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Judas Priest – Breaking The Law (2:34)

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This song, with its extremely simple main riff and chorus, was released as a single from the British Steel album, and was one of Judas Priest’s big breakthrough songs. It is now considered one of the most famous Hard Rock/Heavy Metal songs ever.

The lyrics tell of someone who gets tired of everything that comes with an ordinary life - that life has become boring. This leads the person to take a chance and start breaking the law.

The song featured some sound effects, including the sound of breaking glass and a police siren. The band were recording British Steel at Tittenhurst Park, which was the home of the Beatles’ drummer Ringo Starr. Sampling did not exist at the time, so for the breaking glass, the band used the milk bottles the milkman brought them in the morning, and the police siren was actually guitarist K.K. Downing using the whammy on his Stratocaster.

The song has been played live almost constantly ever since its release, and has slowly evolved over the years, for example with an added guitar solo by K.K. Downing (the original had no solo). It still gets the crowd going everywhere they go, but Priest have expressed a desire to try touring without some of their obvious classics, including this song.

The video has become a cult classic, starring the band as bank robbers. Singer Rob Halford is riding in a Cadillac towards the bank, singing the first verse. Then he meets up with the rest of the band at the bank, and they break into the bank and use their instruments to bring the people inside down to their knees.
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  • LambornsRadio

    TheLaunch Album great start to end . But got nothing on Sad Wings

    12 days ago

  • PETEWAY

    Never get's old.....................................................................................................

    14 days ago

  • rockandrolljoe

    Judas Priest

    24 days ago

  • Bloodytears93

    <3

    25 days ago

  • peps69100

    i love it all

    last month

  • TheWormPrincess

    \m/>_<\m/

    last month

  • dP_thomy

    Prieeeest's ftw

    last month

  • MakoSucks

    I want that cops reverse flying V

    last month

  • Szamot97

    @Blaze-Shadow Fuck you, your crush and your spamer shit.

    last month

  • Veatrix

    Breaking the law!!! \m/

    last month

  • Blaze-Shadow

    PLEASE DON'T READ THIS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU'VE STARTED READING THIS. DON'T STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY. 1. say your name 10 times 2. say your mom's name 5 times 3. say your crushes name 3 times 4. paste this to 5 other songs. if you do this, your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. but if you read this and do not paste this, then you will have very bad luck. SEND THIS TO 5 SONGS IN 143 MINUTES. WHEN YOU'RE DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR CRUSH'S NAME WILL APPEAR IN BIG LETTERS ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS SO FREAKY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORK :)

    last month

  • tyrant666

    Never gets boring \M/

    last month

  • fleuramour

    i love this type of music

    last month

  • johnror

    They should not be singing songs like this. children look up to them and should not be exposed to this kind of vulgar display of rebellion. I hope the sarcasm shoes up here or someone might take me seriously

    last month

  • Jessicacrezende

    Breeeakiing thee laaw !

    last month

  • cloudgoron

    BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD FTW [1] lol! WASHIN THE DOG WASHIN THE DOG Great song all joking aside! Long live REAL metal.

    March 2012

  • THE_Matt_Poole

    BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD FTW

    March 2012

  • bigben989

    Raking the lawn! Raking the lawn!

    March 2012

  • KvadratPZ

    Ебаааать! Breaking the Law! \m/

    March 2012

  • skidvicious

    This is what metal all about..being rebellious and f@#k authority.Let's see how many cops we can piss off!

    March 2012
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