what a fantastic stroke of luck for me - to be born English

Now 64 years old, still goosebumps.

R.I.P Thomas "Mensi" Mensforth! gone but not forgotten!

@user-de6io5fh6b

4 ай бұрын

R i.p mensi x

When I was serving in the Army, we used to sing this at the end of every night, in the NAAFI bar ☺️👌

@RockNRollrules

2 жыл бұрын

He was taking the piss from English patriots..

@ZeroJewelz

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

Still got this on vinyl in original sleeve ,mint condition

One from long ago. Love to all who who find themselves here.

@iamspartacus6713

Жыл бұрын

peace and love to you and all in the glorious name of Jesus Christ

@Happyheart146

Жыл бұрын

@@iamspartacus6713 indeed. Have faith. Jesus is with us and the OWG cannot strike fear in the hearts of them that love him. Thank you for your comment, keeps me in the faith! God be with you, truly.

This is when you was proud to be english

*goosebumps* & I'm not English, I'm an Ulsterman 🇬🇧

From two million voice’s and Liddle towers. Rest in peace my friends, the fight continues 👍

RIP menzi a true legend and all round great guy

During the Mod revival of the late 70s early 80s they used to play this at the end of the night by DJ Tony Class! Brilliant stuff!!

Makes my heart beat pure and strong god bless my country

this should b England's national anthem pure proud when here it

@xb1cracked530

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@davidhodges2583

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Not ashamed to admit it makes me well up.

@darrelwalker8558

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree but that is the union jack our flag is the George Cross am I splitting hairs....

@wulliestruthers6488

3 жыл бұрын

It can't be England's national anthem because the blue in the union flag AND in the song refers to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@scottramsey867

3 жыл бұрын

Spot on fella ....gives me goose bumps and head tingle

My people are the greatest in the history of our species. Why would I be embarrassed or ashamed of that?

@3moonsrising836

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@paulnash4583

3 жыл бұрын

this is what should be played on the eve of the euros final

Goosebumps what a tune

Brilliant makes us proud

Gorgeous beautiful song my grandfather fought in war sadly died drunk and fell in 1939 banged his head and died r.i.p

Always loved this song but should have been called 'Britain' as that is the flag they sing about, but hey ho it's a brilliant song and I'm proud to be British 👍

RIP Mensi..top lad.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

if this song dosent give you goose pimples then its not for you

@lisabroome8725

4 жыл бұрын

Rosida Andriyana just shows how much you love this green pleasant land.....👍😃

Great song and band

R.I.P MENSI

loveliest song ever

I miss you Mensi. Your words and strength live on. Rest well my friend. Rest well.

Brilliant old school 💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧👍

superb amazing up there with liddle and your right about goosebumps

as a Kraut...i spend 4 and half years in Crawley...Horley... miss England ...

Best song ever

Happy Independence day!

I had a great time hanging out with these guys at Bostons Channel Club.

@bryanmacshawson1086

2 жыл бұрын

@Heysel Blood like in winter , 82

Skinheads✋No Surrender, great song!

@ianholmes3761

3 жыл бұрын

Skinhead forever 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Brilliant !!!

I can remember ordering this single from hits and misses in Coventry, borrowed it to me mate for news years party and someone else liked it that much they pinched it. LOL that was in the 80s

@iamspartacus6713

Жыл бұрын

at least they had taste.hi from warwick

South Shields ... My home town. Total Brits Total Anglo Saxons....

@paulnash4583

3 жыл бұрын

this is what should be played at the euro final ,

@paulnash4583

3 жыл бұрын

FOREVER english, 80s scooter boy

Going to play this song load the day we leave the e.u

@siamwatchaddict9072

5 жыл бұрын

Mensi will not be happy.Lol. Total Corbynite..

love it

The English Irish Scots & Welsh are one.

@bossendenwoodconvict

3 жыл бұрын

Four peoples One Nation. Four nations One People.

@paulrimmer2853

3 жыл бұрын

@@bossendenwoodconvict Like that. Truth is all which unites us is deep & old,all that divides us is superficial & recent.

@bossendenwoodconvict

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulrimmer2853 So true. Also, other nations are far more recent than us. For example Germany only United in 1871 (and re-united in 1990) Italy in 1861. Belgium is a bit older coming together in 1830. Before that they were mini states. or parts of other states. The Union of The Crowns 1603, and Act of Union 1707 mean we are far older. Also, we have never been invaded as a United British people.

@paulrimmer2853

3 жыл бұрын

@@bossendenwoodconvict We were one people 10,000 years ago! The Celts arrived in 3,000bc but only changed our culture not dna. The Romans imposed the first political division.

@bossendenwoodconvict

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulrimmer2853 Interesting. We are definitely one people, with deep roots. Our country is more than a Union of Nations....I prefer to call it a NATION OF UNIONS.

We can’t change history!!!!

The Clash / "Something about England "puts this song in its place ....

Seen these in the crown Brum 80s

This song should run loudly all over England in the streets tonight! I am jealous of you British, you have Nigel Farage!😁

@richard280570

4 жыл бұрын

Dr. Reich-Rosenpenis Nigel Farage is a fascist prick

@dr.reich-rosenpenis

4 жыл бұрын

@@richard280570 sure, sure! 2+2=5 🤣

@allanwright8790

Жыл бұрын

Please, take him!

Old track , before they went too much to left side

RIP mensi.

RIP Mensi

RIP Mensi 💔

Rip menzi love south shields x

great song rip thomas mensforth sad day

The best

They were well knowing in Brockley Whins South Shields back in the days... 1977 I believe they made there first album..

@niftyfiftycampingadventure795

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically the lead singer has changed his political stances several times over the decades.. But I am sure its fuck all to do with money ?? Lol,,

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👌👌

British by birth English by the grace of God 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@paulnash4583

3 жыл бұрын

why do they keep playing sweet caroline!!! lol this is what should be played for the euro finals anthem

@alundavies8402

2 жыл бұрын

Yes mate

To bloody right, oh England

Come On English Ladies in the World Cup.... You're All English Rose's 🌹 Come On and bring the Cup 🏆 back to England Yer Beauties.

Menzi top geordie god bless his grandad we all lost family in that shithouse war

Love the Band and the song, but he is singing about the Union Jack NOT the flag of St George, English flag.

@paulrimmer2853

5 жыл бұрын

They are the same.

great song.The red the white and.............................well the blue is Scotland's.

@mrc.p8423

3 жыл бұрын

They are ruled by england

Wonder why they don’t sing this at the Labour Party conference..?

Tune

happy st georges day. Everybody

The songs called England and they show a union jack?

I said it back in the day this should be our national anthem, better than that boring God save the queen apart from the pistols version ofcourse 😁

fiy the flag.

@tn1chsbny

8 жыл бұрын

+neil phillips ..... flying a St. Georges....

@wulliestruthers6488

3 жыл бұрын

That ain't an English flag though, it's a union flag and the blue refers to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Where have the band been?

@l4pin

3 жыл бұрын

They still play, obviously not this year, but they’re around...

Rip Menzi 🍻

🇬🇧

Songs like this should be standard education for schools and any objection should result in citizenship being revolked with exile too Iwo Jima, followed by a review to see if you can sing the song (without a lyric sheet) and if you can then status restored , however this must be completed inside a years exile because after 12 months the rest of all your family are also deported with all your property 'in storage sold on Dicksnsons deal.

ENGLAND

Happy St George's day everybody 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉🤺

Lyrics The red in the flag is the blood that was spilt In the way that your forefathers tell And never a country been so great The stories Britannia could tell I never want to live my life Away from the golden shores There's never a country in the world With the scent of an English rose England, oh England, a country so great The land of so fair and so true There'll never be any colours like The red, the white and the blue Whenever you go to the far off shores There's something that goes with you The pride and the joy and the love that comes From your mother of red, white and blue You could never be born under a flag that's like The one of a Union Jack St.George's spirit has never died It all keeps coming back England, oh England, a country so great The land of so fair and so true There'll never be any colours like The red, the white and the blue England, oh England, a country so great The land of so fair and so true There'll never be any colours like The red, the white and the blue England, oh England, a country so great The land of so fair and so true There'll never be any colours like The red, the white and the blue England, oh England, a country so great The land of so fair and so true There'll never be any colours like The red, the white and the blue

In the late 80’s all the lads loved this group, I was the only punk In a group of hundreds of skinheads, tough times!!!

TBH the vocalist of this band is total NWO.. Makes a Mockery of the whole song ???

@Boilingfrogg

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

If England so great? Why is there blue in our flag?

ST GEORGE, was Maltese and there is no such thing as dragons..

@niftyfiftycampingadventure795

3 жыл бұрын

Actually St. George was Syrian..

@ivnsports518

2 жыл бұрын

"Maltese" LOL Stop smoking crack

@davehyam113

3 ай бұрын

St George, a Christian, fighting the dragon of Islam

Trotskyste et patriote.

@StonefieldJim4

2 жыл бұрын

Non sequitur.

None of you seem to understand irony... lol

Misguided but honourable our flag haseth no blue

England's flag doesn't have the red,white & blue. Bit of an own goal this song. Shame cos it's a good tune.

@paulrimmer2853

5 жыл бұрын

All Britons are England.

@wallacepearse2960

4 жыл бұрын

The Welsh, Cornish, Bretons, Lowland Scots, Border Reivers and Cumbrians are the Britons, England is Germanic.

@lisabroome8725

4 жыл бұрын

Wallace Pearse aye pal yer bang on- Sachs Coburg I believe.... Albert was Hapsburg Empire through and through

Wrong flag fellas .. Need the cross flying .. The Union flag is a symbol of our glorious union. You would never see Flower of Scotland played with the Union Flag flying nor any other song of our union Countries.

OK, I was always told it was a joke. AU were always working class internationalists, not nationalists. This was a piss-take.

@pogoramone

Жыл бұрын

@StonefieldJim4 As years went on I'm sure Mensi and the Upstarts stopped playing the song live cause I'm sure the song attracted more Nazi boneheads to their shows.

@StonefieldJim4

Жыл бұрын

@@pogoramone An occupational hazard, especially back then. I've no problem with non-racist patriots having a sing-a-long with this, but it was bloody obvious that AU did NOT think this is "the land that's so fair and so true".

Not loud enough.

No one ever got the true Mensi meaning of this song, he was having a pop at the British imperialism... however, carry on praying him.. he was a Liberal Socialist that promoted communism..

@lefoix4629

Жыл бұрын

he was a patriot and a socialist. even if you don't like it.

The Upstarts were great! But Oi bands that claimed to be antifascist that had patriotic songs like this always attracted the Boneheads and violence at their gigs. I'm guessing Mensi became more leftwing after many encounters with nazi bone heads through the years. I wondered if 5hey still played this song live through the 2000's and 10's?

England is finished

@Buckblacket

3 жыл бұрын

Shut that door on your way out you ponce!

@without9103

2 жыл бұрын

probably.

This is not English flag

Skrewdriver did it better

Its a bit shit singing about England waving the red the white and the blue, Or the butchers apron as most of the world call it lol