I love the idea of this ridiculously huge crowd being entertained by three guys on a bare stage with the most rudimentary instruments. The power of performance and great song writing. :)
I'd say synth was only just becoming popular in the UK around then. They fitted in with the punk attitude of bands like the Clash. Rockabilly had its niche in the UK in the 80s.
@@kalebvera1841 yea your a little off. The stray cats were very early 80s I was like 8 ,maybe younger, at the time. Labamba was late 80s . . The whole swing thing happened in the mid 90s . And labamba was a retro movie that had nothing to do with swing music???
3 guys with minimal instruments. And maximum talent.. and they rock the house 👍.. and now days musicians have the best of if everything and six guys can’t even come close to these guys .!
They had an original look (well, updated look) and a modernized take on old rock n roll. Then BS is a really good guitarist, the others are Really proficient on their instruments. A winning soup!
I remember the first time I heard them. I instantly became a huge fan. I waited on the day of release, for the record store to open to buy Built for speed. I've been a big fan ever since. I never had a chance to see them but did try twice. The first time I was hospitalized and could not go. The second time just an hour before I was going to leave, my wife went into labor. Her due date was a month away. They were wrong on the due date.
The only thing that my sweet baby would stop crying for was this song. This dead tired Momma was so happy to play it for her. Thanks for making this Brian
Love love love... from the Daddy Pussycat of 4 gorgeous p/cats... All started from 1 stray P/cat.. . 'Suby' in 2008. Love you Sabre 'n' Rascal 'n' CJ429 'n' Kitty... 'n' all my other P/cats that've passed on... especially Nadir 'n' Gremlin... And love these Stray Cats too... Awesome songs 'n' music. Thanks fellas.
Pray tell, how are in-ears a bad thing? Musicians finally have the ability to hear themselves and their bandmates in a custom mix that allows for them to perform their best. This was unthinkable from the birth of amplification until a couple years ago. Its some of the greatest innovation of our times that is very specifically aimed at making high quality expression of artistic intent possible
I LOVE 💕 it I LOVE it I LOVE it BASS DRUMS GUITAR 🎸 three VOICES WOW!!!!!! STRAY 🐈 STRUT baby.. THAT'S WHAT I CALL POWER TRIO.. WHO NEEDS ALL THE FIREWORKS AND LIGHTING STAGE AND FORKLIFTS AND ALL THAT NONSENSE!!!!!!!! THIS SHOWS WHAT TRUE MUSICIANS ARE... STRAY CATS!!!!😊🎺👍🎸🐈😄😃🎹🎷🙏🎻🎷
this is green day as far as where green day got their look but music complete different rockabilly but note the year 1983 they were way ahead of their time beautiful piece
Wow, this live recording sounds much better than the studio original. Also the tone of the Brians guitar is a bit weird, it sounds like its changing a pitch, adding more "mystery" to the song. I love that.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence I ain't got enough dough to pay the rent I'm flat broke but I don't care I strut right by with my tail in the air Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies cat I'm a feline Casanova, hey man that's that Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man Get my dinner from a garbage can Don't go crossing my path I don't bother chasing mice around I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry "Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy" I wish I could be as carefree and wild But I got cat class and I got cat style I don't bother chasing mice around I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry "Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy" I wish I could be as carefree and wild But I got cat class and I got cat style
I love the idea of this ridiculously huge crowd being entertained by three guys on a bare stage with the most rudimentary instruments. The power of performance and great song writing. :)
So right. Was a fan of Mod music, not rockabilly in the 80s, but this is SO good that it transcends musical fashion. 10/10 .
Bulldog TV slim Jim was just talking about that on the " let there be talk " podcast.
Bulldog TV This is the best.
Lovely😍
Bulldog TV this is why modern music sucks rockabilly rules
Goes to show all you need is the bare minimum when your a master at your craft. This is great!!!
Greatest live band of all time !! Thorogood Hoodoo Gurus Presidents Suzy Q r the closest but that’s just my opinion 💖👍🇦🇺🔥
You know it Lou 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺
Louis Solano a very simple band but they sure could play
I'm in that audience somewhere. The 80s were the best years ever!
hey cindy!!! cannot be beat...kids today dream of the 80s!!!!
THE PURE MAGIC OF ROCKABILLY MUSIC
It’s strange that this was so popular in the early 80s when everything was synth and glam metal...
Because it was the early 80's.
Glam metal and synth was popular at the mind and late 80'. Anyways, they made good music.
not really; rock is rock
I'd say synth was only just becoming popular in the UK around then. They fitted in with the punk attitude of bands like the Clash. Rockabilly had its niche in the UK in the 80s.
there was also a retro 50s vibe goin on , you can see it in shows and movies in the 80s like La Bamba
@@kalebvera1841 yea your a little off. The stray cats were very early 80s I was like 8 ,maybe younger, at the time. Labamba was late 80s . . The whole swing thing happened in the mid 90s . And labamba was a retro movie that had nothing to do with swing music???
Just saw the Cats in NYC last week. 40th Anniversary tour...
Still amazing.
The bros just hanging out drinkin beer, chillin with the crowd. Playing awesome music so cool
Okay, watching this in 2019 is just making me feel really, really old. It seems like just yesterday this was a chart topping hit song.
You feel old watching in 2019? I'm watching from 1762 kid!
Go go cats. Stray cats the legendary rockabilly band. No competition the full package. Still love u stray cats.
Best comment here.
The only band where the hardest thing to get in the gig van was the bass :o)
Juno Guy very simple band but they sure could play
The coolest band ever.
One amazing group.
@@thomasking4329 agree 😻😻😻
Behind the cramps
@@MichaelGrey11 they are phycobilly maybe the best of that genre
Nah. The Clash were. But these guys are ok
I love this song and I'm amazed by the drum set its pretty solid and minimalistic
holy shit...I don't think I've seen this....best rockabilly moment in history..!!!
By Far the Coolest Cats. 🐈 Bow to these fellas
3 guys with minimal instruments. And maximum talent.. and they rock the house 👍.. and now days musicians have the best of if everything and six guys can’t even come close to these guys .!
They had an original look (well, updated look) and a modernized take on old rock n roll. Then BS is a really good guitarist, the others are Really proficient on their instruments. A winning soup!
I remember the first time I heard them. I instantly became a huge fan. I waited on the day of release, for the record store to open to buy Built for speed. I've been a big fan ever since. I never had a chance to see them but did try twice. The first time I was hospitalized and could not go. The second time just an hour before I was going to leave, my wife went into labor. Her due date was a month away. They were wrong on the due date.
mike u 😥😥😥😥😰😰
this whole performance is simplicity amplified
Saw them back in 2007 in salt lake City while they were on tour with ZZ Top... Great Show!!!!
yall got weed in utah
The only thing that my sweet baby would stop crying for was this song. This dead tired Momma was so happy to play it for her. Thanks for making this Brian
I will never be this cool if a live a million lifetimes 😿😿🎶🎶
Love love love... from the Daddy Pussycat of 4 gorgeous p/cats...
All started from 1 stray P/cat..
. 'Suby' in 2008.
Love you Sabre 'n' Rascal 'n' CJ429 'n' Kitty... 'n' all my other P/cats that've passed on... especially Nadir 'n' Gremlin...
And love these Stray Cats too...
Awesome songs 'n' music. Thanks fellas.
A classic that brings back memories of good days
The sound coming out of his guitar is something out of a fever dream 🤘
Perfect song. Great music, lyrics and instrumentals . I just love it . Good to dance by and party to too.
Slim Jim was on fire !!! Beautiful drums.
1983 US Festival. I was just a freshman in high school, so I never made it to one before it was cancelled. That would've been awesome to go to.
autentic straight cats amazing Brian Setzer great performance!!
One my favorite songs of all time!!!!
u got cat class!!!
Omg i can watch this all day
Also no in-ear monitors.. They just do it all on their own hearing, instinct and talent.. Something you just don't see artists/performers do nowadays
Pray tell, how are in-ears a bad thing? Musicians finally have the ability to hear themselves and their bandmates in a custom mix that allows for them to perform their best. This was unthinkable from the birth of amplification until a couple years ago. Its some of the greatest innovation of our times that is very specifically aimed at making high quality expression of artistic intent possible
@@luchadoritoit’s not a bad thing, it’s just the lack of them makes it more impressive.
Same with Oingo Boingo during their live concert special from 1985. This takes a very tight band and special TALENT to sound that amazing!
I am 58 I loved this band.
The old school Bass and 2 drum kit are awesome.
Pound for pound the best guitar player in the world...best band too
I am so glad there are still some good down to 🌎 people out there 🔔
I love how everyone in the crowd are the kind you would see at a tractor pull in the Midwest
When he jumps off the drum "Meooow!"😸
Meow, indeed!
Still cool 40 years later.
Love it 3 guys getting it done so great dance music
Great performance
I LOVE 💕 it I LOVE it I LOVE it BASS DRUMS GUITAR 🎸
three VOICES WOW!!!!!!
STRAY 🐈 STRUT baby..
THAT'S WHAT I CALL POWER TRIO..
WHO NEEDS ALL THE FIREWORKS AND LIGHTING STAGE AND FORKLIFTS AND ALL THAT NONSENSE!!!!!!!!
THIS SHOWS WHAT TRUE MUSICIANS ARE...
STRAY CATS!!!!😊🎺👍🎸🐈😄😃🎹🎷🙏🎻🎷
daaaaaamn I havent heard this sooo many years...
Je les ai vu dans les années 90 à Paris. Pas fan à l'époque, mais superbe concert!!!!
!
this is green day as far as where green day got their look but music complete different rockabilly but note the year 1983 they were way ahead of their time beautiful piece
M322 Green Day fucking sucks 🤣
Great song, but by any standard, way behind their time.
@@NicolasStAmour ok boomer
I dont think so...
Its rockabilly thats 1950's buddy not ahead of their time
1983 US festival, was there.. 2 days!
Damn I was 1 yr old
Look at the stage when Camara man pulls back. Just like the sky dome firmament in the heavens
At the beginning of the song when Brian asked the audience if they want to strut, I was like, "I need to and desire to Stray Cat Strut sooooo bad"
He IS playing a stand up bass.🤹♀️🤹♀️🤹♀️🤹♀️🤹♀️ hard!
10-07-2023 + still Timeless!
Wow, this live recording sounds much better than the studio original. Also the tone of the Brians guitar is a bit weird, it sounds like its changing a pitch, adding more "mystery" to the song. I love that.
It's 2024 now and the Cats are on tour!
Back to basics kickass rock and roll.
I love this Song
WOOOOOHOOOOO Brian is AMAZAZING...love rockabilly
Been looking for this song forever!
Some of the best music ever 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Fantastic Quality
I was there and let me tell you great line up that day
Made me wanna play double base sooooo bad when i was 10. Mom said bs that too expensive.
LOVE STRAY CATS OLD TIME FAVORITE!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
I ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air
Stray cat strut, I'm a ladies cat
I'm a feline Casanova, hey man that's that
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can
Don't go crossing my path
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy"
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class and I got cat style
I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alleyway looking for a fight
Howling to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
"Wild stray cat, you're a real gone guy"
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class and I got cat style
Old days never come back
That bass at the start is awesome!
People do show up don't they...the TRIBES MAN... Best time to rock 🎸 out
Great song!
That's a huge fuckn crowd .... damm!
Should have seen how many were there the following day!
Perhaps the greatest guitarist ever.
For sure xx
Excellent
My favorite is. When. He didn't know of stars. Cuz he was.all. of them
小学生の頃、兄がｳｯﾄﾞﾍﾞｰｽで格好いい仲間とﾊﾞﾝﾄﾞをしているのを観て自然と大好きになりました❗
ﾛｶﾋﾞﾘｰ最高🎵
Some COOL CAT's right there !
I love you..so much. ...
The best video i’ve saw today and its only 8:28 am.
Pure Rockabilly joy by the masters of their craft.
Too bad Brian's guitar is criminally low in the mix during this performance.
Kind of a mid-scoop approach, maybe. Glad about the shining Vocals and the almost hi-fi bass, though.
Guitar is mixed fine. Perfect for not muddying the vocals as a rhythm instrument, but comes through fine when soloed.
@@tiltil9442 I cant here the bass other than the clicking
@@Taylor_5724 ... Smartphone acoustics.
Too bad!
@@tiltil9442 ok yeah I just put on my headphones and I can totaly hear it
Its called raw talent children.
Thank you
just moondust this..i was only junior skool & saw em on TOTP playing this & im sure it was 79` sorry if im wrong BUT LOVE their music!
AWESOME
Cannot get enough of Brian 😻
Just sublime...just love the music & lyrics! dont ask me but i was talking to our PC DIBBLE..???
beautiful
just SUBLIME! i think it was Brian Setzer was lead singer! My DaD use to dance with me when he put this on..lovely memories
We weere so young
At a slower tempo.Very nice.
Brian was a hell of a guitarist in his day
He still is.
The boyz are awesome!!
Absolutely coolllll!!!!!
Coolness meets passion
This band is criminally underrated. This song 99.9% better than any music coming out in this day and age.
Steven Byrd amen to that you can understand the lyrics unlike this rap trash we have today
So right. Same thing could have been said about them back then too.
Loved it in 82 love it more now
@@execatty same love bri❤❤
Metal is better than this shit
Huge crowd
That's a great song !
Love bri so cool❤❤❤
I learned al.l that from my baby. Iloveu
Digging that Rock A Billy beat!
That’s a lot of people’s grandparents in that audience getting high
Yeah, but we're the cool grandparents now :) I love taking my granddaughter to concerts. We have been to numerous states now to see bands we like.
You can get high without being high
@@mimib6906 haha that's awesome!
And getting pregnant 😊
Well he can definitely roll his rs
His arse?
CHEERS TO THE STRAY CATS🎵✅
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEE!
No, dont have anything fancy. Yes, there are only three guys. Yes, they have millions of people admiring them
Great job
Very cool