This is a landmark song in my life. 18 y.o. on minimum wage living in a dank, cold flat in the middle of winter. Gold & Brown was a comforting sound on my scratchy clock radio. Sweet and melancholic.
a real change in the sound of the stranglers, i remember its release... it was a breathe of fresh air... i didn't know what it was about but i guessed... to be honest im just releived it wasnt about Gorden Brown the ex PM who didnt really appear until several years later... however when i sing along i still sing Gorden Brown lol. but the distinctive Stranglers sound for me was Peaches... and no more heroes...
It's beautiful, my family had just moved from London to West Cornwall when I was fifteen. The romance of Cornwall & its history, & Golden Brown went together hand in glove.
Golden Brown was even a favourite on Radio 2 when it was a MOR station. DJs at the time including Terry Wogan and Jimmy Young played it alongside the likes of Barry Manilow and Julio Inglesias.
When listening to some of my favourite songs it's never been about the lyrics for me; it's always been about the music, however I appreciate good lyrics when I hear it and this was the case with "Golden Brown"
I must have been a similar age, and my dad, who was into 50's jazz, John Denver and Barbara Dickson, also loved this. But being into 50's jazz, he probably did know what it was about.
I heard it aired live at the Glasgow Apollo around November 1981 during my first year at uni. Me and a pal, fans since we were 14, knew it was going to be timeless. I've now heard it live 18 times across 4 decades and a very changed lineup.
I worked out straight away the song was about heroin. There were plenty of other big hits the BBC didn't pick up were about smack - Under the Bridge by the Chilli Peppers, There She Goes by the La's, Hurt by Nine Inch Nails or Johnny Cash and Perfect Day by Lou Reed. Perfect Day was even covered by a various artist ensemble for a BBC charity song.
I think that the BBC had got the measure of the Stranglers years earlier. If a song about drugs was a was good and ambiguous enough, it would get a pass. Same with other difficult subjects. the only change that had to be made to the Kinks' Lola, was the reference to a brand of cola. Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax, was allowed, but the video had to be re-edited.
@garethjenkins6273 You can't "drink sangria in the park", "feed animals in the zoo", go to a movie, or "we go home" with a drug! It's clearly about spending the "perfect day" with his significant other. 🤦
There is a lot of 'prog rock that didn't work' considered classic and groundbreaking today. What would a producer in 1977 think of Animals as Leaders, or Polyphia?
But the information given is not accurate. This was not released at the time of all the other christmas-type hits. This was released after all that on 1st January and even later in March down in Australia where this bloke here is from. How could he get such a detail so wrong?
Dude you merit a channel for each decade. I really appriciate your delivery of context throughout. Some ytbers leave the 'meat' at the end. You obv have skills.
Thanks, this was interesting and fun to watch. I seem to remember Tony Blackburn saying, at the time, how much he loved the song. Maybe that also kept it off the number one spot? ^_^
Floyd used to let the stranglers practice in the basement of his restaurant in the early days so they let Floyd use their music as a thank you. Peaches as the theme tune and waltz in black for the closing credits……allegedly!
@@FREEBIRDANON Depends on the series. He used a few different Stranglers songs in his shows and Peaches was certainly one of them but not the only one. I agree that I don't think Golden Brown was one though. He was a hell of a tv cook and general top bloke. RIP Floyd in Heaven.
I was 17, when it was released, we all knew what it was about, great band saw them when it was at number 2 in the charts too. Seen then a few times since
Speaking as a man who had a heroin habit throughout the 1990s, still firmly chained to the Green Goddess that is methadone to this day, Golden Brown is the ultimate smack song, and I knew Hugh Cornwell had a habit. I am one who initially got into drugs for the romance, which I found in abundance. But heroin is both goddess and devil, and being a smack addict is a terrible life. But Golden Brown is a fantastic record.
Best of luck mate! Got off the liquid handcuffs (after playing darts for China) in 2012... If l can do it, anyone can... just reduce gradually.. and never reduce more than 50% of your dose.👍🏼
@baabaabaa-yp2jh ah, but what if your dose is the last 2ml? Answer these days is subitex but then that goes on for years. Nice to hear from you my friend.
@davidwolstenholme6413 Naa no worries mate, subutex was just coming in when l was jumping off, so l can't help there. The pharmacy l went to cd mix 'done down to 1ml.. l got my Dr to say l cd drop when I wanted... (on the script). I just took it slow mate, once l got down to 5ml I'd drop 1ml per drop... maybe 8-10 mths.. Just go at ur own rate, drop when you rekn ur ready. Dr told me methadone can still kick back 4 wks later, so he advised small drops in dosage, and definitely less than 50% than whatever ur on at the time. Best thing l did mate, 7yrs on hammer, then 10 on methadone.. it's fkn ridiculous!! Wish you the best of luck with it mate.. deffo go slowly.👍🏼
I got the Album “La folie” when it came out in 1981, so it was pretty obvious what the song was about. It got to number 2 in the charts. I wasn’t aware that it was ever “not played” on the radio. It was certainly the best track on the Album.
@@barrydaly7174 The Full Top 10 for those two weeks was... 1. Town Called Malice - New Entry 2. Golden Brown - Up 1 from 3 3. Oh Julie by Shakie - Down from 2 4. The Model by Kraftwork - Down from 1 5. Dead Ringer For Love by Meatloaf - None-Mover 6. Maid of Orleans by OMD - None-Mover 7. Arthur's Theme by Christopher Cross - None-Mover 8. The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit - Up 21 places from 29 9. The Land of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz - Down 5 from 4 10. Drowning in Berlin by Mobiles - None-Mover and 1. Town Called Malice - None-Mover 2. Golden Brown - None-Mover 3. Say Hello Wave Goodbye by Soft Cell - Up 15 from 18 4. Maid of Orleans - Up 2 from 6 5. The Model - Down 1 6. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Up 2 from 8 7. Oh Julie - Down 4 8. Arthur's Theme - Down 1 9. Dead Ringer For Love - Down 4 10. Senses Working Overtime by XTC - Up 7 from 17
@@franohmsford7548 A great list of songs, and style. I prefer OMD etc…( New Romantics) The lion sleeps tonight, always reminds me of the animation, of the big pink hippo singing the song! 😀
Now I know why they didnt release 'bring on the nubiles' as a single! The Stranglers were very inventive and much more musical than other bands in the punk era. Every member made a big contribution to all their music.
Its strange ...they didnt have the popularity in the states that I think they should have ...NEVER heard them on any rock radio . It was weird because everyone I played them for were very impressed ...JUST A GREAT DIRTY ROCK BAND
This is USA calling... "Golden brown"? When I hear "Stranglers" I think of "no more heroes", "grip", "peaches", or "nice n sleazy"! (Remember Ghost just covered "hanging around".)
"Teenage Kicks" original lyrics had "I wanna hold IT tight" - swiftly changed to a more radio-friendly "hold "YOU" 🙂 (Oh, and Kudos for including the incomparable Kermit!)
Quite often difficult to tell whether a song is about love or drugs. They played this lot in Tandy shops, I guess cos it still sounds fantastic even on a cheap stereo.
This song always brings fond memories of my Nan, she loved this song when hearing it on the radio, that is until i told her what it was about, all of a sudden it was the song of the devil. Miss you Nan.
Of course, we now know that listening to your favorite music is extremely addictive, someone I know bought a McSwiftie record only last week and yesterday I had to drop them off at rehab! When she gets out, I'm going to ring her up and say, "Come on over and do the Twist".
Also worthy of mention is the Stranglers single "Don't Bring Harry", which is also about a drug addiction, and also made it on to Top of the Pops in late 1979, so these lads have form when it comes to getting shots in under the radar.
Was only young when it came out so never had a clue what it was about but by my late teens I was on the golden brown so knew then what he was singing about 🤷♂️
The Dave Brubeck Golden Brown spoof is really well done. It's a fun version and the video is really well edited. Props to whoever did it, it's very convincing.
The band did have to fight to get this released, as said in the video. It was only released after the band exercised a clause in their contract 'Expressing the interest of the band' in having it released. This is why it was released at Christmas as the record label thought it would just be buried under the noise from the novelty Christmas tracks.
"There she goes" by the La's was also about heroin, as was "Just like honey" by The Jesus and Mary chain, also "Heroin" by the velvet underground which will surprise absolutely no-one.
It was kept off no 1 by The Jam's A Town Called Malice which was released in different versions in order to exploit The Jam's loyal fanbase, a fact that The Stranglers weren't happy about. I'm not sure that it stopped getting airplay.
Yeah, some of my info I got from the promotional blurb from their Australian tour which expressly mentioned gothic rock! Either they or their publicist came up with it. Defining genre's of music is a minefield because everyone's interpretation is different.
This song kept getting removed from TH-cam as well. But I think that was more down to a copyright dispute rather than everyone in the comments section all writing "This song is about Heroin, hurr durr!"
Well said. The big lad's an Aussie, right? Is that where this comes from? It's most unBritish! Although I can't really speak for modern times, I already felt old in the 1980s.
@@80sSongOfTheDayFeeling old came from wasting so much time doing heroin. Rather, hanging around waiting for heroin. It was so obviously about that. Wasn’t the same said about “Brown Sugar”? Mick J always denied it, but he he knew it would hurt sales and image. Lou Reed got it about right. Just call the song “Heroin”. And be in the Velvet Underground. You Aussies are funny.
@@stephenpowers51 I thought Brown Sugar was about a black girl but as you probably know music and lyrics are very subjective. That makes more interesting maybe.😁👍
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Usually if radio one banned a song in the 80s I went straight to number 1
That also happened with Cliff Richard's The Lord's Prayer to music.
I immediately like the concise and direct shortness of video . Other channels drag things like this into 30 min videos. Well done sir
I appreciate that! Thanks. Read the channel description for a bit of background on why my videos are done this way.
Agreed.
This is a landmark song in my life. 18 y.o. on minimum wage living in a dank, cold flat in the middle of winter. Gold & Brown was a comforting sound on my scratchy clock radio. Sweet and melancholic.
My mum thought it was about toast!!!!!
‘Golden Brown’ is what we remember them for? That would be ‘Peaches’, ‘Down in the Sewer’, or ‘Dagenham Dave’.
No, it would be hanging around, London lady, get a grip on yourself.
I was always partial to Bring On the Nubiles
@ Why not - “There’s plenty to explore”.
All of them and much much more!!!
Golden brown is what the rest of the country remembers them for
Golden Brown is a fantastic song, but they are SO much more.
"Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky?
He got an ice pick
That made his ears burn"
Indeed, and Elastica did a great version of No More Heroes...., Waking Up.
Is she trying to get out of that clitoris?
Liberation for women
that's what I preach, preacher man!
Hugh Cornwell has one of the most sublimely beautiful voices in rock pop history.
a real change in the sound of the stranglers, i remember its release... it was a breathe of fresh air... i didn't know what it was about but i guessed... to be honest im just releived it wasnt about Gorden Brown the ex PM who didnt really appear until several years later... however when i sing along i still sing Gorden Brown lol. but the distinctive Stranglers sound for me was Peaches... and no more heroes...
Great song..the lyrics are so easy to follow, i know it off by heart. I always sing along with it whenever i hear it played.
One of my fav Stranglers song. Love the harpsichord in the song.
Agree, there’s nothing like it.
It's beautiful, my family had just moved from London to West Cornwall when I was fifteen. The romance of Cornwall & its history, & Golden Brown went together hand in glove.
Danny baker Always! used to introduce the song with the casual, and funny "Now to cheer everyone up here's a song about Heroin"
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Did I dream that he used to do the Daz Door Step Challange or is that reality?
@@FourteenWords-n4l Nope. You didn't dream that. he lives in "The house that Daz built" as he says.
There is a Mariachi version on You Tube, sung by Hugh Cornwell himself.
This was all over UK radio at the time
Golden Brown was even a favourite on Radio 2 when it was a MOR station. DJs at the time including Terry Wogan and Jimmy Young played it alongside the likes of Barry Manilow and Julio Inglesias.
When listening to some of my favourite songs it's never been about the lyrics for me; it's always been about the music, however I appreciate good lyrics when I hear it and this was the case with "Golden Brown"
this has been my favourite song for 42 years... if it's not played at my funeral, i'm not going!!
I was a teenage punk at the time and my mam actually bought this single. I said to her "you do know what it's about?"
I must have been a similar age, and my dad, who was into 50's jazz, John Denver and Barbara Dickson, also loved this. But being into 50's jazz, he probably did know what it was about.
I heard it aired live at the Glasgow Apollo around November 1981 during my first year at uni. Me and a pal, fans since we were 14, knew it was going to be timeless. I've now heard it live 18 times across 4 decades and a very changed lineup.
Same month the album "La Folie" came out.
lesson today, shut up until it's number one...lol
LOL So true!
Tank, Peaches,Down in the Sewer,96 tears,etc. etc. brilliant band
I worked out straight away the song was about heroin. There were plenty of other big hits the BBC didn't pick up were about smack - Under the Bridge by the Chilli Peppers, There She Goes by the La's, Hurt by Nine Inch Nails or Johnny Cash and Perfect Day by Lou Reed. Perfect Day was even covered by a various artist ensemble for a BBC charity song.
I think that the BBC had got the measure of the Stranglers years earlier. If a song about drugs was a was good and ambiguous enough, it would get a pass. Same with other difficult subjects. the only change that had to be made to the Kinks' Lola, was the reference to a brand of cola. Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax, was allowed, but the video had to be re-edited.
'Perfect Day' is not about heroin, unlike a lot of Lou Reed's work.
@aisforapple2494
This one has always been up for debate. I always believed it was, at least, about his struggle against his drug addiction.
Song was also suppossed to be about 1 of the band members gf who was very dark skinned as well as heroin.😊
@garethjenkins6273
You can't "drink sangria in the park", "feed animals in the zoo", go to a movie, or "we go home" with a drug!
It's clearly about spending the "perfect day" with his significant other. 🤦
Forget what the song was about it was one of the great songs....golden brown..
Hi! Canadian here. Never heard of this band. 58 years to have heard of them
I assumed it was a description of a golden shower in the wee hours of morning along with two girls and a cuppa something else ;-)
The Stranglers released ' Don't bring Harry ' a single in 1979. Its about the same subject, it got the band on top of the pops
At last! Someone who actually knows something about The Stranglers, rather than all the normies here talking utter guff.
If Golden Brown is a whittled down version of something considerably longer, I'd like to hear that original instrumental.
There is a lot of 'prog rock that didn't work' considered classic and groundbreaking today. What would a producer in 1977 think of Animals as Leaders, or Polyphia?
Me and my mates all knew what it was about and so did most street wise guys.Also I recokon most DJ's also knew.
yes, but you can publicly pretend not to know until a band member confirms it.
nice n sleazy is the song that I recognize most from the stranglers…
Me too, the song as a great bass line. My favorite track from the great black and white album.
Get the Battersea Park video if you can ;)
Me too and the subject matter is also very interesting 🏴☠️
an excellent choice....
Best band to come out of the punk era by a country mile.
Even the video for Golden Brown is magnificent! Great song.
Filmed in the Orientalist interior of Leighton House, Kensington, London.
Absolutely stunning video for a girl, living in the home of smugglers, & wreckers in West Cornwall.
An amazing song by a great band
Gordon Brown, says the TV, texture like sun, says me.
Jet black the drummer said it was about Marmite (a very British food extra)
Or (another time) "toast".
Surely treacle, or golden syrup would have been more appropriate. Marmite is a bit dark, but so is real subject matter of the lyrics!
This is a great channel. Keep up the excellant work.
Thanks very much. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
But the information given is not accurate. This was not released at the time of all the other christmas-type hits. This was released after all that on 1st January and even later in March down in Australia where this bloke here is from. How could he get such a detail so wrong?
AMAZING BAND !!!! Beautiful song . I've been a big fan since 79? just a young kid
Nice “n” sleazy. A great Stranglers song.
Great new wave song I caught it in my 20s which was the 90s...understood it's meaning straight away..
It's a great song, memorable for its rhythm as well as Hughs vocals. Now added to my playlist.
'Five Minutes' was a jukebox fave for me in my local pub.
I love The Stranglers. From Hugh to Baz there's decades of bangers!
Stranglers are incredibly underrated
Peaches is there most recognisable song. No question.
Ahhhhhh, The White Horse at Droxford, bikes galore 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
No More Heroes, actually.
Nice n sleazy. Love that.
'bring on the nubiles'
Jimi Hendrix's Manic Depression was also a waltz.
I never thought much of this song,,its not a patch on "No More Hero,s"
I thought that you were Mike Gatting ??
Dude you merit a channel for each decade. I really appriciate your delivery of context throughout. Some ytbers leave the 'meat' at the end. You obv have skills.
Thanks! That's a huge compliment. Unfortunately I don't have the time to be able to do one for each decade. Maybe one day!
I guessed the song right from the title. I love it. And have actually never heard anything else of the stranglers.
I love The Stranglers.
Thanks, this was interesting and fun to watch. I seem to remember Tony Blackburn saying, at the time, how much he loved the song. Maybe that also kept it off the number one spot? ^_^
No. His show was extremely popular and easily one of the highest listening stats.
i bought this song, and listened to it incessantly.
Keith Floyd used this as introductory music on some of his cookery programs, wonderfully controversial.
It was peaches actually
Floyd used to let the stranglers practice in the basement of his restaurant in the early days so they let Floyd use their music as a thank you. Peaches as the theme tune and waltz in black for the closing credits……allegedly!
@@FREEBIRDANON Depends on the series. He used a few different Stranglers songs in his shows and Peaches was certainly one of them but not the only one. I agree that I don't think Golden Brown was one though. He was a hell of a tv cook and general top bloke. RIP Floyd in Heaven.
I was 17, when it was released, we all knew what it was about, great band saw them when it was at number 2 in the charts too.
Seen then a few times since
The Stranglers were a great band. I met Hugh Cornwell at a book signing in my home town a couple of years ago.
Speaking as a man who had a heroin habit throughout the 1990s, still firmly chained to the Green Goddess that is methadone to this day, Golden Brown is the ultimate smack song, and I knew Hugh Cornwell had a habit. I am one who initially got into drugs for the romance, which I found in abundance. But heroin is both goddess and devil, and being a smack addict is a terrible life. But Golden Brown is a fantastic record.
Best of luck mate!
Got off the liquid handcuffs (after playing darts for China) in 2012...
If l can do it, anyone can... just reduce gradually.. and never reduce more than 50% of your dose.👍🏼
@baabaabaa-yp2jh ah, but what if your dose is the last 2ml? Answer these days is subitex but then that goes on for years. Nice to hear from you my friend.
@davidwolstenholme6413
Naa no worries mate, subutex was just coming in when l was jumping off, so l can't help there.
The pharmacy l went to cd mix 'done down to 1ml.. l got my Dr to say l cd drop when I wanted... (on the script).
I just took it slow mate, once l got down to 5ml I'd drop 1ml per drop... maybe 8-10 mths..
Just go at ur own rate, drop when you rekn ur ready.
Dr told me methadone can still kick back 4 wks later, so he advised small drops in dosage, and definitely less than 50% than whatever ur on at the time.
Best thing l did mate, 7yrs on hammer, then 10 on methadone.. it's fkn ridiculous!!
Wish you the best of luck with it mate.. deffo go slowly.👍🏼
This was excellent - thanks for posting.
Walk on by was good to.❤
Kicked ass over the original version, too. That bass line!
I got the Album “La folie” when it came out in 1981, so it was pretty obvious what the song was about. It got to number 2 in the charts. I wasn’t aware that it was ever “not played” on the radio. It was certainly the best track on the Album.
'Golden Brown' would have been number one but the Damn 'The Jam' with 'Town called Malice' came straight in to the top spot that week, infuriating!
That's a pretty good tune too though. We were spoilt back then.
@@barrydaly7174 The Full Top 10 for those two weeks was...
1. Town Called Malice - New Entry
2. Golden Brown - Up 1 from 3
3. Oh Julie by Shakie - Down from 2
4. The Model by Kraftwork - Down from 1
5. Dead Ringer For Love by Meatloaf - None-Mover
6. Maid of Orleans by OMD - None-Mover
7. Arthur's Theme by Christopher Cross - None-Mover
8. The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit - Up 21 places from 29
9. The Land of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz - Down 5 from 4
10. Drowning in Berlin by Mobiles - None-Mover
and
1. Town Called Malice - None-Mover
2. Golden Brown - None-Mover
3. Say Hello Wave Goodbye by Soft Cell - Up 15 from 18
4. Maid of Orleans - Up 2 from 6
5. The Model - Down 1
6. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Up 2 from 8
7. Oh Julie - Down 4
8. Arthur's Theme - Down 1
9. Dead Ringer For Love - Down 4
10. Senses Working Overtime by XTC - Up 7 from 17
@@franohmsford7548 A great list of songs, and style. I prefer OMD etc…( New Romantics)
The lion sleeps tonight, always reminds me of the animation, of the big pink hippo singing the song! 😀
Saw the stranglers perform golden brown live at reading rock festival in 1987..... Great live band! Great studio band for that matter!
Now I know why they didnt release 'bring on the nubiles' as a single! The Stranglers were very inventive and much more musical than other bands in the punk era. Every member made a big contribution to all their music.
It was quite a while before I learned what it was about. Great song!
Its strange ...they didnt have the popularity in the states that I think they should have ...NEVER heard them on any rock radio . It was weird because everyone I played them for were very impressed ...JUST A GREAT DIRTY ROCK BAND
This is USA calling...
"Golden brown"? When I hear "Stranglers" I think of "no more heroes", "grip", "peaches", or "nice n sleazy"! (Remember Ghost just covered "hanging around".)
Really ? i'll have to give that a listen
Ooooh man, this channel is going to take off solid as soon as more people catch a glimpse
Thank you, you're very kind.
"Teenage Kicks" original lyrics had "I wanna hold IT tight" - swiftly changed to a more radio-friendly "hold "YOU" 🙂 (Oh, and Kudos for including the incomparable Kermit!)
Don't do that! You'll turn Japanese.
When I think about you, I touch myself
@@apollomemories7399taking a "Longview"
Bring On The Nubiles is the song I remember best.
got thrown out of a stranglers concert in 1984.... marvellous
Quite often difficult to tell whether a song is about love or drugs.
They played this lot in Tandy shops, I guess cos it still sounds fantastic even on a cheap stereo.
Blissful and hopeless and so unique, in and era when the quirky single was king. Long long ago.
The interior shots in the video are Leighton House, Holland Park. A really cool place.
Heard the song forty years ago. Still haven't been able to get it out of my mind
Subscribed because of the Simple Minds clip in the intro. 👍🏽👍🏽
Check out my most recent video then. I think you'll like it!
This song always brings fond memories of my Nan, she loved this song when hearing it on the radio, that is until i told her what it was about, all of a sudden it was the song of the devil. Miss you Nan.
Of course, we now know that listening to your favorite music is extremely addictive, someone I know bought a McSwiftie record only last week and yesterday I had to drop them off at rehab! When she gets out, I'm going to ring her up and say, "Come on over and do the Twist".
In my opinion, Solsbury Hill does qualify as an 80s song as it was in the 80s I first heard it and became aware of such music.
Love Golden Brown and Peaches, but i much prefer The European Female though it seems most people forget about it
Also worthy of mention is the Stranglers single "Don't Bring Harry", which is also about a drug addiction, and also made it on to Top of the Pops in late 1979, so these lads have form when it comes to getting shots in under the radar.
Was only young when it came out so never had a clue what it was about but by my late teens I was on the golden brown so knew then what he was singing about 🤷♂️
I always thought it was about herons. those wading birds. Must have misread it somewhere.
Wasn't it Stork Margarine? Easy mistake to make.
Something Better Change.
No More Heroes.
Duchess.
Nice And Sleazy.
96 Tears.
Skin Deep.
Golden Brown is a version of a jazz song performed (and written?) by Dave Brubeck. This seem to have been forgotten.
There needs to be a joking/sarcasm font so people know when you are kidding around.
The Dave Brubeck Golden Brown spoof is really well done. It's a fun version and the video is really well edited. Props to whoever did it, it's very convincing.
Goodbye Toulouse
1977 is close enough to the eighties, do Solsbury Hill!
I remember the bass player moving to a village near me in Cambs, If i remember rightly he went missing for a while but was in Cambridgeshire.
The keyboard player owned a pub in Somersham , The Windmill it was .
The Stranglers were from Guilford, in the UK. They were great, but then many, many things were. :-)
They had an extremely succesful run of hit singles over a long period of time that many other bands/artists never got even close to.
Best song ever !
JJ blew it on the other hand it s a great story like Madness Cardiac Arrest
The band did have to fight to get this released, as said in the video. It was only released after the band exercised a clause in their contract 'Expressing the interest of the band' in having it released. This is why it was released at Christmas as the record label thought it would just be buried under the noise from the novelty Christmas tracks.
It was not released at Christmas. It was released on January 1st, one the worst weeks for any record to be released.
"There she goes" by the La's was also about heroin, as was "Just like honey" by The Jesus and Mary chain, also "Heroin" by the velvet underground which will surprise absolutely no-one.
There she goes - The La
Brown Sugar - The Stones
It was kept off no 1 by The Jam's A Town Called Malice which was released in different versions in order to exploit The Jam's loyal fanbase, a fact that The Stranglers weren't happy about. I'm not sure that it stopped getting airplay.
well to be honest whatever the Jam released at that time went straight to the top, no matter how good other songs where
And brilliantly used in the movie Snatch.
Made me laugh when you mentioned Gothic Rock they have never been a thing to do with it 😂😂😂
duchess,strange little girl...
Yeah, some of my info I got from the promotional blurb from their Australian tour which expressly mentioned gothic rock! Either they or their publicist came up with it. Defining genre's of music is a minefield because everyone's interpretation is different.
@@80sSongOfTheDay its not interpretation Goth music genre is one thing the Stranglers are a total different music genre
@@deepburrito any reason you put two song titles?
Skin Deep was a good song too!
Another song with an unusual time signature is The Eleven by The Grateful Dead, which is in 11/8.
Those clean cut suburban housewives all singing about heroin as they did the dishes glorious
This song kept getting removed from TH-cam as well. But I think that was more down to a copyright dispute rather than everyone in the comments section all writing "This song is about Heroin, hurr durr!"
Ironically Hugh Cornwell lives next door to Peter Gabriel?
I didn’t know that. Very interesting.
Four four time isn't a march. Two four is!
Well said. The big lad's an Aussie, right? Is that where this comes from? It's most unBritish! Although I can't really speak for modern times, I already felt old in the 1980s.
You know, you are absolutely correct. That is a glaring error on my part. Thank you for pointing it out. I'd go back and fix it if I could.
@@80sSongOfTheDayFeeling old came from wasting so much time doing heroin. Rather, hanging around waiting for heroin. It was so obviously about that. Wasn’t the same said about “Brown Sugar”? Mick J always denied it, but he he knew it would hurt sales and image. Lou Reed got it about right. Just call the song “Heroin”. And be in the Velvet Underground. You Aussies are funny.
@@stephenpowers51 I thought Brown Sugar was about a black girl but as you probably know music and lyrics are very subjective. That makes more interesting maybe.😁👍
@@80sSongOfTheDay thanks for the video by the way - it takes me right back!
One of the biggest UK bands to never make it in America.
@@petercena9497 I never knew they did nt make it in america
Not their best - I prefered Peaches
Also listen to Ian Dury - S & D & RnR !