Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang Lyrics

First time i heard this song was actually 1982 on Cassette as you did in 1982 And i was hooked Instantly ;)
Borrowed from a Older Girl i fancied at that time, but she didnt know it ;)
Great memories thanks ANNE ;)

Trump no likey this song

Commercials on YouTube ruined it , ads between songs sucks

Have this in vinyl,purchased at time of release,unfortunately it has been played to death....loved it...

It's paradox peeps!

And yet here we fucking are again in 2019

Wonder Woman 1984 brought me here

Which group of morons thought it would be a good idea to allow people who can't hold down real jobs to run around putting additives in the food? They should answer the question before next election.

Ihr habt so recht. Wir brauchen den Mist nicht. Und die Mucke ist funky.

... 'Reagan's president elect' (had to throw it in)

Best Heaven 17 song ever (for me) still relevant both musically and politically in 2019

I agree to both. ^..^

Thanks I needed this.

OMG I remember this song! I have been looking for this for years! THANK YOU!
brings back such awesome memories of when I was a sophomore in High school.

1:51 - When it's 2019 and you wish Reagan was the President of the USA again.

It's got a catchy up-tempo pace and you can dance to this song while beating the piss out of ANTIFA thugs !

experimental an excellent unlike the crap produced currently

New world order will emerge soon after the rapture; which is imminent! Repent and accept Jesus; while he still may be found!

51 Fascists can't dance to this.

I just want to say; Holding the man, best soundtrack EVER. thanks.

Antfia ....brought me here

Nuts and Bolts....a club in Toronto Canada.....a place where we'd go to dance to all these fine tunes. I'd be all over the floor to this great song. I'm 63 now and I could probably do the same thing....if the club still existed. Well.....maybe not all over the dance floor. LOL.

THIS NEEDS TO BE RELEASED!!!!!!!!!!!

Great band, sadly here we go again with that fascist groove thang.

Way early 80's so-cal radio 106.7fm, hearing this song was the best!

Sometimes :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSgGNd6thrc

Brothers, sisters, we DON'T need this FASCIST groove thang.

Some Thangs Just dont change or Do Thay, Today we are looking thru the round Window

You should have no problem taking Sheffield Hallam if you don’t just sit there on your ass, UNLOCK THAT FUNKY CHAIN DANCE

I was going to share this but having arch antisemite Corbyn here has put me right off.

@Jeremy Cox prat

Corbyn for PM!!

Reagan was fab!!

Notable as the first pop song recorded about Reagan after he was elected president.

Got my original vinyl here , time stamped top tune

Europe's an unhappy land...ain't that the truth in 2019.

Not really, most of it is dong fine thanks.

Yep...nationalism rising and the EU falling apart, we're loving it!

What is a fuckin GROOVE THANG???
Anybody tell me?
Checked on dictionaries etc.!
Word not existent, so what's a thang?
Someone one, please tell me!!!

A 'THANG' could be slang for 'THING' or else a regional pronunciation. In London we might say 'FING' or 'FENG' for example, depending on location ... and in some parts of Ireland, we might say 'TENG' or 'TING' and in parts of the Scottish Highlands 'THAANG'. Throughout the English-speaking world can found be divers other variables and ways of pronouncing the word 'THING' which according to the OED is old English and of German origin - related to the German word 'DING' (not to be confused with the English 'ding' as in 'ding dong bells' - which is purely onomatopoeic) Early senses of the word 'THING' included 'meeting' (ancient Icelandic law making assemblies of local Chieftains were called 'ALTHINGS') as well as 'matter, concern' and 'inanimate object'. Geddit!

As for 'GROOVE' I suggest you do some research of your own ...

my an my friend Dave made a comedy tape back then..we called ourselves the dark brothers..our spin on a new partnership..but we were kicking down doors in high places..it took us 20 minutes to do the intro cause we were laughing too hard..and we may have been stoned back then AHAHHAHAHAHHa

Are you listening America ?

DON'T JUST SIT THERE ON YOUR ASS

I want to go see Nora pure in june

Thanks for sharing the album cover, too… Part of the experience.

This song was a precursor of things to come.

Jimmy Armstrong lmao

the current fascism that is in the political correctness, would modify the lyrics of this song in order to warn that the correct thing would be to say first *SISTERS* and secondly, brothers.

But it hasn't, has it DICKWAD? 

Ah, another little fascist sock-puppet self-pimper trying to divert attention from his own (very 'politically correct', in its own way too, by the by) cheesy narrative that plays with little words as little boys play with their own little dicks. Sooo Funny, but not very smart, not smart at all ....!

how much cock were these poofs chugging back in the day?

this is a good song but most are you are total shit..like so many poofy whiney fag-in-the-box limeys,the lyrics to their songs are to be ignored..dont respond to my comment any of you's..i hope you die of some sort of cephaly

Prick !

@Spot The Cat another limp one ...

Did this song say Reagan’s a fascist or am I being stupid. Still like the song it sounds very sexy and nice

BBC 4's Synth Britannia brought me here. A must see programme. Lyrically [and musically] this song is still so relevant.

I hate to say it, but it's unfortunately more relevant than ever. Here is a link to a slightly angrier cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAltoKZw298&feature=youtu.be

great track...shared to the Netshows Radio "Program 100" Playlist on youtube

One of my earliest vinyls, still love it

I think the start of this is similar to Jethro Tull's With You There To Help Me.

Fuck Trump

I love this song if it wasn't for my dad I would never of known the 80's and I think the 80's music is better than some songs out now as they actually knew how to play instruments and didn't need auto tune to change there voice

Happy New Year. Here we go again.

And again...

LCD Soundsystem brought me here so I could remind myself what a great song this is. Relevant too.

Appears the government did not want to admit to spying so they created a Nazi inspired habitrail.

History will repeat itself !

You mean Heaven 17 will get their prediction wrong again?

I assume that anyone 'disliking' this song, is a nazi twat.

Logic isn't your thing, is it?

I like this album better than league's dare.

a song for past and present

And future.

"Let's cruise out on the dance war" is an amazingly thoughtful, elegant lyric.

Robert E. Roman, Jr. dance FLOOR. It’s floor.

@motodude1 I remember being at a UK Subs gig that got attacked by Neo Nazi Skinhead gangs in East London - that was "let's cruise out on the dance war" for sure! 'Cruise' is an old gay word - and those Skins were the most repressed and roughest faggots of all!

USA had the choice between a fascistic Neo-Lib woman and a fascist old man who should be sat shouting at the TV in a fucking old folks home. Tough break USA.

Conservatives and right-wingers promote free speech while fascist left regressives do their best to outlaw "hate speech" and de-platform anyone they disagree with. I think we all know who today's fascists are.

Lol. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

LCD Soundsystem brought me here

I liked how LCD changed the lyric "Reagan" to "Orange Man"

Accuradio has some really good 80's stations. It's an online radio. Check it out - it has played a lot of new wave and post punk bands i haven't heard of before. That's how I heard this song.

YAAAAAAYYYY for fuck's sake. My balls itch. FUCK.

relevant again.

Yep. The Left in the US and in Europe are the new fascists.

jokin57 Oh Yes they are! By the way I’m Hispanic.

For a few days back in the 80s, this was the only record I wanted to listen to. I guess you just had to be there lol.

I was, and me too!

Dave Pattison so was I! Loved the Decline of the West on the b-side too

Europe's an unhappy land.....still!

~ 37 years later and this is no longer as reminiscent of Thatcher bad old days, but the 2018 useful idiot, Donald J. Trump.
Vote in November Americans for decent human beings that do not owe their souls to the Kremlin. Cheers, DAVEDJ ~

This post didn't age well. None of what you wrote is remotely true.

i was 15 when i sang this,,,, omg,,, where did time go,,, good time dancing,,, yeha we done lot

Love the grooves people. Stop reading into everything

Even more relevant the ever! Trump/Mussolini ..... spot the fucking difference!

First heard this down stairs at Max's Kansas City on that big jukebox in NYC...damn am getting old.

Nah man... you're getting better. As a native new Yorker who was too young to partake in the fun at legendary NYC night spots, I believe that if anyone can remember Max's and old new York before it changed from the Big (affordable) Apple to the Giant (capitalistic) Cupcake, they should consider themselves lucky.

TOMORROW. MARCH. JUNE 30. DONT JUST SIT THERE ON YOUR ASS

oh fuck, this is amazing, i listened to this years ago. and its still brilliant. we all swung the dancefloor down, great, fun, times, love it x

jane currie in the garden we were children

This music brings back so many great memories for me. Going off to the clubs in Toronto, we'd dance to all this great music. NUTS AND BOLTS AND RPM played all this great music.

Byron de la Vandal - Stiff Upper Lip ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV5dbcOmw6I

More needed than Ever

never heard of this song until i discovered the fire engines' peel sessions -- amazing

maestro's scott street garnethill 1981 superb.

Excellent rip.

damn that bass guitar.. makes a man wet..

Why isn't this ranked as one greatest songs of all time?

Very apt, more so today.

A perfectly good song for Facebook

This song needs a comeback.

"History will repeat itself".....about time we learned the lessons

14 fascists listened to this song.

This era just rocked - this fucks over 90pc of whats coming off the muzak production line as of lately

Lets spread the word and get this reposted on social media....lets make a difference!!!

HERE'S TO 8 YEARS OF TRUMP AND TO THE WONDERFUL TASTING TEARS OF ALL YOU MENTAL INCOMPETENTS WHO THINK HE'S A FASCIST, YOU UNTHINKING, MEDIA SPOONFED CLOWNPUPPETS.

Best of the 80s

Looks like people in the comments don't know what fascism is. Bunch of retards. Pease educate yerself on these issues before you comment something stupid. The Don is not fascistic. Neither was Reagan. You democratic partisans are completely brain dead. I bet you wouldn't be commenting that if Hillary was elected (even though she was under investigation and is the queen of globalism and corruption). Even then she isn't a fascist. IN summation; stop overreacting and please get an education you retards.

Song is groovy though

Señor MeinKrafter2020 - WELL SAID!!!

Libturds can't grasp that fact.

Was there an official video for this track ? Im guessing no due to the bbc ban as i cant find anything on the net, fucking good track though

its weird but its good. the new live recording of it was really good.

min lllllllllllllll[l]ll MAX

Great song btw, however it is unfortunate everyone thinks trump is a fascist. one must look at the democrats to see true fascism. like Hitler, they control the media it's dialogue and minions of fools burning and beating up people to make their point. If our youth wasn't so uneducated they might know the tools Hitler used to control the masses. And I wasn't a Trump supporter, but I am repulsed that the democrats have began using such tactics.

Dan Krsak DAMN RIGHT!!!

Go. back. to. russia. Krsak. as you are most evidently a russian troll. VOTE DEMOCRAT, not Kremlin trump lover.

This whole album is still terrifyingly relevant. History is now until enough people are angry enough to rise up. Now, "Let's all make a bomb."

"Make a bomb?"
Sounds kinda fascist-like....

Lyrics
Have you heard it on the news
About this fascist groove thang
Evil men with racist views
Spreading all across the land
Don't just sit there on your ass
Unlock that funky chaindance
Brothers, sisters shoot your best
We don't need this fascist groove thang
Brothers, sisters, we don't need this fascist groove thang

History will repeat itself
Crisis point we're near the hour
Counterforce will do no good
Hot you ass I feel your power
Hitler proves that funky stuff
Is not for you and me girl
Europe's an unhappy land
They've had their fascist groove thang

Brothers, sisters, we don't need this fascist groove thang

Democrats are out of power
Across that great wide ocean
Reagan's president elect
Fascist god in motion
Generals tell him what to do
Stop your good time dancing
Train their guns on me and you
Fascist thang advancing

Brothers, sisters, we don't need this fascist groove thang

Sisters, brothers lend a hand
Increase our population
Grab that groove thang by the throat
And throw it in the ocean
You're real tonight you move my soul
Let's cruise out of the dance war
Come out your house and dance your dance
Shake that fascist groove thang
(Shake it!)

35 years old and this song is more relevant now than ever. Sad. Great song though!

Harold Kramer ex human league members to boot

Ahead of it's time.

it was 1981, riots in brixton, toxteth, sure we will have a royal wedding to cheer everyone up, l rest my case

Another theme song for today.