StrongBad beat on your Alarm...

a Pox on you all, somehow this is a good follow up to DP, haven't heard it in ages

i'd prefer some real joe strummer to this poor-man's excuse for same.

could we hear something from the mescaleros next, please?

Just hooked my friend up to show them how great this service is. What a downer to start with this song.

Buzz killer. :-&

A while ago Depeche Mode and now this, well, this THING.

Hmmm... my first thought was Midnight Oil.

Whoa.

pbm

This is the worst song I've heard on this station. I think I'd rather hear the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack than this; in fact I know I would. Worse than disco, what else can I say?

wow, I had an extremely drunk conversation one night at a bar with Mike Peters. He was doing a solo thing and I kept asking him to play "68 Guns" but I kept getting the number of guns wrong, becuase, well, I don't really like the Alarm.

/stupid fact

Yep. And not a very good imitation. A mediocre tune from a mediocre (at best) album. :(

It sounds indeed like The Clash.

The Alarm does have punk roots, inasmuch as they got together (like a thousand other bands) after getting a look at the Clash. I saw Mike Peters solo at the Guinness Fleadh a few years back and that was not good. Ah well.

How alarming. Dot puts on his black shirt and shuffles off to the shelter for cheap beer in little plastic cups.

Dot

Vintage closet 80's. I have seen 100's of bands and the Alarm where one of the best bands live EVER. This song was played acoustically by all four band members switching at each verse. Very cool.

Another wonderful stroll down memory lane. Thanks!

Wonderful! I haven't heard this in years. Thank you!

Great song! Based on the Stephen King novel! Mike Peters is still out there, touring under the name "The Alarm 2000", with the blessing of the other guys. I saw the 20th Anniv. show he did at TT the Bears in Boston- just him, a laptop full of pictures from "back then" and his guitar. Very cool!

Wow I can't believe you're playing this Bill. I love these guys. They're like U2 if U2 had punk roots, they grew on me after a boss of mine played them at work every day for a while. :)

I love a song of theirs called Unsafe Building it's from the same album that The Stand and Sixty Eight Guns is on. IMHO they also do a good version of Happy Christmas (War is Over) . Thanks Bill. You always surprise me.

There is a better version of this song on Declaration. Above average 80's band in my opinion , they got left in the dust by U2 as did alot of other bands

The only song of theirs I can remember is Sixty Eight Guns. I was never really impressed by what they did.
A girl I once dated was a fan, 'cause she was a little bit of a punk (and they were sort of a punkband).
Another thing I remember was they played on acoustic guitars, with distortion added.
They left quite an impression after all, reading all this! (must be that -more or less- girlfriend).

I saw these guys open up for U2 in 1983. A fairly unimpressive performance, memorable only for the lead singer imploring everyone in the audience to raise their arms. Once we did so, he began a song by singing, "Ain't it funny how they shoot you down with your arms up in the air?" Sort of an unsettling intro to a song.

bill, could you please play rain in the summertime, that is the best alarm song. thx. jeff

The Alarm did an all acoustic version of this .... can't remember which album ... but its MUCH much better than this version.

yeah. it IS better than most Alarm songs, but it is still a pretty bad Clash song.

pretty good Clash imitation ...