Laurel Aitken - Skinhead

Laurel Aitken & the Pressure Tenants at Gaz's 1989

[@StanSaquii]

i can send you a copy of the whole show - i'm the keyboard player in this band. Laurel was the greatest an honour to be in his band for so long. An Inspiration to my parents generation in england in the sixties. We had all his records from that period.

[@DarkwoodDub]

Send me that please

[@borivojejasic9934]

Send please or put on youtube

[@gianniparisi5879]

i would love to see that and be honored

[@LumpoMcBlumbo]

can I see as well????

[@automotivevlogs2861]

Please Upload It

[@sunboy1000]

R.I.P Laurel you are the king of the real Skinheads

[@MooseWhiskers]

🖤

[@carolinacarpioperez3753]

@@MooseWhiskers ooooooooooooooooouii

[@ИльяТарасевич-к1е]

No , Judge Dredd, N1, for skinhead

[@vicentdiegocanet7488]

The goodfather of skinheads!!

[@joan1687]

Laurel es el padre de los Rude Boys, junto a muchos otros como Alton Ellis, Judje Dred... antecesores de los skinheads

[@TrekkieChannel]

Blacks and whites playing music together, blacks and whites dancing together. No politics, no divisive bullcrap, just a bunch of people having fun. I miss times like this in today's world

[@cacadow]

Worked as stage manager many years ago for Laurel in Dublin-Absolute gentleman and brilliant performer,sorely missed. RIP

[@briandonnelly3166]

Up the dubs 👊💥

[@davidd2198]

Oi from Canada. Proud skinhead from '78. Equal rights and justice! Love to all ...and a pint or two!!

[@luckyrebel3437]

The Godfather never dies.... he lives in our hearts!!!!

[@sinubad]

"Godfather Of Ska", "Boss Skinhead", "Originator" and "Highpriest Of Reggae" we won't forget you ! Mash up heaven !!!

[@JohnDeBacco]

50 years old and still getting the job done. Preferably with a little weed and some beer after work with my African brothers. Love you guys!

[@superchema]

15 years without him... RIP Laurel! ♥️

[@AVKnecht]

I don't belive you that it was 16 years ago, because that would mean I'm old.

[@superchema]

@@AVKnecht 2005 💔

[@CarynDPrescott]

"Boots & braces don't make me racist" SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice). Rude boys & rude gyals unite 😁

[@H.C.Q.]

The very existence of SHARP skins is to assume that NON-SHARP SKINS must be racist, which is why SHARPS (Red) Skins AND fake Hollywood brand (bone)head skins both suck. Traditional skins (reggae variety and oi! fans are the only real skins. It's working class but not commie or nazi.

[@AtZero138]

@@H.C.Q. I need no title except the ones I've earned, I'm a Skinhead since the early 90s, a Skinhead not a Bone head, A Skinhead, not Sharp.. a Roots Skinhead or Traditional.. I'm a Skinhead.. from Southern California.. Ska, RockSteady and early Reggae.. a Skinhead thru and Thru.. proud son of Legal immigrants and also Native American..

[@danielmiyahara320]

@@H.C.Q. how can you be working class and not at least be left-leaning, maybe not a "commie" but a socialist at least. I'm working hard for what I deserve and I deserve at least being able to afford my fuckin' food

[@cvl8722]

@@H.C.Q. non sharp skins implies Trojan Skinheads arent anti racist too 🤣😂

[@kookadams85]

@@danielmiyahara320 left leaning & socialist IS communist!

[@artvandalay13]

I am glad I was able to see Laurel Aitken in Seattle a few years back. It was one of the best live shows I've been to. RIP Godfather.

[@juleshughes7841]

the late great man , true skinheads were not nazi's, ska brought white and blacks together it was a great time early 80s and proud to have so many Caribbean friends .. miss you laurel 💙

[@ticyanaticy8451]

So far so good. But IT starts in 69. With sounds from jamaica and all the West indies people. In England they had to live door by door in poorer parts. So It came to a Mix up of white and Black music.

[@pastianpintar4676]

Hardcoreskinheads here...salute to Mr Aitken.He is a godfather of skinheads..

[@camilamarques4356]

Cheers of Brazil.. Ska forever

[@punkancap3954]

Sp oi

[@claudiomarques88]

Cheers! 🇧🇷

[@ericthullersurf]

Boaaa

[@renatomagallaesdeassis7874]

So' rude, so love! 69

[@JuanSOrtiz-us1nw]

Cheers from Colombia! 🏁🇨🇴

laurel aitken is a legend....legends never die ! SKINEHAD !

[@MegaMary1952]

I totally agree I was a skin in the sixties when it started it was all about the fashion and music and identity not vilence or racism

[@ferrerstroup4104]

That’s still the same way just nazi’s shave their heads and claim skinhead and they are fake not real skins

[@trojanska4538]

it still is Mary :-) .

[@renatomagallaesdeassis7874]

Tradicional Skinhead! Not nazi! Spirit 69! Brasil❤🍻🏁🇯🇲🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@mohdaffan4101]

Nazi for life...

[@mikemuller4376]

@@mohdaffan4101 yes, you are

[@haxio17]

​@@mohdaffan4101Yeah sounds like a life sentence Lmao

[@25sharpben]

We have to remember our roots. No politician shit, no left or right... Straight ahead. And no fucking racial prejudice! Oi! to the world! Kids of the Streets UNITE!!!

[@ZamPolit07]

Socialism is already apolitical, well, to hell with it

[@hamzahstella1535]

SKIN HEAD ARE NOT NAZIS

[@whitedwarf13]

WE KNOW

[@emilienepolas1381]

Have a nazi skin head but have a communiste skin head

[@sothelon3894]

the true skinheads firstly showed up in britan and then neo nazis took their style and used it but the they are not skinheads theya re fucking boneheads!! nobody likes them!!

[@normanniae]

Philippe de Beaulieu honnêtement vu la mentalité t'as déjà vu des sharp et des rash ensemble? d'ailleurs ça existe encore le rash?! non mais les skins sont ni nazis ni red putains! on est skin c'est tout avec la provoque qui va ! c'est simplement ça être un rebelle de la classe ouvrière ! pas se faire chier avec vos politiques de merde!

[@MAS-zx7cv]

"Vos politiques"? Tu me peine,je suis apolitique moi aussi!

[@Juanzo69]

El mejor de todos los tiempos, siempre en nuestros ❤

[@Pascal_Wager]

People like him are never dead. Everytime i shave my Hair and puttin on my Boots hes there. And i know that everyone of you out there, listening to this Songs, know that i´m right. Hmm? He´s with you? Still he is. I´m a drunk Bastard right now. This Songs make me happy. Forgive my bad english. I´m German. :D

[@connydelfskamp9025]

Habe sie auf Bochum Total 2024 live erlebt. Ganz tolle Band The Frits, haben für Mega Stimmung gesorgt. Klasse Songs und Musik. Bin begeistert und jetzt neuer Fan. 😊❤

[@symond]

great music from a great musician, i was at this gig as a skinhead and loved it. i so wish everytime i went on these things there wasnt some bickering about racism, and whats a skinhead and whats not. i was a skin from 78 til 90 and loved it

[@wobblyjack9135]

Nice monicker. I think you've nailed it.

[@LarzGustafsson]

Racists are idiots.

[@sandyfleming9328]

Amazing tune!!!

[@josephhopper2669]

I was a skin head in the 1990's I'm 40 years old and still a skin my daughter's are too they are 13and7 years old From the USA.

[@christianriddler5063]

@@LarsTragel-zh7ei LMAO

[@iainmair485]

Wow, I was skinhead culture back in the eighties. Keep it alive, SHARP!

[@iainmair485]

@@LarsTragel-zh7ei skinhead is a way of life and doesn’t necessarily mean one must shave their head. It helps to research before asking dumb questions.

[@christianriddler5063]

@@iainmair485 You are the dumb one here. Sad.

[@terryh9684]

At 52 I keep my boots clean and my hair cut to a grade 1 👍🏻👍🏻 being a skinhead is a way of life not a trend .at 10 I my mom was told he will grow out of it 😂😂😂

[@briandonnelly3166]

You and me both Terry never leaves you 👊💥

[@pat31093]

Des is richtig goil love this song. Cheers & Oi!

[@Oleg-if3qz]

joa isch ein hammeres Lied... woiß ;)

[@Pascal_Wager]

Ohh Laurel we need you now more than ever. You always made me smile. Love. RIP

[@radosawdobies3666]

Punk and skins united wins Oi!Oi!Oi! I love SKA!!!

[@2tone753]

I have been a 62 year old skinhead from Berlin - Germany since 1979, Laurel Aitken the forefather of all non-racist skinheads.

[@mic6667]

Sehr gut gesagt👍 Grüße ✌️

[@hvtecribsrecords]

I LOVE SKA. SKINHEAD AGAINST RACISM PREJUDICE. Oi!Oi!✊🏼

[@iainhorsburgh5396]

Absolutely brilliant.. thank you

[@thatSmoothSkin]

gooddamn nice song, i just have to say, it reminds me to my best days in my life. The best years yes, Cheers Lauren and all my pals

[@atleyeli]

Always a classic to listion to. Laurel Aitken is an original!!!! :)

[@Rosinenbomber69]

Real Skinheads don't look at your colour, they look at you boots.

[@bubsy2d520]

And if you don't wear boots?

[@robinpape751]

xD

[@xvegancommunistx1848]

@@bubsy2d520 then you ain't a skin

[@ostapbendervan7874]

So true Steel toes sitting in walk closet.lol

[@evilboots5296]

don't forget your roots ,use yw mind ,not your shining boots man... antinazi Oi! from Greece

[@subcultz1073]

loved laurel aitkin, i was probably at this gig

[@subjecta8126]

Remember this VHS being available at the time (1989), and being reviewed in publications like ZOOT! Skazine but never actually bought it, so thanks for upload

[@thibpm365]

Skinhead not nazi ! Great song

[@ghjyjghyhs2638]

+Andreas Deutsch Rock & Rac Schwachsinn, bist wohl auf den Kopf gefallen du eumel.

[@andreasnorsegodtyr723]

Ghjyj Ghyhs Na lieber auf dem Kopf gefallen als ein Antifant ;) Informier dich einfach mal du Rotes Opfer

[@Nekamakhno]

Bullshit !!!!! ^^ FUCKIN' BOCHE LIER !!! ^^ In France, nobody like bonehead and veterans REDSKINS are the most popular skinheads in the memory youth spirit..... NAZI ( = lier ) RAUS !!!

[@andreasnorsegodtyr723]

Google Nazi Punks France idiot ;)

[@ghjyjghyhs2638]

+Andreas Deutsch Rock & Rac you can't be a Nazi and a punk at the same time. Punk bedeutet in den Kontext Rebellion, Rebellion gegen die konservative Gesellschaft und insbesondere früher gegen alte Bestrebungen in dieser Gesellschaft. Ein Punk ist grundsätzlich antiatoritär gepolt das macht ihn ja auch irgendwie zum Punk, deshalb ist es nur logisch das ein solcher auch eine Gesellschaft anstreben in der keine hierarchische Struktur existiert. Wenn man sich selbst "punk" nennt und gleichzeitig n Fascho ist, wogegen rebelliert mann denn dann? Punk War und wird immer klar antifaschistisch bleiben alles andere ist kein Punk.

[@scheisstag]

I have forgotten where and exactly when, because I was always so drunk when out with the rudeboy crew. But I just realize I have seen Laurel live in Berlin in the 90ties?

[@klistiermeister64]

Love dat song!!!

[@s.a.srandymcfab1082]

The message of love got lost in the ignorance of hate!

[@philroz33]

Paix à son âme se brave Laurel qui fut un de mes amis,il nous a quitter heureux!!!

[@DrPimpsLab]

geilste skinhead musik wo gibt. Der Mann ist ungeheuer hammergeil. Laurel hat allen gezeigt woher echte skinheads kommen und wie sie leben. I LIKE!

[@tommuller6336]

einfach nur gute musik! old skins never dead!

[@Alex44809]

finde ich auch... nur leider sieht man die skinhead szene zumindestens bei uns in Bochum kaum noch..

[@tommuller6336]

+LeADdr0p bei uns sehr.

[@Alex44809]

+tom müller gut.. wünsche mir das das bei ins auch mal wieder in erscheining tritt

[@michaelroberts7374]

Saw him at band on the wall Manchester when he was on his last legs. £3 in £6 after 11pm pure magic unforgettable ❤❤❤❤❤

[@thesayxx]

OI OI OI! From Slovenia! SHARP 4 life!

[@stimpyskapunk]

Ese carnal que baila, gozo como se debe de gozar tan alta música.

[@juanchosevastian]

King Laurel. Skinhead!

[@TheRoyalNade]

If only people could look past all the boneheads

[@american11asshole]

Blame the media.

[@robertpowell8993]

Royal Nade plenty do...

[@Lex60]

I am not a skinhead [I am more on the punk side of things] but I learned about all the original roots of the skinhead movement. I will admit that I was wrong at first, so I try my best now to educate people. Down with the boneheads!

[@bensonhedges479]

There’s more regular ski heads than there was ever nazis, the media just prefers blood and gore as to booze and music

[@torstenschlagner6436]

Der gute Laurel. Hab Ihn zu Lebzeiten mehrfach erleben dürfen. R.I.P Skinhead

[@Manu24061988]

Laurel Aitken es un maestro! que grande el y su música!!

[@blainetruan6047]

Key word friends.. much love American punks

[@Psyckotif]

Je vont conseil le documentaire " Skinhead Attitude ", ça raconte toute l'histoire des skinheads. D’ailleurs, Laurel Aitken y est interviewer et chante cette chanson sur scène, entouré d'autre skins ( c'est le seul Skin noir dans la salle ).

[@joanneshepherd4290]

Respect! Totally amazing. I think I was there that night.

[@OrangeCatGlow]

I fucking love this Song, it just gets me moving every time I listen to it !!!

[@bertielikesbeer]

At Gaz's Rockin Blues club in Gossips nightclub in Soho, London. I wouldve been there in the crowd somewhere.

[@tiagovaz6828]

Obrigado pela inspiração! Skinhead a way of Life #Ska

[@wabeckwilhelm2301]

Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Österreich!!!skinhead für immer!!!love lg willvanbeck

[@hoagieboy1088]

The only man I will ever call boss.

[@brandtsmith6842]

Rudy can't fail. Saw the man back in the day. Still had it. Too bad folks don't know. Oi Ba Oi Ba

[@gamaxsings1297]

Viva os skinheads sharp é todos que honra à raiz skin ,oi!oi!

[@julianoschirma7914]

Vai se fude tupiniskin

[@vaniocunha5215]

@@julianoschirma7914 lixão nazista

[@JimRudman]

RIP Lorenzo - thanks for posting this - My dear friend and I spent many nights jammin = greatly missed - catch up one day !

[@michaelh1300]

Quarantine got me watching everything

[@b.lloydreese2030]

Thisnwas probsbly the best thing you watched so far

[@The-Unn]

Ska music... То что я люблю... Скинхед музыка это тема)))

[@miodragpopov3390]

Skinheads from Serbia💪💪💪💞💞💞

[@JohnDoehler]

I saw him live in the Okeydokey in Neuss, Germany. Some years ago.

[@danielmarques3844]

Oi from Brazil!

[@innominebelials1885]

Opá

[@kurtkromer4911]

hab ihn live gesehen und gesprochen im conne island in LE, glaube war einer seiner letzten auftritte,ein beeindruktenter mensch ich verbeuge mich und sage OI alter mann

[@peter69charly]

Oi! oi! Slovakia...Crying for mr. ska... Laurel R.I.P.

[@jornteggatz5969]

Verdammte Scheiße man vermisst ihn ja schon sehr, ich hab mal die Bühne gestürmt und durfte 2-3 Zeilen mit Singen bis ich hinunter gebeten wurde, einer der Geilsten Momente in meiner Glanzzeit als Glatze! 🍺

[@antifa102]

Oi from Poland !77

[@NUSKULTURE]

oi! desde españa ! SKINHEAD NO OLVIDES TUS RAIZES LOVES SKA MUSIK!!!!!!! TRADICIONAL SKINHEAD!

[@rallaboja]

Rest In Peace Laurel.. Boss Skinhead!

[@sergiod.5120]

We miss you Skinheads boss rip. SHARP!

[@christozeb3330]

pure sound RIP

[@andypeutherer4218]

Splendid. thank you!

[@vaniocunha5215]

Os verdadeiros skinheads, esses têm meu respeito

[@antoniogambardella785]

happy birthday the legend 💣🔥👊🔝🎤🎙🙏✌🎉🎊🥂🍾

[@gplus1978]

Music brings all colors together. Oi! Oi!

[@Kammler03]

Thanx Laurel !!! Unbeatable !!!!

[@davidromero2166]

skinheadddddddddddd

[@fabioselvetti9775]

Ti ho conosciuto a Bergamo prima che tu venissi a mancare ma per noi sei sempre con noi

[@zawieszenie]

zajebioza!!! :) SHARP Poland

[@ianfleming2674]

Thanks from America

[@unlvrebelx]

@xxlauzieexx ....You're grandad was, or better said IS, a legend. Nobody can measure the influence he had on ska and reggae, and on those that were moved by his music....but make no mistake, his influence was substantial and even pivotal in those genres, and to those that followed the music. Let me echo your comments....RIP Laurel Aitken

[@amyVidina]

GRANDEEEEE

[@Mike6FsK]

Love this song

[@tjcourt9927]

when a skinhead walks down the street every chick heart skips a beat when a skinhead walks down the street every chick heart skips a beat the cheapman said : you lookin good in your braces and bovver boots the cheapman said : you lookin good in your braces and bovver boots

[@ostapbendervan7874]

HOLY CHRIST NOT ONE NEGATIVE COMMENT VOLKES SHOCKING!! WHAT A LOVELY TUNE

[@DIGTAL62]

nice time

[@xcoolthefoolx]

Was the birth of The Grill right here in 2Tone Ska from Laurel Aitken!? Rude BOI!

[@catherinekirkwood5685]

godfather of ska baby

[@sammysanchez7372]

í love skinhead always in my heart

[@thepatriarchy5]

oi! oi!

[@TheInnacity]

the brass section realy put some life in the song.

[@thommygun7449]

Oi oi oi! Cheers 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@pixelbude]

its so nice to see! skinheads united! greetings from germany!

[@alemvisuals]

S.H.A.R.P!

[@cone582]

traditional skinheads aren't racist, so that's enough, sharp is no needed...

[@AAAthreat]

Thomas Hewitt Both wrong.

[@chajo01]

sharp can fuck off, no politics

[@well1394]

Shit

[@AAAthreat]

Strumy OI OI fuk the left and the right there is only skinhead!

[@MrJackeJon]

oi from germany and a big thaks to laurel aitkin for this great songg !!!

[@bullhurley74]

cheers from rhode island

[@haydnbye6647]

Brilliant...cheers for the upload. I remember that night well!!!