The Alarm New South Wales

This classic in full and it's tale to tell. After a visit to the big pit, you must admire the miners and their families.
I do not own the copyright, it remains with the artists and publishers, it is here as a tribute.

[@sheepdipper1]

Oh how the Alarm never really got the recognition they deserved. This has got to be one of the most moving records of all time. Mike Peters a God in human form.

[@yehiaelalaily6883]

the alarm are the most underrated rock band, love what they did and still rocking

[@jiveandswing]

Such a wonderful song from a great band, I have this in my jukebox at home and it is always 1st to be played. However, every-time i hear it my thoughts go back to the miners strike and those brave families - God bless them all.

[@hylasgeist1568]

having a juke box at home is a g move my man...big ups to you!

[@leesex.5362]

I literally can’t breath whenever I hear this song. And here’s the most important thing, they can through generations. My grandson, who’s 8, is a 3rd generation Alarm fan(antic). Twist has replaced Iron Man as his “hero” 😎... and every other weekend when he visits, we listen to the music but most importantly, he learns the lyrics and asks questions. Even though they were hugely dismissed commercially, their songs moved a generation and played a key role in how many people (myself included) led their life. My grandson is now carrying on that spirit and I know will be a better person for it.

[@hylasgeist1568]

that's awesome to hear. I'm a second generation Alarm fan and I play their songs to my 4 and 1 year old kids, so watch this space for fellow third generation fans!

[@GibsonFlyingFive]

Love this song, "lump in my throat" every time I hear this. Several clips showing the Phurnacite Plant, Aberaman. Worked there for about five years until it closed, conditions were very dusty and dirty, the men that worked there were "salt of the earth" you don't get that comradeship anymore, Thatcher put an end to that.

[@footshotstube]

still sends all the hairs on my arms an neck stand on end this song thanks

[@talyman589]

The best Welsh group ever

[@aidanas9890]

Driving home from a night shift this morning and when the choir came in had the same sensation. Fantastic

[@Inseparable724365]

lots of chills

[@adeleunderwood3133]

My Dad;s in this vidio, the one sitting next to the piano!!

[@GibsonFlyingFive]

You must be proud of your Dad being in this Welsh cult song!

[@martynprice87]

Still loving this song in 2022

[@philipbryan4598]

My mate Introduced me to this track 30 years ago, he passed away 3 days ago, It now has an even more poignancy attached, Thanks Justin , keep Rocking in heaven mwsh!

[@steveduncan9256]

Sorry for your loss Phil chin up mate

[@philipbryan4598]

@@steveduncan9256 Thanks Steve, I keep playing the music we both loved as a therapy to get through the grief .

[@richm.3477]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I can't tell you how many times I have listed to this, and other songs from The Alarm, since the 80s. It brings back a lot of good memories! I saw The Alarm in concert in Philadelphia in 1989 for the Change tour. I had no idea at the time, but 2 years later I spent a semester in England. I had the opportunity to go day hiking in Wales, to the top of Mount Snowdon. It was quite a challenge, but I loved the rugged, beautiful landscape.

[@mooncatandberyl5372]

had this going through my head today, not heard it for decades, i use to be into them n have their albums, when everyone else my age at school was into bros, kylie n jason.

[@carliellewellyn-george3014]

What a fantastic song beautiful Maggie Jones ❤️X

[@Chrisamusic1]

A wonderful song and a wonderful lyric. Stunning work by a much underrated writer. Makes you want to be Welsh.

[@adrianwhittingham1588]

I am but couldn't hold a tune in a bucket 🤣

[@chrismaggs]

@Chrisamusic1 I'm Welsh born and bred. Feel free to be Welsh for this song if you want!!

[@sebastian122]

Never fails to make me cry. Too gorgeous for words.

[@user-vy2mp5oz3o]

I've been a massive fan from the beggining. Best band ever seen them all over country..Mike knows me and my friends. Such a great wonderful man..Mike you will always be my hero

[@pinkpanther8735]

this song is timeless

[@josefnagy3426]

Majestic, epic, beautiful...

[@rhamirhami8257]

I’m sure there are plenty of nice people in rock and pop and Mike is up there with the best of them.

[@locorojo25]

mike peters got fuck all like the credit he deserves. fantastic.

[@berlinmitte10117]

21/10/1966 - remembering the 144 of Aberfan

[@stevejelly3161]

Beyond words friend !!! ... Just beyond words

[@pastelmoo7299]

My cousin goes to school in aberfan!

[@kevinbaldwin4816]

Valley boy in tears by here my father was miner for 35 years then maggie destroyed communities valleys are dead now

[@1975lexington]

I still play this

[@Rauta75]

I keep listening and listening... Found them again after 18 years

[@withinjohn]

An absolute topper!!! The Alarm never got the recognition they deserved!!! Absolutely agree with "sheepdiver". A mark in my menatl life...

[@gingergog]

RIP Charles Breslin, David Powell, Garry Jenkins and Phillip Hill

[@junegraves5064]

Fabulous welsh history song, RIP Mike

[@rhianbird2756]

I love this song always use to listen to it with my dad when I lived at home

[@optionaldaveuk]

Fantastic song

[@brianrogers2020]

One of my favorite songs

[@SteelCityS6]

Should've played this at Thatchers funeral

[@kenttaylor8217]

so underrated this is

[@madeinwales68]

CYMRU AM BYTH.

[@bimbodimamma]

Fantastic song!!

[@SteelCityS6]

Thatcher ripped the heart out of South Wales but guess what, she's stoking the fires of hell while South Wales still stands proud.

[@judaslovelace974]

amen to that

[@legwilliams5889]

Cracking song.

[@teamblitz1990]

Great band the Alarm made and still making great music.

[@ElliotLJones]

My Great Grandfather worked in big bit and i believe my grandad did as-well they lived in forge side in Blaenavon

[@brrebjerkland248]

Awesome

[@paulashford4155]

Masterpiece.

[@sundari4786]

definitely!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rob4613]

Brilliant Mike.

[@lukeevans9698]

Such a powerful song.

[@traceykyme5007]

Perfection

[@olgada5772]

es para mi uno de los mejores grupos , su musica destaca por su gran belleza y grandiosidad son majestuosos , la lastima es el poco reconocimiento como banda pero a mi forma de ver o mi punto de vista son de lo mejor de inglaterra en el genero -----

[@moragmckay3779]

Son de lo mejor de Gales, pero me alegro de que hayas conseguido la oportunidad de escucharlos y les encanta su música.

[@Lucyj013]

incredible.

[@danieljones3955]

Wow what a song

[@Daydster]

Absolutely love this track! Am I Welsh... or what?!!! :))

[@berlinmitte10117]

a powerful song

[@struszka]

Absolute Highlight

[@ThePoolerguy]

Maggie thatcher ruined everyones lives from miners to steelworkers and their familys im from South wales and has a child i was admired by how everyone stuck together weather they where underground or working in the steelworks and lets not forget the wives that did so much all i can say to the likes off maggie is you might have took our jobs but you never broke our spirit !

[@moragmckay3779]

Someone tell me I'm not crazy, please. I'm sure I heard and later saw on a cassette album, a Welsh language version of this, which I loved. Or am I confusing loving this with hearing and loving another song they did in Welsh around the same time? I might even have bought the tape at a time I didn't have a tape player, or it might have been the B-side of the single or a 12". I have genuinely thousands of records and no player for years so it is conceivable I just haven't come across it in a very long time.( I know I bought the album of theirs this was on, in some format, but was deeply disappointed it wasn't all like this, so didn't really give it a chance.) I've been trying to find it in Welsh on You Tube since I finally got online nearly three years ago. This is such a moving song. Thatcher blighted the lives of a whole generation who were children during her reign, in the area I've been living in since then. They grew up in a fractured community, with constantly disrupted education and no hopes they would ever find work no matter how hard they worked at school, so why bother? I remember miners desperately moving from one pit to another, further and further away until there were none left to go to.

[@cliffclavin3865]

They released the entire Change album(which this was on)in Welsh. It was called Newid

[@moragmckay3779]

@@cliffclavin3865 Thank you. I definitely saw it on an otherwise English album, but I'll be looking this one up.

[@moragmckay3779]

@@cliffclavin3865 Successfully found and loved. Thank you so much.

[@stevejelly3161]

This is a track that back in the 90's the DJ Chris Evans would have picked up and stopped the UK on Radio 1 !!! Because in his crazy madness he found pure brilliance !!! that is in this track !!!

[@chrisboyle7994]

Peaked at a very disappointing No.31 in the UK back in Autumn 1989. Didn't deserve to flop so miserably.

[@sundari4786]

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@hylasgeist1568]

them first couple of bars are ripe to be sampled for a dark gothic trap beat. watch this space guys. I'm pretty sure my demographic are lurking on this comment section 😂 I'm a rap artist but my dad used to play the alarm all the time when I was a kid and I used to watch a VHS of all their music videos (I think this one might have been at the end) quite a lot. big up my dad for bringing me up with an eclectic music taste and now I incorporate all sorts into my post-genre rap music

[@locorojo25]

@sheepdipper1 well said mate. a man of great taste.

[@Restorativejusticeband]

locorojo25 .

[@rob4613]

Gwych.Clasur Mike.

[@dontknocktherock1263]

Very good song with great arrangement, but the only thing is it's taken at too fast a pace.

[@lonesomestar5119]

Cymru Rydd

[@MARKSWALES42]

Great is the rape of the fair country To Botany Bay for my Great Grandfathers Deportation sailed Great so great is the fair country GREAT IS THE NEED FOR A NEW SOUTH WALES Read more: The Alarm - New South Wales Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[@ChristChickAutistic]

Diolch in fawr Michael ap Peters.

[@sheda42]

@alanc71 Thanks I will be doing the same, will ask my subscribers on tube to do the same.

[@danieljones3955]

Good old phurny

[@danieljones3955]

Great old phurny

[@danieljones3955]

P:D.S.C.C

[@danieljones3955]

Fantastic band get well soon Mike Peters

[@adrianwhittingham1588]

Thank god Thatcher is dead for what she did to the valleys