Budgie- Breadfan REACTION & REVIEW

[@gustog3893]

Great take on this song as usual, thanks! But I have a feeling you'll love "Parents" so much, their most emotional and epic track.

[@ZalMoxis]

All Budgie albums up to and including "If I Were Britannia I'd Wave the Rules" are really solid affairs..... now please get to In For The Kill, In The Grip of a Tyre Fitters Hand, Zoom Club.... lots to choose from actually.

[@noddynewbold]

Next up for Budgie - Melt The Ice Away, Black Velvet Stallion, Breaking All The House Rules & In For The Kill.

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

Excellent Choices. Parents, Smile Boy Smile, Zoom Club - in fact the first 7 albums... Nightflight and Deliver us from Evil too - despite the flack it receives. Great 80s Budgie progression?

[@joannharwell3913]

First song I heard by Budgie ! Haven’t stopped listening since

[@didierchapelot5671]

Always love when Budgie is in a "reaction" vid. A truly great band. I'm a (bread)fan since I was a kid and they released this album. So many good tracks you could react to. My fave is "Zoom Club" from "In For The Kill".

[@kenhewitt7357]

Great band, seen them many times live, they were always brilliant.

[@thomassharmer7127]

Bread is British slang for money. OK, you got it! Iconic heavy rock track.

[@warrenbridges1891]

Thomas Sharmer I'm an older Aussie but the term was universally used in the 1960s. Britain, Australia, New Zealand AND America.

[@rubentullenaar2934]

Nice one Justin, thank you for giving notice again to this wonderful band. Another amazing track is “I Turned to Stone”

[@ABC-p4m]

Yeah classic track indeed! So much energy, infectious riff... but then that slow down acoustic middle section really shows the variety these guys had in their sound...it's like two songs in one, but segue perfectly into each other. This is the tune that first got me into Budgie and it really takes me back. These guys' early albums are all top notch, this album in particular, worth hearing all of it for sure!

[@lancecornell9978]

Classic rock...classic Budgie. Been a fan since the 70s

[@philtred21]

Fantastic band. The first four abums are wonderful.

[@medicineman79]

Napoleon Bona Part 1 & 2 is one of my favourite songs by them.

[@4tuneagent]

JP.. Great reaction choice!.. Been a Budgie fan since 1978, and other cool tracks are "Young Is a World", and "In The Grip of the Tyrefitter's Hand ".. I didn't know you did Napoleon Bona- Part.. heading there now..

[@kenl2091]

Wasn't the world a nicer place with Budgie in it? Along with fellow Welshmen, Man, they are well known (and respected) by those with a decent knowledge of the history of rock but sadly neglected by the masses. Breadfan is perhaps their best with the roots of a hundred NWoBHM and thrash bands therein.

[@roballen5718]

in 1970, they were invited to perform at my school christmas dance. it was a great evening, headbanging and kissing the girls

[@geoffw913]

You didn't expect the slow element so you got to try "Slipaway" for a beautiful piece of slow Budgie and Burke's vocal...

[@carlomercorio1250]

Love early Budgie - debut rocks; try Crash Course in Brain Surgery (Metallica covered it)

[@mellotronin54]

I got to see Budgie once in the early 80's . I was and still am am a total prog fan and I thought they were a bit basic. But after the years go buy you have to give Burke Shelley kudos for being a great singer and bass player.

[@dahak2358]

Glad to see you react to this band again. They are definitely worth it, and if you have the time, it would be great to see you react to more of their songs in the future. To the titles others already mentioned in this thread, i'd add "Parents", which i'd personally consider to be the best song on the "Never turn your back on a friend" album.

[@richardthresh3587]

Great band - part of the soundscape of my youth. You might enjoy their song Napoleon Bona Parts 1 & 2

[@richardthresh3587]

Oh, and 'Parents' is also one of my favourites of theirs

[@jeannettesimpson9778]

🤘 No one else does Budgie.

[@Divedown_25]

Budgie were on our turntable a lot in the 70s… maybe I need to dust off my playlist

[@johndrx165]

Killer song! I found them late and own the Bandolier LP. I bought the Anthology CD a few years ago to fill in the gaps. Early stuff is great.

[@papalaz4444244]

Budgie don't get enough love. Great track, covered by Metallica.

[@pentagrammaton6793]

Metallica butchered it, like everything else they ever covered.

[@papalaz4444244]

@@pentagrammaton6793 ok you sad wank

[@beatsandskies3]

Over the last couple of months I’ve been diving pretty deep into Budgie. Previously I was only really familiar with this track (due to the Metallica cover) and their debut album. “Guts” might just be one of the best opening tracks of any album in my opinion: though it faces strong competition from Breadfan. Budgie really knew how to kick things off! I’d definitely recommend that record for your full album list. Band definitely doesn’t get the props they deserve these days, the more I’m listening to them the more I like them. Great stuff.

[@j.woodbury412]

Breadfan: someone who really loves bread.

[@fenderchamp8241]

Been Big Budgie Booster long time. Great album and Squawk.

[@stuntmankrocmcginty4896]

Can tell by how many times you look at the camera when you really like something. And this was one of those. If you want to keep going and do an album, I would recommend the debut. It has another song Metallica covered, Crash Course In Brain Surgery. But they are a pretty consistent band, just hope you keep going with them.

[@sicko_the_ew]

I thought you'd enjoy this one. Nice to be right about things all the time like this. :D If you want a light (in all ways, maybe) Budgie for the road (it's still a song for breaking the law to) one day, try Smile Boy Smile. (It's also one of those one can hop around in the yard to with one's wife on a moonlit night when you don't mind alarming your neighbours, and need to get a bit envigorated before tackling dinner. It's on their album *Impeckable*

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

As I said in the comment today on Hatfield and North "Didn't Matter Anyway", who needs money? A little bird told me once, "your cash is like a canary, always on the wing!"🐦😁--✌&❤

[@JustJP]

LOL! Good one James!

[@markferrett700]

Wales version of Rush🎸👍....Great song,great band....Great reaction

[@pentagrammaton6793]

Except, Budgie came first so Rush are the Canadian Budgie 😁

[@markferrett700]

@Pentagrammaton please accept my apologies, I have been enlightened...thanks👍🎸😆😆

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@markferrett700 😆😁

[@La_sagne]

its wednesday my dudes, lets get this bread

[@jfergs.3302]

Went with the edited version eh JP.... Oh well, you didn't miss a lot. Yeah, not a fave of mine, of theirs, this one. Yes, crackin' opening riff, but they drag it out too long. Little solo, nice, but then the rocky break prior the quiet bit i don't think flows well. Then the quiet bit just sounds like padding. And then of course, the reprise. As is, ok, but with a bit of trimming could've been a brill 4 (4 and a half, max) minuter.

[@jezblades9913]

Bread fan lover of money

[@martinc.n.williams3159]

The word Bread was slang in the USA in the 60's for money. breadfan is a money fan, a lover of money.

[@KingOfNebbishes]

The first time I heard it, like most people, was Metallica's cover. When I heard the original, I felt cheated, because they just completely removed that beautiful middle section, I guess because it wasn't "heavy" enough. Great reaction!

[@ZalMoxis]

Or more like they couldn't cop it.....

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

U know wot Justin, I get nervous for em, coz they're Budgie. Budgie. And they Always will be. In Wales the signposts are bilingual. Burke saw f everywhere but heard and sang v (for Van in this case). Diolch. "Feri Gwd" - as we say in deepest Felinfoel. Iechyd Da😁

[@pentagrammaton6793]

Felinfoel...got any Double Dragon? 😀

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

@@pentagrammaton6793 that stuff escaped I'm afraid... only a couple of cans of good honest Allbright bitter & Double Diamond left👍?! I once had a drink with Burke in the Waterloo Tea Gardens mind u 👍 Has it been a year yet?

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@HippoYnYGlaw Over a year, yes. I had a pint with him in the 147 Club. Nice guy, much missed.

[@ianh6845]

Great track. I first heard the Metallica version as a teenager and while I still think Metallica's version is just a tad better, Budgie was amazing and kind of ahead of their time I think.

[@thumper8684]

Fifty bars of the same godamn riff before the song gets out of the bloody gate. When I was a kid I would have rocked with that. Anyway, the Metallica cover was the only good thing that band ever produced, so props to Budgie for writing a dumb fun classic.

[@scotstevens5263]

are you sure this isn’t GnR.? Is that Axl on vocals? Hmmmmm…… HaHa🎸

[@vernonallen3370]

Metallica were big Budgie fans

[@rubentullenaar2934]

For good reason 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@pentagrammaton6793]

I love Budgie, but could never stand this track very much. It's a cheap throwaway song on a superb album, and I guess I've heard it too many times being from Caaaardiff. Lol. Listen to the whole thing!