1979 The Damned Love Song German TV 

Theyre punk, not rock

It was wireless. They were ahead of their time!

Neat how CS can play a guitar with no neck.

@@Blooblooblahblahwho cares? They’re the Damned. They transcend labels.

I've told you a million times DO NOT EXAGGERATE !

A mate of mine knows them really well , and they are so funny

As a Damned fan of 40 years. I agree with you. Saw them on top of the pops in 1980, as a child and loved them. Love Davies 'drac' look!! 😅👍👍

Strawberries 🍓

I like them better than anyone I’ve ever played or not music with except for Mr DG

His band Tank ruled

This sucks to hear. The dude had a hand in the best Damned album and by effect, one of the best punk albums ever

​@grahfkarate1799 Tank owns. Right there with Motorhead. Absolutely phenomenal.

Algy Ward too.

Hell yeah ❤❤❤

everyone on youtube is underated

But not the less irritating...and I love their music despite that.

Bob Conan Owen, do you know what guitar is Ray using on this video ? Looks like a Mosrite, but i'm not sure .... Thank you!

Da war Gottschalk noch sympathisch.

Jeah, its play back:)

@@edgyallanpoe7659 That's right, that's why they cue it up :)

They weren't cartoony live. Unfortunately, The Damned were misunderstood by the industry just didn't know how to market the Damned. Even when they released Phantasmagoria the record label (MCA) didn't know how to market them. Are they a goth band, a punk band, a pop band?

@@MH-zg5yw Interesting, they were ahead of their time if anything. That's maybe why And talented.

@@chickybluetherealone The Damned were not ahead of their time, though they were better musicians than many of the other punk bands of time. Malcolm McLaren is on record stating that The Damned were too good as musicians and it was the main reason he didn't want them anywhere near the same stage as The Sex Pistols. The Damned were thrown off the Anarchy in the UK Tour just for being better musicians than The Sex Pistols and The Clash. Don Letts has said the same as well. Don Letts has also stated that The Damned were there to party while the other Punk bands were being serious politically and about social issues. The Damned brought the party. But, The Damned were influenced by The MC5, Iggy Pop, and Alice Cooper. The Damned were not doing anything new or groundbreaking, but they did bring a different energy and they brought the party. The Damned today is nothing like they were back in the late 70s and early 80s

Szene 77

Shame Algy had a serious drinking problem at this time back in 1979,that is why they let Algy go sadly but loved his band Tank.

@@mummyd1990 yeah, Algy loved to drink a bit too much

@@mummyd1990 Really? And the rest of the band were completely sober/drug free?

​@@excession30 In these kinds of situation it's more about who drinks the most and is hard to work with

Nothing wrong with ABBA or ELO. As for REO Speedwagon… 🤮

@@Shikta-poobah67 one mans champagne is another mans poison

Balham

Wtf dude captain sensible is amazing, the whole shtick is to exaggerate everything and be ridiculous, look at his outfit man. The whole point is he comes off as very nonsensible lol

He's just doing his part! Play and be a goof😂

He's an obnoxious twat but he's our obnoxious twat

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They were around before the Misfits. First UK punk band to release a single and the first UK punk band to release an album.

Ramones and Misfits didn't did a baby.

Hopefully you never ‘did’ a baby.

Yeah and I’d say they did a proper piss-take on it. Almost as great as PiL’s on American Bandstand. If you’re old enough to remember, then you’d know that miming/lip-synching was just how it was done on most TV shows back then. At least the Damned had a bit of fun with it and obviously didn’t care about any of it.

@@Shikta-poobah67 Yeah, more than old enough to remember. But a lot of comments on this video are about what a great live performance this is.

@@polkatronixx 🤷‍♂️

@jp95js Thanks for weighing in, sport. We were worried there for a second..

Yes, you most certainly are.