The Stranglers

Gutmensch · 12-01-2020, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

I almost thought the song might be a Dave Brubeck cover when I first noticed that video listed on YouTube.

Yes, I also thought into that direction for a few seconds. But then it was clear to me that such a video can‘t be a retro inscenation.

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This is from the uploader...

This story is absolutely crazy.

And so this video is a real artwork.

By the way: I asked myself just for fun from which year the video could be. It was just a contest for me. And I would have said 1965.

OccultHawk · 12-01-2020, 02:17 PM

There’s so many layers of surreal in this

That guy killed it making that video

This is a good example of why we need to relax copyright laws.

ikvat · 12-02-2020, 03:36 AM

I was a huge fan as long as it was with Hugh. Now it's like Canada dry.

jadis · 06-12-2021, 10:06 AM

The Stranglers at their experimental postpunk best

jadis · 06-22-2021, 02:37 PM

jadis · 06-25-2021, 09:57 PM

That's pretty cool, I'd pick up Black and White (1978) The Raven (1979) and above all The Gospel According to the Meninblack (1981), but No More Heroes and La Folie are pretty good too.

Wouldn't bother with anything after Feline (1983), things really took a nasty turn toward adult contemporary by then.

What Waterloo are we talking btw? Is it like a record shop? The only Waterloo I've ever been to is a town somewhere between Montreal and the American border, nothing to write home about tbh.

jadis · 06-25-2021, 10:21 PM

Sounds fun. Never been to Texas, want to explore Austin in particular one of these days.

jadis · 06-25-2021, 10:31 PM

It's a seminal album for sure, even if I don't really go back to it that much. Peaches rules.

jadis · 06-25-2021, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

if I were to pick up one more, which one should it be?

Hmm I'd go for the Gospel According to Meninblack, I love it and somehow I think it would be your thing too since you're into stuff like 23 Skidoo. But Black and White has amazing stuff too.

jadis · 06-26-2021, 04:27 PM

One interesting episode in the Stranglers' story was the affinity noted art critic George Melly had for them. He believed they were the Dada Surrealists of the punk movement, and gave them a cameo in his BBC4 feature on Surrealism (17 min in) in 1978.

After that they wrote a song about him being a dirty old man who shags choir boys (while always keeping his socks on) and had him sing it. He loved it!

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06-12-2021, 10:06 AM	#64 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,179	The Stranglers at their experimental postpunk best

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,179

06-25-2021, 09:57 PM	#66 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,179	That's pretty cool, I'd pick up Black and White (1978) The Raven (1979) and above all The Gospel According to the Meninblack (1981), but No More Heroes and La Folie are pretty good too. Wouldn't bother with anything after Feline (1983), things really took a nasty turn toward adult contemporary by then. What Waterloo are we talking btw? Is it like a record shop? The only Waterloo I've ever been to is a town somewhere between Montreal and the American border, nothing to write home about tbh.

06-25-2021, 10:21 PM	#67 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,179	Sounds fun. Never been to Texas, want to explore Austin in particular one of these days.

06-25-2021, 10:31 PM	#68 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,179	It's a seminal album for sure, even if I don't really go back to it that much. Peaches rules.

06-26-2021, 04:27 PM	#70 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,179	One interesting episode in the Stranglers' story was the affinity noted art critic George Melly had for them. He believed they were the Dada Surrealists of the punk movement, and gave them a cameo in his BBC4 feature on Surrealism (17 min in) in 1978. After that they wrote a song about him being a dirty old man who shags choir boys (while always keeping his socks on) and had him sing it. He loved it!