Not only my favourite cover, my favourite punk or my favourite Stranglers track, this is one of my favourite tracks of all time. Can't explain but it gets me deep inside and feaks me out every time I hear it!
Burt Bacharach plus The Stranglers...LETS GO FOR A STROLL IN THE TREES!! Seriously though Bass, keyboards...Did Dave Greenfield ever get the acclaim he deserved?
Now middle aged but still listening and remembering Newcastle Mayfair in 1979 I was 15. My first concert. Walk on By!
Wow - just discovering The Stranglers (thanks to hearing "Peaches" in the movie "Sexy Beast"). Always thought Isaac Hayes' slow, dark cover of Walk On By was the best one out there - until I heard this version. PHENOMENAL!! These cats are no joke!!
Hey : don`t be rude to mrs warwick. the song was beautiful when she sung it. But it became a weapon of mass destruction when the stranglers covered it. Brilliant.
@d00000000000000000d Whooa, reign it in there hard kid! It's just a great song and DW is one of the great singers like Aretha and Amy! When u mature a bit u'll get it. Guaranteed!
@joetotale1 Hey Dooooooooooood, sorry, I didn't mean to sound condescending there, I was a bit pissed! I just happen to be a thrash metal punk (old!) who loves a few classic singers! Peace
I bought the album with the original 'white' single back in '78 and at that time this was really quite shocking (as well as exciting!). Since then it has become the 'standard' version of this song and knocks Dionne whoeveritwas into the shade:-) One of the best covers of all time as well; the song has been completely taken to pieces and reassembled.
There is always comparison made with the Doors when this is played; this song pisses all over 'light my fire' (which I love) and with the added bonus of the 'tear yer face off bass'.... Dave and JJ's reworking of the dualing banjos...not sure who wins???
@59jimmyb I guess Stranglers was set on the New Wawe category i.e punk bands who had learned to play or musicians who wanted to do energetic music and could play their instruments LOL ;) Punk very much stagnated to spiky hair rivet uniforms.
i bloody love this record! ... my favourite stranglers track, perfect rock record in every respect and a lesson in how to do a cover version and make it your own
I had the white 45 single of this, but it went to the plastic heaven in a bush fire in Canberra 10 years ago, along with all my other records and a Linn deck. Great to be re-discovering it through this. EVERYBODY should know this.
my first concert was at Newcastle mayfair in 1979 and was the stranglers. Dave Greenfield was amazing, never seemed to get credit for what was the most amazing keyboards and this is probably the best example. Maybe a bit derivative of the doors but definitely the thinking mans punk band.
Epic!!! No one will come close to this again...it's a masterpiece...like the Mona Lisa, it was produced in it's time. Sadly...those days are gone.....shit....
@wayneiac1 Had the exact same thought whilst listening to this at full blast on my ipod shuffle whilst lyin in the bath!,.,...very Ray Manzarek-esque!,..
I think out of every development in music history there are good things and bad things. I think if we put everything into a category then we are being close-minded. There is good rap (mostly old school) and there is bad rap. It goes the same for rock n roll.
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This is by far, the worst version of this beautiful song that I've had the unfortune of hearing... THIS IS CRAP... Destroyed a beautiful thing... Isaac Hayes's and Aretha's are the ones people should listen to if they want this to touch their soul... Piece of shit!!!
@dxmkrew Dionne Warwick did it different. They were both excellent versions of the song and demonstrate that it is possible to produce a re-arrangement without either sounding like a tribute band or ruining the song
My dad bought me 'Rattus ...' and I was hooked .. never saw a better live band but then this was the era of electric live performances. Saw them at Bath Pavillion (passed out at the gig, running battle outside), Gaumont Southampton also a favourite. 'Waltz in Black' as their intro was always mega ..
This is brilliant, done credit to the original. If, and it ain't very often I'm feeling a bit morose, then this song just reflects my mood perfectly and then cheers me up at the same time. The instruments are played superbly and the vocals snarl and pick me up perfectly also.
The bass in this song rocks....you could turn this in to a thnder metal song just loose the b-3 and the singer.....add some detuned guitar and you got it......Gino
I have totally crap speakers on my PC, but Hugh' s voice on this particular track on my sound system is just so rich and deep. A fantastic artist, with a brilliant buch of musicians.
I have totally crap speakers on my PC, but Hugh' s voice on this particulartrack on my sound system is just so rich and deep. A fantastic artist, with a brilliant buch of musicians.
@robonaught best cover ever.......... rage against the machine,,,,,aint gonna work om maggies farm any more..... dylans classic . . . . . but this is a storming second :-|)
This is when MUSICIANS took a song , re-arranged it to sound better not like those filthy DJs who nick a record and Yap(rap) over the top of it. I cant wait til RAP dies out and people start playing music with intruments again , rant over.
@baceace many rap songs or studio played instrumental songs and even in that genre is a lot to be found... check out the guys and girls signed up at chess records (same as in the movie cadillac records)
@baceace Go FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!! YALL TOOK OUR MUSIC OF ROCK AND ROLL AND MADE IT YOURS>>SO WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVE DO WE HAVE AS FAR AS EXPRESSION TO KEEP FROM KILLING YALL...UHHHH MUSIC....I MEAN WHAT THE FUCK AND WHILE YOU'RE RANTING....UHHH THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMADE IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHT WE'RE DOIN IN RAP...I'LL TAKE THIS TRACK AND REMIX THE SHIT AND RAP OVER IT AND I BET YOUR CHILDREN WILL LOVE THAT SHIT...WE DON'T DIE...WE MULTIPLY...AND BEFORE RAP DIES ...THE WORLD WILL...REALISM OVER
@machinegundrum AHHH DEAL WITH IT....GET OVER YOUR FUCKING SELF...THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL GET RID OF RAP MUSIC IS BY GETTING RID OF US...AND HOW THE FUCK YOU'RE GONNA GET RID OF OVER 11 MILLION PEOPLE?...BESIDES.RAP IS SIMPLY POETRY TO A RHYTHEM...BUT YOU'RE NOT OPENMINDED ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT...RAP( THESE DAYS) DOESN'T MAKE ANY SINCE...BUT DO YOUR FUCKIN RESEARCH BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1978-1988..AND IF YOU HAVIN'T RESEARCHED...YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE IT...PEOPLE FEAR WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW
@bjb32278 me bitches blah blah blah,me bling blah blah blah,cap yo ass blah blah blah,dis me blah blah blah, player,blah blah blah! whats poetic about that?just another gobby little talentless shite with nothing original to say
@nasc2 well you're fooling yourself buddy...you do fear....if you don't then why make such a comment when you have'nt did any history or reasearch on it?...BECUASE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!...DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!....HERE I'LL GIVE YOU A HEAD START GO TO YOUTUBE MOVIES AND GO TO THE DOCUMENTARY SECTION LOOK THOUGH IT TIL YOU FIND THE MOVIE CALLED SCRATCH..WATCH, LEARN , UNDERSTAND...better yet...TYPE IN THE SEARCH BOX....NIKE VIDEO: CLASSIC BY NAS,AND KRS-ONE, ...WATCH, LEARN ,UNDERSTAND
@lolatmyaccounts I'm complaining coz I dont like it. I dont mind if its jus to fill a song out like chilli peppers do otherwise its just wanabe singers who cant sing wanting lime light like the berks on Xfactor
@sheikyerbouti1983 If you are going to put lyrics to somthing at least come up with a tune instead of a monotone mumble like you did on all of your last records. Eminem has got nothing on Vanilla Ice
@baceace Sorry but you don't know what you are talking about. Commercial rap is bullshit agreed, but proper sampling is an artform and incredibly difficult and so is good rapping (look up Sage Francis, Adeem, Grieves, Sadistik, Eyedea) There rhyme schemes are incredibly complex and contain some of the best lyrics I have ever heard in my life out of any genre of music. These dudes are rhyming like 6 words with 6words in a bar and still saying incredible and profound things and keeping up a rhythm
@SomaLFM Sampling is for lazy sods who cant put the time and effort in to learn and play a musical instrument - they are just theives. And just coz somthing is complex doesn't make it sound good.
@baceace well what if the lazy sods...live in an enviroment where not much oppurtunities will arise to aid the teachings on how to play an instrument?...or may not have the funds to afford the instrument to play...or find someone willing to teach due to social difficulties or differences...or plain fear of one another or rejection?...those are the primary reasons that hip hop was born and out of hip hop culture rap music emerged along wih those digital instruments...
@baceace and also let me ask how openminded are you?...are you openminded to learning?...if you are..well here's a history lesson...so you can understand...ihp hop and rap is totally different from each other and this explains why....check it out...copy and paste this in the search box ( History of the birth Hip Hop Culture until 1991 prt1 )
@baceace rap IS a;ready dead, dont you see that little lesbian justin beober taking over the rap industry. haha americas tatse in music is like a bloody tampon that just came out a fat smelly cunt
@oblongfan1 wow whatta incredibly ignorant generalization u have there. but i do believe the essence of rap has long been lost as its become more and more commercialized.
Yes, and young musicians should discover the musical tradition that began before pop music. Bands like The Stranglers probably grew up singing Church of England hymns. The only musical reference today's young pop stars have is the pop music they've known since birth. That is why contemporary pop is so derivative.
@baceace I don't think rap is dying out anytime soon. Besides, music is purely factional at this point. The groups of people who like rap are never going to like late 70s punk/new wave bands like The Stranglers. There's no reason why you can't tune out the music you don't like and focus on the music you do. That's why the internet is so great!
@harrissasha only a fool listenes to one form of music if you like rap ya can still love this i was a punk back in the days and still love it and all types of music and i love folk music i use to get my punk records conferscated when i was in a kids home always a rebel lol how times change and how ppl change
yeah, me too. i like any talent and creativity in any kind of music. New, old, before i was born. take the mainstream drivel and BURN it. Find your own way. Amazing music from now back through the centuries,, I even LOVE LVB (more of a genius than any living scientist !!) symphonies and anything amazing !!!! Music is LIFE.
@baceace unfortunately i don't think it ever will. if it was going to it would've died a few years after its inception, like disco. just gotta stick to your guns through these rough times
@baceace well hiphop is my favourite genre and still i enjoy other genres , so when you don't understand rap , don't bash it , and don't think what you see on tv (lil wayne , drake) is the real hiphop
it may be a cover but what an upgrade! id like to point out the best part of the song is the part they wrote themselves. what a middle section. this song is ferocious.
When wanting to listen to these boys and having bought most of their stuff, I come back to this one more than any other. I know it's a cover but it's such a brilliant one.
@MrGoonerforlife JJ was the best,?,, The Stranglers are still alive and kicking, sounding better than ever. I saw them last winter on tour in Thessaloniki and it was a great gig, JJ still punches out a tune on that bass...Check them out if you get the chance.
The album cover above (Black & White), although slightly altered to show Dionne Warwick's head on Hugh Cornwall's body, is in my fave ever list, wish i'd have seen their promo tour for that album, but i saw em in 1979 on The Raven tour, which was a little dissapointing, but hey, i saw The Stranglers, so i'm still made up bout that to this day!
LOL that isnt Dionne Warwick's head!! It belongs to Marsupial Kentish the Australian ladies rugby league skipper in the seventies who was dating Hugh at the time. Common mistake though so dont feel bad
One of the best pieces of music entire Europe can offer! Must admire these islanders for this track
CheppinoCity 1 day ago
Great band
Myculturevulture999 3 days ago
brilliant keyboard solo (shame the very end of the track has been snipped off).
timjmyall 1 week ago
I just get lost in it for ages.....completely enveloped by it
youie66 1 week ago
Not only my favourite cover, my favourite punk or my favourite Stranglers track, this is one of my favourite tracks of all time. Can't explain but it gets me deep inside and feaks me out every time I hear it!
24576514 1 week ago
Burt Bacharach plus The Stranglers...LETS GO FOR A STROLL IN THE TREES!! Seriously though Bass, keyboards...Did Dave Greenfield ever get the acclaim he deserved?
Now middle aged but still listening and remembering Newcastle Mayfair in 1979 I was 15. My first concert. Walk on By!
dkingjamie25 1 week ago
YEEEAH, MUTHERFUCKERZ!
thepulpitzzz 1 week ago
seem to remember this was a free single (on white vinyl no less!) with Black and White. Gr8 freebie and coloured vinyl ah those were the days.
sicleeeves 1 week ago
alexa chung, please stop bringing annoying children here.
SumanutiLudjak 3 weeks ago 4
great cover by a great band, seen them live around 5 times now since the late 70,s....
TheNickcorrigan 3 weeks ago
Holy shit theyre playing an hour away from me in March... I MUST GO!
Imadaveable 3 weeks ago
alexa chung bought me here ;)
maryymiller 3 weeks ago 28
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN--THE GREATEST COVER SONG EVER--PERIOD--NO QUESTIONS ASK--THE BASS LINE RIPS AT IT'S BEST--JJ IS GOD--
pedrofaba 1 month ago
WOT NO PURPLE HELMETS THEN
ItsKalel 1 month ago
One of the best cover songs ever!!!!
gilky1a 1 month ago 3
22 people need to be Strangled!
Mozzie666 1 month ago 2
GREAT BAND!!!!!!
aornoyboys 1 month ago
Wow - just discovering The Stranglers (thanks to hearing "Peaches" in the movie "Sexy Beast"). Always thought Isaac Hayes' slow, dark cover of Walk On By was the best one out there - until I heard this version. PHENOMENAL!! These cats are no joke!!
Tiger2447 1 month ago
agree dizzy :(
jason69332 1 month ago
Hey : don`t be rude to mrs warwick. the song was beautiful when she sung it. But it became a weapon of mass destruction when the stranglers covered it. Brilliant.
StanTheDog57 1 month ago 3
i can't walk on by because i love you xxx
hilannie62 1 month ago
Fuck off Dionne Warwick :P
d00000000000000000d 2 months ago
@d00000000000000000d Whooa, reign it in there hard kid! It's just a great song and DW is one of the great singers like Aretha and Amy! When u mature a bit u'll get it. Guaranteed!
joetotale1 1 month ago
@joetotale1 Yes Joe I already know that, thanks. I was just being silly... typical internet talk, ya know? lol
d00000000000000000d 1 month ago
@joetotale1 Hey Dooooooooooood, sorry, I didn't mean to sound condescending there, I was a bit pissed! I just happen to be a thrash metal punk (old!) who loves a few classic singers! Peace
joetotale1 1 month ago
@joetotale1 Papa... Make sure to send it to him. I do that all of the time.
-Positive Vibes.
nandotime3000 1 month ago
dfgs
narred 2 months ago
free with the black & WHITE album best cover of Walk on By!!
tinca1tinca 2 months ago
I bought the album with the original 'white' single back in '78 and at that time this was really quite shocking (as well as exciting!). Since then it has become the 'standard' version of this song and knocks Dionne whoeveritwas into the shade:-) One of the best covers of all time as well; the song has been completely taken to pieces and reassembled.
tuppennyblue 2 months ago
Outrageously great......long live the synthesizer!!!!
margretdupont1 2 months ago
if i rember rightly this was a freebee single about a hundred years ago
jkoslicki 2 months ago
A seriouly excellent cover . . . Dion Warwick loves it apparently . . .
nickstonecarver1 2 months ago
@nickstonecarver1 That's really good to know. She obviously has taste.
tramac1964 2 months ago
These guys were/are a hoot.
Not enough bands like this.
2000toddowen 2 months ago
and still the reigning champion. Superb - no other word for it.
xxEGTxx 2 months ago
A Porky Prime Cut !!!!
conkeroonee 3 months ago
Great cover, the audio positively sucks though.
AAAbstractJack 3 months ago
@AAAbstractJack get a good stereo lol
gilky1a 2 months ago
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AAAbstractJack 2 months ago
@gilky1a I guess my stereo sounds too good LOFL!
AAAbstractJack 2 months ago
Still the best cover of a classic song by an equally classic band! The instrumental section is amazing and JJ was goegeous, and I'm a bloke!
joyceycousteau 3 months ago
Still the best cover of a classic song by an equally classic band!
joyceycousteau 3 months ago 3
This is what a cover version should be like. Something different not a carbon copy!
cjknotty 3 months ago 6
Death to rap-crap! That jungle shit will never kill this music.
tiborvivi 4 months ago
There is always comparison made with the Doors when this is played; this song pisses all over 'light my fire' (which I love) and with the added bonus of the 'tear yer face off bass'.... Dave and JJ's reworking of the dualing banjos...not sure who wins???
FP51DPO 4 months ago
the only punk band that turn hippys on from old hippy smoke that joint.
cutforth1 4 months ago
@cutforth1 they wernt known as punk to start off with ..i know i was there in 77..cheers
59jimmyb 4 months ago
@59jimmyb I guess Stranglers was set on the New Wawe category i.e punk bands who had learned to play or musicians who wanted to do energetic music and could play their instruments LOL ;) Punk very much stagnated to spiky hair rivet uniforms.
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meanytunes 4 months ago
i bloody love this record! ... my favourite stranglers track, perfect rock record in every respect and a lesson in how to do a cover version and make it your own
meanytunes 4 months ago
@meanytunes you are so right..i loved it then and still do..fucking brilliant..cheers
59jimmyb 4 months ago
@meanytunes you are so right..i loved it then and still do..fucking brilliant..cheers
59jimmyb 4 months ago
so hard and so sweet... best cover
cdp711 4 months ago
I had the white 45 single of this, but it went to the plastic heaven in a bush fire in Canberra 10 years ago, along with all my other records and a Linn deck. Great to be re-discovering it through this. EVERYBODY should know this.
glamferal1 4 months ago
Just brilliant.
Plumpleton 4 months ago
my first concert was at Newcastle mayfair in 1979 and was the stranglers. Dave Greenfield was amazing, never seemed to get credit for what was the most amazing keyboards and this is probably the best example. Maybe a bit derivative of the doors but definitely the thinking mans punk band.
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aivopark 5 months ago
May I recommend the bok 'An Essential Guide To Music In The 1970s' by Johnny Zero. The author is a big fan of this track.
garyw930 5 months ago
Epic!!! No one will come close to this again...it's a masterpiece...like the Mona Lisa, it was produced in it's time. Sadly...those days are gone.....shit....
dizzycorner 5 months ago 19
@dizzycorner plenty of music these days are similar, but pretentious.
jeezjacob 1 week ago
this will never cease to amaze and please me
SketchyOldHamster 1 year ago 3
STRANGLERS ..BEST EVER IN UK. BEAT SHIT OUT OF ANYTHING SINCE AND THAT INCLUDES CHERYL EFFIN COLE!!
rangerswin1 1 year ago 3
masterpiece. Absolutely
EmaJack99 1 year ago 11
There's so much original music in this cover! Magnificent track.
40ny 1 year ago
I'm sure this song had a much longer solo section,there's a bad audio edit at 1.30....this may be where the rest of the solo went...??
bro8664 1 year ago
If you see me walking down the street
MrYorkyporky 1 year ago
Loved it back in the day, but it showed their affection for the Doors. Listen to Light my fire if you feel like disagreeing...
Froggtherigger 1 year ago
The Stranglers.
'nuff said.
My favorite of all time. And I'm old.
WorldSutra 1 year ago
Love this song. Does anyone else think that they sound like they are trying to imitate The Doors with that long instrumental break?
wayneiac1 1 year ago
@wayneiac1 Had the exact same thought whilst listening to this at full blast on my ipod shuffle whilst lyin in the bath!,.,...very Ray Manzarek-esque!,..
reel2rael 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this one. Brilliant.
The Stranglers were truly talented. Best of the "new wave" in so many ways.
Incudius 1 year ago
love the bass
reminds me of Annie Holland from the now no longer Elastica
mickmars51 1 year ago
I think out of every development in music history there are good things and bad things. I think if we put everything into a category then we are being close-minded. There is good rap (mostly old school) and there is bad rap. It goes the same for rock n roll.
dontfearthereaperrr 1 year ago
Actually, this is a fabulous version of the song!!!! Love it!!!
fearclownz 1 year ago
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This is by far, the worst version of this beautiful song that I've had the unfortune of hearing... THIS IS CRAP... Destroyed a beautiful thing... Isaac Hayes's and Aretha's are the ones people should listen to if they want this to touch their soul... Piece of shit!!!
thiccaboss 1 year ago
@thiccaboss filthy wanker
oblongfan1 1 year ago
i am a man in black.
drzarkov22 1 year ago
Capolavoro di tecnica strumentale!!!!
Willydark67 1 year ago
When music was music and songs had to be written
deansusky 1 year ago
Dionne Warwick did it better...
dxmkrew 1 year ago
@dxmkrew Dionne Warwick did it different. They were both excellent versions of the song and demonstrate that it is possible to produce a re-arrangement without either sounding like a tribute band or ruining the song
RWensleydale 1 year ago
She did it different, not better (FOOL)
EmotionPlus 1 year ago
My dad bought me 'Rattus ...' and I was hooked .. never saw a better live band but then this was the era of electric live performances. Saw them at Bath Pavillion (passed out at the gig, running battle outside), Gaumont Southampton also a favourite. 'Waltz in Black' as their intro was always mega ..
MrCheeseboy55 1 year ago
@MrCheeseboy55
Best Britsh band ever, period !!!!!!!!!!
Spotthecat2042 1 year ago
Saw them 20 odd times in the 70s - brilliant live band, seen many since but no-one comes close ..
MrCheeseboy55 1 year ago
best version ever.
nicademus666 1 year ago
This is brilliant, done credit to the original. If, and it ain't very often I'm feeling a bit morose, then this song just reflects my mood perfectly and then cheers me up at the same time. The instruments are played superbly and the vocals snarl and pick me up perfectly also.
BigChrisButler 1 year ago
The bass in this song rocks....you could turn this in to a thnder metal song just loose the b-3 and the singer.....add some detuned guitar and you got it......Gino
ginothehitman4 1 year ago
I have totally crap speakers on my PC, but Hugh' s voice on this particular track on my sound system is just so rich and deep. A fantastic artist, with a brilliant buch of musicians.
Batby123 1 year ago
I have totally crap speakers on my PC, but Hugh' s voice on this particulartrack on my sound system is just so rich and deep. A fantastic artist, with a brilliant buch of musicians.
Batby123 1 year ago
this is the best cover I have ever heard xxx
robonaught 1 year ago 16
@robonaught
redtilldead689908 1 year ago
@rehatdtilldead689908 does that mean u like it?
robonaught 1 year ago
@robonaught best cover ever.......... rage against the machine,,,,,aint gonna work om maggies farm any more..... dylans classic . . . . . but this is a storming second :-|)
kipperkinsey 4 months ago
saw stranglers live in a pub after a football game - they are real music legands
sennadasliva1 1 year ago
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modsheff1 1 year ago
Saw this live last summer, absolutely fantastic! Couldn't stop howling in ecstasy.
Even with the second singer, they're very VERY good :)
fucking legends!
Snypro 1 year ago
tht BASSssssssssss
tht BASSssssssssss
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gfjhbvs 1 year ago
This is when MUSICIANS took a song , re-arranged it to sound better not like those filthy DJs who nick a record and Yap(rap) over the top of it. I cant wait til RAP dies out and people start playing music with intruments again , rant over.
baceace 1 year ago 66
@baceace you said it ,i love this version, allways did.
barrystoyle138 1 year ago
@baceace many rap songs or studio played instrumental songs and even in that genre is a lot to be found... check out the guys and girls signed up at chess records (same as in the movie cadillac records)
MONKEYWRESTLER5 1 year ago
@baceace raps already died out. you just dont get sampling. and this cover sucks ballls.
laezoo 1 year ago
@baceace Totally agree RAP Ranting Atrocious Pewk
shineonfloyd 1 year ago
@baceace Amen. I just hope that the rap crap does fade away soon, I've been waiting also.
mkeulr 1 year ago
@baceace
I think it is ignorant to compare rap, a type of vocals, with music.
Hip hop is the type of music, and it can be made with instruments and computers. Rap are the vocals, opposed to singing.
Just listen to Skytturnar - Örkin hans Nóa
on youtube
Vitringur 1 year ago
@Vitringur
Rap - a form of popular music developed especially in African-American urban communities
see thefreedictionary
Can we all agree to use popular definitions rather than those Vitringur would like to be true
Can we agree to
RWensleydale 1 year ago
@baceace Go FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!! YALL TOOK OUR MUSIC OF ROCK AND ROLL AND MADE IT YOURS>>SO WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVE DO WE HAVE AS FAR AS EXPRESSION TO KEEP FROM KILLING YALL...UHHHH MUSIC....I MEAN WHAT THE FUCK AND WHILE YOU'RE RANTING....UHHH THIS SONG HAS BEEN REMADE IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHT WE'RE DOIN IN RAP...I'LL TAKE THIS TRACK AND REMIX THE SHIT AND RAP OVER IT AND I BET YOUR CHILDREN WILL LOVE THAT SHIT...WE DON'T DIE...WE MULTIPLY...AND BEFORE RAP DIES ...THE WORLD WILL...REALISM OVER
bjb32278 1 year ago
@bjb32278 rap=crap!
machinegundrum 1 year ago
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bjb32278 1 year ago
@machinegundrum AHHH DEAL WITH IT....GET OVER YOUR FUCKING SELF...THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL GET RID OF RAP MUSIC IS BY GETTING RID OF US...AND HOW THE FUCK YOU'RE GONNA GET RID OF OVER 11 MILLION PEOPLE?...BESIDES.RAP IS SIMPLY POETRY TO A RHYTHEM...BUT YOU'RE NOT OPENMINDED ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT...RAP( THESE DAYS) DOESN'T MAKE ANY SINCE...BUT DO YOUR FUCKIN RESEARCH BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1978-1988..AND IF YOU HAVIN'T RESEARCHED...YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE IT...PEOPLE FEAR WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW
bjb32278 1 year ago
@bjb32278 me bitches blah blah blah,me bling blah blah blah,cap yo ass blah blah blah,dis me blah blah blah, player,blah blah blah! whats poetic about that?just another gobby little talentless shite with nothing original to say
machinegundrum 1 year ago 2
@machinegundrum yehhhhhhhhh good on ya RAP IS CRAP Full stop
shineonfloyd 1 year ago
@bjb32278 Well , throwing you RAP lot in a fully functional gas chamber would do the trick . Fear of RAP ? please don't fool yourself .
nasc2 1 year ago
@nasc2 well you're fooling yourself buddy...you do fear....if you don't then why make such a comment when you have'nt did any history or reasearch on it?...BECUASE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!!!!!...DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!....HERE I'LL GIVE YOU A HEAD START GO TO YOUTUBE MOVIES AND GO TO THE DOCUMENTARY SECTION LOOK THOUGH IT TIL YOU FIND THE MOVIE CALLED SCRATCH..WATCH, LEARN , UNDERSTAND...better yet...TYPE IN THE SEARCH BOX....NIKE VIDEO: CLASSIC BY NAS,AND KRS-ONE, ...WATCH, LEARN ,UNDERSTAND
bjb32278 1 year ago
@baceace your right my friend
rockolav 1 year ago
@baceace Good luck, rap has been around 40 years.
And when haven't musicians been playing music with instruments?
Are you just complaining for the sake of it or do you not know ANY modern bands? also please stop being an elitist.
lolatmyaccounts 1 year ago
@lolatmyaccounts I'm complaining coz I dont like it. I dont mind if its jus to fill a song out like chilli peppers do otherwise its just wanabe singers who cant sing wanting lime light like the berks on Xfactor
baceace 1 year ago
@baceace gotta respect Eminem for his lyrics
sheikyerbouti1983 1 year ago
@sheikyerbouti1983 If you are going to put lyrics to somthing at least come up with a tune instead of a monotone mumble like you did on all of your last records. Eminem has got nothing on Vanilla Ice
baceace 1 year ago
@baceace never happen
ciroth22 1 year ago
@baceace Sorry but you don't know what you are talking about. Commercial rap is bullshit agreed, but proper sampling is an artform and incredibly difficult and so is good rapping (look up Sage Francis, Adeem, Grieves, Sadistik, Eyedea) There rhyme schemes are incredibly complex and contain some of the best lyrics I have ever heard in my life out of any genre of music. These dudes are rhyming like 6 words with 6words in a bar and still saying incredible and profound things and keeping up a rhythm
SomaLFM 1 year ago
@SomaLFM Sampling is for lazy sods who cant put the time and effort in to learn and play a musical instrument - they are just theives. And just coz somthing is complex doesn't make it sound good.
baceace 1 year ago
@baceace well what if the lazy sods...live in an enviroment where not much oppurtunities will arise to aid the teachings on how to play an instrument?...or may not have the funds to afford the instrument to play...or find someone willing to teach due to social difficulties or differences...or plain fear of one another or rejection?...those are the primary reasons that hip hop was born and out of hip hop culture rap music emerged along wih those digital instruments...
bjb32278 1 year ago
@baceace and also let me ask how openminded are you?...are you openminded to learning?...if you are..well here's a history lesson...so you can understand...ihp hop and rap is totally different from each other and this explains why....check it out...copy and paste this in the search box ( History of the birth Hip Hop Culture until 1991 prt1 )
bjb32278 1 year ago
@baceace rap IS a;ready dead, dont you see that little lesbian justin beober taking over the rap industry. haha americas tatse in music is like a bloody tampon that just came out a fat smelly cunt
oblongfan1 1 year ago 3
@oblongfan1 nice display of misogyny there.
lemoncurry19 1 year ago
@oblongfan1 wow whatta incredibly ignorant generalization u have there. but i do believe the essence of rap has long been lost as its become more and more commercialized.
slosh77 1 year ago
@baceace love this track
bosshogg356 1 year ago
@baceace People still play live instruments but nobody cares about them.
sphereballs 1 year ago
Yes, and young musicians should discover the musical tradition that began before pop music. Bands like The Stranglers probably grew up singing Church of England hymns. The only musical reference today's young pop stars have is the pop music they've known since birth. That is why contemporary pop is so derivative.
scottvska 5 months ago
@baceace I don't think rap is dying out anytime soon. Besides, music is purely factional at this point. The groups of people who like rap are never going to like late 70s punk/new wave bands like The Stranglers. There's no reason why you can't tune out the music you don't like and focus on the music you do. That's why the internet is so great!
harrissasha 4 months ago
@harrissasha only a fool listenes to one form of music if you like rap ya can still love this i was a punk back in the days and still love it and all types of music and i love folk music i use to get my punk records conferscated when i was in a kids home always a rebel lol how times change and how ppl change
paul196824 3 months ago 4
@paul196824
yeah, me too. i like any talent and creativity in any kind of music. New, old, before i was born. take the mainstream drivel and BURN it. Find your own way. Amazing music from now back through the centuries,, I even LOVE LVB (more of a genius than any living scientist !!) symphonies and anything amazing !!!! Music is LIFE.
Incudius 2 months ago
@baceace ....good rant
IDFrules 4 months ago
@baceace well said and so true...
59jimmyb 4 months ago
@baceace unfortunately i don't think it ever will. if it was going to it would've died a few years after its inception, like disco. just gotta stick to your guns through these rough times
newfuckingwave 4 months ago
@newfuckingwave Everything is possible, evolve..
Dawid90dd 4 months ago
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Dawid90dd 4 months ago
@baceace well hiphop is my favourite genre and still i enjoy other genres , so when you don't understand rap , don't bash it , and don't think what you see on tv (lil wayne , drake) is the real hiphop
MrGoldStandard09 3 months ago
THIS ROCKS!!!!!
johnlennon1970 1 year ago
@johnlennon1970 Ah, a fellow musician I see!! Just looked at your page. Good stuff.
Traiysea 1 year ago
walk on by...baby
makisamos 1 year ago
This is a classic remake. A fantastic musical rendition. Close your eyes and just take it all in
kablice 1 year ago
it may be a cover but what an upgrade! id like to point out the best part of the song is the part they wrote themselves. what a middle section. this song is ferocious.
shanewilliamfinn 1 year ago
I compare this solo here to Manzarek's in light my fire.
Both are masterpiecies
Szczotkov 1 year ago
Bliss!
EmotionPlus 1 year ago
FOOOKIN TUUUNNE!!
blueeffect23 1 year ago
Hawhaww!! fuckin sooperb, a feel like pagerin mods now.
Mootuntbaboon 1 year ago
Brilliant, one of the greatest Stranglers songs............
TheSadomasochist666 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I love them but lets be honest this song is shit
ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT 1 year ago
@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT
Idiot.
EmotionPlus 1 year ago
As covers go! This is a classic by The Stranglers...
An amazing band, I still play their music today...Timeless.
MusicMadGuy2010 1 year ago
When wanting to listen to these boys and having bought most of their stuff, I come back to this one more than any other. I know it's a cover but it's such a brilliant one.
dukeofmodena 1 year ago
the guy crouching in the picture is my base heroe
MrGoonerforlife 1 year ago
I saw them then!
annie2shoes 1 year ago
Best base line JJ was the best
MrGoonerforlife 1 year ago
@MrGoonerforlife is the best!...;)
modsheff1 1 year ago
@modsheff1 thank you my friend. I was a DJ in the 70's and 80's and the stranglers where my favorite
MrGoonerforlife 1 year ago
@MrGoonerforlife JJ was the best,?,, The Stranglers are still alive and kicking, sounding better than ever. I saw them last winter on tour in Thessaloniki and it was a great gig, JJ still punches out a tune on that bass...Check them out if you get the chance.
fanzig0 1 year ago
Such...a long....keyboard solo.... :D
FrenzyIncense 1 year ago
Found that ...
frankovideo 1 year ago
Best version of this music.
desistindo1 1 year ago
Come on baby light my fire!...
lexomillia 1 year ago
@lexomillia I'll getchu hot baby if you want me too. ;)
Pillage4Pleasure 1 year ago
@Pillage4Pleasure ah! ah! touched! yes. i put a joke. simply a joke. but your answer really amused me.
lexomillia 1 year ago
@lexomillia your welcome. ;)
Pillage4Pleasure 1 year ago
i love this version! I was raised on it, actually. the bass guitar here is awesome !
shaya1301 1 year ago
@shaya1301 Killer tone !
PepinoMichoacan 1 year ago
Everybody copies everything, but they just do it better....
fadux1 1 year ago
Awesome cover of the song. I still prefer the Isaac Hayes version though.
Urbanart90 1 year ago
Hi Rich
I think this is one of the most underated covers I can think of.
Sorry I cant get to Turkey- would love to!! No dosh.
I'm gonna send you another track.
Bruce.
wrighb1708 1 year ago
i crave good music
jrjupton 1 year ago
@jrjupton followed the stranglers for 20 odd years met them drank cans of fosters with them b4 they went on stage brilliant
twenty1forty1 1 year ago
not read the other comments,this is so doorish and jjb's base is great always was my fave cover of all time
rog000 1 year ago
@rog000
Agreed the Stranglers always had a Doorish feel for me not distracting from the fact that they were a great band though
norvegicusbass 1 year ago
The album cover above (Black & White), although slightly altered to show Dionne Warwick's head on Hugh Cornwall's body, is in my fave ever list, wish i'd have seen their promo tour for that album, but i saw em in 1979 on The Raven tour, which was a little dissapointing, but hey, i saw The Stranglers, so i'm still made up bout that to this day!
dbrow220 1 year ago
@dbrow220
LOL that isnt Dionne Warwick's head!! It belongs to Marsupial Kentish the Australian ladies rugby league skipper in the seventies who was dating Hugh at the time. Common mistake though so dont feel bad
norvegicusbass 1 year ago
Very much on the same theme as the greatest song ever (in my humble opinion) 'Light My Fire', I can't pay it a higher compliment than that.
dbrow220 1 year ago
withought any doubt..Best cover version..
redwhitch17 1 year ago
@redwhitch17 absolute classic thanks Jeh ;-)
TaylorWarhol 1 year ago