All music these days is Depressing, these guys are Fantastic. More.....come on cats come to London....we spotted you first... Irish Eamonn via Yorkshire...Big Love....
If this was in Berlin I was at this show. I remember the backdrop but not the name of the venue. Anyway best gig I ever saw and especially memorable as I met Setzer when he came out front of the building after the show to share his bottle of JD and hang out. Happy days.
ha, im 15 and been listning to brian since i was about 10, hes awsome and in my opinion one of the best gituare players around. just dont bother with what other people think about that shit
For me, this is the real tempo for this song!! And also, the best one for fast-paced running, I get so much energy from this, that cant feel the need of oxygene... Thanks for it, SC, thanks, rcac!
aaah yes those were the days in my younger life it was fantastic so many great bands to see..and will be seeing the specials in a few months. life still good.
Quand stray cats sont arrivé debut années 80 ça a été pour nous les rockers revivale des années70 un electrochocs pour le monde entiers . En 2022 nos légendes bien vivantes sont toujours là et ça déménage a morts que dieu protège nos stray cats .
Cool. Glad to find a young skin who's into the Cats. Thing to remember is that in UK skins originally listened to reggae and such sounds. In early 1980's there were skins who listened to the 2-tone/ska stuff as well. Not sure what they (or the US skins) listen to now. What I liked about the Cats was that they always supported the idea of different kinds of people coming to their gigs, skins, punks, hep-cats etc.
Sent to my grandparents in Ansbach to spend summer '81. Turned 16...saw the Stray Cats more than once. '83 at the US Festival they were not well known here - yet. I knew...Setzer is underrated for sure...
I remember as a teen, there was a "Brighton, Michigan" about 20 miles outside Detroit. I used to listen to this and imagine two gangs meeting for a secret rumble.
Je connais les Cats depuis l'âge de 13 ans...., après leurs séparation, Brfian Setzer reste excellent, lee rocker et phantom egalement...., let's go vers les cats...., excellent !!!
You're right. The Wanderers was late '50's and early '60's stuff. I was just mad about Dion at the time. What I was suggesting was the idea of greasers versus skins from that film might have had a bit of an influence on Setzer. It's fun trying to recollect it all now. I saw the Cats in concert last year and it just felt like "Bring it back again!"
i personally still listen to the 2-tone/ska stuff as well as oi, rockabilly, and all sorts of correlated genres. and i got the chance to catch lee rocker last year in sacramento. hes still got it.
The 'Cats couldn't get much of an audience on the east coast. They went to London in the late 70s and were a hit with the punk audiences. Their first two albums were released in the UK. These were later remarketed for the U.S. in the early 80s.
I think the band was Don E Sibley and the Dixie Phoenix. At the end of the 70's this song was played all the time in the Rockin clubs, and we all used to sing to it, which I suppose is kind of childish, but such is life.
les Stray Cats les premiers à avoir fait du psychobilly au début des années 80 3 excellents musiciens notamment le leader des Stray Cats Brian (guitare /chant )
Well no team is the winner so lets all go get a beer...took my Teddy boy pal home on leave from the Marines to a skinhead bar in the 80's and we all got drunk and listened to Prince Buster, Otis Redding AND Eddie Cochran on the Juke...
It was popularized by the Teds but Rockers still wore them. I've heard another version of the song where he replaces "black drape coats" with "black leather jackets"
I think you are right about mention of skins, as in the early 80's there was little difference between Scooter boys and skins. I seem to remember the tunes on the Wanderers where all origional 50's stuff, however it has been that long since I have seen I may be wrong.
@Czechmate1967 Rockabilly was An American invention. These guys were not fighters (my dad was one). They only wore those pointy toe shoes for killing cockroaches in corners! lol... fighting would mess up their pompadores! ;) But there have been 4 generations of Rockabilly's going back to the Elvis Presley and James Dean of the 50's. In the 80's Rockabilly became an off of Punk. Therefore you also had Punkabilly and other variants. The 90's brought more Rockabilly styles & extreme Punk!
Well there's the rockabilly cats with their pomps real high Wearing black drape coats, all real gone guys The cool skinheads with roll up jeans Looking real tough and mighty mean here are the Shiity lyrics 1st verse, it's about Rockabillys and Skins- now shut yer yap.
as I remember, pretty much everything that wasn`t stadium rock was considered punk. People were ignorant back then. And yes, the stray cats audience were prodominantly punks. They got it. 1981, west coast punk was both underway and at it`s prime. grunge killed punk as we knew it. Not a callender date.
Actually they werent following the punk trend with "Storm the Embassy" especially not to sell records. Setzer wrote the song before he was even in the stray cats.
Spot on. Unless you know the history of Mods and rockers, then this song will mean nothing to you. In the 60's the mods and rockers where fighting at the coast, and most famouse was at Brighton and Margate on bank holidays..Then in the late 70's the Teds and Punks went to war with each other. When Punk died in 1980 the Teds who had changed into Rockabilly Rebs and Rockers went to war with the resurgent mods, and that is what this song is all about.
True to a point, but the lyrics talk about skinheads. I guess Setzer didn't know enough of the differences or he was specifically singing about the late '70's and early 80's (scooter boys etc). That said, I don't think you need to know about that for it to mean something to you, gang fights have always been part of the teen scene and '50's style R'n'R. Think of films like The Wanderers, where the greasers are fighting the baldies. A great tune whether you know that or not.
There weren't skinheads either, if you are talking about the MOd/Rocker clashes of the early 1960's. The lyrics talk of "Rockabilly Cats" and "Skinheads". There were still the odd clashes on bank holidays in the late 1970's early 1980's but, like I said in an earlier post, it might be that Setzer just got his images mixed slightly.
It was never a Punk song, and in 1981 Punk was all but dead, and the Clash were considered a New Wave band rather then Punk. In 1981 Briton, the main street cultures where Rockabilly and Two Tone led from coventry by the the Two tone label. It was because of the two scenes happening together that the song came into being. This song was at the start of Neo Rockabilly , which is what it is "Neo Rockabilly"
Well it's their only punk song (both in lyrics and sound), punk was big at the time with The Clash and Chelsea and such, and they don't ever play it live so it seems like Setzer sort of disowns it.
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All music these days is Depressing, these guys are Fantastic.
More.....come on cats come to London....we spotted you first...
Irish Eamonn via Yorkshire...Big Love....
What a wall of sound from three dudes. The 80's rocked, baby!
I saw them in 1981 as a teenager and they absolutely blew me away. Fast and furious. I was transfixed. My favourite band ever.
Agree been a fan since my teens
Love them foreverxx😻😻😻❤
54 years old, always been a Teddy boy, some bands are bad, some are awefull,
these guys are FUCKING AWESOME, end of!!!
I love the Stray Cats and Brian Setzer. ROCKABILLY 4EVER!!!!!!
Me too❤❤
If this was in Berlin I was at this show. I remember the backdrop but not the name of the venue. Anyway best gig I ever saw and especially memorable as I met Setzer when he came out front of the building after the show to share his bottle of JD and hang out. Happy days.
I was 21 during this show , so were these 3 Kats anywhere from 20 to 22 years old. This trio is kick ass Rock&Roll
What a wild and great band they were! Saw them doing this in Brighton and there was a huge fight in the audience...
I'm 43 and was about 13/14 when I declared for Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly. There were 4 of us in the entire school with quiffs!
What can i say about the legendary Stray Cats. The whole package no competition. Legends in their own rights. ❤
This is the perfect driving song! I blare it up as loud as it will go! “ go cat go!!” Love them! 🤘🏻🖤
Pure talent!!!! And he was so young then!!
Hot
i love rockpalast footage, they had some real good acts on their stages
Best band of the 80's!
ha, im 15 and been listning to brian since i was about 10, hes awsome and in my opinion one of the best gituare players around. just dont bother with what other people think about that shit
For me, this is the real tempo for this song!! And also, the best one for fast-paced running, I get so much energy from this, that cant feel the need of oxygene...
Thanks for it, SC, thanks, rcac!
Oh my GOD they were the shit in there day, fuck I wish I could a seen them live back then and be in my early twenties
I saw him three years ago. He is phenomenal!
Love the band and the song.
aaah yes those were the days in my younger life it was fantastic so many great bands to see..and will be seeing the specials in a few months. life still good.
Gday mate. Do the specials still play.
I was watching The Outsiders and this song keeps poping into my head
Gives me goozebumps.
A M A Z I N G !
Saw them do this in Brighton early 80s - great gig. Cue big punch up in audience.
I was there!!!! 1980 in Brighton.
they are ace and still going.
perfect... is this good times...
lemme tell you, as a young skin in the states, this bit o history has been really informative. just thought id toss that in there.
Look at that pomp! Damn, they're so cool!
Quand stray cats sont arrivé debut années 80 ça a été pour nous les rockers revivale des années70 un electrochocs pour le monde entiers . En 2022 nos légendes bien vivantes sont toujours là et ça déménage a morts que dieu protège nos stray cats .
Great musicians and this is early days really.
Cool. I caught the Cats myself last year. Like you say, still got it.
Cool. Glad to find a young skin who's into the Cats. Thing to remember is that in UK skins originally listened to reggae and such sounds. In early 1980's there were skins who listened to the 2-tone/ska stuff as well. Not sure what they (or the US skins) listen to now. What I liked about the Cats was that they always supported the idea of different kinds of people coming to their gigs, skins, punks, hep-cats etc.
Favorite stray cats song bad ass
Sent to my grandparents in Ansbach to spend summer '81. Turned 16...saw the Stray Cats more than once. '83 at the US Festival they were not well known here - yet. I knew...Setzer is underrated for sure...
I remember as a teen, there was a "Brighton, Michigan" about 20 miles outside Detroit. I used to listen to this and imagine two gangs meeting for a secret rumble.
they're so good looking!
Hot😻😻😻💗
Je connais les Cats depuis l'âge de 13 ans...., après leurs séparation, Brfian Setzer reste excellent, lee rocker et phantom egalement...., let's go vers les cats...., excellent !!!
Rumble In Brighton is awesome. I just posted my band’s version of it and was checking out all the versions of it.
Me and a couple of mates used to walk around playing it on a tape recorder... never figured what we'd do if we actually met any punks!!!
Rockers all the way buddy! Nothin like cats ridin' hopped up bikes!
definately the best years of the stray cats
Great Punk song from the Rockabilly trio.
Exellent. Long time no hear. Memories. The start of psychobilly really. Fireballs melbourne australia. Ye haaahhhhh
You're right. The Wanderers was late '50's and early '60's stuff. I was just mad about Dion at the time. What I was suggesting was the idea of greasers versus skins from that film might have had a bit of an influence on Setzer. It's fun trying to recollect it all now. I saw the Cats in concert last year and it just felt like "Bring it back again!"
i personally still listen to the 2-tone/ska stuff as well as oi, rockabilly, and all sorts of correlated genres. and i got the chance to catch lee rocker last year in sacramento. hes still got it.
There was bother in Skegness in 1988. I was there too.
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rumble! it is rock pure !
rumble! it is pure rock!
En el primer álbum incluyeron algunas canciones "Punkabillys" esta es una de ellas.....!! Que BUENOS!!
Ohhh. thats a lot of helpful information. Thanks!
The 'Cats couldn't get much of an audience on the east coast. They went to London in the late 70s and were a hit with the punk audiences. Their first two albums were released in the UK. These were later remarketed for the U.S. in the early 80s.
Yeah, man.
Mods Vs. Rockers, the rumble lives on! I know I'll be there in Dallas.
I think the band was Don E Sibley and the Dixie Phoenix. At the end of the 70's this song was played all the time in the Rockin clubs, and we all used to sing to it, which I suppose is kind of childish, but such is life.
les Stray Cats les premiers à avoir fait du psychobilly au début des années 80 3 excellents musiciens notamment le leader des Stray Cats Brian (guitare /chant )
Great!
Genial.
Its the way to go mate
dayam that guitar Brian !
Actually, Brian Setzer wrote the song after reading about the Brighton story in a newspaper. So yeah, it's kinda true actually...
Badass
going to c him at the paradiso...anyone heard about setzer's rockabilly riot.....
London Riot theme song!
Hey thats my guitar!
@3121LASVEGAS
me.I'll see him on june 29th in my town,i'm pretty lucky,it's a small town in france
I can't wait to see him and slim jim !
The Great !!
This guy is so fucking good live. I call bullshit! ffs
I think it's just because it was an album track which is now a historical document. A lot of non-Americans wouldn't relate to it.
Eins, zwei,drei ,vier...yeaaaahh
"Having felt the spirit of something better than me, I'm advanced to think that things might go well tonight. Instant party at Animals." (Ajay)
Well no team is the winner so lets all go get a beer...took my Teddy boy pal home on leave from the Marines to a skinhead bar in the 80's and we all got drunk and listened to Prince Buster, Otis Redding AND Eddie Cochran on the Juke...
It was popularized by the Teds but Rockers still wore them. I've heard another version of the song where he replaces "black drape coats" with "black leather jackets"
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I think it was. Cause I've got a CD "köln 1981" and this song is in it.
I think you are right about mention of skins, as in the early 80's there was little difference between Scooter boys and skins.
I seem to remember the tunes on the Wanderers where all origional 50's stuff, however it has been that long since I have seen I may be wrong.
Me too, so I'm glad you corrected me. I always correct people, so I'm fine being on the other side for once. ;)
@Czechmate1967 Rockabilly was An American invention. These guys were not fighters (my dad was one). They only wore those pointy toe shoes for killing cockroaches in corners! lol... fighting would mess up their pompadores! ;)
But there have been 4 generations of Rockabilly's going back to the Elvis Presley and James Dean of the 50's. In the 80's Rockabilly became an off of Punk. Therefore you also had Punkabilly and other variants. The 90's brought more Rockabilly styles & extreme Punk!
man this is fast!
Well there's the rockabilly cats with their pomps real high
Wearing black drape coats, all real gone guys
The cool skinheads with roll up jeans
Looking real tough and mighty mean
here are the Shiity lyrics 1st verse, it's about Rockabillys and Skins- now shut yer yap.
@Syntox Never stopped being cool.
Their hair is so bouncy, haha.
as I remember, pretty much everything that wasn`t stadium rock was considered punk. People were ignorant back then. And yes, the stray cats audience were prodominantly punks. They got it. 1981, west coast punk was both underway and at it`s prime. grunge killed punk as we knew it. Not a callender date.
@P270397 i think he counts off "1, 2, 3, 4."
stray cats rulez rock a billy
ok,thanks for the correction
Ok, thanks for the correction. I'm only a teenager, so I'm just going by what I've heard from some adults I know who were around for it.
Actually they werent following the punk trend with "Storm the Embassy" especially not to sell records. Setzer wrote the song before he was even in the stray cats.
Good shit :P
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Spot on. Unless you know the history of Mods and rockers, then this song will mean nothing to you. In the 60's the mods and rockers where fighting at the coast, and most famouse was at Brighton and Margate on bank holidays..Then in the late 70's the Teds and Punks went to war with each other. When Punk died in 1980 the Teds who had changed into Rockabilly Rebs and Rockers went to war with the resurgent mods, and that is what this song is all about.
True to a point, but the lyrics talk about skinheads. I guess Setzer didn't know enough of the differences or he was specifically singing about the late '70's and early 80's (scooter boys etc). That said, I don't think you need to know about that for it to mean something to you, gang fights have always been part of the teen scene and '50's style R'n'R. Think of films like The Wanderers, where the greasers are fighting the baldies. A great tune whether you know that or not.
There weren't skinheads either, if you are talking about the MOd/Rocker clashes of the early 1960's. The lyrics talk of "Rockabilly Cats" and "Skinheads". There were still the odd clashes on bank holidays in the late 1970's early 1980's but, like I said in an earlier post, it might be that Setzer just got his images mixed slightly.
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It was never a Punk song, and in 1981 Punk was all but dead, and the Clash were considered a New Wave band rather then Punk.
In 1981 Briton, the main street cultures where Rockabilly and Two Tone led from coventry by the the Two tone label. It was because of the two scenes happening together that the song came into being.
This song was at the start of Neo Rockabilly , which is what it is "Neo Rockabilly"
"Does Claude nob" Ha Heee...
Size doesn't matter, just who has the most chains and knives in their shoes. ;)
Well it's their only punk song (both in lyrics and sound), punk was big at the time with The Clash and Chelsea and such, and they don't ever play it live so it seems like Setzer sort of disowns it.
borisbulldog u r so rught stray cats kept the 50's souns in the 80's and some rockabilly
@Syntox HE STILL IS!
im going off about the line in the song about wearing black drape coats only one wearing drape coats are teds