Angelic Upstarts - Solidarity

[@Davidshee]

RIP...... one of the best Folk singers I knew. Thanks for fighting for those that needed someone to stand up for them.....

[@BeerNecessities727]

RIP Mensi. Probably my favorite band. He helped make my journey toward being an Angelic Upstart possible.

[@svenagustinaberlin9334]

That‘s so fucking sad. One of the first punk-bands I ever heard. He and his songs had so much influence on me….R.I.P.

[@rakelcs2142]

RIP

[@wullieg7269]

he mentioned joe strummer critic of his songs,he wrote a song on advice,TITS UP,strummer,shut up,,,,,,last seen in glexca and so gratefull for this song.

[@ignaciogordejuelaorozco5017]

Los mejores. D.e.p

[@sdd78]

Shed a few tears this morning. Mensi was one of the voices of my generation. Rest in power Mensi your music will never be forgotten

[@LoveusSlothus]

Mate I sobbed

[@sdd78]

@@LoveusSlothus Last saw them at rebellion festival in 2016, they were still brilliant brought back many happy memories of my younger days

[@ou4534]

Damn.. 😢

[@jennisbudenniswennis9363]

Deutschland muss streben

[@johnnyssik]

Your post should be pinned to the top 👍

[@Dinosbr]

Rest in Power! A true working class hero and a huge inspiration for many generations. Solidarity forever - Long live the working class

[@SebaRocker16]

RIP Mensi, a brave man. Always in our hearts. (///)

[@starbuck1977]

RIP Mensi, you were a fighting inspiration to so many of us

[@javieralonso6475]

Such a jewell!!!! Last time I hear this, was 35 years ago, and I'm shivering exactly like that day. Hell bless you mates!!!

[@TheCybepunk]

Greetngs from Poland! Thx for this song! Punk Never Die!

[@presidentialastronomer9040]

TheCybepunk ❤️

[@piotrkowalski8063]

punk is death.

[@yabadabadou3196]

@@piotrkowalski8063 class war too... Sad times...

[@yabadabadou3196]

@@piotrkowalski8063 it's just word but don't forgive your misery, your desillusion and your frustrations, we know it all around Europe for Proletarian. STAND STRONG, STAND PROUD ! OI!

[@asianfacility5682]

The mustachioed leader in the stadium is essentially like Lech Walesa.

[@motorlife7037]

Coming from Poland and listening to this song in mid 80's. Love you man

[@xantigarijomikeliz8904]

Una de las canciones con la que mas florecevel sentimiento, la rabia y la rebeldía!

[@manoloxines9113]

Still sends shivers down my spine...AWESOMENESS GALORE!!!

[@Snudrik]

What a band, what a song.... Respect from Norway 🙂

[@gregnobody4477]

To przypomina ze swiat o nas wiedzial i nie zapomnial. Dziekuje.

[@yoni278]

Temazo de los 80 ,yo tuve la suerte de verlos en directo en la sala ilargi de lakuntza, un concierto inolvidable

[@pablofortunafernandez834]

Yo tambien los vi en la ilargi gran concierto que época la de la discoteca ilargi. Toy Dolls Uksubs gbh ramones etc

[@beatriz2845]

Temazo de los que te marcan y te recuerdan a alguien....alguien que ya no está!!!!por tí amigo aya donde estés!!! Valencia pa siempre!!!!💖💖💖

[@maribelmn6021]

Beatriz: Valencia? Tú fuiste a ese concierto, que he mencionado? Un saludo:

[@maribelmn6021]

Creo recordar, que fue en las fiestas de Sedavid.

[@beatriz2845]

Maribel que va yo no fui... ojalá 😎😎

[@juliaalemanycorrecher8924]

Te entiendo y comparto tu dolor y el recuerdo que está maravillosa canción te trae, aunque ahora sea triste, en su día fue alegría y eso es lo importante

[@johnmacaroni105]

An excellent song.... Polish - British 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 👍

[@neiltaylor4639]

Mensi's poetry is a great talent so underrated the bloke invented folk punk legend love the upstarts remember the day I bought 2 million voices respect. X.

[@ГеоргийСтрелков-ш5о]

Спасибо, товарищи, за песню! (Thank you, comrades, for your song!) Solidarity! All together, working class!

[@wyrda222]

beautiful words and what a tune. A part of history and eternal.

[@XWantedC]

We are with you in our hearts and in our minds! Rest in peace

[@joseluisnavarro7019]

One of the best song i have never lisented R.I.P MENSI aalways in heart

[@neotronicmind8337]

Thank you Angelic Upstarts. From Poland.

[@johnbowden9752]

song reminds me of my grandpa hard working ex navy. really good man thanks for the beautiful song Oi from NC

[@Amanda1234-nqc]

Mensi was a beautiful person inside and out. They have the wrong impression about punks and skins. I was one of them, and they weren't all bad people. They had a lot of passion against oppression and tyranny, something we've lost. Rip Mensi, thank you for the music 🎶 Stars can't shine without darkness.

[@EspanholCarioca]

One of the best songs ever!

[@user-hi1mh5sh5r]

Good cover of a polish song calked ,,Boże nasz"

[@jeffsims8270]

I know there's def been hard times thru time and time again, but I feel this tune is more necessary for now (2022) than ever!!! Especially for those fighting and dying in UKRAINE everyday!!! Thems need it most!!!!

[@a.prz.o]

Usa been killing people for a century just as Russians are doing in Ukraine. Pray for them aswel

[@zly_Polak_poza_gorami]

Exactly

[@kingywhu]

Sleep easy Mensi, your work on this life is over, but we will pick up the flag and carry on, No Pasaran !! One of the best Sir.

[@sideefxtv]

thanks Angelic Upstarts and Mensi from working class Poland. UNITED we will win! RIP

[@adampolskizwierz8216]

Wielka Polska 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 dziękuje za przyjaźń, odpoczywaj godnie Mensi (*)

[@heavymetalforever7639]

Solidarnosz era ena mierda pinchada en palo católico de Polonia profunda (es un chiste, esa Polonia vuestra nunca tuvo frontera, solo ganas de joder a los rusos, alemanes y checos). En plena huelga minera en Inglaterra 1984 el "sindicato" polaco envío una delegación para negociar con e p... gobierno de la Thatcher envío de carbón desde Polonia a Inglaterra en huelga. Al final recularor, pero os imagináis el impacto mediático entre la clase obrera? Entre los mineros en huelga? Que unos supuestos "héroes" y "campeónes" de la lucha "sindical" vayan contra sus propios camaradas? Y si no creéis eso, acordados de Polonia en los años noventa...........

[@fuchs1616]

Fuck nationalism

[@pepeher]

that's a pity for this beautiful song that valesa and solidarity union had finally betrayed the working class. but is a nice song... poles find your way....

[@HANSCHTV]

great was this legend. Thank you for all. I see you at several times since 1982.

[@maddog8621]

The title says it all. Bring back dissent. Bring back hope. Bring back solidarity. Wish it could start in Poland again and spread across globe.

[@heleneofcortina6400]

Absolutely !!, Poland needs another reawakening..

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

What you see in Poland today is the legacy of Solidarnosc: women's and LGBT rights being hammered by clerical nationalism that began with Walesa. This is Poland's "reawakening"

[@maddog8621]

@@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 The right wing started with Solidarity??? Oh my God. Really??

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

@@maddog8621 That is exactly right. Perhaps you should study Walesa's politics.

[@maddog8621]

@@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917 I'm on it. Will be reading around the subject tonight. I always had this utopian view of Solidarity. Pushing against the Soviet system. But there seems to be an evil underside to that was hidden to history. Thank you for the enlightenment.

[@toolfankrk]

Im Polish. I loved England when I lived there and now I love England even more.

[@Valion]

All men will fade, but some will remain in our hearts and in our minds. RIP Mensi.

[@Juanhop]

So powerful, too feared, that it made its way through mouth to mouth in times where no social networks existed. If that song, on that events happened to be, nothing would have stopped it from flaming the world.

[@nilsgutenberg313]

We are with you in our hearts and in our minds!

[@honourethefire5794]

i first saw the Upstarts live age 14 in Aug 1979 London Lyceum Supporting Adam & the Ants seen them loads over the years this is one of my faves by them & they are still Working Class / Anti Facist - Nazi / Socialists a true Punk band Mensi is a Legend.

[@honourethefire5794]

@Papa Lazarou 😂 omg you yanks are pathetic they are socialists Anti Nazi, Anti Racist pro Working Class..wake up you fool

[@honourethefire5794]

@War Crimes you idiot he was a national socialist 100% different thing omg 😂

[@romarina2687]

Lyrics (version 2 -Polish workers): As the polish workers fight to make their stand And behind them every honest working men In unity there's each other and your friend becomes your brother And in the tyrant's heart will be a lesson learnt Give them hope Give them strength Give them life Like a candle burning in the black of night We are with you in our hearts and in our minds And we'll pray for a nation through it's darkest times I know that your hearts are made of a firmer kind And a riot stick won't kill your peace of mind You can fight with all the spirit that you possess Because your fight is a struggle that is blessed Give them hope Give them strength Give them life Like a candle burning in the black of night We are with you in our hearts and in our minds And we'll pray for a nation through it's darkest times The tyrant has no smile upon his face Cos he knows that in his minds he's in disgrace The religion of union will take his breath away Our turn will come and we will have our day Give them hope Give them strength Give them life Like a candle burning in the black of night We are with you in our hearts and in our minds And we'll pray for a nation through it's darkest times As the polish workers fight to make their stand And behind them every honest working men Join hands with your brother And then you can help each other Watch the tyrants burn in the fire that they have built Give them hope Give them strength Give them life Like a candle burning in the black of night We are with you in our hearts and in our minds And we'll pray for a nation through it's darkest times

[@nilsat123ph]

one of the best bands ever .

[@alanbull2548]

+geezer1965 one of the worst left wing communist scum bands to ever walk the face of my england

[@nilsat123ph]

with your name being bull. i think you left out the remainder of your surname .SHIT.!!

[@nilsat123ph]

obvious your a southern neo nazi cos believe me when i say you havent a clue it seems about anything . just a a bigoted person who says his england .its the germans mate our royal family are german. windsor is a fictious name they only changed it in WW1 as we where losing a lot of brave men like my fucking grandfather who died at passendale you tosser.you probably read that rag called the sun or the sport and u believe it all true .

[@idolthreatpodcast2138]

i hate commies to but fuck the upstarts had some great fucking tunes!

[@FranciscoVictoriaCruz]

Unas de mis canciones preferidas de aquella epoca es una leyenda para mi y la he encontrado

[@ula6827]

Kiedy polscy pracownicy walczą o swoje prawa a za nimi każdy uczciwy, pracujący człowiek W jedności jest wzajemność, a twój znajomy staje się twoim bratem a serce tyrana ma swoją lekcje Daj im nadzieję, daj im siłę, daj im życie Jak świeca płonąca w ciemności nocy Wszyscy jesteśmy z wami naszymi sercami i umysłami I będziemy się modlić o nasz naród w jego najciemniejszych czasach Tyran nie ma uśmiechu na twarzy ponieważ wie, że wśród ludzi jest skompromitowany odpuszczenie tobie odbierze mu oddech dopóki nie nadejdziemy i nie będziemy mieć swojego dnia Daj im nadzieję, daj im siłę, daj im życie Jak świeca płonąca w ciemności nocy Wszyscy jesteśmy z wami naszymi sercami i umysłami I będziemy się modlić o nasz naród w jego najciemniejszych czasach Kiedy polscy pracownicy walczą o swoje prawa a za nimi każdy uczciwy, pracujący człowiek Podaj rękę swoim braciom by pomóc sobie wzajemnie patrz jak tyranie płoną w ogniu, który stworzyli

[@ΛάμπηςΒασιλειάδης-χ4μ]

Σ'ευχαριστώ

[@talkinghead9664]

That is a bloody good song.

[@user-hi1mh5sh5r]

A bloody good cover of a polish song

[@MyGerardo12345]

Bellissima grande tom mensforth, grandi angelic upstarts!

[@aghowie]

goiing to see them in 45 mins. Cant wait

[@nicolasdelibes3164]

Vive Angelic Upstarts !

[@davidcarden7191]

Still a relevant song . Brilliant lyrics

[@davidcarden7191]

Defund the BBC yeah right BBC full of Tories.

[@davidcarden7191]

Tories destroying The uk .

[@a.prz.o]

@@davidcarden7191 probably the only one who knows about the band and this song. those struggling days under the Thatcher liberal polítics and some people come to say the song is against socialism. Did they even listen to the lyrics?

[@bambule2151]

Rest in Power, Mensi! ❣💥 Thanx a lot!

[@pilierro]

que bonita canción,¡ que buena!. (con cascosy a todo volumen)

[@mariovillalobosnla]

these guys never get old!!

[@KiffnixOi]

I love this Song.......

[@AlexPunx]

aupa la lucha de clases!!!! salud y anarquia!!!

[@punk-hardcore]

so awesome... -Yann from France.

[@bennyzin]

give them hope, give them strength, give them live like a candle burning in the black of night

[@axitaka23]

Esta cancion sin duda es hermosa. Esta cancion la escuche por primera vez en un cober de businnes a angelic upstarts. Pero por mas que busco no he encontrado el disco.

[@a.prz.o]

Discogs

[@MrSubbi123]

2 mal live gesehen! Einmal 2002 in Mannheim und dann 2005 in Essen! Der ABSOLUTE HAMMER!!!!!

[@thierrydamecour4471]

28 yeas ago, I was listening that in cirlcle. Did not get a word a lyrics at the time, ..... same as today (just to leasy to concentrate) only listening the music, what good vibes it was at the time !!!

[@lachesisguascama3796]

¡¡¡¡TOD@S O NINGUN@!!!! Saludos desde Ecuador... ¡¡¡GREAT SONG!!!

[@slapayid]

Angelic Upstarts . . . respect. Being a cockney, not a great fan of the North East but when it comes to politics, geography takes second place to socialism.

[@johnpereira9594]

I am surprised to find this as a video. Being an old song. I always imaged the setting for this song be a group of workers, gather around a fire. After work. Sharing beers. Fire emanating from paint tins with holes

[@СергоСальвилия]

Great song!!

[@82Greekfire]

GIVE THE HOPE , GIVE THEM STRENGTH , GIVE THEM LIFE

[@Habi.5]

ZAJEBISTE!!!!

[@franciscojavierroblesflores]

Pedazo de himno!!

[@philipbyrne1083]

RIP Mensiy heart breaking love from 🇮🇪

[@canivlc6681]

Enero 2020 y sigo escuchando está maravilla.. Cuando se hacía buena música. 😍😍🎶🎶🎶

[@dieterratz7129]

so many years but still the same fight. working class unite!

[@animalxINSTINCT89]

RIP Mensi

[@TheScondComming]

He came to me in a fever dream, and shoved me the Majestic Sense of the Angelic Upstarts - Solidarity.

[@mateusz7249]

on next Monday they have a show in Toruń (Poland) !! yeah great!!!!

[@briang530]

Never realized before that Mensi shed a few tears in this video. Fucking legend!! RIP

[@304boyy]

love this song an this band

[@FalsifiedAccusations]

Unfortunately this is too applicable to Europe right now.

[@sputnikplanum8858]

Das Lied ist ja so geil. Schade und trotzdem schön das ich das erst so spät entdecke. Oi as its best

[@domlis7068]

R.I.P. Mensi always in our hearts LEGEND !!! ,😭😭😭

[@davidepompa1145]

Just a working class song.

[@alan2791]

Just THE working class song.

[@kenandersson6228]

Not just.

[@kenandersson6228]

@@alan2791 Thank you1

[@a.prz.o]

Nah man, lot of newbies around saying this is against socialists... They don't even know where they have their brains...

[@anagimenez7320]

Una canción preciosa. Un cantante que nos dejó un mensaje de esperanza para que no abandonemos los sueños de que algún día el barco será dirigido por los buenos.

[@danielsanzcebrian7163]

Un auténtico himno.

[@JEDIRODIJE]

Esto es lo mejorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@rafaelcalle6513]

GREAT SONG FROM A GREAT BAND

[@user-hi1mh5sh5r]

Good cover of a Great polish song

[@TheWlochaty77]

chwała bohaterom tamtym czasów i hańba solidarności tych czasów

[@GAS-22]

Przecież tw bolek, eSBecki konfident, nie ma też z obecną Solidarnością nic wspólnego!

[@DerekHundik]

All of us have equal rights as people as human.We don't need to be left right or whatever.We don't need to follow any ideology.Just be friendly to each other.

[@lorisnicoletta9295]

RIP🖤❤️

[@jackiecrammen5793]

My close friend. Big empty space in my life x RIP Mr M.

[@1960hcafc]

RIP Mensi 😞

[@pattiartiste]

RIP Mensi!! ❤🖤(///)!!!!

[@BeerNecessities727]

Best band ever! I hope they never stop pumping them out. A rendition of Joe Hill would be epic or some other labour classic. Proud to be a skin with bands like the Angelic Upstarts!

[@desTeufelsdreizack]

Check out the version from the Stage Bottles

[@robertos.9408]

Respect from Brasil. R.I.P

[@andysteenson7880]

Don’t know how I never realised how good the Angelic Upstarts were before Mensi’s death. Better late than never.

[@FBInc666]

I did a run for Solidarnosc once, took a photocopy machine over to Poland, bribed the border guides, delivered in Warsaw and on delivery was paid with a carrier bag of grass. The good old days!

[@六O]

really? interesting story

[@FBInc666]

@@六O Yes, and our car broke down in a small village just over the border at 6 am in the morning. The whole village came out to help us, took the engine out and the mechanic told us that he had never seen a car like this before ( It was a Japanese pick up). Never the less ,after 4 hours of tweaking things he got it fixed, what a man! Then we wanted to pay him money, he said no, so we offered him our duty free. He said "no, I don ́t do this for money, I do it for friendship." That was an amazing experience.

[@damiancarr1968]

Never to be forgotten ! Soar high mensi

[@paulphillips3386]

RIP Legend

[@KarlChilcott-vb6ep]

Amazing track

[@JokoJones]

A piecemaster this song will be a classick in the future

[@toavama1]

Like a Candle burning in the black of light!!!!!!!!!!

[@lukmruk]

so many years gone. its all about be united as working class, nothing more

[@adictopescador]

As the polish workers fight to make their stand And behind them evry honest working man In unity there's each other and your friend becomes your brother And in the tyrant's heart will be a lesson learned Give them hope Give them strength Give them life Like a candle burning in the black of night We are with you in our hearts and in our minds And we'll pray for a nation through it's darkest times I know that your hearts are made of a firmer kind And a riot stick wont kill your peace of mind You can fight with all the spirit that you possess, Because your fight is a struggle that is best The tyrant has no smile upon his face Cause he knows that in his mind he's in disgrace Remission of you will take his breath away Our time will come and we will have our day Give them hope Give them strength Give them life Like a candle burning in the black of night We are with you in our hearts and in our minds And we'll pray for a nation through it's darkest times As the polish workers fight to make their satnd And behind them evry honest working men Join hand with your brother and then you can help each other Watch the tyrant burn in the fire that he had built.

[@wanzuan8051]

In memories of mensi😢 One of my favorite song

[@adk4745]

RIP from sicily

[@pequenonaif]

Temazoooo!!!!

[@iksigrekowski591]

U was w tych czasach był spokój... U nas ludzie ginęli, walcząc o podstawowe prawa do życia. O jedzenie i wolność.

[@sideefxtv]

bo królowa w UK każdego karmiła? popytaj górników, którym kopalnie wtedy zmykali.. ich dzieci ani ojców ani królowej raczej nie kochali..

[@Punkinbushcraft]

Not one bad comment in the comment section,in music like this because we’re all together - love love brothers and sisters 🤘🏻💜💜💜💜💜

[@gerryrodden1983]

rip Mensi .