The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

[koalek]

hey everybody, ever heard of adblocking softwere?



[rubbishycrap]

Dear Vevo,

Get your fucking pictures off youtube and just play the fucking video please.

Love,

Me.

[zaphodtrillian]

this transcended punk

[shrillcarder]

Just go full screen, all that shit is gone! i agree though advertising is lame, bring back the old u tube, don't they realise we buy what we want and not what they try a push down our throats! Rant over!

[HighQualityFish]

I want the old youtube back!

[jonahflatfoot]

why would a Stranglers fan want to see an advert for lame shit like Florence & The Machine? Doh! At least try to sell me something related to what I'm looking at!

[vss1963]

Are these guys recording still ? What about the estates of the passed ones ? Maybe royalties & deals such as Vevo help the income of people who have shaped musical history ? Vevo is an evil of the 21st century but if it helps keep alive superb tracks like this then it is an acceptable evil. This track is so fine . . . .

[vss1963]

Are these guys recording still ? What about the estates of the passed ones ? Vevo is an evil of the 21st century but if it helps keep alive superb tracks like this then it is an acceptable evil. This track is so fine . . . .

[MrRandomposter]

Who cares eightpans. Just (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)!!

[1malkyt]

went to watch scotland beat england in77 saw my first punk in petticoat lane and heard this.

[eteusner]

.....god I love this song..and this band...shame time changes all good things!!!

[shangrigreige]

another real boner

[broadly122]

i never get sick of this song...........effing brilliant!

[Rossmcg1]

ROCKIN

[68caddilac]

its so good i had to listen to it again they were tighter than a fishes rectum,'SELF RAISING FLOWERS'

[68caddilac]

one of the best songs ever, i haven't heard it for ages and now i'll be hearing it for days,'SELF RAISING FLOWERS'

[swampdogzz]

thanks HeyCaptainHowdy...the ad block plus works a treat :)

[HeyCaptainHowdy]

IF YOU'RE USING FIREFOX INSTALL AD BLOCK PLUS

IT BLOCKS VEVO AND EVERYTHING ELSE

NO MORE JEWTUBE !

[trekkian88]

but the money is no good... that's right VEVO.... get a metal rod up your asses

[thesimonginks]

Vevo is vexational, vapid and vaccuous

[merseybeast76]

These Vevo nuggets haven't even got the sense to at least try and match ad's to the vids. FFS how many music lovers who take the time to check out a Stranglers tune would be in the slightest bit interested in Will fucking Young? As the song say's: Get a Grip

[cmikex2]

This was their Punk Phase.

[DamnedDamnedDamned1]

@cmikex2 This shouldn't be labelled to any 'Phase' this is just the stranglers phase, they werent punk, electro or anything.. just the stranglers. I'm a huge punk fan, but i enjoy this one just as much as i enjoy 'strange little girl' my point being, don't label it mate.. just enjoy it.

[cmikex2]

@DamnedDamnedDamned1

I wasn't intending any disrespect.I love the song as well as much of their other stuff.I just thought it sounded that way,also it came out about that time.They did evolve further though with their other songs.

[Metathronos]

all of you complaining about VEVO, get firefox, get adblock plus and you will never again see any ads on any youtube video. I kept wondering why you people complained about vevo videos and ads and it wasn't until i got a new computer without the adblock extension that i saw what you meant, why would they do that shit? it's fucking annoying

[VFDrama]

@Metathronos Thanks for the tip. Now works on Chrome too ;)

[MyConversation]

Fuck Vevo, Fuck Lady Gag A, Fuck EMI

[yoqse486]

@MyConversation fuck you

[chumbersdee]

@MyConversation Why EMI?

[funincenmd]

Greenfield is actually Dr.  Anton Phibes

[drstevie]

R.I.P. Martin Rushent....top producer of so many classics.

[172Break]

@drstevie Totally agree.

[MrAltheArtist]

0:01

[spocksleftball]

get a grip on yourself...you should know...

[jodi183]

advertising sucks! what does it have to do with rock n' roll anyway?! hey corporations, shove your ads up your own asses. i don't want to look at your bullshit messages begging for us to buy your crap while i'm trying to watch pure art in the form of music on youtube. fuckin' ads are like piss on a wall.

[MrThehitmanz]

@jodi183

Yeah, its not like youtube needs any extra money

[ulujain]

Why I am seeing ads for Steve Tyler's ugly face in a Strangler's video?

[SirBanuTheFourth]

BEST SONG

[scaredypicker]

Brilliant

[patsaBK]

shane and marisa FTW !

[mauriciooq]

@patsaBK Shane? ._.

[xavo360]

hugh cornwell sooooo hot

[TheChinaRider]

coooooooooool.......

[IrishMetalCop]

I listen to this song at least once a day! I am not all that familiar with Stranglers, but this is really great music. If the Damned were the Beatles, these guys are the Rolling Stones of English Punk. When did they do this video and do they ever tour the U.S.??

[payney]

@IrishMetalCop Footage from 1978.Saw them in sheffield,uk on friday 31st march 2011 on the current 'Black & Blue' tour.Not sure if they still do USA dates but they used to.

[thestranglersfan]

Jason Smith "Beaker"  get a grip on yourself !

[affectionatepunch]

Fuck me Jet Black is 73 this year...

[tigerspuds]

@affectionatepunch Cant believe that JJB is 59... Good job I'm not getting any older. lol

[payney]

@tigerspuds He's not 59.He's currently 72! 

[tigerspuds]

@payney JJB was born on 21 February 1952... that makes him 59!

[SirBanuTheFourth]

@tigerspuds Jet Black is 72

[tigerspuds]

@SirBanuTheFourth I never said he wasn't.....

[SirBanuTheFourth]

@tigerspuds Oh yeah. sorry, i sent that to the wrong person

[tigerspuds]

@payney Are you dyslexic or something? You are confusing JB with JJB...... Brainless cunt.....

[JBalphagolf]

what an ace song, still sounds as fresh today as it did all those years ago

[goducks20101]

The 2 dislikers need to get a grip on themselves....only they'd go blind. Wankers all of 'em.

[chrisroberts999]

Way too good for the 'gobbing masses' who adopted them a s punk band.

[eddierat100]

check out Gerdie's Gerbers while listening to this music.  be sure to read the first paragraph.

[p1ngu45]

Great stuff,like the way they can chew and sing at the same time too..

[smmeegal]

All the best from me stranglers fan united !! xxxxxxxxxx

[BEAUTYCREEK]

Number 8 from The Stranglers Songs

[MrMDC01]

waS THERE AT THE TIME, KNEW IT WAS THE START OF CELEBRITY SHITE, TALENTLESS TWATS LIKE SID VICIOUS WERE PURE HYPE.

[teddybundy118]

@MrMDC01 Sid who? I know what ya saying mate. He wouldnt know what talent was if he had just injected it into his arm!! And as for vicious, i,d be more scared of that fucking slag nancy that he stabbed to death and rid the world of another slag parasite by doing so. None of the pistols had talent the only clever thing they had was Malcolm McClaren who used the 4 thick twats to make HIMSELF loads of dosh. Now,he had talent.

[ekolke]

Amazing! Just the best!

[harty2912]

Charlie Harper still goin strong and by far the best live act around and he's 66 and a real decent guy, you can have a good ghat with him. ( Outlasted the lot )

[greazybastard]

I love the fact that they're singing about money not being good, and playing in what looks like some kind of punk alternative underground basement to a very lucky select few! wish I was there, unfortunately I was 6 years away from being born

[maccagrabme]

These guys might look like old boys compared to todays kidz but damn they have something worthwhile singing about and the music is so much more creative. This group is worth 1000 new ones.

[teddybundy118]

@maccagrabme I like what ya saying mate. Youve got it spot on there. My favorite album of all time is a tie between Rattus norvegius by these old boys here and Give um enough rope by of course the Clash. Second best album ever has got to be "Fuck the Queen and all you other faggoty mother fucking bitch ass cocksuckers" by of course another old boy and one of my mums favorites Sir Cliff Richard. Actually Cliff,s follow up album "I,m sorted for L.S.D. Tabs and Crack mother fuckers" was also GOOD

[tigerhorsefield]

@teddybundy118 aye but wot about that one off album by the bee gees.''take me up the arse and shit in my face''..they dont make em like that anymore.

[teddybundy118]

@tigerhorsefield Damn good point, i forgot about that one. Of course we all knew that BG,s =E,s. They couldnt fool us druggies.

[tigerhorsefield]

@teddybundy118 ..if it wasnt for the drugs i could have been a small house...or even a bungalow.

[eightpans]

Vevo sucks ass how can you lead this vid with an advert

[dfwmw]

@eightpans mega ditto.

[slosh77]

those keyboards are killer

[slosh77]

vevo is evil

[foreverthewho]

2 people saw justin bieber on the background, sad...

[Ypipable]

My Dad's an asshole. Can't yank him off no how.

[BS3shocker]

I played the last gig there when it was squatted in the 80s

[Readingcoops]

@BS3shocker Where was the gig?

[BS3shocker]

@Readingcoops hope'n' anchor mate,upper st,islington,london,N1.....wou­ld of been 85 or 86 ,my gig that is

[Readingcoops]

@BS3shocker Cheers mate. Saw them for the first time myself back in 77 at the Apollo Ardwick in Machesrter.

[MultiNat33]

very nice. good job the stranglers.

[beatlenut65]

Great song,hate the fuckin ads that play at the start .

[FARGO2902]

BEST MUSIC VIDEO IN THE UNIVERSE BY FAR

[666HellKnight]

fuck off advertisement for queensland !

As if i wanna go holiday with bogun surfy scum

[DanielMatthewHerrera]

0:24

[kingfisher44]

even i can get away with that kind of dancing

[morkthehat]

My 4 year old daughters fave tune

[Class37Thrash]

@morkthehat nice to see the young generation getting into this :)

[levertrevel]

datti una calmata!

[noddyneeds]

Play this, put a copy of Sniffing Glue in your hands and you are transported back to 77/78. Now just think what things you would have done then if given the chance again.

[bennnnose]

This was a gig in Sydney I think. Some pub in Glebe.

[baggies5468]

@bennnnose It's the Hope and Anchor in London :-)

[kingofwaverly]

I didn't know Ted Dibiase was their drummer.

[IdolInternational]

@kingofwaverly hahahaahah thats so fucking funny he does look just like the million dollar man.

[aeschhere]

someone from the chattering classes wrote that he gave up on rock music when he heard the stranglers . what a tribute.

[Gozzillacia]

It rocks - it has that swing - it's brilliant.

[happentodie]

..stranglers....the thinking mans punk rock

[poopofdasea]

NUGGET !

[stadtrade102]

it,s only afewof the fucking wealthy who are good looking.brilliantt

[milenko1234567]

true talented artists toned down to fit teh punk era

[Vispateresa3]

Great song and video! Thanks for posting!

[jonnnnnayy]

dal santo for sure! This song is badass too.

[davej9859]

but the moneys no good!!

[estebanrivas95]

marissa dal santo shredds !!!

[Ypipable]

Playing hookie is fun. You might learn something....

[Douger666]

This one is right up there with peaches and golden brown, great energy.

[NYrocknrollbitch]

@Douger666 damn right.

[MrRushhans]

Best punk band ever...

But i don;t hear it..

...it's london punk rock.....

Sex pistols is punk...

[wuckingmordsfuddled]

I didn't appreciate The Stranglers the first time around, but what fantastic lyrics!!!!!

[southendboi17]

one ofbest tunes ever

[CapeLinuX]

Stranglers forever !!!

[Ypipable]

Happy Birthday You Tube.

[emmo73]

Prong did a nice cover of this song on their Prove You Wrong-album.

[kikass666]

the Keys make my hair stand on end :)

[hausramjibhaipatel]

full of energy and thrill!!

[Buggerlugz000]

Steve Jones hated TheStranglers- Why? These blokes were good !!!

[caradepotorocks]

@Buggerlugz000 hell yeah theyre good, man, but look at the difference from the sex pistiols and the stranglers!!!

[perthgloryboy]

@Buggerlugz000 ....It was jealousy!!!!

[comagirlfriend]

I play this before every band practice.

[ttbiffer]

Contains one of the greatest song lyrics ever - "comitted foreign sanities & crimes against the soul, but the worst crime that I ever did was play some rock n roll"!!!!!!!!!!!

[KJP1964]

That's 'for insanity...'

[MrBrooke66]

@ttbiffer the lyric is 'committed for insanity...' ie sent to a mental institution which is also called 'committed'

[MrBrooke66]

@ttbiffer the lyric is 'committed for insanity' ie sent to a mental hospital.

[ovresmot]

Awesome song STRANGLERS RULE

[Meteotrance]

i saw them in live fucking awesome, Jet Black the drumer still knock your head at the age of 71 !!! and Burnell awesome as always !!!

now i understand why Shinichiro Watanabe have named is Charater Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop, is a fucking fan boy of this band !!! ^^

[johnrfc1972]

love this

[Ajsnedd1]

Not bad for a bunch of hippies

[DanAndHoe]

@Ajsnedd1

you wanna hear hippie music?

'Matthews southern comfort: Woodstock'

That's hippie!

[DanAndHoe]

@DanAndHoe

How do you write it?

hippy or hippie?

[johnsmithatx]

@Ajsnedd1

Seriously? DO they look like a bunch of hippies? They are punk and would smash a hippies face!!!!

[johnrfc1972]

@johnsmithatx think yer hard eh not punk new wave get yer facts right or we will

[WestAucksNZ]

70's absolute classic!!!! you wont find better bass or keyboards anywhere....

Hugh is the man..!!!!!

[hunchybunker]

lip sync

[TheSamDracuwolf]

Lol, Blitzspeer is downing all the nearby comments because it makes him laugh. Well, fine, I'll praise comments for my amusement. Awesome song, BTW. David Greenfield is very talented.

[kelvkitty]

blitzspeer your a moron lol what way do you spell colour ?

[blitzspeer]

Sounds like A typical faggy English shit; too bad we have to help England every time they start a war.

[DanAndHoe]

@blitzspeer

Are you American or something?

If you are,

America needed two wars to get really social!

And the song sounds great! Like most of their songs.

Greetings from the Netherlands!

[happentodie]

@blitzspeer wanker ....

[perthgloryboy]

@blitzspeer you only get involved so you can bomb us and call it friendly fire. We should pull out of Iraq and let the ragheads wipe the floor with you like the gooks did in 'Nam!!!!!! hahahahah!!!! War is where everyone wipes the floor with the yanks!!!!!

[sofakingdrunk66]

Raw Energy fae start to finish... CLASSIC...

[Ambidextrouskater]

fuck you ..you dont know shit

[MrVinylJunkie]

What a Tosser!!!,Such a Classic Song!!!

[FoeignRogue]

awesome keyboards?

THE ENTIRE BAND IS AWESOME!

there is just nothing like the stranglers and i doubt there ever will.

[HumanPuddingPgh]

awesoem keyboards

[HumanPuddingPgh]

awesome.

[UnderWearNinjas]

i love to skate to this band..

r.i.p shane cross

you were the best skater and a tribute video made me relize what great music you likde

[wizzobond]

Great track should of been a top 5 hit

[itcamefromthefuture]

I just discovered the Stranglers-- I love the sound and d the feel of their music. They have a punky edge but a down to earth soul-- it's like some of the old David Bowie songs that I grew up liking-- but it's what Bowie was trying to imitate -- this is the real deal.

[SabrinusH1c]

You should check out there Raven album, was at the Raven tour in Bristol years ago and was amazing, not the normal stranglers stuff, but excellent none the less.

[chuckxtc999]

toward the end of my time in college a friend game a cassette of rattus norvegicus,and this song stuck out like a sore thumb! love jj's bass line,and dave 's rolling piano licks...

[upcambornehill]

This venue looks like the basement at the Hope and Anchor, Islington....any thoughts anyone?

[hampden12]

ah reckon its the cells in paisley cop shops jile (jail/holding room/dairy)...?

[Frankiebboy]

I agree, looks like Upper street..

[NormanNormality]

It is!!!!!

[rutlandplace]

We can NEVER FORGET that time in our lives when PuNk RoCk came along and took us on a ride that would be part of HISTORY.1977..PISTOLS CLASH DAMNED STRANGLERS.WHICH EVER YOU THINK COMES FIRST IS OK BY ME.P.S SID VICIOUS WOZ RIGHT .

[coffycup75]

My favorite Stranglers song. I looooove it.

[Ypipable]

Ya, that's why I still listen to you, bunch of sobs...hehehe!!!

[rutlandplace]

Great early vid of one of the Best punk bands EVER.went to cabra Grand to see them 1980 the local mods spoiled that night.Dublin punks forever..Im 50 now folks.

[amalnairstmarys]

punk punk punk is in my heart

[appbadder]

its the Doors in 70's Britain

[1956aries]

TRESBELA, that is like saying I should have been born in the '40s so I could appreciate Elvis. I was lucky enough to see The Stranglers 5 times in the mid-late 70s. I am still discussing with University mates via email today (25/12/2009) whether Dave Greenfield or Rick Wakeman was the better keyboard player. Up to the individual?

[almklit]

Rick wakeman was a closet stranglers fan.

[alouisab]

3:30 :)

[HurinSteadfast]

Awesome keyboard.

[BIGMC1300]

Musicians, musicians and you cant get a better compliment than that !

[Rawlinson18]

Good that Mr cornwell wrote this before he got banged up for possesion of illegal substances, i love the man by the way.

[akastuntfish]

dave greenfields a bit of a wizard on the keys...

[DustOnTheRoad]

Love those keyboards, synthesizer, whatever it is, awesome.

[fialcz]

but the mahney's no gooood

[Ypipable]

Nice ad in...

oh never mind...

[MrNicespaces]

If you mini-gun the Eagles and the BeeGees, the 70's had some very very hot shit going on. Progressive rock, fusion, punk. It's been pretty boring since.

[washingliquid]

long live 1977!

i personally hated growing up in the 70s but 1977 in particular produced some of the best music ever.

[rutlandplace]

Hey jene still have yur offy.The surrey pumpkins down the m4.

[tolmiecfc]

fucking magic thats all i can say miss hugh

[weenyone]

He released an album earliest this year or late last year