Stranglers - Golden Brown 1997 live

[rogerstan]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[robthesamplist]

Lol people think its about hash...I've never seen hash do that to a band

[simonmullen]

think paul roberts does do a good job here even though he looks like he's been on to much Golden Brown himself

[timesdaughter]

I kind of like both versions: Hugh Cornwall was great, but Paul Roberts isn't bad at all, on the contrary - he is pretty much amazing! Just waaaay different from Hugh Cornwall.

[ollie88g]

Heroin

[tadhgxxx]

golden brown is originally suposed to have been about a girl, it was after the song was released that the stranglers started saying it was about heroin.

[zuikos]

Golden brown = hashish. At the time of the song the best hashishes had a sweet amber gold colour and came from Lebanon and Turkey.

[rrreinhard]

I@zuikos - you have now knowledge. Get educated. Heroin is the theme.

[schnappicole]

@zuikos hashish HAHAHA they talk about HEROIN, man dude dont talk shit, tturkey is shit land, afghanes are betther haha

[nastybugger1]

@zuikos  you are wrong .. it's about heroin

[MsRandomPro]

@zuikos

hehe ;)

Yes sir ;) and it's very soothing hehe

[bingoace]

My dear old friend Mr Noel Gallagher must like this as it can be heard on one of the Oasis songs. Listen to 'Part of the Queue' on their 'Don't Believe the Truth' album and you can hear the similarity. Both are cracking tunes though, and the Stranglers and Oasis are two top bands

[aramxatzan]

i prefer 100000 times to see cornwell stoned singing and making mistakes than this wanna-be opera singer. what happened to the real stranglers?!? definitely not attending their concert in greece having taken that sample

[whereangelsplay1]

same line up minus Hugh... Admittedly equally good although a little "jazzy"

[whereangelsplay1]

same line up minus Hugh... Admittedly equally good

[1lowsky]

@whereangelsplay1 you are out of your friggin mind if you think it's equally good.

[HabboTeck]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS LOSER DOING, WHY CLICK YOUR FINGERS...IT ISN'T JAZZ YOU SAD FUCKER, GTFO OF STRANGLERS, WERE IS HUGH!??

[1lowsky]

if you knew anything about the stranglers you wouldn't feel the need to humiliate yourself asking questions like 'is he the original singer'?

[WeedlingWorm]

this is isnt the real stranglers, the music is way to fast plus the guys sings like a hillbilly....

[tekusan]

y que sucedio con el cantante original??

[Vintagesansui800]

Is it just me or does the singer here remind you of Kevin Bacon O_o.

[fuckoffokfucker]

@Vintagesansui800 Fuckin David Bowie wannabe, Is this the original singer? Dont care if it is and all youse Strangler nuts give me shit. Great song just researchin it, Sound is shit on this, clnt watch that cunt for long, hed piss me off?

[Vintagesansui800]

@fuckoffokfucker Ahh yes you are right he does look more like David Bowie. I couldnt quite put my finger on it.

[paddytaggart]

Dont care what any1 say's, Paul Roberts was a fucking great singer, no1 else cud have sung the stranglers songs as gd as him, after Hugh left... great post...

[jaggass]

I think this was released on cd in the mail on sunday about 4 yrs ago.

[mackhomie]

heh, if this song isn't about drugs i'll be god damned. and if it IS about drugs, it most certainly is about heroin- not hash.

[Thesuziebear]

Yes i'ts about HEROIN (not sure how 2 spell it never done it) but I now know it was an artistic observation well b4 it's time.

[MrSteveEllis]

Its about hash smoking jerk offs!

[Mrgyn]

@MrSteveEllis

Nope.

[zigarettenbernd]

it is about cocaine or a girl, how ever the listener want..

[talltaltwo]

@zigarettenbernd actually its heroin or a girl - not that it makes much difference i suppose ;-))))

[PGulasch]

Playing to fast with wrong instruments and wrong singer. Just wrong.

[ya2121]

but this song IS about toast

[Natheward]

he looks absoluteley mashed lol

[instantpoetry]

GREAT band, saw them live in GHENT, Belgium ......... great stuff and songs !

A +++

[TheProfite]

Апизденеть можно, охуенно-пиздатый голос)))

[hermano1383]

obrigado

[stepwinkieTM]

there playin it way to fast :S

[abbb350]

@stepwinkieTM does it matter?

[burns4784]

How can you write a song about being tanned. These guys must be hitting the tanning salon every day.

[LongHairedLoser]

Some people think the song is about heroin while others think it is about marmite.

[benmessi10]

sounds shit live

[pdw2309]

never a frown with gordon brown

[carlos7217]

why are all the best tunes about drugs,...?

[Ulrich453]

Never a fucking frown with fucking golden fucking brown.

[harvey1954]

Hugh is British and wrote the song with the keyboard player, not the bassist is French.

[albinomen]

who is the singer?

[Castanedaria]

rofl of course its them, or do they look and sound like the Queens of the Stoneage lolz???

[bt488rt]

This is not The Stranglers

[SxyBeast360]

sounds like um though

[Forestamtul]

the pringles

[randy464]

Got wise to this cut from watching the movie Snatch. I love this fucking song its so damn British. You cats across the pond can put some good music together.

[p4ra]

Fantastic song!

[saucepan101]

sick tune, probs one of my fav sngs

[TheRealVolanaro]

ive gotten into a really bad habit of playing this song in b, isnt it actually b flat?

[WelcomeToRapture08]

yes a nightmare rework on guitar...but capo 2nd fret does it great in the easy shapes

[genesisdead]

Stranglers without Hugh Cornwall is karaoke!

Sad!

[GILLYRUTH]

Yes,,,,Without that look Hugh had,,,that "I m quiet but extremely dangerous" look.

[scott835]

@genesisdead doesnt sound good live

[studas2011]

@genesisdead maybe for u selfish arseholes who don' tunderstand the music lyric hunters

[J4K31]

It's about toast

[juvenilejoker]

...is what people with downs syndrome think.

use ur brain dude, who the fuk would right a song about toast with these lyrics.

[J4K31]

Are you serious? ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?!? When I say it's about toast it's called a joke ha ha! You need to get out more and stop being so up-tight!

[PHANTASTIKMUSIK]

@J4K31 some people (myself included) take music VERY serious...so stupid or pseudo ironic comments about certain classics or gems are just lame to us and that's just the way it is...deal with that and we will deal with your unfunniness, deal?

[WelcomeToRapture08]

dude hes kidding...and it made me laugh....lighten up...you look the the bigger tit

[NuisanceArmstrong]

lol, my brother has downs syndrome and loves this song. He knows its about heroin though.

[Kylesesh]

No its bout a girl and heroin... idiot

[omgih8youcone]

at least sumone knows  you good man

[SatwaMan]

That is NOT the Stranglers.

If that is Jean Jacques Burnell, I'll cut my balls off.

Please take this video down.

Get the original.

[THCmuzicalmasta]

just listen keenly,

never a frown with golden brown,

from the start

golden brown, texture like sun, lay's me down , with my mind she run's, through out the night, no need to fight-never a frown with golden brown,.......every time just like the last -on the ship , tied to her mast to distant land's take's both my hand's never a frown with golden brown.........................­.................

[THCmuzicalmasta]

golden brown = heroin ,

the guitarist is top class.

[skoudone]

lol roberts looks like hes high

[treasurefull]

what is this song about???

[09chippy09]

heroin and a girl

both made him smile at the time

hope this was some help to you.

[someknave]

Hugh Cornwell clearly states "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl". Essentially the lyrics describe how "both provided me with pleasurable times."

[wanderings0ul]

love this song, love the harpsichord synth

[mazza23]

he looks pretty trashed

still sounds amazing :)

[jackoherts]

this lead singer got kicked out for drug taking

[TheRealVolanaro]

thats bullshit, hugh left because of tension with the rest of the band

[GreenThylacine]

This song is a classic! I love The Stranglers!!!

[agatakj]

just give it up... it's all history.

Buzz i ok.

[mainhoondon21]

I think the singer is on some golen brown himself =P i love the original track, its pretty amazing!

[Aur0rah]

what? its as if all the instruments are missing. what a bad audio collection

[allthereds]

we all have our thoughs of this my is just the waste on a lighter note i bet he hated boxing day and cold turkey

[Cerebalpaulsys]

he looks completly fuckin smacked out in this video

[Denisskiss]

суперская песня,клависин рулит!

[MikeParle]

He has a very good live voice. Holds it very well together given th circumstances =o)

[sunrise89nick]

of course he is Danny

[DannyShark08]

He's will Smacked up singing on that stage lol just look at him lol..

[keanelady2244]

I've played this tonight..in memory of Fudge...on his birthday.

Fudge..R.I.P.

[niklasi123]

A to the C to the E!

[2012evolution2012]

reminds me of the doors

[jiminycriket7]

my grandpa always said humdinger

[spartancolts]

Thank goodness he's not on vocals any more!!

[culdolla]

I,ve got the tickets for the concert in Barcelona, January 28.....

[ewiemc]

I remember first hearing this track in the mid eighties when at high school. Will always be a very special song for me,I hope the rest of you appreciate what a truly beautiful piece of music it is regardless of the subject matter. Can i just add as a musician, this is a live version by a band which started as a punk outfit and as such would have most likely been performed at some later point in a hour or more of post punk classic matieral, listen and learn.

[Punkrockmetallover]

man the guyz fucked up...

but he keeps the tune alright ^^

love the song but this live doesn't sound to good...

[immortalharneil]

i like the original more this one is rubbish

[maisieme]

it looks like hes on drugs was he ?

[kambo44]

who cares!!!! u twat is that all u r looking 4?????

This was a great tune!!!

who fucking cares!!!!!!

U R a Twat

[maisieme]

no its not all im looking for i was just saying my opinion and actually i fucking love this song so fuck u i was just commenting you nob

[kambo44]

U REALLY ARE A HUMDINGER OF A TWAT!!!

[maisieme]

wth is a HUMDINGER i mean WTF seriously

[maisieme]

a humdinger you sado

[pataphysician66]

I don't know quite what the song means- but then who cares?

[nederwiet1]

what do you think golden brown is lol begins with a "H" and it's the king of drugs

[drowinoz]

"the king of drugs"? ...in the 80"s defiantly...and the 90's too..but meth destroys more people these days...and has a much wider user base.

but yes :) in it"s day H certainly was the king of them all

[lemonlouis]

You'd know ^^

[EmotionPlus]

lol, this a wind up yes? When is Jeremy Beadle going to come in? I could try to song it worse but it take an ENORMOUS amount of trying!

[thedoctorrrrrrrrrrrr]

spettacolare...

[Skate4apples]

the harpsichord dosnt sound.... pure enough

[C4lipp0]

cause it's just harpsy not a harpsichord...

[polycera]

Roberts was a fucking twat. They've got a better singer now with Baz Warne. Saying that though, Cornwell should never have left. The Stranglers output since then has been dire.

[jesuz666555]

HEROINA

[lotuone]

SUCKS...studio version is looooooots betteeeaaaH!

[hanging1v]

pub singer paul roberts? hugh was better, and baz is keeping a good stranglers sound going? s1v

[shunth3nonbeliever]

Dont say all the awful things just because he is not better than the originals Hugh.

We all knew Hugh wasnt gonna come back so it wasnt the same anymore.

[Erikdaking]

Man if u hear these song when ur high its freacking awsome better than anyother song you well ever hear it blew my mind away try it

[kingrowan2nd]

all depends on what got got u high u should listen to the ministry of sound chill out album or the verve urban hyms if high depending on what is your choice of poison :)

[gazzah54]

WHAT A FUCKING TOSSER

[25208439]

lol proper stoner ;D

[Gh3RockbandKidsDB]

but paul is pretty good

[Gh3RockbandKidsDB]

i like it better when hugh sings

[chum38]

Great song with Hugh or Paul.

[ruxtron]

its not my mind she runs...its my mineshearons.. its a typ of rug

[torchkit]

dumbass

[ruxtron]

lol

[tommy71282]

wrong.

[hoyt41490]

there was no energy in that performance

[DarthMink]

well, you cant really start a mosh pit to this kind of music.

[renaudbassplayer]

I agree with you, the singer seems to have no energy

[audible67]

singer is AWFUL. has there ever been a clearer example of a band that should have completely disbanded? It makes me pissed at Hugh when I see what these guys are putting themselves through. saddens me...

[POUKXO]

Princess

Of

Ukraine

[prokopii18]

Great song :)

[Jeanny1978]

still I think Hugh Cornwell was the one and only singer of the Stranglers, it's strange to hear someone else singing Golden Brown when you know (and like ) the original version so well

[audible67]

you do know that JJ sung about 1/4 of the songs, right?

[muckslain]

This song is AMAZING! but i think i prefer their vids

[slimmboy85]

lol the stranglers not on drugs...you must be having a laugh!! i know ppl who were on some serious shit and stealin ford cortinas back in the 70s chilling to stranglers!! amazing song!

[Daddell]

look at the crowd going mad......calm down people...

[ovetjkin]

That's why I don't go to concerts ;)

[RichyUK86]

live performances are disappointing.. especially for such a song like this

i have to transpose this up a tone cos i can't hit the low note :)

[slimmboy85]

very true, however we should take into account that this is a hard song to play live, it did arouse my curiosity to see this song live, still, they are the proffessionals so it is their duty to surprise us fans lol :))

[POUKXO]

It was long long time ago. For every daughter of my grand*4 mother (P.OU.) was given a farm and last my grand*3 father was born.

[modeldrive]

no sorry my mate work for this band in the 70 and 80 sorry

[RachelR220]

history once more ? mon big baz warne better than that fuckin poser. glad he went i am from glasgow and that dick couldnae handle it. jj an the mib covered his ass fanny balls prick shitin his pants in the barras all the time. took it up the shitter and didnt even complain?slashed nearly just 4 a gig. lucky he was with the M I B.

[Boabyo]

Whit the fuk r u oan bout hen?

[dermotoblong]

hes doing a good job hes got a good voice like the version of that it was good!

[paddytaggart]

Paul Roberts is an awsum singer,he stayed with the band for 16yrs thats as long as hugh did,hugh said they could go no further musically,he was proved wrong...the stranglers rock...

[audible67]

er...but they didn't go further musically. and this...this is just embarrassing.

[paddytaggart]

Why is it embarrassing? the stranglers wrote a lot of good material after hugh left which is about 18yrs ago i think,so no way a band who didn't progress musically in some way would survive that long...the stranglers still rock,they're playin' belfast this november again...the stranglers still ROCK...

[audible67]

apparently we differ on the definition of 'progress'. I would have to say that they do rock more...now that this singer is gone. he stinks...there's no argument there right?

I think Hugh was right to leave and would have been more impressed had they all gone separate ways. but still long live JJ, Jet, Dave and Hugh.

[paddytaggart]

I dont think he stinks,so there is an argument there because we differ on opinion, so we will have to agree to disagree,but we can agree that the stranglers 'rock'...nice 1.

[markiskool92]

he pissed hes stoned, hes on the golden brown, hes hyper of redbull and coffee. lol

the point is hes on sum powerful shit

[bs9]

the bastards drunk

[markiskool92]

not stoned haha lol

[kevindoo2007]

he should lay off the golden brown

[walidb123]

i heard a mistake on the harpsichord.

[markiskool92]

singer looks well baked haha

[ManDissen]

they could never replace hugh hense the wannabe singer

[joehilditch1]

Gay Singer!!

[mapexmadman]

shite singer

[NecroAnjelis]

Maybe, but chances are the music wouldn't be so memorable without it.

[darrendarling]

with the worst singer!

[CATPIPE35]

Who is it singing

[BRailman]

this is the best song