60 years old and still get chills when JJ comes in on that bass wow!!!!!!

The first four Stranglers albums are amazing. They literally invented a sound and a sensibility, knocked it out of the park, and nobody has ever been able to replicate it.

@markharrison5307

2 жыл бұрын

Hugh Cornwell love him to bits

@gillianfairbairn2202

2 жыл бұрын

Miss them x

@billkingston4402

2 жыл бұрын

All members had a unique style

@bernicehenry9738

2 жыл бұрын

Some of mine got pinched At least we have Bluetooth xx

@jvader451

Жыл бұрын

Except the stranglers 😜

RIP Dave Greenfield one of the best Stranglers songs.

@KeyboredCoward

4 жыл бұрын

The bass, it rips.

@mikeyednie6968

4 жыл бұрын

Rip Dave Greenfield

@Kelly14UK

4 жыл бұрын

@@KeyboredCoward JJ

@KeyboredCoward

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kelly14UK ? who?

@charlottebarratt1762

3 жыл бұрын

Very sad 😪😪

This band so reminds me of 1977, when I was 20. What a period to live through!

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

NaENyoozLivIngNoo!!

@bernicehenry9738

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@joegrimes9232

2 жыл бұрын

My Dad followed the Men in black on tour. He died at 50 five years ago. I enjoy Stranglers. My Daughter who is 10 dances to "Peaches" though she perhaps shouldn't. Times a bitch. Now IM the punk dad who's uncool and I was born in late 80's. Feel old? Your welcome.

@gordoncampbell100

Жыл бұрын

I was second year at High School but I shared your vibe .Fortunate enough to have seen them live across many decades now .RIP Jet .

@leonietaylor4227

Жыл бұрын

Same!Loved them then,everyone was in a punk band...what a great time! X

The Stranglers were absolutely brilliant back then with the original line up.

Ratticus Norvegious was their greatest Album. Every track is brilliantly performed.

What I loved about this band was the growling vocals, heavy bass and keyboards that made the band sound something like a punk rock version of The Doors. They were an incrediblely talented act.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

jazzmuneCaintPLAYenStruMentsza!!..

@TheMusicalElitist

Жыл бұрын

@@steveclem7873 And you can't type.

@TheMusicalElitist

Жыл бұрын

Perfect description!

@Ida-iu3uj

11 ай бұрын

Yes. Very much so.

@JupiterThunder

7 ай бұрын

The heavy bass, played almost as a lead instrument, is something that featured in other bands at the time, like The Jam.

RIP Dave. His keyboards & JJB's bass guitar were the sound of The Stranglers. Love them.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

waveLLoyxVatEVreadTiAimSuka!!JRslavaaa!!

The Stranglers, sinister, unique & one the best & underrated bands ever & Dave Greenfields' keyboards just amazing, R.l.P. 'Hero'

@markrobertson2774

4 жыл бұрын

Second that emotion

@andchat6241

4 жыл бұрын

I dont feel 'underrated' exactly .... I think if they had split in late70s to mid 80s they would receive more plaudits ( like the Clash ,Pistols , the Jam & others). As with the Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Damned & others, extending their career has for many detracted from how good their earlier records were..

@funckynell5688

4 жыл бұрын

Not underrated by me

@johnhassall1782

4 жыл бұрын

Yep sinister,, it's a great description of a great band!

@Grispungen23

3 жыл бұрын

@@markrobertson2774 o 0

Iam now 55 and this takes me back to the good old days of '77 when I was a teenager! I used to model myself on Hugh complete with quiff and Strangler's noose around my neck.

@RM-lj8bv

4 жыл бұрын

We were teenagers at the best time. 77 was the greatest.

@Stranglerxx77

4 жыл бұрын

I was a young punk in the late seventies and still at school and saw the stranglers and the clash Etc and they were both the best live bands at the time and thought JJ was cool as fook at the time ( 78 --82 )

@dominicseanmccann6300

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.cynical central. got a grip of me at 10 years old & never let go.

RIP Dave Greenfield. Great player in a great band

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

ProbablyReachezParTSuvaBeerzCanAIwikitch!!

This was and still is my quarantine theme song. Just hangin' around. RIP Dave

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

vonyVexOoYeBlogazSharizThyLoodweegHAMz!..

RIP Dave Greenfield. Keyboard genius.

@RM-lj8bv

4 жыл бұрын

I'm just reminding myself tonight of how great their music is.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

moomZik?!..wotAryaAnOmebaa?!..

RIP Dave xx thank you for the wonderful music xx

Man, that bass ... kicking down the door on it's entrance. JJ - what a hero. Fantastic stuff.

@Barry1748

7 жыл бұрын

Tone Monster Plus !!!

@curtdog0616

7 жыл бұрын

Weapons-grade bass. Classic JJ.

@triplesevensix291

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome bass tone. Sounds like a fucking motorbike!! Love it!! Is right JJ.

@jamesbarrow214

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks top

@artdent9871

5 жыл бұрын

That's punk, treble turned up to max on the bass. Reggae's the opposite, no treble on the bass. Love the AUTHORITY he comes in with, a working man's Tony Levin. I play bass, takes a lot of balls to come in playing it like a lead guitar, exactly like he does on this track. Fn cool.

Rattus Norvegicus is one of my all-time favourite albums!

@Kelly14UK

4 жыл бұрын

Can't decide whether it's better than The Raven.

@pineapplepenumbra

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kelly14UK I would say yes, it's definitely better than The Raven. However, music is somewhat personal, and if you're really into innovative, unusual and thoughtprovoking, then maybe The Raven is better?

@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Rattus Norvegicus is a true classic and a masterpiece.

@pearlfisher2813

4 жыл бұрын

Great record. Saw them in 1978, top band.

@lyrimetacurl0

3 жыл бұрын

My dad has an original vinyl of it from the time 😊

The most beastsome bassline ever !

It's 1975....and this is what started it all off for me. I first heard this song (on Radio Caroline) and I thought: *"what the hell is this brilliant music. It's just so different."* I then 'found' *The Stranglers!* What a brilliant band! And they have always been with me ever since.

Just one word to say about the Stranglers. Legends

One of the best album tracks by any band ever

@user-yq8jd2rm3h

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@Timmeh551

4 ай бұрын

🍻

@roderickcampbell2105

4 ай бұрын

@@Timmeh551 Timm, The Stranglers never get old alright.

Goodbye Jet . Thank you for hanging around with us as long as you did !! Hope you enjoy your next adventure as much as we enjoyed you in this one !!

The bass and keys are immense. Classic!!

@vijaysura2874

3 жыл бұрын

Sumptuous flashbacks of pure unbridled joy.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

DefAZsonAIroPloytzssss!..

RIP Dave Greenfield. Absolute genius. I still remember the first time I heard this, from my mate's cassette player in the Biology classroom at school :) I was *totally mesmerised* by the sound of the bass and organ - never heard anything like it. I cannot begin to guess how many times I must have heard this since.

@shabbos-goy9407

2 жыл бұрын

It's a masterpiece dear boy

@MrDblStop

Жыл бұрын

I heard it first on John Peel's radio show in 1977 and it was a real 'what is that!?' moment. As you say, had never heard anything like it at the time.

thanks UK for the great bands..1977 I was 18 years & legal to drink hanging around here in canada listenin to the stranglers.

The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers and The Stranglers.... icons! Memories of being a teenager in the late 70s... brill....

@Johnconno

4 жыл бұрын

Abba! Little Jimmie Osmond!

R I P Dave Greenfield. One of the best keyboard artists ever.

@brianvernon9418

4 жыл бұрын

Can't argue with that. 👏👏👍👍👌👌

@shegs7717

3 жыл бұрын

He was almost as good as his hero Ray Manzarek, and that says it all!!

@michaelplatter3281

3 жыл бұрын

@@shegs7717 100 % agree with you.

R.I.P. Dave Greenfield. With your keyboard wizardy, you made this band a great one

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

illustratorDragonsMoaSeaDengeez!! koodaa!!

Have seen the Stranglers several times in concert in Sydney. We were at the Bondi Lifesaver one night, and we were smoking a joint , right up at the stage, and Jean Jacques Burnell did a massive leap to the front of the stage where we were , and wanted a toke . Of course we held it for him while he had a couple of tokes...never missing a beat . I fell in love with him that night !! Saw them after the gig too...great bunch of fellas. Oh such sweet memories !!!

@MrKennethkeen

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Been to Guildford a dozen times and still not been able to find them! Yeah - they were down in Sydney - getting stoned with some upsidedown birds ;-)

@frankyw8803

3 жыл бұрын

Wow , did he knob you ?

Rattus was the first album I ever owned and still do. It's perfection.

JJ and Peter Hook were my inspiration when I picked up the bass. Even had a black P-bass and used to whack the "valve" switch on my old H|H combo on and turn up the treble to try and get that "motorbike" sound. The Stranglers were a total one-off. RIP Dave.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

koopazENpiRookz!!

The classic stranglers sound. Dave you will never be forgotten A musical genius Ax

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

pCrenditionAlbumCOverENlyaidzAA!?..(published2PEpoffCalWaiTS!)DragonsSnakeGameGeoRGianWinDows?!..

One of the best live bands I had the pleasure of seeing. I didn't know Dave had passed on RIP man you were effing brilliant.

Kick ass band, especially back in the day. R.I.P. Dave, Thanks for the Innovative music. Respect.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

SeasickSteeveWusMaaAuldesBanjoss?

Only time I ever seen the Stranglers, 1977 never forgot, still listening , 5 minutes and you're almost there

Saw the Stranglers so many times in London back in 1976 till 1978 getting the train up from Greenwich to the west End to see them or at the Rainbow or the Roundhouse Best years of my life 16 till 18 years old and a punk rocker

@rippi37

Ай бұрын

Awesome !!

Just awsome . It will never die This is music man

My boyfriend and I were listening to the Stranglers' greatest hits CD while we moved into our first apartment together. I remember loading my mattress into his car and hauling it from my mom's house to our new place listening to this with the windows down. It was 2008 and we were 19. There's a lyric in there that sounds like "Christ he's older than Obama" and I would sing it that way, he would laugh. He passed away in 2011 and i miss him all the time. I haven't remembered that in a long time and it made me smile. Thanks for uploading it.

@MrAdamchat

8 жыл бұрын

+katie boo bless x

@ibuprofen303

8 жыл бұрын

+katie boo Music is timeless. A perfect snapshot of a meaningful moment for you.

@MrAdamchat

8 жыл бұрын

so very true!

@icetorch1

8 жыл бұрын

+katie boo Most people drive a car. Poor Katie can only afford to drive a mattress.

@katieboo4211

8 жыл бұрын

Adam Shepherd hahahahaha

Great pictures of a great band

A ohne of the best punkbands of all the time. I Love your music so much!

I was fortunate to grow up with the stranglers and have loved their Cornwell era ever since... One of the all time great and original one off bands

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

ThinkLikeAOregonYuhShudSheepCornwoolizMorse?!..

Memories of playing this in my car with my kids...that's why they have such good taste in music.

@rippi37

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...fun memories driving around, kids in the back, Stranglers blaring .....we got lots of 'interesting' looks from others as my kids sang their heads off to this music.....mine too have good taste in music.....lol

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

HangManzSwattMozQuitOO!!

They are so awesome I really like this song from my favorite group the stranglers there number 1 the greatest group i am number 1 fan of there's forever hanging around thank you so very much for sharing👍😁🤗🎶💯 Rip Dave Greenfield you are so missed😞🙏🌹✝️🙏😇

Takes me back to being 15 and seeing these in Brighton with mates. I also saw them at Reading Rock. Brilliant band.

My dad's favourite band when a listen to them makes me feel close to him rip Ali ednie

@BunyanaRed1958

4 жыл бұрын

Your Dad had great taste in music Andrew. God bless him.

@clairelawson9236

4 жыл бұрын

Ali ednie was a legend especially when it came to fixing cars Ford's

@scottleft3672

4 жыл бұрын

When ya dad was a lad....he was likely one of the best.

@RM-lj8bv

4 жыл бұрын

Your Dad had great musical taste. R.I.P.

@mikeyednie6968

4 жыл бұрын

Rip dad gbdnf rip Ali ednie

Still just hangin around. Some tunes just never grow old.

2022 Goosebumps...it's not forgotten ever!Thanks to my favourite English band ever xx

Got the best intro ,saw them 1978 Finsbury park

RIP Dave Greenfield. Thanks for the fun Tio

@johnbinns7573

4 жыл бұрын

RIP Dave you rocked me through my youth with your keyboard talents took me to another world, I am truly saddened and this world will be worse off without you, but your tunes will play on forever to inspire more people to give love through music - who can ever forget the keyboard skills that added ambience to the ripping bass of JJB Rest in peace Dave😢GO FOR A STROLL IN THE TREES DAVE.

@pamela8329

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnbinns7573 Brilliant arrangements 💔

I happened to be taping the radio when this thing came on a few months ago. Literally the first time I encountered it and I just *had* to find out who made it. Sucks to hear that one of the bandmates is dead. RIP big man.

The beginning when the bass kicks in. Tremendous.

Love the bass on Stranglers tracks!

@richardbrooks3860

8 жыл бұрын

JJ Burnell. Simply the Best!

@simonparish200

7 жыл бұрын

judderman37 fukin awesome.👌

@nickdouglass421

6 жыл бұрын

judderman37 Their whole sound down to the recording/production. Sadly they were shit LIVE by comparison.

@eagleinblack

5 жыл бұрын

They were and are far from shit live. A great live band

@irenalandowska9217

5 жыл бұрын

Jean jacques Burnel is agood french bassist

JJ's bass goes up your spine. Love this song, love Rattus Norvegicus.

This magical group can bring tears to your eyes. Simply Incredible

Brilliant tune great band RIP Dave Greenfield a LEGEND fantastic keyboards 🎯❤️

I fucking love the way the bass sounds like a fucking motorbike!! What a sound! Love it.

@conkeroonee

5 жыл бұрын

Based on a Triumph Trident .

@robinx5851

21 күн бұрын

JJ Burnel was a mechanic too, I think

I love these guys and Dave's death breaks me up.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

PolITikaLlezObjEKshanBASSo!

Stranglers massive part of my High School era . RIP JET ,up there with Dave Greenfield .Absolute Love and Ultimate respect .

daymmmmm, one of Mums favorite bands, RIP

@NickSBailey

7 жыл бұрын

A Mum with brilliant taste.

@infamous8181

7 жыл бұрын

she sure did : )

@modsheff1

7 жыл бұрын

Bless ya. X

@TheDerroLondon

6 жыл бұрын

sophia... Your Mum had great taste.. xxx

The Stranglers were the best EVER

this was my favorite song with my 14 years old. I was in a trance at parties. Today at 56 is still my DNA. Great band.

@bernicehenry9738

Жыл бұрын

Me too...60 yrs young and still get the best feeling when I listen xx

RIP Dave, a great keyboardist that made a great band greater. Love from Texas.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

10GalENhat2piENtED!!Cyx!

Best Rock Band Ever. Stranglers play my mind.

Well done to Ghost covering this and doing a brilliant job of it 🤟🤟🤟

@Kodaemon

Жыл бұрын

It's the one song from Phantomime that gets stuck in my head constantly. I haven't actually heard the original until now. I'll have to check out more from The Stranglers! :D

@thomasmuir9751

Жыл бұрын

@@Kodaemon that's the good thing about bands like Ghost doing really good covers of older bands, it helps to widen people's taste in music with bands they might never of heard. This only works if they do a good job of remaking it. So we'll done to Ghost for keeping knocking it out the park.👌🤟

@SerErryk

11 ай бұрын

That's why I came here. Never heard of them before.

@Ida-iu3uj

11 ай бұрын

Yes, it's another one that gets ya and won't let go. I'll be listening to it on repeat, all day long.

@OkByeNw

8 ай бұрын

​@@thomasmuir9751 it also gives them some good pay too. Most of these 1st, 2nd, and 3rd wave punk bands have inspired generations of future artists without truly having any kind of financial success. it's great to see successful bands like Ghost pay it forward to the guys that they grew up listening to. It can be life changing for them.

RIP Dave - no more heroes....

Sinister- menacing- skilled musicians- toxic combination- RIP Dave Greenfield

1st band I saw live & it was the first time I felt the bass go right through me. Not just that. There top-top fellas too. Down to earth & really generous with their time for the less fortunate in our society. What bass & keyboard's!!!! RIP Legend, bless you all with good health. 😍🤩🤗 They'll never know what & how good of times they were. Well and truly dancing our balls off before the MD came along. Keep safe everyone!

Sometimes I daydream that I was in a cool band from the past. The Stranglers are one of them because of their authenticity.

Thanks for the music Dave and the guys .Stranglers couldn’t ever be the same without DG !RIP

One of the best bands of the era.

One of the best songs ...ever ...by anyone.

RIP Jet Black - thanks for making music important again

Saw them six times in my life, first in Edinburgh (79?), Nantes, Paris twice and now Madrid twice too, last time 3 years ago. Love them, definitely... Let's hang around life...

What can you say about the strangers, the best band to come out of punk, it wasn't just attitude but superb musicians & great songs

Can't beat this xxxx

stranglers bring back many memories from my youth when I listen to songs that they made in the 70s and 80s.

Dave...You made the band...Legend...RIP

The Stranglers still keep me hanging around.

My favourite band since I was 12 years old..fell in love with Rattus after about 3 listens,sound production is fucking marvellous on that album

Best of the punk bands by a long way and morphed into a band that's still well worth a look.

First band I ever saw live, aged fifteen. Oct 15th 1977 in the dump that was Queen's Hall in Leeds, we had to run to catch the last train back to Selby and they were playing this song as we left the venue.

@aidanbrennan6587

2 жыл бұрын

The good old days.i wish I had of been there at that gig.if only I could turn back time.the Stranglers are a awesome band.i have seen them play live many times and loved every minute of their gigs.

One of the BEST bands ever.....matured like a fine winexxxxxx

They were amazing I'm a Quo nut but LOVED this band saw them live and their fans are as mad as Quo fans keep rocking JJ and R.I.P Dave. If I should see you 👍😄

the only punk band which used such pronounced synth lines and breaks.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

postEncOzeezPunxPolPotLikaYawSinkrwzENthyMowsArkzRipe!?..

This sounds just as amazing as it did when I first heard it when I was 8 (30 years ago!)..."Christ he told his mother told her not to bother cos he's high above the city and "Hey Mom! I can see our house from up here!"....should've been the lyrics.Just my humble.

"Golden Brown," brilliant waltz, one of the great post-punk anthems of all time

@3butalcomp3

4 жыл бұрын

+Adam Walch -yeah, the post punk anthem, Golden Brown!

@Diomede-Lefort

Жыл бұрын

Golden brown was a piece of music by Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZIWnk6xvYZXUitY.html have to say, Stranglers version is perhaps more enjoyful, sorry king Brubeck...and thank you both !

What a legend.

Just seen them at the 02 in Bristol after waiting a couple of years due to covid, worth the wait! Me and the old man enjoyed every minute of it!

The greatest song by one of the greatest bands

Guildfords finest 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Isn't this just kick ass. Love it.

Remember hearing this for the first time. After the first 30 seconds, they had me for life.

Heard a little clip from youtube and now I can't stop listening to the whole thing. Love the beat and intro and everything else. Thank you for expending my musical tastes

Shoutout for Ghost who made a cover of this jewel

A great song with another classic JJ Burnel bass sound. They had so many great singles and this should have been one of them along with Tank. Fucking great band

@Anwahs13

5 жыл бұрын

It was

@wullieg7269

4 жыл бұрын

I can Drive!,Drive!....

I wasn't even alive when this song dropped, but I still love it and hear it everyday.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

roldMEdiaRaveEncrowSpamazzazBaitsRepPolHiShuxYyeImerJeeneeJakaasDeejazToneEkeyQuizKillkids2AAinshurzAZyellOlinesENdizNYZ!!AliztaCOpanixkuz!!

Jean Jacques Burnel's bass guitar and Dave Greenfield's keyboard were the standout aspects of The Stranglers music

@Kelly14UK

4 жыл бұрын

Who knows where the brilliance came from.

@steveclem7873

2 жыл бұрын

ThyHObbeeCanPOLetreex!!

intro drives me crazy..Jean Jacques Burnel: The Barracuda Bassist.... best punk rock song of all time.

@patttrick

5 жыл бұрын

All punks love Gordon is a moron by jilted john, John Culshaw the true national anthem of the punk generation

@LaughingStock_

4 жыл бұрын

Except - it's not punk, it's rock. Pure and simple rock.

@AmysTrilogy

4 жыл бұрын

John Culshaw??? wtf has it got to do with him?

The Stranglers are so COOL & I LOVE them so much!! 😃 I feel so freakin LUCKY 2 have 2 of the kindest, coolest & most loving parents in the whole world! 😊 They got me into this amazing band when I was only 14 & ever since then I've just been HOOKED on em, I 'ave! 😅 Best of luck, take care & have a fab day, buddy! 😁✌

One of the best British bands ever, no doubt about it. Still cut it live.

@paulbailey7641

5 жыл бұрын

True also one of the best in the world

Thanks for the music Dave