The Stranglers - Baroque Bordello (Live Rockpalast 1983)

[CottferLAD22]

Dave Greenfield is something else

[POCKETFA]

Passion is coming out of my heart by listening to this song.

[armandsdamanhoo]

very good filming work in this programme

[ribs303]

The ultimate outsiders band...fucking incredible!!!!

[Auntkekebaby]

The whole album is sick. How could you not dance to this? Fun. This is my fav. from The Raven. They are very underated.

[hanging1v]

raven was a brilliant album, end of being at school, loved that feeling of freedom, geo gallacher we miss you;

[Strangleriana72]

Great song, one of my favourite.

[keimadunn]

yeah!

[b00mhauer]

The best and most underrated band ever.

[MrBaggie09]

@b00mhauer 

[MrBaggie09]

@MrBaggie09 never had the real credit there music deserves, a truly great band.

[RattusNorvegicus67]

to atomicFlyer... well said try tell that to the masses??? rather eat my own flesh... they just dont get it.

[atomicFlyer]

Nice! They could do have had a career on the sounds of any given album. They could have easily done about three albums for each sound they had. They evolved or changed each year.

Keeps things fresh for them, but the average listener hadn't the attention span to keep up.

The Raven was a very unique sound.

[CombatRocks]

Definitely one of the best Stranglers songs ever. The cross timing is sublime!

[ajj4account]

could you explain the cross timing please?

[CombatRocks]

The bass, drums and keys are played in a standard 4:4 timing. But, during the verses Hugh is playing and singing in a diferent time signature - I think it's 6:8 or something even wierder (NOT rock 'n' roll!). They have timed it so that they out of sync and then back into sync after 14 bars (very bizzare!) Only The Stranglers could have pulled off such an audacious timing and got away with it. It's a testament to their true musical abilities.

But then, their biggest hit was a waltz! Golden Brown.

[ajj4account]

That's certainly a descriptive technical explanation. Thanks!

[RattusNorvegicus67]

far too explanatory? just like the old times? out on the edge...... again :)

[CombatRocks]

The boy asked - I answered! QED.

[RattusNorvegicus67]

and very well too may i add

[CombatRocks]

You may!

[jrmarrero96]

According to The Stranglers book, "Song By Song", Hugh Cornwell reveals that the verse is in 7/8 time and JJ is playing in 4/4. Meaning it takes 14 bars before they coincide again. The main thing that separated The Stranglers from their contemporaries is that they were all trained musicians who were able to perform rock songs using odd time signatures and finding ways to make them natural for rock and roll.

[RachelR220]

godamnn one of the greatest glers numbers ever ... well for me ANYWAY long live that feelin.

[howlsfish]

great song - never heard it live before thanks for posting

[Jonesycool92]

This songs underated! It's musical genious.

Look at Dave go! lol

[armalyte]

they were on good form here. greenfield and burnel were always in time and seldom dropped notes. Having played some of the keys parts live myself, all i can say is greenfield made it look easy, but there's some killer shit in there...respect!

[66hoopick66]

Excellent footage, cheers, my fave Stranglers track played in their prime. One of Hugh's faves aswell according to the book Song By Song

[zaksnaporaz]

very nice, but the bass fµ[kin' undermixed !

they were at their best back then, me think...

[TitanSound]

Thanks for this :)

[Stumblefuck]

Dave Greenfield, the keyboardist, reminds me of Mister Science from Dow Jones & The Industrials! Same nonchalant one-finger technique! Yee!