This song is the reason I started playing drums, about three months after this gig. I wasn't there but I did see them in Dublin around June 99, my first ever gig. Those first five albums will live in my head for the rest of my days.
@@SteveGad Wow, very nice! Must have been amazing seeing The Clash. I did do it for a living, but only for about 8 years. I still teach drum lessons and do the odd paid gig, but it's more of a hobby, which is fine by me. You also share a name with one of the world's best drummers, as I'm sure you know.
The future teaches you to be alone The present to be afraid and cold So if I can shoot rabbits Then I can shoot fascists Bullets for your brain today But we'll forget it all again Monuments put from pen to paper Turns me into a gutless wonder [Chorus] And if you tolerate this Then your children will be next And if you tolerate this Then your children will be next Will be next Will be next Will be next [Verse 2] Gravity keeps my head down Or is it maybe shame At being so young and being so vain Holes in your head today But I'm a pacifist I've walked La Rambla But not with real intent And if you tolerate this Then your children will be next And if you tolerate this Then your children will be next Will be next Will be next Will be next [Verse 3] And on the street tonight An old man plays With newspaper cuttings Of his glory days [Chorus] And if you tolerate this Then your children will be next And if you tolerate this Then your children will be next Will be next Will be next Will be next [Outro] Ahh ahhh ahh ahhh Ahh ahhh ahh ahhh
they got a song to no 1 in the charts with the lyric "If I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot Fascists". This was the exact thing they set out to achieve at the start, its fucking brilliant
Thanks for this inspirational song that transcends the generations! I sung it 20 years ago, now my adolescent sons are singing it along! This days this song has to be an anthem for everyone in the streets!
What a beautiful, soulful voice he has. I had to give up my dinner lady job because I wouldnt condone the cruelty to our children. All in the name of 'covid safety' of course.
Manic Street Preachers make me so proud to be only even a little bit Welsh. My Grandad was born in South Wales to a Welsh mother and English father, but I feel such a strong connection to the valleys and the people. Rwy'n caru Cymru. Rwy'n gweld dy eisiau di, Taid.
i have been a rep at my workplace for five years its the most thankless job you will ever do , but it has to be done , reps are the union , full time officials never fail to let you down , peace
@@eightiesmusic1984 Really? LOL. I mean, it was a stupid question, I suppose. I know exactly what happened to the flat. He tried to buy it on the cheap using Thatcher's 'right to buy' scheme... and failed. So you'll have to excuse me if I don't fornicate over this hypocritical man's words. The likes of him and Len "£400,000 of union money please" McCluskey are exactly why so few workers trust unions allowing greedy capitalist companies to get away with it.
So much more. Relevant, no songs like this song, I’m from where they grew up, RIP, your song popped into my head this morning and we didn’t appreciate songs like this yeah he was right
I've walked La Ramblas but not with real intent. "And on the street tonight An old man plays with newspaper cuttings of his glory days." And if you tolerate this then your children will be next ......................
Heard this song during a demonstration against QR code to access society in the Netherlands. The lyrics couldn't be more appropriate in 2021. Stay strong against our authoritatian governments people!
I indeed! I've already love this song since 2000's. Right now has opened my mind to the Ukraine event. God bless and forgive us for the human intolerance.
Stole the words out of my mouth, totally agree, as this monstrous aberration of communism is a threat to all of us given Putin's utter disdain for the lives of 'Ukrainian children'.
The Fascists live in Ukraine. Ukrainian Fascists have been targeting and wiping out Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass for over 8 years. WHAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN? Nobody has seen what Zelenskiy has been doing in plain sight!!! His political opposition has been imprisoned. BY HIM!!! CHECK THE FACTS, NOT THE NEWS PROPAGANDA.
This is the time to say NO... We are in 2021 and the fascism are SO much in place.. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT AGAINST THE EVIL🙏🙏🙏♥️. LOVE AND PEACE IN THE WORLD 🌍
Love this song, and was actually at this concert. But HTF is the wonderful message from King Arthur Sc and the MSP song about the Spanish civil war (1930s) still remaining relevant today? An actual damning indictment on 2020s world that the message from this song is now more relevant than ever. We had hope in those days, now ther is none.
This Song is Very True, They Keep Standing There, + They Keep letting Really Bad Shitty Things Happen To People, Any Nothing Get Done About, Becouse They Don't Really Care. Has Long Has There O. K, That's The Main Thing.
This should be the anthem of 2023 for what is happening all over the world
…. and sadly for 2024 too… 😢😢
And in 2024 this is as relevant as ever
So relevant today. brings tears to my eyes.
Me too brother, me too. Fuck this cruel world, happiness to everyone!
Same here
And stil 😢
Same. Best wishes to you all whatever you decide.
Getting more relevant every day.
Now they target 5-11 years old
This song should be sung all over the world. It's a great message!
Singing this now...
Think before you type ..I see this as a message to the ULTRA far right to stamp out the left .Prove me wrong
@@Interdiction if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fascists 🤔
We have to sing this in front of the houses of the persons who are behind all this bullshit!
@@TheCheesecakedeath its about the Spanish civil wars ...
today this means even more
Fkin goosebumps man,what a song,never more relevant than today,jan 2021,hes a great front man,great band
Yep well - we did tolerate this and now our children are next. It's never too late to fight back but we really did fall asleep at the wheel.
This song is the reason I started playing drums, about three months after this gig. I wasn't there but I did see them in Dublin around June 99, my first ever gig. Those first five albums will live in my head for the rest of my days.
Love love love the song , I’m just transfixed by the drummer .
@@SteveGad Wow, very nice! Must have been amazing seeing The Clash. I did do it for a living, but only for about 8 years. I still teach drum lessons and do the odd paid gig, but it's more of a hobby, which is fine by me. You also share a name with one of the world's best drummers, as I'm sure you know.
Yes,, this song must be sung around the globe...
The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
[Chorus]
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
[Verse 2]
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Rambla
But not with real intent
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
[Verse 3]
And on the street tonight
An old man plays
With newspaper cuttings
Of his glory days
[Chorus]
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
[Outro]
Ahh ahhh ahh ahhh
Ahh ahhh ahh ahhh
I honestly think that the correct lyrics are: "If I can't shoot rabbits, then I can't shoot fascists."
@@awhiz57 nope...
Thank you Alba for the words 🤗
they got a song to no 1 in the charts with the lyric "If I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot Fascists". This was the exact thing they set out to achieve at the start, its fucking brilliant
Can't we just shoot the Fascists - Rabbits aren't causing the problem.
@@RussGreeno Ha Ha Great Comment
Love this song and lyrics
@@RussGreeno When we shoot the fascist we can continue with the pacifists. A better world without them!
Fuckin right that is 🤝 question everything.
The message is always in plane sight, the trick is to see it. We MUST protect our precious children
Now so more than ever💉💉
Thanks for this inspirational song that transcends the generations! I sung it 20 years ago, now my adolescent sons are singing it along! This days this song has to be an anthem for everyone in the streets!
Sometimes I think no-one gets it like the welsh get it.
Love to you folk, I hope to visit you someday.
We get it kamerades
Never more pertinent than right now! April 2020
Hey, you were early. :D
July 2020
Darn right !!!
I guess it will always be pertinent. Children will always be targeted by politicians
What a beautiful, soulful voice he has. I had to give up my dinner lady job because I wouldnt condone the cruelty to our children. All in the name of 'covid safety' of course.
Manic Street Preachers make me so proud to be only even a little bit Welsh. My Grandad was born in South Wales to a Welsh mother and English father, but I feel such a strong connection to the valleys and the people.
Rwy'n caru Cymru. Rwy'n gweld dy eisiau di, Taid.
Still a perfect, deadly tune after 25 years. What a special anthem. 👏
Was lucky enough to be at this gig, too. ☺
MSP 4EVA ✊
Is it true there was a lot of anti English chanting from the Welsh?
Well done people. You tolerated it. Now your children are next.
Oh man this brings back so many memories. I never thought that I would one day this song would be so relevant
Masterpiece of a song... excellent songwriting and performance. Beautiful... never more relevant.
Such a masterpiece
1:35 Richey came to see concert!!
I love the message of this song stop the war for the humanity ànd protected the children
Just stumbled upon this... Arthur Scargill and the manics...world class and long may these sentiments ring true...superb
I've just quit as a union representative due to lack of support for the union. Scargill's words fill me with sadness, regret and inspiration.
i have been a rep at my workplace for five years its the most thankless job you will ever do , but it has to be done , reps are the union , full time officials never fail to let you down , peace
commie
Wonder if Arthur Scargill stills lives in his two million pound London flat?
@@eightiesmusic1984 Really? LOL. I mean, it was a stupid question, I suppose. I know exactly what happened to the flat. He tried to buy it on the cheap using Thatcher's 'right to buy' scheme... and failed. So you'll have to excuse me if I don't fornicate over this hypocritical man's words. The likes of him and Len "£400,000 of union money please" McCluskey are exactly why so few workers trust unions allowing greedy capitalist companies to get away with it.
@@eightiesmusic1984 inequality has nothing to do with it. And what do you classify as rich or wealthy.
The drums are brilliant
'Gravity keeps my head down or is it maybe shame' 😓😓😓
Such a beautiful song
One of the meaningful song for the band, not only a beautiful song.
Song of 2020
Never more poignant! Always moved by this, feel it in my heart...
Amen to that
THIS IS THE TIME WE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN
So much more. Relevant, no songs like this song, I’m from where they grew up, RIP, your song popped into my head this morning and we didn’t appreciate songs like this yeah he was right
What a way that was to end 1999, the 1900s and the 2nd millennium a 70,000 person New year's party
We HAVE tolerated this, and our children will be next... 💔
Our country has been ruined, and it heartbreaking.
Manic Street Preachers Rules !!! Salud y Vida Pa'lante !!! Cheers and Life On !!!
I was here with the Manics on the Millenium.....amazing
They need to release it in december.
Imagine being welsh and selling out the millennium stadium ... absolutely scenes
Singing and acting are two different things. Which is why we find ourselves where we are in 2023.
From Blackwood. 7 miles from my town
schon in den 90s die zukunft vohergesagt
The perfect anthem for our time
There will always be anthems we can hang our hats on
Amazing.never forget that night.
I've walked La Ramblas but not with real intent.
"And on the street tonight
An old man plays with newspaper cuttings of his glory days."
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next ......................
Heard this song during a demonstration against QR code to access society in the Netherlands. The lyrics couldn't be more appropriate in 2021. Stay strong against our authoritatian governments people!
Very Relevant today.👍👍👍👍
The message here is protect children from depression and wad and hope that they have a happy life and what a fucking song
1 of the best songs ever written
Beautiful song , beautiful crowd,great band love from indo
Think about that in 2021 😢
How hard core was that
Todos em Portugal deviam ouvir esta musica
Saw them last month supporting The Killers, still not 100% sure who was best.... amazing still
Great song and fantastic performance - and the drum work is just unbelievable.
I love his voice so much!
This song takes on new meaning in light of current events in Ukraine. All my hopes for my brothers and sister there.
I indeed! I've already love this song since 2000's. Right now has opened my mind to the Ukraine event. God bless and forgive us for the human intolerance.
100% yet I come here a day its full of people thinking it applies to covid restrictions and vaccinations. What a crazy world.
Stole the words out of my mouth, totally agree, as this monstrous aberration of communism is a threat to all of us given Putin's utter disdain for the lives of 'Ukrainian children'.
Great comment my friend.
The Fascists live in Ukraine. Ukrainian Fascists have been targeting and wiping out Russian speaking Ukrainians in the Donbass for over 8 years.
WHAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN?
Nobody has seen what Zelenskiy has been doing in plain sight!!! His political opposition has been imprisoned. BY HIM!!!
CHECK THE FACTS, NOT THE NEWS PROPAGANDA.
2022 We need to protect our children even more so against Evil.
Ahh The Manics 🎸 😍 so underrated
This is the time to say NO... We are in 2021 and the fascism are SO much in place.. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT AGAINST THE EVIL🙏🙏🙏♥️. LOVE AND PEACE IN THE WORLD 🌍
You're the actual fascist. You're next.
It’s the far left that are the real fascists
A clueless comment
Unbelievable performance 🤓 sound terrific in this venue👍👍👍
Kinnock was a good, principled man
Aha aha aha aha aha aha it's killing me how much I love it
3:32 AAAAAAHHHHHND love it 😅💋
Their just so very good live or not ❤
Stand strong folks💪💪👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪
and 2024
This song is definitely a message. Another song that sends a message is "Sledgehammer".
Lovely looking Welsh people.
RMT. Support the workers. Supporting ALL workers. Fight for survival.
Интересно. Какие-то видео Мэников запрещены в России теми, кто размещал на ютюб. Это все оч чудесно. Мы-то все понимаем. А вы?..
timeless anthem
So tru ,,the more years pas by
Such a great song
Love this song, and was actually at this concert. But HTF is the wonderful message from King Arthur Sc and the MSP song about the Spanish civil war (1930s) still remaining relevant today?
An actual damning indictment on 2020s world that the message from this song is now more relevant than ever. We had hope in those days, now ther is none.
I went to this. It was brilliant
The blue lights fits perfectly with the song, the whole "This is my truth..." album sounds exactly like the cover art
So relevant today!
Super song.
No phones... yeahhhhh
Brasil 2018.
Extraordinarily apt for today's USA news.
Brilliant song and group share share share.
tolerantie wordt onze ondergang , RIP EUROPA
Feckin awesome I love this ❤️
Iconic song
RIP not to Franco, powerfull track
Unite!!
This Song is Very True, They Keep Standing There, + They Keep letting Really Bad Shitty Things Happen To People, Any Nothing Get Done About, Becouse They Don't Really Care. Has Long Has There O. K, That's The Main Thing.
We should listen to all song lyrics...... From every band
Richey Edwards last seen 1: 34 - 1:36.....
They waking us up
The best ❤️🔥
They tried to warn us but we didn't listen did we, now look at the state of the world 😢
Wasn’t much different when this song was released - we just didn’t have 24 hour news and the internet to tell us!
@@user-vh6ts9uf6c this
Unica!!!
Amazing.
A capacidade intervencionista desta bands é muito acutilante e inteligente. São muito bons. !
Free mankind from Authority
So many singing, so many not understanding the meaning