The Stranglers - Something Better Change
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- Original music video for Something Better Change by The Stranglers released as a single on 22nd July 1977.
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Lyrics:
Don't you like the way I move when you see me?
Don't you like the things that I say?
Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it?
When you shout things but I don't care
Something's happening and it's happening right now
You're too blind to see it
Something's happening and it's happening right now
Ain't got time to wait
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
Don't you like the way I dance, does it bug you?
Don't you like the cut of my clothes?
Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it?
Stick my fingers right up your nose
Something's happening and it's happening right now
You're too blind to see it
Something's happening and it's happening right now
Ain't got time to wait
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change, yeah, take it Hugh!
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change, lovely
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
Change, change, change, change
Change, change, change, change
Change, change, change, change
Change
Change!
Written by The Stranglers (Brian John Duffy / David Greenfield / Hugh Alan Cornwell / Jean Jacques Burnel)
Published by Universal Music Publishing Group
A Warner Music Group recording and music video.
Right that’s it, No more heroes album is getting blasted oot this afternoon 😁
ive got it on loud, but its a bit cold to open me windows and share it with the street lol
@@MacStoker 😂😂 put a jumper on and let ‘em all enjoy it !! 😁👍
On yer sel big man
@@MacStoker cold..in july? Were do ya live santa.. yer man is right, put on a jumper open the windows and f$%k the neighbours. Atriculate punk...love it
Doont blame year. Thanks for the goal v Forest in the league cup final btw Andy. Up the Wolves!
we need a band like this in 2023...
There are a lot of good new bands recently, don't think they carry Stranglers Vibes but The Struts are pretty good.
@@binnieb20na dann schreibe mal bitte ich bin in Wien zuhause und suche immer neue musik. LG!!!
IDLES
@@sratusgood one yes Idles are super good and carry the same heavy vibe
I dedicate this to the Government of The UK and Europe.
And the rest of 'em
First thing I thought also!
Please add the United States to the list, and a furious, yet desperate, SOS if possible.
RIP Dave Greenfield and Jet Black two of the best musical genius
This video along with the Straighten Out video was recorded at Southern Row, North Kensington at the bottom of the steps which lead up to Ladbroke Grove.
The intro' was recorded nearby at Colville Square just off the Portobello road. Allsaints church can be seen to the right.
fantastic! i used to play this when i was a heavy metal dj a few years after this track came out! this, always the sun & peaches were my favourite songs by the stranglers! peaches always upset old people!!!!
@@normankennith7919 If you take a look on google maps there are some orange dumpsters on the exact spot, changed a lot have to say. Cheers.
North Kensington, not South - very different. But thanks anyway as I wondered where this was filmed.
@@pierrewilliams1533 Many thanks
some things change for the better!!!@@pierrewilliams1533
A true masterpiece. R.I.P. Dave. Gone but never forgotten!❤
R.I.P tabby cat.
And sadly Jet too! ❤
great song raw stranglers
@@marcelpercy703 among with many others
YEA R.I.P Dave, ..Rock In Paradise👊
This song applies as much today as it did back in 1977, truly timeless!
Change is coming but it won't be to the advantage of anyone except the powers that shouldn't be.
My god almighty, how many hours of my life have I spent listening to the Stranglers?
None of those hours wasted.
there is always more time to up your quota should you need it..
Hours well spent indeed.
Not enough!
@@mikegray3763 You beat me to it. That's what I was going to say!
Who makes you want to run down the street more than these legends?!!
Anybody here in 2024? SAS Rogue Heroes brought back memories of this song (and many other by my beloved Stranglers)
SAS Rogue Heroes season 2 coming out next month!
Here in 2025!
Brilliant series x@@alexfilma16
Stranglers at their best. They really helped me cope with my hate of authority in any form. Thx, lads
LOL yes nicely put
The energy and sentiment of this song is needed more than ever today, both musically and politically. .
You're not wrong mate. We need a song like this from 45 years ago to wake up to ourselves.
let's do it@@terrythekittieful
I use to think that too
Indeed 😢
Yep, the indigenous people of these islands need to stand together for change.
What a phenomenal band they truly were.
England,our little island in The North Sea has produced some of the very best bands the world has ever witnessed!❤
Still great 😊😊awesome.
Theses and xtc and early ultravox were head and shoulders above every one else !!!
💥🎯💥
Yes!
Oh man, when I'm listening to this I feel 16 again. These songs are full of life and positive energy.
I love this group. I was in my teens in the 1970s. Firstly i was into Glam Rock pop music such as Slade , Mott the Hoople , T Rex , etc then the Punk explosion happened. I would have liked to have been in the audience in this video.
Punk rock ripped the 'prog rock' bands to shit basically.
I had my 21 birthday cake shaped like an LP and decorated like ' Rattus Norveticuc 'lol☮️🏴🏴👍😊
Absolutely beautiful and brilliantly 👏👏😭👏👏🍾🍾🍾💃💃💃
Still remember seeing & hearing this for the first time.
I've been 'Strangled' ever since. 🐀😎🖤
I've been Strangled since 1977.
@@DoomHasCame Much as I'd like to claim that,I'd be overselling myself as they'd just become established by the time I got to hear them. I was just becoming a teenager and people from school were playing the Rattus Norvegicus album. I quickly became acquainted with their early breakthrough hits like Peaches,Go Buddy Go,Straighten Out and this song and also got into songs such as Get a Grip on Yourself and Hanging Around. My mum had (and still has) a piano at home which me and my sister could mess around on and I started playing the keyboard tune from Peaches on it,to my mum's amusement. I think we'd both be interested to read any accounts on here from anyone who was there on the scene in time to see them emerge from nowhere.
You did get a grip on yourself, y’ mean? 😎
A criminally under rated band.
Brilliant I was a 14 yr old punk now 60
I was 16 yr old just left school then now 63 wish I can go back there and that age
58 and still listening to the stranglers
If you're a punk, you might grow old, but you never age. Maybe older, perhaps wiser, but still a fucking punk
All the music and message so relevant today - its a class struggle as Joe said I don’t want to know wot the rich are doing
Same here 😂
A classic so fit for modern times!
This music today could heal the world 🌎
One of the biggest bands, both musically but most by the lyrics. Even if Hugh leaved years ago the last performace on the farwell tour was magic. Rest in peace Stranglers but you will never be forgotten
My neighbours fucking loved this played at full volume when I got home from school....... Great Britain will never be able to recreate this feeling
Brexshit effed the whole UK. The feeling has gone.
Brexit minced the UK. The feeling has gone.
Struggling to think of anything that has changed for the better since this song..
when i was a tween you were either; two tone mods, punks or heavy metal and we beat the shit out of each other at school discos.
I love them all. 🤗
❤ it!
Great times ha
This was just no bullshit, no fakery, no plastic angst music from my favourite time. Miss those times.
such a great time for music , so many superb bands, we were really blessed.
Something did change - music became shit. What an absolute joy to hear this 45 year old classic. It is a very long time since anyone released a record with the power and energy this has.
So true.
Exactly
So, nothing to do with the fact that you're not a teenager anymore?
@Maitre Mark yep
sure does
August 2024 ...very appropriate for the times.
S T A R M E R C U N T L I S T E N
@@kevinclark2856 mind your language
TRUMP 2024 🇺🇸
RIP Dave. Your talent will be missed. Long live The Stranglers.
It was awesome being born in the 1900’s
One of the best songs from the wonderful Stranglers.
Love the bass JJ is using
A fender precision
Best band of 1977. If only because of J J Burnel's bass sound.
Each one of the 4 members contributed something unique and priceless to the music and sound of the band. Take away any of these 4 from the mix and they sound like the type of band that are a dime a dozen. When Hugh Cornwell left, The stranglers, they never recovered. Happens a lot with many bands - KISS is one of them.
J'écoutai en 77, en 87, 97 ..... et j'écoute aujourd'hui ! et j'écouterai demain....
Great song knocked out some great music these lads.
We in the 1980's blasted out the Stranglers vinyl records through 120 watt amps with 5 band graphic equalizers through 300 watt speakers. Something did change. Hahaha.
I have the pink marble 7" EP , which this track is on (not worth the millions I was hoping for) but a beautiful thing, none the less. I got it along with the Raven album (with 3D cover) a schoolmate of mine had the Black & White (white vinyl) EP and wld not, 4luv nor money, part with it. Still! There's always that one that got away. Sweet li'l trip down memory lane.
Love the Stranglers.
One of my favourite songs 💙
Love!!!
my favvy favvy kick n d arse song :} !!!!!! - bless your cotton socks - sweartheats - rock it!!! NAME IT - ROCK IT!!!
Tune just popped into my head.
The day that the earth stood still. ♥
My favourite band and my favourite film (the original with Michael Rennie, not the remake with Keanu Reeves).
I remember the first time I heard this, my mate Keith had a really really powerful stereo nearly blew me out of my shoes and from then on I was hooked. Music was so much better then.
The Stranglers at their very best. Seen them too many times to recall. RIP Jet, say hi to Dave, legends never die 👍
Never stop despising them with every inch of your being! It's the underground law!
A time when FOUR GENIUSES CAME TOGETHER.... Rest is history... God bless em..❤❤❤❤
P.s Time to get back hugh before it really is too late. We already lost 2 of the boys....
Keep this on You tube forever,,,You wont see this on TV
Seems I still have the same opinion that I did when I was 18 in 1977 and now I'm 65. LOL!
Awesome 💕
Still sounds Soooo Brill 😎
Filmed in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove 🧷🎶
Happy Birthday JJ BURNEL❤BEST FRENCH BASS PLAYER IN ENGLAND❤
Punk legends ❤ i can listen to this song all the time anytime haha
Soundtrack of my uni days. They were unique in the 1970's and reflected the mood of the time but much more than just a punk band.
The stranglers choke me up, sorry couldn't resist, great music, early stuff was unique and still is I guess
There were many excellent keyboard and synth musicians during my time period, like Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider, Keith Emerson, Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Edgar Froese, Wendy Carlos, Vangelis, Billy Currie, even Brian Eno who considers himself as a non-musician. But Dave Greenfield (may he Rest In Peace) had his own unique style. I had the good experience seeing The Strangers in concert around 1983 or 1984 in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California (on the Central West Coast) at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. It was their 'Feline Tour' and they opened up for Roxy Music.
In today's society this songs so relevant
For me it was 1988 my first job the lads at work were in a band the drummer adored this band Mark Cunningham from Bradford was his name a guy you never forget, so thanks to Mark he took me to see them live at the st Georges hall Bradford, my first ever big gig, i was hooked from that day to this. An amazing band with great imagination and energy
Most underrated band of all time
Underrated?? Don't think so seen how hits they had and albums
I offer these two piano covers: Waltzinblack and Strange Little Girl. The Stranglers FOREVER!!!
I shall tell you something that
does not change and that is
how good it actually sounds.
That guitar break is special
Such a great song
The solos that the man played are of the highest order.
The Stranglers will always rock...
Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, friends bought albums, put various bands on cassettes and we swapped music. None of us had the money to buy every album we were interested in. Went to college and we were introduced to punk or whatever name you want to apply. One friend made a mix that included this song, another made a copy of Aural Sculptures later. I was hooked. Same with The Cure, Ultravox, Roxy Music, and so many more bands. Golden Brown, totally out of tune with music at the time, what a beautiful song.
Blimey remember this great days , awesome band 🧙♂️
Another prime example of why '77 - '82 was one of the two great golden ages of the British hit single (the other being '63 - '67).
I try very hard to explain this very thought to people all the time! But you can extend it to ‘69 early ‘70.
@@SirSneakerPimp '72/73 in UK. seemed to go in two year waves to my recollection....But it's totally crap now.And anyone who would argue otherwise can only have never experienced it when it was good
'71-'73, Slade, T.Rex. Sweet, Suzi Quattro, Wizzard
Brilliant
Been a rocker my whole life but the stranglers were something else!!!!!!!!
SAS Rogue brought me here id forgotten about this classic i was a teenager when this came out music was just great then
I absolutely love the pictures they show distill picture when they say something better change, and they show the drummer’s face. He looks like a true John Bonham look
My absolute favorite song and I am a fan of the Sex Pistols Led Zeppelin, The Who The Beatles of course they’re Rolling Stones The Clash the Ramones and these guys measure up this song that they’re putting out right now measures up to anything it could apply to anything in your life which is currently is alcohol and drugs, but this should be a song that is played in alcoholics, anonymous orwhat’s other program? Oh yeah narcotics anonymous, lol lol, the young people have to mesh with the elders the elders I should say, thank you very much for this we all thank you for this.
Fortunate to see this line up live. Great band.
Wow... Dave Brubeck and The Stranglers.... Both performing this great song 👍
Plus that final chord came almost straight from Ram Jam Black Betty. Or Stranglers been there first ?
Nice to see official uploads of old videos
Excellent. I’ve still got the pink vinyl EP bought way back when - it has this track, Straighten Out, Grip, and Hanging Around. Amazing band.
God I miss the 70's. Today's so fake & throw away crap with no talent or meaning.
that vinyl must be worth a pretty penny now!
@@camo7886 I’ve seen them online for 12 quid so maybe not the retirement fund I was hoping for 👊😜
@Arcadelife ha, no maybe not then! Ah well, still a special thing to own, especially if you bought it new.
@@camo7886 Exactly, mate - I doubt I’d consider selling it (or most of my other weird 70s/80s vinyls) unless it was some stupid life-changing amount … and even then maybe not.
An amazing band , a snapshot of English history .
Excellent raw, energetic, exciting and powerful music with a simple video. RIP Dave Greenfield and now Jet Black.
Always loved this song when I was younger cause my Father would always play this on his car stereo
Just love the way this smacks in after guitar into. Used to rehearse same place as Stranglers late 70s.this song So apt right now in 2023.
Sniffing glue, bonfires in the park, causing a ruckus. Loved that time in my life. Something changed
superb!
I didn't know JJ sang this! I even own his solo album, Euroman Cometh, and I didn't know!
Ratus norvegicus, féline, la folie and golden Brown ❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
I was 17 years and now 53. Years and i love your music. Always !!!!!! 🙏❤️🙏
I’m 69 and I’m still blasting them out!
Stranglers ❤️ live in Paris Zenith ❤️ i remember....❤️...in 1986....87??? Wouawou 🤣 so strong 👍❤️🤣
Absolutely brilliant 👏👌 can never be duplicated ... genius punk
I love the filming location. I remember when England looked like that, like still recovering from the war or something.
Like the Stranglers. Get a grip on Yourself was another classic song from them. I like this old archive film footage of the group.
Brings me back to a glorious time 😍😎🤘 So happy i saw them in concert
I saw The Stranglers around the mid 80's in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, just about 7 blocks north from where I resided over on the Eastside, walking distance. The Stranglers opened up for Roxy Music oddly enough. Two of my favorite bands from England!
Loved The Stranglers, I painted a huge rat set against a sunset painted on my bedroom wall in gloss. My parents were tolerant, sort of! Opening scenes of this - looks like Brighton but could be London (Notting Hill?). The flat spire church at .12 could be a clue? I now have to spend hours scanning Google Streetview trying to find it!
I bought the rat 🐀 cloth badge and sowed it onto my Harrington jacket in 78 ? I was the coolest in the class or so I thought , all the other cunts we’re listening to shawaddy waddy or Mud 😅
This was the first record I bought by the stranglers. It sounded different at the time. My favourite punk type group. More was to follow. Heroes. And my favourite. Golden brown. Classic song. Brilliant band.
RIP....Jet Black...🙏
Many thanks 💝
Stranglers forever in mind from Portugal ❤
Pure classic
Raw and aggressive 😂 i love ❤️ this great music 😊timeless 👌.
Wonderful.
Los quiero mucho, ojalá hubiera nacido 30 años antes y en un país donde si son famosos. Saludos desde México.
Yo también 😆 soy de México me encanta esta banda
@@Teenager1977 chocalas 🙌
@@Levinia. 🙌
Tenemos que apoyarnos en este país esto no existe y quiero que se propague aparte del chopo CDMX espero que ya estén ahí sus álbumes
@@Levinia. soy la misma cuenta danpunkhorror
You're smashing it absolutely 💯 thanks pure quality
What a Band! What a Song!! I thank God I got to see them live umpteen times with my Young Brother (RIP)
Great stuff.
The single of this was the first record I bought with my own money way back in the day :)
Mine too, Birthday money, 15 and the world ahead.