Still a tune today ,,,ageless ,reflects an era where songs had a passion and belief ,not like the manufactured shit we have today ,,long live true music
I am 66 years young, this is still the best single I have heard. If you lived in the north of England in the late 70s and 80s there was a real upsurge of rebellion. Check out Orgreave and the miners strike,
I remember as a teen a friend had the 7" - and we were blown away. It was so cruel, a smack in the face. We didn't understand a word, young german teens , but we just were flipping out. Ruts and this song have always been a mystery to me, until I understood the words .... . this is pure energy, it's the big city underground punk alarm song. genius.
I remember hearing this when it was originally released and being blown away by it's power.The fire, the energy, is still there after all these years. One of the best!
Can you imagine for a minute The Ruts, The Clash, Sham 69 , The stranglers and The Damned all on the same bill.....You probably would'nt have made it home that night.....
Yes I can imagine Jimmy Pursey ruining it, and probably pissing out the bonfire on Rat Scabies' drum kit. I saw Jimmy Pursey make an arse of himself at the 1977 Rock Against Racism gig. On the same bill there as The Clash, Sham 69 was fully exposed as just that - a sham. Plus ca change, eh Jimmy?
***** But, to his credit, Jimmy would've ripped the swastika armband off Jean-Jacques ... The Clash & The Stranglers on the same bill? Joe Strummer: I DON'T IMAGINE SO, EVER!! RIP Joe, a big influence on the blessed Malcolm Owen, but not enough to save him.
Classic punk track full of attitude and energy still sounds good 30plus yrs after I first heard it I was always more into classic Rock growing up but music like this can't be ignored brilliant
One of the greatest songs ever written by a band that were tragically cut short. Ruts DC are great but The Ruts with Malcolm and Foxy could have gone on to be THE GREATEST band of all time. Jah War is the finest white reggae ever and one of the finest raggae songs ever. Shine on me x
Tedious mate. Everything's about money now, Malcolm Owen's not here to reply, but 'the attitude' wears thin. Too many dead, too many fakes. Have a nice day.
One of the,,, great,,, Creative iconic songs of the,,70’s,,,’ brilliant,, energy & power,,, relevant,,, in todays,,, Chaos,,☝️,,oh they are still rocking,,,💥,,, gentlemen ta’ Boot!!⭐️⭐️🌟
Brilliant music shame about the lead singer he had a brilliant voice,I am 58 this year but still like punk and trance all beat heavy music with great artists who knew how to deliver ..
Well, go and ask Malcolm Owen about it...but still, you are quite right., you are! I Saw them in Paris back in.. 1979? 1980? it was for the recording of that (long gone) rock tv show called Chorus, with Antoine de Caunes...I'm still listening to them, it's as fresh, exciting, raw and new as it was back then..
Don't forget the Clash Ring ring it's 7am Move your feet to go again Cold water in your face Brings you back to this awful place You lot ! What ? Don't stop , give it all you've got ! You lot ! What ? Don't stop
Some years ago, I called at a radio station in Quebec City, asking to play this song ( it was a punk-themed show ). They did, and the DJ was like "OMG, what was that??", she never heard about the Ruts before. I was proud of myself, knowing there was at least one new listener to the Ruts' music.
+igor stein What about in a commune in rural North Wales? Thats where Malcolm Owen and Paul Fox met......oooh feel the inner city tension (and listen to the chirping birds LOL)
Love The Ruts. Very under estimated. People go on and on about The Sex Pistols who only recorded one album. The Ruts were a great band what never get a mention. People go on and on about Sid Vicious like he is king of punk and he couldnt even play a note. I know he died young and all rock stars become Legends when they die young but the Ruts Lead singer never gets a mention.
Can’t add to that.. except to say this came into my head, after years, as an urgent listen (the way songs do), and that’s never happened with Sex Pistols has with PiL though)
56 Thumbs down ???Still amazing power of guitars and drums plus vocals, sad loss of a great singer, but the song is as good as when i got the 7 inch single and saw them live.
I saw The Ruts many times and they were absolutely awesome live. I also bumped into Malcolm Owen at a Gang of Four & Au Pairs gig in Norwich and he told me he was just there to see the bands. He bought me a beer and remembered I was Malcolm from a previous WRP gig. Lovely guy - he died not long afterwards and punk lost a star.
Far too skilful and deft as musicians and composers to simply categorise as punk and yet they are the finest punk band . My all time favourite track for nearly 45 years.
Babylon's burning You're burning the street You're burning your houses With anxiety Chorus: With anxiety Babylon's burning Babylon's burning With anxiety Babylon's burning Babylon's burning Babylon's burning You're burning the street You're burning the ghetto With anxiety Chorus Babylon's burning, baby Can't you see? Babylon's burning With anxiety You'll burn as you work You'll burn as you play Smoulder till you're smothering With ignorance and hate Chorus Babylon's burning, baby Can't you see? Babylon's burning With anxiety Babylon's burning Babylon's burning Babylon is burning Babylon's burning Babylon's burning Babylon's burning
thank you for the lyrics,just a note.it's the spark of fear is smouldering.even some sites have your lyrics but if you listen carefully it is right.have a good day
Lived 60 seconds away from the RUT ROW. The place they used to Live in Hayes Middx. Met the drummer dude a couple of times when I was learning to play drums. But his old kit of his from his next door nieghbour who was in my class at school. Rock on the late 70's and early 80's. So much fucked up energy! The song is brilliant and the video capturrs the atmosphere of the times!
Yes if showing this to teenagers today ( Hopefully kids still research after kick ass music from other era than "autotune genre" ) they'd be surprised and probably feel sligthly decived of contemporary great music.
Still a tune today ,,,ageless ,reflects an era where songs had a passion and belief ,not like the manufactured shit we have today ,,long live true music
One of the greatest singles of all time. Still sends shivers...
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
I am 66 years young, this is still the best single I have heard. If you lived in the north of England in the late 70s and 80s there was a real upsurge of rebellion. Check out Orgreave and the miners strike,
I remember as a teen a friend had the 7" - and we were blown away. It was so cruel, a smack in the face. We didn't understand a word, young german teens , but we just were flipping out. Ruts and this song have always been a mystery to me, until I understood the words .... . this is pure energy, it's the big city underground punk alarm song. genius.
The alarm is cool!
without the greaet great paul fox would be a non starter
how fitting this song is for today.
Yip SJWs demanding more control over others creating division,exactly how the establishment likes it,useful idiots
Tune 💯
@@whitehonkybetrayed2821 ok boomer
@@whitehonkybetrayed2821 its not "SJW's" its just "liberal", nazis use the term "SJW" for anyone who wants social progression .
Str8 up
R I P Malcom and Foxy. The world would be a far better place with you two around! Long live the Ruts! And Babylon still burning 🔥
In about 10 or 15 years I`ll be ready for the old biddies home, I`m looking forward to the tuesday afternoon singalong to tunes like this.
Yer bro I'm 60 in 10 and a quarter years what the fuck is going on.At least these guys are still out there with opinions.long live punk.
How you feeling now, 8yrs later...?!?
💪🏻💯👌🏻
Silence bucket fanny, you might have given up but I haven't.
@@Truther2001 Still refusing to grow up, thankfully.
I remember hearing this when it was originally released and being blown away by it's power.The fire, the energy, is still there after all these years. One of the best!
THAT RIFF. Say no more.
laterceravida same as my first single ever it was played to death everywhere in all the clubs even on totp 😄
Fg
Here here sir . The RUTS told it HOW IT WAS. A good solid late 70 s and 80 s band .
It’s 2024 and Babylon is burning.
Holy shit that riff. And the rough vocals. Amazing.
2024 England's Burning. Two-tier policing. Two-tier courts. Babylons Burning.
Ignorance and hate.. .
Babylons Burning - one of the best songs in the history of music
Fuck Yeah
It beats any Greenday song lol
Here here . An absolute master piece.
U pravu si Bojana. Prvi album čista desetka. Poslije njihovog koncerta u Beogradu počinje novi talas u bivšoj Yugi...
Absolutely!
Sad when dads are cooler than their kids.
philipm06 yea I'm way cooler than my kids .... they just dont see it ;) lol
philipm06 I'm jealous. 40 plus without kids
Neil Robinson Get a fucking move on dear boy.
Martin Attewell Wack 'em and crack 'em - they'll get it.
lol my dads taking me to one of their gigs soon.
BRILLIANT!!! One of the great punk bands. R.I.P. Malcolm Owen.
RIP FOXY as well, sadly missed.
Babylon's Burning by the Ruts, and Into The Valley by The Skids, my 2 most favourite punk songs, ever.
I like The Sham 69's "If The Kids Are United".
@@dj-um7el yes! Also a good one,.that.
@@lyndseygreig6424 yee, I do love some of The Skids tho!
The Stranglers and their " Wizard on keyboards Dave Greenfield" Something better change,Bitching...
Anti Nowhere League, So What!
Best punk song going!
Can you imagine for a minute The Ruts, The Clash, Sham 69 , The stranglers and The Damned all on the same bill.....You probably would'nt have made it home that night.....
Yes I can imagine Jimmy Pursey ruining it, and probably pissing out the bonfire on Rat Scabies' drum kit. I saw Jimmy Pursey make an arse of himself at the 1977 Rock Against Racism gig. On the same bill there as The Clash, Sham 69 was fully exposed as just that - a sham. Plus ca change, eh Jimmy?
***** But, to his credit, Jimmy would've ripped the swastika armband off Jean-Jacques ... The Clash & The Stranglers on the same bill? Joe Strummer: I DON'T IMAGINE SO, EVER!! RIP Joe, a big influence on the blessed Malcolm Owen, but not enough to save him.
***** Nobody would've made it home that night!!
Yeah.........But what a night...
Seen the ruts and damned together
music is so safe and dull nowadays. Cheers Simon fucking Cowell
No, you're just not looking hard enough. Hopefully the intervening six years illustrated my point.
The establishment don't want the sheepies to wake up to an alternative narrative, only a Woke idea of life.
I'm 51 and grew up with the great DC hardcore bands and love all the amazing British punk. I still listen to it and it still moves me.
I'm proud to say that I got on stage and sung this song with Malcolm and the lads.
lucky sod
Sod you...NOT!😂😂😂Seriously, good for you.
You can't choose in what decade you are born. But songs like this make me so glad to have been a teenager in the 1970s.
This was the first record I ever bought, when I was 10 yrs, how cool was I!!??
Thank your older brothers.
As cool as the rest of us
I think my first record was It Takes Two to Tango (but it's too late to teach you to dance) by I can't remember who, so you were cooler than me.
@@KevTheImpaler I think it's quite cool of you to admit that!xx
Classic punk track full of attitude and energy still sounds good 30plus yrs after I first heard it
I was always more into classic Rock growing up but music like this can't be ignored brilliant
One of the greatest songs ever written by a band that were tragically cut short.
Ruts DC are great but The Ruts with Malcolm and Foxy could have gone on to be THE GREATEST band of all time.
Jah War is the finest white reggae ever and one of the finest raggae songs ever.
Shine on me x
Punk wasn't just music, It was a "Fucking Attitude" !!!
Tedious mate. Everything's about money now, Malcolm Owen's not here to reply, but 'the attitude' wears thin. Too many dead, too many fakes. Have a nice day.
Damn right!
- And I have that attitude right now!
@@antonystringfellow5152 Ready to be heartbroken?
Punk was a Fucking attitude against all forms of authoritarian and totalitarian systems !
@@ericcrawford9827 you got the punk attitude still 🤣
Best punk band ever by far, lucky enough to see them live in late 70s when I was 12
Utterly superb. That guitar riff is incredible. Thanks for the clips. I saw them in 1979 and they were fantastic.
A great classic punk track that still rocks its balls off.
So glad I was a 70's teenager
I'm so envious! We, teenagers of nowadays, what can we say to have seen appear? It's really sad being grown up in the 2000s..
that's why you're dead jones now
Yes but it's nearly over.
Me 2 . The 80 s was a better era .
Me too 😍😍
History needs to be re-turned to these days with immediate effect!!!!!
Great comment
It is....CNN....Covington, Jessie smallette....thats the problem....no thinking.
that''s just destroy the music industry, and all social media platforms, what im saying is that CEO heads need to be chopped off
A truth.
One of the,,, great,,, Creative iconic songs of the,,70’s,,,’ brilliant,, energy & power,,, relevant,,, in todays,,, Chaos,,☝️,,oh they are still rocking,,,💥,,, gentlemen ta’ Boot!!⭐️⭐️🌟
Another timeless classic that will never date. Why does this never get played on T.V music channels??????
Brilliant music shame about the lead singer he had a brilliant voice,I am 58 this year but still like punk and trance all beat heavy music with great artists who knew how to deliver ..
'Anarchy in the UK' gets all the plaudits - but for me, this track tops everything. No band can equal what the Ruts created here.
Best ending to a song ever.RIP MR Owen. Legend.😥😥
Simply CLASSIC. What a song. PHENOMINAL.
just one of the best master pieces ever.. EVER...
who needs drugs with this on full volume ??? this is still addictive!
Well, go and ask Malcolm Owen about it...but still, you are quite right., you are! I Saw them in Paris back in.. 1979? 1980? it was for the recording of that (long gone) rock tv show called Chorus, with Antoine de Caunes...I'm still listening to them, it's as fresh, exciting, raw and new as it was back then..
I do
One of my favourites, that still gets blasted in the car and at home !
Don't forget the Clash
Ring ring it's 7am
Move your feet to go again
Cold water in your face
Brings you back to this awful place
You lot !
What ?
Don't stop , give it all you've got !
You lot !
What ?
Don't stop
One of the best punk records! Energy and that bass!!
Such a great record... has to be one of the all time punk classics!
The Ruts Were " Absolutely A " Musical Incendiary Device Of Explosive Brilliance " !!! From Adrian Browne 1965
This track and "in a rut" are sound totally modern and the lyrics mean as much now as then .
Mhmm. Nothing changes. Sad really!
The Secular EU is going down in flames as we watch.
Some years ago, I called at a radio station in Quebec City, asking to play this song ( it was a punk-themed show ). They did, and the DJ was like "OMG, what was that??", she never heard about the Ruts before. I was proud of myself, knowing there was at least one new listener to the Ruts' music.
i was a punk in cambridge had some brilliant mates,fantastic band,times i feel have changed for the worsts
+Ian Haddow I was in Cambridge too, good times :)
+Ian Haddow Impossible to be a Punk in Cambridge you had to come from The City to Feel the Working class Rage in 1976
+igor stein I see the punk police have arrived! So, punk cities and non punk cities now is it?
+igor stein What about in a commune in rural North Wales? Thats where Malcolm Owen and Paul Fox met......oooh feel the inner city tension (and listen to the chirping birds LOL)
Idiot, there was universal discourse, not confined to a time or a place....johnny come fucking lately.
it works for us old fuckers who remember this the first time, fuck yeah!
So the Ruts in 1979 with the Damned,
It was a great gig, such a shame Malcolm passed so young, oh well
Happy memories of two great bands.
🧷🎸✌️
Love The Ruts. Very under estimated. People go on and on about The Sex Pistols who only recorded one album. The Ruts were a great band what never get a mention. People go on and on about Sid Vicious like he is king of punk and he couldnt even play a note. I know he died young and all rock stars become Legends when they die young but the Ruts Lead singer never gets a mention.
Never a truer word said
Can’t add to that.. except to say this came into my head, after years, as an urgent listen (the way songs do), and that’s never happened with Sex Pistols has with PiL though)
Brings me back to my teens. just Brilliant. You don't get this kind of music anymore, just Xfactor piss and the likes.
40 years on RIP Malcolm Owen
He had incredible voice Malcolm
4 Decades later to the year & month and still 'burning with anxiety' better than any other!
Babylons still burning..
First people actually need to wake up to realize they're in Babylon
more than ever....
Great to see someone adding visuals, rather than a boring single/album pic.
56 Thumbs down ???Still amazing power of guitars and drums plus vocals, sad loss of a great singer, but the song is as good as when i got the 7 inch single and saw them live.
Here's one I made earlier
Mmmmm brains
A MOST EXCELLENT JOB, MR. pondscum!
Old in a good way! I remember all that teenage anger and energy! awesome band and still in my heart at 48yrs old love it!
nice one
particularly like the Thatcher passing out bit - nice insert
shame about Owen - i never saw Ruts live
We had all the best bands and songs back then , now its rubbish
Never ever get sick of this song and fun to play on guitar
Rest In Power Malcolm
absolutely Brill !! They were fantastic then, nothing's changed - what a band!! Nothing comes close, 'cos they meant it!!
Cheers
Alan
What a tune . My daughter saw Dzr back in the day . Megga
Great job on the video!! It really fits the feel of the song. Well done whoever made it!
Great track and video - thanks for uploading!
i love this song.
:)
im only 13 and i listen to all types of music from times back then. :)
its better then alot of the stuff around now to be fair.
x
Good tune considering whats going on right now!!
My favourite record of all time, I remember it coming out and it still gives me the same feeling as it did then ..... simply Awesome
this is what boris sang at one off his parties
Used to Drink with Foxy in my local. Occasionally he would get out his guitar and play. He was a good laugh and a good bloke.
Some great gigs of theirs we went to..Possibly my favourite punk band.
The Ruts were awsome great band RIP Malcolm Owen in a rut
I saw The Ruts many times and they were absolutely awesome live. I also bumped into Malcolm Owen at a Gang of Four & Au Pairs gig in Norwich and he told me he was just there to see the bands. He bought me a beer and remembered I was Malcolm from a previous WRP gig. Lovely guy - he died not long afterwards and punk lost a star.
Never gets old: Genius!!
feels apt in august 2024 uk
R.I.P Malcolm Owen and Paul Fox ... Gone but never forgotten :( x
Far too skilful and deft as musicians and composers to simply categorise as punk and yet they are the finest punk band . My all time favourite track for nearly 45 years.
Babylon's burning
You're burning the street
You're burning your houses
With anxiety
Chorus:
With anxiety
Babylon's burning
Babylon's burning
With anxiety
Babylon's burning
Babylon's burning
Babylon's burning
You're burning the street
You're burning the ghetto
With anxiety
Chorus
Babylon's burning, baby
Can't you see?
Babylon's burning
With anxiety
You'll burn as you work
You'll burn as you play
Smoulder till you're smothering
With ignorance and hate
Chorus
Babylon's burning, baby
Can't you see?
Babylon's burning
With anxiety
Babylon's burning
Babylon's burning
Babylon is burning
Babylon's burning
Babylon's burning
Babylon's burning
thank you for the lyrics,just a note.it's the spark of fear is smouldering.even some sites have your lyrics but if you listen carefully it is right.have a good day
superb when it came out still makes you feel alive
Still makes me burn the way it did when I was 19 years old. Love it, always! Good video - really captured the spirit. Thank you!
Lived 60 seconds away from the RUT ROW. The place they used to Live in Hayes Middx. Met the drummer dude a couple of times when I was learning to play drums. But his old kit of his from his next door nieghbour who was in my class at school. Rock on the late 70's and early 80's. So much fucked up energy! The song is brilliant and the video capturrs the atmosphere of the times!
The Ruts were a great band, up there with Killing Joke in the 80's.
Killing Joke still great..but agree two amazing bands
This possibly the best edit and video I have seen. It is a perfect song for the era of the day...I miss the danger and newness of something unknown...
excellent - the speakers in my Dolomite took a pounding when i played these guys :)
Yep, as did the 4 speakers in my Escort Mexico MK1 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent just walked in after seeing them along side the stranglers stoke jan 31 2022
proper band, what a voice.
The first punk record I ever bought ,when it came out
Superb tribute to a superb band .
proper energy -i remember listening to this over & over again in my bedroom as a teenager in the late 70's nothing has ever come close in 30 years
video well put together, bought a few memories of youth back very clearly !!!
Brilliant well done video for one of the best songs ever.
As social commentary goes RUTS "Babylons burning" as good as it gets ... relevant then relevant now 😎👍 ... Malcolm Owen gone but not forgotten 🙏.
A great track.
Malcolm Owen's pointless O.D in 1980, was a massive waste of
talent. Remember him this way.
...and it was on the "Times Square" soundtrack!!!
seventies music was so varied there was something for everyone
By far the greatest decade for music. Pretty everything since then has just been a copy or rehash of something from the 70s or earlier.
Yes if showing this to teenagers today ( Hopefully kids still research after kick ass music from other era than "autotune genre" ) they'd be surprised and probably feel sligthly decived of contemporary great music.
Way ahead of it,s time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Powerful ART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Excellent job. Thanks. On radio Cornwall this Morning they played this and said the Ruts were a one hit wonder. Pahh
Babylons always burning !
Has been since 2000bc, but it was abandoned 1000 years ago, the Mongols finished its neibors off.
This was the first single I ever bought, ironically I’ve since spent 28 yrs in the fire brigade.
still got the 45.. precious..