The Chords - The British Way Of Life - 1980

[@daviddevlin2374]

British way of life now GONE R.I.P GB x

[@DD-ev2dt]

CHORDS a cut above the rest such a classic band 😎👍 ......

[@HelenGarland-d2q]

Fantastic record one of the best Mod record's ever it captures how l felt at the time and very proud to be part of a massive Mod movement ❤🎉🎉🎉

[@pikeonfly1]

Really identified with this growing up in Belfast and being a mod at that time.

[@newmusiccomposer]

Did you listen to The Blades from Ireland?

[@normanwilliam3874]

The Chords, Purple Hearts, Squire etc were part of my teens as a young Mod from Belfast during the revival period. Still sounds fantastic all these years later 😎

[@michaelpisarik2185]

The greatest time for music...vibrant..new kick ass..lived for the next Melody Maker and NME

[@stoneybroke9155]

I do miss the 80's😢

[@MrDarrinstevens]

i remember buying this when i was 13 loved it then and still do great tune

[@simonhoddinott7243]

Can't be beaten never ever British way of life❤

[@briancostello4971]

What a great song fantastic memories

[@colmmagill4097]

I remember buying this single when I was the DJ in a youth parochial hall dance in Belfast . HAF Mods.

[@paulwaddy8504]

The best mod revival band

[@petersitzwohl9016]

Thats true i like them for the rest of my life Mods Mods Mods

[@williammark3210]

obvs..the jam was the best..but the chords have to be the best of the rest

[@antonyjones4259]

the chords lp was better than in the city......so had the potential to be a rival to the jam and if allowed to devlope potentially superior. just my opinion !!! mods rule.@@williammark3210

[@damonlevine]

I'd say The Chords were #3 in the top mod revival bands. The Jam being #1 and The Lambrettas being #2. All the others... meh IMHO.

[@VincentRE79]

@@damonlevine They were far better than The Lambrettas.

[@robfrommodzine]

I saw Chris Pope, perform this in November 2009 and it still sounds great!

[@Yorkie241264]

Happy memories

[@paulhodgson3229]

Off to see these tonight in Stockton on Tees... all the way from Sunderland... mates band on before them... "sound reaction" check em out...

[@dyerblue]

Loved the Chords ....

[@laureramirezcamacho8469]

the best song in the mod revival!

[@eddiehaley1833]

A wish it was 1979 😁

[@VincentRE79]

Agree that was a great year for music.

[@killingheros3554]

Ohhhh masannnnn, me TOO.

[@gordonspence6544]

This is the life !

[@robertstickler8533]

Best Mod Hyme ever !!!!

[@edconnolly5123]

great times mod for life

[@SAMcWaters]

It’s a mod mod world

[@tootstanner]

The best band that came out of the revival, stifled by Polydor

[@TheGrandmasterMan]

as much as I like The Chords - The Jam were simply better....they just had stronger songs.

[@66tinsoldier]

@@TheGrandmasterMan but for a debut Album what a statement and if only the'd had decent management they could have been massive

[@AgentOck]

So many great bands from that era: Merton Parkas (I've never understood the hate), The Directions, Cigarettes, Small Hours... fantastic music.

[@VincentRE79]

@@AgentOck The Merton Parkas were dreadful.

[@christopherbull3603]

@@VincentRE79 Judged on one single,good album.

[@sirpaulconwaysirpaulconway6944]

Mods ..mods...mods...:-)

[@petersitzwohl9016]

yeah the bes mod revival band what a great song

[@danharvey8979]

Head and shoulders above the other 'mod' revival groups.

[@domtring]

Ooft quality tune. Get in there...

[@jamsim67]

Who came first, the Jam, or the Chords?

[@modsofyourgeneration]

Great band. I also featured them on my KZbin channel. Check it out

[@edwardsutlife56]

Possibly sacrilege, but I like the Chords better than The Jam..

[@BigBlueRabbit]

Same. They should have been massive.

[@laureramirezcamacho8469]

a ze martxa!

[@Quadropheniaspain]

dirty streets like dirty dreams ????????????? for your best friend plenty of shops with nothing in stock never seems to end (never seems to end) a cinema, a bowling green a culture to preserve everyone always staring at each other but no one speaks a word (is it a) dream or is it ?????????? (does it) always rain or is it sunny, sunny this is the british way of life i sallow my dreams like my beer sunday dinner with the wife now cos nothing new happens here i work all week in the company office don't even know my name i feel so cold, make me feel old nothing will ever change drink with the boys every weekend to the future and the queen think i'll marry the girl who lives down the road and support my local team

[@gorgonogrog]

A pint for your best friend*

[@richymenezes1524]

And hate for your best friend 😎..

[@04BeerMonster]

(Is it a Sean) or is it funny

[@04BeerMonster]

a dream

[@polmak300]

Tune! or do I need to make one of those stupid fukin gansta hand signs to be hip now

[@VonBeest]

Because nothing else happens here

[@capitol7950]

brilliant record, then to the extreme of sx 225 which has to be the worst mod revival record.

[@david228martin]

Listening again now most of the '79 stuff (apart from the Jam and some Secret Affair) was pretty shit in my view - I loved it at the time but glad I discovered soul, R&B, ska etc - which the 79 stuff led me into...

[@capitol7950]

David Martin ditto mate, got into nsoul scene at 16via mod scene

[@williamjenkins3067]

Chris Pope and the bloody Chords UK are utter shite compared to this.....Brilliance

[@VincentRE79]

Who is not in the Chords UK?

[@rogerpritchard]

Drummer wasn't very good, bad timing

[@SAMcWaters]

Keith Moon style, not shite

[@rhinohouse1161]

How come Brit Mod revival bands couldn't really sing? Decent song-they just couldn't sing. None of those guys really could...

[@66tinsoldier]

mate if you want Frank Sinatra you're on the wrong page ;)

[@pyeman6819]

It's called choice, if no one else is going to sing a song that you've written, in the style you want it sung then you have to do it yourself. Unlike the voice where people can questionably sing someone else's song ( well ) but , couldn't right a decent song to save their lives.

[@CarlCrez]

Fake mod band