Calling all stranglers fans

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:58 am

Is there any Stranglers fans out there that i can tempt on to our forum?

Any of you attend gigs on the just finished tour?

If so, any thoughts on performance and tracks?

Hugh Cornwall... Paul Roberts.... or Baz Warne? Who takes your title?

Any comments welcome from new members on the greatest British rock band of all time?

For me, they get better as time goes on however, this has to be the best performance i ever saw.

YouTube - The Stranglers - Down In The Sewer ( Royal Albert Hall )

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:10 pm

jimbo;1070409 wrote: i love the stranglers :-6:-6

Good to hear. we will discuss more at the meet. I've seen them, oh i can't count any more but my brother added up his ticket stubs once a few years back and it was about 410.

They are still the best. Nothing can touch them for live performance.

What's your fave track Jimbo.

If i had to choose, I'd say 'The Raven'

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:19 pm

jimbo;1070409 wrote: i love the stranglers :-6:-6

Just for you Jimbo

Download & Watch The Stranglers - Friday The Thirteenth Online | blinkBox

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:34 pm

31 years of the Stranglers.

Look closely Jimbo... You will see yourself in these pics.

This is also my ultimate fave track 'The Raven' sung by Jean Jaques Burnel

The Stranglers - Photo album Video

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:36 pm

Stranglers thread!!! Ding Dang Doo!!!!

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:41 pm

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:47 pm

folie · Post by **folie** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:32 pm

Aye, they're not bad like.....................:guitarist

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:34 pm

dubs;1070597 wrote:

Thanks for those Dubs....... Fantastic stuff. Although i must say, i've seen them many mnay times. The sole reason of my acquiring a cinema surround system was purly for my Stranglers vids and dvd's. Much to Mr Oscar's annoyance! Although he became a fan of Paul Roberts who took over from Hugh Cornwell in later years.

The first...... 'Toiler on the Sea'. Has to be one of the most underestimated greats of all time. Certainly a brilliant example of J'J Burnel's awesome bass guitar. I would have to say this track is even better live. I would rate this as my 4th all time Stranglers track.

2Nd......... Nice N Sleezy. I was at

Battersea Park when they brought the strippers on to this...... hilarious. It was actually written about the sleezy going's on of the Amsterdam Hells Angels that used to protect The Stranglers at gigs.

3Rd.....Get a grip (on yourself). Many think 'Peaches' was the first ever Stranglers Single but it was 'Grip' That clip is from one of their very first performances at 'The Hope and Anchor Pub' in London. J'J. was so terrifying back then.

Any more would be welcome.

What's your favourite Dubs??

By the way, i still wear my original 1970's Stranglers knee high Doc Martin boots. You can't buy them like that any one. Just like J.J.'s :-4:-4:-4

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:35 pm

folie;1070618 wrote: Aye, they're not bad like.....................:guitarist

Hi there. Welcome to Forum garden. there is a music catogary on here but i posted the thread on the Stranglers after they just finished their tour.

Did you see them??

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:55 pm

folie;1070618 wrote: Aye, they're not bad like.....................:guitarist

Interesting name....... Did you call yourself that from Jean Jaques Burnel's 'La Folie' ??

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:06 pm

I've had to go and dig out my boxed set..UA recordings..1977-82, the one with the book in it! I used to love my DMs......

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:12 pm

I've got a few faves, possibly this one!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:19 pm

dubs;1070625 wrote: I've got a few faves, possibly this one!

More Brilliant stuff..... What ever happened to Leon Trotsky indeed

I was offered Â£200 for my DM's..... no chance :yh_rotfl

More of my fave pics of the band and a brilliant unreleased track.

YouTube - The Stranglers - The Black King [Unreleased Track]

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:25 pm

dubs;1070625 wrote: I've got a few faves, possibly this one!

There is a track i am trying to find. I want to dedicate the lyrics to Jester. Back soon.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:40 pm

oscar;1070630 wrote: There is a track i am trying to find. I want to dedicate the lyrics to Jester. Back soon.

Found it....... Hurray

I just love the intro to the Stranglers from 'Peter Cooke' on this.......... Hilarious.

I dedicate the lyrics from the first track 'Tank' to Jester :yh_rotfl

YouTube - The Stranglers - Tank / Curfew (Revolver 1978)

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:49 pm

oscar;1070636 wrote: Found it....... Hurray

I just love the intro to the Stranglers from 'Peter Cooke' on this.......... Hilarious.

I dedicate the lyrics from the first track 'Tank' to Jester :yh_rotfl

YouTube - The Stranglers - Tank / Curfew (Revolver 1978)

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl I knew it was "Tank" you were looking for....I must be psychic!

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:51 pm

This has to be the funniest vid they ever made

YouTube - The Stranglers - Bear Cage

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:53 pm

dubs;1070637 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl I knew it was "Tank" you were looking for....I must be psychic!

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Great minds think alike. Wonder if Jester would see it? :yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:03 pm

oscar;1070640 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Great minds think alike. Wonder if Jester would see it? :yh_rotfl

Without doubt, the greatest album ever made.

I'm not too keen on this one but GOD, i just fancy the arsse off him (It's OK, Mr Oscar has had a life-time of this):yh_rotfl

YouTube - THE STRANGLERS

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:12 pm

Hugh Cornwell just got better with age.

YouTube - The Stranglers (1987) on Dutch TV - No Mercy

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:18 pm

Even better

YouTube - The Stranglers - All Day and all of the Night

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:49 pm

Voted song of the year in France

May the copper who nicked Hugh Cornwell and was responsible for his 6 months in Pentonville rot in Hell.

YouTube - THE STRANGLERS - ALWAYS THE SUN.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:56 pm

And the 'Rodney's are queuing up god forbid'

YouTube - The Stranglers - Duchess

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:04 pm

ANOTHER ONE ESPECIALLY FOR JESTER

YouTube - Stranglers - Shah Shah a go go

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:21 pm

In memory of my father :-1

YouTube - The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:34 pm

Good God, I used to look like this............. many years ago

YouTube - The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:07 pm

If you didn't make a gig on this years tour, here's what you missed

Strangled Live

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:09 pm

good grief, she is a night owl!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:20 pm

Odie;1070672 wrote: good grief, she is a night owl!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

It's those damn aliens again Odie. They arrived just after dark now they have kept me up all night. they are watching Stranglers video's now in my lounge. one's just had a new baby, called NANU. I'm just helping clean his scales. Well, i don't know if it's a him to be sure, as we know, they have no gender.

Bloody aliens :-5;)

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:46 pm

oscar;1070678 wrote: It's those damn aliens again Odie. They arrived just after dark now they have kept me up all night. they are watching Stranglers video's now in my lounge. one's just had a new baby, called NANU. I'm just helping clean his scales. Well, i don't know if it's a him to be sure, as we know, they have no gender.

Bloody aliens :-5;)

bloody hell as you brits say!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I watched your first video, have never heard of them, but I like them now!

my aliens sat and watched American Gangster with me tonight, when they were shooting on tv,

the aliens started flying around the living room scretching

NANU NANU, we are being attacked by that stupid woman sitting on the couch!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:52 pm

Odie;1070694 wrote: bloody hell as you brits say!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I watched your first video, have never heard of them, but I like them now!

my aliens sat and watched American Gangster with me tonight, when they were shooting on tv..

the aliens started flying around the living room scretching

NANU NANU, we are being attacked by that stupid woman sitting on the couch!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I have idolised this band for 31 years and they are still going. I'm going to try to find the pics of me with them and up load them on here.

My brother and i used to hitch hike all over Europe to see them in the 70's and 80's. Oh happy days. It takes me right back looking at all the old clips. Of course they are older now but then so am i :wah:

So your aliens fly round the room too do they?? I'm fed up with mine doing that, they've had three light fittings down already. It's just getting light so i'm making them some sandwiches for their journey home. :yh_rotfl

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:54 pm

going to bed hun, won't be on tomorrow, I am getting a cortisone shot in my wrist!

hhhhhhhhhhhhhh!:-5:-5:mad::mad:

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:58 pm

going to bed now Oscar.......I am getting a cortisone shot in my wrist tomorrow....so I won't be here!:-1

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:07 pm

Odie;1070701 wrote: going to bed now Oscar.......I am getting a cortisone shot in my wrist tomorrow....so I won't be here!:-1

Ouch.. best of luck. mr Oscar has to have those in his feet. SOOOOOOOO painful.

I'll be thinking of you. NANU NANU

Talk tomorrow,

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:08 pm

OMG Oscar...they are fab. I must come back this weekend and really look at their music...Thank you for sharing:-6

Woooohooooo...they're great fun;)

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:12 pm

Kathy Ellen;1070709 wrote: OMG Oscar...they are fab. I must come back this weekend and really look at their music...Thank you for sharing:-6

Woooohooooo...they're great fun;)
Thanks Kathy. Did you really watch all of them???

They had a fearsome reputation in the 70's and 80's. Two of them spent time in prison, one for inciting a riot. he got 18 months in France. A huge shame because they're notoriety outweighed their musical genius in the press.

I absolutely adore them and have spent 31 years going to see them with my brother. A huge part of my life spent on them (and hotel bills).

I also still scour e bay for rare tracks and memorabelia.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:42 pm

oscar;1070711 wrote: Thanks Kathy. Did you really watch all of them???

They had a fearsome reputation in the 70's and 80's. Two of them spent time in prison, one for inciting a riot. he got 18 months in France. A huge shame because they're notoriety outweighed their musical genius in the press.

I absolutely adore them and have spent 31 years going to see them with my brother. A huge part of my life spent on them (and hotel bills).

I also still scour e bay for rare tracks and memorabelia.

Oh Oscar,

No I only watched the 1st one and knew that I really liked them. I'm just home from my family's Thanksgiving dinner, and am stuffed to the gills with food, drink, and laughs....I'll watch them all this weekend when my stomach has subsided...

Sorry...right now I feel like this and need some sleep....:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:06 am

Kathy Ellen;1070726 wrote: Oh Oscar,

No I only watched the 1st one and knew that I really liked them. I'm just home from my family's Thanksgiving dinner, and am stuffed to the gills with food, drink, and laughs....I'll watch them all this weekend when my stomach has subsided...

Sorry...right now I feel like this and need some sleep....:yh_rotfl

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Have a great Thanksgiving. :-6

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:08 am

A better version of 'Tank' for Jester

YouTube - tank

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:26 am

Odie, I told you there were aliens!!

YouTube - Waltz in Black...The Stranglers

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:10 am

jimbo;1070797 wrote: fanastic ... maybe me and suzy could go to a stranglers gig with you one day

:)

we dont do drugs and i'm too old and ugly to be a groupy does that matter

They have some European dates coming up that me and me bro are going to but a bit far for you.

If they tour again next year, they usually do Southampton or Portsmouth which is near you. It'll be a hoot to meet up.

We don't do drugs and we're also old and ugly now but then so are most people at Stranglers gigs these days. As for groupie's , you never know Jimbo, your luck might be in, they're not that fussy :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:56 am

jimbo;1070841 wrote: jimbo and oscar meet up

YouTube - Tank girl VS. Ragdoll boy

i actually really like this tune

That's you and me at the Forum garden meet in january :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hang on... which one of us is the fat one?????:sneaky::sneaky::sneaky:

Ludwig Van B · Post by **Ludwig Van B** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:09 am

hi there

i'm new here and was amazed by this thread. i really thought the stranglers were pretty much over years ago, but it's great to know that they are still together although you dont see them on the tv or on music shows these days?.Wow, 400 stranglers concerts, that's crazy man, i bet you have a list of every one???? what was your first gig, this stuff facinates me so much so please be prepared for some anoraky questions , I don't get to meet a bona fide superfan, stranglers expert like you every day, you must have so many cool things to remember and to tell . unfortuneately i only got to see them a couple of times in the 1980's but they were just great.so if you dont mind me asking, where was your first concert and where was your last?????

thanks a million

ludwig

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:57 pm

Ludwig Van B;1071079 wrote: hi there

i'm new here and was amazed by this thread. i really thought the stranglers were pretty much over years ago, but it's great to know that they are still together although you dont see them on the tv or on music shows these days?.Wow, 400 stranglers concerts, that's crazy man, i bet you have a list of every one???? what was your first gig, this stuff facinates me so much so please be prepared for some anoraky questions , I don't get to meet a bona fide superfan, stranglers expert like you every day, you must have so many cool things to remember and to tell . unfortuneately i only got to see them a couple of times in the 1980's but they were just great.so if you dont mind me asking, where was your first concert and where was your last?????

thanks a million

ludwig

Hi Ludwig van B, first of all, welcome to Forum garden. We have many catagory's to browse through including the music section where you can post your own choice of vids.

Great to find a true Stranglers fan.

I suppose it all started for me with 'Rattus Norvegus'. 'Down in the Sewer' just blew me away. It was just something that i'd never heard in my life before. All my pals were listening to 'Donny osmond' Or 'The Bay City Rollers' Yuk.

Then the next revelation took place in my life... that was the day i first laid eyes on 'Jean jaques Burnel' and 'Hugh Cornwell'. That was it, the change of my life.

Around 78, when i was 20, we got to hear of a gig in Battersea park and went along. That's when they brought the famous strippers on.

The band first came together in Guildford in 1974 with Jet and Hugh before recruiting guitarist turned bassist Jean Jacques

That was my first gig. What i saw that day was four individual men and i saw 'Jet Black', The greatest drums player ever. I saw 'Dave Greenfield', The most outstanding haunting keyboard player i'd ever heard. I saw 'Hugh Cornwell, the sharpest singer and brilliant electric guitarist and then i saw 'Jean jaques', the one who made me nearly pass out at the mere sight of him, added with the greatest bass guitarist in history and the greatest stage presence in history.

Many many gigs followed, many into Europe and they just got better.

Many outragous storie's went with those adventures, maybe i should write the book 'A Fan's Journey'?

The last time i saw them was a few weeks ago at Bristol.

Before i go into my 31 years of idolising what is the greatest British rock band of all time, tell me about some of your experiences and favourite tracks.

Write me your fave top ten numbers. Let's see if great minds think alike.

Good to have you here, hope you stick around.... In fact, i am always 'Hanging Around' :-6

Ludwig Van B · Post by **Ludwig Van B** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:56 pm

Hi Oscar

thanks for replying

it's pretty hard giving a top 10 of stranglers tracks when there are so many to choose from but i think i should give it a go

1) sewer (just an awesome track which says everything about them)

2) something better change ( full of energy and menace)

3) grip ( mesmerising, and started it all off)

4) toiler ( so technical)

5) the raven ( a brilliant piece of music, setting out their stall,so to speak)

6) i feel like a wog (great tune with some contraverial lyrics at that time )

7) peaches (one of the most famous)

8) Baroque Bordello (typically weird)

9) tank ( an epic)

10) burning up time (great bass line)

Your first gig was at Battersea.wow. What do you remember of that day, it must have been amazing , did you live in London at that time?, have you ever met the band? do you know other huge strangler fans like you (see, i told you i was an anorak/hahah

Ludwig

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:25 pm

Ludwig Van B;1071380 wrote: Hi Oscar

thanks for replying

it's pretty hard giving a top 10 of stranglers tracks when there are so many to choose from but i think i should give it a go

1) sewer (just an awesome track which says everything about them)

2) something better change ( full of energy and menace)

3) grip ( mesmerising, and started it all off)

4) toiler ( so technical)

5) the raven ( a brilliant piece of music, setting out their stall,so to speak)

6) i feel like a wog (great tune with some contraverial lyrics at that time )

7) peaches (one of the most famous)

8) Baroque Bordello (typically weird)

9) tank ( an epic)

10) burning up time (great bass line)

Your first gig was at Battersea.wow. What do you remember of that day, it must have been amazing , did you live in London at that time?, have you ever met the band? do you know other huge strangler fans like you (see, i told you i was an anorak/hahah

Ludwig THANKS FOR DOING THAT FOR ME LUDWIG. IT'S VERY LATE SO I AM OFF TO BED. i WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW NIGHT. I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SLEEP TIGHT. OSCAR