THE RUTS - BABYLONS BURNING

[@allstarbass7656]

Still a tune today ,,,ageless ,reflects an era where songs had a passion and belief ,not like the manufactured shit we have today ,,long live true music

[@thetid8852]

One of the greatest singles of all time. Still sends shivers...

[@doodsydoodsy5370]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@fozzy58uk]

I am 66 years young, this is still the best single I have heard. If you lived in the north of England in the late 70s and 80s there was a real upsurge of rebellion. Check out Orgreave and the miners strike,

[@markcrosthwaite5745]

R I P Malcom and Foxy. The world would be a far better place with you two around! Long live the Ruts! And Babylon still burning 🔥

[@Theboxingobserver]

Holy shit that riff. And the rough vocals. Amazing.

[@laterceravida]

I remember hearing this when it was originally released and being blown away by it's power.The fire, the energy, is still there after all these years. One of the best!

[@Kelly14UK]

THAT RIFF. Say no more.

[@slaine377]

laterceravida same as my first single ever it was played to death everywhere in all the clubs even on totp 😄

[@christopherjames375]

Fg

[@christopherjames375]

Here here sir . The RUTS told it HOW IT WAS. A good solid late 70 s and 80 s band .

[@mrlucky777]

how fitting this song is for today.

[@whitehonkybetrayed2821]

Yip SJWs demanding more control over others creating division,exactly how the establishment likes it,useful idiots

[@leggythe4th399]

Tune 💯

[@dissofosho333]

@@whitehonkybetrayed2821 ok boomer

[@dissofosho333]

@@whitehonkybetrayed2821 its not "SJW's" its just "liberal", nazis use the term "SJW" for anyone who wants social progression .

[@juliegeneric4872]

Str8 up

[@Anrheiner111]

I remember as a teen a friend had the 7" - and we were blown away. It was so cruel, a smack in the face. We didn't understand a word, young german teens , but we just were flipping out. Ruts and this song have always been a mystery to me, until I understood the words .... . this is pure energy, it's the big city underground punk alarm song. genius.

[@dj-um7el]

The alarm is cool!

[@sausagepower5342]

without the greaet great paul fox would be a non starter

[@hitachicm721f]

I'm 51 and grew up with the great DC hardcore bands and love all the amazing British punk. I still listen to it and it still moves me.

[@colingraham3397]

You can't choose in what decade you are born. But songs like this make me so glad to have been a teenager in the 1970s.

[@paulyoung6981]

One of the,,, great,,, Creative iconic songs of the,,70’s,,,’ brilliant,, energy & power,,, relevant,,, in todays,,, Chaos,,☝️,,oh they are still rocking,,,💥,,, gentlemen ta’ Boot!!⭐️⭐️🌟

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Love ya Malcolm, brilliantly done RUTS! Forever fans UK 😍🇬🇧🎄💋👁️‍🗨️

[@DD-ev2dt]

As social commentary goes RUTS "Babylons burning" as good as it gets ... relevant then relevant now 😎👍 ... Malcolm Owen gone but not forgotten 🙏.

[@andynicholas1728]

One of the greatest songs ever written by a band that were tragically cut short. Ruts DC are great but The Ruts with Malcolm and Foxy could have gone on to be THE GREATEST band of all time. Jah War is the finest white reggae ever and one of the finest raggae songs ever. Shine on me x

[@barrygyles2211]

It’s 2024 and Babylon is burning.

[@sharonanderson2073]

My boyfriend agrees

[@tomprideaux1460]

Bollocks! You obviously weren't there when it was... this is a walk in the park son

[@barrygyles2211]

@@tomprideaux1460 spot on dad…539bc was a bit before my time

[@lyndseygreig6424]

Babylon's Burning by the Ruts, and Into The Valley by The Skids, my 2 most favourite punk songs, ever.

[@dj-um7el]

I like The Sham 69's "If The Kids Are United".

[@lyndseygreig6424]

@@dj-um7el yes! Also a good one,.that.

[@dj-um7el]

@@lyndseygreig6424 yee, I do love some of The Skids tho!

[@ratkomartinovic65]

The Stranglers and their " Wizard on keyboards Dave Greenfield" Something better change,Bitching...

[@if6was985]

Anti Nowhere League, So What! Best punk song going!

[@sheikhyaboooty]

In about 10 or 15 years I`ll be ready for the old biddies home, I`m looking forward to the tuesday afternoon singalong to tunes like this.

[@martinnorris2262]

Yer bro I'm 60 in 10 and a quarter years what the fuck is going on.At least these guys are still out there with opinions.long live punk.

[@Truther2001]

How you feeling now, 8yrs later...?!?

[@leggythe4th399]

💪🏻💯👌🏻

[@johnhetherington8922]

Silence bucket fanny, you might have given up but I haven't.

[@sheikhyaboooty]

@@Truther2001 Still refusing to grow up, thankfully.

[@markmitchell450]

Classic punk track full of attitude and energy still sounds good 30plus yrs after I first heard it I was always more into classic Rock growing up but music like this can't be ignored brilliant

[@UncleSpellbinder]

BRILLIANT!!! One of the great punk bands. R.I.P. Malcolm Owen.

[@housemartin555]

RIP FOXY as well, sadly missed.

[@peteralanlloyd]

Utterly superb. That guitar riff is incredible. Thanks for the clips. I saw them in 1979 and they were fantastic.

[@bojanajakovljevic8093]

Babylons Burning - one of the best songs in the history of music

[@subcultureuk7377]

Fuck Yeah

[@gmantramp404]

It beats any Greenday song lol

[@christopherjames375]

Here here . An absolute master piece.

[@davorvisic3563]

U pravu si Bojana. Prvi album čista desetka. Poslije njihovog koncerta u Beogradu počinje novi talas u bivšoj Yugi...

[@TOMG12XU]

Absolutely!

[@walesfan1]

I'm proud to say that I got on stage and sung this song with Malcolm and the lads.

[@robertharvison6162]

lucky sod

[@Ruddermeister]

Sod you...NOT!😂😂😂Seriously, good for you.

[@ianwhitehead691]

So the Ruts in 1979 with the Damned, It was a great gig, such a shame Malcolm passed so young, oh well Happy memories of two great bands. 🧷🎸✌️

[@MalcolmBirtwell]

I saw The Ruts many times and they were absolutely awesome live. I also bumped into Malcolm Owen at a Gang of Four & Au Pairs gig in Norwich and he told me he was just there to see the bands. He bought me a beer and remembered I was Malcolm from a previous WRP gig. Lovely guy - he died not long afterwards and punk lost a star.

[@philipm06]

Sad when dads are cooler than their kids.

[@KUJO1964]

philipm06 yea I'm way cooler than my kids .... they just dont see it ;) lol

[@neilrobinson9401]

philipm06 I'm jealous. 40 plus without kids

[@philipm06]

Neil Robinson Get a fucking move on dear boy.

[@philipm06]

Martin Attewell Wack 'em and crack 'em - they'll get it.

[@dr.ligmahnutts2993]

lol my dads taking me to one of their gigs soon.

[@dannygroom3327]

Best punk band ever by far, lucky enough to see them live in late 70s when I was 12

[@risboturbide9396]

Some years ago, I called at a radio station in Quebec City, asking to play this song ( it was a punk-themed show ). They did, and the DJ was like "OMG, what was that??", she never heard about the Ruts before. I was proud of myself, knowing there was at least one new listener to the Ruts' music.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Such a great record... has to be one of the all time punk classics!

[@chestikov2011]

Great to see someone adding visuals, rather than a boring single/album pic.

[@andynicholas1728]

Simply CLASSIC. What a song. PHENOMINAL.

[@paulfoskett1519]

Some great gigs of theirs we went to..Possibly my favourite punk band.

[@simongrainger8265]

One of the best punk records! Energy and that bass!!

[@mrgandhinetwork]

Lived 60 seconds away from the RUT ROW. The place they used to Live in Hayes Middx. Met the drummer dude a couple of times when I was learning to play drums. But his old kit of his from his next door nieghbour who was in my class at school. Rock on the late 70's and early 80's. So much fucked up energy! The song is brilliant and the video capturrs the atmosphere of the times!

[@kirksharpe5435]

Never gets old: Genius!!

[@allenfryatt9955]

Best debut album, period!

[@grizzlydeano]

So glad I was a 70's teenager

[@SciakkaPRODUCTION]

I'm so envious! We, teenagers of nowadays, what can we say to have seen appear? It's really sad being grown up in the 2000s..

[@brunoblontrock4276]

that's why you're dead jones now

[@scottleft3672]

Yes but it's nearly over.

[@christopherjames375]

Me 2 . The 80 s was a better era .

[@steve261brown]

Me too 😍😍

[@ianbennett1491]

Best ending to a song ever.RIP MR Owen. Legend.😥😥

[@adrianbrowne7962]

The Ruts Were " Absolutely A " Musical Incendiary Device Of Explosive Brilliance " !!! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@andreymartindejas2157]

superb when it came out still makes you feel alive

[@royharris8384]

A great classic punk track that still rocks its balls off.

[@iandavies3407]

Saw these lads at the oranges and lemons, Oxford, way back when. Babylon is still burning. Chatted a bit about peace and war.....what’s changed? Babylon burns

[@rrbh]

'Anarchy in the UK' gets all the plaudits - but for me, this track tops everything. No band can equal what the Ruts created here.

[@mrbrizz2798]

My first taste of this band, what a banger. 👍

[@antz28270]

Another timeless classic that will never date. Why does this never get played on T.V music channels??????

[@divintcha1]

One of my favourites, that still gets blasted in the car and at home !

[@ekka0]

This was the first record I ever bought, when I was 10 yrs, how cool was I!!??

[@scottleft3672]

Thank your older brothers.

[@pauldavies8638]

As cool as the rest of us

[@KevTheImpaler]

I think my first record was It Takes Two to Tango (but it's too late to teach you to dance) by I can't remember who, so you were cooler than me.

[@ekka0]

@@KevTheImpaler I think it's quite cool of you to admit that!xx

[@jasontaylor8232]

What a tune . My daughter saw Dzr back in the day . Megga

[@vertpomme7736]

just one of the best master pieces ever.. EVER...

[@richardbrooks3860]

who needs drugs with this on full volume ??? this is still addictive!

[@vertpomme7736]

Well, go and ask Malcolm Owen about it...but still, you are quite right., you are! I Saw them in Paris back in.. 1979? 1980? it was for the recording of that (long gone) rock tv show called Chorus, with Antoine de Caunes...I'm still listening to them, it's as fresh, exciting, raw and new as it was back then..

[@subcultureuk7377]

I do

[@Eyelessmess]

A town north of Babylon got bombed and i got the news notification for this whilst watching this 🙃

[@BintAlAbla1999]

Great track and video - thanks for uploading!

[@jimmybutty]

proper energy -i remember listening to this over & over again in my bedroom as a teenager in the late 70's nothing has ever come close in 30 years

[@imc1au]

4 Decades later to the year & month and still 'burning with anxiety' better than any other!

[@EannaButler]

Came here from Gaz Williams shout-out. Glad I came. All about the energy, outwards. Fair play to them...

[@tomhiggins4124]

Way ahead of it,s time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Powerful ART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

[@movement26]

Can you imagine for a minute The Ruts, The Clash, Sham 69 , The stranglers and The Damned all on the same bill.....You probably would'nt have made it home that night.....

[@jacleafy]

Yes I can imagine Jimmy Pursey ruining it, and probably pissing out the bonfire on Rat Scabies' drum kit. I saw Jimmy Pursey make an arse of himself at the 1977 Rock Against Racism gig. On the same bill there as The Clash, Sham 69 was fully exposed as just that - a sham. Plus ca change, eh Jimmy?

[@jacleafy]

***** But, to his credit, Jimmy would've ripped the swastika armband off Jean-Jacques ... The Clash & The Stranglers on the same bill? Joe Strummer: I DON'T IMAGINE SO, EVER!! RIP Joe, a big influence on the blessed Malcolm Owen, but not enough to save him.

[@jacleafy]

***** Nobody would've made it home that night!!

[@movement26]

Yeah.........But what a night...

[@georgedonaldson2781]

Seen the ruts and damned together

[@simonbamford4313]

Just noticed the Wikipedia notes which says Malcolm's last gig was Plymouth Poly; the band turned up- he was missing and stayed in his hotel. However credit to the rest of the guys for pressing on and we saw the beginning of the Ruts DC that night. (It was a great gig) Malcolm RIP.

[@philx8611]

My favourite record of all time, I remember it coming out and it still gives me the same feeling as it did then ..... simply Awesome

[@jsmith3980]

Thanks, a brilliant video. Punks never age.

[@aminibrahim9831]

Brings me back to my teens. just Brilliant. You don't get this kind of music anymore, just Xfactor piss and the likes.

[@kernowdel]

Excellent job. Thanks. On radio Cornwall this Morning they played this and said the Ruts were a one hit wonder. Pahh

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

Never ever get sick of this song and fun to play on guitar

[@Jethro_905]

Not gonna lie.. 3 Chords & The Truth brought me here. Thanks Susan and Duff.

[@ragl1]

absolutely Brill !! They were fantastic then, nothing's changed - what a band!! Nothing comes close, 'cos they meant it!! Cheers Alan

[@Goldfish9music]

Got this album ... awesome..still everytime.

[@DiCaptain]

History needs to be re-turned to these days with immediate effect!!!!!

[@andymac1873]

Great comment

[@scottleft3672]

It is....CNN....Covington, Jessie smallette....thats the problem....no thinking.

[@Soundeagle3456]

that''s just destroy the music industry, and all social media platforms, what im saying is that CEO heads need to be chopped off

[@anthonywalsh7613]

A truth.

[@luvhatpunk9453]

...and Babylon is still burning. Great song.!!!!

[@Proxylfc]

music is so safe and dull nowadays. Cheers Simon fucking Cowell

[@naughtymonkey1563]

No, you're just not looking hard enough. Hopefully the intervening six years illustrated my point.

[@R-bobo]

The establishment don't want the sheepies to wake up to an alternative narrative, only a Woke idea of life.

[@JeanFrançoisMARTINAUD]

Best of punk rock Real punk rock

[@lapatrieetude1791]

Still makes me burn the way it did when I was 19 years old. Love it, always! Good video - really captured the spirit. Thank you!

[@aupsychobilly]

This possibly the best edit and video I have seen. It is a perfect song for the era of the day...I miss the danger and newness of something unknown...

[@samcasino1535]

Punk wasn't just music, It was a "Fucking Attitude" !!!

[@ericcrawford9827]

Tedious mate. Everything's about money now, Malcolm Owen's not here to reply, but 'the attitude' wears thin. Too many dead, too many fakes. Have a nice day.

[@antonystringfellow5152]

Damn right! - And I have that attitude right now!

[@ericcrawford9827]

@@antonystringfellow5152 Ready to be heartbroken?

[@piloyvind1222]

Punk was a Fucking attitude against all forms of authoritarian and totalitarian systems !

[@iamspartacus6713]

@@ericcrawford9827 you got the punk attitude still 🤣

[@handy5824]

Nice work pondscum77

[@kiera95]

i love this song. :) im only 13 and i listen to all types of music from times back then. :) its better then alot of the stuff around now to be fair. x

[@neilmciver3149]

This was the first single I ever bought, ironically I’ve since spent 28 yrs in the fire brigade.

[@Hoopspur]

Superb tribute to a superb band .

[@wikidgeeza1]

it works for us old fuckers who remember this the first time, fuck yeah!

[@davepritchard283]

Old in a good way! I remember all that teenage anger and energy! awesome band and still in my heart at 48yrs old love it!

[@melcott63]

honestly cant get enough of this song. punks not dead brought me here. i searched high and low to find the intro song to it and it was this

[@Poleson]

Great job on the video!! It really fits the feel of the song. Well done whoever made it!

[@igorstein5616]

Never get tired of hearing this. The UK Punk Revolution got rid of the yank hippie thing carried on over from the 60`s and the Disco scene was finished after the Sex pistols started in London in 1975

[@PeterNgola]

igor stein try 1977 mate

[@igorstein5616]

MrAllthatnmore I Aint Your Mate and like i said 1975

[@PeterNgola]

igor stein You are my mate and like I said 77 Now fuck off

[@pagancidergod8840]

+MrAllthatnmore 1975. Here's the Wikipedia article. r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9mSs2tqDQtWarQAsWlLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTE0Z3Q3b3I2BGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVklQVUszMV8xBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1443593707/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fSex_Pistols/RK=0/RS=iVK7OphTnwJbxVTcW4NlO4FbOHQ-

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

+MrAllthatnmore 1975. First single in '76. This stuff is really easy to research in the age of the internet. It's okay to be wrong, but continuing a discussion/argument based on your wrongness without taking a few seconds to look into it can make someone seem like an ignorant twat (nothing personal - I don't know you).

[@jackgriffin4530]

A MOST EXCELLENT JOB, MR. pondscum!

[@bobbyshafto3259]

One of my biggest regrets,musically,is I never saw this lot "live" .Brilliant band....Punk classic!

[@cosak23]

excellent - the speakers in my Dolomite took a pounding when i played these guys :)

[@lyntoncarre6043]

Yep, as did the 4 speakers in my Escort Mexico MK1 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jaywalker3087]

Punk since '77 and still pogoing....

[@tonytownend]

video well put together, bought a few memories of youth back very clearly !!!

[@bazjay38]

Always been a favourite track. Loved the way you put the vid together - very atmospheric. Sadly, only picked up this in June 2016 but hey, better late than never! Shall watch it again and again.

[@soulCracka1]

Hey man, that's the beauty of KZbin and the internet. Endless music at your fingertips😃

[@ianhaddow6331]

i was a punk in cambridge had some brilliant mates,fantastic band,times i feel have changed for the worsts

[@ridgy37]

+Ian Haddow I was in Cambridge too, good times :)

[@igorstein5616]

+Ian Haddow Impossible to be a Punk in Cambridge you had to come from The City to Feel the Working class Rage in 1976

[@ridgy37]

+igor stein I see the punk police have arrived! So, punk cities and non punk cities now is it?

[@simonmoore2380]

+igor stein What about in a commune in rural North Wales? Thats where Malcolm Owen and Paul Fox met......oooh feel the inner city tension (and listen to the chirping birds LOL)

[@uldirionhawkeye1531]

Idiot, there was universal discourse, not confined to a time or a place....johnny come fucking lately.

[@damiensteiner9919]

I'd forgotten about this treasure. Glad am I to walk the proud path

[@68marconi]

2024 England's Burning. Two-tier policing. Two-tier courts. Babylons Burning.

[@patmann9363]

Ignorance and hate.. .

[@9032004]

great video pondscum....well suited to a fantastic song. :-)

[@seanmcdonough706]

He had incredible voice Malcolm

[@piluzinho]

The result is just perfect pondscum77! Purely in the juice ;-) thanx! a 5/5!

[@markwillson7188]

40 years on RIP Malcolm Owen

[@catherinemoore4214]

A great, no, brilliant song, and I'm sure Malcolm would have loved the video. Hats off to you pondscum77 for the video, you did a great job :)

[@ShelleyanBysshette]

R.I.P Malcolm Owen and Paul Fox ... Gone but never forgotten :( x

[@fuktheusa]

They don't write 'em like that anymore. Great song, cool video. Thanks.

[@bootlegbubble82]

56 Thumbs down ???Still amazing power of guitars and drums plus vocals, sad loss of a great singer, but the song is as good as when i got the 7 inch single and saw them live.

[@andysandel9325]

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC LIKE A BOLT OF LIGHTNING WHEN I FIRST EVER HEARD IT ON IT'S FIRST RELEASE ⭐⭐🔗🔒⭐⭐

[@90dfender]

proper band, what a voice.

[@allhull]

hutchinz69..same as both my sons and the eldest is 21...they've listened to my old punk stuff for years...nice to see me and your dad are pasing down quality/