After my brother died I found this album in his room and there was a note in the case that said, "Be strong, because if you aren't Hayley wont be." I love you Clyde Micheal. Thank you for showing me how to be strong.
Truly one of the greatest American rock and roll bands in history. Social Distortion's music is just simply honest, and that's what I've always loved about them. No BS, just honest rock and roll. Mike Ness has kept the faith for over 40 years. They helped shape the southern California punk rock scene. They have made album after album of simply great music. Given all they have accomplished and all they have given to the world, they deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Yes, they should be inducted. But it a long, slow process. Lots and lots of red tape. Look how long it took for Linda Ronstadt. And her induction into the rock and roll HOF was _LONG_ overdue. I am not even sold so much on hardcore punk rock, but I. LOVE SD.
Ahhh Yah 💯 From & still reside in San Diego Cali. & Theyre coming to North Park, 5 minutes away from me, On 12-38/12-29 Saturday and Sunday, im thinking about getting One ticket & going myself & I think that I May NOT be the Oldest One there🎶🎵🙌👏✌️😎
This was my husband’s favorite Social D song. They were the last concert we got to go to together before covid hit. I lost him back in October, 36 years old and no clue what happened yet. It’s hard to listen to any music without him but I’m listening to this while sitting here looking at the altar the kids and I put together for him. I hope he hears it.
Lost my brother 28 years ago. Lost my Dad 3 months ago. My brother loved Social Distortion. My Dad was a HUGE fan of 50's and 60's Rock n Roll and Doo Wop. This band bridges a gap on Country, Rock N Roll and Punk. Best of all 3 worlds.
when my dads best friend died back in 2018 he fell apart and after the funeral my mom played this song and sang "stand up strong, feel the pain let the angels sing " and he gave her a kiss and then shed a tear and we went home. i know it was hard for him but he did it for her and for me. and without this song i feel like i woudve lost my dad to grief and depression
I discovered them at 14 and yes they've helped me through some of the hardest times, losing my best friend to an overdose, she meant the world to me. I wish she had listened to their music too
My brother died a few months ago, and I took home a cherub from his garden. I was walking and listening to my Nano yesterday (yes, I'm old), and I decided to move the cherub to a better spot in our yard. Out of 804 randomly selected songs on that device, this song started playing. And then we had a little conversation. Love this song and this band so much!
On September 22nd of this year my mother passed away. I was her caregiver for 16 years until I could no longer help her and I needed to have her be treated by professionals. She was admitted to the hospital on her 90th birthday and she was discharged for a short time before being admitted for the last time. She did wait for me and I was blessed to hold her hand until she passed. I don't want this to be about ME I want this to be about EVERY ONE OF YOU. SxDx saved me from suicide many years ago with this song and also "I was wrong." Please try to love each other as much as you can.
I´m from Brazil, sorry about my english. Thank you Mike, thank you Social Distortion. God knows my fights in life and how much your music helped me! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Happy 60th birthday Mike ness I hope you have a wonderful day on your special day and I wish you many more and keep on rockin out mike ness i love you and I love your music once again happy birthday mike ness enjoy your day and many more I love you mike ness ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I had never heard this song before today ! 12/6/24 . I absolutely love it ! I’m a fan but still , hadn’t heard this one ! What a fantastic and beautiful song ! I’ll have to play this 100 times today ! Take care all !
I lost my dad 6 days before Christmas in 2014 to a heroin overdose. I never liked this song before but I can appreciate it now. This was my dad's favorite band. RIP pops-
It's hard to hear these songs when we've been through really hard things but they're just so damn appropriate. Especially if SD was your dads favorite. My dads gone too. I know mines around. I've seen too many signs for it not to be true. I'm sure your dad is with you too. Especially when you play his favorite songs! ❤️
I’ve been to many many concerts, but the camaraderie I felt in the pit at a Social Distortion concert was the best feeling ever so much love and everyone singing the songs arm in arm together. Great time. Thank you, Mike Ness!!!
My son was a huge social distortion fan ..he was murdered 3 weeks ago,shot in the chest at point blank by a 17 year old punk...my son was 22...the wound is still fresh ...the pain is overwhelming...I been a social distortion fan since the 80s..and I listened to this song on the way to his funeral..
I feel like ANY social distortion song could fit any movie ending. It just makes me wanna clink beers with strangers and cheers. We’ll make it fellas!! And if you already did help those that haven’t
My dad was a HUGE Social D fan. They were his favorite band and he never missed a show when they played in NJ. He died from cancer 3 years ago. I haven’t been able to listen to this song until now and rather than making me sad, it brought great comfort. Thank you.
i wouldnt say underrated...they were on top in the 80s as a punk band and when his band/friends couldnt watch him fall apart with the booze and that evil powder...he got a second chance. made a career out of what most of us dont ever come close to...you wanna hear underrated, check out the Reigning Sound. NOW! Time Bomb High School or Too Much Guitar to start...
This song was played at my best friends funeral. It caught me off guard when it started playing. I couldnt of thought of a better song for the service. It will always have a special place in my heart.
I vividly remember when Dennis Danell passed. Pulling an all-nighter in the wood shop to get some speakers done. I took a break to check the news and there it was. Damn... More info later said it was a cerebral aneurysm, then a heart condition. Seventeen years later my mom passed away from a cerebral aneurysm. The round-about connection hasn’t really allowed me to listen to this song until now. It just hits too close to the heart. I remember singing this song along with the crowd at a Social Distortion concert down at Bogart’s in Cincy. It was really beautiful and remains one of those memories that I hope I never lose.
Mike is a musical genius. With the band backing him to the hilt, almost every song he has ever done is a message of learning. Rock and roll will never be the same. " Stand up strong, feel the pain..."
This song was with me through one of my friends who died of cancer. No matter how many tears I shed, I'll never miss you less Kerry. This song, and all of SocialD's songs are true ballads of human nature; life, and loss. No matter your struggle or pain, know that the love we find in life is worth weathering the worst storms that life throws at us. Live well and hold close those you hold dear. Love and Death don't mean a thing 'til the angels sing.
"Who am I to question you when it all comes down?" The line that changed my way of looking at life. Every Social Distortion video comment section is filled with stories if how this band saved their life in some way.... Add me to that list. There is something to that.
I'd like to dedicate this song, as well as some other Social D songs like "Don't Take Me For Granted" and "Angel's Wings" to my best friend, Will. Three weeks ago yesterday he was hit by a car and killed. 21 years old. I'm grateful it was quick, but I miss my buddy. We went through everything together. Will, everything I do from now on is for you. I'll see you again some day. The last time I saw him which was four days before he died, I played this song and a bunch of other Social D songs. And again at about the same time he died while we were miles apart I happened to be playing this song, as well as the other two I mentioned. Nothing makes it any easier, but music like this can at least help somewhat. Thanks for the great song, Mike Ness.
May Mike Ness and Social D rock on for eternity!!!!!!! Long live REAL rocknroll!!!!! Thank you Mike Ness...you have been, still are, and always will be one of the few real rockers that have shared your heart with us since Johnny Cash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lost my Uncle Ace last night and the first thing I could think of to keep from falling to pieces was When the Angels Sing....Social D has always been there for me.
@ gerry jones Pardon me Sir....you've forgot to mention Queen, Mötley crüe and Avril Lavigne. This is the REAL cool stuff, pure Underground Punk Rock Shit.
I'm 40 and been jamming to them for such a long time. Mike's sound can always pull me out of an emotional state of mind or quite often put me in one. Either way I'm forever grateful. Thank you. Mike.
We're going to play this song as the only words at the funeral of our little Nick Jr. (26.05.'20, 6:54 - 13:05) next Thursday. After that, I think, this song will never be the same to us but we'll love this one more than ever! Thank you for the music!
May our fallen find the peace that the mortal world lacked, and that St. Michael strike down their demons. We have lost so many, so many taken too young. You are loved.
Oh my god why am I such a wussy crying to all these peoples responses? It is such a heart wrenching song. Thank you Mike for writing this for us all.❤😢 God bless
I love how so many comments here are about how this song/Social D helped them through tough times, or are tributes to a loved one who's passed. This is so much more than just music. (and yes, this song helped me through some really dark times as well)
I lost my pops 8years ago i think of him all the time i lost a lot of my best friends john jim eddie matt jerry now your angels looking over me thanks mike for yhe song been a fan since 82
This song reminds me of coming home after drinking in 1996 , turning on MTV watching the video, and falling asleep on the couch w my dog. All my friends were alive then.
Well one things for sure. We're all in this together. Sharing the same pain. But i think we can all celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Here we are.
Classic. I remember cranking this back in the 90's and I'm still playing it in my car on road trips and such to this day... Never gets old, always rings true, one of the greats.
My buddy John Randal of Ft. Walton Beach,FL I knew since pre-school passed away 2 weeks ago.We grew up listening Punk Rock & Alternative music and hanging out at the beach boogie boarding and surfing. He would have been 44 in Jan 2016...... Ironic how I came across the When The Angel Sing song while I was watching Sick Boy & Story Of My Life.....
Social Distortion is just so wholesome. It is just real and true, it is painful but not in a bad way. They are similar to Johnny Cash in the way they are so real.
wholesome? have you followed Ness's journey from 15 year old drug addled, jail living near casualty to an second chance most people never get? his band quit on him after a show in 84, a classic punk rhythm section. the guy did it the hard way. go checkout Their early stuff...they still sneak a few of those songs in...his ljourney was rather ugly and while i prefer the early stuff...he wrote some real solid tunes, this one being probably as good as any. Cold Feelings, id live to hear a little more raw, but the band was a business by then. i have full respect for him and dennis, who stuck by his side until his unfortunate passing. He may seem wholesome, but this guy wrote Mainliner, Lude Boy, and other songs you hope your kids dont identify with. My best friend from grade school loved Prison Bound and the s/t album...drank himself to death, the same year i lost the girl i was going to marry. I wish he'd lived to her this---its gotta touch anyone whos lost someone they couldnt live without. i didnt function well after that ragic 18 months. I check this tune out when i wanna torture myself, i guess. Lifes been an empty, confusing series of failures. Since then, ive lost friends, my parents and a failed marriage. christ, why am i writing this...
LYRIC : At last we meet again, dear god When the angels sing The funeral's are nicer, when we know you're there And the angels sing Sometimes I try so hard to understand the things you do Who am I to question you when it all comes down Hear the angels sing Stand up strong feel the pain When the angels sing Love and death don't mean a thing Till the angels sing The prisoners pray when they're on death row When the angels sing The junkie cries for love, but its all run out When the angels sing The sins of the world, and its cold on the streets and you're all alone And the tears they start to fall when it all comes down Hear the angels sing Stand up strong feel the pain When the angels sing Love and death don't mean a thing Till the angels sing Little by little, day by day Watch the children play Cause life and death don't mean a thing Till the angels sing When the angel of death, comes a looking for me Hear the angels sing I hope I was everything I was supposed to be When the angels sing There's gotta be a heaven, cause I've already done my time in hell And a little babies bawl, when it all comes down Hear the angels sing Little by little, day by day Watch the children play Cause life and death don't mean a thing Till the angels sing
I'm 32 and I've loved this song & Social D since I was 14 or 15 years old, over half my life. This song gets me every time, would love to finally see them live after all these years. Keep on rockin
All thru my 4 years in the penitentiary This song ran thru my mind, after i was finally found not guilty and released this was the first song i listened to... Thanks Mike!
A year and a half in may I wrote something about my mom and grandma today I write for my dad who passed away yesterday I will miss you dad and now your with your wife of 48 years in heaven I will miss you both
whether im active in my use or not...social d has ALWAYS been there for me,mike ness is one of the best songwriters ever,and the fact hes kicked and survived one of the worst addictions there is gives me hope that one day ill b able to say the same!!!
Like Rosanne Cash said for a song in a tribute to her father 'this song is full of love and rythm', and in this case it is not only a tribute to Dennis as we all may feel here, but also to all of us that for years and years already have been living high and low in emotions being strongly helped by this song and social d. This will never get old, this is part of our hearts!
You know, guys. I have come to know the work of SxDx not so long ago. At first I didn't like the sound and abandoned the music. But after a while I have listened once again. SxDx's music have some flair that forces you to listen it every day. By this time I already knew that band was iconic in the history of punk-rock. I believed that nothing can surprise me now. But then I saw this video. I have been shocked. Not only that, the group has existed for almost 40 years, and is still alive, the group has become one of those who make history. But the most important thing is that music like this really affects people. Reading comments of all those people made me crying. That was a first time when I cried because of music. It is amazing, to how many people this music helped to overcome difficult times in life, how many pleasant memories can this music bring to some. Mike Ness - you're the man, who writes touching, amazing and meaningful music, which is listened by millions of people, including me, every day. It was a great pity for me that band have spent last fall on tour in USA, and I had no opportunity to hear it alive, because I'm from Russia. I hope that one day Mike Ness organizes Russian or European tour and I'll have my chance of a lifetime to witness the performance of this legendary group. Social Distortion's and Mike Ness' music will always be in my heart. Whoever had read this till the end - sorry for my bad English, I had to use autotranslation. I hope, everyone could understand my message.
Seven years ago, at the age of 37, I was struck by lymphoma and for months I was hospitalized in an onco-hematological ward for treatment. There, in those terrible months, I met other patients like me. I spoke with them, shared hopes and fears, smiled at little things and cried. Many of them, however, did not make it. And listening to this song, beautiful but terrible, I think of them. Of all those dreams and those broken hopes. And I ask myself if it is really right that I survived and they did not. For this reason, as the song says, when death comes looking for me "I hope I have been everything I was meant to be". I owe it to those who came before me, who fought against the disease with courage but lost.
After my brother died I found this album in his room and there was a note in the case that said, "Be strong, because if you aren't Hayley wont be." I love you Clyde Micheal. Thank you for showing me how to be strong.
I used this album to help me recover from heroin addiction
@@bryanmacshawson1086 good stuff Bryan. I too am a recovered Oxycontin addict. Clean for 10 years now.
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RIP TO YOUR BRO 🕊
This is so precious!
One of the most powerful Social D songs ever!
That is not a high bar.
RIP Chuck Biscuits. A Great Drummer.
RIP???
Yes 💯 Rock & Roll Heaven Has a Great Drummer🎶🎵🙌🙏🙏🙏✌️
hahahaha!!! funny. he ain't dead but hey i get ya. he was the funnest SD drummer for sure though.
Today was my fathers funeral. And now I'm crying during this song. Many people in the comment section lost someone they love. All my love to you!
All the best to you mate
@@josephduffy6455 Thanks mate!
Im so sorry for your loss!
What was his name if you don’t mind me asking?
@@sanjoaquinvalleytransparency1 Kind of you to ask. His name was Jaap and that is a typical Dutch name
Truly one of the greatest American rock and roll bands in history. Social Distortion's music is just simply honest, and that's what I've always loved about them. No BS, just honest rock and roll. Mike Ness has kept the faith for over 40 years. They helped shape the southern California punk rock scene. They have made album after album of simply great music. Given all they have accomplished and all they have given to the world, they deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Yes, they should be inducted. But it a long, slow process. Lots and lots of red tape. Look how long it took for Linda Ronstadt. And her induction into the rock and roll HOF was _LONG_ overdue. I am not even sold so much on hardcore punk rock, but I. LOVE SD.
Ahhh Yah 💯 From & still reside in San Diego Cali. & Theyre coming to North Park, 5 minutes away from me, On 12-38/12-29 Saturday and Sunday, im thinking about getting One ticket & going myself & I think that I May NOT be the Oldest One there🎶🎵🙌👏✌️😎
Chuck Biscuits - my favorite Social D drummer
This was my husband’s favorite Social D song. They were the last concert we got to go to together before covid hit. I lost him back in October, 36 years old and no clue what happened yet. It’s hard to listen to any music without him but I’m listening to this while sitting here looking at the altar the kids and I put together for him. I hope he hears it.
He will. Sorry for your loss.
He is definetly hearing it, along with the Angels.
Sry for your loss 36 to young
he's hearing you !! I strongly believe it , and he Will looking up for both of you . saludos desde Uruguay
he's hearing you !! I strongly believe it , and he Will looking up for both of you . saludos desde Uruguay
Lost my brother 28 years ago. Lost my Dad 3 months ago. My brother loved Social Distortion. My Dad was a HUGE fan of 50's and 60's Rock n Roll and Doo Wop. This band bridges a gap on Country, Rock N Roll and Punk. Best of all 3 worlds.
Yes. Good way to put it. God bless
I hope they play this at my funeral. Sums up my life perfectly.
Yeah..me too!
when my dads best friend died back in 2018 he fell apart and after the funeral my mom played this song and sang "stand up strong, feel the pain let the angels sing " and he gave her a kiss and then shed a tear and we went home. i know it was hard for him but he did it for her and for me. and without this song i feel like i woudve lost my dad to grief and depression
27 years old. Only got into Social D a little over a year ago. I don't care who or when you found them, Social Distortion will change your life.
42 yearls Old and it did , a few years ago when i was in a dark and selfdestructive place. thanx God for Mr Ness
I discovered them at 14 and yes they've helped me through some of the hardest times, losing my best friend to an overdose, she meant the world to me. I wish she had listened to their music too
ABSOLUTELY TRUE... HELPED ME GET THROUGH ROUGH TIMES..
Dude I know right. This song and pleasure seeker. Both to me in my own opinion are the best tow songs on the album.
Yes they will. Awesome band.
My brother died a few months ago, and I took home a cherub from his garden. I was walking and listening to my Nano yesterday (yes, I'm old), and I decided to move the cherub to a better spot in our yard. Out of 804 randomly selected songs on that device, this song started playing. And then we had a little conversation. Love this song and this band so much!
This is for you Dad. Happy Birthday. R.I.P.
I'm nearly 56 and still bounce to social distortion love ❤️ this one though enjoy people stay in the game until the angels sing
I don’t tear up for much, But my heart goes out to so many of you in the comments. This song is so deep. Always a favorite
Right?
On September 22nd of this year my mother passed away. I was her caregiver for 16 years until I could no longer help her and I needed to have her be treated by professionals. She was admitted to the hospital on her 90th birthday and she was discharged for a short time before being admitted for the last time. She did wait for me and I was blessed to hold her hand until she passed. I don't want this to be about ME I want this to be about EVERY ONE OF YOU. SxDx saved me from suicide many years ago with this song and also "I was wrong." Please try to love each other as much as you can.
1000 % Andrew !
Genuinely one of the greatest songs of the 90s
I´m from Brazil, sorry about my english. Thank you Mike, thank you Social Distortion. God knows my fights in life and how much your music helped me! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Brazilians are awesome !!!
Happy 60th birthday Mike ness I hope you have a wonderful day on your special day and I wish you many more and keep on rockin out mike ness i love you and I love your music once again happy birthday mike ness enjoy your day and many more I love you mike ness ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I had never heard this song before today ! 12/6/24 . I absolutely love it ! I’m a fan but still , hadn’t heard this one ! What a fantastic and beautiful song ! I’ll have to play this 100 times today ! Take care all !
I lost my dad 6 days before Christmas in 2014 to a heroin overdose. I never liked this song before but I can appreciate it now. This was my dad's favorite band. RIP pops-
Your dad had good taste. Lost my mom that Christmas morning to a fentanyl od
It's hard to hear these songs when we've been through really hard things but they're just so damn appropriate. Especially if SD was your dads favorite. My dads gone too. I know mines around. I've seen too many signs for it not to be true. I'm sure your dad is with you too. Especially when you play his favorite songs! ❤️
My dads loss wasn't drugs but suddenly and right before I gave birth to his first grandchild. Love to all of you! 🙏❤️
May your dad rest in peace, I'm sorry for it
Shit man, I lost my grandpa on Halloween of 2014, hope you're doing well dude.
lost my mother to cancer and this song makes me feel better because i know she is in heaven.
Cancer is an awful thing, may her soul rest in peace, I'm sorry for your loss
I'm so, so very sorry.
I'm growing my hair out to donate. With your permission, I'd like to donate in her memory.
Hugs and healing posi sent yo you.
I lost my two boys 16 months apart and they are at peace and miss the Dad
Morris Kallappa I'm with ya brotha, I'm 51 and lost my mom to cancer at age 16, she was 45. Years later ifound this song. MUCHLOVE
I lost my sister to cancer this April 22,2020. Hardest thing I have been through. Sorry you had to experience this pain.
I’ve been to many many concerts, but the camaraderie I felt in the pit at a Social Distortion concert was the best feeling ever so much love and everyone singing the songs arm in arm together. Great time. Thank you, Mike Ness!!!
My son was a huge social distortion fan ..he was murdered 3 weeks ago,shot in the chest at point blank by a 17 year old punk...my son was 22...the wound is still fresh ...the pain is overwhelming...I been a social distortion fan since the 80s..and I listened to this song on the way to his funeral..
I'm so sorry for your loss...I can't imagine the pain a parent must feel burying their child.
That is awful. Sorry to hear.
Many hearts are with you, bless you, from Vietnam.
What city was this in? Im so sorry. Shouldn't be this way...
@@emilianosintarias7337Ho chi min city? I lived there for 2 years.
I feel like ANY social distortion song could fit any movie ending. It just makes me wanna clink beers with strangers and cheers. We’ll make it fellas!! And if you already did help those that haven’t
that´s right! cheers
Let's go!!!💪
Cheers bro
My dad was a HUGE Social D fan. They were his favorite band and he never missed a show when they played in NJ. He died from cancer 3 years ago. I haven’t been able to listen to this song until now and rather than making me sad, it brought great comfort. Thank you.
I drank for 20 years to these guys ❤
My best friend passed away 2 years ago. This song has a very special place in my heart for him.
I really miss him
Never has a band felt more relatable. Underrated but, GREATLY appreciated.
i wouldnt say underrated...they were on top in the 80s as a punk band and when his band/friends couldnt watch him fall apart with the booze and that evil powder...he got a second chance. made a career out of what most of us dont ever come close to...you wanna hear underrated, check out the Reigning Sound. NOW! Time Bomb High School or Too Much Guitar to start...
I'm a late comer to this band. They were being played at the tattoo shop when I was last there, asked who it was, absolutely hooked since
It's amazing how a great sound unites people. Great tune. Great video. Great band🤘🔥🤘
This song is for my Brother In Law Michael Barberi Rest In Peace Good Man. February 7,1964 - January 24 2014. Miss ya
russ burchfield May Michael rest in peace, I'm sorry for your loss
Sending this one up to you, Mom. Miss and love you!
I lost my parents 19 years ago while I was a Sr in high school and social d got me through it. I will never not love then.
This song was played at my best friends funeral. It caught me off guard when it started playing. I couldnt of thought of a better song for the service. It will always have a special place in my heart.
I vividly remember when Dennis Danell passed. Pulling an all-nighter in the wood shop to get some speakers done. I took a break to check the news and there it was. Damn... More info later said it was a cerebral aneurysm, then a heart condition. Seventeen years later my mom passed away from a cerebral aneurysm. The round-about connection hasn’t really allowed me to listen to this song until now. It just hits too close to the heart. I remember singing this song along with the crowd at a Social Distortion concert down at Bogart’s in Cincy. It was really beautiful and remains one of those memories that I hope I never lose.
Miss you every day grandpa. San Diego won't be the same without you. Much amor, you will never be forgotten
Mike is a musical genius. With the band backing him to the hilt, almost every song he has ever done is a message of learning. Rock and roll will never be the same. " Stand up strong, feel the pain..."
Everyone has lost someone and all our stories and struggles matter.
This album is f’n GREEEEEEAAAAAT! my favorite out of them all, even Prison Bound. HELL OF A BAND!!
One of the most under rated bands in history!!! Love them, I met Mike Ness in Lauderdale, on the tour bus got to hang out! ❤️ Them!!!
Sorry for the loss of your son truly I am god bless God speed to him rip xx
This song was with me through one of my friends who died of cancer. No matter how many tears I shed, I'll never miss you less Kerry. This song, and all of SocialD's songs are true ballads of human nature; life, and loss. No matter your struggle or pain, know that the love we find in life is worth weathering the worst storms that life throws at us. Live well and hold close those you hold dear. Love and Death don't mean a thing 'til the angels sing.
Social D has the cleanest, purest sound aroud. I really enjoy stripped down rock thats closer to the 50s than today.
"Who am I to question you when it all comes down?"
The line that changed my way of looking at life.
Every Social Distortion video comment section is filled with stories if how this band saved their life in some way....
Add me to that list.
There is something to that.
I love you dad i miss u so badly
This song gets me every time. Prayers to the lost ones. Prayers to the ones still surviving.
After reading the comments, my deepest and most sincere condolences to everyone who had someone close to them repose. God bless ☦️
This song got me through some of the darkest times of my life. It was there when my baby girl was born too.....Thank you fellas I love you.
I'd like to dedicate this song, as well as some other Social D songs like "Don't Take Me For Granted" and "Angel's Wings" to my best friend, Will. Three weeks ago yesterday he was hit by a car and killed. 21 years old. I'm grateful it was quick, but I miss my buddy. We went through everything together. Will, everything I do from now on is for you. I'll see you again some day. The last time I saw him which was four days before he died, I played this song and a bunch of other Social D songs. And again at about the same time he died while we were miles apart I happened to be playing this song, as well as the other two I mentioned. Nothing makes it any easier, but music like this can at least help somewhat. Thanks for the great song, Mike Ness.
So sorry to hear that.
Came here just to listen to the song but the user comments about missed loved ones blew me away. Peace to all.
Music helps the soul...th-cam.com/video/Qj9RYaiRRcE/w-d-xo.html
@@JustinHaglerMusic every time I listen to this song I go to the comment section. Brings me joy and sadness
Bra
This helped me So much!
cool the comments are on, i think thers a reason for that...pretty cool. the last great SD song.
May Mike Ness and Social D rock on for eternity!!!!!!! Long live REAL rocknroll!!!!! Thank you Mike Ness...you have been, still are, and always will be one of the few real rockers that have shared your heart with us since Johnny Cash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
R.I.P. My good friend Tamer. The Angels are singing for you right now in heaven.
Lost my Uncle Ace last night and the first thing I could think of to keep from falling to pieces was When the Angels Sing....Social D has always been there for me.
THIS IS PURE ROCK AND ROLL! ONE OF THE BEST BANDS EVER!!!
Yaaaaahhh!
@ gerry jones
Pardon me Sir....you've forgot to mention Queen, Mötley crüe and Avril Lavigne. This is the REAL cool stuff, pure Underground Punk Rock Shit.
It's not one of the best bands ever it's the greatest rock and roll band of any era
@@deadscenegitz5281 Queen isn't Punk. You could say Avril is a little punk though, pop punk maybe. Don't know about the last one.
The Best!!!🎸🎸🎸😎👍🤘👍🤘👍🤘
Proof that rock n' roll ain't fucking dead!
I'm 40 and been jamming to them for such a long time. Mike's sound can always pull me out of an emotional state of mind or quite often put me in one. Either way I'm forever grateful. Thank you. Mike.
Even after all these years, we still know which songs to always come back to.
2025 and still vib’n!,🤘🏼😋
Si señor
This song has given me the strength to go on. Ive lost fam and friends in tragic ways and i honor them with this song.
I just lost my very good friend Chip February 26, 2018. Cancer sucks. Thanks, SD for helping me cope. ❤❤❤❤
We're going to play this song as the only words at the funeral of our little Nick Jr. (26.05.'20, 6:54 - 13:05) next Thursday. After that, I think, this song will never be the same to us but we'll love this one more than ever! Thank you for the music!
It strikes home, from pain to blooming warmth and acceptance!
This song is so fantastic. I will listen to it until the angels sing.
May our fallen find the peace that the mortal world lacked, and that St. Michael strike down their demons. We have lost so many, so many taken too young. You are loved.
Oh my god why am I such a wussy crying to all these peoples responses? It is such a heart wrenching song. Thank you Mike for writing this for us all.❤😢 God bless
Mike Ness is one of the best song writers of all time
Virginia St. Michel verdade kkk ele é muito foda
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Garbage 🇨🇦✌🏻🇨🇦
This always gets me hard thinking of loved one's lost life to early specially drugs or violence lost alot of people that way dc liverpool England 🇬🇧
I love how so many comments here are about how this song/Social D helped them through tough times, or are tributes to a loved one who's passed. This is so much more than just music. (and yes, this song helped me through some really dark times as well)
Brad, I listened. I’m still here brother. Thank you pal. Not sure if there’s a heaven, but I know there are Angels. You included
@@sspo17 I'm no angel. But stand up strong brother!
I don't think it gets any easier; you just learn better ways to live with it
man, mike and social d have helped me through some rough shit in past.
+Colton Dillard me too life is full of shit
Me too. Helped me so much that i've thrived. I love this music because of that.
And he's Still rocking...Bad ass,but great guy from all accounts..and he's been there,ya know
Robert Joseh Maccready
Same here, my go to's are far behind, i was wrong, when the angels sing, and reach for the sky
I lost my pops 8years ago i think of him all the time i lost a lot of my best friends john jim eddie matt jerry now your angels looking over me thanks mike for yhe song been a fan since 82
This song reminds me of coming home after drinking in 1996 , turning on MTV watching the video, and falling asleep on the couch w my dog. All my friends were alive then.
my neice was born 3 months premature. my brother played this song every day for her. now shes 5 years old and such a lively person.
This song still inspires and gives me chills especially when the pics of those we have lost are shown including Elvis and MLK
Well one things for sure. We're all in this together. Sharing the same pain. But i think we can all celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Here we are.
Classic. I remember cranking this back in the 90's and I'm still playing it in my car on road trips and such to this day... Never gets old, always rings true, one of the greats.
My buddy John Randal of Ft. Walton Beach,FL I knew since pre-school passed away 2 weeks ago.We grew up listening Punk Rock & Alternative music and hanging out at the beach boogie boarding and surfing. He would have been 44 in Jan 2016...... Ironic how I came across the When The Angel Sing song while I was watching Sick Boy & Story Of My Life.....
My mother just passed and me and my sister listened to this together. Stand up strong, feel the pain.
Sending Love and Strength Your way
AMEN BROTHER
Social Distortion is just so wholesome. It is just real and true, it is painful but not in a bad way. They are similar to Johnny Cash in the way they are so real.
Yes!! Agree
Well put
wholesome? have you followed Ness's journey from 15 year old drug addled, jail living near casualty to an second chance most people never get? his band quit on him after a show in 84, a classic punk rhythm section. the guy did it the hard way. go checkout Their early stuff...they still sneak a few of those songs in...his ljourney was rather ugly and while i prefer the early stuff...he wrote some real solid tunes, this one being probably as good as any. Cold Feelings, id live to hear a little more raw, but the band was a business by then. i have full respect for him and dennis, who stuck by his side until his unfortunate passing. He may seem wholesome, but this guy wrote Mainliner, Lude Boy, and other songs you hope your kids dont identify with. My best friend from grade school loved Prison Bound and the s/t album...drank himself to death, the same year i lost the girl i was going to marry. I wish he'd lived to her this---its gotta touch anyone whos lost someone they couldnt live without. i didnt function well after that ragic 18 months. I check this tune out when i wanna torture myself, i guess. Lifes been an empty, confusing series of failures. Since then, ive lost friends, my parents and a failed marriage. christ, why am i writing this...
LYRIC : At last we meet again, dear god
When the angels sing
The funeral's are nicer, when we know you're there
And the angels sing
Sometimes I try so hard to understand the things you do
Who am I to question you when it all comes down
Hear the angels sing
Stand up strong feel the pain
When the angels sing
Love and death don't mean a thing
Till the angels sing
The prisoners pray when they're on death row
When the angels sing
The junkie cries for love, but its all run out
When the angels sing
The sins of the world, and its cold on the streets and you're all alone
And the tears they start to fall when it all comes down
Hear the angels sing
Stand up strong feel the pain
When the angels sing
Love and death don't mean a thing
Till the angels sing
Little by little, day by day
Watch the children play
Cause life and death don't mean a thing
Till the angels sing
When the angel of death, comes a looking for me
Hear the angels sing
I hope I was everything I was supposed to be
When the angels sing
There's gotta be a heaven, cause I've already done my time in hell
And a little babies bawl, when it all comes down
Hear the angels sing
Little by little, day by day
Watch the children play
Cause life and death don't mean a thing
Till the angels sing
Eugene, my brother was a rock star to me
1963-2011
Rest in His Palace
Freeman Diaz I'm sorry for your loss, my blessings to you and your family, may Eugene rest in peace
Bia Santos thanks. He introduced me to Ramones Dead Kennedy's and so many more.
Would be AMAZING if we ever got his in 4K. The music video along with I Was Wrong take the best Social D direction/cinematography award for me.
I'm 32 and I've loved this song & Social D since I was 14 or 15 years old, over half my life. This song gets me every time, would love to finally see them live after all these years. Keep on rockin
Would love to know you
All thru my 4 years in the penitentiary This song ran thru my mind, after i was finally found not guilty and released this was the first song i listened to... Thanks Mike!
Such a great song" relates to all my loved ones whom we've lost" R.I.P
A year and a half in may I wrote something about my mom and grandma today I write for my dad who passed away yesterday I will miss you dad and now your with your wife of 48 years in heaven I will miss you both
Those guys truly safed my life. Goose bumps everytime I hear this song!
whether im active in my use or not...social d has ALWAYS been there for me,mike ness is one of the best songwriters ever,and the fact hes kicked and survived one of the worst addictions there is gives me hope that one day ill b able to say the same!!!
One of my favorites!!! Love the cars and the whole thang!! Mike ness is a frickin icon!!!
Those 50s mercury's are some of the sexiest cars ever made
Rest in peace Matt rauf and Scott Bennett. We’ll all meet again when the angels sing for me. I love you guys
I will never forget the first time I heard that song. It was a blessing. I just love that band. Mike Ness....... YOU ARE A GOD TO ME. ♥️
Like Rosanne Cash said for a song in a tribute to her father 'this song is full of love and rythm', and in this case it is not only a tribute to Dennis as we all may feel here, but also to all of us that for years and years already have been living high and low in emotions being strongly helped by this song and social d. This will never get old, this is part of our hearts!
You know, guys. I have come to know the work of SxDx not so long ago. At first I didn't like the sound and abandoned the music. But after a while I have listened once again. SxDx's music have some flair that forces you to listen it every day. By this time I already knew that band was iconic in the history of punk-rock. I believed that nothing can surprise me now. But then I saw this video. I have been shocked. Not only that, the group has existed for almost 40 years, and is still alive, the group has become one of those who make history. But the most important thing is that music like this really affects people. Reading comments of all those people made me crying. That was a first time when I cried because of music. It is amazing, to how many people this music helped to overcome difficult times in life, how many pleasant memories can this music bring to some. Mike Ness - you're the man, who writes touching, amazing and meaningful music, which is listened by millions of people, including me, every day. It was a great pity for me that band have spent last fall on tour in USA, and I had no opportunity to hear it alive, because I'm from Russia. I hope that one day Mike Ness organizes Russian or European tour and I'll have my chance of a lifetime to witness the performance of this legendary group. Social Distortion's and Mike Ness' music will always be in my heart. Whoever had read this till the end - sorry for my bad English, I had to use autotranslation. I hope, everyone could understand my message.
amen to that brother
We understand you, bro.
From America With Love
The only thing worth holding onto in the world is love. Cherish it for every second, no matter how life gets you down.
Social D sounds this great and even better live. Saw 'em on this tour, Chuck Biscuits was bombastic.
Seven years ago, at the age of 37, I was struck by lymphoma and for months I was hospitalized in an onco-hematological ward for treatment. There, in those terrible months, I met other patients like me. I spoke with them, shared hopes and fears, smiled at little things and cried. Many of them, however, did not make it. And listening to this song, beautiful but terrible, I think of them. Of all those dreams and those broken hopes. And I ask myself if it is really right that I survived and they did not. For this reason, as the song says, when death comes looking for me "I hope I have been everything I was meant to be". I owe it to those who came before me, who fought against the disease with courage but lost.
Has been... and always will be one of the greatest bands ever!!!!
Still the greatest vocals of all time!
hey Nana, it's been almost 10 years since you've left our lives but I still miss and remember you all the same. We love you so much.