You can tell this is how they always meant to play it - they'd pushed it as far as they dared from punk back in '79. This is just parts 1&2 you know. Parts 3&4 can be heard here: th-cam.com/video/Q16WYknckRY/w-d-xo.html
That's really nice that you took the time to tell us about liking this song. You are so young, but you like Smash it Up! I agree the song is great, and the Captain gives a great performance. God bless you!
Loved these guys from the beginning and I’m 68 now. They never took themselves too seriously and that fact with some excellent song craft made them one of my favorites.
What joy to watch this! The first time I saw the Damned was in San Francisco and Captain Sensible was wearing some sort of jock strap, so basically bare assed the entire night. They played amazingly, and every other time I saw them, it was always different. They changed their look and their sound every time, always keeping us guessing. The last time I saw them was in LA and they did a smashing cover of LA Woman. Damned forever!
i had seen these guys a few time and then i emigrated to aus in 1987 i was alone and kinda homesick and then these buggers turned up playing ina very local pub...went along and had a fantastic time...wasnt homesick anymore...love the damned to bits
God save The Damned! AC/DC, Randy-era Ozzy, Van Halen, Misfits, Iron Maiden, Dio & Dio Era Sabbath, Ozzy Sabbath, Alice Cooper, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Killing Joke...etc... Too many to remember, and all are totally irreplaceable. Who do we have now? As our British cousins would call them, "Twats."
I was early into punk at a low point in life in a bedsit in Bath. Peel started playing The Damned, I was electrified from day 1. What a legacy and what lovely gents.
@@simonetta-ta Ich habe The Damned I'm SO36 gesehen Aber ich war auch im Metropol. Die haven 7 tage hinternander gespielt. I've had the best time in Berlin. I was there for 12 years in Kreuzberg
I love the Dammed, for me they were one of the best punk groups, along with the Buzzcocks, Penetration, the Clash & the Subhumans. My favourite Dammed song is either Smash it Up or All Again Or, 2 very different styles. I've been lucky enough to see them about 6 times live. I definitely wasn't at this gig though. Lol
John Dobson I was their keyboard player for two years my brother shared a flat with Chris (rat) in South Croydon I'm also the backing vocalist on dozen girls. Yes I can play it
@@susannelips2395 At one show he yelled out "I want to have sex with every one of you..." then he pointed at me and added "ugh, except this ugly bastard!" After the show people kept coming up to me thinking me and Cap had to be buddies...
Got into them when they did The Young Ones and only later learned they reformed for that episode played the song Nasty and then when out for a curry with the TV show crew argued with themselves and started a fight amongst themselves and broke up again …. Legends
Class ! Love the damned. The youth of today have bieber and shite like that 👎 I had the damned , the pistols ,Adam and the ants , the clash ,the skids ,the buzzcocks , sham 69 ,& the stranglers ! I'm glad I'm old ! Lol 😆
venustus129 I'm 16 and that's all I listen to. Ever since I was a child I wasn't ever into pop shit. I'm glad a lot of great bands are still alive and I have the opportunity to see them live. Next generation won't and that's quite sad right?
Ronno4691 I guess we must have the same taste in music ! Great music by the way ! Ps did you see the foo fighters on tv at Glastonbury,only thing I can say is Awesome 👍
It was a badge of honour to learn how to play ALL of Smash it up... especially the melodic first bit.... great memories, great band, proper trailblazers
I Saw them live 5 times in the late 70s early 80s...great memories...if you buy the LP "Machine Gun Etiquette" i think it had the guitar chords to this song on the album cover.. ❤🖤The damned🖤❤
@CHRON-GEN-X :But even Brian James admitted in interviews on The Final Damnation DVD that Sensible was hands down the best pure musician in the band, and it began to show starting with Machine Gun Etiquette.....
I only started thinking of them just the other day and that song was what I searched for. WOW after all this time, talking decades they performed brilliantly there, lucky people in the audience and that song will be in my head all day now....Fantastic puts a big smile on your face and that cheery synth bopping along amazing.
I saw them at the Roxy Club in London on a holiday trip (I was born in Brussels). February 14 (or 13). In May I saw them in Brussels. An incredible concert. Half the audience was on stage for the encores...I was just right to Brian James! I was 18...
Last time I saw this lot, Patricia Morrison was on bass and they had a monk running around the stage with a strap-on. Seen em loads of times, never let me down.
@@koont666 It was pretty funny actually. It was a on Halloween and they had really made the effort, sadly the gig was probably less than half full. Still lots of banter with the captain. He was great sport.
@@Clem_Fandango11 I grew up in Fulham besides seeing them countless times,A Christmas Eve big with Lemmy at the greyhound pub was for me the highlight ,so many backline amps and big pa blew us away believe bit or not I had to go to midnight mass with my parents at the end of greyhound road so missed the last bit but , amazing gig all the same ,your gig at Guilford sounds brilliant being less that half full ,old captain is a great bloke too👍
Captain can really play a guitar. Also very impressed with Dave and the fellow band members. Excellent stuff thank you.
One of the best songs to come out of the punk era. That fucking intro is glorious.
And Batman Forever, covered by, I think, Greenday.
You can tell this is how they always meant to play it - they'd pushed it as far as they dared from punk back in '79.
This is just parts 1&2 you know. Parts 3&4 can be heard here: th-cam.com/video/Q16WYknckRY/w-d-xo.html
as soon as you hear part one you know whats coming...
@@therespectedlex9794 was the offspring but still your right they're practically the same thing
@@oliverrickard9970 Hey I didn't say that they were the same.
I'm japanese woman of 17 years old.
These days,I knew this band. Now I love captain's guitar play and performance!
@Glasmania that's Chinese.
That's really nice that you took the time to tell us about liking this song. You are so young, but you like Smash it Up! I agree the song is great, and the Captain gives a great performance. God bless you!
Awesome!
Good to be big in Japan dear.
WELL SAID GIRL/ YOUR COUNTRY ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE U.K PUNK BAND PIONEERS/ I SALUTE U/ P.S U HAD/ HAVE SOME GOOD COVER BANDS
One of the greatest punk rock guitarists of all time if not the best.
Damn this is actually a live version of a song worth listening to
Loved these guys from the beginning and I’m 68 now. They never took themselves too seriously and that fact with some excellent song craft made them one of my favorites.
The Damned is so awesome, Captain is such a good guitarist, charismatic, and Dave Vanian also rules. The best!
this song was me and my co workers friday afternoon tune , me at 55 and him at 22 , we still meet up for beers 8 years on
Dave and Capt coolest & weirdest pair Crazy how they make it all work,there's a method to the madness only they know how to pull off
Smashed it up by one of my favourite punk bands from 77 when I first heard them and I'd had enough of school ❤️
What joy to watch this! The first time I saw the Damned was in San Francisco and Captain Sensible was wearing some sort of jock strap, so basically bare assed the entire night. They played amazingly, and every other time I saw them, it was always different. They changed their look and their sound every time, always keeping us guessing. The last time I saw them was in LA and they did a smashing cover of LA Woman. Damned forever!
i had seen these guys a few time and then i emigrated to aus in 1987 i was alone and kinda homesick and then these buggers turned up playing ina very local pub...went along and had a fantastic time...wasnt homesick anymore...love the damned to bits
God save The Damned!
AC/DC, Randy-era Ozzy, Van Halen, Misfits, Iron Maiden, Dio & Dio Era Sabbath, Ozzy Sabbath, Alice Cooper, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Killing Joke...etc...
Too many to remember, and all are totally irreplaceable.
Who do we have now?
As our British cousins would call them,
"Twats."
Justine Beaver
I think the diversity of ages in the crowd says it all, pure fun!
Best punk band EVER and best Punk Album EVER ... Damned Damned Damned .... for ever !!
I was early into punk at a low point in life in a bedsit in Bath. Peel started playing The Damned, I was electrified from day 1. What a legacy and what lovely gents.
The Captain is what, 110 now, and still looks unmistakably like the Captain.
Seen them in Berlin 40 years ago. Rat Scabbies setting fire to his drum kit. Legends
Hi!! Wo in B. u. wann? Habe sie im Metropol gesehen, aber leider ohne captain u. Scabies...
@@simonetta-ta Ich habe The Damned I'm SO36 gesehen Aber ich war auch im Metropol. Die haven 7 tage hinternander gespielt.
I've had the best time in Berlin. I was there for 12 years in Kreuzberg
Fuckin legends! So glad I grew up with these guys ringing in my teenage ears!!
same here + Adam Ant and a few others .......
I couldn't agree more! Joint best band ever along with The Clash! Love 'em!
I love the Dammed, for me they were one of the best punk groups, along with the Buzzcocks, Penetration, the Clash & the Subhumans. My favourite Dammed song is either Smash it Up or All Again Or, 2 very different styles. I've been lucky enough to see them about 6 times live. I definitely wasn't at this gig though. Lol
I saw the Damned in Belfast August 2024, absolutely brilliant and still as fresh as they were back in 77.
Thank GOD for TH-cam for giving us these fantastic moments in history at the touch of our Fingertips!!!
The tube on Friday nights in Newcastle seen all the bands
you've evidently not listened to their song Anti-Pope.
Want this song played hard at my Funeral 😆
So many timesd I have been there at Damned gigs for this song, so moving.
I met captain sensible when I was a kid and he gave me his red beret 😁
What?
Cap only turns up when he's got a tax bill to pay
Wow! Neat!
@@ferroxglideh5621 don't you mean WOT 🤣
No way. That is mad.so funny. But good. Hope you kept it for trips to France. 😎😎😎
What a great guitarist he is
Amazing they still alive as they were wild.Saw them 1980 @The roundhouse Chalk farm😊❤
The captain is as seriously underrated guitarist
Every time I listen to Machine Gun Etiquette, I'm just like, "Goddamn, Captain Sensible is a such a great fucking guitarist."
The Last Guitar Hero
The bass player isn't too shabby either.
no hes not lol
can you play it ? I've done this...th-cam.com/video/qJ3cpVYjfh0/w-d-xo.html
John Dobson I was their keyboard player for two years my brother shared a flat with Chris (rat) in South Croydon I'm also the backing vocalist on dozen girls. Yes I can play it
Most people wouldn't even know that Sensible is a Guitarist............. and a bloody good one.
Robert Fripp has praised his guitar playing
How so? And its The Captain...😉
The captain's influences are the bands they said they hated..... prog like Gentle Giant, Blues like The Groundhogs....
remember meeting the captain at the roadmender and him signing a photo of him, such a nice guy!
i think cpt sensible is brutally funny...i like his humor :)
@@susannelips2395 At one show he yelled out "I want to have sex with every one of you..." then he pointed at me and added "ugh, except this ugly bastard!" After the show people kept coming up to me thinking me and Cap had to be buddies...
I just can be happy today
I've seen The Damned at the SO36
in Berlin in 1980 smashed out of their heads. Great night
More Damned polished and brilliant than ever!
We,ve been crying now for much to long now were gonna dance to a different song !!!!!! What a fantastic piece of music and lyrics
Shite
I'm a spear fan . This is great.
@@sloany2045 prick.
Got into them when they did The Young Ones and only later learned they reformed for that episode played the song Nasty and then when out for a curry with the TV show crew argued with themselves and started a fight amongst themselves and broke up again …. Legends
Class ! Love the damned. The youth of today have bieber and shite like that 👎 I had the damned , the pistols ,Adam and the ants , the clash ,the skids ,the buzzcocks , sham 69 ,& the stranglers ! I'm glad I'm old ! Lol 😆
Oh and how could I forget !!! Stiff little fingers ✌️
venustus129 I'm 16 and that's all I listen to. Ever since I was a child I wasn't ever into pop shit. I'm glad a lot of great bands are still alive and I have the opportunity to see them live. Next generation won't and that's quite sad right?
V kidd you sound like a sensible girl 👍
venustus129 - Are we related? :-)
Ronno4691 I guess we must have the same taste in music ! Great music by the way ! Ps did you see the foo fighters on tv at Glastonbury,only thing I can say is Awesome 👍
Yeah Guys,I've got a lot of respect for Damned,Punk Forever!
Fave Damned song from way back and the guys can still pull it off
Fucking Brilliant. Hall Of Fame!!!
It was a badge of honour to learn how to play ALL of Smash it up... especially the melodic first bit.... great memories, great band, proper trailblazers
I Saw them live 5 times in the late 70s early 80s...great memories...if you buy the LP "Machine Gun Etiquette" i think it had the guitar chords to this song on the album cover..
❤🖤The damned🖤❤
Those guys can still seriously kick arse! What a performance..Captain Sensible and Dave Vanian have not aged at all!
They look a bit different
What I meant was, that they've aged well ;-) @@ludaheracles7201
The best move The Damned ever made was when Sensible switched to lead guitar; they went into the stratosphere when that happened......
@CHRON-GEN-X :But even Brian James admitted in interviews on The Final Damnation DVD that Sensible was hands down the best pure musician in the band, and it began to show starting with Machine Gun Etiquette.....
Brilliant performance of a brilliant song.
They came a long. long way. Really top musicians now especially old Ray.
Love The Damned!!!
I only started thinking of them just the other day and that song was what I searched for. WOW after all this time, talking decades they performed brilliantly there, lucky people in the audience and that song will be in my head all day now....Fantastic puts a big smile on your face and that cheery synth bopping along amazing.
I saw them at the Roxy Club in London on a holiday trip (I was born in Brussels). February 14 (or 13).
In May I saw them in Brussels. An incredible concert. Half the audience was on stage for the encores...I was just right to Brian James! I was 18...
A band who have developed and done every their way….. BRILLIANT 🔥 nice guys too ❤️
Punk forever!!! Great Damned!!!
the damned best punk band ever
Yep.... These boys could play....
I read that as 'the best damned punk band ever.'
DogDamn dyslexia.
Whatever, it still works. ;)
Dunno bout that. Saw the Ruts support the Damned MGE tour and blew the Damned offstage.
You can say that again and again, the damned are the best
ABSOLUTELY!!
Part One = pure music
Brilliant band is the Damned
Seen them a number of times, one of the best damn bands ever.
That's punk rock...... Amazing
An excellent live gig, brilliant musicians!
Legend...great punk 77 band...!!!
76!
My first ever gig was Phantasmagoria at Nottingham Rock City in 1984. The opening with all the dry ice was a zombie movie !
They still sound amazing
❤❤❤
Seen this band 6timz fukin magic
An absolutely class act.....period!! 🎤🎸🥁👌🥰
Seen these live ...Brill
This is the tour I saw them on, in Sacramento. Had to pit for this song, and my toe got smashed on too!
Sac!
Top song captain
Seeing the lads in Glasgow tomorrow-can’t wait!
Terrific singing performance and that.
Best song eva , part 1 and 2
1978.Oxford College of further Education, supported by Japan. I was there! Brilliant!
Beautiful.
been in a bar with them and they nough only gratefully accepted them but also supplied quite a few
Beautiful. Just simply beautiful. As expected. ♥
Quality audio, so many of the Damned live shows sound like they were recorded on a mono cassette. Very good
well done! decades later too!
I was
I see u in Belfast next month 😂❤
最適にバージョンアップされてる😮👍🔥
Just saw them last night in Ventura. Amazing show as always!
dave vanian classic to the limit!
Just WOW!!!
July 2020 - “ooh I wish I’d been there”, 🕊👍🏻
Love this song and so does my 91 year old mum🤪
El mejor grupo punk hoy x hoy
Wish i was❤
Ámo ésta canción carájo...! ,...que excelente interpretación...!!
4分32秒からのベースめちゃシブ👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great song!!
Trenendo!! Inmortal
Absolutely brilliant 👏👏👏
oh god wish I had been there
Superb, just superb.
The captain went solo in the 80s he had many hit songs
Happy talk glad it's all over etc
My best song!
Where's this Channel gone? It was brilliant ❤🤘🤘
what a tour!!!
Miód na serce, my love
gonna see them this Thursday in Cologne....Looking Forward!
I wasn't there!!! Looking forward to seeing them again in Paris!
Dave went to the same secondary school as me, Bourne valley in Hemel but earlier than me. Captain Ray and myself share the same birthdate, ironic lol
Who cares
Still awesome
My hats off, didn't know them until I track down the return of the living dead soundtrack. now i dig it and they are still rockin strong.
Last time I saw this lot, Patricia Morrison was on bass and they had a monk running around the stage with a strap-on.
Seen em loads of times, never let me down.
Hammersmith?
@@koont666 Guildford Civic Hall.
@@Clem_Fandango11 oh cool bet that was a wicked gig.👍
@@koont666 It was pretty funny actually. It was a on Halloween and they had really made the effort, sadly the gig was probably less than half full. Still lots of banter with the captain. He was great sport.
@@Clem_Fandango11 I grew up in Fulham besides seeing them countless times,A Christmas Eve big with Lemmy at the greyhound pub was for me the highlight ,so many backline amps and big pa blew us away believe bit or not I had to go to midnight mass with my parents at the end of greyhound road so missed the last bit but , amazing gig all the same ,your gig at Guilford sounds brilliant being less that half full ,old captain is a great bloke too👍
Smashed it.