Stray Cats - Runaway Boys (Live On Fridays)

[@chuckt4558]

One of the only bands I can remember exactly what i was doing when i heard them on the radio. Walking to work with the walkman (with radio of course), and The Stray Cats explode on the scene. Killer songs, killer musicians.

[@Williamsparky]

Saw these guys last on 8-1 -2024 Costa Mesa ,ca . They still got it!

[@HazeFace100]

This track rules in every way possible. Taaaaawang!!!!

[@dougsmith7083]

When I first heard this song (prior to this broadcast...a friend brought their 1st UK release back from a trip to Belfast and London) I immediately found this song to be like a dark rockabilly version of a Misfits song. Knowing that Setzer had played with The Bloodless Pharaohs immediately prior to the formation of The Stray Cats and, their origins on Long Island and Jersey annnnd, Setzer's neat lift of The Voidoids "Blank Generation" for their own "Stray Cat Strut" (who Richard Hell himself had ripped off from a beatnick recording) kinda legitimized my train of thought. Setzer was completely aware of the music that was around him and, Danzig and he had a similar array of musical influences which were, above all, pulled from Elvis, rockabilly, horror films and the early CBGB's scene. The Bloodless Pharaohs were nothing like The Stray Cats...much more artsy/experimental/outliers Listening to this tonight for the first time in over 20 years my first thought was the Danzig/Misfits thingy...weird

[@dougsmith7083]

@Michael Johns Very interesting! Really appreciate the background info and, reference list! Cheers

[@felineth56]

Love the Stray Cats!....

[@melgrant7404]

Me too

[@DigitalLazarus]

Saw these lads live at Tuts in Chicago on November 19th, 1981. They tore the roof off! Were YOU there?

[@Tull1996]

Saw them Feb 3, 1984, upstate NY....awesome show....those were the days, yeah?

[@mickeyhay3990]

very cool rockabilly

[@THECLARENCES]

Fave Stray Cats song!!! xoxo The Clarences

[@mr.disney4740]

When musicians actually wrote songs, AND PLAYED THEM!

[@KOSMICKEN09]

Oddly slim Jim phantom has a show on the underground garage where they play real rock and roll

[@PlatoFire11]

God damn I love this song.

[@YanArMoal44]

I heard them for the first time in April 1981 during summer camp leader training for young people. A friend brought an audio cassette. I listened to it all the time on my Walkman. I was 17 years old.

[@guitarzan2626]

Saw them in 82, bus Boys opened, great show.

[@alienlifeform7490]

What a performance. Wow!

[@AndrewStandley-bp2lx]

isn't the 80's just the best for music?

[@BobAtkinson-e2o]

Great Decade!

[@double-h-farms]

And the best movies

[@Sparkina]

Indeed! Great decade for music

[@MichaelChurch-pl7rl]

Just love this tune, proper foot tapper. Is that a Gretsch guitar,very distinctive tone

[@guttersnippeesmithers3905]

Awesome

[@melgrant7404]

Bri❤❤❤

[@martinfeldman6472]

SO GREAT

[@Demon-Knight]

Excellent !!!

[@nedkelly8162]

Good shit!

[@TGCRVT]

Brian Setzer doesn't get enough recognition as a guitarist and front man.

[@duducheization]

Great live version ! But we don't hear the bass lines. Only drums and guitars. And the drums are incredible !

[@archangelmichael9037]

Listen again carefully the bass is definitely there ✌😎

[@windk100]

@@archangelmichael9037 the slap is definitely very prominent, even on my phone's built in speaker.

[@briantherion9145]

I always wondered if they had a drum tech

[@BobAtkinson-e2o]

Lee really pounds that bass!

[@bruceleroyhoffman]

Teddy boys

[@mr.zzyzzx6136]

When these fully modern greasers showed up in England they made the Teds obsolete.

[@melgrant7404]

@@mr.zzyzzx6136 love brian❤❤

[@KowankoMusic]

devastating live band

[@mr.disney4740]

All real musicians..no tracks here people ! Unlike all the bands today.(SAD)

[@billyshears1744]

Soy el laik 400😎😳

[@slasher8237]

I miss the version without the bozo at the beginning.

[@TH3DANKs]

To the 13 "people" who tapped a Thumb Down for this: You are banned from the internet until further notice.

[@philipatkins405]

Brilliant live band but todays bands to shame