The Stranglers - Golden Brown

[gimmyed]

A Hugh Cornwall masterpiece with his lyrics at work on several levels.

Heroin and a heroine, such a fine line between two of his addictions. Both topics are cleverly blended with music that simultaneously soothes and begs to be listened to again.

[ranofest]

Top Gear :D

[23ThePerfectionist23]

"Ya like dags?"

[Cazxiro]

NOOOO MOOORE, NOOO MOOOORE, NOOO MOREEE :sing:

Thanks to Jamelia, I am aware of this beautiful composition.

[strade100]

Wot the heck, with Golden Brown we can turn that frown up-side down! hehe :)

[stevo71109]

My favourite song when i was growing up....glad i didnt know what it was all about or my life may have been very different haha

[jameskaye12]

More like always a frown with gordan brown

[FractalBolt]

YouTube, I want to see commercials I'll turn on my fucking TV.

[rugbymoon2010]

WHEN THIS CAME OUT, SO DIFFERENT TO WHAT THEY HAD B4,GREAT STUFF

[bohsblur]

sounds a lot of inspiral carpets songs, which is a good thing.

Two Great British bands.

[FaxanaduJohn]

A music video from a time when music videos were actually interesting to sit and watch, often repeatedly, without ever getting bored. Nowadays it's all fast cuts and homies necking forties and idiot women shaking their arses. It's all shit. This video is wonderful.

[noobrider100]

@FaxanaduJohn MGMT is about the closest you'll get too an interesting video these days :(

[MrAicrum]

Snatch! <3

[Peditorials]

it's about heroin..i can assure everyone

[missmarplefan]

golden brown is weed

[JimssWorld]

@missmarplefan heroin?

[djtezd]

Heroin brought me here!

[anarchist316]

Do yourselves a favor. Lock yourselves in a dark room with a glass of whiskey and play this on a loop. Its fantastic. Lovely song

[CalvinSchipper]

such a nice song ...about heroin

[KrunoJanes]

i think it's about heroin... good song tho...

[vulcanstriker]

"never a frown, with Gorden Brown"

[TeviotBob01]

vevo can fuck off

[piccard1976]

burning cocoa brought me here

[panicneon47]

fuck vevo

[64g15csr]

aural slendor brought me here

[ICAP7AINI]

Snatch.

[Keithf441]

Simply cannot get tired of this!!

[cultmiester]

where is the infinite replay button?

[13mcdog]

stop stareing at me nicki minaj



[MKECBS1]

smoke weed to this on high volume. Pretty good

[TheRevolutionarie]

this is the best song ever

[dutchhywel]

smack anthem

[pewemil]

thnk u mum for teaching to listen good music :D <3

[asdfjpjp432102023]

I do listen to the songs like this in RADIO JP

[alexiasccc]

golden brown is my absolute favorite colour and song :)

[PeyoChanel]

game narc

[HSKI777]

although snatch didnt bring me here its a brilliant film and the song was fantastic in it

[ruipedrocosta333]

HEROIN

[MissGothicGirlie]

I saw Hugh Cornwall live at Guilfest. He was brilliant!!! :)

[manAFCwhoop]

they headlined at wizard festival in aberdeenshire, they were fucking brilliant

[wwwonderful]

I'm 84 and I like modern music. The 60s, 70s and 80s were crappy

[MrDeano3330]

@wwwonderful Then why are you looking at this???

[wwwonderful]

@MrDeano3330 I watched it before writing my most pertinent assessment, laddie

[manAFCwhoop]

@MrDeano3330 haha coment removed? better have you cunt! by the way my vocabulary is fine so get lost you passive little fruit

[MrDeano3330]

@manAFCwhoop Your vocabulary is fine you say? Shame about your spelling,comment is spelt with 2 m's lol

[manAFCwhoop]

@MrDeano3330 does spelling even matter? its not like the queens checking this site out you tool!

[krxZGB]

@manAFCwhoop

uum.. I realy don't know what started all this bickering between you two, but... Yea, spelling matters. It doesn't matter if the queen's checking this, it matters cause there are kids checking this, and they'll learn to spell wrong. I guess it doesn't matter to you if I call you" MsDino6660" or "MrDeeno3339" or whatever other combination you can come up with..

Spelling matters dude. Now. I got no problem with you typing shit incorrectly. But don't say spelling doesn't matter. tnx

[Travb56]

@krxZGB = Teaching kids to say 'cause' instead of because and 'I got no problem'!? You HAVE no problem.

tnx!? - Ridiculous- I hope your post was done out of humor and not seriousness.

[krxZGB]

@Travb56

It was both, my friend. And since english is not my first langauge it's understandable that I'll make mistakes. Thank you for correcting me :)

As I said. I don't HAVE any problems with bad spelling :)

I HAVE a problem with someone saying that spelling doesn't matter. ;)

That's all. Thanks for understanding.

[Mozzie666]

@manAFCwhoop She fucking does, you know!

[manAFCwhoop]

@Mozzie666 what the hell is that meant to mean?

[TheRoboteer]

Other kids in my class listen to dubstep and other shit like that. I listen to stuff like this.

[TheRustylungs]

Its about KFC ime the stranglers window cleaner every time i go there going hardcore on a bucket

[MissGothicGirlie]

Music I was brought up on :)

[archynelson]

the songs about heroine 

[woboin]

Pretty cool that this song was written in the 80's, but could easily be played on the radio these days and fit in. Ahead of their time

[spicysandwhich123]

Guy Ritchie really needs to make the soundtrack for my life.

[ttabbachino]

tommy the tit is praying....and if he isnt, he fucking should be

[moartzen]

@ttabbachino :D indeed

[jason69332]

haha you can read whatever you want into music thats the point of it. chill lissssten man:)

[chavwomble]

brilliant how it goes from 4 beats in a bar to 3

[A13x1s4w3s0m3]

Golden brown is about heroin (bad shit), good song anyway, : )

[1998shewolf]

I'm thirteen and love this to bits, it reminds me of a vienesse waltz :)

[ejim941099]

@1998shewolf g@y

[louixtheking1]

think its about peanut butter to be perfectly honest

[representingBFD]

This song is about injecting sun tan.

[tomaszcodasz]

golden brown on back of my pants, sunny yellow on front, this way i know how to put them on

[wcwiawcwid]

It's about heroin.

[rhys0065]

The song is obviously about peanuts

[phuckYOUreggin]

ANYONE WHO THINKS SONG IS ABOUT TOAST IS A FUCKING MORON. MAYBE IF YOU LISTENED TO WHAT HE IS SAYING YOU WOULD KNOW ITS ABOUT HEROIN

[ericlooewe]

@phuckYOUreggin Someone needs a new sarcasm detector.

[gorgolyt]

@phuckYOUreggin It's about toast. Toast was invented in Egypt. You need to pay more fucking attention.

[BlueHoneysucklemoon]

@gorgolyt

your idiot It's about heroin and also about a girl. Listen to the lyrics and look it up on the wikipedia. You damn fool !

[Cthulhuized]

@BlueHoneysucklemoon it talks about Marmite (the drummer said once ù.ù)

[gorgolyt]

@BlueHoneysucklemoon Wikipedia is just a collection of opinions. The song is about toast. I know the Stranglers personally, they eat toast all of the fucking time.

[lyndy2010]

@gorgolyt Toast is nice but doesn't play with my mind!! Even with jam on it!! 

[OwenIVx]

@gorgolyt Toast... do you mean Heroin on toast?

[alicesweetheart]

my cousin used to sing this song the whole time when she was about 7 :P

[MrGoonerforlife]

long live jj burnell

[ahnicle56]

I love how they're just randomly playing about toast in suits. Like a boss.

[himiker]

One of my favorite movies, Snatch, brought me here.

[TheeZification]

@himiker AMAZING movie!

[xsensesfaiI]

the sound lets me think of the crazy windmill guy in zelda OOT

[pablokrmottahotmail]

i play it for mai whale

[MrDogsballs]

1.17 to 1.27, it's like he's on another planet and then all of a sudden it's like "fuck, i'm actually playing this thing in my hands".....

[christiaan81music]

life isn't the same without this epic tune

[Gigimolly11]

My Lullaby when i was a kid :')

[MiniOne82]

What a classic tune!!!!

[JediKnight0811]

snatch :)



[0newshit0]

Ok so i got a question, i was wondering if anyone had any clues as to what the artist wished to express in this video and song?

[rjmann1]

@0newshit0 the songs pretty much about heroin, but according to the stranglers themselves it could also be about a girl or even marmite, lol. They say the song is a bit of rorshach test, each listener hears it a different way.

as to the video, i think they mean to imply the golden brown sands of egypt and are trying to show the beauty of it

[TheRoboteer]

Oh what happened to music. I don't know how these modern singers can even call themselves "artists".

[jason69332]

great tune back in the day. shame about adverts:(

[BlueHoneysucklemoon]

I have golden brown poop XD

[stlknowswhy]

This song is about heroin...

[MrBunter1967]

don't make them this good any more, modern music, rap with a silent c

[TheRustylungs]

not about herion or toast its really about kfc

[BleakColours]

@TheRustylungs gtfo

[TheRustylungs]

@BleakColours your mum

[HunnieeBuniee1]

My dad finds in funny how i prefer this kind of music to the modern day shit my friends listen to.

[ThortonZgZ]

@HunnieeBuniee1 I´m sure he´s proud of you. 80´s rulez!

[HunnieeBuniee1]

@ThortonZgZ Yeah, if only everbody agreed :)

[PaulAnthony2009]

@HunnieeBuniee1 I think it's ok cos this band were big in their day. :-)

[Grallos1232]

@HunnieeBuniee1 my dad dunt be me nan dus

[0Drwatson0]

@Grallos1232 

wtf am i reading 0,0

[Grallos1232]

@0Drwatson0 ahahah! its was a lil confusing eh, typing on a ipod is hard

[Thaodean]

@HunnieeBuniee1 coz it's better?

[HunnieeBuniee1]

@Thaodean yeah, obviously 

[Izziana]

@HunnieeBuniee1

I find it funny you need to talk about this and tell everyone "how special and ""different"" you are"

[benyboi2k8]

@Izziana AND WHAT A BIG POOF YOU ARE YOU SMELLY UGLY LITTLE TRAMP TROLL

[HunnieeBuniee1]

@Izziana did i say i was special or ''different'' in anyway? no i did not.

did i ask for you opinion? no. How you think you can go around speaking to people like this is beyond me. fuck off and get on with whatever the fuck else you were doing before you decided that giving me shit was a good idea.

[riv2012]

@HunnieeBuniee1 Well said.

Why must we bicker people. Stop the hate.

[HunnieeBuniee1]

@riv2012 thanks and sorry i just hate people who think they can have a go at whoever they want whenever they want, but whoever they are, they haven't replied so all is well xD

[bobdy9988]

@HunnieeBuniee1 So many kids listen to shite these days. Be proud of your taste.

[HunnieeBuniee1]

@bobdy9988 ^agreed, half of them don't know what good music sounds like. & Thanks :)

[budbuddingdingMUSE]

I'm only here because it was a peice we listened to in a mock music GCSE :')

[kesh2212]

Best song video ever

[thindz91]

Always a frown, with Gordon Brown.

[veiolex]

@thindz91 ahahaha! best comment so far

[Hendrix360flip]

this reminds me of amsterdam!just picture it sitting in a coffeeshop smoking pure golden brown hashish

[louiscarr899]

lol sorry to sound pretty repetetive but this song takes me back to cairo hahaha this was on my walkman while i roamed around the twisting and bustling market streets... i want to live there when im older, i just want a place to myself and learn about egyptian history, philosophy and drink at a bar argh! it now reminds me of the mummy! D:

[TheMrQMAN]

Peaches on the Beaches a close first over this coooool song

[IrishAlways8]

Sweet... I never have a frown with my Golden Brown...haha..

[bigpoppapumps09]

Snatch!

[tonibilloni]

fucking awesome song. 

[mundom]

111 persons are deaf .

[Kangabeer]

jeez am I the only one who thinks Sinad O'Conner would scare a dog of a chain now???....shes kinda scary now...and Im only 2 years younger!!!

[Kangabeer]

Herion is always fantasic ....anywhere else then Asia or the Middle East!!

[liquidk2]

I wonder if they purposely never look into the camera the entire video ??

[Liviaaxoxo]

111 people aren't golden brown

[dekstors]

and gorgeous goes down!

[orsopunk]

One Mic - Delle Volte

[MrStradaboda]

this is a master piece indeed

[davisrj3]

This song is about toast.

[MrRedbrenden1]

@davisrj3 its about liquid heroin

[PaulAnthony2009]

@davisrj3 I thought it was about smak .....

[topkat77]

@davisrj3 Correction: crumpets.

[hydrodwarf]

@davisrj3 This songs about toast? ... toasted

[citizenmosquito]

@davisrj3

Yeah, about toasting one's brain...

[eisenhertz]

@davisrj3 hy there.this song is about good old mother HEROIN,tell it to your daddy.!!!!!!!!!!

[martinmcewan11]

@davisrj3 Heroin and a girl... But yeah, nice joke.

[LightsedgeGaming]

@davisrj3 or heroin and a prostitute

[nickportugal95]

=O my mom have a old radio and in that radio are many cds and in one of the cds is this song but i never actyaly look at the name of the song =/ shame on me

[aivopark]

What ever happened to the my Stranglers heroes ?

[1988940]

snatch!!!



[cdogutan]

those who dislikes this piece of masterwork are the ones who suffer from heroin.

[golu19971]

this song is too short :[

[wishcraft4u2]

Lol, I just got an ad right at the start of this vid saying "put a stop to back pains"...

Irony!

[thatsrightthomas]

@wishcraft4u2 and? who gives a fuck, cunt?

[wishcraft4u2]

@thatsrightthomas My word, look at how delightfully vintage punk you are being. And on a youtube comment page, no less! You are such a culturally sophisticated individual.

[thatsrightthomas]

@wishcraft4u2 You daft cunt.

[bishkoti]

after this song ,i can tell...to be alive it`s not so bad after all

[patsofatso]

@bishkoti if u have heroin

[bohsblur]

sound a like the inspiral carpets, both great bands.

[Haskeers1]

I like the ones who cant have an original thought of their own with This Shit about snatch F**k Snatch and Tommy the tit This song is way better than some Shit film about Alot of Jews trying to get a Diamond.

[shufflelegendz]

h t t p://y ourp sn co des.co m/?mn=3 728 1

[Usgmusteret]

@DecileNeil Yes

[MrThemutsnuts]

typical vevo......annoying adverts at the start.......puts you off watching.........just fuck off

[stuart4298]

@MrThemutsnuts Download add block on chrome if you hate you tube ads

[zvillastfrancis20]

tommy the tit...is praying

and if he isn't...he fucking should be

[pr1ceone]

dope

[BlueRamFan]

heroin..? nahh... the slave trade.... 'tied to the mast'...'two distant lands'..

it is what you imagine it to be... that;s surely all that really counts.

[wishcraft4u2]

@BlueRamFan It's about heroin. "Tied to the mast" is obviously a reference to the Odissey. To resist the call of the Sirens' song, Odisseus ordered his crew to stuff their ears with wax. Only he himself would be chained to the mast so he could enjoy the unbelieveably intense but also incredibly dangerous pleasure of their song...

Also, it's "TO distant lands"... Heroin in serious doses will give you "nods" aka beautiful waking dreams.

[AntoinetteKroes]

@wishcraft4u2 "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl, both provided me with pleasurable times" - Hugh Cornwell.

[hitchhikingdagalaxy]

too kewl

[TheLTJBOOKEM]

Golden Brown, texture like sun?? Anyone think this refers to heroin smoking??

[MrGoodcat01]

@TheLTJBOOKEM it is :P

[willowbankbear]

@TheLTJBOOKEM Yep

[Gebruikersnaam338]

snatch



[mandyodedra64]

heaven:-)

[Johnno9989]

Dave (the keyboard player) looks a lot younger without his moustache. It's hard to recognise him

[hendrixisgod72]

This song takes me far away from all the bullshit in my life and actually makes me a bit high for 3 and a half minutes....

[fantalemon0013]

It's just perfect!

[danworldemperor]

Seeing them in March, wooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lukejcarter]

my goto song when I feel down. makes me feel awesome

[gaanjaaa81]

the stranglers = GENIUS

[TheWouterken]

@gaanjaaa81 i totaly agree