 90s. If we're talking about the rock n' roll vibe: I'm the living proof. I hope there are still othere teens like me and that we will keep this genre alive!
You have GREAT taste in music then, all those pop fans that your surrounded by should take a leaf out of your book and ditch those shitty pop artists and listen to REAL MUSIC! Good for you. \m/ Keep on rockin' !!
I think these guys were just a bit older than yourself when bought out the album"" taking on the world..":
...awesome. Album for such young coming.out of Scotland
YOU go girl!
When I was 14 my dad took me back to Scotland, to visit family. Unbeknownst got me, my uncle Derek played guitar for gun for around 2-3 years! I was to young to remember now, but I listened to them onstage at a festival. Experience of a lifetime.
Ok
Saw them at Hampden supporting the stones and they were and still are brilliant.
I remember buying this album back in 1989, was a teenager back then, good times
Same, on cassette :)
@@mattgoodwin-king2228 same here ,vinyl,better beer days
Love where are they now ?)
One of the most underrated UK rock bands of all time.
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Saw GUN opening for the Rolling Stones on is Steel Wheels tour 1990 in Barcelona Olimpic Stadium. 😲👍 GUN is youth energy on stage, God bless these boys. Greetings FROM BCN.💪💪💥💪💪
So did I. The old Wembley Stadium - very impressive.
One of the most under-rated bands of the late 80s/early 90s.
Taking on the World is a cracking album.
I feel very luck to have seen the original line up live on several occasions back in the day.
really under rated cause i can heard their punk rock grunge hard rock shits and its hard to find in youtube albums
Thank you bro ! ) just got it
Swagger is such a great album.
Most underrated rock band ever
its a shame its "word up" that many remember them for
I have it on vinyl somewhere, excellent!
It's amazing this band didn't sell millions of records back then. They were and are so good
I played the album over and over. The new album is excellent.
my favourite scottish metal band
They played a live session out the first floor window of Tower Records in Glasgow some time back in the 1990s. Almost stopped all traffic on Argyle street.
Big country did it first love the two of them !
I just read the old Tower Records building is going up for auction. £1.7m they're looking for.
The memories of that building will live with me forever.
@@sweatymrkim4578 - And me.
Was the promotion of Swagger. They did a instore signing afterwards.
One of the best songs by an underrated band. GUN you are so big anyway !!!
+Ander Mendoza Salinas I think the same, you must listen their new record wich is different but enormous. VIVA GUN
Amen!
Ander Mendoza Salinas i salute you
Totally agree with you, Ander. They deserved a lot more recognition...
And from my native Glasgow.
When youngsters were digging solid rock 🙌🏻🎸
God this is when music was music, not the crap they call music on the radio.
back to being a student, walkman on, dodging classes, playing cards in the refectory, playing practical jokes on the whole damn building ..... never got better than this - those were the better days.
I forgot all about this band and song for at least 20 years - probably closer to 30 really !! So glad I finally rediscovered and remembered it , cuz as I read in some of the other comments , we truly need 'em now more than ever !! Great band , great song !! Love the Norton motorcycle in the video - nice touch to let you know that these guys are more than likely lads from Britain !! ❤️💋😜👍💪😎🥸
Scottish actually. Glasgow to be precise.
There was a time...my dear friends...when all you need to make good rock music was a good band, classic instruments and some very powerful boosters ...!
Yeah no wot u mean but unfortunately them days r gone
@@garycowie8648 no they are not, bands just aren't promoted like they used to be. There are still good bands out there who have talent and originality
Saw Gun on this tour 30 years ago in Elgin, Scotland ....God where did that time go?
Summer of '89 vividly etched in memory thanks to songs like this...
Same here , good times .
One of the best tunes of 1989.
I liked Gun. They did some excellent music. Their cover of "Word Up" was pretty tasty.
Better days indeed.... late 80's and 90's were the time to grow up..
Duchess of York , Leeds 1989. Still in my top 10 of gigs ever. Such a great live band..
ok lets discuss-- my love for this band started so long ago im not sure what year it was but picture it late 80's at a store in cumberland RI called Ann &Hope they had cassette tapes all on sale and i just reached in grabbed this said yea they look cool-- no googling no internet just my awesome instincts for good music! Never regretted that purchase they won me on the first song --this one!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Norton, leather jackets, Marshal amps, great guitar riffs, late 80s.... 👍
I live in N. Providence and have shopped there. Recently found this on disc after years of not knowing who did this song. Cheers!
i am a scouser that mean i am from Liverpool England and i done the same as you only over here
I took my car to a mechanical shop here last year and this band was playing on the youtube. Man How could I miss this band all these years. Today I listened to 3 albuns during my shift
television and radios fault it takes so long to find good music
I would like to thank Classic Rock magazine for having this Gun album in their Top 100 Greatest 80's Albums. Never heard of 'em. In Australia in the 1980's we didn't get to hear (or see) lots of stuff.
Thanks.
Love ya.
I somehow found Taking on the World on vinyl, late 80’s early 90’s OZ. Being into guns, I bought it and it was excellent !! 🤘🏼
I remember buying this cassette in ‘89 when I was 20 and really thought they were gonna be BIG! Keep wondering what happened… the whole album was really fricking GOOD! I still have the cassette… Course, I have nothing to play it on, but I’m NEVER gonna let go of my old cassettes… too many great memories attached to them.
They became big at the third album with the monster hit Word up 🙌🏻🎸
Ever since I saw them support simple minds at Wembley stadium they have been one of my favourites!
Holy shit I have been looking for these songs for years. I remember my Dad had this album and he recorded it for me on tape as I loved it. Have not heard it in a long long time and can still remember the words.
Loved this album.
Absolutely love this SONG!! Still on my ' top ten ' on my daily playlist!!🤘🤘🤘👊👊🖤🖤
same here
They were the Better Days back then. Not now
One day, when Jesus returns...
Alongside Nazareth have to be the best Rock band to come out of Scotland .Roll on this Saturday at the Barras!
The 80s and 90s were much better days.
First album has no weak tracks 👌
gun was epic i grew up listening to throughout my teens up to when i was 20.Mark rankin is 3rd best rock vocalist of my generation.We all need better days in 2021.from shaz in the uk.
As a teenager in the mid '70's punk brilliance, this band restored my faith in music some 15 years later. What a band -love them.
Still in my ❤️. Fantastic song & awesome band. Original lead singer still the best
Everyone in 2020 is hoping for better days right now!!
I live out in the sticks so hardly even noticed the pandemic
Still maintain their debut album is one of the best debuts I've heard
guaoo que buen recuerdo tenia 14 años cuando escuche este temazo en 1990 hoy dia tengo 42 y me sigue gustando esta cancion
This band is the second best thing that ever came from Scotland (only behind Millennial Woes)
God visited you creating this song dudes
one of the best voices and band!!really but sadly not recognized....very short life
Did the lead singer pass away , noticed on the new sessions he is not with them . Taking on the world is my fist CD of this band . a true one of a kind band.
tom clark No, just no longer in the band. Works for Virgin Records in London. Wish he would come back , even just to record a new album.
Loved Watching The World Go By, Steal Your Fire, Taking on The World, etc. It's all good!!!
Saw these lads back the stones (Hamden 90) what a night that was.... brilliant
Seen these guys last night. They were feckin awesome!!!!
Proper music can't beat the genre pure and simple.
One of my favorites band and especially this song which motivate me true war days back in 1991 in Croatia. Like it predict it.
saw them
in 89 just before their debut album came out.....simply stunning.
Bought the album back in the days. A classic album. Truly. Killer track. Still on my playlist today. Awesome vocals of Mark.
Still got the 7th inch. Played it to death back in the scorching hot summer of 89.
the 3 first albuns of this band are amazing
I remember this song when it first came out 1989-90 and loved the song, afterwards i forgot the song lyrics band name so it was lost but never forgot the song, then one day I heard it on the radio in 2017 it took 27 years to be reunited.
so glad you and the song got together again!.x
Looking forward to seeing them again next week with Dan Reed Network and the mighty FM. What a fantastic triple bill
Yup saw this line up at Bristol. Brilliant. Happier days.
its 2020 now and everyone is in Covid-19 hysteria wishing for "Better Days!"
This was the first video of this band, I saw ( about 30 years ago ; ). Those good times, still in my mind ( I got they first vinyl record from a local music store ). This song of Gun is still pretty good. Imo ; )
I want to be young again...
True that!
Such. A. Great. Song!!
Killer tune! Killer album! Killer band! Pure European hard, feeling and virtue, makes Guns N' Roses sound like The Monkees
Still one of the best live bands you'll ever see. No half measures with the boys. Much heavier live....
Uno de mis grupos favoritos. One of muy favourite banda of my youth
One of the best rock bands of ever!!!!
Over the years, I've bought some albums on the strength of hearing one track only. Solid Air by John Martyn, Pornograffiti by Extreme, and Taking on the World by this band. It's a joy to take the risk on paying good money for something you've never heard in full, and discovering the whole album is a belter. This one is no exception and more than most, still holds its head higher than many other artists. Oh, and just a thought. I've bought some albums on the strength of hearing one track and have been absolutely dire. Needless to say, they're not in my CD collection. Hope a few more teenagers find this album, and hey. Nothing wrong with leather jackets and jeans. They're a cut above most youth fashion I see in the streets today. And bare in mind, the two guitarists in Gun at the time of this album were only seventeen years old. And the fashion that was to dominate this country soon afterwards was the dreary Brit Pop bags. At least Bernard Butler was able to carry the flag in the early days of Suede. Regards, Nick the Pensioner. 🦽
TEMAZO PASEN LOS AÑOS QUE PASEN, con esto quien quiere regueton... no hay color.
I remember seeing this band years back in London. Loved them.. Wow, still playing.. WTG guys!!!
OMG, it was just yesterday, when this song came out. Time flies... Still a great song!!
GUN GUN GUN forever🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰
Good Old days with good music
Let's hope for better days...
don't hope' make them ;)
Recently found this again . Love it. Brought back some memories. And I’m now remembering that they may have done a wee gig at my secondary school ??
YEAHHHH!!!!!
I like this team since i was 18 years old...
thanks!!!!!!
Beautiful and meaningful song !!
simply...a great music - I enjoj very much to listen to that classic - thank you very much for kind posting.. FM
I love this band ! Big up from Belfast
I saw them at Stonedead Festival a few years ago.....man they still rock
They were amazing. Proper gig after covid. Better days indeed
Best song ever
No sé inglés, pero me gusta mucho, felicidad para todos, better day
Superb band, should have been huge …!
What I would give to have the isolated drum track to put this in my pub rock set,,too difficult to program, the drummer is amazing ! Better days is up there with The Boys are Bqdk Thin Lizzy ,,absolute classic!!
This is a brilliant track by Gun. Gun are a really great band.
La banda de rock que ha habido y habrá... Grande Baby y Giuliano
The best memories...Greetings from Spain.
GUN A LEGGEND MUSIC THAT WILL NEVER DIE
Magnificent, like the whole album!!!❤️
They have a sort of.. Canadian feel to them.
Plenty of folks of Scots ancestry in Canada, so... 🙂
Sounds for all generation brilliant songs by gun on 7 inches sold out I at £ 8 99 it was pre owned HARD ROCK
Great song
Cant listen to this loud enough. Saw em live in exeter uni standing next to the rig getting my jeans blown off spilling larger ,smoke everywhere boy they were better days
Saw them support Simple Minds( and Melissa Etheridge ) in Germany 1989. They were great. Ended their set with a rockier version of Purple Rain. 👍🤘
... good song, good sound... and the hell good lyrics!!
89..
The Advent of Acid House and Ecstacy.....bad time as a rock band to try and become BIG.... And I'm somebody who grew up on Heavy Rock/Metal, but who also embraced Acid House as well.... Bad timing for them, that's what I'd say....
God bless Gun!
great song by a great rock band
This was the intro that made me fall in love with MusicMan Stingrays
Saw them support Def Leppard in 1992They stole their fire
Dream on! Gun were good but DL rocked the house down. I saw them on that tour too! How old are we.....
Well the first song on the 1992 "Gallus" album was "Steal Your Fire" so I guess GUN were being true to their word and lyrics. Awesome band !!
Mi banda de rock favorita. Todo temazos.
When i ve got this album at the end if 1990 i cant stop listen to It.
One of muy favourite banda of muy youth
Who are the 53 dicks on thumbs down,,if youre here because youre a rock fan how can you not hear and see a classic track..Sizzling guitar work,great drummer ,great vocals and a fantastic song.Gun for me were the natural progression from Thin Lizzy ,maybe the inspirational Brian Robertson Glasgow connection ? Better management or relocating in America should have seen their star rise even higher ,wish thier original singer would return,no disrespect to the Dante brothers.Gun or Bon Jovi,, no brainer !
53 fuckwits
Just listening to their new album amazing 👍👍👍👍