The Stranglers - Go Buddy Go TOTP

[ShaneRaw1]

Fkin brilliant!

[xraycortina]

JJB is the least french-sounding frenchman i have ever heard. Thanks for the video.

[famalaasshole]

Keyboard is bravo like every stranglers hit

[fooman65]

Fuck me, why can't we produce bands like this anymore, Cowell needs a bullet in his fuckin head man!

[tonbridgeman]

This was the first British punk/new wave record ever performed on TOTP. Not a lot of people know that.

[2001perseus]

I think a lot of punks did'nt like this because it sounded a wee bit rocknroll and they thought WTF's THIS? Understandable, but a bit harsh sometimes.

[nobodymuch]

BOOGIE! Boogie...

[spankymacfarlan]

leaving nothing behind other than a bemused band (in this case), scratching their heads whilst blinking in the sun, waiting for inspiration to strike when, all of a sudden: "Hey! Do you think we should put bagpipes and a penny whistle on this track?"..........

[SteveResin]

@spankymacfarlan haha that's a fantastic rant spanky and I agree with most of it too! Especially the stuff about the ludicrous, blond porn star haired nobber who took over from Hugh. The Stranglers ended in 1990 for me.

[spankymacfarlan]

And as far as the era when that tool with the ludicrous, blond porn star hair, ridiculous voice and embarrasing stage prescence was somehow allowed to take up the vocal duty following the departure of Cornwall, well, that was painfull and awful. Just AWFUL! Still, it appears that this is the way all, once great, bands must go. Makes you almost believe that aesthetic taste could be an actual presence at one point chosing to descend upon an artist only to suddenly up and leave a while later.

[spankymacfarlan]

Pity then that, following on from Feline (itself along with its immediate predecessor La Folie already evidence of decline) the band did nothing more than drop steadily into banality as album followed album and single followed single. Personally, I've never heard a single track I've liked - either by the Stranglers as a collective, or on any of the constituent members solo records - since Dreamtime (and, let me assure you, the likeable tracks on that lp were difficult to find!).

[spankymacfarlan]

For a period there, these boys were one of the best bands in the land. For my taste from Black and White through to The Meninblack album inclusive they were peerless with no-one else sounding like them. Burnel and Cornwall's solo outings are both essential items from the era I've given also; with Nosferatu being, on certain days, perhaps the best record anyone associated with the band put their hand to - inclusive of the albums they turned out collectively as the Stranglers.

[59jimmyb]

remember a dj putting this on at some dance in 77 and me and best mate (later killed in a motor bike accident) pogoing around the hall it was fantastic though not everyone got it but we fucking loved it..god bless you garry .rip..

[StrangerFibre]

Burnel and Cornwell swapped instruments for this performance. note the telecaster has no strings!!! Subversive as ever ;-)

[spankymacfarlan]

By the way; the Beeb never banned Peaches for bad language. They never had to because it was simultaneously released with a radio edit of the song sans the word in question.

[59jimmyb]

@spankymacfarlan the beeb were shit they hated all the new bands call them punk or whatever at the time we werent punks we wore leathers and jeans but we were right in it..i was there..i know...

[spankymacfarlan]

First off, it's Burnel not Brunel. Secondly, they are obviously miming. They played their own instruments on the recording. As a matter of interest: this is a re-recording of the track (as per TOTP/ MU requirements of the era) and not the flip of Peaches as originally released.

[nik1969100]

Never knew Brunel played guitar on this track and Cornwell the bass!

[albatrosspil]

The Men in Red,Green,Blue and Black.........

[dogsbolls]

Strange how the beeb banned peaches cos of the shit word, but were happy to let JJB sing about having drugs (speed). Great song and clip, havent seen this since it was originally on, cheers Steve

[RachelR220]

them guys??? fuckin fantastic... the best ever ????? of any generations sub culture sounds.... gotta be up there with the best of them on that im sure.... just love them......

[Icequeen1962]

@charmiancharm totally agree!!

[pedrospeedski1]

Pete Waterman rates The Stranglers as Britains 2nd best band ever next to the Beatles. Think hes correct ! Seen them loads of times still cut it these days. Always great gigs.

[Icequeen1962]

@pedrospeedski1 the beatles? no contest, stranglers first every time, better musicians by a mile.

[TheTomtin]

this is the dogs,the only band i remember seeing live at the wickerman festival,i will never forget that day i was walkin on the beaches lookin at the peaches,!

[CombatRocks]

I want this song played at my funeral. It'll put the 'fun' back into funeral!!!

[modernredeye]

Jean-Jacques Burnel was so brilliant he could even speak French!

[TheDensley7]

They were too damned good to be lumped in with Punk.

[ttgagger]

BOOGIE WOOGIE

[Snypro]

The audio isn't for this video, but I only noticed when JJ stopped playing guitar near the end. Such a great example of how brilliant Punk was!

[Icequeen1962]

Respond to this video... you will find it is for this video, the stranglers hated miming and always mucked around by swapping vocals, and not playing their instruments. check out "no more heroes totp"on steveresin channel, a good example of how hugh and jj swapped vocals, pissed about with the instruments and jj singing very rude words to the chorus.!!

[jjustjules]

So brilliant, and beyond 'cool' . It's hilarious that the audience seem totally oblivious to the brilliance of the band...wish I'd been there!

[vivienneann]

love this song

[swampdodger33]

no strings attatched  funny as fuck...

[reklessheart]

MAN IM STILL PERVING TO JJB OOOOH LA LA ;-)

[RockyRoader]

This was the B side to "Peaches" in Ireland - or was in a Double-A side single?

Can't imagine Peaches making it on to TOTP!

[bregreen72]

saw the stranglers on the raven tour when ever that was, i think it was crawley when some nobhead starting shouting we are the mods we are the mods, well i can assure sure Mr Modster got his fucking arse kicked, oh happy days

[ubrain]

@bregreen72 I was there, in Crawley. There was a bunch of skins of different sizes, all looking so like each other you'd think the NF had made them as a novelty Russian doll.

They'd scope someone out, the biggest would go over, tap him on the shoulder then punch him as he turned around. They'd both get kicked out by the bouncers and the skins would reconvene and do the same with the next biggest - prats!

Good gig though!

[109ecroyd]

I got me some speed and I'm doing fine

How did that line ( No pun intended ) get past the censors at Aunty Beeb ?

[rinuchi]

@109ecroyd because people were less whiney and didnt have their heads so far up their own arses back then...good times, shame I wasnt born then, really =P

[RodCow]

@109ecroyd Just wondering that too.Normally the censorship squad wouldhave been all over that.

[lonegroover]

Haven't seen this sine '77. Nice!

[sirdoccy]

Nice guitar picking and bass strumming there!!

[RichardHell1959]

What's with the audience? : if I'd been there I would have been having an orgasm .....

[reklessheart]

@RichardHell1959 HAHA I WAS WATCHING THIS AND I HAD ONE ;-)P

[Omegasupreme1078]

They're also not even pretending to lip synch....

[notseafood]

I see we're changing partners... and instruments!

[VINCENTECT]

Saw these fuckers in NYC when I was a young Punk. Last American tour date defore they disbanded at that time. You know what you missed? EVERYTHING. Sorry, but Punk Rock back then was beyond comprehension. The hey day baby!!!!

[keltyk]

Cornwell on bass? Is that even JJ's vocal? They're just sticking two fingers up at the BBC/TOTP thing and giving it attitude because of the miming thing right?

[kudge43]

burnel trying to show off his 'fuck' t shirt yowards the end was funny

[MegaWin23]

I love JJ flashing his Ford styled "Trotsky" T-shirt, he got an ice pick that made his ears burn you know...

[phnuff]

Nah, This was always a JJ vocal

[chrisdable]

1st stranglers song i heard, thought it was brill. loved them ever scince

[mrszrts]

JJ had also a wig??? LOL

[PhilHazell93]

This is pure brilliance. You wouldn't find any of today's charting artists doing something like this on TV. JLS would never dare of a rebellion like that. The Charts are in a fucking mess.

[mattsgp]

burnel is the best bass guitarist in the world, fact.

[gregglesmegma]

@mattsgp yes matt 1000%

[punkit743]

Remember seeing JJ Burnel solo when i was a kid, he had a motorbike miked up on stage, started it and nearly blew the roof of the Pavillion theatre

[matclarence]

took the beeb an age to spot JJ's fuck T-shirt

[martininblack63]

I'm sure that is his Trotsky shirt.

[martininblack63]

@matclarence..... It was Trotsky on his shirt

[FDHH2010]

I love the last second of the video when Mr Burnel removes the jack cable from around his foot. That's the part that makes the whole thing so authentic.

[siypic]

would this have got on x factor........ like fuck ..thank god!

[Incomer2005]

I remember seeing JJ's T shirt.Couldn't believe it!Priceless!

Takes me back to my teens with a vengeance

[britladd9]

sure there was plenty of crap in the charts back then but there was also plenty of fantastic stuff like this, nowadays there's still some great music, it just doesn't chart anymore and if you think the UK charts are bad now take a look at the US, autotune is everywhere!

[theneil100]

burnel sang lead vocals,cornwell backing.

[THERECORDCOLLECTER13]

saw them last nite in hammersmith!!! fucking brilliant!!!

[bioux101]

I met Hugh Cornwell and was very happy to say he was a nice sound bloke. Ace. I ride a bonneville too so I reckon I'd enjoy a pint with Burnell too. Fuckin' Stranglers were ace

[akastuntfish]

ive got me some speed and im doing fine...got that past the censors ha ha ha

[batsoup]

Luv the way Huw and JJ have swapped guitars!

[CombatRocks]

@batsoup It's not even their own guitars! A brown Precision and a white Tele??? Who did they nick them from ?

[passingc]

Just looked at the present UK top 30 rundown. . . . Fuck ...what has happened to this country. . . The seventies were grim but if it meant seeing the Stranglers etc on TOTP's again I would go back in time in the blink of an eye !!!

[SMITHWAYNE100]

there is no exposure to music on mainstream TV anymore, only force fed covers from simon cowell and his cronies........VERY SAD long live live RnR

[ishm1969]

They've also swapped vocals. Cornwell sang on this record.

[SteveResin]

Nah, Burnel sang vocal on Go Buddy Go.

[paddymacinblack]

@SteveResin ...Steve is Correct!!...JJ is the lead Vocalist on this track!!..his song, his vox!!...very clear and distinctive!!...Hugh does some backin vocals!!

[lewisself]

@SteveResin he is right, Burnel sang on go buddy go.

[soiyamoto]

@SteveResin ...yes

[2504marcus]

@ishm1969 jj always sang this, seen him dozens of time, never saw hugh sing it.

[milkybarkidski]

@ishm1969 no it was JJ you muppet

[hanging1v]

hi ratus norvegicus'67 my friend in black' good to hear from you' might pogo into you at the carling' lol yes looking forward to concert also' we are the men in black hanging1v

[RattusNorvegicus67]

alrighty hangin1v ure old m8 rattus67 here just had a wee browse there... lookin gd m8 keep takin it 2 masses.. goin 2 see them again on 26th feb at the carling glasgow cannae wait my chops are burstin 2 get up bbooggiiee woogie... keep up the gd work bud nice one....

[magicspidercat]

yeh man well brilliant ...i especially love hugh playing bass and jj on the lead ....nice one....

[hanging1v]

brilliant and still as good if not better

[p1ngu45]

pure classic punk from the greatest of them all

[passingc]

Everyone raves these days about the odd band like the artics but in this era bands like the tones were churning out timeless brilliant classics week on week with little recognition. . I lived for this type of music in my teens, it ruled my life .bet thats not so much the case today. I remember looking forward to totp's for days just cos a band like the stranglers or buzzcocks were going to be on. Too much exposure of bands now so all the excitement and awe is lost.

[mrbassman25]

yeah man... now its x factor that has the kids brainwashed.... god i hate simon cowell

[IntellectualAmy]

@mrbassman25 - Simon Cowell walks with Satan. But seriously, he's just a one-man "lets-make-a-swift-few-million­-out-of-this-celeb-obsessed-cu­lture." And people always fall for it. Well, the idiots do. Seeing The Stranglers is like a breath of fresh air to me. They CAN play their instruments.

[mrbassman25]

lmao... exactly

[therealcalshearer]

Simon Cowell is doing nowt that Mickey Most and his ilk didn't do in the 60s. There has ALWAYS been manufactured po,p and great music alongside it - and there's always someone moaning that "music today isn't what it used to be". Live and let live - there's more than enough room for it all.

[kotsos1978]

ahahahahaha...i totally agree with you ...stupid realities

[tigerhorsefield]

@passingc ...totaly agree....i would write more but i'm a bit pissed. p.s. so are my pants.

[jethropike1964]

TOTP wouldn't let them play live, so they swapped instruments and took the strings off their guitars. One of my all time favourite Punk bands

[jmlbox]

,, and JJB guitar has no strings..

[fgnsfnfs]

Speak there England somewhere is.

Say lies.

[pacoulson]

There were a couple of totp performances 1977 of this song..In neither does the director spot Burnels T shirt.....Reckon they broadcast the word fuck for over six minutes prime time bbc1.Genius.

[kingofpunk1977]

The Stranglers are the most underated punk band of all time

[decbond]

superb.changed my idea of music too!never tire of it............keyboards brilliant

[dhawesuk]

Love the way Hugh is playing the bass like a guitar...

[BottomBoosh]

They changed instruments

[Rawlinson18]

And t shirts.

[XCERT4]

Booogie

[billybadbrakes]

can I just say that this TOTP performance was my first EVER taste of Punk!! ...I bought the single on the strength of it!! ..BRILL!!

[guffley]

god i was just going to post the same,back in 1977 i went to boots the chemist the very next day and asked for" the record that was on totp the night before" and 32 years later i am still going to the gigs,this is the moment that my life changed,cheers hue jj dave and jb

[billybadbrakes]

..well when I say 'bought' I actually got it via an offer in the Sun where I had to send in 7 Crunchie wrappers in exchange for a top 40 single!!

..changed my life in much the same was as you mate!

[lioii]

As an impressionable young 15 year old living in Dublin, far removed from the punk scene in London which I could only read about in New Musical Express and Melody Maker I remember watching the first punk band on telly, The Damned on ITV's Supersonic and was appalled! This wasn't music I thought! But watching this clip by The Stranglers and then Sex Pistols doing Pretty Vacant on TOTP changed my life too! I still go to gigs and I'm looking forward to seeing the Buzzcocks play here in Dublin soon!

[billybadbrakes]

Great times. We were like blank canvases, waiting for the artist to start banging the colour on! .... ; )

[satansheep666]

JJ wrote this when he was 16

[rubencon]

I love this band , they're definetely one of the best british bands ever.

[sbquinn]

Yeah, they were always pushing the bounderies at totp. Imagine the line "i got me some speed and i'm doing fine" getting past the bbc!

[dagenhamdave77]

hugh on bass jj lead????

[kevmalone]

Yeah - these guys were always funny on TOTP and did something odd. They swapped instruments this time. But they played like they happened - Hugh is still playing chords, and no-one plays the guitar break

I love this.

[kevmalone]

happened = hadn't !

[harleygaz]

seen them in 77 & 81 they were a punk band no dout but these boys could play unlike a lot of punk bands at the time. i was 18 when i saw them in 77 sometimes i whish i could turn the clock back.

[frank711firefox]

punkblues?

[legallyblondeayr]

Never punk!! Hugh Cornwell hates the punk tag. I really dont know how you would class the song or the band. maybe the whole point of them is you dont class them as anything just a great band. All I know is that I love them

[legallyblondeayr]

One of the best Stranglers songs ever!! It just makes you want to get up and bounce around. JJB is amazing in this, not often Hugh takes a back seat but it really works on this record

[barkingbasher]

Used to go down the Pigeons Startford in the mid/late eighties when this tune came on the floor would go wild.

Excellent.

[Icequeen1962]

@barkingbasher and even better in the mid /late70s !!! the atmosphere in the punk clubs such as the LIMIT in sheffield was amazing. NOW THAT is where and when you should have been!!!

[barkingbasher]

@Icequeen1962 I can only wish.

[Icequeen1962]

@barkingbasher you would have loved it, a great time in music history, but happily because of utube we can relive it for a short while. glad you like the band though, you have excellent taste.

[59jimmyb]

@Icequeen1962 you are so right..i was there and you tube has brought it all back..it was a music explosion and great times were had..

[hanging1v]

BRILLIANT S1V LIVE ON 08

[shaun8195]

A++++++ What a song.......

[hanging1v]

BOOGIE WOOGIE' ONE MORE TIME

[RattusNorvegicus67]

long live free speach ? down on the beaches. ah ah ah ah aaahhhh ........ the best band ever bar none, u know who u r .

[almklit]

Did you know that this a re-record done especially for TOTP and is in my opinion better than the final vinyl version on the Double A Peaches/Go Buddy Go single. Do you have the Blackmail sleeve radio edit.

[armalyte]

i concur, this re-record- which were usually a waste of time and nothing was actually done- is better, cause it sounds crisper, and the keys part is much bolshier.

[reklessheart]

fell in love with jean jaques burnel to this and its fater than recording onrecord ,is that why steve?

[SteveResin]

They had to re-record the song for Top Of The Pops, which was a Musician's Union rule back then. So I guess they decided on the really aggressive approach :)

[hanging1v]

FUCKING BOOGIE

[foff4strings]

Subtle and understated.

[patx29]

I love the way they took the piss here im sure they hated Top of the Pops,when they were on t.o.p. miming walk on by they were cut off half way through the song and you see Huge just drop his guitar and walk off lol.

[modsheff1]

FUCKIN BRILLIANT!

[foneill9]

Check out, @ 1:17, the way he shapes up to a couple of the noobs on the TOTP front row, and the scared reacton on a couple of the faces LOL!

[RachelR220]

still the most underated . subversive musicly educated brit band of most GENRES. smokin ma man.

[stoberto06]

its topt so wat do u expect

[pyjamaricky]

Notice JJ's guitar has no strings on and he mimes the word bollocks 0:12, classic.

[SteveResin]

Top Of The Pops sometimes insisted bands re-record their track before going on the show, something to do with the musician's union I think. So this was recorded especially for the Pops. Burnel's vocal is more aggressive!