The Enemy UK - We'll Live And Die In These Towns

© 2008 WMG
We'll Live And Die In These Towns

[@michaelcerrito4437]

WELL DONE COVENTRY CITY. YOU MADE YOUR TOWN REALLY PROUD.

[@milosbachulak]

City*

[@jordanpearce5186]

CITY

[@PaddyBracken-go7tu]

Heads high we was gutted but we went down fighting put us back on the map king Robbins ❤

[@soph6621]

Gives me tingles at the start of every Coventry city match when this comes on and all the fans are singing along. Coventry and proud 💙

[@darrenLewin]

Me too. Nothing like hearing 30,000 Sky blues sing this

[@bugzygee72_]

Wait till Wembley 😮🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@katrinabrittain7033]

Can’t wait for tomorrow 🎵🎤🩵

[@erikameier8180]

36,000 sky blues singing this at Wembley tomorrow... PUSB 💙

[@RKID]

Played better than ManU yesterday!

[@davidpriest913]

and they did, absolutely brilliant and one of the most moving things I've ever heard.

[@Nick_R_]

We sang it with gusto. Brought a lump to my throat.

[@richardcarlisleduke7379]

I was at Wembley yesterday, I'm a United supporter and loved this song when the Cov fans were singing this. Never heard it before yesterday.

[@darrenbaker3195]

Manchester Utd now known as VARchester Utd. 😂

[@fadifarhat-mufu5686]

Me too. I just realised that, on minute 2.00 of the video clip, the road sign says "Coventry". That might be the club adopted it as its anthem.

[@darrenbaker3195]

@@fadifarhat-mufu5686 hello. Yes , The enemy are a Coventry band. Don’t think about pinching this song for yourself, you did that with the game Sunday!! 🤣

[@simonkerr1899]

Is there anyone here because Coventry City is in the semi-finals??

[@LibraOnAmission7]

Me, born in Cov but a Utd supporter since 1963 😉

[@yamkelamalala675]

Oh yes. Yesterday against Man United

[@iainstirling1475]

Also my daughter got me into them. Great band great tunes. Also heard the tune years ago. Ask yer dad. "Hutchesion on the wing and Stein in the middle. Stein in the middle. Now that what we call supreme" Also got the City black and green strip top in late 60 early 70s. Loved it. Always look out for their score.

[@siennadando-jj9kq]

I love cov @ simonkerr1899

[@JoeKinney-ht7el]

Great song brilliant 👏 fans I'm united but coventry owned Wembley the other week I was there we wear great coventry was spine tingling ❤

[@katarzynalipska7376]

Listening to this album for 15 years now and I still can't believe how underrated The Enemy is.

[@lxrp_]

We were spoiled with music back then. It's only now you realise how truly great all these bands were, when you hear the stuff that is being played today 🤣

[@Christian-rn1ur]

They should have been the second coming of The Jam. Lyrics that speak the truth of a generation.

[@coops2230]

They’re at Godiva Coventry this weekend

[@mickgordon5151]

I second that should have been massive, 😊

[@Shinaldo1996]

Seen them for the first time live in Scotland last week. They were unreal still 15 years on

[@zeeus13]

four of my friends died recently including two brothers, they entered the church to this tune. Gets me every time, rest in peace boys xx

[@jessmaidment2085]

May their souls rest in peace.

[@MrANDYGEEZER]

Sorry for your loss 😢

[@georgeponting9468]

Rip Stuart

[@herrfister1477]

Terrible if true.

[@changebegins6891]

God bless you brother 🙏🏻 I have lost my best friend and a younger brother in the last year, both from Cov. Love to you ❤

[@SB-nd8so]

Quite possibly one of the most iconic songs of the current day, such a relatable story of modern Britain!

[@babyboss7721]

10 years on - who's still listening to this track?

[@demoneIephant]

Of course :)

[@bennevis6843]

our youth had some great songs

[@broadcastingcomplex9283]

Me too.

[@sharkattackmatt]

I am for sure and always will

[@thebookwormhotel5336]

Just found it!

[@J8D2]

They're like a modern day version of the jam. Good stuff.

[@sharonlee4773]

They're literally a tribute band!

[@mike-Occslong]

​@@sharonlee4773have a day off lad

[@jbillson]

Recently come back to this song. I remember around the time it came out myself and 3 mates would have a lock in at my mates dads pub after midnight (we were only 16/17) it was this tiny little pub in a small village but we’d each put money behind the bar and pour ourselves drinks, play cards, pool, drink and chat shit til the late hours of the morning. We’d play a bit of music on the soundsystem and this song was kind of the soundtrack to those nights. Just four mates in a crap village, same old shit every day, drinking our Friday nights away to a melancholy but beautiful song. Really nostalgic to listen to this again

[@jumbomills1272]

Did the same thing in the 90s 👍

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

We had similar Friday night experiences back in the mid to late 90's at a mates house who had really cool parents who didn't mind him bringing 6 or 7 of us home for more drinks and cards. Chatting shit till sunrise and then off to work still drunk.

[@parkamonkey4204]

National anthem of Britain in the current situation.

[@dentalsurgeon5591]

There is no such thing as a british national anthem. The four countries have it different.

[@ratastewie91]

@@dentalsurgeon5591 There is such thing as the British national anthem but let's not let facts get in the way.

[@dentalsurgeon5591]

@@ratastewie91 go on then, what's the British national anthem ??

[@ratastewie91]

@@dentalsurgeon5591 it’s god save the Queen. Other home nations have their individual national anthems too but the national anthem of the UK is gstq.

[@wolflair3329]

also, we live and die in towns no matter what the situation.

[@MrRocksteady01]

Started working at the coventry arena mid season and this is one of my favourite times at the stadium. I find myself singing along! kindda feels like i finally beling somewhere. Dear coventry fc, welcome a new fan!

[@andrewmacfarlane7555]

Living in southern Spain now, was at a Hillsborough last time in the quarters and the semis, wish I could be at Wembley this time. Born & bred what a song to come out to WLADINT, tears will be flowing, #pusb, #ctid🙏

[@Smithylegend]

Coventry FC fans sing this amazingly

[@user-fx6di8vv5f]

日本でずっと聴いてる。このアルバムは私の中で名盤すぎる。ありがとう。

[@brickhuss]

Coventry FC- League 1 champions 2020. Turn it up

[@jamesduffy7549]

Back in the ricoh (hate the ricoh, love being back in cov) with a new stadium hopefully on the horizon. PUSB

[@andrewlivingstone9641]

2023 & still such a banger…..truly underrated band

[@jamesduffy7549]

Cov lad forever. Even if it is a shithole, i'd never want to have grown up anywhere else

[@huwsinden7934]

This made me cry my eyes out thinking about how I have totally outgrown my small black country town. A total mixture of love and resentment.

[@MT849]

Great effort by Coventry today. Best team lost

[@georgewhitt3173]

Easily the most underrated band and song of all time

[@mj_uk]

I never get tired of this song... Bless UK!

[@pirateskull1819]

+DiscoPush GO UK!!!

[@IPlayRob]

I just love it when at the start of a Coventry game this plays and it really gets me excited for the game

[@Gemjack]

Can't wait for this to be booming out at the FAC Semi Final at Wembley!!! Come on you Mighty Sky Blues

[@kyleglover8582]

Massive song for any sky blues fan

[@bowl4613]

12 years on this is still one of my favourites

[@ell956]

Ditto♥️

[@IJ000000]

There were so many great indie bands in the 00's that I still realize that some songs didn't get the attention they deserved back in the day. I knew The Enemy from 2007, but this song became one of my favourites 11 years later.

[@StokieDave]

The lyrics and power of this tune remain true more than ever tbese days.

[@DPC1987]

'thats entertainment' of my generation

[@darrenshutt3977]

all relative i suppose :)

[@sharonlee4773]

its almost a cover!

[@big_Gee1]

Lads singing this song in Wembley. 😀 and I found this song and its looks even amazing 😊

[@TheDon101277]

Always thought these would've been Massive if out in 90's they got the OASIS aggression & the lyrical content similar to PULP. Able sum up the youths vibe at the time. Although these seem to be singing about life during the 90's even the video's look like filmed in 90's. Awsome Band deserve way more success.

[@jancollins319]

Good comment.

[@davidkennedy6208]

Woulda loved these lads to have been about in the 90s!!! That was my pubbing/clubbing years so this would have made another great anthem (we had some great tunes in the 90s) to slot in between the rave tunes that also made up the soundtrack of that blindin time!!!

[@bradwad]

This album was massive tho. Number one they just couldn't replicate this

[@michaelgillan8843]

I couldn't have put it better myself👍I seen them in Glasgow, where I'm from. And if these guys were around in the mid to late nineties... HUGE!...now, exact same. I don't know why they were broadly overlooked, in comparison with they're obvious talent. Same way"Scheme"were in the eighties. If you haven't heard of them. Run them through YT, and "time goes by" inperticular. Great band, just too political.

[@neviatha]

@@paddyryan860 yeah, compare them to Weller....

[@MetalRocksMe.]

Seeing them live and them doing their first album in it’s entirety was one of my most favourite life experiences. 🙂😍

[@simoncollett4524]

Love these guys. Tragic that they didn't make it as big as The Jam.

[@jamesdoherty2614]

Give me cult classic over best seller every time.

[@sharonlee4773]

They're literally a Jam tribute band!

[@evanstaplesjones1342]

Quality tunes, just the wrong generation, as the Housemartins sung about Sheep they had the lemming youth of schoefield and Co

[@lewis72]

I was hearing That's Entertainment and Going Underground in this track. It's very good !

[@pdfarrelly]

This is the Get Carter of brit pop. A coda to the end of an era. Love it. Fair play lads.

[@riajustinjosh]

15 years on and it's still amazing x

[@ma_vinny9410]

2019 I love this song

[@jamespine2451]

THE ENEMY + THE BLUE COLLARS = Music Heaven

[@emilyknight4274]

This song reminds me of when i saw them at leeds festival!!!

[@louisepalmer8500]

add the 1975 to that list James Pine

[@tysonbrown7793]

Louise Palmer not a bad shout my love haha

[@joelprice7309]

Louise Palmer add kasabian to that list as well haha

[@leebridges7162]

add the strokes and youre complete

[@MrGameForEandA]

Such an anthem for those in their 20s in the 2000s. Brilliance

[@soulrider64]

I am happy to have lived in a time that has produced two of the greatest songs of all time: That`s Entertainment & We`ll live and the in these towns. Yes, I`m that fucking old.

[@jessmaidment2085]

Me too!

[@jamesbradshaw9406]

Can't believe The Enemy have announced the end of their band. They will be missed in the music scene.

[@thisbambibites]

They will indeed. If you're going to see them on their Last Orders tour - trust me, you will have a great night.

[@15-Peter-20]

James Bradshaw why did the break ?

[@sharonlee4773]

Have they gone back to being a Jam tribute then?

[@ChainNonSmoker]

Should've bought more of their stuff.

[@andymoore1527]

@@sharonlee4773 🤣🤣 I thought I was the only one thinking that

[@louisepalmer8500]

The worlds two greatest bands: THE ENEMY and THE BLUE COLLARS. Thank God for real music.

[@callumjesson5304]

RIP The Enemy 💙

[@ethancurtis9883]

PUSB, Goodluck Coventry in the FA Cup semis. Will be there 💙

[@_blueboi_9462]

12 years on and still listening to this tune🔥🔥

[@deanbraithwaite6881]

Unreal, they will live forever bro

[@andrewturvill7145]

2020, still living and dying in these towns....

[@kevinshelbourne2323]

One of the best songs ever written by anyone

[@cleedham]

August 6th and I’ll be able to hear this banger at the Ricoh once again 😍

[@miclchaos]

Still listening. Timeless.

[@derektheburster]

This is the first time I have listened to any of this band's songs, & I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised. As I'm on the "wrong" side of 50, I thought they would be too young for me, but not at all. catchy, melodic, & quite upbeat, it makes for enjoyable listening. I live in Manchester, so I can empathasise with the seedier parts. New fan here, & thanks for posting. regards, derek

[@andrewsmith3613]

I grew up in a crap town then go out and went to university in London. Now I live in Singapore. Education is the way out.

[@haircut.]

or a plane

[@doomedyouth6296]

Education is being programmed

[@willworthington1162]

But you still miss that crap town ☺

[@TRASHoftheTITANS]

@@willworthington1162 Couldn't agree more. I left my "crap" hometown last year to go to university. It's a top 5 uni, in a lovely town with all the facilities I could ever wish for, but still I'm so fucking unhappy there. My hometown might be shit, but I know people there. I know places, I know the streets, I know shopkeepers, bartenders, police officers. I grew up champing at the bit to leave, but now that I have, I think I made a mistake. I'm only an hour away for God's sake but I still miss it enough to go back every week. So now, don't see living and dying in the same town as being a bad thing necessarily. You could have all the money, success and diplomas you could dream of and never leave any legacy. But if you make your mark in a small town, you'll at least die knowing you made an impact.

[@willworthington1162]

@@TRASHoftheTITANS I am 2 years behind so probably leaving in Autumn, but I'm from Longton in Stoke so my hometown really is crap, but I really know I'll miss it 😂

[@user-vf6nr4yq3t]

Such an epic song and the meaning is even more important then ever if you like in the uk!!!

[@liammullennorthernsoul7055]

12 years on, still an anthem

[@LEBOBSKI25]

You spend your time in smokey rooms Where haggled old women with cheap perfume say "It never happens for people like us, you know" Well nothing ever happened on it's own And well the toilet smells of desperation The streets all echo of aggregation And you wonder why you can't get no sleep When you've got nothing to do And you've had nothing to eat Your life's slipping and sliding right out of view And there's absolutely nothing that you can do, well We'll live and die We'll live and die in these towns Don't let it drag you down Don't let it drag you down now We'll live and die We'll live and die in these towns Don't let it drag you down Don't let it drag you down now Dirty dishes from a T.V. meal That went cold from the wind through a smashed up window You can't go out if anybody calls you 'Cause you can't have a bath When there's no hot water And your friends are out on the town again And you ask yourself if it will ever end And it's all too much for your head to take Just a matter of time before you break, well We'll live and die We'll live and die in these towns Don't let it drag you down Don't let it drag you down now We'll live and die We'll live and die in these towns Don't let it drag you down Don't let it drag you down now Now Now We'll live and die We'll live and die in these towns Don't let it drag you down Don't let it drag you down now We'll live and die We'll live and die in these towns Don't let it drag you down Don't let it drag you down now

[@victorgomes984]

I'll be thinking my entire life if people will keep watching this video, time will pass, its sad, I'll try not to forget about this

[@darrellbruh1335]

just got back form seeing his acoustic set live. was incredible and concluded my teenage years nicely.

[@TheMrHindsight]

The chorus of this song is so deep and meaningful. It's so powerful and relatable. Definitely not talked about enough. PUSB 🩵

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Were they a Coventry band?

[@TheMrHindsight]

@@malthusXIII-fo3ep they certainly are!

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

@@TheMrHindsight Ah yes, I found out scrolling down the comments...just watched them on Sky Arts live at the Isle of Wight festival belting out this song, never knew it was a Sky Blue anthem...equal to KRO?

[@thespies2075]

This is one of the best tracks off a brilliant and underrated debut album!

[@XxBillyGoatNinjaxX]

As an American Im fascinated by the British Rock scene. I just wish I knew about more bands like this one!

[@jackprice1803]

the band is doing their last tour right now, I went to see them Friday night, heartbreaking

[@lutontown5923]

Youll need to be quick, to have never witnessed these lads in the flesh will be tragic.

[@Jake-ll4im]

LutonTown up the hatters

[@Jake-ll4im]

James McGrath you were unlucky had us scared at half time. Good luck for the rest of the season

[@dark3rthanshadows]

this is the story of 90% british pop bands, they stay for 4/5 years in the indis has an underground band, then they become famous with a single of a (new-ish) album. they start opening big concerts and touring all over the world, they release a album that gets at top 10 and supossedly "sky should be the limit" but no . they open a big haitus with no album ,the team stop doing shows and they they break up because of "artistic differences" and never again we heard of the band besides the songs that stay in hour memories from the times we listened to them .

[@TalesOfWar]

I think it was largely down to the fact indie fell out of favour with the mainstream. A LOT of bands from around this time vanished into obscurity, not many made it out with the same kind of sound they went in with. Hard-Fi were another amazing band that sufffered the same kind of downfall.

[@rachealoconnor2184]

Went to a recent gig at the lemon grove in Exeter,and they had me dancing to every song! underestimated band!

[@louisewilliams847]

Wowzers this tune lives on....Bounces your soul ...Reminds me of Weller

[@jessmaidment2085]

I’m right there with you!

[@cyclingartist6827]

Yeah. I agree👍👍👋

[@assassinsunite3434]

Doug Kings SBA 💙

[@kevinmcdonald9642]

Still a Brilliant track after all these years 👏 When the toilet smells of desperation,

[@lloydphipps4186]

September 2022, absolute fucking tune

[@thededoidheskey6128]

Big up cov

[@nataliemcgreevy9812]

CV2

[@nosoul4233]

This song is so relevant now

[@INPUR3IFY]

saw them tonight in london, fucking brilliant. They will be missed.

[@TheHobbyist180]

I FINALLY FOUND THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE DUDE WONT SEE THIS! BUT THANKYOU TO THE GUY WHO TOLD ME TO LISTEN TO THESE TODAY... legend!!

[@michaeldaniel5181]

Still listening in 2020 #lockdownedition

[@jessmaidment2085]

Me too!

[@michaeldaniel5181]

@@jessmaidment2085 💙🤍💙🤍💙

[@F4FireAndSecurity]

Sing it loud, Sing it Proud. Coventry are Wembley bound! PUSB

[@SkyBlueArmy-zd3qi]

Let those united glory hunters hear proper fans

[@dannyevans8328]

So many memories of terraces and away days in the north of England. #UKCASUALANTHEM

[@MrBuzzin14]

Been o er ten years since I last saw them at Godiva festival, can't wait to see them again today 😊

[@chriscameron4798]

I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. Didn't know much about them before listening to some tracks so we would know something for gig. The crowd were magnificent - drowned out the band in the chorus.

[@JakeTheLacey]

This song inspires me to break out of my town full of chavs, that would be my lifetime achievement.

[@willbirchall5002]

Did you do it? Because this is exactly what I want

[@northernrogue1]

I hope you made it, pal. It didn't happen for me, but I always hope others made it out.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

This song is fucking great ,class band brilliant live will be sorely missed,Went out at the top of their game just like the jam did ,respect for writing real songs .

[@speckyhotdog84anderson6]

What the hell happened to this band not only this track but that whole album was absolute stellar hope they make a comeback

[@jessmaidment2085]

Me too!

[@nigelg2347]

They did make a comeback this year. I saw them live. They were brilliant.

[@dickeyboyenglishnotbritish2462]

Who's here after hearing the announcement! The enemy are coming back next year! Come on!!!

[@ducklesmcfuckles3901]

proud coventry fan here 🩵

[@conallhomer453]

This is a song about Coventry. 100%

[@baroodsarmy4544]

Going to see these later this year - came back for the nostalgia and to get hyped

[@baroodsarmy4544]

Tonight is the night!

[@BunnyProle]

This song is why I came to love this band. They could turn into Timbaland and I would still love them for this song. Thank you, The Enemy!!! Thank you for years of great, great music! PLEASE PRODUCE MORE!!!

[@Kevin-ro1fo]

We will Working-Class live and die

[@aryastark772]

Such a brilliant song, simple yet brilliant. The album was great

[@learnedalotgrowingup9737]

sounds so like the jam this song. still class tune

[@pocketofgoodness]

What a beautiful song

[@MrRichard64]

Absolutely love this track great lyrics

[@tomsimpson558]

One of my fave tunes ever

[@jacobthompson5972]

Pusb💙

[@ell956]

Still one of my fav albums. 2022♥️

[@adamturnbull6384]

I'm listening to it right now:)

[@BamItsSiiann]

Loooooove this songg ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ We'll live and die, we'll live and die in these towns. Don't let it drag you down, don't let it drag you down now ♥

[@grandtheftbanana]

i go mental when this comes on in a club cant believe its only got 35k views

[@joachimpeiper8076]

Ooooommmmggggg I am getting emotional now.... It was Autumn of 2007 that Radio stations played this every day and I got my ear stuck to this brilliant song

[@jrneman]

Yeah...can't believe only 36k views. They rocked Oxegen in Ireland a couple of years ago..this song and You're not alone are cracking.

[@philvenn576]

This album was release at the wrong time. 30 years earlier or 20 years later it would have got the recognition it deserves

[@gypsyofthesky1]

Saw these guys in Norwich last night - great gig! - gotta love live music - 29/11/15

[@stephenowen6862]

Always liked the enemy. You can definitely hear the jam influence

[@SamGoonerSmith]

This is one of the best live songs ever.

[@morgchrisgem]

i have to thank the enemy for this tune 4 years ago i was a ravin coke head from rugby with out a pot to piss in. everything i earnt i spent on drugs (thou it was good) i knew i ad to rise above an this song inspired me, know i live in brisbane in a house wiv a pool an a games room an a bmw x5. thou i still miss the drugs thank u the enemy!!!!im just a stinkin bricklayer if i can do it any1 can!!!!

[@barronfinn8961]

I love the enemy. And I’ll take anyone on who has a problem with that. #tamworth ❤️

[@markiemoo9825]

my home town is cov. I go by this song

[@TheDon101277]

where exactly r they from. Always thought they're from North West & some their videos show street signs of areas near to me (Northwest) which only reinforced the idea.

[@Daltonsam700]

+guitar master forever two from lentil worth one from somewhere else in cov

[@markiemoo9825]

Daltonsam700 oh really? Never knew.

[@Daltonsam700]

+guitar master forever was supposed to say kenilworth

[@markiemoo9825]

Daltonsam700 oh I was Warwick :-(