The Saints - Messin' with the Kid [(I'm) Stranded]

Available through EMI records

[martingrimshaw]

I always loved the way they kept the garage feel along with the punk energy and the melodic pop sensibility.We were a bit spoiled in the Seventies.

[SkeebWilcox]

I still consider seeing Chris and The Saints in a small club in Pittsburgh back in 1987 as one of, if not THE, best concerts I have ever seen. Twenty one people (I counted). Set was great. "Messin' With The Kid" was the highlight. Went backstage with my WTCS passes. Chris asked me: "What just happened out there?" I told him that 21 people just experienced one of the greatest concerts they will ever see! Having been in radio for 36 years now, I still consider Chris Bailey my favorite rock star that I have ever personally met...

[lanachan]

It ain't too easy being a young man
Going round in circles, honey, all the time
You've played their game now for so long can't see
What in the world are they trying to do to me?
Sometimes you get that old lost feeling
Sometimes it hits you when you're feeling down
It's that old feeling, honey, brings you down
I say it makes you crawl...
You walk down the main street out in the city
See all the girls now they're so pretty
But all their smiling faces, yeah are gonna pass you by
It don't make no difference no matter how hard you try
Sometimes you get that old lost feeling
Sometimes it hits you when you're feeling down
It's that old feeling, honey, brings you down
I say it makes you crawl...
Ya hangin' 'round in alleys, ya hangin' 'round in bars
Just looking for some fun but you don't get none and there you are...
Looking for some action looking for some fun but you are down in the gutter
And you don't get none, oh no, just nothing left to do at night, yeah
How do you feel now that it's all over
Your games all melted under the sun
Just like a kid, take a trip down to the sea
Stuck out in the middle and there's just nothing left to say
But, sometimes you get that old lost feeling
Sometimes it hits you when you're feeling down
It's that old feeling, honey, brings you down
I say it makes you crawl...
Yeah.

[pambyrne]

USA had The Ramones, UK had The Sex Pistols, we had The Saints. All great bands.

[KellyUK]

Punk is an attitude, not a fashion. Love the grainy Dylan singing from Bailey, plus the Your Time Is Gonna Come and Stray Cat Blues progressions.

[doctorvonbrown]

Great stuff! Love this track. The Saints and Radio Birdman are among the best bands of the 70s. I would have loved to have seen them live. Pure unadulterated raw power!

[Wearenotreallyhere]

The UK tended to ignore all the best bands in the late 70's, The Saints were one of 'em and this is one of their best.

[charlesdeason]

Love the Saints...This is one of the best songs ever written

[dhorne]

Alway loved this song. Nothing take me back to '77 quite like this. When we were listening to this back then I would never have dreamed I'd still be pulling it out 40 years later. You leanr that some things never change.

[remanufactureff]

this stuff gives me shivers ... thank you .

[sararichmond]

One of the best punk tracks - and bands - ever.

[dukeoffuzz]

they had long hair . dressed in jumpers and slacks so uncool they were cool. the best band ever. not about the image it's about the music..

[davidrankin]

For me this is pure punk rock ...REAL punk rock !!!

[xxjmclea]

Lucky to be a Brisbane boy. Maybe isolation from the Sydney scene or Joh - whatever the reason, we made our own sound and this reminds me better than anything else of those days.

[charleshall]

Saints( I'm Stranded) best album 1977!

[davidtrupp]

How do u feel now that it's all over? You're stuck out in the middle and there's nothing left to see

[burlzburley]

Yeah I saw them in brisbane years ago late 80s I think wicked song writer- composer i still get buzz listening to them now wickerd😍

[giorgosgeorgiopoulos]

Oh you lucky ones born in ausytalia.All my influence coming from your country.saints ceibate rifles birdman new christs hoodoo gurus .Cheets from greece

[chrisnotaro]

My life story as a teen. Dug the Saints big time.

[alexandernovosad]

This song is incredibly similar to Sway by The Rolling Stones