hugh cornwell - down in the sewer (live)

[@simonbarrett6059]

1977, school trip to Austria sixteen years old ,will always remember that tune!

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Probably my favourite song of all time. Makes my hair stand on end. In the 1980s I used to walk home (20 mins) in my lunch hour just to play the record! Looking forward to seeing Hugh here in Sydney next month.

[@alanwarren4587]

I’ve always know what a brilliant guitarist Hugh is ❤

[@DC-rn1fc]

Yes, he is! Although, he said in an interview that he can't improvise a solo ... I can't play a solo without, and found it hard to learn at first, but some day, it went CLICK, ... anyway, he's a great one, a fellow Telecasterist. Really enjoyed seeing him play live, in a small venue, in ... 2015? Anyway, te above, plus this is one of my favourite songs by the Stranglers, along with Toiler on te Sea ... they both leave no doubt they were honest when they called themselves Shadows-fans ... long mid-tempo instrumental parts, ...

[@hammer1969am]

The greatest Stranglers song of them all.

[@leezeppelin48]

Fkin excellent! Can tell it's filmed by a guitarist!😄 That's a lovely Telecaster. Hugh Cornwell, one of my only still-living Heroes. 🖤

[@johnskilling3989]

I must've watched this 100 times already!

[@aidanbrennan6587]

I know because it's fecking A1 😉 Sewer is the best of the lot!!

[@ProgAndJazz]

Never knew Hugh is such a great soloist. Wow, that only adds.

[@cliveprentice5814]

My favourite punk band band ever....100 club 76...8 of us in the venue.. Chinese takeaway at the back...stanglers came on...blew my mind.

[@aidanbrennan6587]

You lucky so and so!! 😉

[@flashtheoriginal]

Magnificent - no need to say anything else

[@vidster13]

Live music at its best.

[@DizzyKizzy64]

This song is it, best song ever

[@simonpalling3215]

Great stuff.

[@leezeppelin48]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@tomjane1517]

Excellent vid mate really good close up stuff. well done,,,.

[@enijland7562]

Brilliant

[@bengunns]

my favourite Stranglers track, well done Hugh

[@blancaroca8786]

The 4 part down in the sewer my all time favorite track but i supose it is so long it is almost a symphony. Likenthis new version without keys so far in too. The only other concert i ever been too also had a 4 parter .. Knights of Shame.. Awolnation.

[@aidanbrennan6587]

Here here!!👌

[@rattusnorvegicus6936]

Excellent guitar solo. It would have added another dimension to the original song.

[@XCERT4]

I will see you in the sewer darling and dont be fucking late mental tune best stranglers song by far never get bored of this. Long live Sir Hugh Cornwell

[@leezeppelin48]

I'll drink to that!😎

[@thescreamss]

I love his psychotic guitar hooks,I'd recognise them anywhere.Funny thing is Hugh doesn't rate his guitar playing especially.I Love his style,its like a thumbprint.

[@micknufc]

tremendous version,though i love JJ she is gorgeous

[@Freddy-Da-Freeloadah]

Serf'n in the Sewer! And I hear a little of 8 miles high in there too.. Makes up for the lack of Daves organ. IMHO

[@leezeppelin48]

Totally!

[@eckie4679]

For me he was so under-rated. Should have had his own Signature Telecaster! (JJB should have had a Signature Bass too but that's a different story)

[@leezeppelin48]

Agreed! For both.

[@robertroberts2666]

Hugh, I remember reading some years ago that Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke infamy was planning to re-unite The Original Stranglers. Sadly, Jet was forced into retirement and Dave has now passed away into Greener Fields yonder, which leaves just you and JJ. Any chance Hugh?

[@aidanbrennan6587]

I would like to see it but it will never happen.it is really sad that both have fell out.back in the day the both of them really worked well together.life is too short so Hugh and JJ please start talking to each other or you will have regrets if you's don't.RIP Dave you are sadly missed.😢💕

[@robertroberts2666]

With the sad passing away of Dave for Green Fields new and fresh and the well-earned rest/sleep of drummer Jet Black, I just wonder how long before Hugh and JJ bury the hatchet and renew acquaintance. I am guessing that the first moves of reconciliation will come from Hugh as JJ just strikes me as a too-proud bombast!

[@leezeppelin48]

I don't think it's that one is worse than the other but I think it's very complicated. 😒

[@zackybartowski]

that bass girl is caroline before she became a member of cradle of filth

[@barbarella7028]

Jean Jacques looking great here!

[@leezeppelin48]

😄

[@usl910usl910]

It's all a bit nostalgic... I miss the early Stranglers but that wee hen is a lot fitter than JJB!

[@cuentine1]

Hugh et Caroliiiiine in France

[@Lenak2266]

✨💜✨

[@Chrisamusic1]

Good old Hugh, performing this masterpiece without keys. ...I think I'm gonna start a level 42 covers band, without a bass player. :-)

[@revzillo]

Great bit of improvisation by Hugh , without Dave greenfield on the organ ! ...Love the bass Player She's Fucking Gorgeous !!! ......

[@FromaTwistedMind]

I remember reading Hugh during an interview some where that she`d gone off with some band of "youngsters ", playing keyboards? Touring?

[@FromaTwistedMind]

@Icequeen1962 Yeah she` got it down pat! seen her 3 times with Hugh, her skirts were getting higher + higher!...Then she left! Awww!

[@T0MATOPLANT]

His voice is so distinctive still, but this cries out for a keyboard.

[@leezeppelin48]

Nah man, I disagree. Before I heard it I thought "Down in the Sewer" WITHOUT Daves bits?!" But Hugh more than makes up for the whole thing just by himself!!! And his bassist and drummer were great too ,of course.

[@Unbroken1962]

any idea why she left

[@FromaTwistedMind]

@Icequeen1962 Haha, you can talkl Suvie!? Naaah! merely returning the favour!? Haha

[@PeterChatteris]

no... no no.....

[@thescreamss]

Kill the Rate on the Flanger - it doesn't need it.

[@leezeppelin48]

It wasn't excessive!

[@gazzappa]

im sorry to say but i think he has lost that distinctive sound in his vocals due to age.. , It wouldnt surprise me if he was voted out of the group highly unlikly though..

[@leezeppelin48]

What ??!!!

[@robtynan1322]

Im sorry but, mr c chose and left the band. for wahtever they had diffrerences on, JJ and the best bits still are performing and still tops all day long.Hugh was reat, thisnis........ s hit , sorry but it is

[@BillM1960]

Guys, I am sorry, but I am just not feeling it. I realize that Hugh was the "creative genious" behind the Stranglers, but he went soft towards the end and how dare he leave a punk rock institution. It went to his head. He thinks he is hot shit and went out on his own to a rather lackluster carrer. His solo music largely sucks. Now, he is relying on the songs of yore to get fans in. Sorry, I would 100 times rather see the other three with the new guy that replaced him. It is his business but I can't get behind him.

[@daz.6112]

Bill Mayhew they jus couldn't get on with each other anymore Bill. Bit like a relationship ending. When it's over it's over. X

[@calvinsweeney9753]

When they broke up they were shockingly shit and dying inside so its not like he left to pursue something better, best thing to happen to them disbanding

[@blancaroca8786]

sorry the brass band era was shiite imo and im their biggest fan and was time to call it a day. Abba wound up and remain great . And who knows what JJ was like if high on whatever and they were arguing. Their legacy is what counts. Seeing old hacks ok for nostalgia but what for if we have so many original youtube vids. Young groups should include strangler songs as part of their repertoire like strangs used walkon by , all day all night, summer in the city.... Perhaps this will come to pass.

[@leezeppelin48]

He wasn't the "only creative force" in The Stranglers but he was the main one. The rest is just your opinion, which is a bad one I reckon. Seems you just don't know Hugh.