Crass Nagasaki Nightmare 1980

[@KingMob.]

Heard this when I nine years old, the older brother had this record. He was lucky enough to have a guy in the local record store that was a huge music fan, and used to get all the "new imports" from the UK and USA and other places. It was probably one of the first pieces of experimental music I heard, beside Yoko Ono and the Plastic band. It still stands up as a great record...

[@FretFriendGWaL]

First CRASS 'anything' I bought aged 15. A big part of what I have become. Almost 'genius'...

[@MarkErrington]

Same here pal. I was 11. Used to write anarchist poetry which was published in fanzines etc. I went from anarchist punk to B-Boy hip hop to rave culture. It's fucked now though. There'll never be anymore British youth subcultures that have any meaning. It was a pleasure and a privilege to be part of all these 'scenes'

[@TheILLTechnics]

Annfield Plain thank you for your service.

[@KingMob.]

Same here, their work informed and expanded my political, spiritual thought. Or just expressed what I already knew. It was a dialogue with myself...

[@hugsdontwork2283]

Bought by my step-brother and held at my house because my dad and his mother wouldn't allow it. Still have it today.

[@amaliagrassi6870]

Definitely genius.

[@Gerasimo_Carbone]

LYRICS: They're always there high in the skies... Nagasaki nightmare Pretty as a picture in the generals' eyes They've done it once, they'll do it again They'll shower us all in their deadly rain Fishing children fish in the Imperial Waters Sons and lovers, lovers and daughters Cherry blossom hanging on the cherry blossom tree Flash, blinding flash, then there's nothing to see Dying they're still dying, one by one Darkness in the land of the rising sun Lesson learnt the lesson? No, cos no one really cares It's so easy to be silent just to cover up your fears So they die In the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare And die in the nightmare, nightmare nightmare So they die in the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare And live with the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare Will you stand by and let it happen again? Nightmare death in the deadly rain Live with the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare And die in the nightmare, nightmare, nightmare Nightmare comes in deadly rain Nightmare, nightmare, nightmare rain Manmade power, manmade pain Deadly rain, deadly rain They'll do it again, shower us in rain Deadly, deadly, deadly rain Nagasaki nightmare

[@cultriots6539]

amazing

[@nicolettaceolin]

grazie

[@pensta89]

How can anyone really know 😂

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Crass were, and remain, a legend. Especially for us "old" punks from the '80s.

[@emgama6079]

Crass are timeless! I was born in 2002, and their music is as relevant and poignant for me as they were when they were written.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

@@emgama6079 yup. I still occasionally play their songs. Generally just after reading about the latest goat-screw from our current government.

[@teptime]

One of punk's great masterstrokes...five-hundred and three transcendent seconds of sonic terror.

[@markharrison5307]

All Crass vinyl was great value,and great reading all the material .

[@nic-ci_66-77]

Big A little A was probably the song I listened more from 15 to 20.. and Nagasaki Nigtmare opened my view towards experimental sounds.. I loved the song specially the (too short) final..

[@G0PN1KB0T]

BigAlittlea is and will always be one of my favorites. But there are so many good songs it's a disservice to only say that one. This song got me to another level while tripping in my teenage years and sounds so good on vinyl.

[@stuartchapman5171]

I produce industrial ambient satirical noise, I host an open mic fir experimental audio. I build PaA and devices fir doing this, all thanks to Penny and John at SSS. My biggest inspiration along with Delia.

[@pensta89]

This is the first time hearing this, half way though a fat joint and i swear its sending me somewhere 😂😂😂

[@dave9456]

13 years old listening to this , time flies

[@Erorrandz]

Damn right

[@andezbox]

Total Improv ! The simplicity of this improv is pure energy ! Crass will always be innovators of music! . and such a underated band . Maybe because they made music that meant somthing to them selves and not to the audience ! They are in a time of there own and you can never call there music timeless. They did not make music that sheep want to listen too and there is no other band that sound as unique as crass . They are pure artists !

[@Rockymoutaincatahoula]

Very well said. I do agree that they're underrated but, the people who do really love their work; myself included. My 15-year-old mind was heavily influenced and that impression remains today.

[@faust3904]

I love Best Before '84, but I still reckon Rudimentary Peni's Cacophony is better. So unique!!

[@arcadia-831-og6]

Ohhh it meant and still does band audience there was no differential. if u were there it was crasss

[@garyscowcroft8085]

sounds like hybrid of gong, hawkwind and the slits

[@SureTheyOweUsALiving]

Fight war, nor wars.

[@davidpoole8840]

Crass fantastic band always informative and quite shocking, those were the days

[@ResidentMich]

Beautifully put together.

[@andrewwhitehead6764]

I don't think I paid more than 70p for this. Indeed, I think my mate gave it to me. I don't think it fitted in with the massive pile of punk singles he constantly played. He stacked them 40 high on his record player and never put them away into their sleeves. With punk singles so short, I would imagine he got good cardio activity out of this....I read the sleeve over and over again.....

[@larkdodge1403]

still listening..

[@williamhoward7439]

I saw crass live in Cheshire, I think it was 1980 and was 14. My family were doormen on hhe club so they let me in. It was insanely brilliant.

[@jovanjanevski3747]

This Crass group looks very nice!

[@nyghtowl]

Beautiful, devastating, dangerous. keep posting and sharing it.

[@thompall7969]

so special music

[@imfm]

If this isn't in the next Fallout game, I'm gonna start a boycott.

[@reginaldsmithers3468]

I really like Crass a lot. They were a big part of my musical indoctrination and most likely influenced some of my music playing with my friends at The Gilman. The Nuclear bomb droppings on Japan were devastating. All the same, don't overlook the horrors the Japanese perpetrated over the course of history on other nations and each other. The United States has systematically been engaged in similar atrocities over the course of our "founding" and history. There is so much about Japan and Asian culture that I like and admire. Same with Germany. Same with Eastern Europe, same with Scandanavia. You must be in touch with and able to utilize the darkness within you if you are to protect yourself from the darkness and malevolent intent of others. (a horrible paraphrasing of the concepts of Jung). I don't know if pointing fingers really helps. I guess, much like the military, it helps indoctrinate folks into what is "right" and what is "wrong" for those under the age of 18 and / or not yet finished college or trade school. Meanwhile, the fat cats that run the show turn coat at the sight of a bigger payoff, all at the expense of those they have participated in indoctrinating. The music is art. It is intrinsically good. Music of hate is also good. It is expression in music, as long as the performers don't advocate violence and killing, it is a form of expression, it is words, rhythms and tonal frequencies. If you had only two choices in life to help you deal with "negative" emotions: shove them down deep inside you and suffer the mental and physical side effects of this and die an early death, or write a song about it and sing it, even if you sing it alone, in a closet, and share it with no one, which would you choose? For the intelligent folks among you, tempted to say "there is always another option!". Hooray for you. There are myriad other options. Psychotherapy, ECT, medication, hospitalization, incarceration, "religion", serial killing. The world is your ocean you smart fucks. Give it your best google shot.

[@196del7]

Very well enunciated, sir.

[@markharrison5307]

I went to see Crass a few times in Liverpool, especially the Bluecoat chamber Room's School lane.

[@b8akaratn]

Nagasaki nightmare yesterday... Fukushima water today... The more things change,... the more they don't.

[@cultriots6539]

really good song

[@amaliagrassi6870]

Where did true intelligent expression through music escape to? Where the fuck did it go? Really, now is truly an expressionless nightmare.

[@Nantwichfarmer]

I'm with you brother... things become really fucked up..

[@gilbatzri]

Commercialism, Cool Hunters, commodification.

[@WolframKegel]

Absolutely not.

[@jaleelehsalem7079]

I still play this hope u do as a well

[@evang7954]

This is a stroke of genius well ahead of its time

[@SureTheyOweUsALiving]

Sound of pure pain.

[@JimmyHandtrixx]

yeh and the japs knew about inflicting pain

[@bamslackwood433]

What is the spoken part in Japanese from?

[@imodan3489]

1945 nen 8(hati) gatu mui(6) ka Nihon no Hiroshima wa jinrui saisho no genbaku, genshi-bakudan no hisaiti to nari mashita. sono kekka toshite 250000 nin no hitobito no toutoi seimei ga ubawareta to tutaerarete imasu. so no mikka(3) go no hatigatu kokonoka(9) niha Nagasaki nimo genshi-bakudan ga touka sare 6 man(60000) nin mono hitobito ga nakunari mashita. genzai donokurai n hitobito ga genshi-bakudan no kouisho de nakunatte iru no kaha wakatte imasen.

[@markdempsey2592]

Anarchy and Peace!!!

[@chloriel47]

Nagasaki Nightmare 長崎の悪夢

[@samuelspoons3553]

Drum n Bass 1980

[@chicago_rocker23]

Drum and bass go back to the days of tribal drumming circles but excellent effort.

[@lansingmichigan180]

song is a tripHated in in 1980,.. like it now that it is an oldie

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

Eat around the disjointive dissonance when you’re alone or shy and then say you don’t want to eat someone gawd

[@markgoodyer9030]

The bombs were dropped not as stated to end the war {the Japanese had already made moves to surrender as long as the kept their Emperor. This was refused, though later it was not a problem} but to intimidate the USSR.

[@mikeschneider1624]

There is no historical evidence to support this claim. Did you read Howard Zinn, a self declared communist?

[@scotscotland3020]

Actually, the two bombs dropped, on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, were different types of nuclear weapons. The plan was always to drop both, no matter what the Japanese response was to the first one, just to see which of the two was more 'effective'. Japan was on the verge of surrender before Hiroshima was hit.

[@outis439-A]

Scot Scotland Hey can I ask for sources? Not saying I dont believe you, just wanna see the information in full

[@spoonforleg]

There is no justification for destroying an entire city with a bomb

[@jeffreysommer3292]

Of course there is--it ended the War.

[@claudimi6610]

🙏

[@jasonmisfit5781]

NAGASAKI DEATH SHADOWS ETCHED INTO THE CONCRETE OF CHILDREN PLAYING,SO CREEPY,THEY DIDNT SEE IT COMING!

[@stevenknight1775]

No one was like crass

[@宇宙の微調整問題]

HIROSHIMA NIGHT MARE TOO

[@marlgrassi5950]

Crass. Nagasaki Nightmare. 'Nuff said.

[@BVRLCofficial]

This is a bit.. terrifying

[@jonathanburgess7488]

J. Robert Oppenheimer: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

[@matthewmccalvin2062]

My personal opinion is that Crass was a outsider version of no wave, I don't think they were aware of what was happening in New York at this time.. it's coming from a whole other place but shares space.. I hear Eric Dolphy, The Shaggs John Coltrane, Captain Beefheart scrambled with New Wave. It's wholly it's own thing.. Incredible. I got to meet Steve Ignorant when I saw Stratford Mercenaries, I was a kid and was speechless. still am.

[@dismalto1826]

They were definitely aware of no wave, and even played with Contortions etc in NYC on their only US shows. Still, members were already involved in avant and experimental music years before the Ramones and Pistols appeared. Punk invigorated and shaped those impulses, though.

[@JDC352]

Life Is War.

[@kevinmartin5305]

Saw them live fucking crass

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

Ic infinite2inverseproctol trim -37

[@leeoslayer3190]

Nagasaki lifeboat..

[@IndustriaSupperClub]

@6:10 👍

[@dannymack9636]

They will use it again, mutual destruction.

[@stevenknight1775]

Revenge for pearl harbour and nasty

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

I’ll write you the gates of emblem 12aoy

[@xeniumxneum8006]

6 minutes in

[@xjesusxmen537]

Hey Chelsea I love you 4eva baby that's a promise ❤️

[@matimus100]

👆🤡🦉

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

Hurrah hurrah a talc zerosum progressive lcpn’

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

All charges I levy against Campbell and USSM

[@DoctorBastardo]

Nagasakis bombing is an unpunished WAR CRIME.

[@SilverBulletCinemas]

Actually gets kinda tolerable there towards the end.

[@Ben-zr4ho]

Hiroshima Hallucination

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

NJ blah scene

[@A8AAAHHHNOPYRAMIDS]

Live like this snd you might just

[@StonefieldJim4]

Interesting aesthetic, rubbish music - mostly ('Penis Envy' is a genuinely accomplished, powerful piece of work, and 'Nagasaki Nightmare' is superb. Pretty much everything else was crap). To their credit, and unlike most of the treacherous left, they believed in, yes, free speech. And they'd eat the Woke for breakfast.

[@Anarchik654]

Lol

[@xeniumxneum8006]

You wont like this

[@madi267]

Xenium Xneum well I do

[@xeniumxneum8006]

So do I !

[@mebanaanyes]

OK CHIPIE, I DONT CARE

[@wayne1445]

think the only place where nuclear weapons is allowed now is israel

[@wayne1445]

also chemical weapons

[@bungieflute]

yeah right, superman put all those nukes in a big net and threw it into the sun

[@JeneralDethray]

Lets start with the French!

[@Dhieen]

what

[@sarahwaters1103]

why are there sooo many weak people in suits!! . . and punk outfits?? . . and going to work!! . . playing shitty music??

[@OnlYYlnO]

Agreed. They'll find their answers up their own arseholes, when they first catch sight of their reflections...

[@sarahwaters1103]

this is an oldie!! . . its not relevant!! . . there are no more real punks!!

[@johnfelstead7328]

Big A little A is better than this by a million :)

[@ralphmorris8169]

Steve Grover !!