Mine too mate. Not a week past in the last 40 +years that I haven’t listened to this track When John peel first played it on his show. Pre release it destroyed me. Absolutely amazing .I was 15 I’m 57 now and it’s still in my top 5
Yeah and mine. Something in us that was crystallised in a year or two. I like stuff from the sixties and early seventies and stuff from the eighties and nineties but there is a period of a couple of years that define me.
Remember him saying he smoked 20 cigarettes before recording this to get the rough sound. Got the 7 inch cover version still almost perfect. That from a Stranglers fan who saw an up and coming Manc support band for the Stranglers in April 1980 called JOY DIVISION don’t know what happened to them!
Bought this in my local Woolworths when i was 17. Nobody else did through as it was only a minor hit. I was a massive Stranglers fan and this sounded like an angry Hugh Cornwell ripping his way through a Stranglers song ! I hit 50 this month week and still think it`s fantastic.
Clint Davies more over looked then. even 6music normally plays other Buzzcocks tunes. And back in 79 the great british public were more interested in cliff and abba.
YES IT IS Stereogrim !! Steve Diggle is an incredible songwriter . Fast Cars and Autonomy are also great songs by Diggle . I been fan of them for just over 20 years and counting
+GottnyGrapes Diggle an incredible songwriter? He wrote a few good tunes as a Buzzcock, but Pete Shelley wrote dozens and dozens of great songs as a Buzzcock. Are you Steve Diggle's nephew or something?
stereogrIm I think maybe the best bands are always underrated,, as they are so unique. ,,, The buzzcocks are a fantastic band. And they Still sound superb today , so the shite bands like. Duran Duran etc are always overrated ,, The likes of the buzzcocks , the damned. Etc Are just far too good for. The typical ears of the squares & the boring set ,,, so it means the elite group of people who are fans of the genius bands are far and few between , unfortunately ,as there is not too many of us who have a great ear for great music
I am a progressive rock fan since I was 9... but then I also got into punk!!! I love them equally and people often ask me how I can love both for they are the opposites haha! I think that punk and prog were the rock genres with most indipendence and personality! Totally out of the schemes!!!
One of my favorite songs from my favorite punk band of all time!!! These guys wrote the most beautiful and catchiest punk melodies in music history! No other punk band comes close!
Shook Steve's hand last night after gig here in Lyon; they still giving it 100%, it was mental, people throwing themselves around, had a great night! You cannot beat live performances.
Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head 0845am 14.10.24 i only turned up cos everyone looked like someone from the buzzcocks in Manchester the other day... well, a lot.... of 'em did. weird. good job i wasn't on drugs else it might have really freaked me out.
this was the buzzcocks moving on. That Steve bloke is a bit of a genius too. Saw the Buzzcocks live in 2006, and he still has the attitude of a teenager. Good on you Steve!
few years ago they have played in belgrade, serbia... although they are oldies, still have amazing attitude and energy on scene...thanx god for bands like they are...
jamierourketenI was easily the only kid in my enormous Arizona highschool to have Singles Going Steady in 1980. Fell in love with the Ramones in 78 and then the Buzzcocks blew me away in 79 with their melodies and sentiments. I wanted to be British so bad.
This track is absolutely awesome,,,,many other less played tracks were absolutely awesome and totally underrated……could name so many,but ESP,is the ULTIMATE in my mind. Love you Pete Shelly ❤
I was arguing with someone yesterday who was saying Husker du were the most influential band of the eighties I told him The Buzzcocks and The Ruts were doing all that in the seventies he told me I knew fuck all about music lol
Not even close. I can think of plenty of other bands which were more influential- Cure and the Sisters of Mercy and that's just Gothic music. The Pixies too.
The crowd is so lifeless and the very definition of tepid. Growing up in the frontier of Northern Michigan, amid miners and lumberjacks, nothing inspired me more on my drive to school than the Buzzcocks. I wish there existed a clean and re-mastered Boredom track. The track I have sounds bleached.
+Michael Westfall Then again, it's a TV show. Probably didn't want it too wild as it distracts from the band miming to their song. American Bandstand was the same - I remember John Lydon pulling people off the bleachers trying to get them to dance while he pointedly avoided trying to look like he was singing - closing his mouth, tapping the equipment with the dead mic, etc.
I finally saw this band in 2013. I've been into punk since I turned 13 in 1979 and to tell you the truth I'd dismissed the buzzcocks as lightweights. Turns out I was completely wrong. What an absolute killer band. I'm so lucky I got to see them.
Wow....last comment 2 weeks ago. So sad, one of the greatest fucking bands of all time and this is it? Fuck sake. What a fucking song! Upvote this band to fuck.x
Great catchy guitar riffs the Buzzcocks came up with. I had all their singles, and can't believe how fresh they still sound, hearing them again on RUclips.
This harmony has actually been in my head for the past 40 years!
Mine too mate. Not a week past in the last 40 +years that I haven’t listened to this track
When John peel first played it on his show. Pre release it destroyed me. Absolutely amazing .I was 15 I’m 57 now and it’s still in my top 5
@@markriley322 It was stuck there, but for some reason, I could never find a copy of it, until recently.
@@Dr.JamesA.Wright1 almost right reason .glad that you got sorting 😃
Moi aussi! Ich auch! And I love it!
Yeah and mine. Something in us that was crystallised in a year or two.
I like stuff from the sixties and early seventies and stuff from the eighties and nineties but there is a period of a couple of years that define me.
One of the most underrated rock tunes of all time.
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 Bullshit mate !
Punk was all about fighting yuppy Greed ! : )
Nah.
Just love Diggle's posing and posturing as he's finally got his chance to sing!!
+ricardo torero Good observation. It's a good thing that he was posturing to a corker of a song!
Remember him saying he smoked 20 cigarettes before recording this to get the rough sound. Got the 7 inch cover version still almost perfect. That from a Stranglers fan who saw an up and coming Manc support band for the Stranglers in April 1980 called JOY DIVISION don’t know what happened to them!
Bought this in my local Woolworths when i was 17. Nobody else did through as it was only a minor hit. I was a massive Stranglers fan and this sounded like an angry Hugh Cornwell ripping his way through a Stranglers song ! I hit 50 this month week and still think it`s fantastic.
Happy belated birthday! 🍰
I hope you made it to 61 and you're still blasting this like you were 17!!!
You have impeccable taste sir
R.I.P. Pete, Thanks for all the great tunes.
Indeed, but harmony is actually a diggle song.
beleive a diggle song,giggle giggle
Yes great song by Diggle, but Pete's fantastic voice coming in on the chorus.
Pete bleibt für immer unvergessen !
This was always my favorite Buzzcocks song. Will never get old.
😅
Another underrated Buzzcocks classic
why underrated? not by those who care mate. lifes little ironys seem so obvious now!!
Clint Davies more over looked then. even 6music normally plays other Buzzcocks tunes. And back in 79 the great british public were more interested in cliff and abba.
YES IT IS Stereogrim !!
Steve Diggle is an incredible songwriter . Fast Cars and Autonomy are also great songs by Diggle . I been fan of them for just over 20 years and counting
+GottnyGrapes Diggle an incredible songwriter? He wrote a few good tunes as a Buzzcock, but Pete Shelley wrote dozens and dozens of great songs as a Buzzcock. Are you Steve Diggle's nephew or something?
stereogrIm I think maybe the best bands are always underrated,, as they are so unique. ,,, The buzzcocks are a fantastic band. And they Still sound superb today , so the shite bands like. Duran Duran etc are always overrated ,, The likes of the buzzcocks , the damned. Etc Are just far too good for. The typical ears of the squares & the boring set ,,, so it means the elite group of people who are fans of the genius bands are far and few between , unfortunately ,as there is not too many of us who have a great ear for great music
Can't exist without this harmony
A great, great song. How can anyone not be into punk....
BEST punk record of all time
@@clintdavies491 nah
I am a progressive rock fan since I was 9... but then I also got into punk!!! I love them equally and people often ask me how I can love both for they are the opposites haha! I think that punk and prog were the rock genres with most indipendence and personality! Totally out of the schemes!!!
Punk ? David Bowie is all you need, pick any decade.
@@bardo0007 Yet you're listening to this....
I'm in love with Steve Diggle and I have no shame about that. If just I was born much, much earlier... :')
RIP pete shelly xxxxxxx
One of my favorite songs from my favorite punk band of all time!!!
These guys wrote the most beautiful and catchiest punk melodies in music history! No other punk band comes close!
criminally underrated
Listen to promises
Shook Steve's hand last night after gig here in Lyon; they still giving it 100%, it was mental, people throwing themselves around, had a great night! You cannot beat live performances.
Shelley’s presence on the guitar in this song is awesome!
Pete Shelley RIP. Thanks for expressing how I felt at twenty so well, way back in 1979.
Great dude
happy 60th mate, how did Punks get to be 60!!! all the best I'm 50 plus now myself ..
@@heighwaysonthewing punk till I die
Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head 0847am 14.10.24 the clash wrote you a song or sumfink?
RIP Pete Shelley - a little bit of my youth has now gone :( Great Diggle vocals on this one
Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head 0845am 14.10.24 i only turned up cos everyone looked like someone from the buzzcocks in Manchester the other day... well, a lot.... of 'em did. weird. good job i wasn't on drugs else it might have really freaked me out.
Such a great mix of melody and punk energy. A classic.
I'm 57 & still play this loud, no other way classic
Jimmy doing the devil hand sign right at the beginning???love this band and what a tune.
Good grief.. the Buzzers were fucking magnificent.
Of course!
Yes still are 👍🏻🇬🇧
Steve just brings a whole new dimension to the band when he takes over vocals.
this was the buzzcocks moving on. That Steve bloke is a bit of a genius too. Saw the Buzzcocks live in 2006, and he still has the attitude of a teenager. Good on you Steve!
I like the aggressive looking singing on this. Definitely a fave Buzzcocks!
I think this tune holds up as the best of their catalogue of great music tbh ...strange it wasn't seen that way at the time as i remember
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One of the best punk rock songs ever. No flaws, just a perfect harmony
so sad Pete's passing today 12-5-18. 63 years young. Thank you Peter! You've done well.
My Gawd what a great band... It was a privilege to be a kid when they and all the other Ace New Wave Bands showed up in the late 70's... :)
Best punk band ever. This song rocks
I always totally loved this single and still do. A fantastic blast of proper original punk rock!
One of the best punk 80's bands ever.
diggle was wearing the exact same outfit when I saw the buzzcocks last night some 40 years after this was filmed.
I hope he had washed it.
Pete looks so good with that 5 o’clock shadow, damn
One of my fave Buzzcocks tracks. I like how Steve Diggle grimaces whenever he sings!
One of the best songs ever written.
few years ago they have played in belgrade, serbia... although they are oldies, still have amazing attitude and energy on scene...thanx god for bands like they are...
Favorite Buzzcocks song, Diggle's voice is awesome!!!
Rest in peace Pete. You were so underappreciated
Rest in peace, Mr. Shelley. And thank you.
HErmoso ese punk todo melodioso y unico ..gracias Pete,gracias Buzzcocks R.I.P
what an amazing song.
I absolutely love this song it was one of there best records I still go mad when I play it now rest in peace Pete
Under rated? Are you kidding? One of the best punk band ever and still gigging.
My favorite band at one time !
Still important to me now !
And as far as I know , still all friends !
Obviously Pete has passed away , R.I. P
Charming song. Sophisticated punk band. Under-rated but not forgotten
Love Steve Diggle ❤ xx
diggle rocks!!!
Clint Davies not as good as every body happy now a days
Glad someone else actually knows who sigs this!
An often forgotten punk song. Great stuff!
i'm a young boy but this song is timeless!!!
Saw them in Jaqs, Aberdare on Thursday. Outstanding. Lots of memories.
They always wrote great lyrics, an awesome band
I always liked his singing in this - one of the best buzzcocks songs
Singles Going Steady should be on everyone's playlist. Brilliance.
freaking great band! im froma Argentina and i was when they came for thir 30st anniversary
it was a trip back to 70`s
One of the very best groups of their generation.
And one of their best songs ever 5*
My favorite band ❤️
62 yo here. I listened to The Clash back in the day but somehow missed out on this. Good God this is good stuff!
Real shame it wasn't a big hit as I think this is one of the best Buzzcock's songs
A very underappreciated band.. Back in thier early days almost every song was a hit.
Brilliant, underrated single from a top band.
Such s brilliant song! ❤
one of the greatest rock songs of all time- the audience is in a coma
Best buzzcocks song
Why the fuck is nobody dancing to one of the best tunes ever?????
jamierourketenI was easily the only kid in my enormous Arizona highschool to have Singles Going Steady in 1980. Fell in love with the Ramones in 78 and then the Buzzcocks blew me away in 79 with their melodies and sentiments. I wanted to be British so bad.
Pete with a beard : yes !!
This track is absolutely awesome,,,,many other less played tracks were absolutely awesome and totally underrated……could name so many,but ESP,is the ULTIMATE in my mind. Love you Pete Shelly ❤
A great song from an important band. Too bad it was cut short at the end. Thanks for posting.
Happy birthday Pete. Thanks heaps for your Presence. 🙏🎁🎂
When music had soul and passion.
70's FTW!!!! Only wish i was born then =[
god damn i could listen to this track over and over
I was arguing with someone yesterday who was saying Husker du were the most influential band of the eighties I told him The Buzzcocks and The Ruts were doing all that in the seventies he told me I knew fuck all about music lol
Not even close. I can think of plenty of other bands which were more influential- Cure and the Sisters of Mercy and that's just Gothic music. The Pixies too.
indeed..best punk rock band ever
thats one direction i think you mean.
They are great. The Jam is pretty serious too. These are some talented and serious young men, and they shaped my life and I love them
Was my fav
First group i was properly into saw them live at the hummingbird brum in 89 still luv the songs now after all these years
Allways...Harmony in my head...BUZZCOCKS...
Saw the Buzzcocks tonight at a Riot Fest after show.
Didn’t expect much, but really enjoyed it.
Steve ended the set with this song. 👍
Most of the punk groups of that time could hardly play their instruments, but not the Buzzcocks. They had some real chops.The drummer is so solid.
For me, their best song. "I'm out in the open, clattering shoppers around". Fantastic.
Cobain's favourite Buzzcocks song
I didn't know that . Thanks for this piece of trivia
*****
ouch!?
he loved them.
fuck cobain...glad he's dead, society is better off. :)
not!
didn't know that. Also my favorite Buzzcock song
These kinds of bands were so fun.. a lot of enjoyment🌻🌸
The crowd is so lifeless and the very definition of tepid. Growing up in the frontier of Northern Michigan, amid miners and lumberjacks, nothing inspired me more on my drive to school than the Buzzcocks. I wish there existed a clean and re-mastered Boredom track. The track I have sounds bleached.
+Michael Westfall Then again, it's a TV show. Probably didn't want it too wild as it distracts from the band miming to their song. American Bandstand was the same - I remember John Lydon pulling people off the bleachers trying to get them to dance while he pointedly avoided trying to look like he was singing - closing his mouth, tapping the equipment with the dead mic, etc.
Michael Westfall dems 2018 brutha
Ah, the crowd is On Top Of The Pops, with a paedophile hosting. I'd feel lifeless too.
It's Top of the Pops, they probably came to see something different.
@@deancommissioning Yep, and they got it!
Parquet Courts WOULD NOT exist without this magnificent tune !
And Pixies, too !
i remember when this first came out, people were saying shelley's voice had broke
@TheClassicalSymphony its Steve Diggle singing on this song, not Pete Shelly
Thought the bass player sang this one
@TheClassicalSymphony Idiot
Isn't this Steve Diggle?
@TheClassicalSymphony Newsflash, people don't 'turn' gay. He's openly bisexual and so are his lyrics. It's a nice change from all the macho bullshit.
Rip Shelley this was anthem for me growing up in the punk scene 💚
I finally saw this band in 2013. I've been into punk since I turned 13 in 1979 and to tell you the truth I'd dismissed the buzzcocks as lightweights. Turns out I was completely wrong. What an absolute killer band. I'm so lucky I got to see them.
I love this song. It just gets better with every listen
0:10 so funny how he makes his singing face before singing
Sounds so good!🌺🌻
classic!!
Pete Shelley thanks for all the great buzzcocks singles.....,🎸
punk forever !
Power,Passion,Feel,&Agression thats wot it takes......who"s with me!!
Always thought Shelley did the melodic chorus, never realised he was such a consummate guitarist either. Shows ya all I know ffs
You are very fortunate. I grew up in the wrong era. I was only about 2 years old in 1978
Wow....last comment 2 weeks ago. So sad, one of the greatest fucking bands of all time and this is it? Fuck sake. What a fucking song! Upvote this band to fuck.x
Amen
Great catchy guitar riffs the Buzzcocks came up with. I had all their singles, and can't believe how fresh they still sound, hearing them again on RUclips.
R.I.P. Pete!!
Damn this song came out in 1979!?? That's when I was born. This is way ahead of its time. I just hear this on WTMD last year...It kicks ASS!!!
RIP Pete.
Your parents are going to love it.