I'm not gay but I love JJ....a man's man....bullshit free....and a true punk in the best sense of the word....saw him and his band in '78 at Battersea Park and again in Australia ('79 and '85)...a hugely under rated talent..thank you OFFSHOREBAIN...in Australia we don't recognise such talents.
They deserve plenty of reverence if nothing else for being bloody minded enough to be themselves ! Their talent isn’t appreciated for sure when compared to less imaginative but far more exposed acts of that period or the following ten years . The Stranglers were a thousand times more adventurous and interesting than U2 or Simple Minds or Billy Idol or Blondie or The Police or Spandau Bollocks or PIL ....I read an Allmusic review or description of them on line - perhaps for youngsters or folk not from Europe . it was a stunning tribute considering it was from United States -where they weren’t exactly No. 1 every year . Themeninblack Forever New Forest Pixies ❤️
How can you say that they weren't aware and were clueless? It was actually a positive good-humoured interview. The female interviewer said she went to a gig before she was even a teenager. I suspect the interviewers knew very much who they were.
Though I can see your point--any period of 10 years is a decade,she meant the frequent and popular calendar reference 70s-80s 90s etc. then she effectively is right !
You just reminded me of the "comeback" songs they did in America on the self-titled album. Also known as The Wedding Album cuz of the cover photo. The big college alternahit was Ordinary World. But I especially loved Too Much Information. "destroyed by MTV I'd like to bite the hand that feeds too much information.
Rick Jones But being as good as someone who you imitate isn’t saying much. Yeah, he sings like Hugh and plays his guitar parts almost to the note but comparing them is impossible because Hugh created that sound.
It was a while back, but i heard that when hospitalised , there was talk of pneumonia. ...the guys i was talking with have fallen off the radar...bloody guitarists!! ... Jet is in his 70's - so who knows?....hope he's on the mend.
I was mainly a Duranie cuz they had the looks & cool fashion. I like escapist music sometimes. Bouncy don't think too much about how the world can suck music. The The & The Smiths are cool, too.
It took me until 2013 to notice or realise that the rhythm is Reggae or perhaps a variation. Please could an expert explain anything about this ? I once heard a famous drummer whom once sported white dungarees , a large beard and long hair describe the rhythm to his bands’ hit single “ Turn it on again “ as being in a pattern that others argued wasn’t a rhythm . It was 5:15& a half or similar ....and how come on The Stranglers’ Paris Live DVD version of 5 Minutes , the tune takes exactly 5 minutes. I hadn’t realised that it was that exact time in length either. ☹️😇🏴❤️
I did as a teenager and my brother was annoyed with that because to him his favourite bands were off limits for girls to have crushes on. He thought I should only have a crush on a pretty boy in a manufactured band with no real musical talent.
The The.....Now you're talkin.mate....This is the day when things fall into place,This is the day when things will surely CHANGE !..........it doesn't get better !!!
@aristotle358 i think what she meant is that they've been making music in the 70's 80's 90's naughtees and now, which technically isnt 5 decades but kind of is if you know what i mean
Five decades !!.....now,let me see......the 70s,......the80s,.....the90s,.....the noughties (00s) and the current decade we are in --post 2010 to 2020 ...yep !! looks like she's right---5 DECADES !!
You're right, unfortunetalety.... I loved The Stranglers with Hugh (and saw them on stage with him) but he beacme such a....., well,....you said it well!
Look,I think that we both know exactly what she means,lets not be pedantic about it -I myself was born in 1959,...June -in fact !!,..but I still consider myself to have been born inside the"1950s"decade(which is true !!) and I am still alive in the 2011-2020 decade,thats 2 decades--and there have been 5 in between,so I consider that my life has spanned 7 decades..I might only be 53 but my life has spanned"7"of the popular calendar reference decades..which is the same as what she is refering to !
I thought about that song the other day cuz I remember when Prince & George Michael were fighting against the record companies they signed 20 year contracts with as teenagers. Prince wrote "SLAVE" on his face and then refused to do videos or interviews using his real name. Then George did the Freedom video where he burned his jacket & gtr then blew up a jukebox. hahhaha!!
What I meant was that the Stranglers had not been a band for fifty years. As the Guilford Stranglers they went back to 1974; but as the Stranglers that we have come to know since their success with Grip, they hadn't at the time of this interview been together for five decades (if we are being inclusive with our definition of decade.).
She said they'd been making music for five decades. What a mistake! More like about 38 years. And I don't count them as the Stranglers without Hugh Cornwell.
Back in the late 70's The Stranglers weren't one of the cool punk bands, like the Clash or Pistols.. they were different, they were the punk band that the kids that had previously liked hard rock music got into, they probably also had Motorhead, ACDC, Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Pink Floyd etc in their record collections. Those of us who were into the Clash, Pistols, Buzzcocks etc. were more likely have been listening to Bowie, Roxy, Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop etc before the outbreak of punk in 76. Horses for courses and fashions change. I'm a big Who fan nowadays because their music is amazing and what I need right now, but when I was an 16 year old in 1980, I thought they were awful and outdated. Trends in music skip generations, but really good music eventually catches up with you. The Stranglers haven't quite caught up with me yet, but I think they might, as I love JJB's basslines, and when he was much younger he was a very cool guy on stage... just not quite as cool as Paul Simonon :)
sounds like you were too old in 76-79 to me, but all my m8's were around 15-18 and well into the stranglers as well as numerous bands you mention like clash, pistols, buzzcocks, damned, jam, vibrators, genX, 999, spex and many more, and none of us 'grew up' on heavy rock, stadium bands bowie or the like and i cant remember any of them having the bands you mention in their 'record collection' - most of us did'nt have one as young teens, too poor, no money you see - these huge bands meant nothing to us. it never entered anyones head it was a 'fashion' or trend. it just 'was'. i've never analysed it, but punk was an attitude that a lot of us still have.
Have to agree, No Hugh, No Stranglers, its just not right without him, even with the amazin JJ , I just couldn't get into the new line up, saw them live & bought cds but just not the Stranglers anymore. Should rename the band & start over but I realise the many problems they would face doing this. Hope they still do good anyway, they gave it a good shot & best of luck to them all x
At the beginning of this video, I could have SWORN the presenter said "The Stranglers have been making Music for five dickheads" Cool. What a totally punk rock thing to say by a BBC presenter!! 🤣🤣
No Dave Greenfield here. Possibly he was not one & not comfortable doing live interviews (it's claimed he had autism. Likely why). Jet Black also absent here. He even then probably wasn't in good health.
And to mirror your style: 1974-84 = one decade; 1984-94 = 2nd decade; 94-2004=3rd decade; 2004-2014=fourth decade. So she was wrong after all to say "five decades"!
HUGH IS THE KNOB.... IVE MET THAT JEALOUS INFECTED EX HERO.... LEFT A DISDINCT BAD TASTE IN MA MOUTH HE AINT GOT THE SINGER SOUND... VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW HE HOLDS HIS CHARACTER... BAZ WARNE WAS BORN A STRANGLER....
