Hate to burst your bubble, but it ain't a love song. Unless you count blind love of your country, and your willingness to join the military and die for it.
Up the Punx from the decades of rebellion: late 70s-early 2000s. Proud to still be Punk Rock at 30 years old. Can't be bought, can't be sold. 1985 mutants still pissed.
First heard this in Corey Duffel's "Madness And Mayhem" part for Foundation Skateboards. I was 13 at the time. Changed my entire life. I'm 22 now and punk for life.
I was at that gig,vice squad and ruts DC played too, like most folks then I'd never heard of A N L, but when animal came out swinging an axe with a leather studded handle I was instantly hooked,saw em a good few times after, some with the damned, some not, always really good and really funny too,long live A N L
This song was written by Lars Frederiksen for the League, check out some of Lars and the Bastards stuff, along with his Rancid work and even the Old Firm Casuals.
Thanks for uploading this! I remember before there was only the live version and some skateboarding video with this song that had background noise in it.
Must say, I never cared for the 80s UK punk (Exploited, GBH, Chron Gen, etc. Stuff bores me) but this song is an exception. Great tune. But why do so many think it's a "love song"? I thought it was one of those "anti-war" songs or something like that. Perhaps I'm wrong.
Lyrics: Note, there's variations of the "well" and "so"s and such like Anti Nowhere League “For You” (Intro) For you I shall give (Verse 1 and 2) We laughed (ha!) but no one’s laughing We kissed, and no one cares We shout but no one’s listening So we lived like no one dares (Chorus 1)) For you (Well) I’ll be your soldier For you (Well) I’ll bury friends For you I’ll be your savior For you I’ll play pretend Well, I’ll play pretend (Chorus 2) (Same as Chorus 1 minus last line, and substitute I'll bury friends with I'll play pretend) (Verse 2) So we cry And now you’re laughing (So) we hate And now you care So we shout And now you’re listening So we’ll die And you won’t care (Chorus 3) For you I’ll be your soldier etc. For you Well I’ll play pretend I’ll play pretend (4x) Amen
We laugh..but no-one's laughing We kiss..and no-one cares So we shout..but no-one's listening So we live..like no-one dares For you Well I'll be your soldier For you I'll bury friends For you Well I'll be your saviour For you I'll play and pretend So we laugh..but no-one's laughing And we kiss..but no-one cares So we shout..but no-one's listening So we live..like no-one dares For you Well I'll be your soldier For you I'll bury friends For you Well I'll be your saviour For you I'll play and pretend For you Well I'll be your soldier For you I'll bury friends For you Well I'll be your saviour For you I'll play and pretend So we cry..but now you're laughing So we hate..but now who cares So we shout..but now you're listening So we'll die..and you won't care For you Well I'll be your soldier For you I'll bury friends For you Well I'll be your saviour For you I'll play and pretend I'll play and pretend I'll play and pretend I'll play and pretend I'll play and pretend
cycokelbo...what do you mean this version? this is the original,,,and if you were there,back in the day nothing would take the place on this record exept this record...where were you in 82?
original lyrics changed- fuck you fuck you don't you tell me what to do, woman you're a fucking mess. you sit around the house in your dirty clothes, you look in a mess, you're always picking your nose etc Where these on this? Apologies of I missed it
I love Skrewdriver. even when they went WP, musically, by comparison they are better than a lot of these so-call rock n roll bands. and the funny thing about me listening to Skrewdriver is, i'm Asain. and don't give that "you're confuse" speech crap. if its good music, its going on the turn table. hell, I even listen to Alizee...only wish I speak and understand French
went through punk, then came discharge,anwl,exploited,crass, etc, loved the music, still do, but now wiser and older,so to speak, and looking back where they anti establishement government funded bands ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Probably my favourite league tune ❤🇬🇧
We shout, but no one's listening. So we live like no one dares ❤️
If you don't believe that this is one of the top twenty greatest love songs of all time I do not like you.
Hate to burst your bubble, but it ain't a love song. Unless you count blind love of your country, and your willingness to join the military and die for it.
🤣🤣🤣 and punk's too 🤣🤣🤣
We shout, but no one's listening. So we live like no one dares ❤️
It's about a friend who was killed in the Falkland Islands War.
Two ways to look at it mate ❤🇬🇧@@Caffeine_Club
I used to tie this song to whatever girl I was with at the time. well, I now know,..now that I'm older, that it was for my daughter all the time.
Great song
Aww
Damn right🍻
WOW!!
Been listening for over thirty years still great
Great track
Up the Punx from the decades of rebellion: late 70s-early 2000s. Proud to still be Punk Rock at 30 years old. Can't be bought, can't be sold. 1985 mutants still pissed.
First heard this in Corey Duffel's "Madness And Mayhem" part for Foundation Skateboards. I was 13 at the time. Changed my entire life. I'm 22 now and punk for life.
First saw The League at The Lyceum supporting The Damned. What a gig! Loved 'em ever since.
Must have been 81 ? As
I saw them support the damned at Edinburgh Odeon then 🍻
I was at that gig,vice squad and ruts DC played too, like most folks then I'd never heard of A N L, but when animal came out swinging an axe with a leather studded handle I was instantly hooked,saw em a good few times after, some with the damned, some not, always really good and really funny too,long live A N L
Favorite punk song ever!
This song was written by Lars Frederiksen for the League, check out some of Lars and the Bastards stuff, along with his Rancid work and even the Old Firm Casuals.
PunkRockIsMyReligion youre high. check the date this album came out. Lars was like 10.
I was thinking the same thing 🤔🤔
Seen um supporting damned top rank cardiff '81 scared me to death but still.going to see um whenever possible now !! Brilliant band
Still love this song ❤
Me too!!!
once a punk always a punk......"PUNKS NOT DEAD"
Mick Lister certainly not
Your being exploited
Gordon Hogg fuck off piggy
This song is one of my favorites , this version or The Bastards version . Either way it kick ass !
For you I shall give
Punk rock masterpiece.
BRILLIANT - THAT IS ALL
I was a punk seen these live a few times, am still a punk in my heart , but watching this on my iPad love technology love punk
AWESOME GIG in the back of the PUB.
A ROCKER TILL THE DAY I DIE !!!
LONG LIVE THE LEAGUE!!!.....from an Ecuadorian in the U.S.A.!
Greatest love song ever.
Found out about these guys in 1998 as a teenager and still listening who else can relate
Well. 1981 for me.
Same, in May, I believe. 1998, that is.
Fucking brilliant.
For my love David Lynch sr rip my love
Thanks for uploading this! I remember before there was only the live version and some skateboarding video with this song that had background noise in it.
awesome drum work. x
@JealousAgain80 its on the album 'we are the league'. i had it on vinyl years ago
Possibly one of the pink songs ever written!! Cheers!
Anti-Nowhere League!!!!!!!
Must say, I never cared for the 80s UK punk (Exploited, GBH, Chron Gen, etc. Stuff bores me) but this song is an exception. Great tune. But why do so many think it's a "love song"? I thought it was one of those "anti-war" songs or something like that. Perhaps I'm wrong.
No, you are completely right. It's not a freaking love song like 98% of the people on here think it is. The lyrics prove it 😉
Lyrics:
Note, there's variations of the "well" and "so"s and such like
Anti Nowhere League
“For You”
(Intro)
For you I shall give
(Verse 1 and 2)
We laughed (ha!) but no one’s laughing
We kissed, and no one cares
We shout but no one’s listening
So we lived like no one dares
(Chorus 1))
For you
(Well) I’ll be your soldier
For you
(Well) I’ll bury friends
For you
I’ll be your savior
For you
I’ll play pretend
Well, I’ll play pretend
(Chorus 2)
(Same as Chorus 1 minus last line, and substitute I'll bury friends with I'll play pretend)
(Verse 2)
So we cry
And now you’re laughing
(So) we hate
And now you care
So we shout
And now you’re listening
So we’ll die
And you won’t care
(Chorus 3)
For you
I’ll be your soldier
etc.
For you
Well I’ll play pretend
I’ll play pretend (4x)
Amen
I never thought of it as a love song
I think its directed at the early punk crowd ... which I was . 52
Their friend died in the Falkland Islands War, and it's something of a tribute to him.
Phenomenal stuff.
Well said, people take themselves far too seriously!
I'll be yor soldier!
gotta love animal those that have witnessed his spit intorence know what i mean.
fucking awesome
Damn I came here because of the kings of nuthin’ both versions are fucking awesome
this is a big song
Punk rocks ❤
this is a killer track
FOR YOU!!!
great song! the league rocks
We laugh..but no-one's laughing
We kiss..and no-one cares
So we shout..but no-one's listening
So we live..like no-one dares
For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend
So we laugh..but no-one's laughing
And we kiss..but no-one cares
So we shout..but no-one's listening
So we live..like no-one dares
For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend
For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend
So we cry..but now you're laughing
So we hate..but now who cares
So we shout..but now you're listening
So we'll die..and you won't care
For you
Well I'll be your soldier
For you
I'll bury friends
For you
Well I'll be your saviour
For you
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
I'll play and pretend
Thanks :)
great stuff,thee glorydayz
2008 skate days
great
I must admit the possibility has crossed my mind, but I was gonna give you the benefit of the doubt.
beautiful!
True.
FOR YOU 😎
The coronavirus brought me here.
X2
Me lembra dos rolês locos de antigamente
Why is the album version warm piss to this?
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
JT Aultz
Anxiez i love
ANL are the best punk band the UK produced .And if you dont agree .......SO WHAT
I've been here and I've been there...
Lmao
100% agree
For the same reason Sid Vicious wore swastikas.
te gek!
anti nowhere
this is blinding.
What every girl wants from a guy! Sigh...
You're prob just involved with the wrong guys.
@MrFrontallobotomy
Lucky barstewards!
Couldn't make it.
cycokelbo...what do you mean this version? this is the original,,,and if you were there,back in the day nothing would take the place on this record exept this record...where were you in 82?
original lyrics changed- fuck you fuck you don't you tell me what to do, woman you're a fucking mess. you sit around the house in your dirty clothes, you look in a mess, you're always picking your nose etc Where these on this? Apologies of I missed it
mal de demko
That's the song Woman that you're thinking of. Totally different song my friend.
Another fukin ad, jesus
You're a big guy...
I love Skrewdriver. even when they went WP, musically, by comparison they are better than a lot of these so-call rock n roll bands. and the funny thing about me listening to Skrewdriver is, i'm Asain. and don't give that "you're confuse" speech crap. if its good music, its going on the turn table. hell, I even listen to Alizee...only wish I speak and understand French
Skaarxiong1 Mexxxikan over here and worship skrewdriver.
Skaarxiong1 right on dude
Skrewdriver sucks.
WTF has neo-nazi trash got to do with Anti-Nowhere League?
Ive seen asians in the skinhead scene. other skinheads make fun of the way they look saying they have mental disabilities or are deformed.
tema ql para los pelos
LOL !!!!!!!!!
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went through punk, then came discharge,anwl,exploited,crass, etc, loved the music, still do, but now wiser and older,so to speak, and looking back where they anti establishement government funded bands ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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