I love this band my favourite punk band of all time I loved the pistols,the clash and many others but this band I adored I was born in Newtownards in 1963 outside of Belfast whilst my dad served with the British army in N Ireland I think that’s were I get my inspiration to love this band, never saw them live but I wish I did xx
My family served with the Irish Republican Army since the 1920s...They fought the British colonial invaders and Planter settlers at every opportunity,right across Ireland...Partition will end...Up The Republic Éire32.
Love the stiffs…first saw them in Belfast when I was 13…in the late 80’s..got my nose broke by a punk pogo’n to Alternative Ulster…what a badge of honour!!!! Belfast’s favourite sons!! Thanks boys for keeping us all sane back in the day!!! Mickey D!!!xx
Tin soldiers You sign away your name No chance for cash or fame You never see the truth You sign away your youth You go and join the queue Do what they want you to They take away your name They treat you all the same Sign away you life Great song and lyrics that mean something
the magnificent dolphin taylor on drums! preceeded by the brilliant jim reilly... jake -what a front man! ali exceptional bass and henry top guitar playing....saw him come on to the stage for an encore with a revolver shaped guitar..... BRILLIANT BAND...... What memories!!!!!!
Brought that same guitar on stage in '82 at the Ipswich Gaumont. Cracking gig. Supported by Third World who were brilliant but not watched by the ignorant. Jake: 'For Chraste's seak could yoi storp focken' sputten' plase...?'
I was only 12 years old when my two older brothers took me to see SLF(go for it tour)we met the band backstage they were letting several fans in for a bit ! WOW ! Thanks Kevin Rip.🕉♊️☪☯☮
I was around 10ish when my dad would play SLF amongst other punk records ( most Fri & Sat's nights) YT is great for reliving your childhood. Cannot punk pogo for long nowadays. in my teens we'd be at it all night long. Blast from the past.
I quit school and joined the army in 1981 when I just turned 17. This band was a huge reason why. I was in the Infantry in Europe and listened to this band all the time. Awesome band!
"early" Clash are one of the most truly seminal not only punk bands but just bands. 💥💥💥💥 These guys, well I suppose I should say Joe in particular of course but, THEY TOOK IN ALL THE HORRORS OF THE WORLD WITH EYES AS WELL AS HEARTS WIDE OPEN! NEVER FLINCHING NEVER FAILING TO TELL THE TRUTH! I could wax on poetic or cry my eyes out just thinking of it..... They're like ombudsman of the world for All mankind. (More like a priest truly but that's my perspective 🤫) EYES, HEARTS, MINDS, ALL WERE WIDE OPEN! 🥺 THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH REQUIRED FOR SUCH A FEAT IS TRULY HEROIC! The fact that they were able to make a shake our asses while telling us the hardest truth, well it just doesn't get any better greater or higher than that. "SOMEBODY GOT MURDERED" "STRAIGHT TO HELL BOY" and even less obviously poignant songs like "Clampdown", and, YES "ALL LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET" ( ( "I wasn't born so much as I fell out no one really seemed to notice me / we had a hedge back home in the suburbs over which I never could see"🥺💔) You know it is said that an artist's job is to hold a mirror up to society.... To life to mankind... I think the power that they did this with to hold this mirror up to all of mankind and to all of society but at the same time to an individual who is hearing a stranger speak the truest and deepest words from their own heart; well again it just doesn't get better than that! On its way I would consider them as I say true priests here on Earth. I mean as a priest would have the duty of speaking the highest truth and truly reconnecting one to what one considers God which of course is always deeply a part of oneself...... A part of all of life. I've probably already written too much and I'm sure nobody's even going to read it but, art is important and then if it more so than music. 💯💥💥💥🙏🏽 P.S.- "somebody got murdered" was the first class song I ever heard without knowing it, and I was completely haunted by it for years and years. 🥺💔 Still am and always will be, as I think anyone should. If anyone's reading this, please don't let this world harden your heart! It is heartbreaking, but let it break your heart open! That's how we will heal each other and the world I promise you! 🙏🏽Namaste
+Cailean Moore Mate I went to see them a couple of years back in Newcastle and Jake Burns stopped the set because a beer landed near his foot, threatened to walk off stage the lot if it happened again, then proceeded to bore the arse off the entire audience by talking about his Japanese peace Lily he keeps in his New York apartment between songs.... If the band didn't blow the roof off (Superb show), the Cunt would of been thrown off the Tyne Bridge. Whats worse, selling out and doing country life butter adverts or being a boring Bastard?
I minded with song, meant for its time, to think of all the youngsters throughout the world that are conned into fighting for causes that politicians and tribal leaders seem to think are important.
best punk band ever...best looking too.....I saw then twice....got kicked out the first time....the bouncers smelled weed in our vicinity....second time i made it through to the end!
I find Greenday was a gateway band who brung the younger people to look back and find the stiff little fingers and all the other Original UK Punk rock bands of the late 70's early 80's from their lifting of some song formations and licks you do hear in early Green day albums before they went to a larger label. My sister knew them from the shop she's worked in here in san francisco and i knew them breifly...
Who gives rough fuck about Greenday-this clip is all about SLF. This is a truly great band and for those who followed their path across the years, could never be compared with anyone else. A sound that was linked to their Northern Irish origins and the politics of the time. Love it.
Allways loved SLF. Saw them in Reading when a kid, shat my pants. This song now feels like an antidote to the emotional ubiquity around the army now. Kids losing their limbs in Afghanistan for what?. Lets not all salute the flag when cunts in power are telling us to. Peace.
one of the best punk bands ever
One of the best bands ever no matter what genre, absolute class act
Indubitably
Sure!
Super rock punk à faire et à refaire
@@slowboy65yes
A 16yr old video appears on my feed....and I'm not even mad, that was fkn brilliant. Makes me feel young again.
I'm a Belfast boy I absolutely loved SLF and still do, proper smash your bedroom up music
I love this band my favourite punk band of all time I loved the pistols,the clash and many others but this band I adored I was born in Newtownards in 1963 outside of Belfast whilst my dad served with the British army in N Ireland I think that’s were I get my inspiration to love this band, never saw them live but I wish I did xx
My family served with the Irish Republican Army since the 1920s...They fought the British colonial invaders and Planter settlers at every opportunity,right across Ireland...Partition will end...Up The Republic Éire32.
My favourites.
@@bealfeirste2056 Your beloved RA surrendered then sat down for tea with Her Majesty The Queen.
Wot a song ❤ ittttttt,,,
Love the stiffs…first saw them in Belfast when I was 13…in the late 80’s..got my nose broke by a punk pogo’n to Alternative Ulster…what a badge of honour!!!! Belfast’s favourite sons!! Thanks boys for keeping us all sane back in the day!!! Mickey D!!!xx
and they are still brillliant live 29 years later
Tin soldiers
You sign away your name
No chance for cash or fame
You never see the truth
You sign away your youth
You go and join the queue
Do what they want you to
They take away your name
They treat you all the same
Sign away you life
Great song and lyrics that mean something
I have not heard this song for over 15 to 20 years. I loved this song when I was a kid and still love it now.
Haven't you gone to see them in person since? Some great shows in that time.
@@stevengatewood2725 if you live in uk or america
Ain't been to nz for must be 30yrs?
the magnificent dolphin taylor on drums! preceeded by the brilliant jim reilly...
jake -what a front man!
ali exceptional bass and
henry top guitar playing....saw him come on to the stage for an encore with a revolver shaped guitar.....
BRILLIANT BAND...... What memories!!!!!!
Brought that same guitar on stage in '82 at the Ipswich Gaumont. Cracking gig. Supported by Third World who were brilliant but not watched by the ignorant.
Jake: 'For Chraste's seak could yoi storp focken' sputten' plase...?'
Stockholm Göta Lejon back in the 80is.Magic!!!!
@@jamesmaxwell3933 I was there too .
@@martinporter7259 Fab! God for you.
I was only 12 years old when my two older brothers took me to see SLF(go for it tour)we met the band backstage they were letting several fans in for a bit ! WOW ! Thanks Kevin Rip.🕉♊️☪☯☮
I was around 10ish when my dad would play SLF amongst other punk records ( most Fri & Sat's nights)
YT is great for reliving your childhood.
Cannot punk pogo for long nowadays.
in my teens we'd be at it all night long. Blast from the past.
@@wchurchillflippingthebird3545 Absoultley bud.
Hey,,,Nothing more comfortable that a few hundred folk on your spine down the front ...😀👍
When you finally got past the bigger 3 first wave uk punk....and bought your first slf record...thats when you finaly became a punk for real
Saw them at Carlisle circa 1980.Fookin fantastic.
they are so great. as good as the genre gets.
Epic then, still relevant now. Great band.
My right ear enjoyed this.
The band to top all punk bands
This is why I went back to Ireland, donegal my family instead of sat missing my mum who just died, back to my dad's family best place in the world :)
back when jake's voice was raw and edgy.magnifique!
They had a very intellectual way of describing the troubles, looking back it was well done!
I quit school and joined the army in 1981 when I just turned 17. This band was a huge reason why. I was in the Infantry in Europe and listened to this band all the time. Awesome band!
is right
I don’t know, but it seems contradictory to join the army after listening to Stiff Little Fingers.
You clearly didn’t understand the lyrics but ok 👍
Man missed the whole point of the song lmao
Enormous failure on your part my man.
total courage during the time of The Troubles and awesome song that never lets up
So exciting to see live, when they really go for it
was only young wene i first lisend sooo timeless
I'm middleaged now and I was in the army when "Hanx" came out... And I can tell you: We listened to "Tin Soldiers" day and night!!
I saw them in Bristol not long before this - just after Dolphin joined and just before Jake's silly haircut. Brilliant stuff.
just brilliant .....
Went to see them last night at Ritz Manchester, Fookin ace gig, still rippin it up !
Great performance of a truly great signature song.
Love this song, brilliant when you are at the gig too.
Stiff LIttle Fingers are one of the best groups ever, with great lyrics and great music. I also love early Clash and Ebba Grön (a Swedish punk band).
"early" Clash are one of the most truly seminal not only punk bands but just bands. 💥💥💥💥 These guys, well I suppose I should say Joe in particular of course but, THEY TOOK IN ALL THE HORRORS OF THE WORLD WITH EYES AS WELL AS HEARTS WIDE OPEN! NEVER FLINCHING NEVER FAILING TO TELL THE TRUTH! I could wax on poetic or cry my eyes out just thinking of it..... They're like ombudsman of the world for All mankind. (More like a priest truly but that's my perspective 🤫)
EYES, HEARTS, MINDS, ALL WERE WIDE OPEN! 🥺 THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH REQUIRED FOR SUCH A FEAT IS TRULY HEROIC!
The fact that they were able to make a shake our asses while telling us the hardest truth, well it just doesn't get any better greater or higher than that.
"SOMEBODY GOT MURDERED" "STRAIGHT TO HELL BOY" and even less obviously poignant songs like "Clampdown", and, YES "ALL LOST IN THE SUPERMARKET" ( ( "I wasn't born so much as I fell out no one really seemed to notice me / we had a hedge back home in the suburbs over which I never could see"🥺💔)
You know it is said that an artist's job is to hold a mirror up to society.... To life to mankind... I think the power that they did this with to hold this mirror up to all of mankind and to all of society but at the same time to an individual who is hearing a stranger speak the truest and deepest words from their own heart; well again it just doesn't get better than that! On its way I would consider them as I say true priests here on Earth. I mean as a priest would have the duty of speaking the highest truth and truly reconnecting one to what one considers God which of course is always deeply a part of oneself...... A part of all of life.
I've probably already written too much and I'm sure nobody's even going to read it but, art is important and then if it more so than music. 💯💥💥💥🙏🏽
P.S.- "somebody got murdered" was the first class song I ever heard without knowing it, and I was completely haunted by it for years and years. 🥺💔 Still am and always will be, as I think anyone should.
If anyone's reading this, please don't let this world harden your heart! It is heartbreaking, but let it break your heart open! That's how we will heal each other and the world I promise you! 🙏🏽Namaste
Saw them last night in Östersund, Sweden. Best band that ever existed. Period.
Great days at the Hammersmith Palais with support from Comsat Angels 81 and 82 I think!!
Saw them at sugar mill in stoke last night still got it
i wish i was 17 again
ALL THE BEST S L F still gettin a buzz from there class music...30 years later HANX
Pure class. Never sold out like the rest of the so called punk bands of that time.
Big Clash fan too but SLF are still touring.
+Cailean Moore Mate I went to see them a couple of years back in Newcastle and Jake Burns stopped the set because a beer landed near his foot, threatened to walk off stage the lot if it happened again, then proceeded to bore the arse off the entire audience by talking about his Japanese peace Lily he keeps in his New York apartment between songs.... If the band didn't blow the roof off (Superb show), the Cunt would of been thrown off the Tyne Bridge. Whats worse, selling out and doing country life butter adverts or being a boring Bastard?
Yes Chris I think selling butter wins hands down mate 😊
Seen them again last night, and I must say he they were absolutely outstanding, a wee bit political at times, but blew the fucking roof off the place
They always were political. Best performance I seen was in Glasgow a few years ago singing barbed wire love live. Brilliant.
The best punk band
yep your rite im 46 and still listen 2 theses lad brilliant
heard this 2 weeks ago brilliant ..
Yamaha SG 2000. Killer tones.
Greatest Punk band ever!! HANX
my fave slf tune.
Most provocative music since the sixties. I’m dying a punk ☠️
We get old. The songs don’t !
me too`41 now,loved em since i was 12,still very good!
yeahhhhh!!!! I was a big fan !!!!!! from France!
Fooking Superb!
A TRULY GREAT SONG...
1980 in the mansion house dublin, best live act ever
I minded with song, meant for its time, to think of all the youngsters throughout the world that are conned into fighting for causes that politicians and tribal leaders seem to think are important.
One of my top three all time favorite bands. Been following them for thirty years. Fuck I am getting old.
You’re old as SHIT
Hanx - still the best punk album of all time
Oh yes. 👍👍👍
Saw these guys last year in DC. Fucking amazing show, hope they come back.
Gr8 tune, gr8 band! Really makes you look at what's on top 40 now and just puke. Where'd it all go wrong?
Thank u my Newport Crew, for introducing me.,, It's all alright!!! :-)
funny how this song is even more relevant now than when it was written
you guys are fantastic..wow
nice piece of nostalgia , i never did see stf in performance , this tee vee bit they look all preened up by the girlfriends ,
Yup - One of the very best!
Awesome
This was definitely not top 40 in it's day. These guys were rather obscure at the time. It's nice to know that quality never goes out of style.
Marvellous
My right ear appreciates the upload!
1ST BAND I EVER SEEN 1982 .. FUCKING LOVE THEM
I WAS AT THIS GIG AM NOW OLD
Great song!
最高
best oldskull band ever.
Never got to see this band.....I missed out.
aye mate truer now than ever
HE'S SOOO YOUNG HERE!! MY GOODNESSS LOL AGES HAV GONE BY SOO FAST
fantastic
punk rock with "roto-toms". This song just kicked my ass. I love it.
Ali's bass is excellent in this version
long live SLF fecking brilliant
best ever no contest
The wife keeps urging me to start a tribute band to this lot called "Stiff Little Willies"...!
Did she urge you to start a career in stand-up too? You'd be equally as successful.
good old times
my mum saw them live in dundee and glasgow
could be singing about today
stiff little finger rock!!!
Legendary
超かっこいい
best punk band ever...best looking too.....I saw then twice....got kicked out the first time....the bouncers smelled weed in our vicinity....second time i made it through to the end!
Best punk band ever. The Clash should have idolised SLF.
fuck off both in the same team idiot
Barry Silcock Bollocks! I stand by what I said despite being an "idiot". SLF never got the widespread recognition that they deserved.
rabbbie99 SLF's problem was that they weren't from London.
😂😂😂
They were Green Day before Green Day. Boring bubble gum pop music
Well, SLF idolised The Clash
yeah!!
there is mate - it is because young men are dying for an uneccessary war
Timeless
Fuckin awesome !!!!
I find Greenday was a gateway band who brung the younger people to look back and find the stiff little fingers and all the other Original UK Punk rock bands of the late 70's early 80's from their lifting of some song formations and licks you do hear in early Green day albums before they went to a larger label. My sister knew them from the shop she's worked in here in san francisco and i knew them breifly...
Errr, how do I like this about 10000 times?
I don’t know bro
Till still will not turn to gold./.
great band. countless bands took inspiration. many modern bands have ripped off the sound completely. SLF sure had an impact.
Who gives rough fuck about Greenday-this clip is all about SLF. This is a truly great band and for those who followed their path across the years, could never be compared with anyone else. A sound that was linked to their Northern Irish origins and the politics of the time. Love it.
What a fuckin band!!!!wasted life/suspect device was the first record i ever bought...still shit hot
Allways loved SLF. Saw them in Reading when a kid, shat my pants. This song now feels like an antidote to the emotional ubiquity around the army now. Kids losing their limbs in Afghanistan for what?. Lets not all salute the flag when cunts in power are telling us to. Peace.
Ja, habe ich.😶
Going to see em tonight at the Tivoli
Getting ready to head out and go see them with Pegboy.
Fair enough.