The Stranglers - Down In The Sewer ( Royal Albert Hall )

[ALTRENT900]

JET BLACK AT 6.42

[Icequeen1962]

NOT THE BEST PERIOD IN THE GLERS HISTORY. STILL,JJ IS DOING A STIRLING JOB, THATS THE BEST I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS REALLY. GLAD THEY ARE BACK ON FORM POST 2006.

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

this is thoroughly ghastly, it sounds like they are playing at some english tea party

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

wtf is this, bring Hugh back

[winterbourne7]

one of the great punk songs...by one of the great original punk bands..with a bass player up there with John Paul jones, Sting, Deacon...and then Simon Cowell's younger brother comes on stage and commits murder...how could The Stranglers let this happen?

[googleisshittoss]

I'm a massive fan of The Stranglers...but, they're getting a little long in the tooth now

[MrBazzabee]

That singer whom The Stranglers deemed to have sing 4 them,.....YES,!!!! Now let me see,just exactly who that was that wanted 2 employ him 2 sing 4 them was it....their manager....NO ...was it....Huw Cornwell...NO.....was it.....The BBC.....NO,yet again.....so WHOOOOOO was it........YES !!---BINGO!!!!!!..........It was JJ and.......THE STRANGLERS .....That's who's fault it was ,yes it was their choice and their choice alone ---it must have been their fault !!!!

[feelgoodist]

Singer looks like he's in a boy band, and if this had any semblance of Stranglers past, all them girls with fiddles would be in basques and suspenders not dressed like peace camp dykes.

Call me old fashioned like..

[snuju1]

Roberts sucks raw moose dick

[neillyboyz]

who the fuck does paul roberts think he is? a member of take that? fucking terrible

[renuvatio]

I'd like to hear you.

[vegbloke]

Fans of The stranglers look away now.

Nice to know my hero Mr Greenfield takes no part in this farce, good on you Dave !

[vegbloke]

Do your shirt up man, it's not about your chest.

[armandsdamanhoo]

@vegbloke he did it for the milfs

[BREDATOR1]

Why did roberts leave? i was at guilfest and they had to change to JJ all of a sudden . plus while i was there hugh did his bit, so in a strange way i watched two lots of stranglers...weird. but still great!

[CBRSIXPACK]

For a moment i thought it was Daniel Craig on vocals?

[ViajanteB4]

Rattus!!!!!!

[CBRSIXPACK]

Excellent for 1997!Great audio /video.

Of all the "Live Sewer versions" the All Live Day/night is my all time favourite.Lets not forget kiddies,we were Teenagers when Rattus was for sale in the local Boots Chemist.................Time flies by when your getting old ;-)

[organaphus]

It is CORNWELL not CORNWALL.

[djpecky]

They get better and better the older they get.

[birdyrocks88]

i for one think the stranglers are better since cornwall left, paul was an amazing singer and i think the albums he recorded have been the stongest and they were much better live because he had an amazing presence and was a very good singer, since he left baz has filled the void and although i thought suite 16 was a weak album i went to see them live a few weeks back and they were better than i have ever seen them so all these people saying they should have given up when hugh left are idiots

[GranulatedStuff]

@birdyrocks88

lol..good one !

[kevsickboy]

was a big fan of the stranglers but this is just horrible.

[organaphus]

2:32 CRINGE ALERT!

[SAINTPAULPAUL]

Yeah...whole production was over the top but can't help feeling like it was a made-for-Muzak deal....but dug the hotties in the orchestra!

[alcobaseta]

Compared to the original Rattus recording I think they play most of these live versions too fast. In so doing the phraseology is lost. The instrumental section beginning at 510 is to me the most powerful piece of music ever. When it is hurried it loses that heavy hitting feel. I agree that the David Bowie imprersonator does not really embrace the men in black ethos but I see potential. Love the machine gun guitar work.. 5 10 couldn't help wondering why Oliver Stone's Apocalypse came to mind.

[jackoherts]

Who's the boring grumpy bastard on Lead guitar? Not bad song but what a boring cunt that grey haired guy on Lead looks!!! Nice tits in the orchestra too!! The lead singer looks a bit of a bigheaded wanker!!!

[floydyboy69]

WOW - Down in the sewer played at the RAH , nice one

[kotsos1978]

he has good voice...he is good singer...just his style is more for a band like Take That, than for classic rockers as The Stranglers!!!he looks more like a pop idol!!

[Loobs666]

Great band.... but this singer was a talentless knob!

[TIMARCHA]

JUST BRILLIANT

[CombatRocks]

Plus, in their shirts, ties and suits the Stranglers finally look remarkably like the MIB.

Coincidence? I think not...

[CombatRocks]

An all female orchestra in combats and T-shirts - excellent!

And some with big tits too!!!

I wonder if they also had some continental cheeses......

[MsAsmodeus]

nice but sleazy...

[proffesornutbutter]

the stranglers should have disbanded when cornwall left. end of.

[sham64andahalf]

I think you need to listen to their last 2 albums mate!

[proffesornutbutter]

i listened to some of there new stuff by accident not long ago. it was hidious. but then again, i think alot of there stuff after la folie was gash, so maybe im just being a dick haha

black and white period was when they where at there best

[almklit]

Actually in essence you are right, La Folie and in part some of Feline was when they were still edgy and artful - after that it was too produced and commercially sounding pop with the horns - ouch (Always the Sun and North winds the only exceptions)

[sofaguard]

never a truer word said sir

[Jawsonthefloor]

@sham64andahalf

The Stranglers with out Cornwall make me cringe.

[HitMeWithIt]

@sham64andahalf LOL...last two albums? Shite!

Music IS subjective people so let's not forget that...so Shite to me is erm, Great to you.

That's OK.

:)

[krkanin]

@sham64andahalf

No, should listen them mate.

Don't take me wrong, they are one of my favorite bands but after Hugh left they are just milking it.

[robotsmakesushi]

@proffesornutbutter Roberts does a good job.

I'm surprised, frankly, how good.

Last couple of albums have been good...

[airbourne1944]

Dave Greenfield is amazing.........playing homage to Ray Manzarek of The Doors...........Both Brilliant and very similar

[jackoherts]

actually, Paul Roberts wasn't that bad, at least he put his all into it. Nothing can compare to Hugh tho

[BlMBO]

This is fantastic! Love the Orchestra. wish i was there. JJ's cute in his suit ..lol

[whereangelsplay1]

stranglers?

royal albert hall?

what the fuck!

and who is that cock TRYING to be hugh cornwells clone!

[sham64andahalf]

Oh ffs. Paul Roberts is nothing like Hugh Cornwell. He's Paul Roberts. You'll be pleased to know he's left the Stranglers now and Baz is on vocals (and is better)

When will people get over the fact Hugh left the Stranglers? Get over it!

[cheekysausage]

@whereangelsplay1 He looks like that knob-end Max Beesley.

[hanging1v]

dont like roberts but this was a brilliant version of down in the sewer , like the orchestra backing, gave it depth in sounnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd'

[Monton101]

Good looking pair of ladies

[westerfelder]

fuck this! fuck their camo pants and especially fuck paul roberts!

[ellycat]

Ha ha. So true though.

[vonlietner]

Wish they'd do a sequel to the song- perhaps titled: Back In The Sewer

[ODC771]

Welcome to the Stranglers Karaoke!

4/10

[Monton89]

This is awesome, you kidding me? The best version

[davidcassell]

God I hate this. Compare this and Stranglers NOW. Paul Roberts is a nice chap but he wasn't for the Stranglers. John Ellis I've never really liked, but hey...Stranglers were shot even with Hugh post Dreamtime imho, so I'm glad PR and JE help keep things alive until now. The Stranglers are at their very finest now, certainly since post Dreamtime.

[keewipete]

oh yeah!!!

[CILDAD]

Hugh Cornwell's teeth (I mean)

[seventeenf]

It is good music is not included. I wanted to suggest it myself.

ENJOY

[CILDAD]

Is it empty Diet coca cola cans. I worry about his teeth. Mind You, I reckon the amount of methadone that he went through, his teeth were bladdered anyway.

Shalom

[NineShagnasty]

No Hugh on guitar/vocals, strangled sub-Greenfield keys, a bored lookin' guitarist and an "action man" frontin' don't do it for me (to say the least). The Stranglers, to my mind, were an equal alliance of 4 quarters - it just doesn't work with 2 missing!

Fine song and good to see Jet & JJ still goin' strong though.

[sheftydude]

Fucking awesome.... shame nobody can fill Hughs shoes...

[turnturnturn]

Hugh is better.. But i love this performance! Its my favourite down in the sewer performance. But yeah i agree with most that Roberts isn't as good as hugh.

I'm liking Baz Warne though!!!!!

[hanging1v]

PAUL ROBERTS, NOT MY KIND OF FRONT MAN'

[conor30000]

2.34 - 2.36~

OH NO

[flemwad]

waaaa hahahahaha i was watching the video thinking how much better the lads are without John Ellis and when I saw the bit you pointed out I nearly shat meself..At least he wasnt wearing that fukn medallion he wore a lot..the twonk

[Monton85]

Yeah, John Ellis was a jerk

[Monton85]

These guys are screwed without a keyboard player

[kalisteboat]

You're right for this band but not for the original one.

Music is not only made with "playing technic" ... for me, a rock band is linked to the energy thrown to the audience.

What i see here is sad ghosts of the original Stranglers (excepted bassist and drummer). They used to be noiser and more electrified with 4 musicians !

And all these keyboards won't replace the 2 they used to have.

Look at the guitarist ??? He is thinking "i want to go home, kiss my wife and sleep ..."

Poor rock !

[polycera]

I was at this gig. Roberts never stood a chance as Hugh's replacement plus he wasn't all that good anyway.

[69THEGIT69]

Well, it started off OK and sort of finished OK but was spoiled by some tosser in a white shirt attempting to 'sing'. Hugh he ain't!

Still a feckin' awesome song though (when listened to on Rattus :))

[susanandiain]

jet black what a guy . this black will never go grey

[kendall2k7buzzin]

sorry about 5 and half mins

[kendall2k7buzzin]

does anyone know how to play the keyboard from about 6 mins onward? if you do please tell me

[TomGreenUK]

roberts was never very good at singing the songs hugh sang but he was a fantastic singer in his own right, some of the stuff on Norfolk Coast is better than Cornwell's efforts since the late 70s.

[turnturnturn]

Paul Roberts is the singer, and he isnt actually that bad, imo not as good as hugh Obviously.

[ODC771]

Jeezo! That guys singing is down in the sewer!

[jackoherts]

that guy singing is terrible, how can they replace Hugh with a bog standard singer from X factor?

[ZarathCapHurr]

Yeah I agree,I can't stand that guy.. fortunately down in the sewer is mostly instrumental.. so we don't have to hear his voice too much

[ZarathCapHurr]

Wohoooooooo glorious.

[Livlex1506]

I was there, it was amazing!

[TomGreenUK]

Jet Black is fucking ace.

[RevAustin]

Wow, awesome ending.