Storm The Embassy-Stray Cats

[rawone72]

postpunk, new wave ??? what the hell are you people talking about its only rocknroll and i like it

[57Tanja]

So sollten wir es machen!

[CaptainHurricane]

I agree, this is punk rock, not rockabilly. Versatile band eh.

[tallerjosemaria]

@CaptainHurricane I disagree, it's postpunk or new wave.

[Diogenes1360]

You young people will never get it . . You had to be alive and be a young bastard in 1978-79 to understand what was going on . . with music and politics . . Stop comparing this time to people and things from "your" time and generation . . Its BULLSHIT . .

[eksmit3]

@Diogenes1360 History and sentiment repeating 30 years later...

[KlaYde12]

Always thought this song was some strange cross between Link Wray (the opening chords), Judas Priest (the main palm muted riff) and the classic Stray Cats songs... Oddball for them, awesome combination for my tastes.

[mrsjanina68]

YEAAAHHHH, great song in a great time

Thanks for posting

[zeusl074]

Freaking sweet! It's like rockabilly punk! Awesome!

[thebarchord]

@zeusl074 its called psychobilly :D

[Velia555]

for all you youngsters who weren't even thought of when Rockabilly came out... Rockabilly was the original Punk music!

[jerste]

There came several guys surfing the rockabilly-banana wave. But this ain't Robert Gordon. Besides, punks don't storm embassies, they ROCK THE CASBAH!

[tangerineskyline1]

not much changes in the middle east been going on thousands of years. lifes short pity we cant live and let live fantastic lyrics

[BReaKiNBoNeZ]

I just love the guys drumset. Concert snare, kick bass and a crash cymbal to ride on hahah

[JaymzSuperSport]

I dont give a damn what you want to call it. It's one of the best songs from Stray Cats ever, imo.

[chelseapeg]

Was the best song and wots changed

[NYver4get]

The "Bloodless Pharaohs" version..."Boys having Babies" is superior .

[STONESBOY74]

its a bloody stray cats classic,rockabilly,punkabilly who cares its grate

[Tjorvz1]

Punkabilly? Anyone?

[tearts1]

it's punkabilly

[sandro88]

best song of Stray Cats

[ytnelp]

they should have armed irans worst enemies. surely that would have sorted the problem out . LOL. smart american! thinking. great song though.

maybe helped out irans second worst enemies in afghan too?

[crazystam007]

this is POST PUNK!

[40951]

nuke the country dont storm the embassy

[meharidude]

Well Setzer did in Bloodless Pharaoes, basically a punk band. His clothes does signal punk as well as rockabilly..

Anyway, the song is about the hostage situation at the Teheran Embassy where 48 hostages were taken captive, the song says 50 (not 15)..

[bijaj]

my favorite song if i have to choose one

[richardxs]

Absolutely Right....this is punk from the Cats...what a fucking great tune, fucking big Stray Cats...FIVE STARS!!! for this tune and video

[IDFrules]

Those same students are now running the country and look where we are now...a defiant nuclear Iran...G-d help us all

[mikeystrafford]

But the most important question has to be..... Does Claude Nob?

LOL

Mikey xx

[cheliux19]

@mikeystrafford never got that.. care to explain?

[ramonexpulsado]

like a punk

[PlaywrightsLab]

@Parsa9

Actually, the SAS did storm the Iranian Embassy in London to end that hostage crisis. I think you're thinking of the American Embassy in Iran.

Technically, Jimmy Carter did try to storm it as well, but sandstorms forced the helicopters to abort the operation which was quite costly for him politically.

Ultimately the release of the American hostages was negotiated behind the scenes in the notorious Arms for Hostages deal.

[RedHeadVicky]

Loving the graffitti behind them...'Have a wank' ! :-D

[Straycat5669]

I love the cats but its cool that they stopped playing, cause its makes people crave their sound even more!!!!

[MJFAN216]

this is better that album cover because this is true rock punk

[JoeMulk]

The Stray Cats did punk pretty well

[lynnbee666]

I have a pet cat inhouse and one or two outside cats that I have a cat house and provide liquids and food daily

[lynnbee666]

I found it funny that they did not delete a security guard throwing someone off the stage

[RedHeadVicky]

@lynnbee666 wow yeah! But you can tell Brian was thrown by it!

[lynnbee666]

I am the strangest anti war protester protester that you will ever see in your life

[lynnbee666]

@lynnbee666 we need world war three now in the middle east

[lynnbee666]

The Russian troops should give us backup in Afghanistan since they started this conflict, Chinese troops could also appear too since they are dependent on Americans to buy their products.

[lynnbee666]

Right On for Stray Cats.

[JoesRamone]

The Cats should've done more political songs, 'cos like this song shows us, they knew what they were talking about, they weren't just shouting rethorics or flagging the whole goverment nazies or whatever. This is what I call proper punk rock 8D

[Blechi]

wow... really untoped

[callmeic]

god i wonder if thats the same bassman hes had in every live performance ive seen of him, thatd be tight

[meharidude]

@callmeic Lee Rocker rarely supports Setzer, unless they´re the complete Stray Cats trio. So if you saw Setzer alone or with the Nasvllians or BSO it's almost 100% certain that Lee didn't support him.

[collareddove7]

Way better than 'Boys Having Babies' :3

[smartalex1122]

the set reminds me of the Italian movie "Demons" Great song, setzer n the cats are dope

[Pestpocke21]

well thats not rockabilly but punk\metal style

but its good anyway

[smartalex1122]

true, this is back when he use to play punk

[RockyWhyNot]

*sigh*

Great Band!

[JeverbeiStuhlmacher]

"Storm the iranian embassy..." it was kind of prophetic...

[tallerjosemaria]

@JeverbeiStuhlmacher The USA shooting at you and me (or here and there).

[MsMorko]

I have to go and look for my Stray Cats tapes=)

Nostalgic. I don't like this live stuff so much...

[jaywemm]

mmm vox bottom with fender head-

[Parsa9]

It;s almost 30 years later.... it's too bad they didn't take Brian's advice. :)

Oh, and I agree, this is punk from the 'Cats.

[yourembryo]

Thats what I have been saying:)

[yourembryo]

its amazing. I have always thought the music industry would have to put them in Vegas. Not only Brian, but the entire trio of Stray Cats. They are that good together. Maybe they don't want that :-)

[ytnelp]

@Parsa9

they should have armed irans worst enemies. surely that would have sorted the problem out . LOL. smart american! thinking. great song though.

maybe helped out irans second worst enemies in afghan too?

[Lunarlush]

@Parsa9 What was his advice??

[NBM3]

Will Some one please post the original version of this song by Brians earlier band NY's,"Bloodless Pharoahs".

Any BP's ...please .

[Peytonsbeard]

man i have that cd and its great. in that version its called boys are having babies.

[mattdean6]

This is really cool . It's almost like the calsh.

 I've always loved the cats but never heard this . AWESOME

[elf123456]

que merca el setzer booo

[Shakeytwoswords]

Brilliant song. Why does he waist his talent singing about tatoos, cars and women. This is an incredible protest song.

[urrachunt]

AWESOME! Wish theyd get back for another gig!!!!

[Hoogleish]

The Stray Cats were amazing. This song still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Great stuff!!!!

[philosopheromone]

The song is about urging Americans to storm the Iranian embassy here on our soil, as revenge for the goddamned evil Iranian shitheads holding 52 of our citizens hostage for 444 days in 1980-81. Don't you people remember or understand anything?

[Ampex101]

It's funny how most rockabilly ppl don't get that this IS Punk,and deny it by trying to be condescending.

Deny it all you want but i doubt you are fans of music just another bunch of posers,no better then the new age kids that listens to MTV.

I love Rockabilly but some of the listeners seems to be inbreed dumb asses,if you don't feel pointed out by my comment you shouldn't care.

[coffehouseblues]

fuck yes, brother you understand!

[kgarofalo71]

@Ampex101 "Storm the Embassy" and possibly "Rumble in Brighton" might have have that 3-chord unpolished "punk" sound... but you dont rock a Gretsch guitar and a Slap King double bass and call it ANYTHING but Rockabilly. The Beastie Boys did a couple punk songs, there is no time that they have been referred as "punk" though.

[RmonSP]

@Ampex101

I do not deny this is a punk song, however, most of the Stray Cats' songs are simply Rockabilly.

[ALKalashnikov]

@RmonSP Rockandroll and even the blues were punk before that term exists. We just got a name now to refer the combination of some special characteristics. Genres are just for practical use, nobody should take them too serious.

[Kammler03]

"CATS RULE" !!!

Thanx !!!

[boerkeboerke]

1:10 wtf?

[Taikis1234]

great song, my favourite of all time

[cinedeguerrilla]

Los tiempos de la guerra fría tuvieron que ser escalofriantes. Hoy por hoy, esta letra suena algo dura, pero en fin, es un temazo.

[yourembryo]

Well Los tempo was somewhat agresso

[tribalheadz]

Deader the song is about terrorism is it not ?

[yourembryo]

OK.

[tribalheadz]

Cool song.

Fuck Terrorism.

[Deader87]

What does Terrorism got to do with The Stray Cats I wonder?

[thenshekissedme]

one of my fav song

[emobile505]

this is one of the coolest geo-political songs ever done, up there with anything the clash did. really well-educated lyrics about the fear a lot of people felt when it happened.

[jchrisbox]

Agree except the clash were never that specific...

Serves history well that this Stray Cats act (bbc censored - sigh.) is available today. (thanks to the (former) west german broadscasting com. and "Rock-palast")

The: "Is my son dying?" line still hurts after 20 years...

[CBMAN]

oh and awesome guitar sound too

[CBMAN]

wow. awesome to see it live.

[ganmit]

MUITO LOUCO ESSE VIDEO...

[adda89]

haha it says have a wank on the wall?

[Chftn]

Never heard three persons can make so much voice, with quality...OK, there is Dead Kennedys too.

[PlaterMan87]

This song is badass. The solo puzzles me a little, though.

[adda89]

they looks pretty drunk, i guess its just creativity flowing eh.

[crazystam007]

tempo 's running like a punkrock song. much faster than recorded version.B.Setzer really wild. ironical comment to USA-IRAN rivalry great performance thank u for post

[whitemanquelch1]

yeah,even better to watch it stoned,my rats just asked for a rizla, a silver...........snob

[joeestevez]

Is it me or do they seem off their faces in this clip?

[dfarmbrough]

Listening to this again, this is much faster than the recorded version

[ryder92111]

Fantastic. I can't believe someone had this.

[donjuliodelcarstello]

Love it!

[BillieXBudd]

you guys should go to imeem nd search brian setzer and the bloodless pharoahs ive upload the whole cd :]

[hamouranged]

oui yen a ki connaisse les stray cats il sont genialle

[ricostraver]

wow, great intro, great riff !

[bahrsalic]

this is the best song of the stray cats-cool good version-herzlichen dank an den rockpallast!!!!!

[skunx1964]

this song was originaly done by the bloodless pharoahs, if im not mistaken. it was an earlier, more punkrock band of brians....

[squirrelnutcased]

it is actually the same music and melody as a bloodless pharoahs song called "boys having babies"...just new lyrics.

[theface79]

So stupid - and yet so true

[Ampex101]

It's always been that way i think it's stupid

and silly why not just get along you know..

but then again it's only the ignorant ones who cares about such stupidity,and cant get along theres always a bad apple somewhere..

Peace...

[Ampex101]

I was reffering to the real DIY punk,

Not some corporate money makeing shit band..

[radiosweethearts]

Green Day eat you feckin' heart out.

[Ampex101]

Punk and Rockabilly arent so far away as some peopple might think,Rockabilly was rebloius crazy and outrages back in the 50s,parents went crazy cause their kids where listning too it,in a way it's the same for Punk it was rebaloius and crazy.

Both are awesome Imo,It's all good.

Peace..

[Tazza1]

Teddys vs punkers...

[mcfatiedamp]

it was like that at the high school i went too

haha funny shit man when you see the psycho/rockabilly kids fight with the punks XD

[redhotSchillerpepper]

Legend of legends...My most favorite song from Stray Cats and one of best songs ever

[Lucilleismyguitar]

1:14 who is that guy? xD

[yourembryo]

Gotta remember, those were perilous times. Probably an Iranian student

[mikeystrafford]

That burning question.... Does Claude Nob? - lol

[youtska13]

+1 Fan Français, superbe version!

[stefcat7]

je suis un fan des stray cats en en particulier de cette chanson

[yourembryo]

My sweet Lord.

[dakotahplaysguitar]

showing how the stray cats do punk also.

[anarchygaby]

Je sais bien que les francais sont au top shit au niveau musique mais c'est grave si y'en a pas un qui connait stray cats ;)

[Gutti59]

si si y'en a ! ^^

[yaycelesteyay]

was that guy trying to attack them? ehhhh

[Nixolus]

No, he jumped the stage to dance like a massive loser and impress his dipshit friends, happens at every concert.

[fanfantomtomette]

Y'a pas de français fan de cette chanson ou quoi?

[yourembryo]

I can tell you exactly where he came up with this line: "Its a heartache and its hard luck. Well thats tough shit, man its no fun" That was what every European probably said to him when he wanted to talk about the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Its the same way they always say get used to the high gas prices. Its their way of saying "get used to terrorism". Ive heard it from them before. im not saying they are wrong, but I'll bet Brian was just giving it back to them in this show.

[Riv300]

this is the most intenses stray cats i have ever seen!! i mean.... i knew that they were more of a punk band to start, but....wow.

[davidgilmour01]

It's cool. Beside all those "good-times" rockabily theres this song with a deep message. I was really happy surprised, when I first heard through the first stray cats ablum :)

great band, great album, great song. GREAT MUSIC!!

[yourembryo]

I lost interest on the last time.

[fredo680203]

magic formidable giant ...

[rockabillyhepcat13]

love the guy that runs up at 112, crazy muthafucka

if he hurt slim i woulda killed him though

[kingmonkeymike]

yeah, looks like he's sure taken something... but he can still play!! That guitar sound is something else!

[coogr78]

Wow ..... This brings back so many memories of when I saw them in Chicago way before their first American release. I love this song. Thanks

[queenjezebel13]

thats some good shit

[neumerder]

Best Stray Cats Song ever!

[uralboxer]

a bit of OI as well... OIOIOI

[dfarmbrough]

I think they narrowly beat the Clash at their own game here. And they were decent enough to appear on Top Of The Pops too!

With hindsight, the Stray Cats were unfairly overlooked.

[bilwit]

Hah. I agree.

In the spectrum of Rockabilly->Punk->Ska during that time period (late 80s) it was Stray Cats->The Clash->The Specials each dipping into all three categories. Very cool.

[Buxbaum666]

The Clash and the Specials "dipped" into Rockabilly? You gotta explain that. ;)

[bilwit]

Oh definitely. Roddy Radiation (who played lead guitar -- the rockabilly-ish harmony while Lynval Golding played the sharp, offbeat ska melody) is and was huge on rockabilly and even dreamed to join the Stray Cats at one point during one of The Specials' feudal episodes!

Strummer had similiar influences (Eddie Cochran etc) and supported and played in rockabilly bands. The Clash's fashion style also mimics the original rock 'n roll Teddy boys (also known as greasers in US). "I Fought the Law"??

[yourembryo]

I think bilwit is right about the Clash but I am not sure about the Specials. The fact that the Clash covered "I fought the Law" doesn't mean they were rockabillys, but it does indicate they had those leanings and I think Train in Vain was the closest they were willing to get into it.

[deadratfromhell]

what about Brand New Cadillac?

[yourembryo]

Sorry man I gave you a thumbs down when I meant to give you a thumbs up

[wickedcreep85]

Tiger Army is Gay- Emo & Straight X Billy! Not Psycho

[rockabillysetzer]

går han på droger där :S..mn det är bra:)

[deviluska]

kmllijknyjhgjhj

[GoWpLaYa]

Great Performance.

[coupe662]

So glad the Stray cats done so many Cochran songs and of course the rest of their music too, awsome!

[frisiandude123]

Thanks a lot for posting! The best stray cat song ever. Here is a big f you to all the 13 year old fans of tiger army claiming that they invented a new style of music. By the way, That singer with a baby voice from tiger army is such a poor guitarist compared to Brain Setzer!

[rcac]

haha its funny couse im actully 14 i like tiger army but they didnt start a new style of music and your right brian setzer is a way better guitarist/singer just wanted to say i agree

[MCPrince]

hes not so much a better singer, he's just a different style of singing...and nick13 usually yelled in his songs so i wouldnt say he has a baby voice...but brian setzer is pretty much the best guitarist ever and anyone who says tiger army invented a new genre is stupid

[GoWpLaYa]

this song is kickass. does anybody have any tabs or have found any tabs for this song.

[matthindrarr]

basically just based around Em, C, D.

At the start play an open Em, play an open C, then slide that position up to the 3rd fret.

Then just muck around with barre chords. For the "I think it's funny..." play an Am, then C, then Cb. Fairly simple really :)

[GoWpLaYa]

thank u.

[Imageupgrading]

don´t you have the original from the LP "Stray cats"?

[matthindrarr]

bahaha "Have a wank" 0.11 in.  written on the wall.

[psiconauta21]

Rythmn and emotion This is Rock'n'Roll One of the best songs of SC

[lepopedeeruke]

This is how Punkabilly shoulda sounded, not that new psychobilly crap. I have a love/hate thing with Nekromantix.

[MCPrince]

new psychobilly? i think psychobilly came first.....punkabilly is just a fucking stupid made up term...because in its essence psycho is rockabilly played with punk emotion so "punkabilly" makes no sense, especially to make a whole new genre based on lyrical content is an excersise in spliting hairs.

[motorvating]

psychobilly has been played in the UK since 1979, no such thing as Punkabilly as it is just modern Psycho.

[nasto77]

i think in the smiths music when i hear that song....

[redhotSchillerpepper]

One of my favorite songs from Stray Cats...It´s  awesome...It´s a bit different from their another stuff

[jumpinfred]

The song was first called "Boys having babies" and was played by Setzer in his previous band The bloodless Pharaohs which were kinda new-wave. He then changed the lyrics and harden it...

[bustarhymez85]

i´ve never seen him swetting and screaming like that

[mikeystrafford]

All my life I'm plagued with people pigeon-holing the Cats with Kurt, Batz, meteors etc. they were and are so much different. This was the firsttime shit like this had been adventured. Brian and the boys were nothing short of genuii. (is that the plural of genius

[capitaloffender]

absolutely fantastic!

[katesgame1]

I was sooo in love with Brian!! My fave ever song of theirs, many thanks for posting : )

[texaco68]

wiiilllddddd !!!!! crazy setzer!! hight class man!!!!!

[docchud]

check out the body pop that slim does at 00:22

[Nevarrus]

Yeah this is their most Psychobilliest song i must say, but one hell of a good one!

Rock on forever Cats!

[docchud]

check out some King Kurtz & meteors aswell, or u may already know of em!

[paulhick298]

Was that someone trying to get Brian Setzer?

[matthindrarr]

That IS Brian Setzer...

[elperropatron]

This is awesome. I'd kind of forgotten that the Stray Cats were punk as fuck back in the early days. That's some raw aggressive guitar playing.

[docchud]

psychobilly is the exact term.

[matthindrarr]

no it isn't. not at ALL.

[docchud]

you fuckin mod, stray cats is rockabilly/psychobilly, go back to your scooter. prick.

[matthindrarr]

They're not fucking psychobilly. Listen to stray cat strut and tell me how much punk influence that had, eh?

They helped influence the pyscho scene but they AIN'T psychobilly!

[WoodRatGirl]

rockaround71 I've love to see your best moment, how dare you diss a group that's more talented than your pitiful self!

Pfft..

[yakidk89]

Kick ass, rockin' song.

This is one of my fave Cats' songs. Not traditional rockabilly, and they bring politics into their music which i'm never really a fan of, but DAMN!--- just a great pumping song!!

Two thumbs up.