The Streets captures English melancholy so well. Never melodramatic or self-pitying. Just subtle, wounded, but still finding a reason to move through life.
@@Hustlehofffff You can't. Some parts of Germany still allow smoking inside bars, most don't. And inside club's is a definite no by law, although some clubs handle it a bit less strict than others
This album was , is and will always be an under unappreciated masterpiece , it has bitter sweet memories for me , it reminds me of my eldest son who sadly is no longer with us , his life at the time this album came out was mirrored by this album , the story , the concept , the ups and downs of life for a young man , we used to listen to it together , we would laugh , joke , take stock and give each other a knowing look , I wanted him to stop fucking about and get on track , he didn't want to grow up and just fuck about , his light is always going to be blinding to me , bittersweet memories ... The light that shines the brightest burns half as long ..and he shone so very brightly
Just remember a life that's been loved is a life that's been lived mate. We cant all help or save everyone all the time. When it's your time it's your time. No one can ever take away your memories or experiences. 👍
@@Wankle. to understand it you would have to have experience it...he explains tripping on E perfectly...brings back memories...takes you back...amazing song
Skinner is a lyrical genius. I was 15 when this song came out and I’m 34 now. This song and album was a huge part of my teenage years. Can’t wait for the new album to come out.
One of the most accurate portrayals of being high as a kite on extacy ive ever heard in my life, brilliant song too, Mike Skinner is an underrated lyrical GENIUS
@@ghostkilla346 He lived in West Heath which was a couple of miles from me and where my brother lived. Him and his mates made a pact that no matter what they'll make it big together. As soon as Skinner was noticed he fucked all his old mates off. Heard this story numerous times from many different people in the south of Birmingham.
This song encapsulates the overwhelming anxiety I felt trying to club and rave while battling mental health issues, endless nights of trying to enjoy life only to feel hollowed and rejected, lost, blinded by the lights.
I'm sober now and appreciate this comment it makes me happy and sad when I think to the past and look to the future that I can't be part of the culture like I used to be
The good times were the best I've ever had, the bad times were also the worst I've ever had! On balance, I'm glad I done it but, I'm also glad I got out when I did!
@@ChuckFickens1972 I hear ya, mate. I’m lucky to be alive after my habits went from “fun” to “life crushing.” Glad I got out, but not going to deny the fun that was had along the way.
Sober from what weed? Or other stuff ..? Only asking bc this song gives me memories where I was too young to understand the meaning and now I’m hooked on piff
Absolute classic. So many memories and emotions brought back. Music is my Therapy. Shout out anyone going through a madness right now.. hopefully it’ll end soon.
@@Konverteraren they are underrated in terms of chart success and ‘blowing up’ as such but to those that know who they are, they’re not underrated at all, they’re legends actually 🫶🏼
I love this song. It is so perfect how Mike narrates the song. Anyone who's been in the situation he's describing knows that the progression of thought is so accurate and well articulated.
@@salj8610 guess i'm missing something then, because to me this is the rave scene, when you managed to sneak your shit in, your plan is to get "merry" how ever the night has other plans for you ad you end up way to far gone
That's exactly what it means. You think your first pill is a dud so you drop another. Then you come up on both and have a blinder but more fucked than you wanted to be (like if you just had the one)
Damn man... don't even know why I got the buzz to listen to this. Memories. New comers, make no mistake, this didn't release 2 years ago, this right here, is a Classic!
@PhreshFunk yeah, I don't think they were underrated here in New Zealand.. I actually couldn't stand them at first when I'd only heard one of their songs. Now though, love em ay!
Gosh, I don’t even know where to begin, I have been looking for this song and artist for years now. I almost gave up and finally found it! I can’t believe it. This song; this artist is hitting so hard. I remember hearing it in 2006 as a young teen, now I am 30, love this memory. Wow!
Hey big UK music fan here so don't get me wrong. But as a central european from a postcommunist country (I am Czech) I always found it so ridiculous that people were so overdressed for an average almost white trash party. I mean I was only 15 back then and visited UK for the first much later. But that what I saw in lot of pop culture back then and I know it still a thing to certain extend there. Does it have like any racional reason. I generally don't get it :D
I'm now 40, I'm American, I never went to a rave or took x, but this has always been top 3 of my favorites. Crazy great storytelling. Somehow I was lucky enough to see it live in Dublin in 2018.
Sickest concert at Roskilde Festival some 12-14 years ago!! Nothing but the purest energy among thousands of people who was there either for The Streets or someone else and just ended there - it was freaky amazing!! So close to the audience, so much positive energy, so much festival love - I’ll never forget how we all jumped and celebrated each other!! Was so pure❤
The lyrics online says that he says "argh that's proper rank, that tastes like hairspray." I always thought that he said "that's purple rain, that tastes like hair spray".
A grand don't come for free. Is probably one of the most underestimed story albums ever made . Mike Skinner is something else .. he has always been under appreciated for his lyrics and melody and generally a legend of a generation and will honestly die with that generation unfortunately
First heard this when it came out all them years ago and it still hits me the same way it did back then!! An absolutely fantastic tune and all time classic 🙌🏻
the kids don't know shit about it nowadays, some bullshit overpriced club playing sheep friendly chart shite, dickheads with bags of random powder they've all convinced themselves is something worth the price they paid for it SMH
not even 100k likes, this song is criminally underrated. That beat and whole atmosphere feels exactly like when you are too far gone on substances and going in a downward spiral before blackout. Amazing song
Relax, the Streets made it and got known. They're an older group, their youtube channel means nothing in terms of how famous they are worldwide. But good on you for being concerned lol
@@globaladdict Oh Fuckoff, when you have the island boys racking up views for a bullshit troll & the streets not even getting 100k likes on a song with so much more meaning there is something wrong.
Likes aren't as important as views. 15 million is a lot of views for a UK group. This song was popular in the UK. This song was more appealing to UK audiences as he uses his accent in his music. So they were popular in their own country. You shouldn't worry about likes because most people don't rate videos after watching. It has 107k likes as of now but they mean nothing to you. It only matters for the channel. I disagree with calling this song underrated as that word is often misused. This song was played everywhere when it came out. That's not what you call underrated. I know songs that don't even get 1 million views on TH-cam. So it's not unpopular.
@@SorceressWitch I'm just talking relatively. You can have popular songs that are still underrated because they could be used more in films, soundtracks etc. It was a comment to reflect my enthusiasm of the song/artist, not a mathematical equation to be dissected. I get what you are saying though, you make good points :)
This song makes you miss the late nights, empty train stations, arguments, finding a good spot to throw up, all the hurt and the misery from the rocky relationship you never had
This album is a masterpiece. Great concept album. It makes me laugh, cry, rage, and many other things. Great visual for this one. A grand don't come for free is timeless
I have not dropped a pill for 20 odd years but this is my go to if I need to feel it again. Once you have unlocked the door you can enter any time. It just takes that pulse in that track.! 🤪
No track has ever captured the feeling of coming up hard on a pill like this. I can almost feel my pupils dilate when it all breaks down. The Nero mix takes it to a whole other level (which I still think was the inflection point where Dubstep launched into the mainstream and it still sounded like Dubstep not brostep).
It describes the whole process: 1. Being annoyed about pills not working 2. Anxiety rising about some personal stuff 3. Popping some extra 4. Feeling the peak coming up 5. Panic about the peak that's coming to hard 6. Happiness
the track pinpoints the state of mind most of us have experienced when completely transformed by substance,its been nearly a lifetime since i felt like that yet it can seem like yesterday,im glad to have experienced what your mind can do but also feel lucky to have made it through.
Man, where do I even begin. I've always know this track but during the dark days, during snow sessions, a friend played this video a decade ago and the HIGH WHILE JAMMING THIS BECAME SOMETHING ELSE OMG. The best I've ver had in my life, close to being a celestial being. Anyway, ever since then, it brings back a bit of what I felt that day, DAMN. A beautiful jam.
Playing your Songs as my Sons grew up, they are and always have been a pair of Some of your biggest fans. my Boys Watched you live in Cardiff or Brighton last year or the year before?? They took and Introduced friends to Your Band and Were /are blown away by The Streets. My Memory is not so good after having a Stroke five yrs ago, So Please forgive me for not remembering details.🦧🫶🫵😁
Have you heard any of Ren's stuff? He is an indépendant artist and a breath of fresh air. Highly recommend "Heretic", "Everybody Drops", "Life is funny" and "Love Music 3 but you can't go wrong with any of his solo stuff or collaborations including his band "The Big Push"!
The days of me dropping E's ended 15 years ago but every time i listen to this track it brings it all back like i was doing it yesterday, the lyrics are absolutely bang on, good times.
Glad I never got into it, it was huge in my area in the states back in the 00s, “dirt cheap, plentiful, and high quality” according to everyone I knew. Now that I’m getting older I’m so glad I was straight edge and didn’t touch any substances, as you get older it’s terrifying to see people you know whom didn’t stop or couldn’t stop with the dope and drink…..those that are still alive anyways.
remember watching this on MTV or Channel U when i was a youngen not having a clue what it was about just liking the tune. now i’m 24 n it’s all too familiar lol Classsiiccccc
This song makes me feel uneasy. Like I've done something I shouldn't and can't get out of it. Just have to push through. I've never done ecstacy or gone to anywhere like what they describe but the lyrics are amazing
Yeah, that's exactly what it can feel like sometimes, especially if you get tired of waiting for the first one to kick in, then you take another one, and then suddenly, you're absolutely mashed, but you can't go back. LOL
Makes me emotional.... 15yrs old on few doves or couple mitsi's & speed up all weekend with pals loving it!!! Takes me right back the feeling the love the whole 9 yards!! What an era!! Glad I lived & had fun through those legendary early 2000's times
Im 39 now. This was pretty much me an my mates , in barking / Dagenham back in 2002/2004 the best times until someone got hurt and it makes you grow up. Watching this makes you relive the old days but the best days are when ya Older, wiser days now.
Used to listen to this album on repeat when it came out. This was my favourite back when I used to smoke weed as a teenager, the beat sounds even better when high and his description of waiting to come up off E's and taking more cos you think they arent working is spot on. The good days, when you could smoke in the pub and there was a good atmosphere. Today's music will never measure up.
Same i lost two friends to daftness spooned sniff one and chocked on his own tonge ouher.... i gt a g with the first so my fault, i live with that every day. its not a meme or joke
So many lines in this song just resonate with me: “maybe I shouldn’t have done the second one, I feel all fidgety and warm” “who cares there’s a tune coming in, that one noise is like…” I don’t miss the party days cause it all has to end some time but we had some absolutely great times like, I can’t think of another song that encapsulates that total rush
brilliant tune, every time I find it again I can’t stop listening. reminds me of all my ‘good times’. Which I’m still in. It gets me all excited for my next raves/festivals, love it.
The streets got the beat absolutely spot on to what you hear when you’re coming up, this song always make me smile and reminisce, every word of it’s so true, it’s all MDMA now but you can’t beat a Mitsubishi turbo back in the day.😂😂standing at the bar then all of a sudden rushing and feeling it all coming up. Blindin, blinded by the lights.🫠
This song described my and my bf so much... It brings me memories. Our stoned, hazy, drugged adventures... Some of them were almost like from the movie heh. Sometimes I miss them... Like, really. Sober is fine, but... Now, after that chapter in my life nothing will be same anymore, its almost like something is missing... But here I am. Sober from heroine a couple years. Beside a couple times with it after my father died. Im sorry daddy, I just cant stand that you are not here, in body, anymore. But I can feel you and that gives me strength. Thank you for that song.
41 here, 2024 and this song STILL gives me goosebumps. The way it captures ‘that kind of night’ is mind blowing.
49 yo here ! Long time! 💪🤙
Never to old to still have these nights
Im 16 and listening to this
poor n sad bro ...this song is ..nothing more...
@@theWeedler29 so is your name!
The Streets captures English melancholy so well. Never melodramatic or self-pitying. Just subtle, wounded, but still finding a reason to move through life.
Bro😓
trust
well articulated, sir.
Exactly bro
So true G very well articulated as well 👊
‘And I’m thinking’ - pure classic.
Heard this song randomly on the radio and my entire teenage years flashed before my eyes. Im 32 now. What a tune
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Let's put on our classic and have a little dance now shall we?
Ahhhhh bless ya 😅
whaaaa? wich channel, where can i tune in to a radio that plays trippy good shit like this?? you must be pulling me y the balls, talking shit. no?
You are not alone.
Seeing Mike smoking indoors just reminded how old this banger really is xD
Mad times haha
lol come to germany you can still smoke inside every underground bar/club
It's us English to obeidiant
@@Hustlehofffff You can't. Some parts of Germany still allow smoking inside bars, most don't. And inside club's is a definite no by law, although some clubs handle it a bit less strict than others
@@saharapengu You definitely can if you go to the right clubs in Berlin.
This album was , is and will always be an under unappreciated masterpiece , it has bitter sweet memories for me , it reminds me of my eldest son who sadly is no longer with us , his life at the time this album came out was mirrored by this album , the story , the concept , the ups and downs of life for a young man , we used to listen to it together , we would laugh , joke , take stock and give each other a knowing look , I wanted him to stop fucking about and get on track , he didn't want to grow up and just fuck about , his light is always going to be blinding to me , bittersweet memories ... The light that shines the brightest burns half as long ..and he shone so very brightly
What a terrible loss. My son is just 3, can't even imagine how painful it must be to lose your son.
Just remember a life that's been loved is a life that's been lived mate. We cant all help or save everyone all the time. When it's your time it's your time. No one can ever take away your memories or experiences. 👍
@@rustynail36 true words
same but it was my friend this song reminds me of him. I'm looking at some photos of him and the songs of that time
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55 yr old lady here and still LOVING this track - cheers guys!
Who’s here in 2024 on a throw back song sesh?
was listening to this in highschool. im 35 now
Will never leave
!!!!!
Meeee🎉
this needs another music video. Does not capture the narrative right
It makes me sad when people don’t appreciate the depth and emotion in this song
Don’t be sad though
It PERFECTLY sums up coming up on a pill in a nightclub late 90s/early 2000s
@@dvsmufc81 this was pretty much me at that time lol some great memories!
You not alone
It's appreciated, I feel bad for the people that don't
one of the most underrated songs ever.. This is a masterpiece! 100%
It’s literally the worst song ever, I don’t know how anyone likes this shit
@@Wankle. to understand it you would have to have experience it...he explains tripping on E perfectly...brings back memories...takes you back...amazing song
@@Wankle. why are you watching it? To bitch in the comments?
@@Wankle. If you think this is the worst song ever then who do you listen to?? Lil Pump😂 I think you seriously need to stop smoking spice🤷♂️
its not really underrated, its quality is known
Mike skinner lad the only bloke who can talk on a tune and still sound amazing love you the boyo
The streets were on the 10 oclock UK news
@@turokforever007 HERO
see - Pet Shop Boys 'West End Girls' or Johnny Cash 'Hurt' as two examples of how you are wrong
Skinner is a lyrical genius. I was 15 when this song came out and I’m 34 now. This song and album was a huge part of my teenage years. Can’t wait for the new album to come out.
💯
Same 😂 15 now 34 I'll tell you what I appreciate it way more now than what I did back then 😅 makes so much sense now
me too haha reminds me of my cousins red bubble shaped escort in like 2005 looool
❤
Same here, U born 89' or 90' I take it.
One of the most accurate portrayals of being high as a kite on extacy ive ever heard in my life, brilliant song too, Mike Skinner is an underrated lyrical GENIUS
"what was I thinkn about? Ahh who cares, I'm mashed" 😂😂
Been there hundreds of not thousands of times in my teens lol
I can attest, accurate AF😂😂
Skinner is actually a lyrical mastermind
In other news...
There is wind
A Grand Don't Come For Free is one of my favorite albums, but I hated the one he released after it.
Snaked a load of his mates in Brum for fame.
@@19822andy how so??
@@ghostkilla346 He lived in West Heath which was a couple of miles from me and where my brother lived. Him and his mates made a pact that no matter what they'll make it big together. As soon as Skinner was noticed he fucked all his old mates off. Heard this story numerous times from many different people in the south of Birmingham.
48 here. This was a night out in the mid 90s. My daughter now listens to this, I’ve passed the baton to the next generation. Brilliant
in the early 2020ies it's still a night out ;-)
Great parenting!
This song encapsulates the overwhelming anxiety I felt trying to club and rave while battling mental health issues, endless nights of trying to enjoy life only to feel hollowed and rejected, lost, blinded by the lights.
I don't think the story is about mental health 😕
No, it’s about coming up, it’s one of the most beautiful experiences you can imagine, I love those days.
Shut up its real life dickhead
@@joethepope3 seems fucking vile to me
@@joethepope3you fucking know it
I’m well on to a decade sober, but this brings back some proper hazy memories. Good times, right until they weren’t.
I'm sober now and appreciate this comment it makes me happy and sad when I think to the past and look to the future that I can't be part of the culture like I used to be
The good times were the best I've ever had, the bad times were also the worst I've ever had!
On balance, I'm glad I done it but, I'm also glad I got out when I did!
@@ChuckFickens1972 I hear ya, mate. I’m lucky to be alive after my habits went from “fun” to “life crushing.” Glad I got out, but not going to deny the fun that was had along the way.
Great comment
Sober from what weed? Or other stuff ..? Only asking bc this song gives me memories where I was too young to understand the meaning and now I’m hooked on piff
Absolute classic. So many memories and emotions brought back. Music is my Therapy. Shout out anyone going through a madness right now.. hopefully it’ll end soon.
Madness going on forever..
D Kambo you wouldn’t believe the drama I’m getting right now.. music is life!
Real g
Harry Big H Hawkins you should tell your story..
Corona virus says hello
Mike Skinner is so underrated, he was the soundtrack to my 20's. I would so love to see The Streets live now.
Saw them a few weeks ago, it was great.
They not need a cane these days? ;)
the streets are not underrated at all. you just young
He's a millionaire due to his massive success.
@@Konverteraren they are underrated in terms of chart success and ‘blowing up’ as such but to those that know who they are, they’re not underrated at all, they’re legends actually 🫶🏼
Music is the only true time machine.
The sadness and regret in his voice when he says "maybe I shouldn't have done the second one" is SO real. Outstanding delivery.
The best bittersweet depiction of ecstacy ever recorded.
dumpy everyone I know who’s had an extended E honeymoon says the same thing
Yep!!
Yes! But i doubt u have no idea what u talking about, but funny none the less
Lee Obrien what you mean?
Lee Obrien easy Terry drink ya larger 🤟
I love this song. It is so perfect how Mike narrates the song. Anyone who's been in the situation he's describing knows that the progression of thought is so accurate and well articulated.
had one to many "duds" in my time, always seemed to be no matter how much time you gave it it always caught me of guard
@@vapour80 dont think thats what he means bud
@@salj8610 guess i'm missing something then, because to me this is the rave scene, when you managed to sneak your shit in, your plan is to get "merry" how ever the night has other plans for you ad you end up way to far gone
That's exactly what it means. You think your first pill is a dud so you drop another. Then you come up on both and have a blinder but more fucked than you wanted to be (like if you just had the one)
@@vapour80 thought it meant you take one pill think its another then they both hit you at once
Mike Skinner is a Poet of our time.
Damn man... don't even know why I got the buzz to listen to this.
Memories.
New comers, make no mistake, this didn't release 2 years ago, this right here, is a Classic!
Me too man, just got the urge from nowhere to hear this tune.
Absolute classic indeed!
Because what he’s singing is 100% accurate tbf🤣🥺
I can tell by the brick he's typing on
Love that! That's the one oi,
Absolutely timeless
2020 still love this tune. They are truly underated
Good old days
Paul Gal you not alone marvellous song
Tastes like hairspray
@PhreshFunk yeah, I don't think they were underrated here in New Zealand.. I actually couldn't stand them at first when I'd only heard one of their songs. Now though, love em ay!
Yee, Im from norway and this is still a hit amongst my friends. Still meeting new folks at afterpartys bumpin this sayin the same.
23 years of age and I now finally understand the song and I've never cried so hard. Need music like this back.
why.
@@user-xz3iv6tw2ilisten to lyrics he probably relates
Have you heard of ‘ren’?
Exactly
Same just now realised he's getting cheated on never listened to the full album so didn't get the context until nkw
Gosh, I don’t even know where to begin, I have been looking for this song and artist for years now. I almost gave up and finally found it! I can’t believe it. This song; this artist is hitting so hard. I remember hearing it in 2006 as a young teen, now I am 30, love this memory. Wow!
This is so real to Britain early 2000s it gives me shivers.
Drugs
The scene ✨
Same bro
Good times ❤
Hey big UK music fan here so don't get me wrong. But as a central european from a postcommunist country (I am Czech) I always found it so ridiculous that people were so overdressed for an average almost white trash party. I mean I was only 15 back then and visited UK for the first much later. But that what I saw in lot of pop culture back then and I know it still a thing to certain extend there. Does it have like any racional reason. I generally don't get it :D
Almost 2023, still hits hard
Hits soo Hard Mate....
ajak!!!!!!!
james carr concurs
Classic
Gary's need t come bak laaa
When i was going through a rough time in my late teens, this album got me through my anxiety. So good
👊
This separation and anxiety inducing song? Did you hear the lyrics. Did you watch the violent wedding interpretation of the video?
I started to watch it eventually anyhow!
@@Le_Petomanedon't ruin it,I we all knew what he meant
Respect David hope it’s going good man there’s people out there just call out people will hear
I remember buying this album and being blown away. Never heard anything like it before. One of only a few albums where you don't skip any tunes!
Listening it now,after 12-13 years,still sounds dope.
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Why would a good song, sound any less good, after a few years?
Crazy !
@@Ron-jk7hc he didnt say it wasnt as good did he??says like loadsa my mates we still listen to it often you confrontational prick
a ja to nie :P
Todays youth only know blinding lights by the weekend... 2000's youth prefer this banger.
blinding lights is still a tune to be fair, doesnt top this tho
Love the streets especially this song ye brings me bk to when i was a teen and kildulthood aswel
dogsarebetterthanhumans 98 my 7 yr old knows all the word to this tune, am I a bad mum lol 🤦🏽♀️😂
@d How is the Weeknd's Blinding Lights a rip off of this? The only similarity is a vaguely similar name ffs
d just listened to the track again and genuinely can’t see where you got the idea the weeknd copied this, there’s no musical similarities at all 😐
These are one of the few songs I can have on repeat and be completely happy. So many great memories. Nostalgia at it's finest.
ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
Same! I always come back to these songs!
Me too
This song makes me quite sad tbh idk how you can listen over and over
I absolutely love this track 1 of my dad's favourites tunes😭😭 R.i.p dad. Lights are blinding my 👀and am crying out with tears running down from my 👀
Your dad had an awesome taste in music. RIP 🙏🏻
I'm now 40, I'm American, I never went to a rave or took x, but this has always been top 3 of my favorites. Crazy great storytelling. Somehow I was lucky enough to see it live in Dublin in 2018.
UK Garage/UK Grime at its finest or even spoken word
ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
I'm listening to this now in my 40s and this tune is still a banger!!
40 in Dec 2
@@patrykgolec9338 Life begins at 40. I thought it was bullshit, but nah, it`s true.
@@threethrushes 🤔😒
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To this day I still go back and listen to The Streets, A Grand Don’t Come For Free. Such a brilliant album that tells a great story.
Sickest concert at Roskilde Festival some 12-14 years ago!! Nothing but the purest energy among thousands of people who was there either for The Streets or someone else and just ended there - it was freaky amazing!! So close to the audience, so much positive energy, so much festival love - I’ll never forget how we all jumped and celebrated each other!! Was so pure❤
2019 and Still a tune and always will be
I agree fully,I love it & always will it's a masterpiece as well as the wholealbum!!😉💟💟💌💌💟💟👌🏾👌🏾
*whole album*
100%
Yeh lads and ladies yes
Please god put me in a coma and send me back to the old days
"that tastes like hairspray" this song is the most accurate representation of taking a pill ever
E
S Law they were bro, if you type in “the rise and fall of Steve-o” on TH-cam you can see him smashing hundreds in 2002
The lyrics online says that he says "argh that's proper rank, that tastes like hairspray."
I always thought that he said "that's purple rain, that tastes like hair spray".
The good ones in the late 90’s early 2000s.
I drink water now and cycle miles 🤷🏻♂️🤣😎
@@MrSmid888 i expect ill be like you in a few years ey
A grand don't come for free. Is probably one of the most underestimed story albums ever made . Mike Skinner is something else .. he has always been under appreciated for his lyrics and melody and generally a legend of a generation and will honestly die with that generation unfortunately
First heard this when it came out all them years ago and it still hits me the same way it did back then!! An absolutely fantastic tune and all time classic 🙌🏻
Underrated tune. Extremely powerful lyrics.
ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
Highly rated
Mike Skinner is just pure legend , I really like his poetic rap style. Amazing song writer.
One of the honest and sincere lyricist and song writers of our time.
This video is a movie. Been listening since I was about 15. 28 now. Timeless tune.
Before anyone comments. This tunes like 13 years old. I had it on cd and off limewire good old days mush😂🙏🏼👌🏻
stone cold British classic
I couldn't put it better pal 🇬🇧🇬🇧🔥👍
But y don't vid match song????
Oi. Only better if Paul Weller did an acoustic. Roight?
a stone cold british chav classic u mean. lmfaooooooooooo!
@@zareh7740 By chav, do you mean working class? You're a bit confused it seems.
For anyone whos been to raves in the uk this so god damn relatable
Raves? You mean clubs? You must be about 60 years old.
Ron no i mean raves, have u even been to one?
I am not a pensioner
Ron u sound like one lmao
the kids don't know shit about it nowadays, some bullshit overpriced club playing sheep friendly chart shite, dickheads with bags of random powder they've all convinced themselves is something worth the price they paid for it SMH
The synth line combined with the lyrical genius makes this a masterpiece
Oi, what you on about?
ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
@@scamaropppi ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
not even 100k likes, this song is criminally underrated. That beat and whole atmosphere feels exactly like when you are too far gone on substances and going in a downward spiral before blackout. Amazing song
Relax, the Streets made it and got known. They're an older group, their youtube channel means nothing in terms of how famous they are worldwide. But good on you for being concerned lol
@@globaladdict Oh Fuckoff, when you have the island boys racking up views for a bullshit troll & the streets not even getting 100k likes on a song with so much more meaning there is something wrong.
106k here's a tune coming in 👋🤚
Likes aren't as important as views. 15 million is a lot of views for a UK group. This song was popular in the UK.
This song was more appealing to UK audiences as he uses his accent in his music. So they were popular in their own country.
You shouldn't worry about likes because most people don't rate videos after watching. It has 107k likes as of now but they mean nothing to you. It only matters for the channel.
I disagree with calling this song underrated as that word is often misused. This song was played everywhere when it came out. That's not what you call underrated.
I know songs that don't even get 1 million views on TH-cam. So it's not unpopular.
@@SorceressWitch I'm just talking relatively. You can have popular songs that are still underrated because they could be used more in films, soundtracks etc. It was a comment to reflect my enthusiasm of the song/artist, not a mathematical equation to be dissected. I get what you are saying though, you make good points :)
This song makes you miss the late nights, empty train stations, arguments, finding a good spot to throw up, all the hurt and the misery from the rocky relationship you never had
Nailed it
That's a funny description looool
lmao spot on
That is a bingo.
This album is a masterpiece. Great concept album. It makes me laugh, cry, rage, and many other things. Great visual for this one. A grand don't come for free is timeless
I have not dropped a pill for 20 odd years but this is my go to if I need to feel it again. Once you have unlocked the door you can enter any time. It just takes that pulse in that track.! 🤪
Once you have opened the door you can enter any time....great statement
I'm high already on this song 🥰
Like it's o.k cus we're all sorted out for E's and Wizz...
Ikr, that feeling needed leaves once you’ve experienced it. It takes you right back 🤣
Great statement
No track has ever captured the feeling of coming up hard on a pill like this. I can almost feel my pupils dilate when it all breaks down. The Nero mix takes it to a whole other level (which I still think was the inflection point where Dubstep launched into the mainstream and it still sounded like Dubstep not brostep).
It describes the whole process:
1. Being annoyed about pills not working
2. Anxiety rising about some personal stuff
3. Popping some extra
4. Feeling the peak coming up
5. Panic about the peak that's coming to hard
6. Happiness
Describes the peak perfectly
whos listening to this in 2020! with coronavirus on the loose? i hope everyone is taking care of themselves and one another, godbless!
Me
we all do
Bloody good tunes bring back good memories
Mr Mortem whhhhhhhyyyyyyyy no escape from corona!
F you and F the "coronavirus"
This song will never get old, that's for sure.
the track pinpoints the state of mind most of us have experienced when completely transformed by substance,its been nearly a lifetime since i felt like that yet it can seem like yesterday,im glad to have experienced what your mind can do but also feel lucky to have made it through.
Man, where do I even begin. I've always know this track but during the dark days, during snow sessions, a friend played this video a decade ago and the HIGH WHILE JAMMING THIS BECAME SOMETHING ELSE OMG. The best I've ver had in my life, close to being a celestial being. Anyway, ever since then, it brings back a bit of what I felt that day, DAMN. A beautiful jam.
Ślepnąc od świateł 10/10
genialnie dobrana muzyka, pierwszy polski serial gdzie Shazam ostro poszedł w ruch
Wkręca się mega dobrze🤛🏻
Szukałam tego komentarza 😂
polecam kidulthood
Ten serial przypomniał nam wszystkim tą mega nutę... 😌
keep coming back to this classic. it just refuses to get old.
One of the best artist I've ever heard has an emotion I can't quite explained it's like real and raw
Playing your Songs as my Sons grew up, they are and always have been a pair of Some of your biggest fans. my Boys Watched you live in Cardiff or Brighton last year or the year before?? They took and Introduced friends to Your Band and Were /are blown away by The Streets. My Memory is not so good after having a Stroke five yrs ago, So Please forgive me for not remembering details.🦧🫶🫵😁
We need more new The Streets songs like this ... They got some tunes man ♥️
Have you heard any of Ren's stuff?
He is an indépendant artist and a breath of fresh air.
Highly recommend "Heretic", "Everybody Drops", "Life is funny" and "Love Music 3 but you can't go wrong with any of his solo stuff or collaborations including his band "The Big Push"!
This whole album is amazing. Give it a chance if you haven’t heard it all yet!
The days of me dropping E's ended 15 years ago but every time i listen to this track it brings it all back like i was doing it yesterday, the lyrics are absolutely bang on, good times.
Amen to that
We paid 20 per pill back then
Thanks for your comments on the streets keep trying to tell my mates listen to this will remind you of back in the day
m.th-cam.com/video/_zPePLoWY2g/w-d-xo.html
Glad I never got into it, it was huge in my area in the states back in the 00s, “dirt cheap, plentiful, and high quality” according to everyone I knew. Now that I’m getting older I’m so glad I was straight edge and didn’t touch any substances, as you get older it’s terrifying to see people you know whom didn’t stop or couldn’t stop with the dope and drink…..those that are still alive anyways.
I’m not sure we even had TH-cam, probably no. I love you Mike Skinner. It’s not only English melancholy, it’s definitely worldwide.
Masterpiece
remember watching this on MTV or Channel U when i was a youngen not having a clue what it was about just liking the tune. now i’m 24 n it’s all too familiar lol Classsiiccccc
same here
Same I'm 23 now I remember I had dis on my mp3.. didn't even know what it was called lol
“Have you listened to Blinding lights yet?”
“Yeah, been listing to it for years!”
“By the weekend?”
“No, by the streets!”
Yes!!!!
Someone who knows
The weekend are crap compared to the streets
The streets are top notch and always will be in my gods honest opinion even my old aunty likes the streets
Blinded by the lights lol
5 lat tego szukałem . Nareszcie się udało 😍😍😍
Trzeba było pisać. Cały album to jest kozak
👌👌
nutka z filmu pt ślepnąć od świateł :D polecam
Ja pamietam to od zawsze 😉
Pozdro
Jest taki program shazam co wyszukuje ze słuchu muzyki , trzeba było go użyć przy filmie ślepnąć od świateł
A british masterpiece of an album. Will never get old. Love showing the young uns this album it blows everyone's mind the first run through.
one of the best songs ever perfectly encapsulates the era
Original pirate material and a grand don't come for free have been on my hip since they were released.
A total masterpiece from start to finish.
This song makes me feel uneasy. Like I've done something I shouldn't and can't get out of it. Just have to push through.
I've never done ecstacy or gone to anywhere like what they describe but the lyrics are amazing
Yeah, that's exactly what it can feel like sometimes, especially if you get tired of waiting for the first one to kick in, then you take another one, and then suddenly, you're absolutely mashed, but you can't go back. LOL
Makes me emotional.... 15yrs old on few doves or couple mitsi's & speed up all weekend with pals loving it!!! Takes me right back the feeling the love the whole 9 yards!! What an era!! Glad I lived & had fun through those legendary early 2000's times
Such a clever tune way ahead of its time
Spot on Paul.
Nah, very much of its time.
No it was not ahead of its time at all as it was very much of its time. I should know ,I was there!
@@jimjiminyjaroo300 Exactly,only someone who wasn't there would say such a stupid thing.
Never understood this song when it released now I have grown up I see just how sad this song actually is
It's so sad. British culture just shows how fucked we have been by the system. Ill Manors, another example.
@@dialmformowgli maybe you you little drug addict lol but us real londoners are fine we ain't crying about life like you
@@stopcommentingshit whateva m8.
@@stopcommentingshit piss off 😂😂
@@stopcommentingshit crying about brexit though aint you lol
Im 39 now. This was pretty much me an my mates , in barking / Dagenham back in 2002/2004 the best times until someone got hurt and it makes you grow up.
Watching this makes you relive the old days but the best days are when ya Older, wiser days now.
Barking and Dagenham to the world.
Used to listen to this album on repeat when it came out. This was my favourite back when I used to smoke weed as a teenager, the beat sounds even better when high and his description of waiting to come up off E's and taking more cos you think they arent working is spot on. The good days, when you could smoke in the pub and there was a good atmosphere. Today's music will never measure up.
Same i lost two friends to daftness spooned sniff one and chocked on his own tonge ouher.... i gt a g with the first so my fault, i live with that every day. its not a meme or joke
@@shmit3237 how he choked i dont understand
Holy shit i've heard this song sampled for YEARS. Never heard the original until now
what a banger
welcome to the incredible mind of mike skinner
@@barrronessa 🤘
Glasgow rapper Sherlock just brought a tune out called Back Out that samples this really well.
Hurts listening to this song brings back so many happy memories that il never have again 😪
So many lines in this song just resonate with me: “maybe I shouldn’t have done the second one, I feel all fidgety and warm” “who cares there’s a tune coming in, that one noise is like…” I don’t miss the party days cause it all has to end some time but we had some absolutely great times like, I can’t think of another song that encapsulates that total rush
Still a banger. No other song encapsulates the rave culture better lyrically. So relatable.
“I am maaashheedd” love that part 😍🤣
fun stuff scrolling through the comments & seeing this the second it plays xD
This song just popped in to my head after a few years, sure enough it still tickles my brain in the right way, oh the memories! (good and bad)
ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
He should do a part 2 lights have opened my eyes about life in uk today. this is best track ever made
This is pure art. So happy to hear it again.
ITS A MIXED TIME SIGNATURE OF 5/8 AND 6/8!
ITS 3 SETS OF 5/8 AND 1 SET OF 6/8 ITS AMAZING!
brilliant tune, every time I find it again I can’t stop listening. reminds me of all my ‘good times’. Which I’m still in. It gets me all excited for my next raves/festivals, love it.
Always think of Kidulthood when I hear this, by far the best tune The Streets ever made.
I’m 56 and still here and deeper meaning. Sound track to many people lives. Mike street poet. Genius for real
15 yrs ago every weekend look's like that for me, priceless memories from time when life wasn't so complicated like today. KOZACKI kawałek pozdro
Been years since I dropped but when he says it tastes like hairspray I swear i could taste it too
Very bitter tasting shite.
The taste came right back
That chemical love tho...👍👌
Reading your comment is what brought back the taste for me for an instant. 😂
Damn. This song makes more sense now that i'm older
2024 anyone?
Yeah mate!!
Letssaass gooooooo
Greetings from Poland
@@krises9382 greetings poland from uk!
This was the soundtrack to my first break up 20 years ago
So many nights like this. So many. Love to all the other commoners ❤️
This randomly popped up in my Spotify playlist, haven't popped E in 20 years but got goosebumps just listening how he describes his journey
The streets got the beat absolutely spot on to what you hear when you’re coming up, this song always make me smile and reminisce, every word of it’s so true, it’s all MDMA now but you can’t beat a Mitsubishi turbo back in the day.😂😂standing at the bar then all of a sudden rushing and feeling it all coming up. Blindin, blinded by the lights.🫠
This song described my and my bf so much... It brings me memories. Our stoned, hazy, drugged adventures... Some of them were almost like from the movie heh. Sometimes I miss them... Like, really. Sober is fine, but... Now, after that chapter in my life nothing will be same anymore, its almost like something is missing... But here I am. Sober from heroine a couple years. Beside a couple times with it after my father died. Im sorry daddy, I just cant stand that you are not here, in body, anymore. But I can feel you and that gives me strength. Thank you for that song.
You've got this! 💪
Absolutely love Mike Skinner and his delivery of lyrics, paints a perfect picture that Ive experienced once too many times haha
WEAK BECOME HEROES! Oi, Imma fuccoff & listen to that jam now...