Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes

[@LazyGigolo]

One of the very seldom exemples of albums that are perfect from beginning to end

[@Tony-xn7sd]

Not a bad track on it mate :)

[@rw8733]

Completely agree. Brilliant 👏

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

True. How is that? This album was made from songs to released album within about six months I've read. Such a gem.

[@JF-kv1gm]

Just listened to it on the 40th anniversary of its release. Seems like yesterday that I was listening to it as a college student

[@cemoihonay]

Still stands up today as well, like a lot of great albums from the 80s.

[@katewalker6461]

My dad was a single parent who raised me n my sister after our mum left for drugs. He used to sing to us and dance to this song round the front room. What an amazing song and lyrics. They don't make them like this anymore ❤❤❤

[@brentonthorogood5409]

Rattle snakes this is real music,it's smooth and easy to listen to,not like alot of the shit music that is around now

[@ukuburu1972]

Your dad is a hero! Praise men like him ❤

[@katewalker6461]

@@ukuburu1972 ❤️❤️❤️

[@raziel5801]

for sure,nearly 60, love the memories of the time

[@michaelmason5248]

A real man

[@eldivandelouiscypher]

Not only this song, the whole album is sensational.

[@ksteiger]

Mixed this in studio B at Electric Lady Studios in New York City with Ric Ocasek. Just me and Ric. A day I will always remember. R.I.P. Ric...

[@elrey8876]

Wow - you really had a life experience. I'm amazed.

[@juststardust8103]

What a lucky man!!

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Thank you! You did a perfect job 😊

[@parkinglot4956]

.... oh its so hard to love when love was your great disappointment. How prophetic.

[@anton09guitar]

My friend used to love playing this on guitar. RIP Benny Harvey, gone but not forgotten. miss ya big man ❤

[@evanbuckley6766]

Looking up at ya, big guy, RIP Benny

[@cliffecliffe8358]

Rip sonny jim

[@alliedairpower2408]

Having a muffit of tea in his memory

[@zarataylor4953]

Found this bc of the Tori Amos cover. Amazing song, AMAZING lyrics. Wow, new great band.

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Tori Amos covered this? Where!?

[@GasPipeJimmy]

I found it thanks! I didn’t know such a thing existed. A very different perspective on this song

She covered a bunch of male artists for "Strange Little Girls", songs originally dedicated to women, but now from a perspective of one. Really cool idea.

[@JamesJoyceJazz]

This song has a melody of a certain kind.

[@michaelflorentino6879]

It sure does !!!!!

[@MrTickle]

I once met Lloyd Cole at a charity event. He was surprisingly down to earth, and very funny.

[@j.c985]

I think it’s called genius, you know it as soon as you hear it if you really have a passion and an understanding of music, that might sound pretentious, but it’s true. I’m only interested in those kind of melodies.

[@noirpoursortirlesoir]

This song brings back a lot of memories to the fantastic music that has been made in the 80s. Rattlesnakes is legendary.

[@MadderMel]

Beautiful voice ! Beautiful lyrics ! Beautiful music ! Beautifully played ! What more could anyone want ?

[@nickunderwood6175]

Xxx

[@oppothumbs1]

@@nickunderwood6175 A great album. X

[@j.c985]

“She looks like Eva Marie Saint in ‘On the Waterfront’, she reads Simone De Beauvoir in her American circumstance” is one of the greatest and prettiest lyrics and melodies in the history of music, I love it. ❤

[@maggiebkny]

I'm here because I can't get that line out of my head!

[@cemoihonay]

Her heart's heart's like crazy paving, upside down and back to front. ❤️

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Am I the only one who had to look up and read the lyrics when he was singing “Eva Marie Saint”? For years I always wondered just what the heck he was singing. 😊

[@ailurophile17]

Certainly "Rattlesnakes" is one of the GREATEST debut records of all-time! It's the gift that's kept giving for three and a half decades!

[@BlueHopi144]

fantastic song + Voice

[@ThiloBauer]

This year (1985) I discovered Lloyd Cole and Prefab Sprout simultaneously. Overwhelming. Both bands came to my hometown, Frankfurt (Germany). Paid 12DM ($6) at the time. Did we know that we lived in good times? We didn't.

[@monicamoore663]

@@ThiloBauer The same year I discovered them. A cute boy told me I reminded them of the song "Perfect Skin." The whole album is brilliant.

[@ThiloBauer]

​@@monicamoore663 Couldn't agree more. But - didn't we all have perfect skin back then? (-: But, for sure, this is one of the nicest ways to pick someone up I know, great memory!

[@antoninavirduzzo5492]

And forest fire

[@ThePegasus101]

part of my growing up lloyd cole was great in a generation of greats

[@deanallen5567]

Cuts through the gloom of these dystopian times like a laser light of pure joy.

[@janinejohnstone3342]

What a great name for a newspaper! 😅

[@insanelyinsensitive4059]

Well put

[@sandorjablonkay5478]

100%

[@charlottesometimes1278]

Bring back lyrics like this

[@jrvr9559]

What an amazing display of talent. This is one of those rare songs in which everything is exactly in its place. Lyrics, drums, bassline, guitar strums, string flourishes... A masterpiece of the genre.

[@ttrivedi]

Still resonates after all these years

[@DD-sr9xm]

I was at the Butchers Hook and Cleaver Pub by Smithfield’s market at 7:45pm on a random Thursday in 2006? My friend excitedly told me he just got two free tickets to Lloyd Cole and the Commotions at Hammersmith Apollo starting at 8pm, should we go? We immediately jumped in a cab. We told the cab driver what was up, he was of an age that he understood and we got there before the first note. Best concert ever.

[@paulonascimento1782]

One second of this is better than a lifetime of whatever they call music these days.

[@ukuburu1972]

I love this song

[@juliasalgado1135]

Yep.... Just don't go to a concert now.....

[@ickisandoblina]

I recently moved, and got my vinyl collection out of the hole in my old house and set up a nice spot for my turntable at the new place; I'd been going through record by record, remembering all these artists I hadn't listened to in over 20 years. I got out Rattlesnakes and Easy Pieces, and have just been listening to them constantly for the last 4 days, unable to move on to the next artist. Unbelievable what amazing lyrics they had - some brilliant one liners that most artists can't even come close to.

[@Victoria-hs9lb]

I've loved the tori amos cover for most of my life and randomly decided to look up the original and you're right. It's awesome!

[@davidcampbell4647]

Shut up boomer

[@christinew333]

Such a beautiful song, never to be forgotten😢❤

[@paulmcgill6837]

Phenomenal track

[@Delph.]

How I love Lloyd Cole.... all my youth. I had absolutly all his albums, even the compilations !

[@angelahenderson3130]

A most under-rated lyricist and a great singer to boot

[@ThorWildBoar]

Alice Cooper allegedly said of Lloyd Cole: He's the only person who could sign about menstruation and people would stand up and dance.

[@FergusCarroll]

This lad, this lad here. Has an intelligence of a certain kind.

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

My addendum: Glad there's SO many other musical like-minds out there regardless of where they grew up. It's WONDERFUL that we've ALL convened here 30 years later with a deep love of Lloyd Cole's memorable songwriting!

[@amarcadiacastillo]

Berlin Saint Clair So true :)

[@ivt8284]

I’m with you my friend!

[@6volt-Red]

Anybody ever come here to watch this?......☘

[@davidnoonan8063]

"it's hard to love, when love was your great disappointment" is the real hidden gem lyric in the song.

[@lynnasfindlay68]

Seeing him tonight in Hamilton...💄 ready now!

[@davidnoonan8063]

Lucky you...hope he plays Rattlesnakes!

[@lynnasfindlay68]

Yip 👍👍👍 ....Rattlesnakes was 3rd last night on the setlist Great to hear it live again 😁

[@davidnoonan8063]

@@lynnasfindlay68 I am officially green with envy. Next you will be telling me he played"Are You Ready to be Heartbroken"!

[@lynnasfindlay68]

Erm, yeah...all the old hits and plenty new stuff too 1st set was Lloyd solo; 2nd set he brought Neil Clark on stage 🎸🎸

[@catalinaquijano6477]

Always been in love with Lloyd..."she reads Simone de Bouvoir, with her American circumstance" ...no one writes lyrics like this anymore! He writes like a novelist...

[@my4tay]

"She tries her luck with the traffic police, out of boredom more than spite..." etc...

[@chrisshaughnessy138]

Agree. Awesome lyrics.

[@ryvvik3772]

chris issak maybe anyway "'all you need is love is all you need''

[@owenrees7544]

Chris Isaak? lol!

[@berlinsaintclair9100]

Catalina Quijano one of my most favorite lyrical lines EVER!

[@novianovioTV]

Loved being young and cool listening to this. Well, I was young, and listening to this.

[@funkychicken4509]

he get a reaction outta ya, ya have tae give him that

[@Matthew-xr5be]

Just how the hell did this early twenty-something drop such WISDOM > in such a GREAT AND TIMELESS SONG?!?.. The mind still boggles..

[@stevepettit2064]

was a big fan of lloyd cole and matt johnson (the the) they should both should been huge!! their influence have filtered down the decades this song ,perfect skin,speedboat and especially forest fire came off this great debut album.

[@lynnasfindlay68]

And Roddy Frame!

[@IanHarrisonGB]

And Paul Heaton and Paddy McAloon

[@hervemahieux4685]

Quelle élégance !! Vive Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.

[@1313garnet]

This song reminds me of one of the loves of my life. He died back in 2022, brain cancer. He was an amazing person. Tim DeJong.

[@RuudLang]

Was a big fan of this band when this came out. Saw them live too in 1985, Vredenburg Utrecht A different world

[@marcosgomes7681]

I saw Lloyd a few years later solo in a concert,in Obidos Portugal it was a good show,even if he seems a little bit drunk but he delivered a good show

[@keirlindsay9774]

I’ve just found this song! Absolutely dynamite 🧨

[@BlueHopi144]

their albums are fire quality

[@RichB008]

A classic that never got the recognition it deserved. A brilliant song with brilliant lyrics

[@michaelstott4269]

I was a single dad to with to boys.there are all grown up now and we 🎉😂got there.happy days x

[@pantherlogic]

If there is a more underrated musical artist in the last 50 years, I'm open to hearing nominations

[@glenngastonjonsson7954]

Matt Johnson. Love them both.

[@kanguruster]

@@glenngastonjonsson7954I was going to say that 😂

[@antoniofarias1972]

Amigos hoje com 52 anos ...não me canso de ouvir... que música boa anos 80 ...Ô saudade... um forte abraço em todos.

[@gpluiz]

Tenho 59, não esta sozinho.

[@evandrozzz]

51 idem, pós punk só aconteceu uma vez

[@ariewj2775]

52 ...

[@angelicasantos4871]

51🙋‍♀️

[@Delph.]

53... So same as you said! Big hug too.. :)

[@markhamer7220]

Fantastic singer and songwriter.Pisses all over 99.99 percent of todays music.

[@belconetto]

Make it 100

[@hannathelion6844]

word up

[@gixxerboy555]

yeah let's say..100% :)

[@lisabethtaylor1042]

This a great jangly pop song. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHWXcnSEpM-crKc

[@Charlietwice]

There says someone who doesn’t listen to today’s music.

[@Charlietwice]

One of the best songs of the 80s. Genius

[@JoseAugusto-wb1yy]

Absolutely

[@seanyuke3249]

And still...

[@ericschultz3670]

wonderful song. Takes me right back to the eighties!

[@HansJazz]

Still got the album. Sounds like it was released only yesterday. Great song from a great era that I wish I could re-live.

[@eilis1969]

I loved this song so much as a teen in the 80s back in Ireland , memories come flooding back to me …and yet I was today years old to discover that Lloyd settled years back here in Massachusetts to raise a family, funny to know that a musical hero of mine settled in the same neck of the woods as myself ❤

[@pantherlogic]

I think that is cool. I am so happy here is here. All newly minted citizens should be so valuable.

[@antonslife508]

had the pleasure of watching him perform in December of 2019 - it was my first concert

[@andreacarvalho9564]

Love this! Since my youth... and dont know why, this song has been in my mind the last few days...

[@michaelscurr9046]

Loved Lloyd cole great musician.

[@nickunderwood6175]

❤

[@thefacelessmen2101]

Forget Prozac, take two Lloyd Cols songs daily if symptoms persist buy a louder stereo.

[@RJWayne28]

TheFaceless Men yes, Doctor

[@michaelpendarvis9571]

Now that is funny...and at simplest FACT

[@vonbondi7471]

❤️

[@huskyland1259]

TheFaceless Men I’m deaf now

[@scottallison2296]

Hasn't worked

[@JenDanser56]

Soul mate ♥️

[@graemeedgar7654]

Had a drink with Lloyd after a gig he did in Milton Keynes over 20 yrs ago, lovely guy, signed my Rattlesnake's CD which I still have, treasure it.

[@RaidersDnB]

Surprisingly down to earth and VERY FUNNY !

[@nickunderwood6175]

Sooo good sooo underrated 🎉

[@pantherlogic]

Underrated ... an understatement!

[@carlamoss2625]

This is such a wonderful song

[@bishsahadeo2118]

Brilliant...one of my fave songwriters....and he worked in The Beatles into the lyrics too. Genius.

[@nope5445]

Lloyd wrote these wonderful short stories and prose and Neil Clark's guitar makes me swoon.

[@zapkvr]

It is something else isnt it. Reminds me of some Brian Wilson. The arrangements are perfect

[@LuisCarlos-jj5tf]

Torce para um grande time meu amigo o Manchester . Abraço do Brasil 👍👍. A propósito a banda é nostálgica som maneiro

[@eamonnquigley2125]

SWOON another great first album from prefab sprout .....just thought i drop that in there lloyd cole brilliant songwriter

[@carolinecochrane196]

Im glad you remember good things x

[@EphemeralBalconist]

This video was played when I went to the cinema to watch Ghostbusters. It was the first time a video was ever played when I went to see a film and it was also the last time. Im thankful that for that one film they decided to show a music video, and that it was this one. For me, a life changing song.

[@derekk2708]

WHAT A TUNE !!!! ; )

[@johnjordan3768]

Fabulous👌

[@ricedmond661]

Best Album of the 80s

[@ajarthis1602]

An absolute 80s classic!! Hell, an absolute all time classic!!!!

[@edwardduarte7393]

This is my go to album. Still sounds great.

[@okrajoe]

Fantastic song. I miss the 80s.

[@kastellfa7756]

So do I

[@brentonthorogood5409]

80s music ,what can I say,great music and a great era ,if I could travel back in time I would go there and never and stay there!

[@brentonthorogood5799]

I miss the 80s too this world is shit now with all this violence and covid shit!!

[@cazb877]

Went to see him in Manchester last night he was great and very, very funny!

[@THESM1THS]

intelligence, wit, poetry, melody

[@francescobalbi1792]

Uno dei dischi più belli di tutti i tempi. Viva i LC&TC!

[@zapkvr]

Heard it on the wireless this morning. Lovely.

[@mountainforest]

Miss my teenage years! Damn I’m 51 years old now but still dig this song!

[@darylcumming7119]

Thanks for the upload. 😊

[@melvinmainwaring2498]

I've been playing all there records loads recently, god they are good.

[@ianhannant7497]

Wow nearly 40 years old still fresh as a daisy... Whole album is superb

[@keanoma915]

One of my favourite absolute ! From 1984 i am still a huge fan of LLOYD COLE and the COMMOTIONS

[@allanahbriscoe3503]

Brilliant song takes me straight back ❤x

[@Pierrot35]

Fabulous melody, awesome track.. thanks Lloyd and the commotions..

[@rogerkay8603]

Oh, takes me back, how young does Lloyd look? Great song/album, got me through a hard time back then.

[@hscmnbk]

still one of my favorite songs ever

[@salvadorromeromolina3719]

Beside CHARLOTTE STREET

[@peterconnolly76]

Lloyd writes some amazing songs . This was one of my favourites.

[@stevefrazer3735]

I was in College in 1983, went to Austin TX and the radio station played this album many times! Love the era of the music!

[@paulmyers7305]

Unfortunately Lloyd has never had the credit as an artist that he derserves way better than similar artists at that time , I left school in 86 when his fame was rising ,I'm such a big fan of his that I named my first born Lloyd who doesn't get his music ,well I don't get dance music so each to there own.

[@Global00Vintage]

We used to drive across Texas a lot when I was a kid and we picked up his solo album in a gas station discount bin. My whole family and I are lifelong Lloyd Cole fans because of that little find. I passed the love on now to my family!

[@15081972able]

The harmonies are absolutely sublime on most of their songs

[@geralddavies3191]

I'm living four flights up ! I still think I'm underground !

[@gazhall65]

Class

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Such a great song! Hard to have a favorite between this and “Perfect Skin”.

[@timmyj.mullins3518]

One of the best bands to come out of the 1980's.

[@TheSlipperyOtter]

Saw him last night. Crowd went crazy when this started 👌

[@darrenbuckley2082]

Is he in the UK ?

[@mehcol]

magnificent just like the album

[@PointlessNihilist]

Intelligence of a certain kind went into this tune. Genius!

[@javigomez1697]

"She looks like Eve Marie Saint In On the Waterfront," one of the best lines ever!

[@stanettiels7367]

Javi Gomez She reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance.

[@robertmumby4586]

For decades I thought he was singing 'She looks like a human rissole'

[@stanettiels7367]

Bert JM Lol 😂.

[@raymondhavil918]

@@robertmumby4586 thanks that made my day

[@davids4313]

Until this moment I always thought it was 'she looks like Hugh Marisell in On the Waterfront '. Googled the cast members from the film years ago and was none the wiser so let it drop. And only now do I understand, so a big thanks for that.

[@Neussozialist67]

"Cole exploits a pre-set formula to the full, but does it with such grace, such artistry, etc, that 'Rattlesnakes' is irresistible" (Cath Carroll, NME, 3 November 1984) HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY!!

[@iangarrard390]

It's always good to revisit this classic. Should be on everyone's playlist.

[@mgparis]

Ultimate masterpiece

[@coolnegative]

This was sooooo ahead of the curve. This would easily fit in with songs by the 90s bands like Toad The Wet Sprocket, etc.

[@CaropBec]

LOL

[@scottfindlay7129]

this is beautiful

[@artoasistv]

good memorys early 80´s

[@tomr.4199]

Wow, what a song!

[@cheersmarissa]

Tori Amos brought me here❤ love the original

[@tommym1966]

Played this album to death when it came out and still sounds fresh.

[@carlosmendes2034]

Super Classic in Eighties!

[@seangallactico11]

Listening to such a magnificent tune from this highly talented band is such a breath of fresh air in these bland times times of music...superb!

[@zeliaferreira808]

Love this song

[@PanPeter1966]

I still love this Song