@meatcigars Wasn't that out around the same time? I remember them both as a kid. That rough synth and the heavy bassline really dates it as "aftermath of punk" music. Personally, I love it, though it sounds dead old.
I dreamt last night that Jet Black and Hugh Cornwell were in my kitchen.Jet was absolutely lovely but Hugh was a miserable ignorant git!! I asked Jet why he had a beard in a punk band? but was too scared to ask is he older than the Beatles!!!! I think there's an Half Man Half Biscuit song there!!!!!
..was my favourite punk song then and still is. Can't get tired repeating how much ahead of their time they were. Their musicianship, their guts, subversive attitude and Hugh's golden yet aggressive timbre continue to have an impact upon individuals all over the world.
Black and White got a copy in 79 the war was still going . I played it every day I was drunk all the time, shooting up same as half the bloody unit. One guy would always sing this song nice and sleazy whenever in the bush till some fat corporal shut him up, .Often wonder if that dude survived a true deviate would even bonk the black girls The singing guy not the corp .At the time I thought that morally repugnant alright to stick a needle in your arm man was I a fucked up wanker.
One of the best bass riffs ever!Apart from(probably even BETTER!) : the BREEDERS :Cannonball(on their album The Last Splash)....Saw the Stranglers,several times in Brixton,London -great concert at the Academy...back in them days. Creashonrebel
@roddy76to86 according to the book by Hugh Cornwell it is about both heroin and a girl , but i have also read the statement you said above i don't know what to believe.
That was half the fun with The Stranglers, you never knew what to believe ! According to JJ Burnel it was about the ozone layer burning up. As for Hugh Cornwell, a good storyline to help sell his book ? So I don't know what to believe either. I didn't like the song anyway.
c,mon this is jean jac burnell ,,,perhaps one o best ,certainly the coolest bassist ive the pleasure to listen n watch ... ,,thanks stranglers made me feel nice n sleazy at all the right imes lol
@roddy76to86 no brother,I meant SICK bassline (sick in a good way)..and I really like this accent..since I'm Greek,I wish I had an accent like this and not the shitty one I have!
This song, lyrically and vocally, is completely retarded, and i hate the keyboarding, but because of the sheer awesomeness of the bassline, and how addictingly he says nice and sleazy, i cant stop listening to it
There are some songs that you can't even imagine how empty and shallow they'd be if you took out the bass. That's one of them! And yeah, like many said... wicked bassline :)
Only fake prime minister was the unelected Gordon Brown mate..no lets not sully great stranglers music with Labour sleaze politics eh ILiveOnMyBoat???
@mightywhite41 hmm lets re-assess the coalition and see first hand how they sully it with a new tax nation of sleaze balls.
The tory barstools always screwing the working and middle classes whilst claiming there is no class structure (in their eyes the poor don't exist)...
Stranglers music however remains steadfast and good... good bassline as with peaches both lyrically inept of course agreed and has nothing to do with politics...
@WoodRatGirl lyrics can mean something different to you or me of course to me its about deception,underhandedness,taking advantage and lies the bible, koran etc
4 steps to remember who you are. turn off your telly, switch off your radio, and use your newspaper to set fire to your mobile phone :-
groovy side-affects:
your brain comes alive again.. yippee!!..in the first month youll be that bored youll maybe start to read books....mmm..books! im sorry i cant thi..! now i remember.. stress, yeah stress . fuk stress, & how about cash! thats right cash! youll save more money. in this greedy world you need money. nice n sleazy does it
It's about one of the most kick ass bass leads ever. You got a better one? Stanley Clarke and School Days maybe... other than that I'd like you to just say thank you either way I don't give a damn.
Listen to the words! No offence meant eh? Hey, maybe I've got it all wrong, but that's MY interpretation. When u listen to it, picture Conquistadores heading west, ready for anything for earthly riches (in the name of god).
Well I very much doubt the Stranglers would ever write about that !
It's the song I think is brilliant, the lyrics are just a sideshow so I've never paid much attention to them. They were notorious for their lyrics having sexual innuendo, or in many cases far more blatant than that (listen to "Bring On The Nubiles", one of my uploads). So in this case you have "or a daughter" and "wine and women", very subtle by their standards.
So you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick I'm afraid...
WHY wouldn't they "ever" write about that? They had excellent lyrics. How many groups have good music AND lyrics? Bring On The Nubiles is one of their many songs. I've got ALL their fuckin' albums, as well as pirate tapes, vinyls'etc. I've followed them since they started (we're the same age). Listen to the godamn text.
No idea I'm afraid, maybe some other "reader" can be more helpful. You could always just play about to try and get it !
I can't play any musical instruments, I've always just preferred listening. But with the exception of the bass guitar and JJ Burnel's basslines ! but I've always come to the conclusion that (apart from the fact I dion't have a bass guitar !) I'd be hopeless.
I like the way that the clip of them on stage playing this song with all those strippers keeps getting "pulled" by YouTube, only to be immediately uploaded by someone else !
From the Stranglers Black and White. A collection of songs that exudes bleak war torn imagery and references the cold war to great effect. (U2 and Joy Division went on to create dark music with war torn overtones but the Stranglers did it first). The production sought to capture death and destruction with a stark sneer of cold command and entrenched paranoia that existed in the late 1970's. A true masterpiece - never bettered.
No, of course it's not me, it's Hugh Cornwell that I lifted off the cover of the album. What I was meaning is that is what I look like after listening to an ELP album !!
shit
buncey179 2 weeks ago
base guitar as meat
TheYellowellies 2 weeks ago
I thought they said "That's what she said, that's what she said"
babis8142 3 weeks ago
Definitely a "period piece" I reckon. That said and uderstood...totally fuckin cool!
GameOf2Halves 4 weeks ago
That fuckin' bass. God damn.
shotgunreaper 4 weeks ago
mouth to mouth im here coz LOL
Suel14 1 month ago
The Stranglers are fuckin awesome!!!Great Band!!! Probably the founders of Post Punk...
xsandinistax 1 month ago
Reminds me of Squeeze's "Take Me I'm Yours".
meatcigars 2 months ago
@meatcigars Wasn't that out around the same time? I remember them both as a kid. That rough synth and the heavy bassline really dates it as "aftermath of punk" music. Personally, I love it, though it sounds dead old.
GameOf2Halves 4 weeks ago
@GameOf2Halves
It would take me a millenium to explain. Wikipedia !
roddy76to86 3 weeks ago
I dreamt last night that Jet Black and Hugh Cornwell were in my kitchen.Jet was absolutely lovely but Hugh was a miserable ignorant git!! I asked Jet why he had a beard in a punk band? but was too scared to ask is he older than the Beatles!!!! I think there's an Half Man Half Biscuit song there!!!!!
johnbarry1965 3 months ago
..was my favourite punk song then and still is. Can't get tired repeating how much ahead of their time they were. Their musicianship, their guts, subversive attitude and Hugh's golden yet aggressive timbre continue to have an impact upon individuals all over the world.
unbefestigt 4 months ago 3
@unbefestigt i cannot disagree a jot!
Stuie1973 2 months ago
stranglers. germany like you - its me
Zahlnullbis9 4 months ago
we saw cornwell yesterday in schrobenhausen, germany
and went for a few drinks with him...such an interesting man
and guess what? he said "Golden Brown" is about smoking smack...
suprise, surprise! :D
PsychedelicLife 5 months ago
Black And White is the best album
SirBanuTheFourth 5 months ago
wholy fuck that bass line!!!!! typical P bass
izzionbass 5 months ago
Black and White got a copy in 79 the war was still going . I played it every day I was drunk all the time, shooting up same as half the bloody unit. One guy would always sing this song nice and sleazy whenever in the bush till some fat corporal shut him up, .Often wonder if that dude survived a true deviate would even bonk the black girls The singing guy not the corp .At the time I thought that morally repugnant alright to stick a needle in your arm man was I a fucked up wanker.
ExRhodesian 6 months ago
One of the best bass riffs ever!Apart from(probably even BETTER!) : the BREEDERS :Cannonball(on their album The Last Splash)....Saw the Stranglers,several times in Brixton,London -great concert at the Academy...back in them days. Creashonrebel
Mangosunsplash 6 months ago
Nice 'N' Sleazy!!
Nice 'N' Moody lol!
WTF they on?
Apart from 'Golden Brown'
utubescooby1 6 months ago
@utubescooby1
Adrenalin most of the time. Apart from a few pints and some "wacky backy". According to their drummer Jet Black, "Golden Brown" was about toast.
roddy76to86 6 months ago 6
@roddy76to86 according to the book by Hugh Cornwell it is about both heroin and a girl , but i have also read the statement you said above i don't know what to believe.
bubbles199348 3 months ago
@bubbles199348
That was half the fun with The Stranglers, you never knew what to believe ! According to JJ Burnel it was about the ozone layer burning up. As for Hugh Cornwell, a good storyline to help sell his book ? So I don't know what to believe either. I didn't like the song anyway.
roddy76to86 3 months ago
@roddy76to86haha i love the song they have very , the stranglers always had very good bass in there music..
bubbles199348 3 months ago
@bubbles199348 the toast is a joke lol
Stuie1973 2 months ago
@bubbles199348 Its about smack Toast you taking the piss?They were when they said that. Go read a book,listen to lyrics its about Heroin.
DelStrainComedy 2 days ago
what a tuuuuuuuune !
johnboothy 6 months ago
ROCK PARTY :)
George13sageika 6 months ago 9
can anybody tell me what synthesizer greenfield used on black and white?
MoveOverCasanova 7 months ago
perfect song........!!!
Xristoforosrock 7 months ago
great stuff!!! will always love the stranglers!
66gadus 7 months ago
this song represents my life!!!
Complexpoet1 7 months ago
One of my favourite songs of all time , never tire of it.
tim8g 7 months ago
What terrible quality! Just awful!
Actually, it is quite good.
MervueMeringue 8 months ago
@MervueMeringue
What do you mean, the song or the audio quality ?
roddy76to86 8 months ago
@roddy76to86 The quality. But the song could be worse, too.
MervueMeringue 8 months ago
@MervueMeringue The quality is 1000% higher than most of what one could find around here !
You must be joking !
Volanne 7 months ago
Im Nice and Sleazy ! x
TheBeastBird90 9 months ago
@TheBeastBird90 Oh! cool!
andymouse123 8 months ago
@andymouse123 very :)
TheBeastBird90 7 months ago
@andymouse123 Yeah;)Happy new year too;)Love Beth x
TheBeastBird90 2 months ago
My favourite Stranglers track.
JohnnyTheWolfLupino 10 months ago
nice
MrVicnash 10 months ago
Best Stranglers song. Best song, END OF.
SirBanuTheFourth 10 months ago
Lurve this song, learnt bass playing to it. Used to jam to this with my old mate Mark Birdsall,wonder if he`s still alive???
LabiaLicker1 10 months ago
sweet
spaced377 10 months ago
1:35 is sick
YouLikeQuestions 11 months ago
their best track i think
RockAndRollMassacre 11 months ago
this song is epic! i made amv with it :D
MrDzoni955 11 months ago
0:00 <<< thought this replay button would help (Dont break it though) ;D
joshjs667 11 months ago
I remember buying this,going home and playing it to death..class.
347cc 11 months ago
Just heard it on Rock Radio yesterday, and had to hear it again!
Dcapd 11 months ago 6
@Dcapd
I don't blame you !
roddy76to86 11 months ago 8
bassist born notting hill london to french parents
twixbits 11 months ago
@twixbits Yep! Lived in Godalming,Chiddingfold etc. etc. JJ is d bollix! Demon of the semen!
LabiaLicker1 10 months ago
c,mon this is jean jac burnell ,,,perhaps one o best ,certainly the coolest bassist ive the pleasure to listen n watch ... ,,thanks stranglers made me feel nice n sleazy at all the right imes lol
lyonkcleaners8 1 year ago
gamat00000!!!!!
VagosSit7 1 year ago
GREAT BAND, HEARD THEM FIRST IN W. BERLIN, 1982
jabrown45100 1 year ago
one of the 1st bass lines i learnt ...... awesome
cheesynimrod 1 year ago
great song !! nice music .....!!!!!!!
XRYSAP4486 1 year ago
sick bassline and fucking heavy english accent!
MrKavliaris 1 year ago 9
@MrKavliaris
Don't you mean SLICK bassline ? And what do you expect from an English punk band; Johnny Cash ?!
roddy76to86 1 year ago 12
@roddy76to86 bassist was french
cheesynimrod 1 year ago 7
@cheesynimrod
If your trying to confuse me you've succeeded ! Would you care to explain ?
roddy76to86 1 year ago
@roddy76to86 no brother,I meant SICK bassline (sick in a good way)..and I really like this accent..since I'm Greek,I wish I had an accent like this and not the shitty one I have!
MrKavliaris 1 year ago 5
@MrKavliaris
Sorry for my misunderstanding. And there's nothing wrong with a Greek accent !
roddy76to86 1 year ago
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MrKavliaris 1 year ago
Great Bass sound!
MultiBadgamer 1 year ago
like the lyrics say,does it every time.
cosmicrider287 1 year ago
that jj burnell bass is fucking epic!
789PartyBoy 1 year ago
NICE!
KubaDomin 1 year ago
would totally be a good song without the bass too
c824767 1 year ago
best bass line ever with hanging around jean jacques burnell is the best
kafka41 1 year ago
jean jacques you are a fantastic bass player. such amazing sound
reverendjordan 1 year ago
This song, lyrically and vocally, is completely retarded, and i hate the keyboarding, but because of the sheer awesomeness of the bassline, and how addictingly he says nice and sleazy, i cant stop listening to it
scargill8 1 year ago
@scargill8 the retarded aspect is a reflection of the time it was made. A post punk snarl.
almklit 1 year ago
de la bonne musique des 80 !
micasa65 1 year ago
There are some songs that you can't even imagine how empty and shallow they'd be if you took out the bass. That's one of them! And yeah, like many said... wicked bassline :)
intermariogr 1 year ago
Only fake prime minister was the unelected Gordon Brown mate..no lets not sully great stranglers music with Labour sleaze politics eh ILiveOnMyBoat???
mightywhite41 1 year ago
@mightywhite41 hmm lets re-assess the coalition and see first hand how they sully it with a new tax nation of sleaze balls.
The tory barstools always screwing the working and middle classes whilst claiming there is no class structure (in their eyes the poor don't exist)...
Stranglers music however remains steadfast and good... good bassline as with peaches both lyrically inept of course agreed and has nothing to do with politics...
Rats rally though c'mon good stuff Barnsey
ILiveOnMyBoat 1 year ago
been lookin 4 this 4 a looong time ty!
ladysweetsky 1 year ago
savvidakis ta mpoutakia!!
Spartah3ad 1 year ago
The lyrics are quite nonsensical indeed, but then like you said its the music that's more important.
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
@WoodRatGirl lyrics can mean something different to you or me of course to me its about deception,underhandedness,taking advantage and lies the bible, koran etc
edwards21416 1 year ago
@edwards21416
What the hell are you blabbering on about? ;)
Don't talk about Religion on a Punk song!
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
@WoodRatGirl and why not ? dont you get it ? no for sure. that wot punk woz about .wake up. oops too late. wood rat girl. explain the name.
roverthreefive 1 year ago
@roverthreefive
This comment is complete bollocks !
roddy76to86 1 year ago
@roddy76to86 YEP!.........squeak!
andymouse123 1 year ago
@WoodRatGirl well said ratty!!!
andymouse123 1 year ago
4 steps to remember who you are. turn off your telly, switch off your radio, and use your newspaper to set fire to your mobile phone :-
groovy side-affects:
your brain comes alive again.. yippee!!..in the first month youll be that bored youll maybe start to read books....mmm..books! im sorry i cant thi..! now i remember.. stress, yeah stress . fuk stress, & how about cash! thats right cash! youll save more money. in this greedy world you need money. nice n sleazy does it
jrjupton 1 year ago 3
That Bass is nice & dirty...
Dedicated to the new fake prime minister who couldn't even get a majority vote from the sun readers or murdocks shitty little sleazey media empire.
ILiveOnMyBoat 1 year ago 39
Now, now, let's not sully great music with politics !
roddy76to86 1 year ago 32
@roddy76to86 um....aren't punk music and politics kind of...nevermind.
digglescham 10 months ago
@digglescham
I think I see what you're getting at, but this was produced over 30 years ago ! And it wasn't even about politics.
roddy76to86 10 months ago
@ILiveOnMyBoat
The Stranglers successfully sued News Intl for using the song Always The Sun
TimthedogLinehan 1 year ago
@ILiveOnMyBoat HA! That's classic
DominionOfTheSword 11 months ago
@ILiveOnMyBoat Ruin a great song with politics then you faggot.
ApertureAsshole 6 months ago in playlist Music :) 2
@ApertureAsshole - very good use of the sun reader insult. Nice n Sleazy name too
ILiveOnMyBoat 6 months ago
seen um in rock garden spot on!
lediable6 1 year ago
Regarding the gig in Mûnster saturday 15.may 2010; soddoff. Heck you old hags even made the sound friggin great after a while.
GisMadz 1 year ago
They should dedicate this to MPs
2blackhats 1 year ago
Indeed, their signature tune !
roddy76to86 1 year ago
My favourite stranglers song. It's about the time the band were invited back to the clubhouse of the Amsterdam Hell's angels.
fetidbrainwaves 2 years ago
@roddy76to86,norvegicusbass & Barristered- Oh.... The Stranglers were still on the stage as all i could see were the strippers lol!!
NightStalker1958 2 years ago
Most Awesome bass line ever !
jonmorr777 2 years ago 2
The live version of this from Battersea Park is one of the best live tracks ever... if you ignore the strippers on stage... or not !
Barristered 2 years ago 3
Why would you ignore the strippers?
norvegicusbass 2 years ago 3
I was wondering about that. Or it's more of a case of HOW can you ignore the strippers ?!
roddy76to86 2 years ago 3
great Great GREAT BassLine
gangabv15 2 years ago 10
It's about one of the most kick ass bass leads ever. You got a better one? Stanley Clarke and School Days maybe... other than that I'd like you to just say thank you either way I don't give a damn.
SteveinJamestown 2 years ago 4
Got it all WRONG "roddy", it's about the "discovery" of the "new world" (Amerika).
Seb30able 2 years ago
Perhaps you could explain for the rest of us how you came to this conclusion ?
roddy76to86 2 years ago
Listen to the words! No offence meant eh? Hey, maybe I've got it all wrong, but that's MY interpretation. When u listen to it, picture Conquistadores heading west, ready for anything for earthly riches (in the name of god).
Seb30able 2 years ago
Well I very much doubt the Stranglers would ever write about that !
It's the song I think is brilliant, the lyrics are just a sideshow so I've never paid much attention to them. They were notorious for their lyrics having sexual innuendo, or in many cases far more blatant than that (listen to "Bring On The Nubiles", one of my uploads). So in this case you have "or a daughter" and "wine and women", very subtle by their standards.
So you've got hold of the wrong end of the stick I'm afraid...
roddy76to86 2 years ago
WHY wouldn't they "ever" write about that? They had excellent lyrics. How many groups have good music AND lyrics? Bring On The Nubiles is one of their many songs. I've got ALL their fuckin' albums, as well as pirate tapes, vinyls'etc. I've followed them since they started (we're the same age). Listen to the godamn text.
Seb30able 2 years ago
Well all right I could be wrong, you could spend an eternity deciphering Stranglers lyrics !
I've never paid their lyrics much attention (apart from "Bring On The Nubiles !), it's their fantastic music I've thoroughly enjoyed.
I've still got my vinyl edition of Rattus Norvegicus, but it's a bit worse for wear...
roddy76to86 2 years ago
@Seb30able Me too I do the same with Britney Spears.
stargate669 2 years ago
That would be a waste of time. Wank less, maybe?
Seb30able 2 years ago
from the 1st moment I heard this song my take on the lyrics was exactly the same as yours, Seb30able. And this album still astounds me in every way.
tidalriddle 2 years ago
bass tabs @ 911 tabs
banjobob1969 2 years ago
does anyone know where to find tabs for this song? i have to learn that bassline!!! it is so damn good!!
stuartandtheavenue93 2 years ago 2
No idea I'm afraid, maybe some other "reader" can be more helpful. You could always just play about to try and get it !
I can't play any musical instruments, I've always just preferred listening. But with the exception of the bass guitar and JJ Burnel's basslines ! but I've always come to the conclusion that (apart from the fact I dion't have a bass guitar !) I'd be hopeless.
roddy76to86 2 years ago
I think this song is about trees. The Stranglers wrote a hell of a lot about trees they were obsessed with them
norvegicusbass 2 years ago
Interesting concept. They did that song about Sweden; there's lots of trees in Sweden.
roddy76to86 2 years ago
NO. It's about the "discovery" of the "new world" (The Americas).
Seb30able 2 years ago
great use of the early synth
ox43rb 2 years ago
massive bass boner
CCPSindre 2 years ago
It's a song about Hell's Angels.
drillbitch 2 years ago 2
the best song the stranglers ever made!!!
musicfreak1967 2 years ago 2
does anyone know what this song is about?
MoveOverCasanova 2 years ago
I've no idea, but it's got about the best bassline ever done.
roddy76to86 2 years ago
yeah!...
cool song
KuddlMuddl45 2 years ago
Nice 'n' sleazy
Does it does it does it every time ...
Yeah! Coool song!
I like the Stranglers from the beginning, primarily their first 3 albums.
satanel77 2 years ago 2
This song fucking kicks asses!!!
Kotzeneimer 2 years ago 11
Well, that's one way of putting it !
roddy76to86 2 years ago
cheers for this roddy one of my favourites...
fuckin great and awesome lyrics too.. NICE AND SLEAZY.
FLOYDRIX 3 years ago 2
My pleasure.
I like the way that the clip of them on stage playing this song with all those strippers keeps getting "pulled" by YouTube, only to be immediately uploaded by someone else !
roddy76to86 3 years ago
I just love the way the bass takes over from the lead in this - not often that happens !
roddy76to86 3 years ago
From the Stranglers Black and White. A collection of songs that exudes bleak war torn imagery and references the cold war to great effect. (U2 and Joy Division went on to create dark music with war torn overtones but the Stranglers did it first). The production sought to capture death and destruction with a stark sneer of cold command and entrenched paranoia that existed in the late 1970's. A true masterpiece - never bettered.
almklit 3 years ago 3
Is that you in the picture Roddy!? Cool song, sick bass! Not as great ELP tho!!! haha!
Aqualung71 3 years ago
No, of course it's not me, it's Hugh Cornwell that I lifted off the cover of the album. What I was meaning is that is what I look like after listening to an ELP album !!
roddy76to86 3 years ago
Yeah I got that impression! Plus I read the description after I made the comment!
Aqualung71 3 years ago 2
Best photo of you I've ever seen
pehmuncher 3 years ago
This is awful...
And if you disagree, dont bother replying to say so.
MervueMeringue 3 years ago
If you say so my son...but don't you like the photo ?!
roddy76to86 3 years ago
If it's so awful, why have you put it in your favourites ?!
roddy76to86 3 years ago
To give me an excuse to exterminate some of them.
MervueMeringue 3 years ago
Oh dear, that's a bit drastic isn't it ?!
roddy76to86 3 years ago
where are the strippers, that version gets more hits!!!
FP51DPO 3 years ago
Good point ! And it's a classic clip.
However:
1. I don't have the clip.
2. The audio is pretty awful.
3. YouTube keep pulling the "offensive" clip.
Although someone else just reuploads it - this happens constantly, it's like an arms race !!
roddy76to86 3 years ago
best song of them..."das ist der Rhytmus wo ich mit muss"^^
flaming0moe 3 years ago
Do you like the photo ?!
roddy76to86 3 years ago
oh I just notice it now...you look a bit depressed or you wonder about your big feet^^
flaming0moe 3 years ago
No - I've just listened to an Emerson, Lake and Palmer record...
roddy76to86 3 years ago