The Stranglers- Golden Brown (REACTION//DISCUSSION)

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  • @JustJP
    @JustJP  2 месяца назад

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  • @gregmarshall2513
    @gregmarshall2513 Год назад +26

    Golden Brown one of the finest songs ever composed ✨ has a timeless hypnotic quality……

  • @tony_w839
    @tony_w839 Год назад +4

    there is a youtube video by the song writer about how this was a hit, but when it was a week away from No 1 a band member went public on the Heroin. The song was immediately removed from UK broadcast playlists and never reached No1.

  • @simply_psi
    @simply_psi 3 года назад +66

    One of the very few, Waltzes written about Heroin as far as I know anyway, the Strangles are awesome, from songs like Something Better Change and Peaches to this and Strange Little Girl they are so creative

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 3 года назад

      I can never ell , I have taken it as a 6/8 but never seen the sheet music

    • @octaviussludberry9016
      @octaviussludberry9016 3 года назад +3

      There are so few. You would think there would be more. Such an accessible subject and popular musical type.

    • @simply_psi
      @simply_psi 3 года назад +3

      @@octaviussludberry9016 🤣🤣

    • @WarrenCromartie2
      @WarrenCromartie2 2 года назад +2

      @@highpath4776 I guess it's three bars of 3/4 followed by one of 4/4 so not entirely a waltz, but also not completely 6/8..

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 2 года назад +1

      @@simply_psi - My 16-year-old Son had loved 'Something Better Change' already 7 years ago, and he'd been obsessed with 'Go Buddy Go' over the first half of this year and even created his own '8-bit' version of it
      😁👍

  • @p.millard557
    @p.millard557 3 года назад +34

    I just adore GOLDEN BROWN. One of my favourite songs of all times, a very waltzy tune, that's how I've always described it.

    • @alexrafe2590
      @alexrafe2590 2 года назад +1

      Yes, specifically the Viennese waltz. Perfect for spinning across the ballroom😊

  • @harripalomaki8796
    @harripalomaki8796 3 года назад +105

    "Like coffee." Yeeaah, not that kind of brown. Just don't do it, kids!

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  3 года назад +4

      Lol! :D

    • @goannaj3243
      @goannaj3243 3 года назад +7

      It's heroin dude

    • @bucky7162
      @bucky7162 2 года назад +7

      I loved this song as a kid after hearing it in my Dads car, eventually I asked him what the song was about and he told "Golden brown is how he likes his toast" I believed that until I was about 17 LOL

    • @yahawahreuben1159
      @yahawahreuben1159 2 года назад

      @@goannaj3243
      Could be wrong but I believe its about gold tops (magic mushrooms) and heroin both.

    • @dannjp75
      @dannjp75 Год назад +4

      And definitely not “Gordon Brown”

  • @sspsfivefivefive
    @sspsfivefivefive 3 года назад +21

    The Stranglers Golden Brown entered the UK Top 40 on the 9th January 1982 and peaked at no.2 in mid February.
    The top ten of mid February was:
    1 - The Jam - Town called malice
    2 - The Stranglers - Golden brown
    3 - Kraftwerk - The model
    4 - Shakin Stevens - Oh Julie
    5 - OMD - Maid of Orleans
    6 - Soft Cell - Say hello, wave goodbye
    7 - Meatloaf - Dead ringer for love
    8 - Tight Fit - The lion sleeps tonight
    9 - Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme
    10 Haircut 100 - Love plus one
    Other tracks in this week's Top 40
    Daryl Hall & John Oates - I can't go for that
    Mobiles - Drowning in Berlin
    XTC - Senses working overtime
    ACDC - Let's get it up
    J. Geils Band - Centrefold
    Jon & Vangelis - I'll find my way home
    Depeche Mode - See you
    Toni Basil - Mickey
    Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - It ain't what you do its the way that you do it.
    Loved this Stranglers song and during the summer of 1982 I was in Spain with my folks and this was playing everywhere, so my association with this song is sea, sand and blue skies, however I believe the song may be about something different completely... drugs haha.
    Hope you enjoy this chart anyway.

    • @thrusta100
      @thrusta100 2 года назад +1

      Living on the Ceiling, Blancmange?

    • @sspsfivefivefive
      @sspsfivefivefive 2 года назад +1

      @@thrusta100 great track. Think that one came out in around October of that year. x

    • @gpreactions3194
      @gpreactions3194 Год назад +1

      @@thrusta100 that track was out in the September or October of this year x

    • @charleswhitney3235
      @charleswhitney3235 Год назад +1

      Shakin Stevens was robbed :(

    • @butnooneshome
      @butnooneshome 5 месяцев назад

      That is what you call a top 10. I can remember all of those vividly. Oh to be 14 again ...

  • @redsquirrel1086
    @redsquirrel1086 5 месяцев назад +3

    This track is iconic.
    The Stranglers were a very talented bunch of guys.

  • @BigC.
    @BigC. 3 года назад +10

    From the Guy Richie movie with Brad Pitt and others, Snatch.

  • @daviddavid1346
    @daviddavid1346 2 года назад +3

    Had a bad time with Golden Brown happy to report been CLEAN for 30yrs and counting

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  2 года назад

      I'm happy to hear that David!

    • @daviddavid1346
      @daviddavid1346 2 года назад

      @@JustJP Thank you, me too 👍

  • @jfergs.3302
    @jfergs.3302 3 года назад +38

    A charming ditty this, and showing a softer side to the bank, musically at least. Lyrically, it's all about heroin. Nice lilting melody, good little guitar solo, but I particularly like those keys. Not sure if it's synth harpsichord, or an actual one, but it's my fave part. This softer side worked well for them, this was there best selling song.

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 3 года назад +9

      it's real harpsichord !

    • @jfergs.3302
      @jfergs.3302 3 года назад

      @@a.k.1740 Cheers for that. :)

    • @TheMbhvisby
      @TheMbhvisby 3 года назад +1

      The group said it was blank verse and people put whatever they thought about into the song and that they were thinking about sun worship and suntans when they wrote it but yes it's about heroin.

    • @jfergs.3302
      @jfergs.3302 3 года назад

      @@TheMbhvisby It's potentially controversial, which may be why they seem to have said a lot about this over the years. Were they trying to put the topic behind them, muddy the waters? JP touched on drugs, and something else, a relationship maybe, that they'd also quoted. I forget exactly what JP said. And you've heard/read blank verse.
      I got heroin from a tv interview, some music show, with Hugh Cornwell. He was pretty unequivocal about it, he even laughed about it. The fact they may've got their highest chart success with a song about heroin, and his own addiction back then.
      Muso's and drugs go hand in hand... would anyone have really been that bothered i wonder. Hmm, maybe the BBC :)

    • @borisVspider66
      @borisVspider66 Год назад +1

      I always had a sneaking suspicion that it was done using the Harpsichord on the Yamaha DX7 but it only occurred to me a fews years ago that this was recorded just a little early for that to be possible.. great job by Greenfield as always, he's never had the recognition that he deserved (thats coming from a keyboard player) & it irks me, can you imagine how differently the back catalogue would of sounded if songs like this & the likes of Duchess, Strange little girl, peaches, no more heroes & of coarse The sublime Waltz in black would of been.. He is a legend in my eyes☮💚☯️
      🎛🎹🎹🎹🎹🎛😊

  • @justink5585
    @justink5585 3 года назад +8

    This is just one of those songs, ya know? Never fails to put me in a good mood. For me it always reminds me of an upbeat french waltz or something like that.

  • @Scatherfirst
    @Scatherfirst Год назад +1

    I never tire of this song. Love waltz time. Melody flows so freely in 3/4.

  • @kathrynjarlov5166
    @kathrynjarlov5166 3 года назад +6

    I had forgotten how much I love this song. A harpsichord. Beautiful.

    • @andyf2837
      @andyf2837 Год назад

      Try the you tube covers of this , especially solo piano. Shows how brilliant this is

  • @davidfisher8821
    @davidfisher8821 3 года назад +10

    Hanging Around, The Raven, walk on by, the man they love to hate, Five Minutes, so many great songs from this criminality underrated band!

    • @keithjones6023
      @keithjones6023 3 года назад +1

      Five Minutes, fantastic song!

    • @predeterminedmeat5024
      @predeterminedmeat5024 Год назад

      *STANDING ON THE BEACHES LOOKING AT THE PEACHES* DUN DUN DUN BWAH NAH DUN DUDUN DUN

  • @benoitrenaud519
    @benoitrenaud519 3 года назад +10

    One of the most original songs from the early 80’s. Still love it, with the 13 beats (123,123,123,1234).

  • @thedarksiderebel
    @thedarksiderebel 3 года назад +7

    Love this song. There's something about it that is so dark and so yet so compelling. It really does feel like you're in a swirly dream

  • @cadanrichards2615
    @cadanrichards2615 3 года назад +28

    You will really love this band!!! Down in ther sewer, No more heroes, Peaches, Hanging around, la foile, You should do this album as theres loads of cool songs on here a mix variety, the song la foile is great and cool. Walk on by should be your next reaction! Also la foile does mean madness in french and golden brown is about heroin and a girl - Hugh Cornell

    • @charliedue4222
      @charliedue4222 3 года назад +4

      Nice N Sleazy too!

    • @cadanrichards2615
      @cadanrichards2615 3 года назад +4

      @@charliedue4222 Possibly the whole black and white album

    • @johnnosiennek7066
      @johnnosiennek7066 3 года назад +2

      Peaches is a must listen IMHO

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 3 года назад +2

      ​@@Katehowe3010 That's what I think too ! Thus the evolution of The Stranglers over time is more coherent.

    • @jasonritchie8475
      @jasonritchie8475 3 года назад +1

      Hugh CornWell

  • @LMS_HQ
    @LMS_HQ 3 года назад +9

    Some interesting softer songs : "Strange little girl", "European female" and "Midnight summer dream".

  • @pentagrammaton6793
    @pentagrammaton6793 3 года назад +25

    Heroin addiction has never sounded so good, lol. Great track, and so different to everything else, either by the Stranglers or by anyone. :D

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot Год назад

      The Church did quite a few awesome songs about heroin.

  • @sagnyc
    @sagnyc 3 года назад +3

    If I had to pick one post-punk harpsichord-driven waltz with semi-obscure drug references in the lyrics but then a promotional video that seemed to remove all doubt as to what it was about, given how out of it the lead singer in particular looked - it would be this one. Seriously, it's a classic. Delighted to see you give it some attention.

    • @sidecardog5244
      @sidecardog5244 3 года назад +1

      And with so many to choose from :)

  • @BigMacIain
    @BigMacIain 3 года назад +15

    Definitely seek out their take on Walk On By.

  • @glibmedley2314
    @glibmedley2314 3 года назад +15

    I was heavy into Brit music in 1982 but can't recall ever hearing this song. It's nice. The only Stranglers tune I know is "Always the Sun", which is very nice.

  • @mauromotola
    @mauromotola 4 месяца назад

    Hi JustJP, always loved this song.

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  4 месяца назад +1

      Hi mauro! It's a good one! :D

    • @mauromotola
      @mauromotola 4 месяца назад

      @@JustJP I know i loved it.
      I was borne in 1971, so here in Europe I rised with New Wave music, like U2, Depeche Mode, The Cult and so on.
      Also, my brother was 12.5 years older than me, I lears to listen to '70s rock music like Led Zeppelin, The Rush, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis.
      Also, one of my best friens was playng bass and teached me about Gentle Giant, Yes and some Italian progressive bands.
      But i think a song is something when you fell in love with, I listen continously for days or weeks and keep listening for all your lifetime.

  • @donaldb1
    @donaldb1 3 года назад +55

    _Nice and Sleazy_ has the filthiest bassline in history.

    • @douglasennis7291
      @douglasennis7291 3 года назад +9

      🍑 Peaches

    • @parissimons6385
      @parissimons6385 3 года назад +4

      Plenty of great ones to choose from. I'm partial to "Hanging Around", "Tank", and "Dead Loss Angeles", too.

    • @grahamkey8496
      @grahamkey8496 3 года назад +3

      And A filthy sleazy keyboard solo too.

    • @NDSKOSTHEORY
      @NDSKOSTHEORY 3 года назад +3

      Nice and Sleazy was played live in a London pack with 5 or 6 real strippers dancing and undressing with the band crew mock whipping them….. the video was on RUclips for a while but removed for nudity unfortunately as it was a classic and a shockingly new in 1978 ….. catch it if you get the chance 👍👍👍😎

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 3 года назад

      It stops at filthiest?

  • @carterlink
    @carterlink 3 года назад +1

    Wow, this is a complete blast from the past! Love The Stranglers. Lots of memories of this growing up.

  • @radicaladz
    @radicaladz 3 года назад +11

    Basically every song by the Stranglers I know is kinda different from each other, in my experience. Other recommendations: No More Heroes and Peaches; both are more in the sort of post-punk/new wave/pub rock vibe associated with their typical output, but are likewise very distinct from one another.

    • @johnstjohn6658
      @johnstjohn6658 3 года назад +1

      Even on the same album.
      KROQ would play this and "The Man They Love To Hate" all of the time.

  • @greggilmore2766
    @greggilmore2766 3 года назад +1

    Another amazing gem. This song has been covered and/or used in soundtracks so many times, it's probably the song most people who have never even heard of the Stranglers seem to know best.

  • @azurearraymusic
    @azurearraymusic 3 года назад

    I love this song! The part where they do that syncopation is so unusual but it just *works*

  • @aderyncoch3346
    @aderyncoch3346 3 года назад +5

    One of my favourite songs ever this. Nothing else like it, even by the Stranglers (and I like their other stuff).

  • @gersonvazquez9597
    @gersonvazquez9597 9 месяцев назад +1

    First time I heard this was while watching Snatch, haven't stopped since

  • @kJ922-h3j
    @kJ922-h3j 3 года назад +8

    Always makes me think of the classic Guy Ritchie movie “Snatch”

  • @markspooner1224
    @markspooner1224 3 года назад +1

    You can't help but be happy! I am anyway, so glad you're doing more Stranglers, nice reaction too.

  • @DawnSuttonfabfour
    @DawnSuttonfabfour 3 года назад

    Yep you got me. High from East Coast of England.

  • @stephenroberts8964
    @stephenroberts8964 3 года назад +1

    Loved the way you compared Sometimes to Golden Brown as being strangled and then passing out haha, brilliant. I can't wait for you to hear more Stranglers and hear how flexible they are as song writers. You won't love every song, but you'll appreciate a band that experiments with their sound. Enjoy.

  • @christopherlamb7250
    @christopherlamb7250 2 года назад

    wow to finally be able to subscribe to you and like you been watching you a long time and really enjoy your show

  • @natewilliams1062
    @natewilliams1062 3 года назад +1

    The movie Snatch turned me on to this one. Love it

  • @disenchantedwanderer9033
    @disenchantedwanderer9033 3 года назад +1

    This is a proper tune. I just love listening to the old songs. Songs from the past 10 15 years... I cant do. Been listening to the Stranglers for decades.

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 3 года назад

    Justin what a cool song to do. Love this one from way back I play it on occasion. Hope you like it. Love you

  • @direnova6284
    @direnova6284 3 года назад +1

    Such an amazing atmosphere, cool jazzy groove.

  • @69JayBee
    @69JayBee Год назад

    Love the timing of this song. I remember this coming out, I was 13, luckily my sister is 7 years older than me!

  • @hijikaelemenope3127
    @hijikaelemenope3127 3 года назад +1

    Hi Justin! Nice reaction to a song that's just like its theme : intoxicating! I don't know if anyone mentionned it in the comments, but I think the "Tied to the mast" line may refer to the adventures of greek hero Ulysses, who asked his crewmate to tie him to the mast of his ship before encountering the Sirens, so he could listen to their chants without jumping into the sea (killing himself in the process). Nice use of references and metaphors on this one !
    Peace !

  • @bjwnashe5589
    @bjwnashe5589 3 года назад +4

    Have to admit that this song has a special place in the hearts of those of us who did our share of heroin back in the day.

  • @Tacko14
    @Tacko14 3 года назад +5

    This is so brilliant in so many ways. One thing sticks out: in the verses, there’s no reverb on the vocal. None. Now that’s confidence. Why wasn’t this song in trainspotting? is another thought

  • @pitmatix1457
    @pitmatix1457 3 года назад +6

    JustJP + Golden Brown = instaclick I'd do "Peaches" next for another total change of style (and one of the catchiest hooks ever).

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  3 года назад +3

      Ty Neil :)

  • @justsomejusstsome8994
    @justsomejusstsome8994 3 года назад +1

    Such a phenomenal song

  • @happymethehappyone8300
    @happymethehappyone8300 3 года назад +2

    THE STRANGLERS "WALK ON BY" & "STRANGE LITTLE GIRL"...TRUST ME ON THESE!!

  • @AndrewGruffudd
    @AndrewGruffudd 2 года назад

    I first heard this song the day my grandfather died, so it's had a weird sort of trajectory with me through the years. With my grown-up head, however, I appreciate the music and, perhaps because I had to work a bit harder to get there, it's now a pleasant groove for me.

  • @johnanthonyp
    @johnanthonyp 3 года назад +3

    Hi,JP. ' La Folie' was a concept album focussing on the diversity and folly of love. All the tracks have some aspect of love about them, just not in the conventional sense. The opening track 'Non Stop (Nun)' is well worth a listen. It sets the tone and is almost Beach Boys like with it's upbeat keys. It soon changes though, LOL. The Stranglers always paved their own way and were never afraid to depart from a successful formula. My favourite band. I could suggest many a track from their impressive catalogue but I think you'd enjoy the discoveries more if you do it yourself.. Kind Regards.

  • @robertniestroj9651
    @robertniestroj9651 3 года назад +1

    I found some time ago an interesting cover of "Golden Brown". It's by The Wurzels - English band who played folk/bluegrass/country type of music. Their sounds cool and solid (even without that characteristic keyboards) :D

  • @lawrencegillies
    @lawrencegillies 3 года назад

    This is the first song I remember hearing on the radio

  • @damonramirez
    @damonramirez 3 года назад

    "Golden Brown"!!! Classic Stranglers!! Glad you are jumping around for there music is really diverse from album to the next.

  • @cazgerald9471
    @cazgerald9471 3 года назад +1

    I just tried "La folie" with detect language in google translate, it also picked Romanian with English translation of *_The Madness_*
    Wikipedia says:
    The album's French language title literally translates to "madness". In various interviews, the band related that this referred to "The Madness of Love" and that conceptually, each of the songs on the album was intended to explore a different kind or aspect of "love"

    • @andrewgraham6755
      @andrewgraham6755 3 года назад

      Ain't the song La folie about a cannibal who ate his student

  • @jordangagat
    @jordangagat 3 года назад

    Fabulous music

  • @WarrenCromartie2
    @WarrenCromartie2 3 года назад +4

    Always loved this song, ever since it came out. Great band. I'm not sure they could ever really have been regarded as punk. There was so much more to The Stranglers.

    • @ArtofFreeSpeech
      @ArtofFreeSpeech 2 года назад

      They definitely defied description as far as genre. I always kind of thought of them as a genre unto themselves.

    • @dack6528
      @dack6528 2 года назад

      They never classed themselves as punk, (critics pigeon holing) but they took it as it would get other kinds of people to there gigs.

  • @benmarshall404
    @benmarshall404 3 года назад +4

    This was a huge hit single back in 1982 and remained a radio hit for many years afterwards…still gets played as an 80s classic.
    Yes it’s a harpsichord and an organ together. The noticeable difference with the Stranglers and other British punk bands is that they had the keyboards. Sadly keyboardist Dave Greenfield passed away last year from COVID ☹️

    • @onsesejoo2605
      @onsesejoo2605 3 года назад +1

      :( He was probably the most musician of them, having done session work before The Stranglers.

    • @mgwatson26
      @mgwatson26 3 года назад +4

      I saw The Stranglers on tour in Brisbane, in February 2020 (five weeks before we went into lockdown), they were brilliant. I couldn't believe it when I heard that Dave had passed away less than 3 months later 😥

    • @GeoffCB
      @GeoffCB 3 года назад +2

      @@mgwatson26 Yes, I was there too. So sad, but so lucky to have seen them again!

  • @prie71
    @prie71 2 года назад

    When you're into this. I think Man mountain by Bow wow wow is another great 80s song to check out. Just like this one, it was totally different from the rest in pop music ;-)

  • @captaincorky237
    @captaincorky237 Год назад

    Many years ago, listening to this and the Hell's Angel opposite with a needle hanging out of his arm suddenly frowned, listened to the words and asked er - is this -what I think it is about.--???!

  • @stevious7278
    @stevious7278 3 года назад +1

    "Nice 'n' Sleazy"...their best...The bass is so-o-o-o dirty.
    It's a must!!

  • @terrysquickbeerreview2225
    @terrysquickbeerreview2225 3 года назад +1

    Hi
    Check out their songs no more heroes anymore & there’s always the sun. Classics.

  • @movid
    @movid 2 года назад

    Yes, la folie is basic French, the duality between Cornwell and Burnell, Ha... great duo backed by another great duo on the rythmic side.
    Many great albums

  • @Tacko14
    @Tacko14 3 года назад

    I always alliterate La Folie with foliage. It’s not correct but it feels right somehow. Staying in the shade, keeping a low profile… If you’re out there on a limb you don’t advertise

  • @GRAHAMESIMPSON
    @GRAHAMESIMPSON 6 месяцев назад

    There is disagreement among observers as to which time signatures best represents parts of the song. The main body of the song has a triple metre waltz rhythm, with beats grouped in threes, but the instrumental parts add an extra beat to create a phrase of thirteen beats. The thirteen beats appear in the sheet music as alternating bars of 6/8 and 7/8,which has also been described as three bars of 3/4 followed by one bar of 4/4.

  • @dalriadaskillen
    @dalriadaskillen 3 года назад +1

    Our c’est la folie. Got to number one in the U.K. Great track. Saw them live a few times. Their cover of Walk on By is the best cover of a song ever. Try Nice n Sleazy.

  • @jeremyb5640
    @jeremyb5640 3 года назад +1

    One of the classic hit singles of my teenage years, instantly transports me back to 1982. And one of the best songs to have peaked at number 2 in UK chart history, even if it was held off the top by the Jam's brilliant double A side 'Town Called Malice' / 'Precious'.
    Its ambiguity means it works on both levels as a drugs song but also as a love song, which is why it got so much radio play in the early 80s as most DJs missed the other meaning.
    It does sound chilled and the lilting melody on the keyboard is gorgeous. I love that little guitar solo too, adds a nice extra bit of colour. I've always detected a sense of melancholy though, it's clear that the singer is giving himself into something dangerous, whether that's a lover or a drug.
    As I recall, this was a real change of direction for the band and showed another side to their music from the punkier / new wave feel to their earlier stuff. Musically 'Sometimes' is right up my street too, although the misogyny in the lyrics makes it hard to listen to.

    • @mgwatson26
      @mgwatson26 3 года назад +1

      I wondered what it was that kept the song off the number 1 spot. That's a tough call, all three sings are brilliant. Thank god it wasn't Bucks Fizz or something 😀

    • @jeremyb5640
      @jeremyb5640 3 года назад

      @@mgwatson26 Or Joe Dolce! ;)

    • @mgwatson26
      @mgwatson26 3 года назад +1

      @@jeremyb5640 aargh, that would be worse. I seem to remember that abomination stopping something good getting to no. 1. Thinking about it, it would be difficult to find a worse song.

    • @mgwatson26
      @mgwatson26 3 года назад +1

      @@jeremyb5640 I just looked it up - Ultravox - Vienna was the song kept at no 2. That’s a crying shame!

    • @jeremyb5640
      @jeremyb5640 3 года назад +1

      @@mgwatson26 It kept 'Vienna' by Ultravox off the top spot. I don't think Midge Ure (rightly) has ever forgiven him!

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 2 года назад +1

    And 'La Folie' is definitely French! Their bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel is originally French, and he even sings the album's title track in French 😀

  • @dougallee7066
    @dougallee7066 2 года назад

    I know nothing of La Folie in a Stranglers context. Indeed, the late seventies arrival of punk prompted me to look further afield for music (I've always preferred musically pretentious to musically inept). For that very reason I remember enjoying this song when it was released as 'different', and musically interesting.
    One of the things that looking further afield brought me to, was the musical trope called 'La Follia', 'Les Folies d'Espagne', 'La Folie' etc. which is a chord sequence or basso continuo used as a basis for improvisations by many, many composers (Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, Salieri, Bach, Lully, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, even in a Levi's advertisement in on UK TV).
    The harpsichord is the principal keyboard instrument of the baroque; the Folia theme exploded during the baroque; I wonder if the Stranglers were referencing this piece? Anyhow, how about trying out a version of La Folia (perhaps the Apollo's Fire version of the Vivaldi-it's pretty spectacular, and would make a change from your more customary seventies fare.They translate 'La Folie' as 'Madness'. Could this be what the Stranglers meant by extolling the virtues of heroin?

  • @davecleggett9371
    @davecleggett9371 3 года назад

    You don't look a year older Justin! Great band, great track, great reaction - as always. Peace and Blessings my man!

    • @JustJP
      @JustJP  3 года назад

      Ty Lorna! :D

  • @winnywin
    @winnywin 3 года назад

    Kept off the top of the UK charts by The Jam - A Town Called Malice.

  • @1981page
    @1981page Год назад

    It's definitely not a road I would not recommend, but it's a banging of a tune 🎉🥳

  • @ZEIDEIAS1
    @ZEIDEIAS1 3 года назад

    Another brilliant choice!...Speaking of Madness, have you ever heard anything from the band "Madness"?...our house or one step beyond are two songs that I strongly suggest you listen to.

  • @mightyV444
    @mightyV444 2 года назад +1

    I'd recorded this song off the radio in the Summer of '85, having absolutely no idea whom it was by - and I absolutely could not believe it when it reappeared on a 'Best of The Stranglers' album I bought 6 or 7 years later! I would've _never_ guessed it was them! 😄 However, I _was_ a bit shocked when I learnt another 8 years or so later that this "golden brown" stuff was actually heroin 😳

  • @martininblack63
    @martininblack63 3 года назад +1

    Would love to see your reaction to Walk on By (long version) by the Stranglers. As a long time fan it’s great to see how other react to my favourite songs👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @iainweller452
    @iainweller452 3 года назад

    Great song,The Stranglers were the first big band I saw live, so many great songs to choose from check out “Walk on by”

  • @cletusbeauregard1972
    @cletusbeauregard1972 3 года назад

    This was one of the biggest songs in the world the year it was released.

  • @emdiar6588
    @emdiar6588 3 года назад +4

    This song is 100% about heroin. That vague "girlfriend" crap was just to keep it from getting it banned from radio shows.
    Unless of course, this girl is centuries old and has been, through the ages, traveling west.
    I saw them play at Reading Rock Festival in 1983. This song is a live banger, despite the harpsichord and odd time signatures (13/8 and 6/8)

  • @davidgale7384
    @davidgale7384 3 года назад

    No more heroes...
    Always the sun...
    The best post-punk Punk band.

  • @LH-po3up
    @LH-po3up 3 года назад

    One of my all time fav songs😍

  • @brianswan3559
    @brianswan3559 Год назад

    Golden Brown is not only an ode to Heroin but also his then girlfriend. One of Hugh's song writing techniques is to write about more than one subject simultaneously giving the lyrics depth.

  • @movid
    @movid 2 года назад +1

    The Stranglers are so little mentioned it's a real shame, a really powerful band at the time when rock turned into punk, but they were much more than that, really

  • @psprog
    @psprog 3 года назад

    This was their biggest hit here in the UK. I've always liked this due to its unusual style and pacing. No More Heroes is worth checking out as well, another of their UK hits.

  • @giorgiopalmas7934
    @giorgiopalmas7934 2 года назад

    Dreamy guitar solo.

  • @kjd7351
    @kjd7351 3 года назад

    Great song.

  • @OronOfMontreal
    @OronOfMontreal 2 года назад

    I speak both French and Romanian. In Romanian, it would mean the sheet (of paper, as in the Italian folio).
    In French, think of the famous Parisian burlesque palace, Les Folies Bergeres. Madness, craziness, lunacy, zaniness, any and all of these.

  • @kathrynjarlov5166
    @kathrynjarlov5166 2 года назад +1

    I love this song. It's from a Dave Brubeck instrumental.

  • @paddymulligan
    @paddymulligan 3 года назад +2

    I thought he was singing Gordon Brown

  • @doscwolny2221
    @doscwolny2221 3 года назад +1

    He got an ice pick that made his ears burn.......whatever happened to the heroes. No more heroes anymore,no more heroes anymore.

  • @leonline3424
    @leonline3424 3 года назад

    Nice and Sleazy, Peaches, No more Heroes...........

  • @cabdriveruk
    @cabdriveruk 3 года назад +1

    Golden Brown was about heroin as stated by lead singer Hugh Cornwell. He said "we would have had number 1 with the song if the bass player big mouth Burnell hadn't told the press what the song was about" Soon after the song was removed from all the playlists. Hugh Cornwell said " I would have waited till the song got to number 1 then told the press"
    R.I.P. Dave Greenfield Keyboard player 1949 -2020.

  • @yomo1690
    @yomo1690 3 года назад +1

    My favourite Heroin song

  • @murdockreviews
    @murdockreviews 3 года назад +1

    People shouldn't write such beautiful tunes about heavy drugs. I just love it.
    Next: "Duchess" or "No more Heroes".
    The Stranglers were very versatile in styles.

  • @palantir135
    @palantir135 3 года назад +2

    Not bad for a punk band. 😜
    Love this song.

  • @kookoothebirdgirl1
    @kookoothebirdgirl1 3 года назад +4

    This is my all-time favorite Stranglers song! SO beautiful! But, it’s an ode to the most evil drug on the planet…so rather bittersweet.

    • @mana3735
      @mana3735 3 года назад

      Alcohol?

    • @aerea4759
      @aerea4759 3 года назад +1

      @@mana3735 Alcohol is a pretty bad one, however Heroin probably still takes the cake 😅

    • @mana3735
      @mana3735 3 года назад +2

      @@aerea4759 Alcohol as a substance is actually more harmful than heroin. As a habit though...heroin is bad.

    • @ganjiblobflankis6581
      @ganjiblobflankis6581 3 года назад +1

      It was very kind of them to share the experience through their music so we don't have to use the stuff.

    • @kookoothebirdgirl1
      @kookoothebirdgirl1 3 года назад

      @@mana3735 it’s all bad. 🙃

  • @georgeberry9860
    @georgeberry9860 3 года назад +3

    You should listen to down in the sewer, it is aggressive and has many layers to a 7 minute song 👍👍

  • @si4632
    @si4632 3 года назад

    first song i ever remember hearing on the radio must of been about five

  • @TheEulerID
    @TheEulerID Год назад

    Rumour is that it was planned to licence this song for an advertisement for Hovis, a major baker known for its wholemeal bread. However, they thought better of it when they learned of what the song was actually about.

  • @raymondcpl
    @raymondcpl 3 года назад +1

    Some describe it as paean to heroin addiction..
    There is also a curious but brilliant mashup of Golden Brown and Dave Brubeck's Take Five.

  • @a.k.1740
    @a.k.1740 3 года назад +1

    A great song that retains its share of mystery despite the years and the many radio broadcasts.
    According to Hugh Cornwell, bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel wasn't very interested in this track and couldn't get into it so he didn't actually play on the recording and Dave Greenfield played the root notes on his keyboard.
    Justin, if you were to do the entire La Folie album, then go back to the beginning with "Non Stop", "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead", "Tramp" and so on.... or otherwise I hope you will continue to explore the Rattus Norvegicus album.

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 3 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 How are we going to convince him, I have no idea but we'll see .... though I'm not too sure to be good enough at persuasion ! .-)

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 3 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 I have no doubt about it !!! you will be better than me at this ! .-)

  • @spoteach
    @spoteach 3 года назад +2

    Justin, don't get trapped. La Folie is one of their minor albums. It includes one magnificent gem and it's called Golden Brown (their biggest hit). Go back to Rattus, their debut album that shows enough faces of the band to discover and enjoy. Or tuck into The Raven, maybe their best album when it comes to composing.

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 3 года назад +2

      From my point of view La Folie is not a minor album because the whole first side is very successful, however I find the second side more uneven: I never liked the synth-pop "Pin Up" or the light "How to Find True Love and Happiness in the Present Day" and the title track although good tends to last a bit too long for my liking (not to mention the fact that I never understood why the band released this song sung in French as a single since it was unlikely to be broadcast on the radio).
      Otherwise regarding what you mentioned I agree that it makes more sense to go back to the beginning with Rattus Norvegicus and so on.

    • @spoteach
      @spoteach 3 года назад +1

      @@a.k.1740 Not minor as in bad but it's my least favourite album of their UA/EMI catalogue. Uneven is a good word.

    • @spoteach
      @spoteach 3 года назад

      @@Katehowe3010 My favourites of their UA/EMI years: 1. Rattus 2. Raven 3. Meninblack 4. B&W 5. Heroes 6. Folie I think side 2 of B&W is one of their poorer sides of that era. Side 1 is awesome.

    • @spoteach
      @spoteach 3 года назад +1

      @@Katehowe3010 My favourite tracks on side 2 are Curfew and In The Shadows (previously released as a b-side). So we agree to disagree and that's nice.

    • @a.k.1740
      @a.k.1740 3 года назад +1

      @@spoteach I do not hear any weakness in Black & White which is very coherent, except for the superfluous presence of the relatively average "In The Shadows" that we already found on the B side of the single "No More Heroes" released in fall '77. that said, it does not mismatch with the very singular atmosphere of the second side originally named 'Black Side' !
      The only criticism I could make about Black & White is its harshness, its rawness, its cold and austere sound, but it is not really a criticism in the end because it is part of the specificity and charm of this album.

  • @colinfletcher7335
    @colinfletcher7335 11 месяцев назад

    Was played at my best friends funeral