The Stranglers : 'Down in the Sewer'

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2014
  • Specially dedicated to Jet Black and Ava Rave
    The magnificent track which finishes the fine album
    'Rattus Norvegicus' and in some considerable style too
    Please note I do not own any copyright on the music and visuals used in the creation of this video,and that this was done purely for fans of the band and their music

Комментарии • 211

  • @klaustoth6982
    @klaustoth6982 3 года назад +78

    in '77 we were so used to gorgeous music, that we took "rattus norvegicus" almost for granted. today, nearly forty-four years later, this masterpiece still stands strong in the hearts of the old people like me.

    • @mrneil3117
      @mrneil3117 3 года назад +6

      💯👌👍

    • @bernardbousquet7417
      @bernardbousquet7417 2 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @killforpeae69
      @killforpeae69 Год назад +5

      So true words spoken RIP Jet Black

    • @HTJB60
      @HTJB60 4 месяца назад

      "Horses" "77" "First Base" a few album's I purchased back then. PS. I was an old (25 year old) Hippy visiting village punk venue's & having a great time with them.....

    • @user-fp7rc6sp5t
      @user-fp7rc6sp5t 2 месяца назад

      100% correct, I second that!

  • @nickgillett7609
    @nickgillett7609 10 месяцев назад +17

    In my top 5 ever ever tunes. What a fantastic album. At 18 years of age this was utter magic. God bless the band. Dave and Jet - RIP. Saw you guys many times. Happy days then….

  • @BAGGWIGAN
    @BAGGWIGAN 7 лет назад +99

    Fabulous, always loved Dave Greenfield on this one, the whole album is a work of art!

    • @stevesweeney127
      @stevesweeney127 4 года назад +12

      He was a wizard on them keyboards bless him 🙏❤️ x

    • @simonjamesyoung8091
      @simonjamesyoung8091 3 года назад +6

      Or a Work of Rat 🐀
      Depending on how you look at it

    • @davycochrane7943
      @davycochrane7943 3 года назад +1

      @@simonjamesyoung8091 😄😄😄 cool comment bro!!

  • @armando181000
    @armando181000 2 года назад +29

    Legends ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ , what a masterpiece of an Album

  • @PVAPPE
    @PVAPPE 4 года назад +33

    Thumbs up if you are also binge-watching RUclips videos of The Stranglers in memory of Dave Greenfield. 🎹🎼🐺

    • @jjdecani
      @jjdecani Год назад +3

      Now I'm watching them in memory of Jet Black.

    • @uberbabeINC
      @uberbabeINC Год назад +1

      AND Jet 😢

    • @gregward5328
      @gregward5328 Год назад +1

      @@jjdecani and jet too ??? Superb drummer. Gutted.
      RIP JET BLACK.

  • @jonblazeinc
    @jonblazeinc 4 года назад +52

    I see why the Stranglers were alienated from the punk movement back then...they were streets ahead of all the other punk bands in talent and creativity. RIP Dave Greenfield

    • @68majortom
      @68majortom 4 года назад +2

      How so?
      plenty of great bands from the Punk era, the MIB one of my favourite Bands ever & I still think that's false

    • @stevesweeney127
      @stevesweeney127 3 года назад +1

      Your right so advance👍

    • @michaelwolf6424
      @michaelwolf6424 3 года назад +5

      My own theory is . . they looked into the future and saw a chance to outlive their fellow punk rockers using songs and music that was a bit more mainstream. They still had the edge but they realized that destroying the set around them, constantly screaming for social change and then burning out early wasn't conducive to longevity. They made the right choice. And we're all glad for it.

    • @jonblazeinc
      @jonblazeinc 3 года назад +4

      @@68majortom Stranglers were much older than the other bands and had a much different sound and look so I guess they didn't fit in and other bands didn't want them in the scene back then

    • @JANER64
      @JANER64 3 года назад +2

      @@michaelwolf6424 They didn't make the right choice by playing Apartheid Israel though...anyway they were never the same once Hugh left.

  • @parsareshite1
    @parsareshite1 2 года назад +14

    One of the best live bands I had the pleasure of watching on several occasions, music was magic.

  • @MsSharon28
    @MsSharon28 4 года назад +6

    dave greenfield the apollo glasgow 79 brilliant. RIP.

  • @gordonash7867
    @gordonash7867 4 года назад +9

    Down in the sewer, has to be the best track that there has ever been in history

    • @mrneil3117
      @mrneil3117 3 года назад +5

      It takes some beating💯👍👌

  • @dagalfheim7056
    @dagalfheim7056 3 года назад +6

    Some of the best keyboard work ever ....

  • @DizzyKizzy64
    @DizzyKizzy64 2 года назад +6

    My favourite favourite Down in the sewer and Genetics, best stranglers songs ever

  • @rainbow2710
    @rainbow2710 2 года назад +26

    Dave's keyboards solo still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck after all these years.

    • @keithpalmer1998
      @keithpalmer1998 8 месяцев назад

      I became a fan of the Stranglers back in the late '70s when 3D Dan played them on WOJB 88.9FM ,Hayward, WI. As he said. the 3D stood for duh-duh-duh. The Stranglers became a favorite. I have collected many of their albums , and love to watch the many videos they have produced. Thank you guys , and You Tube for putting them on the air.

  • @TheFiddle101
    @TheFiddle101 2 года назад +6

    Great video for this great song!

  • @David-ij2hs
    @David-ij2hs 3 года назад +11

    this song is Dave keyboards are fantastic the song is my favorite

  • @rogerhobden7670
    @rogerhobden7670 Год назад +7

    Absolute perfection. Like +++++

  • @68majortom
    @68majortom 4 года назад +62

    RIP Dave Greenfield that HAMMOND made The Stranglers so different from other Punk Bands

    • @laurentperaldi2286
      @laurentperaldi2286 3 года назад

      The Stranglers had never been a punk band

    • @jonblazeinc
      @jonblazeinc 2 года назад +2

      @@laurentperaldi2286 yes they was

  • @seawolf7218
    @seawolf7218 2 года назад +5

    This song has a swagger about it how cool

  • @davidjamieson8785
    @davidjamieson8785 4 года назад +25

    Still sounds fresh. Brilliant.

  • @brianvernon9418
    @brianvernon9418 3 года назад +9

    An absolute masterpiece 👍👍👍👌👌👌

  • @saranordmark8338
    @saranordmark8338 2 года назад +3

    Brilliant.

  • @mrneil3117
    @mrneil3117 3 года назад +17

    I first saw the stranglers back in February 1976 (a full year before their debut single) at a place called The Grey Topper Club in the mining village of Jacksdale on the Notts/Derbys border...and they turned up to the gig in an ice cream van.
    This is the best music video by far that I've viewed on YT!
    I take my hat off to you John!

  • @alexandrossakkas8969
    @alexandrossakkas8969 2 года назад +5

    I LOVE STRANGLERS

  • @ianbennett1491
    @ianbennett1491 6 дней назад

    RIP JET AND DAVE.Legends.

  • @JoeDonFan
    @JoeDonFan 4 года назад +20

    RIP Dave Greenfield.

  • @rudy6884
    @rudy6884 2 года назад +1

    I did not get to see these guys enough.

  • @TheBarZeqoo
    @TheBarZeqoo 2 года назад +3

    名曲中の名曲。当時も40年後の現在も、聴いていると思わず耳を傾け他の作業が停まる。

  • @philadams92
    @philadams92 2 года назад +5

    Just a fantastic song and sound... great tight band always, when I found my own music in the 1970,s after listening to Mum and Dads rock and roll, loved the 70,s 80,s and 90,s makes todays music so so insipid! no wonder we keep you tubing and looking for the great sounds from our youths!! brilliant!

  • @WordsleyBaggies
    @WordsleyBaggies 4 года назад +54

    RIP Dave Greenfield
    Always put Rick Wakeman in the shade

    • @najdaraj9420
      @najdaraj9420 4 года назад +2

      Rick who? :)

    • @puffieish
      @puffieish 4 года назад +1

      other branch

    • @MrHoefnix
      @MrHoefnix 4 года назад +4

      Both superb keyboard players, but with different styles and for different reasons.

    • @Bigstrat2
      @Bigstrat2 4 года назад

      HAHAHAHAHAHA...

    • @thorstenjaeger1203
      @thorstenjaeger1203 3 года назад +3

      This is for real Fans, No one else gets that. Hugh introduced the Band menbers while Walk on by in Hope and Anchor Live 11/1977. That's what he announced about Dave

  • @blueshirtman8875
    @blueshirtman8875 2 года назад +6

    I didn't realize how much acid could stay in my body untill i listened to this.I remeber when they first started touring .Amazing stuff,great punk sounds.

  • @raveninblack
    @raveninblack 4 года назад +9

    Great song, great band. RIP Dave Greenfield

  • @stefansailer3814
    @stefansailer3814 4 года назад +7

    RIP Dave...you were a part of my youth...miss you!

  • @allesabgemacht1964
    @allesabgemacht1964 2 года назад +3

    Great! Simply great!

  • @davidallen6014
    @davidallen6014 Год назад +3

    I never got into these guys when I was a young'un... But jeez, that bass sound is worth the price of admission all by itself. Better late than never, I guess.

  • @MarianaTango1
    @MarianaTango1 4 года назад +8

    Masterpiece.... RIP Dave Greenfield...

  • @elena16350
    @elena16350 3 года назад +9

    This is brilliant, the whole set up is other worldly,we know we are being drawn in , but we secretly want to be inveigled further and further, when the finale arrives more and more we want to be consumed totally, we know our end is near, but we are now totally consumed by the all consuming beat.

  • @philwise872
    @philwise872 Год назад +3

    The greatest song of all time!

  • @karlskidmore4709
    @karlskidmore4709 Год назад +2

    How magic is that organ by the wizard himself brilliant rip dave

  • @nicolacatherinehainesayubo7462
    @nicolacatherinehainesayubo7462 2 года назад +4

    Absolutely the best. Long live the Stranglers. Will never forget the glare I received from Baz at Cheltenham in England. Shame I wasn't able to get that autograph as I had been promised. Another let down in life - hey but still a follower of passion

  • @goannaj3243
    @goannaj3243 7 лет назад +10

    one of my favorite tracks

  • @nicolataylor5029
    @nicolataylor5029 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love this tune and the album. The last part blows me away. A fabulous piece of art.

  • @pabloeagle7785
    @pabloeagle7785 2 месяца назад

    LEGENDS !!! THE BEST GROUP EVER !!!

  • @patrickdennis505
    @patrickdennis505 Год назад +1

    Love Stranglers. Saw them at Hammersmith Palais around '81. One of the best concerts ever been to.

  • @aidanbrennan6587
    @aidanbrennan6587 4 года назад +25

    Down in the sewer what a tune. my favourite stranglers song. Thanks for posting this with black & white video. RIP genius Dave.he is off to play his wonderful music to the Angel's above.never forgotten.💕

    • @shuancook9005
      @shuancook9005 3 года назад +5

      Aidan Brennan top draw 👍

    • @mrneil3117
      @mrneil3117 3 года назад +3

      @@shuancook9005 💯👌👍

  • @archstanton1733
    @archstanton1733 6 лет назад +22

    just discovered this track. absolutely brilliant. Great bass, great organ, great video. Final 3 minutes top class

  • @fidoflint
    @fidoflint Год назад +2

    Rest in peace, Jet Black!

  • @jerrybailey5797
    @jerrybailey5797 3 года назад +4

    I just love the Rats Rally part ... Dave really comes into his own here .

  • @Adambutler2
    @Adambutler2 6 лет назад +16

    Takes me back and yet still has the same impact upon me as when I first heard it: stunning! 👌👌

  • @geoffwhitehouse1
    @geoffwhitehouse1 3 года назад +3

    Back in the seventies this was my go-to football song - the song I always play before taking the field. Unfortunately it was before ipods and even walkmans. I had play it at home on the stereo loud and then go to football!! "Rats Rally" always got me going....

  • @davejohn2964
    @davejohn2964 4 года назад +8

    Brilliant song, brilliant video.🐀

  • @stanbeattie4852
    @stanbeattie4852 5 лет назад +8

    bravo . could listen to this .all day long .tellin ya

  • @grahamelliott7276
    @grahamelliott7276 Год назад +1

    A superb video. So well edited. The Stranglers old and new, plus The Pied Piper of Hamelin !

  • @fluffyandtj
    @fluffyandtj 4 года назад +9

    Brilliant video pal.Those keyboards are stunning.RIP Dave

  • @simonjones1017
    @simonjones1017 3 года назад +3

    brilliant

  • @edkleinman9944
    @edkleinman9944 8 лет назад +8

    Thanks, with all the rain today and the last few days i'm hoping i don't get washed down the sewer. Always really like this song. Rock out all!!

  • @chokerphillips7937
    @chokerphillips7937 Год назад +2

    Truly a iconic song

  • @googleisshittoss
    @googleisshittoss 4 года назад +9

    Fantastic video...and my favourite track of theirs. RIP Dave...We'll see you in the Sewer

  • @jjkw8188
    @jjkw8188 Год назад +1

    JG is the king of Stranglers videos - hats off, this is another majestic tribute 🐀

  • @RB-fg7ey
    @RB-fg7ey 3 года назад +4

    Great mix of tunes! Thanks!

  • @leezeppelin48
    @leezeppelin48 2 года назад +11

    My favourite band in the world. Especially when Hugh was still with them. 😎

  • @TheGwimWeaper
    @TheGwimWeaper Год назад +1

    God be with Jett and Dave. The soul of the Stranglers.

  • @lorettabibby214
    @lorettabibby214 Год назад

    The. Stranglers 🌹🌹🌹🌹 26. 3. 2023. Liverpool, 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👌 ❤️

  • @rogersharman7107
    @rogersharman7107 6 лет назад +16

    Another John Gallagher classic. I appreciate real talent when it shows itself. The Stranglers and John Gallagher a brilliant combination.

  • @seawolf6709
    @seawolf6709 4 года назад +15

    The song down in the sewer is fantastic the stranglers are legendary and that video was amazing.

  • @lazygazzzer
    @lazygazzzer 2 года назад +1

    (in reply to jonblazeinc).....The end of the 1970s is an era that will never be re-lived, and you can't look back from a modern perspective and try to piece together what it was like by just listening to some of the bands of the time that made it through. There was a whole load of stuff going on, people's attitudes, which are hard to relate to these days. The Stranglers had the right attitude and the music was absolutely in line with other Punk acts. Thinking back I could say just about every punk I knew had those first 3 albums. The second one, No More Heroes was definitely seen as a classic at the time. By the time the Raven came out punk was already diversifying so it wasn't so out of place and everybody I knew went out to get hold of a copy.

  • @brendanstranglers5782
    @brendanstranglers5782 5 лет назад +8

    Just a great time. Still great now after all these years. Dave Greenfield huge influence.

  • @ericroux4447
    @ericroux4447 4 года назад +4

    r i p Dave Greenfield tu étais le meilleur

  • @dirkusmckirkus
    @dirkusmckirkus 2 года назад +3

    What a brilliant band, saw them 4 times from '81-'89. Wow they were good. Dave Greefield's keyboard play was unique and set them apart from the rest.

  • @chrishayes1435
    @chrishayes1435 8 лет назад +23

    I just wanted to listen to the track again. I already have it but thought I'd You tube a video.
    This is the Rat's Bollocks - great work

    • @johngallagher4736
      @johngallagher4736  8 лет назад +1

      +Chris Hayes thanks for kind words mate,I'll be doing more soon!

    • @janeparfitt65
      @janeparfitt65 6 лет назад +3

      Brings back so many happy days of punk memories..One of the best punk bands ever!

    • @mrneil3117
      @mrneil3117 3 года назад +1

      @@janeparfitt65 💯👌👍

  • @uberbabeINC
    @uberbabeINC Год назад

    Goodnight Jet Black✨Eternal Rest Be Ever Yours🙏🏻

  • @alexandrossakkas8969
    @alexandrossakkas8969 3 года назад +3

    Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @creast56
    @creast56 Год назад

    Shear perfection! The climax of all instruments is amazing, quite retro but an almighty crescendo!
    Thanks for this, it takes me back to an amazing time in my life.

  • @RZPPAA
    @RZPPAA 6 лет назад +13

    What a video, well done sir

  • @michelesmith1968
    @michelesmith1968 5 лет назад +4

    what a vid to this!! .....dam good ....

  • @nicknack3648
    @nicknack3648 9 лет назад +27

    Excellent job mate!! All your Stranglers vids are spot on!!

  • @marksturgeon893
    @marksturgeon893 4 года назад +8

    Nicely done, John. And a track of sheer genius.

  • @TheJustaviewman
    @TheJustaviewman 7 лет назад +11

    Love the group, love the song. Thanks so much John.

  • @tdxi124
    @tdxi124 6 лет назад +14

    Genius, thank you. I defy any drummer to seamlessly ratchet up the beat in the closing section they way Jet (and now Jim) achieve

  • @stevenrobertson6656
    @stevenrobertson6656 Год назад

    R.I.P Jet..No More Heroes.

  • @ariholmsten8591
    @ariholmsten8591 2 года назад

    wow b back so many memories ty

  • @joedoyle5593
    @joedoyle5593 6 лет назад +21

    A seminal track, JG but, who could follow that? Just drags you by the throat, back to great younger days, good, bad, and ugly times.
    Love your vids mate. Class. x

    • @johngallagher4736
      @johngallagher4736  6 лет назад

      Many thanks Joe,very kind! Should be some new ones I hope soon in the New Year, already planning them! - John

    • @joedoyle5593
      @joedoyle5593 6 лет назад

      Bring em on lol x

  • @OldCodgers
    @OldCodgers 10 лет назад +11

    Brilliant video!

  • @Emily-lu5zl
    @Emily-lu5zl Год назад

    Four awesome boys do what they like to do

  • @descheleschilder401
    @descheleschilder401 3 года назад +5

    What a fucking great song. If I had to pick a song for being the soundtrack of my life it would be this one!!!!

  • @keninblack
    @keninblack 6 лет назад +9

    Outstanding Sir. Captured one of the best tracks ever written brilliantly.

  • @thehunter7516
    @thehunter7516 Год назад +2

    What a song,Class,what about the keyboard solo at the end, listening to this since it came out,Love it.🐀

  • @MsAlien911
    @MsAlien911 4 года назад +2

    Great. Thanks.

  • @megalania62
    @megalania62 8 лет назад +7

    Great work John!!

  • @lapuntadelfin
    @lapuntadelfin 7 лет назад +6

    Epic stuff. Thanks for the video.

  • @johndraye5790
    @johndraye5790 4 месяца назад

    Nice anthology of Sewers Thru The Ages !

  • @narreddarr8092
    @narreddarr8092 6 лет назад +6

    great vid. oddly enough, i kinda like seeing JJ in his younger days. He made that bass look and sound soooooo fucking cool.

  • @daviddevereux3427
    @daviddevereux3427 2 года назад +1

    top mash up!

  • @CurlyJo
    @CurlyJo 9 лет назад +7

    Gr8 John! Cheers for you and the MIB.

  • @Claire-xr6tp
    @Claire-xr6tp 2 года назад +1

    HUGH!!!😍

  • @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering
    @jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 2 года назад +2

    I know this is from Rattus with video from post Hugh Cornwell added in and that’s fine, me personally I tuned out from my fav band ever when Cornwell left, I know for die hards that will be too much to take but it’s an honest assessment of how I felt, while I’m being honest I’ve not really taken to any Stranglers albums after “Black and white” , maybe it was me just growing up or the band trying to stretch themselves, I dunno but what I do know is that the first 3 albums are never off my turntables or headphones, everyone to their own but there is a world of stonking music in those 3 albums including this majestic soaring work where they all get to shine on the one piece of utterly unique music filling my cans as we speak, love it

    • @aidanbrennan6587
      @aidanbrennan6587 2 года назад +2

      Well said mate.the first 3 album's are the best of their work 100%😁

    • @paulwary
      @paulwary Год назад +1

      Ditch the headphones & play it loud!

  • @jeanfrancoislabedz7491
    @jeanfrancoislabedz7491 10 месяцев назад +1

    J'avais 17 'ans. Bisous à vous

  • @DoubleDutchess
    @DoubleDutchess 10 месяцев назад

    That the music is fantastic goes without saying, but the way you edited that video is top-notch!

  • @sodium9920
    @sodium9920 Год назад

    I remember making spliffs to the start of this track A fat one, lit it up and layed back and get lost, LOST.........

  • @davidwright662
    @davidwright662 8 лет назад +5

    mAgic mate

  • @OldCodgers
    @OldCodgers 9 лет назад +6

    love it again magic

    • @johngallagher4736
      @johngallagher4736  9 лет назад +1

      Hard work,but great fun to do at the same time,cheers lads!

  • @timjackson5680
    @timjackson5680 2 года назад +1

    Punk Prog. Classic.