The Skints - The Island (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2020
- "Dear anyone who hears this
I’m trapped upon the island
The natives have gone wild and
They’re making bad decisions
Very bad decisions
It might be what you fed them
It might be what you read them
On the news at 10 cos
They don’t play well with others
And can’t process different colours
You’d best baton down the hatches
With fry ups and football matches
And imperial restoration
Why are you proud of the nation?
Little England not Great Britain
I am trapped upon the island
And where are our fearless leaders?
They surely won’t deceive us
With climate change deniers
And Noah’s Ark believers
There’s polar bears in Scotland
There’s vampires in London
There’s dinosaurs across the UK
That I’d hoped had gone extinct
And I can’t believe it
Or maybe I can
I never did put it past you
What have you done?
You idiots, what have you gone and done?
I’m trapped upon the island
Ha ha who’s idea was this?
Cos I feel the joke is over
But he’s only done a runner
And sold you down the river
So let’s hope you’re a good swimmer
And let’s hope you don’t you don’t eat dinner
Let’s hope you don’t need nothing else
Because you’re dying in your own shit."
Animation by George Coffey
"The Island" from the new album Swimming Lessons
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Very fitting message with very fitting sound.
Incredible god given souls ! Went to see Gentleman’s Dub club at Camden roundhouse last night , didn’t know who the they were , , captured and mesmerised by them;. Didn’t buy a cd from the merch , ( just a GDC one ) gutted I didn’t buy something from their catalogue of magic, I did bring back an incredible joy inside that I’ve experienced such joy being in the same room as them . Brilliant expression and execution of god given talent . Thank you GDC for bringing them to my attention , if I hadn’t of had you knock my socks off at a UB40 gig I wouldn’t of been in the roundhouse in Camden last night and witnessed such joy . Thank you .
Can you imagine being trapped on an island ruled by idiots. Where only music can free your soul, like The Skints.
Yes England....
Wicked, tell it like it is!
Love the message being put across and such a great song to sing to ❤️
That reverb enhances this performance so much compared to the album recording
just what I was thinking, brilliant
One of my faves!
Amazing song and video! Brings it home even more though sadly 😭
Amazing video! Amazing Song!
A banger in the league of The King Blues/Riskee and the Ridicule. Nice track guys, more of this sort of stuff please.
Spot on!
Awesome! Great message to.
Been waiting for this video!!!!
you guys deserve the world!
level earth wisdom
Much ♥ from Malaysia!
🤜🤛
this a kich ass tune! ♥
🔥🔥🔥
Wicked
Looking forward to hearing a live crowd singing nononononononono....
Trapped on a car park off main land Europe. I hear touring Europe is a nightmare for bands now.
😍
Real Talk
Quite a fun track ❤️ =)
"And let’s hope you don’t you don’t eat dinner" could delete the double 'don't you' =)
So relevant right now. #lovetheskints
Ace
Muy bueno! Aguante el PUNK!!!!
As ever, great video - is this hand animate or computer generated graphics and who is the artist?
first from PH fans
punky choon this!
Punk as fuck, great video, great song. Keep it up!
Post Brexit ey?
This song still really makes me sad. Brexit was such a fuck up, it made me change what I thought this country was, took us to a nasty place and we're paying through the nose for these lies now. I'm emigrating now as I can't recognise the country I grew up in.
They need to get back to the sounds of part and parcel & fm. increase da reggae yo
They're reggae with a lot of punk influence, I love it
What are you talking about?!
Have you heard their first ep- or first Album?! This is the skints. This is where they come from
@@phonebox13 Yeah absolutely, and I'm not slating it. I just prefered their last two records. I guess I've mellowed
Theres even a fair amount of reggae on this album
Chorus is really lazily written proper cop out
well. sure is different....more pop punk feel. too damn bad Warped Tour ain't a thing...cuz this a warped jam.
a lil sad message tho. like centuries of colonialism runs deep in the monarch's blood...and you guys think 45yrs worth of ska is gonna reverse engineer that? why do you think we declared independence? granted we used stolen land generating a wealth of our own colonialist issues...however, i digress. stay strong Skints.
no disrespect im glad you are all releasing music but this is really not what I like the skints for. This track sounds like a demo track from a home made pop punk album. Its too bad really because i like the message being thrown across.
Completey 👍
THE SKINTS ARE FOR DANCING
Great concept but too much like a pop punk track for me.