Tom Robinson Band - Up Against The Wall (Live)

[@janhanmer4830]

RIP Danny Kustow. One of the most exciting guitarists to watch.

[@Christian-qs3pi]

This brought back so many great memories of those punk years. Best music era EVER 🙌

[@makisasprogerakas5427]

I am an ορθόδοξος σαν κι εσένα !!

[@Mark-334]

A brilliant opener and every track that follows keeps up the urgency and fear of the time. I've bought hundreds of albums over the years and still love many but this one is far and away the best. Went to see TRB at Manchester Apollo on 5th October '78 in my grey Cortina - left it in the car park and it had been nicked when we came out. I should've known better !!

[@Christian-qs3pi]

Hi Mark, I was at the gig too,awesome. I was a 16 year old punk back then and saw many great bands at the Apollo in the era as well as TRB, including : The Clash, SLF, Sham 69..Best music years EVER 🙌

[@andymoore9977]

@@Christian-qs3pi Did you nick his Cortina?

[@eyeqew9695]

They were genuinely angry and pissed off. Played this at full volume back in the day. Sums up the period perfectly.

[@loobycarroll]

He's the nicest man I've ever met! Such a gent! :) xxx

[@matthopkins1945]

Have to agree with you there, I ran into him and his wife and kids a couple of times myself in Brighton and he's always got time for a chat - one of music's GENUINE nice blokes for sure. His shows on BBC 6 Music are well worth a listen too. National treasure, I'd say - his whole band are, actually - as other people have said in these threads, Danny Kustow is an amazing guitarist, certainly ranks as my favourite. He makes it all seem so effortless, when we all know it bloody well ISN'T, and Dolphin Taylor is definitely on a par with Keith Moon.

[@ronanoreilly5770]

Linda Carroll Couldn't agree more. Met Tom several times over the past 20-odd years during his many visits to Dublin and he has always been an absolutely lovely bloke. They say you shouldn't meet your heroes, but I am very glad in this instance that I did.

[@trevorowers44]

I loved it from the start and always will!

[@alantaylor8916]

Loved Tom Robinson. exciting and electric. Brilliant political lyrics.

[@Rushscored4]

God bless Danny Kustow. r.i.p 😥

[@eero6326]

Thank You Tom Robinson and Tom Robinson Band for tour excellency. Greetings to A Gorgeous Drag Queen in Oslo, Norway. Me and family loves you ❤️. Tom you brought us to the daylight the presence how it is. I believe that your life philosophy differs from the L.B.T.Q. etc community. We are friend and brothers already. No pain, just our lives from here on.

[@gladyszaracho909]

Heard this when I was a kid, love it!!!

[@Kammler03]

Heroes of my youth !! And still they are !!! Thanx for sharing !!!

[@nicholaspaulfagan4979]

RIP DANNY.

[@vjmusic.]

was there in 78... best band in the world.... !!!!

[@johnneill4039]

just sublime

[@TheKoss44100]

danny is brilliant

[@paulwoolfrey4301]

Great song,WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 78

[@michaelpalmer5351]

Amen

[@TheKoss44100]

danny kurstow on guitar, brilliant

[@emilylarney7448]

Fantastic.

[@Tuesdayjoe66]

Dolphin Taylor...drummer par excellence...

[@retromodernism1799]

One of the best and most underrated ever !

[@TheKoss44100]

Look at Danny at his best, xxxx

[@ehsnils]

TRB - the texts are till valid today.

[@aprilonpot]

fecking awesome and still relevant today :)

[@johnhosie8229]

Indeed. Yes

[@johnhosie8229]

Need this now

[@albintxu]

Life is attitude. TRB is life.

[@patrickbone6171]

Loved the musyc but good to know life is not as terrible

[@hemelhempsteadherts]

RIP Danny

[@twcpu2369]

How the hell am I just discovering this band...

[@beerwulfofcarshalton9539]

Presumably because you're too young?? ;-)

[@mick5831]

Fantastic

[@chrissmith256]

As far as l am concerned, Guided By Voices exists because of these guys.

[@alastairwest5200]

Wish I had a grey Hillman Imp...

[@andyinwales]

Brilliant. How come there's still a bass line going on even after he put the bass down?

[@keesvandenbos758]

Probably using another audio recording for this video.

[@unclereg7713]

Its probably the keyboard player with a moog taurus

[@cvp1969]

Bass section of the organ most likely.

[@derekatkinson8807]

Trb..top. Band

[@billhennig1087]

Great

[@markdoughty8780]

Punky Stuff...

[@kayvancooten4657]

RIP Terry Sue-Patt

[@yovoloplubo]

grave comme j'ai adoré ce morceau et meme tout l album et puis il y avait ce satané pochoir , sur la fin il fallait voir l'épaisseur qu'il faisait

[@davidhaspell6417]

Love TRB but who is playing bass after Tom ditches his?

[@Horizon344]

Good point ...

[@neilandfi]

Keyboards

[@cvp1969]

The bass section of Hammond organs sound really close to bass guitars

[@chrisgiles8068]

Where is ROY BUTTERFIELD??

[@mick5831]

Av that!

[@anguscameron2369]

So what’s changed? - meet the real Tom robinson

[@newforestpixie5297]

my chum Glynn was a total ladies man & effortlessly cool along with props such as always chewing matches & wearing cowboy boots - so when TRB played Glad To Be Gay at Southampton he resolutely sat firm with his mouth closed & arms folded….to be fair to him his Forest village was an enclave for Status Quo & had real cows & ponies on its roads so the boots weren’t too weird & he had embraced the bands’ more left wing sentiments more than the majority of his community.

[@cvp1969]

If Oscar Wilde played the bass...

[@MichelleAhern-gr9zl]

Tom robinson contact me if u want to co write a little no .sent to ringo with u cant have this called Awedge of bread. Love Michelle

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

consternation in mayfair

[@jamesmaxwell3933]

Quite right Ozzie. Properly grown up language. Eloquent to put it mildly. The shame is that the next generation won't get the phone box/vandalism thing - brilliant observation. Sullen, unhealthy and mean... I was born in '63 and this single sums up my teenage years. But, aside from the (outstanding) lyrics, the music was rasping, perfectly timed and as good a rev up as there is. I would even go as far as to say (with The Clash, Costello, The Jam, Siouxsie et al all in mind) this was the best single of that genre. Perfectly crafted. Saw them at The Fleece in Bristol about 3 years ago. They played this plus P in the D straight through. Faultless.

[@geepeeize]

Consternation in Brixton Rioting in Notting Hill Gate Fascists marching on the high street Carving up the welfare state By gum, things were tough in those days, weren't they?

[@martinhardy5462]

Plus ca change eh?

[@andipandi5641]

back before Tommy Robinson went all working class and Islamophobic..

[@buxvan]

I f that's true, I'm very happy.

[@camerondodge2070]

That's a different Tom Robinson you're thinking of.

[@davidheinemann3813]

Seriously, coming mostly out of one speaker? Obnoxious. Figure that out before posting videos.

[@lordbyron6293]

I don't think you understand punk. Sounds good to me.