SILVER BULLET - 20 Seconds to Comply (1990)

[@humansnotai4912]

Still one of the best tracks of all time. Captures an era in UK dance and social history that only The Prodigy can rival.

[@415volts]

Agree - It was way ahead of it's time - I remember first time I heard it how I thought mad fast it was - now it seems almost 'normal'

[@bluejackmedia]

u know mate

[@77Creation]

This ain’t got nothing to do with The Prodigy. This is Hip Hop.

[@humansnotai4912]

@@77Creation I was talking about music at that time, not the genre of the music.

[@wordupcornflake]

hip hop

[@nickhulston5842]

Silver Bullet, London Posse, Gunshot, Hijack, MC Mello, Outlaw Posse, Demon Boyz......the Golden Age of UK Hip Hop imo ✊

[@cannywf1]

…..Killa Instinct, Caveman, Katch 22 & Blade.

[@petermendes5938]

Nick Hulston posse and Demon hands down. Money Mad and Recognition.....

[@Fleckov]

Gangster Chronicle & Patriot Games were just incredible albums!

[@rogue7272]

Oh yesss !!!

[@articlep]

True man 👏

[@HaydenFoote-c8w]

It doesn't get any better than this! Still listening in Perth, WA, 2024!

[@rebeccafisher508]

Remember when this was first released 53yo here, still lovin & listening🇬🇧

[@Iwishiwasflying]

🇦🇺

[@afflulifestyle1784]

Classic track. I remember being in a small club in Milton Keynes in 89 & Silver Bullet was there to perform live. When he arrived he just came in on his own, walked to the bar & was standing there just drinking coca cola. Everybody was doing New Jack Swing dancing on the dance floor, nobody recognized him until he hit the mic & dropped 20 Seconds to Comply. He sounded great live real raw hip hop no silly gimmicks, just a cool guy. He was on the promotion trail for the single before it hit the charts. Great times in UK hiphop.

[@uk4ss4ssin]

Lil late ..but yeh..I met him in Aylesbury back in 87..he came to a party at Aylesbury college. He hails from Wycombe..or did back then. nice bloke, later when he left..he looked at me and nodded as if to say nice to meet ya man. Like you said..the good ole days :)

[@justinh6260]

Love this story

[@deltaframes-os4km]

I'm from MK. any idea what the club was called?. also The Criminal Minds are worth a mention 👍🎛🎧🎙

[@anthonyhussey3997]

Ultra Vegas @ Keynes

[@omalone1169]

@@anthonyhussey3997 I just wish I understood this era

[@mattdowds8505]

Sitting beside my friends grave playing this, one of his favourites from the good old days. R.I.P. Lee

[@spudwithaz7750]

R.I.P Lee may he rest in piece

[@mattdowds8505]

Thank @@spudwithaz7750

[@mandyjackson6894]

R.I.P xx

[@mattdowds8505]

Thank you@@mandyjackson6894

[@suavomcbravo679]

Peace

[@kennethwoodley7409]

December 2024 , still a banging track ,great memories

[@veggie42]

Playing this for Labour leader and his deputy 😂

[@kennethwoodley7409]

@veggie42 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@davidburns1193]

2023 and it sounds just as good now as it did all them years ago, broke the mould

[@spikepike42]

Still a banging tune in 2023 👊😁👊

[@BaronVonHaggis]

yeah boi!!!!

[@ackg]

Here in 2024 and it’s great af

[@chefstokie1863]

On a lounger around the pool that's me now pure banger

[@scaffmadd]

24;)

[@djpaulcfunkeddub3951]

Goes for NYPD +++, still applies today

[@pinkypromise2278]

I'm American but I lived in the UK in 1990 when this song was all over the dance floors. It was one of my favorites and I remembered it just the other day and came looking for it here. It's just as good of a track as I remember it being!

[@watchreadplayretro]

So it didn't get released (or get high enough in the charts) in the US then?? Due to his accent while rapping I thought this was a US track that came over to the UK! Wow that's insane! I never knew that!

[@cjskelton7603]

Ed. 209 Tripping out on the dance floor with 1000 tracers + winders was iLL!

[@pinkypromise2278]

@@watchreadplayretro no it didn't do much over here at the time. USA was into grunge. Best wishes to you ❤️

[@seancharles1595]

F* me, I am 59, I remember this back in the day. Right now hearing this, I can still bust a move, hold my beer........brb. The energy in this track is simply astounding.

[@victorjames7]

I'm here listening to this in October 2020 during the pandemic... anyone else complying?

[@thelads5858]

I am

[@MrCh1lll]

Plandemic 😉

[@jasonjohn7865]

Fuck em

[@jasonjohn7865]

We are goosed

[@acidthunder1]

hell no

[@leeoshea3592]

listening to it now 26 years later it was well ahead of its time.

[@kevinwilliams-id8er]

Forgot about it but it's a proper tune...well ahead

[@nrgflashback]

BRING THE NOIZE....

[@EugVR6]

Lee O Shea still sounds the bollocks💪💪💪

[@hoobartvf1143]

Lee O Shea rereeb j j I jjrjjb e. Y the company

[@sandansaiyan5675]

Lee O Shea not ahead of time.Hip hop like this was popular

[@robertburgess11]

31 years later and still banging

[@macdeluxe733]

Yep.

[@tobyadams7206]

Absolute choooon 54 years old now but still up there 👏🏻👍🏻

[@SolaceOne.]

Tune… takes me back

[@NealeSmithy]

Good days ay. Bullet had more bars than pentonville

[@Steve-yr1bv]

this generation in 24 never partied like us old school in 80s n ninteys in our fiftys now im still rocking these tunes nuff respect mc lite nwa to name a few

[@vaderfett3229]

I played this CONSTANTLY on my Walkman when I was 15 in 1990 - Perfect Year!

[@BboyAL1]

Damn! Dude, I had a badge with what's on your profile pic back in '91 and I never knew what it was...

[@garynorton7999]

Masterbating

[@robharvey8347]

Happy mondays

[@shaunthehumble4377]

I was 15 then but didn't fuck with cassette

[@bigfish74f]

Same age as me then we have lived through the best music years dude

[@drinkseverything]

in MY OPINION ...... this is the greatest uk hip hop record ever. still sounds amazing to this day !!!

[@drinkseverything]

rebel mc got good after that ..... rich ah gettin richer and that kinda stuff he did (personal opinion of course)

[@smutleybutcher]

Yeah this and Gunshot's work is still the pinnacle of the UK for me.

[@iandavidellis8350]

gunshot...............awseome

[@Gonosen]

Hijack were great as well...

[@dennyharris4167]

Got to agree with you there mate

[@chrislees5177]

He smashed it out of the park all those years ago, it still sounds fantastic today!!!

[@richgreen9220]

The most powerful Hip Hop lyrics for 40 years and arguably the most brilliantly executed lyrics for 40 years too. Very few can begin to understand how deep and ahead it is their time these lyrics were. .

[@gijsautomotive8383]

Listen to Urban Dance Squad - Demagogue or living on the fast lane

[@SONOFABITCH]

"Ahead of its time" is another way of saying it was surpassed a while back.

[@jamesmaybrick2001]

@@SONOFABITCH Nope. Its another way of saying after 40 years no one has caught up.

[@davidcauley9400]

​@@gijsautomotive8383 or early Senser.

[@MarkWalmsley]

He was way ahead of his time! English accent and lyrically agreed out anyone in the UK by at least 6 years!

[@veggie42]

Yes covid and rhe current Labour leader and deputy... 20 secs eye tests

[@HotActionKop]

Used to listen to this back in 89/90 on my cheapo ALBA Walkman, I must have worn it out by rewinding it so many times. As others have stated, well ahead of its time and still sounds amazing in December 2021...

[@koolkeith72]

So happy to had the chance to see them perform live on stage in 1990 🥰

[@Irol.]

Was just reminded of this song. And after listening, once again I felt energized by it, just as it did 30 years ago.

[@djjakeradar]

Rich aka Silver Bullet lives down the road from me. I went round his house with a mutual friend to record a dnb mix with him. We did the mix and his mcing was phenomenal. I forgot to press record! Top bloke, makes a great cup of tea. Big up yourself Rich mate @silvahbullet 🔥🔥🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jelboy1]

Is he on social media by any chance. I'd love him to sign my 12" vinyl on the Tam Tam label 🏷

[@dowdydiva]

Just heard this for the first time. Mind-blowing. Early 90s hip-hop was indeed the best.

[@yourlocalentertainmentchan9153]

“Englishmen can’t rap” Silver Bullet: Hold my tea

[@puppets.and.muppets]

dereck B, on your bike....

[@Wandering_Owl]

😂😂😂😂

[@KenWu-pl3or]

"Black"

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

the first rap song was by the clash..

[@Dandroid5000]

@@jibicusmaximus4827 Don't talk bollocks!

[@sonminorimitsuu2838]

Forever grateful I got to rave to this in the 80's

[@trixwivstix]

This tune blew my mind when I first heard it. I was in my mates house he had just returned from uni in 1990 with the 12" vinyl. Then we played Stakker Humaniod 12" got some Purple Ohms and went to a rave probably the best night of my life so far.......

[@DMTears]

Nice

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

Purple ohms, nice...

[@AuralVirus]

purple ohm? uk? my 1st trip on 1 of those. memories....

[@darrangibb61]

trixwivstix wha hoo! :)

[@terrencekelly1256]

trixwivstix purple ohms lol mind bending...

[@M-py2uh]

Twenty seconds to comply, banging tune all day long...

[@michaelroutledge5651]

Still got my vinyl of this, also bring fourth the guilotene

[@gowmitch069]

I bought this on vinyl the day it came out, still have it, still 🔥

[@BaronVonHaggis]

✊🏻

[@anthonyjones2465]

This really should be released again. Even in this modern day this would steam up the charts.

[@mikei80x86]

This is my first time hearing this (in 2018) and it is amazing.

[@jammygamer6981]

My first 2020

[@Sjembakkus79]

No tracks like these now a days! STRAIGHT UP CLASSIC!!

[@JulesB-zv9dp]

1990... seems like yesterday! This will never age, it's as fantastic now as it was then. 👌

[@dreddj]

Aug 24 reminiscing on oldskool days! 😁👌🏿🔊🔊🔊

[@kirkparsons5922]

My whole childhood comes flooding back to me hearing this...... Absolutey brilliant 😁 😁

[@parrogakaparadise9477]

💯💯💯

[@andyfire5737]

51 this year.... Where did those decades go??? REWIND PLEASE!

[@EXPERIMENTONGOD]

Damn I've been listening to this tune for 28 years and didn't know there was a music video! Thanks man!

[@yardh]

How they didn't become constant chart toppers is.beyond me This is pure fire 🔥 Loved robocop Loved this tune

[@miahmakhon]

I was 13 when I first heard this. In the top 10 greatest 🇬🇧rap songs of all time.

[@tonybriscoe]

Sounds just as good 2024 and counting 🔥

[@shaundarling382]

Who's still loving this in 2023👌

[@locutaa]

2024!

[@shaundarling382]

2024 and counting 👌

[@play4you466]

still raving 1990 oo yesss

[@rw6391]

I was 15, wonderful times

[@jessbirmingham889]

I was 19 loved this , best decade for music

[@iandavies3395]

2024 crew where are you? Loved this tune for over 30 years and it still sounds fresh and angry as fuck!

[@kanematthews9019]

Still can't get board ov this

[@Jimmy-B-]

Way before its time, And he made sure no one is copying his lyrics

[@SuperBigwilk]

Absolute masterpiece

[@vermilliongecko]

When I was 18, I was at an all girls grammar school in rural Wiltshire. We were all indie kids. A girl called Jade from Greenwich joined us in the sixth form, and she was a lot more street than us. We were playing REM and The Cure in the common room, and Jade walked in and put this on the turntable. BAM!

[@VictoriaSaunders-rq7qw]

How can you forget a absolutely fantastic group with talent and amazingly fantastic song 20 seconds to comply………do u comply??

[@jjohanesson9139]

Sunday 13th June 2021 and I'm 43, this still ROCKS!

[@SethMcFartlane]

How old are you now?

[@dizz.getlag]

@@SethMcFartlane joker 😂

[@dannyrose6231]

I bought this tune on vinyl when i was like 14 or something..I'm 48..and it still kicks 🦶🎤🎧🎶🎵

[@kerryg1171]

He struggled after his minor fame. Used to speak to him a lot but lost contact. Very talented

[@markymiddleton]

Carmarthen?

[@kaisarr7632]

What happen to em

[@southlondon86]

Sir how did he struggle?

[@spydaaa14]

i was just a pup when this came out!! wicked tune, and loved the movie robo cop, well ahead of its time

[@amandanoon4639]

Cant believe this is 30 years old...still gold! 🔥🔥🔥

[@binyard1972]

One of my favourite tunes of all time I first heard this when I was 17 I'm now 51 still love this

[@persilbran]

How much intensity and energy can a song have?????

[@sidhawkwind8179]

Back in the day a 60yr old introduce me to this when I came back to the UK from living in Canada

[@xbbongo1321]

This will never grow old....Just like Young MC and His know how

[@adamskibilngling6350]

such good fast rap with that classic rap style

[@charlielynes]

And the Homeboy Hippie & Funky Dredd - Total Confusion

[@shelterfromthestormxxxx1001]

One of the greatest tunes bar none.Bought it when it came out.Had the bar manager put it on last week in a pub and filled the floor!!!

[@TheDynabot]

Still sweet after all these years. The speed was mental back in the days now it sounds really normal :)

[@BoikoMitcev]

He has an incredible ability to fly like that with the beat - he breaks through everything

[@GregzVR]

Still bangs HARD in 2023!

[@discoverydolan5134]

True that ❤

[@mopkillah8535]

im 14 and its 2021, shame kids nowadays aint into this absolute gold.

[@DMWBN3]

Remember where I was, who I was with when I first heard this... 89 i in think. They just bought it & put it on the SL1220’s CLASSIC

[@richardyoung8213]

I was in my bedroom in chingford with the JVC age11 And this still pumps

[@TheCryptonomatron]

Great tune from back in the day. I also remember when those Africa medallions were all the rage after 3ft high and rising dropped...

[@stuandmideq1909]

Classic!! I was 19 when this badboy was banging out my distorted speakers in my susuki jeep! This guy actually came from my home town of Aylesbury, Bucks, The video for his other single "Bring forth the gillotine" was filmed up Wendover woods as i remember.

[@Mardi-Shorts-DevonGirlUK]

I'm an 'Hellsbury' original. Moved away like lots of people do. I recognise a couple of peeps in the video. Hard to believe this much time has passed ☹️

[@jonboy4601]

Yeah....still doing it's thing .... Very good. I'm into all kinds of music but this and bring forth the guillotine get me every time. ❤

[@mokeyat]

I grew up in Cornwall and I was 14 when this was fresh. I had my break dance hoodie, a piece of vinyl flooring and my ghetto blaster. I was king of the hill. lol, how times have changed.

[@jamiethedon3484]

Matt Eddy me too bruv😎

[@mokeyat]

Hah, just saw this reply. Kindred spirits. Peace bruv!

[@simonedwards4062]

MATE I WAS IN A BRAEK CREW GOOD AT THE WINDMILL BUT CAN ONLY BELLYFLOP NOW 30 YEARS ON MISS MY NIKE ANNORAK N SKIING GOGGLES

[@Mardi-Shorts-DevonGirlUK]

@@simonedwards4062 the one and only Aylesbury 'Simon Edwards'? 😎

[@williamking7555]

I'm 20 years old (Born in 1999) and I VERY MUCH APPROVE OF THIS ! 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY !!!!!!!!!

[@edwardsausagehands2592]

I'd buy this for a dollar.

[@MrAggtee]

Edward Sausagehands I'd buy this, and market the sh'5t out of it....

[@darthkhakis1480]

+Andy Tice Know you are Honoured....

[@williamashton3308]

wrong film mate

[@edwardsausagehands2592]

William Ashton Wasn't this in Beverley Hills Cop?

[@nrgflashback]

Best deal you ever made in your life ;-)

[@breakfreak3181]

The beat is so hard, most people ignore the content of the lyrics. That 1st verse is *hard*! An absolute anthem of my youth. *Everyone* who was into proper beats back then knows this riddim!

[@scottwilson6467]

This track was way ahead of its time for 1990 seriously!

[@johnmurphy6556]

I first heard this when I was 15 and I am now 46 and was thinking what can I listen to on KZbin and this came from my memory bank. The was way ahead of its time and lyrically way more advanced than the majority of what London rappers were doing a the time.

[@justinobrien3593]

top tune from the very late 1980s as 1989 was the birth of house/hip house/rave/ and in 1990 the music scene exploded with rave/drum & bass/garage/techno/eurodance it went crazy!!! but this is a tune from a happier better decade 🔉🔈🔊😎🥳🥳🥳

[@markswoman2134]

What a time to be alive 😊

[@eddietd12]

These guys were a breakdance crew in the mid 80's, my crew beat them in a great battle in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. love this tune!!!!

[@moogsi]

+Eddie Browne I grew up near Aylesbury in the 90s, and the fact that anything had ever happened there would have been unbelievable to me... despite many musical happenings in the 70s and 80s...

[@paulwoodland5280]

anyone know where DJ mo is

[@paulwoodland5280]

Was good friend but lost contact in the 90’s

[@paulanthony5274]

Do you remember Broken glass and street machine,my mate Justin was in street machine with Jason Orange

[@eddietd12]

@@paulanthony5274 Hi, i do remember them, i watched some footage of them many years ago on Pete Watermans tv show, it was based at nightclubs around the country, it was very good.

[@kehindeoyegunle8920]

Intelligent lyrics,Excellent samples Absolute klassik 💯 % one my favourite HIPHOP tracks EVER. Invented Britcore. Made the TOP 10 Also.

[@zak3663]

Always had a habit of driving at least 20 miles per hour faster wish this on for some reason.

[@bluphoenix9384]

Listening to this in 2023, I was 13 when I first heard it. Still one of the best tunes ever!

[@mfasiscrackbeats3543]

this was the soundtrack of my teens listening to hip hop on both sides of the Atlantic, killer classic that’s aged well and even now sounds light years ahead.

[@Samsungcordesnumetalmusicmanic]

I have remembered this song on cassette tape Deep heat 5

[@frontpuff]

This was and still is far out stuff. Blasting away contenders in less than 20 seconds. Easily. Raw. Well crafted. Political. And so fast it’s almost jungle!! Top that!! Britcore at its best. Much love!!

[@415volts]

well said - this was so far ahead of it's time now I listen back - I remember at the time thinking it was way fucking hardcore vs all others - this would be mainstream jungle now though - top tune for sure

[@Lagrangeify]

Unlike me, this has aged like fine wine.

[@keithfrance6191]

Brilliant dance tune & with some good sampling from RoboCop 👍🏾

[@Uytarein]

Thanx, I remember when I bought this at rhythm import in my home town the Hague, I had it signed by Paul Verhoeven

[@ginaansa]

The Flow Tho !!! Hip Hop Classic 💛❤

[@cmb1972]

I went to school with the band, remember watching them mix at a summer fete before they were famous.

[@Sol-Cutta]

I still have this on cassette tape and bring forth.....this was one amazing artist bridging that gap (at the time) between hip hop and electronic sampled music (to become rave) with the likes of technotronic / snapp / m.a.r.r.s and the other house/hip hop legends like jungle brothers etc .these guys helped usher in rave and I was there as a young lad from 13+ listening to electro at the very start then acid and deep heart to rave proper...lived the rave. Happy daze

[@lachlanevans5497]

The Worlds End brought me here. Great song. 😊👍

[@podos99]

2024 still a tune

[@fatherjack636]

Listening to a song from all thoughs years ago and this was in my reccomended. Great song.

[@rascalholden]

Fuck me, one of my all time favourites right here. I remember blasting this out of a stereo on my shoulder but on rollerskates and loving life, still seems amazing now though. Proper tune!

[@besovereign2032]

What has he got round his deck. Most popular song at the Hilsea Club ca. 1989 or was it 1988

[@matthewwarner2121]

Probably the best baseline intro ever.

[@Zed2222]

Legendary, Still here X

[@Jammo1978]

2024 and still📻🔊🎶🎵🎼💥💥💥💥blastin this😉

[@changwillneverdie9378]

goosebumps :)

[@samosborne7329]

My kids had never seen robo cop,,what do they do infront of them phones ffs. Legend.