The Stranglers - Something Better Change

[@andygray7478]

Right that’s it, No more heroes album is getting blasted oot this afternoon 😁

[@MacStoker]

ive got it on loud, but its a bit cold to open me windows and share it with the street lol

[@andygray7478]

@@MacStoker 😂😂 put a jumper on and let ‘em all enjoy it !! 😁👍

[@anthonysmith2714]

On yer sel big man

[@eamontrolleybus1289]

@@MacStoker cold..in july? Were do ya live santa.. yer man is right, put on a jumper open the windows and f$%k the neighbours. Atriculate punk...love it

[@bustertheboxer1343]

Doont blame year. Thanks for the goal v Forest in the league cup final btw Andy. Up the Wolves!

[@manhattenman6075]

RIP Dave Greenfield and Jet Black two of the best musical genius

[@brianswan3559]

This video along with the Straighten Out video was recorded at Southern Row, North Kensington at the bottom of the steps which lead up to Ladbroke Grove. The intro' was recorded nearby at Colville Square just off the Portobello road. Allsaints church can be seen to the right.

[@normankennith7919]

fantastic! i used to play this when i was a heavy metal dj a few years after this track came out! this, always the sun & peaches were my favourite songs by the stranglers! peaches always upset old people!!!!

[@brianswan3559]

@@normankennith7919 If you take a look on google maps there are some orange dumpsters on the exact spot, changed a lot have to say. Cheers.

[@pierrewilliams1533]

North Kensington, not South - very different. But thanks anyway as I wondered where this was filmed.

[@brianswan3559]

@@pierrewilliams1533 Many thanks

[@normankennith7919]

some things change for the better!!!@@pierrewilliams1533

[@titianobsidian6549]

The energy and sentiment of this song is needed more than ever today, both musically and politically. .

[@terrythekittieful]

You're not wrong mate. We need a song like this from 45 years ago to wake up to ourselves.

[@dariusstrolia9701]

let's do it@@terrythekittieful

[@andidelta9]

I use to think that too

[@cfr4831]

Indeed 😢

[@markperry5975]

Yep, the indigenous people of these islands need to stand together for change.

[@TheGyti]

A true masterpiece. R.I.P. Dave. Gone but never forgotten!❤

[@imogenimeson664]

R.I.P tabby cat.

[@PlanetAriom]

And sadly Jet too! ❤

[@marcelpercy703]

great song raw stranglers

[@TheGyti]

@@marcelpercy703 among with many others

[@itsallbull2069]

YEA R.I.P Dave, ..Rock In Paradise👊

[@donalfinn4205]

My god almighty, how many hours of my life have I spent listening to the Stranglers?

[@neilsmith9473]

None of those hours wasted.

[@harry.godwinson1]

there is always more time to up your quota should you need it..

[@rjjcms1]

Hours well spent indeed.

[@mikegray3763]

Not enough!

[@hellbillybilly4770]

@@mikegray3763 You beat me to it. That's what I was going to say!

[@garystark8988]

we need a band like this in 2023...

[@binnieb20]

There are a lot of good new bands recently, don't think they carry Stranglers Vibes but The Struts are pretty good.

[@karlwinkler2796]

​@@binnieb20na dann schreibe mal bitte ich bin in Wien zuhause und suche immer neue musik. LG!!!

[@sratus]

IDLES

[@HoonAgain]

@@sratusgood one yes Idles are super good and carry the same heavy vibe

[@Malcolm-p4r]

I had my 21 birthday cake shaped like an LP and decorated like ' Rattus Norveticuc 'lol☮️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍😊

[@craigkalin289]

This song applies as much today as it did back in 1977, truly timeless!

[@gmc9451]

Change is coming but it won't be to the advantage of anyone except the powers that shouldn't be.

[@vtecgrin4503]

August 2024 ...very appropriate for the times.

[@kevinclark2856]

S T A R M E R C U N T L I S T E N

[@sallyjoan]

@@kevinclark2856 mind your language

[@RadRogue1]

TRUMP 2024 🇺🇸

[@semclaughlan]

Still remember seeing & hearing this for the first time. I've been 'Strangled' ever since. 🐀😎🖤

[@rjjcms1]

I've been Strangled since 1977.

[@rjjcms1]

@@DoomHasCame Much as I'd like to claim that,I'd be overselling myself as they'd just become established by the time I got to hear them. I was just becoming a teenager and people from school were playing the Rattus Norvegicus album. I quickly became acquainted with their early breakthrough hits like Peaches,Go Buddy Go,Straighten Out and this song and also got into songs such as Get a Grip on Yourself and Hanging Around. My mum had (and still has) a piano at home which me and my sister could mess around on and I started playing the keyboard tune from Peaches on it,to my mum's amusement. I think we'd both be interested to read any accounts on here from anyone who was there on the scene in time to see them emerge from nowhere.

[@EllakGr]

You did get a grip on yourself, y’ mean? 😎

[@PeterGaspar-vm4cb]

Oh man, when I'm listening to this I feel 16 again. These songs are full of life and positive energy.

[@StephenOconnor-c4t]

Theses and xtc and early ultravox were head and shoulders above every one else !!!

[@amarshmuseconcepta6197]

💥🎯💥

[@shamsoni]

Brilliant I was a 14 yr old punk now 60

[@seansands424]

I was 16 yr old just left school then now 63 wish I can go back there and that age

[@conradmadden9107]

58 and still listening to the stranglers

[@garystark8988]

If you're a punk, you might grow old, but you never age. Maybe older, perhaps wiser, but still a fucking punk

[@shamsoni]

All the music and message so relevant today - its a class struggle as Joe said I don’t want to know wot the rich are doing

[@LouLou-tl1gv]

Same here 😂

[@azapro911]

What a phenomenal band they truly were.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

England,our little island in The North Sea has produced some of the very best bands the world has ever witnessed!❤

[@michaelmoore.5167]

Still great 😊😊awesome.

[@chrisis9030]

Stranglers at their best. They really helped me cope with my hate of authority in any form. Thx, lads

[@Captain_Rhodes]

LOL yes nicely put

[@MrHog-ci9dp]

One of the biggest bands, both musically but most by the lyrics. Even if Hugh leaved years ago the last performace on the farwell tour was magic. Rest in peace Stranglers but you will never be forgotten

[@philwise872]

Love the bass JJ is using

[@slimmy6828]

The Stranglers at their very best. Seen them too many times to recall. RIP Jet, say hi to Dave, legends never die 👍

[@K.Straughan]

Never stop despising them with every inch of your being! It's the underground law!

[@oolongoolong789]

One of the best songs from the wonderful Stranglers.

[@LaurelCanyon1969]

Another prime example of why '77 - '82 was one of the two great golden ages of the British hit single (the other being '63 - '67).

[@SirSneakerPimp]

I try very hard to explain this very thought to people all the time! But you can extend it to ‘69 early ‘70.

[@randybackgammon890]

@@SirSneakerPimp '72/73 in UK. seemed to go in two year waves to my recollection....But it's totally crap now.And anyone who would argue otherwise can only have never experienced it when it was good

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

'71-'73, Slade, T.Rex. Sweet, Suzi Quattro, Wizzard

[@andrewgrimes4311]

such a great time for music , so many superb bands, we were really blessed.

[@ResortDog]

A classic so fit for modern times!

[@RemzofFrance]

Well. I am an old coot now but I am glad I was 13 when this came out. This and many other things. We needed a revolution in music and we had it.

[@phrtao]

Something did change - music became shit. What an absolute joy to hear this 45 year old classic. It is a very long time since anyone released a record with the power and energy this has.

[@neilsmith9473]

So true.

[@ursulaschlapbach311]

Exactly

[@ok2760]

So, nothing to do with the fact that you're not a teenager anymore?

[@FenceThis]

@Maitre Mark yep

[@jeanbrook7229]

sure does

[@dubsnbuds6668]

For me it was 1988 my first job the lads at work were in a band the drummer adored this band Mark Cunningham from Bradford was his name a guy you never forget, so thanks to Mark he took me to see them live at the st Georges hall Bradford, my first ever big gig, i was hooked from that day to this. An amazing band with great imagination and energy

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

A time when FOUR GENIUSES CAME TOGETHER.... Rest is history... God bless em..❤❤❤❤ P.s Time to get back hugh before it really is too late. We already lost 2 of the boys....

[@pirata5151]

Most underrated band of all time

[@UserOfTheUnknown]

RIP Dave. Your talent will be missed. Long live The Stranglers.

[@davejohnston5158]

Soundtrack of my uni days. They were unique in the 1970's and reflected the mood of the time but much more than just a punk band.

[@whitewittock]

Struggling to think of anything that has changed for the better since this song..

[@manolokonosko594]

Each one of the 4 members contributed something unique and priceless to the music and sound of the band. Take away any of these 4 from the mix and they sound like the type of band that are a dime a dozen. When Hugh Cornwell left, The stranglers, they never recovered. Happens a lot with many bands - KISS is one of them.

[@guillaumereferent4107]

Ratus norvegicus, féline, la folie and golden Brown ❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏 I was 17 years and now 53. Years and i love your music. Always !!!!!! 🙏❤️🙏

[@donalfinn4205]

I’m 69 and I’m still blasting them out!

[@guillaumereferent4107]

Stranglers ❤️ live in Paris Zenith ❤️ i remember....❤️...in 1986....87??? Wouawou 🤣 so strong 👍❤️🤣

[@karenowen993]

Awesome 💕

[@RainbowDancer.]

Blimey remember this great days , awesome band 🧙‍♂️

[@LeePenn2492]

Great song knocked out some great music these lads.

[@traceonbasslamb923]

Just love the way this smacks in after guitar into. Used to rehearse same place as Stranglers late 70s.this song So apt right now in 2023.

[@OscarTheCat-eu1kq]

Fortunate to see this line up live. Great band.

[@Arcadelife1]

Excellent. I’ve still got the pink vinyl EP bought way back when - it has this track, Straighten Out, Grip, and Hanging Around. Amazing band.

[@timsimpson9367]

God I miss the 70's. Today's so fake & throw away crap with no talent or meaning.

[@camo7886]

that vinyl must be worth a pretty penny now!

[@Arcadelife1]

@@camo7886 I’ve seen them online for 12 quid so maybe not the retirement fund I was hoping for 👊😜

[@camo7886]

@Arcadelife ha, no maybe not then! Ah well, still a special thing to own, especially if you bought it new.

[@Arcadelife1]

@@camo7886 Exactly, mate - I doubt I’d consider selling it (or most of my other weird 70s/80s vinyls) unless it was some stupid life-changing amount … and even then maybe not.

[@billybobkingston5604]

The stranglers choke me up, sorry couldn't resist, great music, early stuff was unique and still is I guess

[@FHIPrincePeter]

Tune just popped into my head.

[@Chrester1]

Such a great song

[@Frod6]

My neighbours fucking loved this played at full volume when I got home from school....... Great Britain will never be able to recreate this feeling

[@condensedsleep3936]

Brexshit effed the whole UK. The feeling has gone.

[@condensedsleep3936]

Brexit minced the UK. The feeling has gone.

[@brucebiegler7807]

Absolutely brilliant 👏👌 can never be duplicated ... genius punk

[@carltwidle3287]

Like the Stranglers. Get a grip on Yourself was another classic song from them. I like this old archive film footage of the group.

[@johnoneill5661]

I remember the first time I heard this, my mate Keith had a really really powerful stereo nearly blew me out of my shoes and from then on I was hooked. Music was so much better then.

[@krm3345]

Nice to see official uploads of old videos

[@DisposableFrequencies]

very topical right now

[@doubleglazed]

Excellent raw, energetic, exciting and powerful music with a simple video. RIP Dave Greenfield and now Jet Black.

[@karenowen993]

Dave Greenfield 👌

[@Brandon-bh7pj]

Punk legends ❤ i can listen to this song all the time anytime haha

[@tuxedoneko9837]

Brings me back to a glorious time 😍😎🤘 So happy i saw them in concert

[@undergroundwarrior70]

I saw The Stranglers around the mid 80's in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, just about 7 blocks north from where I resided over on the Eastside, walking distance. The Stranglers opened up for Roxy Music oddly enough. Two of my favorite bands from England!

[@Carl-x8y3c]

I love this group. I was in my teens in the 1970s. Firstly i was into Glam Rock pop music such as Slade , Mott the Hoople , T Rex , etc then the Punk explosion happened. I would have liked to have been in the audience in this video.

[@TheREALPoriruaTrainspotter]

Always loved this song when I was younger cause my Father would always play this on his car stereo

[@MISSION315]

This music today could heal the world 🌎

[@antonioeasypiano]

I offer these two piano covers: Waltzinblack and Strange Little Girl. The Stranglers FOREVER!!!

[@KAZ132]

One of my favourites plus / Straighten Out as the double A side is just class.

[@Gassit]

Great stuff. The single of this was the first record I bought with my own money way back in the day :)

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Mine too, Birthday money, 15 and the world ahead.

[@jamesmason5491]

This was the first record I bought by the stranglers. It sounded different at the time. My favourite punk type group. More was to follow. Heroes. And my favourite. Golden brown. Classic song. Brilliant band.

[@josep.rodriguez1419]

Don't you like the way I move when you see me? Don't you like the things that I say? Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it? When you shout things but I don't care Something's happening and it's happening right now You're too blind to see it Something's happening and it's happening right now Ain't got time to wait I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change Don't you like the way I dance, does it bug you? Don't you like the cut of my clothes? Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it? Stick my fingers right up your nose Something's happening and it's happening right now You're too blind to see it Something's happening and it's happening right now Ain't got time to wait I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change, yeah, take it Hugh! I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change, lovely I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change I said something better change Change, change, change, change Change, change, change, change Change, change, change, change Change Change!

[@arnolddalby5552]

We in the 1980's blasted out the Stranglers vinyl records through 120 watt amps with 5 band graphic equalizers through 300 watt speakers. Something did change. Hahaha.

[@paulwallis2495]

I have the pink marble 7" EP , which this track is on (not worth the millions I was hoping for) but a beautiful thing, none the less. I got it along with the Raven album (with 3D cover) a schoolmate of mine had the Black & White (white vinyl) EP and wld not, 4luv nor money, part with it. Still! There's always that one that got away. Sweet li'l trip down memory lane.

[@ozoz5829]

The Stranglers will always rock...

[@meshborg9929]

Brilliant

[@monstersince]

when i was a tween you were either; two tone mods, punks or heavy metal and we beat the shit out of each other at school discos. I love them all. 🤗

[@grahampearson1614]

What a Band! What a Song!! I thank God I got to see them live umpteen times with my Young Brother (RIP)

[@markurbanczyk8331]

Wow... Dave Brubeck and The Stranglers.... Both performing this great song 👍

[@reuireuiop0]

Plus that final chord came almost straight from Ram Jam Black Betty. Or Stranglers been there first ?

[@stewartmckeand8953]

Wonderful.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

I've never even heard of these guys, but by God, on the basis of this song and its energy alone, I gotta find out what I've been missing ...

[@freddyagain3843]

Check their song "No More Heroes" Play it loud!!!!

[@KapitanKremmen]

You have a 1977 to 2021 feast coming.

[@alannoles760]

Have you been on the moon for the past 45 yrs

[@d_walsh]

Yeah. Purchase first 5 albums

[@KDF54321]

Golden Brown. Right now!

[@keithedmundson2318]

Listening to Sunaks slimy sniveling speech about the contaminated blood scandal and miraculously I thought of this.

[@zypalitra8080]

Never seen this video before! Classic track as well!

[@Levinia.]

Los quiero mucho, ojalá hubiera nacido 30 años antes y en un país donde si son famosos. Saludos desde México.

[@Teenager1977]

Yo también 😆 soy de México me encanta esta banda

[@Levinia.]

@@Teenager1977 chocalas 🙌

[@Teenager1977]

@@Levinia. 🙌

[@Teenager1977]

Tenemos que apoyarnos en este país esto no existe y quiero que se propague aparte del chopo CDMX espero que ya estén ahí sus álbumes

[@Teenager1977]

​@@Levinia. soy la misma cuenta danpunkhorror

[@thekarmafarmer608]

This was just no bullshit, no fakery, no plastic angst music from my favourite time. Miss those times.

[@ChristopherJohnWilson-no5zz]

Stranglers forever ❤

[@jonsantos74]

Punk Rock's equivalents to the Doors...Nuff Said !!!

[@phrtao]

The doors with balls

[@alannoles760]

As Hugh Cornwell once said “aren’t doors things you open and close”

[@eyebrowman1]

The Stranglers are way better than the doors. The Doors are overrated

[@shedeen]

Loved The Stranglers, I painted a huge rat set against a sunset painted on my bedroom wall in gloss. My parents were tolerant, sort of! Opening scenes of this - looks like Brighton but could be London (Notting Hill?). The flat spire church at .12 could be a clue? I now have to spend hours scanning Google Streetview trying to find it!

[@jasonhiggins6431]

I bought the rat 🐀 cloth badge and sowed it onto my Harrington jacket in 78 ? I was the coolest in the class or so I thought , all the other cunts we’re listening to shawaddy waddy or Mud 😅

[@Mark-lq3sb]

Seems I still have the same opinion that I did when I was 18 in 1977 and now I'm 65. LOL!

[@davidharrison441]

An amazing band , a snapshot of English history .

[@contardgeorges6544]

J'écoutai en 77, en 87, 97 ..... et j'écoute aujourd'hui ! et j'écouterai demain....

[@perrycomeau2627]

The day that the earth stood still. ♥

[@barryclements8395]

My favourite band and my favourite film (the original with Michael Rennie, not the remake with Keanu Reeves).

[@metatron-007]

I shall tell you something that does not change and that is how good it actually sounds.

[@benkelly2190]

My boys. A band I grew up with. RIP Dave and JB. Gone but never forgotten.❤️

[@monkdavis1]

Reminds me of dry blackthorn cider from the off-licence hatch in the pub then blasting out stranglers circa 1979

[@robsiddall9731]

You're smashing it absolutely 💯 thanks pure quality

[@undergroundwarrior70]

There were many excellent keyboard and synth musicians during my time period, like Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider, Keith Emerson, Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Edgar Froese, Wendy Carlos, Vangelis, Billy Currie, even Brian Eno who considers himself as a non-musician. But Dave Greenfield (may he Rest In Peace) had his own unique style. I had the good experience seeing The Strangers in concert around 1983 or 1984 in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California (on the Central West Coast) at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. It was their 'Feline Tour' and they opened up for Roxy Music.

[@test8959]

what a banger of a track this is and always loved jj's bass guitar.superb.R.I.P. dave brilliant keyboard player.

[@waldirrabello6528]

Essa é uma das melhores musicas do The Stranglers , sou fã da banda desde os anos 80 , e tem outra música espetacular , "aways this sun ".

[@terrydickinson7252]

Saw them at Canterbury Odeon in 1977. They were great.

[@Brandon-bh7pj]

I can't stop listening to this song it's so damn good!!! 🔥

[@ex-ray-spex1611]

Love this bass!

[@garyjogela7138]

My Mrs just let out that we're going to see 'em in Nottingham as a surprise for my birthday next March. Ace,can't wait.

[@MsAlien911]

Hugh looks pretty hot, haha when i was 15 he looked soooo old, now im 60 and i feel like a perv for fancying him here.

[@ska63]

Always a Great song!! Very nice video

[@michaelmoore.5167]

Raw and aggressive 😂 i love ❤️ this great music 😊timeless 👌.

[@billkingston4402]

Bloody hell, I forget how good they were, saw them twice in London (Hugh Cronwell times)

[@paulschnyder938]

It was ‘Cornwell ‘

[@billkingston4402]

@@paulschnyder938 whoops, been living in Ireland to long

[@Neilzill]

SAS Rogue brought me here id forgotten about this classic i was a teenager when this came out music was just great then

[@stereomagic1]

Utterly fabulous record and the first single I ever bought was "Peaches/Go Buddy Go" by this band. Brilliant clip too...you couldn't afford to use a toilet in that district these days! :)

[@nathaliefalguiere3922]

Depuis toujours je kiffe !!! Vu in Carcassonne ! Bravo à Paris les gars !

[@ussrwrestling]

Ранние "Стренглерз" были бесподобны!! Сочетание панка и психоделии!! Одна из моих самых любимых групп! ))) Уже пол-группы, к сожалению, вымерло! (((( (клавишник и ударник!) 1977 год, к сожалению, нельзя было поставить на паузу!! А люди - смертны! Увы! ((((

[@iidpack1865]

Stranglers for life! R.I.P Dave and Jet

[@SuperWang-k2c]

Been a rocker my whole life but the stranglers were something else!!!!!!!!

[@onecookieboy]

A criminally under rated band.