The Stranglers

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10 years ago

adamjg4

Real hard-edged Punk Rock here. Wish the video quality was better.

10 years ago

Alex Sanders

Ther REAL Stranglers, up until 1981 and La Folie shit...all later is just commercial...hey! we`re popular, lets make some money...and then Hugh thought he could have even more money so he turned into M. Jackson...but then JJ and co tried to "move on", without any hit for 22 years! Then they ditched Jet Black, and now I don`t know who would listen to them or Hugh, they ruined everything they made...its much better to drop everything or just make another band...

10 years ago

Alan Hawley

ok good.. but how long since you navigated cruel sea's...i do that all the time, so i'm more of a 'glers fan than you'll ever be! awesome? guessin' your american.. everything is awwwsome.....

10 years ago

Fergus Macneill

Saw the Men in Black in Feb 1981 in Edinburgh - awesome!

11 years ago

Kirbie Oxley

The Stranglers.Hugh Cornwell guitar. Jean Jacques Burnell,Bass.Dave Greenfield keyboards .Jet Black,drums..xxxx

11 years ago

Julian Quail

Thanks for this mate. I was at this concert and very good it was too! Rock City was (and I am sure still is) a great venue: small, sweaty and dirty. Many great gigs seen here, including very early REM, New Order, Bauhaus, Echo and the Bunnymen and Marillion (stop laughing at the back!).

12 years ago

PeDenBe

Saw them in Utrecht at "NoNukes". Back in the eighties. To see this back again is great! Thanks for uploading!

12 years ago

ThePlank65

Thanks for this, good change of vocal, n yes, that bridge pickin JJ bass, dirty sound, mate don't apologise for the quality, it's perfect for it's time, hate to see it on some HD crap, good man.

13 years ago

mrgeebaby86

love this track, its great in the car

14 years ago

Megan Purdie

Love JJs bass and JJ so crisp

14 years ago

Adrian Ashworth

That's a massive, swelling organ Dave's got there

14 years ago

LowestoftBoy64

if this was from the "who wants the world" tour 1980, then I was at the Ipswich Gaumont gig of that tour. Memorable night. My first ever gig, too!

14 years ago

katoness

This is how this should be played live. Fast and tight. Best version I've heard of this track live.

14 years ago

Dave Brown

Saw these guys in 1979 in Brum, when they were doing the Raven tour, pity i didn't see em the year before when they wudda been promoting The Black & White album from which this track came, friggin awsome!

14 years ago

Andrea Prodan

Boy they took this one FAST!

14 years ago

Mark Shippen

This is the most perfect live rendition of toiler I have heard.

14 years ago

col mac

toiler, best intro in rock,stranglers genius

15 years ago

steveziv

@Forestamtul - That's called a head.

15 years ago

mikehunt1984

killer performance, love jj's bass dancin here. tnx for the post.

15 years ago

MoveOverCasanova

The opening section is really out of this world, this is so damn good!! but i always found the whole vocal melody the weak spot of the song . They might have done this an instrumental -- it could have been a great intro/overture for the black and white album.