Stray Cats - Rock This Town/ Stray Cat Strut (Live On Fridays)

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  • The Stray Cats perform "Rock This Town" and "Stray Cat Strut" live as the musical guest on the cult classic comedy show Fridays. You can buy The Best Of Fridays at: www.shoutfactory.com/node/217612
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  • @lewie7820
    @lewie7820 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Real music. No autotune, no BS, play and sing. Brian and crew are the real cowboys....

  • @spagett2487
    @spagett2487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    No backing track, just straight up instruments plugged into amps and talent. God I love these guys.

    • @123spleege
      @123spleege 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was just thinking that. How dry this was but so perfect.

    • @bim-ska-la-bim4433
      @bim-ska-la-bim4433 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@123spleege "dry"
      You mean "real," but yeah (that's OK).

    • @123spleege
      @123spleege 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bim-ska-la-bim4433 Dry is a studio term. little or no effects.

    • @user-ot7tz7sd8r
      @user-ot7tz7sd8r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brian Seltzer is so underrated.

  • @donnix1192
    @donnix1192 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Setzer is an incredible player.

  • @felipelizana7502
    @felipelizana7502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    Brian Setzer is a fantastic guitar player!

    • @dougsmith7083
      @dougsmith7083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lee and Jim are excellent players too

    • @tomy.1846
      @tomy.1846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of my favorites!!! :)

    • @user-dc7hd8lq4w
      @user-dc7hd8lq4w 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@tomy.18466:06

  • @greatpix
    @greatpix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I watched it when it first broadcast and I became a Stray Cats fan that night.

    • @dianemitchell8765
      @dianemitchell8765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I will never not love them!

    • @biffleonetti5298
      @biffleonetti5298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw them that night too. I'm a guitar player that went from a distorted tone to a clean tone that night too.

    • @christopherremy5972
      @christopherremy5972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too! God love Fridays and SNL from this time period I got turned on to so much music them when my young mind was ready for it!

    • @contrail33
      @contrail33 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!

    • @maikelf5351
      @maikelf5351 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was that cars game for me. Was rocking to it with a broom😂

  • @sjoldtimer
    @sjoldtimer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    First ran across these guys in 1981, buying an album at Tower Records in San Jose. Been a fan of all the band members ever since.

    • @joemanwassup
      @joemanwassup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bought records at Tower on Winchester Blvd, loved that place.

    • @andrejfedorenko
      @andrejfedorenko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Если что ... Есть почитатели котов в России 😎

  • @Sonnyrockerbass
    @Sonnyrockerbass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Lee Rocker is a fantastic bass player

  • @Winterstick549
    @Winterstick549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Slim Jim's Drum tech: "I'm Slim Jim's drum tech."
    Neal Pearts Drum tech. "Bastard!".

    • @darienhigh
      @darienhigh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should've said Terry Bozzio's drum tech

    • @SAHBfan
      @SAHBfan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darienhigh Terry Bozzio has an army of drum techs….

    • @darienhigh
      @darienhigh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SAHBfan I know but it's more fun to believe he has only one

  • @nmp3120
    @nmp3120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Really smooth sound and it really swings. Not rocks, swings.

    • @dianemitchell8765
      @dianemitchell8765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's like beatnick and Frank Sinatra.I could listen to them forever! And the Beatles and the Bee Gees!

    • @liborsionko
      @liborsionko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're right. Remove the chorus and supplant Basie, Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Coconut Oil and it fits perfectly. That's kinda swinging.

  • @essexpaul6423
    @essexpaul6423 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its taken me to get to 61 to realise how good they were

  • @russellbradford4394
    @russellbradford4394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Sheeeit. Hendrix , Van Halen , Clapton , Knofler , Page , Berry and whoever , Brian Setzer is right there with those names. Period!

  • @Rave779
    @Rave779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This was definitely their best live performance and quality presentation of it as well. Definitely one of the best moments ever caught on tape.

  • @jamesian-allen8725
    @jamesian-allen8725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is the real deal bad boy rock N roll, these guys busted out when everyone was going nuts over billy squire, journey, stevie nicks/tom petty, etc. They were like nothing else at the time, yet like everything cool that came before. They were fun and looked fabulous. This is how it's done kiddies !

  • @nathanbrownmolotov8697
    @nathanbrownmolotov8697 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Stray Cats brought Rock-a-billy out of the shadows. I've been a fan since the first album.

  • @notthatyouasked6656
    @notthatyouasked6656 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of my college friends in the early 80s had copies of the first UK albums he let me borrow. I was hooked immediately. Over the years I've collected some memorabilia and a lot of their records including several obscurities with otherwise unreleased songs. The gem of my memorabilia collection is an application for the use of the Stray Cats name and logo on clothing as a registered trademark, signed by all 3 guys with their actual, legal names.

  • @walkrslayer1305
    @walkrslayer1305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    That bass, the one drum and cymbal, and that great gretsch sound!

  • @Schpritzmachine
    @Schpritzmachine ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I' m reading Slim Jim's book right now... page 52 - I just had to google this, they nailed it.. as usual.

  • @sergioprietoseijo8397
    @sergioprietoseijo8397 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Real and magic Rock and Roll

  • @al6347
    @al6347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bam in your face...The Stray Cats.
    I have seen them live in San Jose CA. A small club...they killed it
    I'm a Cats fan forever...

  • @danielpetrusevski2572
    @danielpetrusevski2572 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I cant wait for March 2nd. Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot in vegas

  • @williamhalstead3488
    @williamhalstead3488 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    gotta love that drum kit

    • @TheStuport
      @TheStuport 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Neil Peart Starter Kit

    • @Kanarie1973
      @Kanarie1973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep and gotta love that mum with kid. Time of her life.

    • @terryf5131
      @terryf5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep..easy load out at the end of the night.

    • @Winterstick549
      @Winterstick549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Especially the roadie.

  • @DrTWG
    @DrTWG 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    On top of everything else - they've got some great vocal harmonies going on . Great band.

  • @johnnorth6004
    @johnnorth6004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dancers and the actors dancing so fucking cool. Melanie Chartoff was so sexc !! Oh, and the Stray Cats were BADASS

  • @JB-zg1dv
    @JB-zg1dv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stray cats were tight!

  • @Genkimark
    @Genkimark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Great performance! Fridays always had cool musical guests.

  • @andreacostaadm
    @andreacostaadm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The People are dancing, very cool!

  • @RackwitzG
    @RackwitzG ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I'd stand on the bass drum like Slim Jim it would collapse. lol Great performance!

  • @HawaiiJetboat
    @HawaiiJetboat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Stellar Performance. No fluff. Plug in and Play.

  • @k4tie.555
    @k4tie.555 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    seeing all the stray cats fans in this section feeling nostalgic at this is amazing!! i got into these guys super recently and i’m 15 and just seeing the pure talent coming from brian and the guys is insane. love it

    • @travisstubbs8854
      @travisstubbs8854 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      if you dont already play you should pick up a guitar and learn and help keep this stuff alive for the future. My son is 15 and can play stray cat strut.

    • @k4tie.555
      @k4tie.555 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@travisstubbs8854 yeah i’ve played guitar since i was 12! stray cat strut is a really fun song to play 🎸

  • @isaactorres5908
    @isaactorres5908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I heard that Robert Plant once introduced Brian setzer as the greatest guitarist he ever worked with

  • @wilkersonlopez8649
    @wilkersonlopez8649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im strays cats fan from 1982 from puerto rico

  • @stephanedajtlich
    @stephanedajtlich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Fab' Three

  • @jimfrawley6763
    @jimfrawley6763 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Saw them 5 times. First back in early eighties was the best. Old rundown dive called the Grand Circus Theater. Perfect venue even though we thought the balcony was going to crash down on top of us.

  • @patrickparsley4091
    @patrickparsley4091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember watching that when it came on. Knew of the Cats but seeing that live...It was so mind blowing compared to what was on the radio at the time. Caused me to deep dive waaay back. Not unfamiliar with the influences but I really began to listen. Damn Setzer was so young and listen to how fully formed those songs were. Great Stuff.

    • @RichardFriendartist
      @RichardFriendartist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always think that too. He really had a vision and got his skills both singing and guitar up to such a high level at such a young age. Really impressive and with great songs to boot.

  • @NEVERLEAVEORFORSAKE
    @NEVERLEAVEORFORSAKE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I remember this the first time it was on....I went out to Tower Records on Beach Blvd in Buena Park Ca the next day and bought their first album in the "IMPORT SECTION" of the store....Classic!!

    • @daanje1062
      @daanje1062 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have that import album to this day. The Cats were huge in Britain before Rock This Town hit charts in USA.

  • @alvalentin6384
    @alvalentin6384 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bought "Built for Speed" in 1982. I remember watching this performance. "Fridays" was a good show.

  • @user-nd3rv6bi7k
    @user-nd3rv6bi7k วันที่ผ่านมา

    Now it's July 2024, who still listens to this music ??

  • @montgomerydenzer8805
    @montgomerydenzer8805 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Saw it when it first aired- '80 been a fan ever since!!

  • @bradsonnicksen6907
    @bradsonnicksen6907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My FIRST concert ever!! The Bus Boys and Stray Cats at Northrup Auditorium, Minneapolis. Even back then I knew Brian would be a huge success!

    • @GreenCanvasInteriorscape
      @GreenCanvasInteriorscape 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The busboys had exited my vast musical repository in my mind and cassette collection, I was at shows at Northrop also, Bryan ferry and Roxy music, Natalie merchant and..., wonder how many more I've forgotten...

  • @Spazcan
    @Spazcan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Saw them in concert 5 or 6 years ago in Dallas....they were still great!

  • @andresantoniodeleonsuero9243
    @andresantoniodeleonsuero9243 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow this band is the best of the best!

  • @8888Rik
    @8888Rik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Damn they were good. I used to be a guitarist, and Setzer was terrific.

  • @LEnzo-yg3im
    @LEnzo-yg3im 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Setzer and Grestch is FANTASTIC !!!
    from France.

  • @bdog961
    @bdog961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Rockabilly ahead of it’s time!! This guitar playing will die when Brian goes? Respects!!

    • @garybrader8447
      @garybrader8447 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Ahead of it's time"?? This is from the '80s. Rockabilly was majorly popular in the '50s. Wake up bdog!

  • @JMcLeodKC711
    @JMcLeodKC711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best commercial for Gretch ever

  • @gunnarr9882
    @gunnarr9882 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    So much attitude. rock....

  • @theedrstrangelove
    @theedrstrangelove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I had a bunch of stickers on my bedroom door one of which was the stray cat logo of the cat with a pompadour. My mom was pissed. Guess what?: They are still there after nearly 40 years.

  • @jrjs1899
    @jrjs1899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the bass is awensome

  • @kmars21
    @kmars21 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I saw em in 82?..so long ago cant remember..NUMBERS club in Houston TX

  • @jhondoe5147
    @jhondoe5147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Now that was Cool!

  • @albertpostolides771
    @albertpostolides771 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a talent they had! And so cool about it!

  • @christophertracy2807
    @christophertracy2807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It seems that Fridays actually did a better job at booking live musical acts than Saturday Night Live when you look back on it. It did have the advantage of being in the best part of the 80s so there was were plenty of new acts that woudl become legends like DEVO, the Clash, and these guys who were just starting to get noticed.

    • @lacunachannel3841
      @lacunachannel3841 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      totally agreee-- Fridays had the hottest UK acts that we only saw on fanzines like CREAM in NA

    • @christophertracy2807
      @christophertracy2807 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lacunachannel3841 They were light on the black acts though. I think that had the Bus Boys but there is no way they should not have had Prince and Rick James - just to two 2 hot young acts at that time.

    • @lacunachannel3841
      @lacunachannel3841 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christophertracy2807 Very good point, and that explains why I didn't get into hip hop soul and real black music until much later. Interesting that Sun Ra was a guest on SNL though. Good thing we have the Internet now.

  • @mozilla2576
    @mozilla2576 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome performance!!! What a trio.

  • @cathalapatricia4748
    @cathalapatricia4748 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Merci ❤

  • @meliawhite2499
    @meliawhite2499 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was awesome! Loved it! The cameramen on this show were awesome at their job. They got the band and all the action. The video quality is great and love that it’s totally live. 🎶

  • @garystevens181
    @garystevens181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Real rockabilly the stray cats

  • @patrickmcquillan3039
    @patrickmcquillan3039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is straight ahead rockabilly Elvis style awesome talented guys

    • @melgrant7404
      @melgrant7404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree xx

    • @manspreader7854
      @manspreader7854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More like Duanne Eddy

    • @darrenbaird989
      @darrenbaird989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stray cats style

    • @donaldfowler4079
      @donaldfowler4079 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had the privilege to see them many times when they were called the tomcats fresh out of high school they had to leave New York to be discovered in Europe crazy Also saw them Amityville New York kicking off their 40th anniversary tour to say they Burned the house down would be an understatement

  • @selinabini3460
    @selinabini3460 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I adore these rockabilly atmospheres❤

  • @aaronbuster7201
    @aaronbuster7201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was my brothers favorite band when he was a teenager. Now he's an biker with Bandidos. LOL

    • @bartschwartz7217
      @bartschwartz7217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aaron Buster rockers in front no mods there

  • @terryf5131
    @terryf5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw them in 83...INXS was the opener!

  • @richard9444
    @richard9444 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great band always liked them :)

  • @DevInvest
    @DevInvest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THATS,
    How ya do it.

  • @tomy.1846
    @tomy.1846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So awesome!!!

  • @SuperScand
    @SuperScand 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent !!!

  • @absinthedream9668
    @absinthedream9668 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was awesome

  • @drstevie
    @drstevie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant !!!!!!!

  • @catstevens9217
    @catstevens9217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love it. Stray Cats. 💋♥️💋♥️💋

  • @germanshepherdlover2613
    @germanshepherdlover2613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pure class and talent!

  • @geoffreybuist3950
    @geoffreybuist3950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love it !!! love the beat!!! loved that time.

  • @CPB1
    @CPB1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Saw them numerous times,.was never disappointed. Great shows! Saw BSO a couple of times again Great Shows!
    Setzer always amazed me...so effortlessly played to perfection.

  • @coniferclose
    @coniferclose ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pure quality.👍🏻

  • @freebee8221
    @freebee8221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brian was one of the coolest guys in the world

  • @randomgaygirl
    @randomgaygirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn that voice! Love it.

  • @jimmymash6863
    @jimmymash6863 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That one chick was dancing with a baby. I love it

    • @tallman4040
      @tallman4040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Forgot her name but she was a cast member of
      Fridays.

    • @darlenegoodwin6467
      @darlenegoodwin6467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MELANIE CHARTOFF

  • @nodtripRS
    @nodtripRS ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love punk rock, always been my music genre. But I do love the cats too. Just real.

  • @TonyLovell
    @TonyLovell ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rock This Town is nice, but ... Stray Cat Strut is the BALLS

  • @Metalhead4EVR
    @Metalhead4EVR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great performance!

  • @marielakarinacrincoli4478
    @marielakarinacrincoli4478 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Genios!!!👏👏👏❤

  • @LLANTERO
    @LLANTERO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Bryan Setzer was so young...

  • @wendyjohnson1973
    @wendyjohnson1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw the Stray Cats on their 40th anniversary tour at the Greek Theater in LA. They were the best! I would see them again in a hot minute! They are so good. I have also seen the Brian Stetzer Orchestra 3 times. The energy of the Stray Cats is so explosive! Love them!

  • @zigzag2211
    @zigzag2211 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun stuff, fer shure!

  • @bootlegapples
    @bootlegapples 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow,nice performance!

  • @chrismcgovern1647
    @chrismcgovern1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was watching this that night

  • @nostalgia41
    @nostalgia41 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @PpunktP
    @PpunktP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Einfach Klasse - simply Great

  • @sandrinerousseau6579
    @sandrinerousseau6579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bén j'adore toujours

  • @weswolever7477
    @weswolever7477 ปีที่แล้ว

    My sister and I watched this episode...been fans ever since

  • @richsheridan8759
    @richsheridan8759 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Don't cross my path."

  • @brandname6
    @brandname6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he kinda reminds me of strummer in the last video i just watched , but you know with his teeth . both great bands lol thanks shout!

  • @jillzi7
    @jillzi7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    THAT is a fkn band and a half!! Loved em from day mthrfkn 1

  • @erickriebel4366
    @erickriebel4366 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had to play this song I got a yard full of cats couple of them showed up about 2 years ago now there's about 20 of them outside they eat more food than I do love this song

  • @FuentesJoaquin
    @FuentesJoaquin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    04:38 That boy/girls in the arms of her mother was fortunate to appear when Brian Sertzer were skyrocketting in music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @edgarmccarthy3704
    @edgarmccarthy3704 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Growing up in El Monte, ca great Jams love my generation.

  • @heathernewman5272
    @heathernewman5272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw them with The Busboys opening for them. Good show by both bands.

  • @marcdelente2456
    @marcdelente2456 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Le groupe est incroyable et dans les années 80 ya eux pleins de groupes qui s'appelait teenkats et autres. Mais Brian et ces groupes Stray Cats et Rockabilly riot Ou Setzer jazz band sont toujours les numéros 1 Brian et ces musiciens formidables font des tournées sold out partout dans le monde.
    Brian n est pas un guitariste sous estimé ces les nanars qui disent ça il est le meilleur et sans égale. Beaucoup d admiration pour Brian qui est très intelligent.

  • @mattplus09
    @mattplus09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Live...this is live...:) Peace!

  • @user-wi3kk6rs1i
    @user-wi3kk6rs1i 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    最高だぜ❗カッコいいね❗

  • @melgrant7404
    @melgrant7404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love bri❤❤

  • @stevenconrad1675
    @stevenconrad1675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Massively
    underrated guitarist.

  • @garymay799
    @garymay799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best cats song