Something like 4 years ago, i met an Irish customer at my work place in South Italy (i'm Italian). He said he was from Derry, and i said "oh, there's a great band in your city, The Undertones, i love them". He was SO happy and surprised to see an Undertones fan in a remote city in South Italy, we talked in broken English about bands and music for almost an hour. One of my best memories.
The Italians and the Irish, so similar. All love their mums, family orientated, love food, big show offs (the boys!), very gorgeous (the girls), like to talk a lot. Yes. Interchangeable the Irish and the Italians. Love them all.
The game of football was invented in tenth century ireland!, it began as two warring families locked in a dispute over the ownership of a turnip, every year since, the battle was re enacted, using the severed head of enemies,..rather than the blatantly extravagant waste of a good turnip!😂
My younger brother only brother made me play this everytime he visited me. He died this year and I played it just now for him just me and him. Tears are dripping down my face, I had him back with me for last few minutes. I love you so much brother. We argued and laughed now your in heaven looking after me. So so sore but I will be fine guys.
i'm a Derry boy and saw them live many times in the Casbah Club which was little more than a portacabin. One night people were dancing on the roof and fell through it so the Untertones literally brought the house down.
John Peel’s favourite song. The lyrics of which inscribed on his gravestone. A bunch of spotty, talented, badly dressed Derry boys finding comfort in the middle of a war. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I remember taping it off the radio. My mum used to let me stay up to listen to John Peel's Rockpile. Dad would smuggle me into some gigs, too. I was lucky to have parents who actively encouraged me to listen to punk, as well as to 50s and 60s stuff, and classical music, too.
When I was 19 i fell into a pub in a small Irish town called Kiltegan. The pub was called Katie Lowes and a bunch of lads were having a jam. I hears Where is my mind by the Pixies and Teenage Kicks. I'm still friends with all those guys.
When I think of this... I think of the beautiful John Peel... a true champion of eclectic music that was alternative... from punk, grunge, techno, Progressive house... he was the one that really educated me listening to his shows... RIP John Peel... a true legend
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Everytime she walks down the street Another girl in the neighbourhood Wish she was mine, she looks so good I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight Get teenage kicks right through the night I'm gonna call her on the telephone Have her over 'cause I'm all alone I need excitement, oh, I need it bad And it's the best I've ever had I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Everytime she walks down the street Another girl in the neighbourhood Wish she was mine, she looks so good I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right I'm gonna call her on the telephone Have her over 'cause I'm all alone I need excitement, oh, I need it bad And it's the best I've ever had I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right
For what ever reason, I TH-camd Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers just now. It was unbearably trite. Teenage Kicks by the Undertones is anything but.
Track is about the excitement and enthusiasm of adolescent love. It is about experiencing the intensity of first love and infatuation. It captures the feelings of longing, desire, and energy that come with being a teenager. The song is a celebration of innocent teenage love and the emotions associated with it. The chorus refers to the desire to keep the excitement of teenage love alive and to enjoy it for as long as possible. The song reflects on the joy of young love and encourages everyone to embrace it and cherish the moments of teenage bliss.
Loved the Undertones as an Aussie they had that raw Pub Band Sound with a splash of Punk/Pop...My perfect Cousin is my Life Soundtrack it's a Banger, 57 yo and still have a bit of that Teenage angst. God I miss the 70s and 80s
One of the great rock songs of all time. I bought this album when it came out in 1979. Listened to it a few hundred times, but living in the cultural backwater of San Antonio, I never got to see this video. They were the Irish Ramones.
D. C#. B. C#. D. (Verse) D. C#. B. A. G. (Transition to chorus) G. G#. A. (Chorus) So that's six chords. Not trying to be a dick, but it's a bit more complex than just 3 chords.
@@andymellor9056 Well ACKCHYUALLY it's 7 chords In the outro riff he slides through a single C power chord A G B C C# D (Outro) Not being a dick either and its literally nothing but it's there
One of my all time favourite tracks. Was still "almost" a teenager, when it first came out. It still makes me feel like one every time I hear it. It's a great track, timeless. Saw them play at the free concert at Vondel (?)Park in Rotterdam. We flew in especially for the festival, they had so many great British bands & singers in the line up, all for free !
It’s the greatest youth record of all time. Find me three minutes better of teenage unknowing and youthful magic summed up in a record. John knew. It’s a masterpiece. There has been nothing come close ever since.
Saw them live last night in Copenhagen. Even without Fergal Sharkey, it was a great performance! Hugh Cornwell was warming up to the show! Cool night of old school punk rock! 😁
So much for these so called great recording companies who cannot see talent when it's presented to them . Probably from their background and being DERRY boys . The Undertones gave them the middle finger with great thanks and appreciation to John Peel .
Bought a copy the day after John Peel (RIP) first played this (twice, because it was so good) on his evening radio show. I still listen to the Undertones when I need to be cheered up, forty something years later.
The late great legendary radio one DJ cried on hearing this for the first time, if someone has already posted the same as me no apologies.... Brilliant band and what a awesome DJ rip John Peel quite simply an outstanding DJ and a knack for championing new bands and music.... The majority became household names.
For about 45 years this has been my favourite song, crazy,incredible track peel backed everybody knows the history, , what a song and a great great band
My favourite band, I'm going to see them at the assembly with my daughter see loves them to!! In Leamington spa memories will come flooding back really happy day the best days x
There are great songs. Then there are songs so great they affect you at a molecular level... I'd seen Pretty Vacant on TOTP, changed my life as a kid. Then this came out. First band I saw live (Undertones, Birmingham Odeon), brilliant.
Bought this back in the day and its still in a box in a cupboard along with many other 45s of that era and most of them will only ever been played half a dozen times as they where bought and then recorded on to tapes that i could play in my van, travelled every wk end from Preston to Lockerbie with 2 c60 tapes and one side of one was blank ,but happy days back then,,
As John peel said years ago, this is one of the best pop, rock songs of all time. It really is, every time I hear it I have to stop and remember the late seventies, early eighties, when music was at its best. Brilliant.....
Get tae fuck. There are NO better versions of this song. Many have tried, many have failed. This is the most perfect 3 minutes of post-punk guitar sound, bar none. If you do not concur, cut your ears off, you have no use for them.
I was 13 when this song released, god I feel so old, I remember loving this song when I was younger, now my 2nd youngest daughter has gotten into punk, it's reminded me of myself.
First heard this song in 2005 when I was aged 17, assumed from the sound it was from the early '90s or maybe late '80s. Found out just now it was actually 1978. Talk about timeless. Incredible.
Absolute favourite song ! I was born in the 70s and didn't hear this until the late 70s. Great fan of John Peel who loved it so much he played it twice in a row completely unheard of !
The fact that he's playing the hi-hat and we hear the ride has always driven me mad. Kickass song. the legendary DJ john peel loved this song so much, he played it twice i a row ! RIP john peel. Quite simply the greatest song ever written
I can understand what you´re saying but if you listen closer (maybe with headphones) you will notice it is actually the hi-hats. And he does go to the ride for a little short period by the end of the song. I know it´s subtle but it´s there. My best guess is that the drumsticks could be with nylon tips which helped with that sound being very similar to a ride cymbal or even just a regular but kinda heavy wood tip drumstick. I used to play this with by Tribute band and YES it is one of the greatest songs ever!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
@@gustavomantovani8309 Spot on w/the nylon tips. With the guitar distortion so powerful...the nylon tips make a 'click' that can easily be mistaken for a 'ping'.....and, as you said, he goes to the ride for a measure and that's where you can tell the difference. I made the same mistake until I repeatedly listened.
I went to John Peel's funeral in Bury St Edmonds in November 2004. As his coffin was carried out of the church there was a sound system set up to relay the funeral service to the people outside and this was played REALLY LOUDLY. His coffin was draped in a Liverpool flag.
Man I was 11 when this came out and I’ve never heard it until now. Way kool, the late 70’s and early 80’s will always be my favorite time of growing up and occasionally I revert right back to an early teenager. I’m 58 in the mirror but all too often 13-20 depending on the mood…lol 😎
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56 years old and reliving my teenage kicks in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣🎉❤
Brilliant...me too. Norn Irn's true national anthem 😂
Me too at 65 😃
Me too !!😉
Yep. Me too!
Same, friend!
Something like 4 years ago, i met an Irish customer at my work place in South Italy (i'm Italian). He said he was from Derry, and i said "oh, there's a great band in your city, The Undertones, i love them". He was SO happy and surprised to see an Undertones fan in a remote city in South Italy, we talked in broken English about bands and music for almost an hour. One of my best memories.
That was my cousin Kevin.
The Italians and the Irish, so similar. All love their mums, family orientated, love food, big show offs (the boys!), very gorgeous (the girls), like to talk a lot. Yes. Interchangeable the Irish and the Italians. Love them all.
The game of football was invented in tenth century ireland!, it began as two warring families locked in a dispute over the ownership of a turnip, every year since, the battle was re enacted, using the severed head of enemies,..rather than the blatantly extravagant waste of a good turnip!😂
cuoccimix 👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😎
@@zacmcbride27 They are native Irish lads, not colonial blow ins.
My younger brother only brother made me play this everytime he visited me. He died this year and I played it just now for him just me and him. Tears are dripping down my face, I had him back with me for last few minutes. I love you so much brother. We argued and laughed now your in heaven looking after me. So so sore but I will be fine guys.
❤
Keep memories on him
I hear you mate..we were once 3 Brothers now it's just me..RIP Brothers and RIP to your Brother.Life is tough but was so much better back then.
Even 45 years after it was published, at the age of 72, I'm becoming a teenager dancing Pogo and with sparkles in my eyes!
best reply
i'm a 63 year old original American punk rocker and new waver. I will dance with you! wait'll the retirement home gets a load of ME! OI!
I can't resist this at 66!
Watch yer back mate. Enjoy the pogo
@@aa-ph7ev Lol, yeh, watch that Hip!
that has got to be the happiest drummer i have ever seen!
Or the drummer from madness/voice of the beehive.
Or mick fleetwood
lol
Peter Criss definitely looks happy too
Nickolas mcbrain from Iron Maiden looks like he has way more fun playing drums. Awesome song by the way.
When we hear teenage kicks, John Peel is with us again
Much, much, missed.
was going to say something similar, when John Peel rated this as the greatest track of all time then there is nothing more to be said.
mr peel we miss you
He certainly is....
john has never left us 10 till midnight 4 nights a week and tommy vance on a friday
60 years old and I still love this song.
Same. Aged 60. And playing in on my guitar!
Me too😂
Yes I am hitting the big 60 six days time ! God Bless John Peel for Making this a Hit for the Lads !
Me 62 bro
🎉 true performance
It's one of those timeless songs that could have been released in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, 90's or 2000's and wouldn't seem out of place
if you like this you might like my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
@@FredMorris-pc8edI've just checked his channel out.
Absolutely!
the boys from dary or so :D
Maybe that is why this song is covered so much.
Ger 63 years old in Dublin,still reliving my teenage kicks. Love the Udertones
I'm 42 till want teenage kick's x
How do you feel about the Undertones?
Radio 1 DJ John Peel (RIP) gave this band plenty of air play, which helped the success of the record. Great band, Great DJ sorely missed.
First song ever played twice in a row on the BBC
@@madpaduk Yes indeed brother, it was the first to be played twice👍✌
John was an encyclopaedia of music knowledge
@@MayorofDipshittery-lq7ifhe was also an encyclopedia of underage girls
i'm a Derry boy and saw them live many times in the Casbah Club which was little more than a portacabin. One night people were dancing on the roof and fell through it so the Untertones literally brought the house down.
Funny story
I was born in Derry back in ‘76. I hope to see where I was born before I die
Lol great story
Noel Armstrong what a great story!
Lol
2 minutes and 27 seconds of utter pop perfection. One of the greatest songs ever made.
facts.
@@Ravver Yep. John Peel would agree with us
Isn't that what Peely said?
Totally agree with you ,,i remember this song
believe it or not... it was, is and will always be punkrock. Not pop!
John Peel’s favourite song. The lyrics of which inscribed on his gravestone. A bunch of spotty, talented, badly dressed Derry boys finding comfort in the middle of a war. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
This is my favourite song, and favourite band! 👍🏴
This song was made to be turned up loud and listened to at full volume. Who agrees
if you like this you might like my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
Agree😊
oh yes ...
Absolutely
Everyone
I remember taping it off the radio. My mum used to let me stay up to listen to John Peel's Rockpile. Dad would smuggle me into some gigs, too. I was lucky to have parents who actively encouraged me to listen to punk, as well as to 50s and 60s stuff, and classical music, too.
An immortal song, still fresh and kickin' after 40 yrs
Yeah if you are Gay
@@jimetchellsHaha.
Saw The Undertones twice in the late 70's in Cardiff (yes I am 60)... Fergul Sharkey was the most energetic and exciting singer.. Still awesome ❤
Free trade hall in Manchester’79…. Right at the front .. what a night 😊
just discovered these guys like 8 years ago, I love punk, and Im Irish American so I fell in love with these guys, great band.
Hr lived down the rosd from where i lived in hampshire
When I was 19 i fell into a pub in a small Irish town called Kiltegan. The pub was called Katie Lowes and a bunch of lads were having a jam. I hears Where is my mind by the Pixies and Teenage Kicks. I'm still friends with all those guys.
One of the best songs ever made. Love listening to it at full volume
Yeah vol 11 💯👍
Always makes me think of John Peel 💔
same. RIP. Rest In Peel.
Grew up in 70’s nd 80’s you now realise how good the music was.
Brilliant 👍🦊
@@colmhauser9532 brilliant 👍🤣
67 years old. Saw these guys at the Bayou in Washington DC way back. What can be said. Some music is timeless
Sheer, total and utter brilliance! Sharkey's strained vocals and the angsty lyrics are unbeatable. My favourite song of all time.
The raw energy of this song is so strong and compulsive making it a classic.
Listening in Telford Shropshire UK 👍
This band proves that pop punk appeared almost immediately with the advent of punk
Undertones and Buzzcocks and after the first two albums, the Ramones
Well, Buzzcocks too
@@BrianSniatkowski+ The Lurkers
So good, I'm going to play it twice.
Only twice?
@@jonathanbennet2580 It was John Peel's famous comment when he first played it on his show. He'd never done that before!
Yea, I’m here too. This sounds as good in 2024 as it did in ‘78, and always will. See you in another 46 years!
one of thee most perfect punk/pop songs ever, catchy, not too fast not too slow and the perfect length in time at 2.26 minutes
Nearly half a century & I’ve just discovered this gem. What a song.
Sir John peel was totally right this is the greatest song ever wrote still listening on the 1st of January 2021 at 08:12
Me too
Probably one great songs of Ireland.
Written mate not wrote...listen in class.
Well , there is ‘Walking in the rain ‘ by the Ronnettes but otherwise….
Aye aye and a cheers to everybody's teenage kicks memories.
When I think of this... I think of the beautiful John Peel... a true champion of eclectic music that was alternative... from punk, grunge, techno, Progressive house... he was the one that really educated me listening to his shows... RIP John Peel... a true legend
Yes he would play Val Doonican then Napalm Death then a bit of banging Detroit techno.
The best song ever written just too short. I could listen to this on repeat all nite
He married a 15 year old child, had multiple relationships with underage girls..... you one of these dodgy blokes too
john peel married a 15 year old child, had many underage relationships..... you must think jimmy savile is a legend too
And a pedo
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over 'cause I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh, I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over 'cause I'm all alone
I need excitement, oh, I need it bad
And it's the best I've ever had
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night, all right
Actually the first line is "A teenage dream's so hard to beat."
I do t care what era this came from, this song is perfect.
It doesmt matter when a song comes out as long as u enjoy it dont care what other people think
Yeah 💯👍
For what ever reason, I TH-camd Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers just now. It was unbearably trite. Teenage Kicks by the Undertones is anything but.
@@colinwilson4609 absolutely 👍
How old are uou
Love the drummers smiles in this.
if you like this you might like my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
the legendary DJ john peel loved this song so much, he played it twice i a row ! RIP john peel.
***** if he was - yet another creep from that era... only Noel Edmonds and his loud jumpers!!!!
Teenage dreams so hard to beat, is written on his gravestone.....
lewisner Bullshit. He may have enjoyed his teen fans back in Dallas and Oklahoma, but that was a long, long time ago and is about as pervy as he got.
Jessica Spence he has some of the lyrics on his grave stone
yes remember him doing it 10 to midnight monday to thursday , thanks John my friend
Track is about the excitement and enthusiasm of adolescent love. It is about experiencing the intensity of first love and infatuation. It captures the feelings of longing, desire, and energy that come with being a teenager. The song is a celebration of innocent teenage love and the emotions associated with it. The chorus refers to the desire to keep the excitement of teenage love alive and to enjoy it for as long as possible. The song reflects on the joy of young love and encourages everyone to embrace it and cherish the moments of teenage bliss.
still remember Feargal dishing out cigarettes to the audience as he was so pleased with the positive reaction at their first London gig!
Very good memory recall!! That’s what life is about... to experience those gold moments. Thank you for sharing that memory. 👍🏽
Magic of the pass fab c.j.keith
Two and a half minutes of pure teenage angst. Absolutely brilliant articulation of what it's like to be young.
N l
Well said!!
really
⁰
Bit like my perfect cousin
Happiest drummer ever!
Loved the Undertones as an Aussie they had that raw Pub Band Sound with a splash of Punk/Pop...My perfect Cousin is my Life Soundtrack it's a Banger, 57 yo and still have a bit of that Teenage angst. God I miss the 70s and 80s
Got backstage after one of their gigs and they all signed my Doc boots. Talk about teenage kicks!
That’s epic
hope you still have em!
Who cares
Brillant stuff ! A hope you still have they Doc's 👌
Ooo that's awesome :D
Do you still have the docs?
What a song - timeless !
Total classic. Heard it thousands of times in my life time and never fails to hit the spot each time. An outstanding band.
Vladimír Dvořák Y E S...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's so good it hurts
One of the great rock songs of all time. I bought this album when it came out in 1979. Listened to it a few hundred times, but living in the cultural backwater of San Antonio, I never got to see this video. They were the Irish Ramones.
Yees man , in this time live Ramones concert in Madrid . Waacha grate time.
Two minutes
Three chords
Perfect!
😂
One great comment
I remember it like it was yesterday and just as good today.
D. C#. B. C#. D. (Verse)
D. C#. B. A. G. (Transition to chorus)
G. G#. A. (Chorus)
So that's six chords.
Not trying to be a dick, but it's a bit more complex than just 3 chords.
@@andymellor9056 Well ACKCHYUALLY it's 7 chords
In the outro riff he slides through a single C power chord
A G B C C# D (Outro)
Not being a dick either and its literally nothing but it's there
First released October 1978, 40 years ago, well done Lads, happy birthday, a timeless song, as good today as it was back then.
Joe Spud wow 49 years in october.
One of my all time favourite tracks. Was still "almost" a teenager, when it first came out. It still makes me feel like one every time I hear it. It's a great track, timeless. Saw them play at the free concert at Vondel (?)Park in Rotterdam. We flew in especially for the festival, they had so many great British bands & singers in the line up, all for free !
We salute you John Peel… Rock in Peace my main man
Quite simply the greatest song ever written
Heard that!
100% agreed
So right.
You know what it's about right?...
John Peel agreed with you :)
Favorite tune off all time..from a young teenage punk in the late 70s to a 60 year old dad..
young punk new waver here - 63 now - not a mom but still a punk at heart and always will be -- I miss those days!
Ahh what I would give to have grown up in the 70's!
I want to start a band and play that kind of music
66 and still loving it!
@@allstarlord9110 go for it
It’s the greatest youth record of all time.
Find me three minutes better of teenage unknowing and youthful magic summed up in a record.
John knew. It’s a masterpiece. There has been nothing come close ever since.
My daughter is 17 and i raised her on this music and she loves it..!!!...todays tripe is shocking she said...god i love her ❤❤
I always forget how AMAZING this song is!! And I wouldn't even be born for another 20 years when it was released!
THIS IS HOLDING UP WELL! DANCIN LIKE A MADMAN
One of the best ten songs ever, no argument.
Saw them live last night in Copenhagen. Even without Fergal Sharkey, it was a great performance! Hugh Cornwell was warming up to the show! Cool night of old school punk rock! 😁
So much for these so called great recording companies who cannot see talent when it's presented to them . Probably from their background and being DERRY boys . The Undertones gave them the middle finger with great thanks and appreciation to John Peel .
Bought a copy the day after John Peel (RIP) first played this (twice, because it was so good) on his evening radio show. I still listen to the Undertones when I need to be cheered up, forty something years later.
The late great legendary radio one DJ cried on hearing this for the first time, if someone has already posted the same as me no apologies.... Brilliant band and what a awesome DJ rip John Peel quite simply an outstanding DJ and a knack for championing new bands and music.... The majority became household names.
Those guitars pure perfection from start to finish.🎸👌
Still sounds as fresh today as the day it was released.
Perfectly captured the teenage feeling.. Frustration, excitation, and passion.. I really feel that.. One of the best songs of all time..
For about 45 years this has been my favourite song, crazy,incredible track peel backed everybody knows the history, , what a song and a great great band
Great song! Love the guitars especially, and the drummer in this music video has got to be the happiest drummer ever!
I was already 30 when this was released and I STILL think it's one of THE best-ever single records EVER!
My favourite band, I'm going to see them at the assembly with my daughter see loves them to!! In Leamington spa memories will come flooding back really happy day the best days x
Just turned 70 and still love this
Best song ever. No discussion. John Peel was right.
This song is so simple... and so powerful!
There are great songs. Then there are songs so great they affect you at a molecular level... I'd seen Pretty Vacant on TOTP, changed my life as a kid. Then this came out. First band I saw live (Undertones, Birmingham Odeon), brilliant.
At 60 I can say with no doubt I grew up with the best music...
I’m 66 and this still hits hard. Love it every bit now as I did then.
This is real music I'm 29 and I love this classic
if you like this you might like my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
Saw them last night in Munich as part of the 45th anniversary tour - Was great
Was a great show!
The happiest drummer
Mars bar, can of Coke, cheese and onion crisps. 😁
Better than gene or Buddy x
They knew maybe a dozen chords
They were 15-16
They wrote one of the greatest songs ever written
👍🏻❤️
A dozen???? Bloody hell that's Pink Floyd territory......😝
SteveO 😂
A dozen between them
A dozen names between them
@@SteeeveO I mean if they only knew power chords, it would technically mean that they know 12 different chords.(a power chord for each note)
2 minutes and 25 seconds of total perfection.
Bought this back in the day and its still in a box in a cupboard along with many other 45s of that era and most of them will only ever been played half a dozen times as they where bought and then recorded on to tapes that i could play in my van, travelled every wk end from Preston to Lockerbie with 2 c60 tapes and one side of one was blank ,but happy days back then,,
As John peel said years ago, this is one of the best pop, rock songs of all time. It really is, every time I hear it I have to stop and remember the late seventies, early eighties, when music was at its best. Brilliant.....
He thought it was The Best. He said it many times.
So good, I’ll play it twice…..(If you know, you know) RIP Peel
Hey you should look up The Doublejumps if you like The Undertones
Amazing that the song was rejected by every label going, until John Peel played it twice in a row on his show. Terrific song
I have John Peels biography and yes this was his favorite number of all time as he confirms in his book.
And his comment, ‘it doesn’t get any better than this’.
Another song that gives me goose bumps whenever I hear it. Magical.
Its got everything in song . We never see this again. Always have go back xxx😢
The perfect single !
I played this video two times back to back just now. Once for myself cos it's such an effin' great song and once just for John Peel.
one song that cannot be made better
Rik Grant
Rik Grant actually busted and 1 direction did kinda better
Get tae fuck. There are NO better versions of this song. Many have tried, many have failed. This is the most perfect 3 minutes of post-punk guitar sound, bar none. If you do not concur, cut your ears off, you have no use for them.
fouldsie1 absolutely right best song ever fucking great
F Jansse Off with your ears ...
I was 13 when this song released, god I feel so old, I remember loving this song when I was younger, now my 2nd youngest daughter has gotten into punk, it's reminded me of myself.
Happiest drummer I’ve ever seen.
if you like this you might like my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
Probably the best teenage tune ever, I'm nearly 70 btw
Guitar tone is one of the best of all time.
Gold 🍻🍻
What a tune! Never gets old, you always want to dance to it and still sounds fresh today as it did then. Classic!
First heard this song in 2005 when I was aged 17, assumed from the sound it was from the early '90s or maybe late '80s. Found out just now it was actually 1978. Talk about timeless. Incredible.
Absolute favourite song ! I was born in the 70s and didn't hear this until the late 70s. Great fan of John Peel who loved it so much he played it twice in a row completely unheard of !
You would have struggled to hear it any earlier!
It was written in 77 and released in 78 so hearing it before the late 70s would’ve be kinda difficult...
Did you mean 90s?🤔
The fact that he's playing the hi-hat and we hear the ride has always driven me mad. Kickass song.
the legendary DJ john peel loved this song so much, he played it twice i a row ! RIP john peel.
Quite simply the greatest song ever written
I can understand what you´re saying but if you listen closer (maybe with headphones) you will notice it is actually the hi-hats. And he does go to the ride for a little short period by the end of the song. I know it´s subtle but it´s there. My best guess is that the drumsticks could be with nylon tips which helped with that sound being very similar to a ride cymbal or even just a regular but kinda heavy wood tip drumstick. I used to play this with by Tribute band and YES it is one of the greatest songs ever!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
@@gustavomantovani8309 Spot on w/the nylon tips. With the guitar distortion so powerful...the nylon tips make a 'click' that can easily be mistaken for a 'ping'.....and, as you said, he goes to the ride for a measure and that's where you can tell the difference. I made the same mistake until I repeatedly listened.
Is it okay for me, a 75 year old man to love this track??
YES!
Yeah it's mega
Keeps you young
58 years old...love the undertones still..
Naturally.
One of the best pop songs ever written. It's perfect.
and a bit of punk, to be honest ;-)
I went to John Peel's funeral in Bury St Edmonds in November 2004. As his coffin was carried out of the church there was a sound system set up to relay the funeral service to the people outside and this was played REALLY LOUDLY. His coffin was draped in a Liverpool flag.
Man I was 11 when this came out and I’ve never heard it until now.
Way kool, the late 70’s and early 80’s will always be my favorite time of growing up and occasionally I revert right back to an early teenager. I’m 58 in the mirror but all too often 13-20 depending on the mood…lol 😎
Damn, this is one of the best song I ever heard, wish I experienced those times back in the days
Not only John Peel's fav single, mine too!! Terrific stuff, modern day crap can bury themselves!