Stray Cats - Rock This Town/ Stray Cat Strut (Live On Fridays)

[@spagett2487]

No backing track, just straight up instruments plugged into amps and talent. God I love these guys.

[@123spleege]

I was just thinking that. How dry this was but so perfect.

[@bim-ska-la-bim4433]

​@@123spleege "dry" You mean "real," but yeah (that's OK).

[@123spleege]

@@bim-ska-la-bim4433 Dry is a studio term. little or no effects.

[@RodneyBates-j2d]

Brian Seltzer is so underrated.

[@lewie7820]

Real music. No autotune, no BS, play and sing. Brian and crew are the real cowboys....

[@jamesian-allen8725]

Word !

[@donnix1192]

Setzer is an incredible player.

[@DrTWG]

On top of everything else - they've got some great vocal harmonies going on . Great band.

[@felipelizana7502]

Brian Setzer is a fantastic guitar player!

[@dougsmith7083]

Lee and Jim are excellent players too

[@tomy.1846]

One of my favorites!!! :)

[@GilbertoValdemardosSantos]

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[@greatpix]

I watched it when it first broadcast and I became a Stray Cats fan that night.

[@dianemitchell8765]

I will never not love them!

[@biffleonetti5298]

I saw them that night too. I'm a guitar player that went from a distorted tone to a clean tone that night too.

[@christopherremy5972]

Me too! God love Fridays and SNL from this time period I got turned on to so much music them when my young mind was ready for it!

[@contrail33]

Me too!

[@maikelf5351]

It was that cars game for me. Was rocking to it with a broom😂

[@sjoldtimer]

First ran across these guys in 1981, buying an album at Tower Records in San Jose. Been a fan of all the band members ever since.

[@joemanwassup]

I bought records at Tower on Winchester Blvd, loved that place.

[@andrejfedorenko]

Если что ... Есть почитатели котов в России 😎

[@MackieRobert-e9e]

Now it's July 2024, who still listens to this music ??

[@herobrineallstar7305]

Me!!!

[@jillianmgarnett]

Indubitably!!

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

👌

[@maylentrujillo6283]

Me!!!

[@lynnking2338]

I juss saw them live last Friday in Costa mesa!! They Ripped the venue Apart

[@Rave779]

This was definitely their best live performance and quality presentation of it as well. Definitely one of the best moments ever caught on tape.

[@al6347]

Bam in your face...The Stray Cats. I have seen them live in San Jose CA. A small club...they killed it I'm a Cats fan forever...

[@alvalentin6384]

I bought "Built for Speed" in 1982. I remember watching this performance. "Fridays" was a good show.

[@k4tie.555]

seeing all the stray cats fans in this section feeling nostalgic at this is amazing!! i got into these guys super recently and i’m 15 and just seeing the pure talent coming from brian and the guys is insane. love it

[@travisstubbs8854]

if you dont already play you should pick up a guitar and learn and help keep this stuff alive for the future. My son is 15 and can play stray cat strut.

[@k4tie.555]

@@travisstubbs8854 yeah i’ve played guitar since i was 12! stray cat strut is a really fun song to play 🎸

[@russellbradford4394]

Sheeeit. Hendrix , Van Halen , Clapton , Knofler , Page , Berry and whoever , Brian Setzer is right there with those names. Period!

[@notthatyouasked6656]

One of my college friends in the early 80s had copies of the first UK albums he let me borrow. I was hooked immediately. Over the years I've collected some memorabilia and a lot of their records including several obscurities with otherwise unreleased songs. The gem of my memorabilia collection is an application for the use of the Stray Cats name and logo on clothing as a registered trademark, signed by all 3 guys with their actual, legal names.

[@davidstein9129]

I have a good quality & revealing vintage stereo. Can you recommend your favorite Stray Cats records? ..both in performance & recording quality? Thanks, D-

[@notthatyouasked6656]

@@davidstein9129 Any greatest hits package is a good start. My favorite obscurity is a song called Lookin' Better Every Beer. There are several live performances on KZbin. My favorite is their appearance on the US TV show Fridays.

[@walkrslayer1305]

That bass, the one drum and cymbal, and that great gretsch sound!

[@Genkimark]

Great performance! Fridays always had cool musical guests.

[@sergioprietoseijo8397]

Real and magic Rock and Roll

[@essexpaul6423]

Its taken me to get to 61 to realise how good they were

[@HawaiiJetboat]

Stellar Performance. No fluff. Plug in and Play.

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

Saw it when it first aired- '80 been a fan ever since!!

[@nathanbrownmolotov8697]

The Stray Cats brought Rock-a-billy out of the shadows. I've been a fan since the first album.

[@mozilla2576]

Awesome performance!!! What a trio.

[@RackwitzG]

If I'd stand on the bass drum like Slim Jim it would collapse. lol Great performance!

[@marcdelente2456]

Le groupe est incroyable et dans les années 80 ya eux pleins de groupes qui s'appelait teenkats et autres. Mais Brian et ces groupes Stray Cats et Rockabilly riot Ou Setzer jazz band sont toujours les numéros 1 Brian et ces musiciens formidables font des tournées sold out partout dans le monde. Brian n est pas un guitariste sous estimé ces les nanars qui disent ça il est le meilleur et sans égale. Beaucoup d admiration pour Brian qui est très intelligent.

[@NEVERLEAVEORFORSAKE]

I remember this the first time it was on....I went out to Tower Records on Beach Blvd in Buena Park Ca the next day and bought their first album in the "IMPORT SECTION" of the store....Classic!!

[@daanje1062]

I have that import album to this day. The Cats were huge in Britain before Rock This Town hit charts in USA.

[@johnnorth6004]

Dancers and the actors dancing so fucking cool. Melanie Chartoff was so sexc !! Oh, and the Stray Cats were BADASS

[@LEnzo-yg3im]

Setzer and Grestch is FANTASTIC !!! from France.

[@Sonnyrockerbass]

Lee Rocker is a fantastic bass player

[@MackieRobert-e9e]

All of them are the best 👍

[@nmp3120]

Really smooth sound and it really swings. Not rocks, swings.

[@dianemitchell8765]

It's like beatnick and Frank Sinatra.I could listen to them forever! And the Beatles and the Bee Gees!

[@liborsionko]

You're right. Remove the chorus and supplant Basie, Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Coconut Oil and it fits perfectly. That's kinda swinging.

[@Spazcan]

Saw them in concert 5 or 6 years ago in Dallas....they were still great!

[@albertpostolides771]

What a talent they had! And so cool about it!

[@Winterstick549]

Slim Jim's Drum tech: "I'm Slim Jim's drum tech." Neal Pearts Drum tech. "Bastard!".

[@darienhigh]

You should've said Terry Bozzio's drum tech

[@SAHBfan]

@@darienhigh Terry Bozzio has an army of drum techs….

[@darienhigh]

@@SAHBfan I know but it's more fun to believe he has only one

[@williamhalstead3488]

gotta love that drum kit

[@TheStuport]

Neil Peart Starter Kit

[@Kanarie1973]

Yep and gotta love that mum with kid. Time of her life.

[@terryf5131]

Yep..easy load out at the end of the night.

[@Winterstick549]

Especially the roadie.

[@jamesian-allen8725]

This is the real deal bad boy rock N roll, these guys busted out when everyone was going nuts over billy squire, journey, stevie nicks/tom petty, etc. They were like nothing else at the time, yet like everything cool that came before. They were fun and looked fabulous. This is how it's done kiddies !

[@andresantoniodeleonsuero9243]

wow this band is the best of the best!

[@meliawhite2499]

This was awesome! Loved it! The cameramen on this show were awesome at their job. They got the band and all the action. The video quality is great and love that it’s totally live. 🎶

[@markm7499]

Saw Slim Jim Phantom in Prague back in the summer of 2005. Great show....

[@cathalapatricia4748]

Merci ❤

[@jimfrawley6763]

Saw them 5 times. First back in early eighties was the best. Old rundown dive called the Grand Circus Theater. Perfect venue even though we thought the balcony was going to crash down on top of us.

[@bradsonnicksen6907]

My FIRST concert ever!! The Bus Boys and Stray Cats at Northrup Auditorium, Minneapolis. Even back then I knew Brian would be a huge success!

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

The busboys had exited my vast musical repository in my mind and cassette collection, I was at shows at Northrop also, Bryan ferry and Roxy music, Natalie merchant and..., wonder how many more I've forgotten...

[@CPB1]

Saw them numerous times,.was never disappointed. Great shows! Saw BSO a couple of times again Great Shows! Setzer always amazed me...so effortlessly played to perfection.

[@andreacostaadm]

The People are dancing, very cool!

[@nodtripRS]

Love punk rock, always been my music genre. But I do love the cats too. Just real.

[@danielpetrusevski2572]

I cant wait for March 2nd. Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot in vegas

[@kmars21]

I saw em in 82?..so long ago cant remember..NUMBERS club in Houston TX

[@geoffreybuist3950]

Love it !!! love the beat!!! loved that time.

[@isaactorres5908]

I heard that Robert Plant once introduced Brian setzer as the greatest guitarist he ever worked with

[@zigzag2211]

Fun stuff, fer shure!

[@patrickparsley4091]

I remember watching that when it came on. Knew of the Cats but seeing that live...It was so mind blowing compared to what was on the radio at the time. Caused me to deep dive waaay back. Not unfamiliar with the influences but I really began to listen. Damn Setzer was so young and listen to how fully formed those songs were. Great Stuff.

[@RichardFriendartist]

I always think that too. He really had a vision and got his skills both singing and guitar up to such a high level at such a young age. Really impressive and with great songs to boot.

[@bdog961]

Rockabilly ahead of it’s time!! This guitar playing will die when Brian goes? Respects!!

[@garybrader8447]

"Ahead of it's time"?? This is from the '80s. Rockabilly was majorly popular in the '50s. Wake up bdog!

[@geogonz352]

Stray Cats were my favorite in high school 🔥🔥🔥😎

[@selinabini3460]

I adore these rockabilly atmospheres❤

[@jhondoe5147]

Now that was Cool!

[@richard9444]

Great band always liked them :)

[@jillzi7]

THAT is a fkn band and a half!! Loved em from day mthrfkn 1

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

One of my favorite songs of the 1980's.

[@germanshepherdlover2613]

Pure class and talent!

[@wilkersonlopez8649]

Im strays cats fan from 1982 from puerto rico

[@FuentesJoaquin]

04:38 That boy/girls in the arms of her mother was fortunate to appear when Brian Sertzer were skyrocketting in music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@coniferclose]

Pure quality.👍🏻

[@8888Rik]

Damn they were good. I used to be a guitarist, and Setzer was terrific.

[@christophertracy2807]

It seems that Fridays actually did a better job at booking live musical acts than Saturday Night Live when you look back on it. It did have the advantage of being in the best part of the 80s so there was were plenty of new acts that woudl become legends like DEVO, the Clash, and these guys who were just starting to get noticed.

[@lacunachannel3841]

totally agreee-- Fridays had the hottest UK acts that we only saw on fanzines like CREAM in NA

[@christophertracy2807]

@@lacunachannel3841 They were light on the black acts though. I think that had the Bus Boys but there is no way they should not have had Prince and Rick James - just to two 2 hot young acts at that time.

[@lacunachannel3841]

@@christophertracy2807 Very good point, and that explains why I didn't get into hip hop soul and real black music until much later. Interesting that Sun Ra was a guest on SNL though. Good thing we have the Internet now.

[@catstevens9217]

Love it. Stray Cats. 💋♥️💋♥️💋

[@Schpritzmachine]

I' m reading Slim Jim's book right now... page 52 - I just had to google this, they nailed it.. as usual.

[@Alyssav90]

Damn that voice! Love it.

[@brandname6]

he kinda reminds me of strummer in the last video i just watched , but you know with his teeth . both great bands lol thanks shout!

[@ricotinez]

Phenomenal!

[@JB-zg1dv]

Stray cats were tight!

[@patrickmcquillan3039]

This is straight ahead rockabilly Elvis style awesome talented guys

[@melgrant7404]

Agree xx

[@manspreader7854]

More like Duanne Eddy

[@darrenbaird989]

Stray cats style

[@donaldfowler4079]

Had the privilege to see them many times when they were called the tomcats fresh out of high school they had to leave New York to be discovered in Europe crazy Also saw them Amityville New York kicking off their 40th anniversary tour to say they Burned the house down would be an understatement

[@drstevie]

Brilliant !!!!!!!

[@jrjs1899]

the bass is awensome

[@terryf5131]

Saw them in 83...INXS was the opener!

[@stephanedajtlich]

The Fab' Three

[@heathernewman5272]

Saw them with The Busboys opening for them. Good show by both bands.

[@aaronbuster7201]

This was my brothers favorite band when he was a teenager. Now he's an biker with Bandidos. LOL

[@bartschwartz7217]

Aaron Buster rockers in front no mods there

[@gunnarr9882]

So much attitude. rock....

[@weswolever7477]

My sister and I watched this episode...been fans ever since

[@absinthedream9668]

That was awesome

[@neilstanley4041]

I was lucky enough to see these in 1980

[@theedrstrangelove]

I had a bunch of stickers on my bedroom door one of which was the stray cat logo of the cat with a pompadour. My mom was pissed. Guess what?: They are still there after nearly 40 years.

[@dianemitchell8765]

I'm a cat fan, too.

[@tomy.1846]

So awesome!!!

[@lenaalmeida3695]

Maravilhosa 🎉❤❤

[@sandrinerousseau6579]

Bén j'adore toujours

[@onclebob2178]

Je les ai vu à Nice et à Paris début des années 80.

[@marconoriegalopez9369]

hello Oncle Bob, I´m gathering information about Stray cats and i really interested in this concert and to know what stray cats means for France at that time. thanks!

[@JMcLeodKC711]

Best commercial for Gretch ever

[@SuperScand]

Excellent !!!

[@erickriebel4366]

I had to play this song I got a yard full of cats couple of them showed up about 2 years ago now there's about 20 of them outside they eat more food than I do love this song

[@bootlegapples]

Wow,nice performance!

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Brian was the ONLY guy who had tats back then. I'd never seen them except on old sailors. 😂 I was a Mod so couldn't go to their shows but you can I listened to them at home

[@DevInvest]

THATS, How ya do it.

[@chrismcgovern1647]

I was watching this that night

[@weswolever7477]

So did my sister and I

[@wendyjohnson1973]

Saw the Stray Cats on their 40th anniversary tour at the Greek Theater in LA. They were the best! I would see them again in a hot minute! They are so good. I have also seen the Brian Stetzer Orchestra 3 times. The energy of the Stray Cats is so explosive! Love them!

[@PpunktP]

Einfach Klasse - simply Great

[@edgarmccarthy3704]

Growing up in El Monte, ca great Jams love my generation.

[@jimmymash6863]

That one chick was dancing with a baby. I love it

[@tallman4040]

Forgot her name but she was a cast member of Fridays.

[@darlenegoodwin6467]

MELANIE CHARTOFF

[@TonyLovell]

Rock This Town is nice, but ... Stray Cat Strut is the BALLS

[@Metalhead4EVR]

Great performance!

[@jockstar1000]

I saw this when it aired live way back when and I swear there's a woman there whose boyfriend spun her in the air in front of the camera and she gave the whole world a beaver shot.. I kid you not...of course its been edited out since then which is sad because that was a microcosm of the times and it defined the movement

[@mattplus09]

Awwww...beaver shot memories :) Peace!

[@カープ愛-z8k]

最高だぜ❗カッコいいね❗

[@davidwiner8571]

Always love the waY these guys play hard driving rock