The Stranglers

Drjohnrock · 02-28-2025, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

That was the last album of theirs that I bought shortly after it was released. Seems unreal that it was 41 years ago. Lost interest in their studio albums after that. Their "Dreamtime" album which was released after that one, did have one fairly good song which got some airplay at the time, that stuck in my head, "Always the Sun," but I can't recall anything else from that album.

I saw them on the tour they did to promote Dreamtime. They were still rather good live. The song "Big In America" from that album sounded goood live.

jadis · 03-02-2025, 10:01 AM

Usually Aural Sculpture is cited as the last worthwhile album but I really don't get it, I think it sucks. Bland 80s pop... The title track of Dreamtime is pretty good, AS has nothing that comes close.

For me Feline is the last true Stranglers record.

The best post-Feline track for me is this solo track from Hugh

Psy-Fi · 03-13-2025, 12:59 PM

"Golden Brown" - Mariachi Mexteca (now known as The Mariachis) feat. Hugh Cornwell

jadis · 03-22-2025, 12:45 PM

That's lovely. I also like this version which some guy did on his computer. Featuring Shane Gillis on the drums

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1...cJCckAaK0XXGki

jadis · 09-27-2025, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Drjohnrock

Nice. I get the impression that jadis likes The Stranglers a little. Nah, probably just my imagination.

They are really the one band that speaks the most to me. Rude, melancholy, partly French, sophisticated, eclectic stylistically and in their references... They don't make 'em like that anymore.

This is a song that could only have been recorded in the 20th century. Not only because the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 but because no one is curious enough about other cultures to actually go into the trouble of mocking them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmMqHMKlcE

Drjohnrock · 09-29-2025, 06:51 PM

One of my favorite Stranglers tunes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksfc...&start_radio=1

jadis · 02-10-2026, 09:24 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxK4Sg3R2XQ

Psy-Fi · 03-02-2026, 04:18 PM

Here's a recent upload of another cover of "Golden Brown." The song sounds like a natural fit for this musical medium...

Golden Brown by the Stranglers on a mechanical organ

jadis · 03-06-2026, 06:57 AM

Very nice though not one of my favorite covers. Sounds too much like toy music, doesn't convey the song melancholy. Though overall really neat

Anyway this one is stuck in my head right now, probably because A Flock of Seagulls took their name from it and there's a Flock of Seagulls/Trump meme going around right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqyeupzBUIQ

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,957	That's lovely. I also like this version which some guy did on his computer. Featuring Shane Gillis on the drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1...cJCckAaK0XXGki __________________ Wireless enthusiast intercepts government secret radio band and uncovers secrets and scandals of deceitful type proportions

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,957	Very nice though not one of my favorite covers. Sounds too much like toy music, doesn't convey the song melancholy. Though overall really neat Anyway this one is stuck in my head right now, probably because A Flock of Seagulls took their name from it and there's a Flock of Seagulls/Trump meme going around right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqyeupzBUIQ __________________ Wireless enthusiast intercepts government secret radio band and uncovers secrets and scandals of deceitful type proportions

09-29-2025, 06:51 PM	#96 (permalink)
Drjohnrock Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 875	One of my favorite Stranglers tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksfc...&start_radio=1