The Saints - (I'm) Stranded Reaction

[@davidellis5141]

This & New Rose 🌹 by The Damned are two of the first & best Punk singles both coming out in 1976. Great song !

[@gostrum1]

New Rose was good but (I’m) Stranded Is miles better and still sounds fresh today..unlike the former

[@manuelkatsos5104]

@@gostrum1 OHHHH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ValleyBanger]

They released this in 76, before the Sex Pistols first release. Apparently when the Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren heard it he told Johnny Rotten thats the sound I'm looking for

[@AndyFNQ84]

Punk before punk was a thing

[@Robbo766]

Back in April of 1977 my mates and I caught a train to the Paddington Town Hall to see The Saints and Radio Birdman. It's the gig where Saints singer, Chris Bailey, referred to Radio Birdman as the local chapter of Hitler Youth, which might have created animosity between the two groups. It was one of the most insane gigs I ever attended. The Saints were an electric powerhouse of noise (which sounds a little cliche when describing a punk band, but it was mesmerising) and Chris Bailey was just this drunk-sweaty psycho. Radio Birdman were also intense. The footage of this concert at the Paddington Town Hall is up on youtube, in all its high definition glory, like it was shot yesterday. I am in the clip a few times looking like scared little boy with my long hair and one hand clinched into a fist, trying to look tough. This single was originally releaesd in September 1976. You're viewing the EMI reissue with an EMI funded video clip for the January 1977 reissue. The Saints were from nowheresville Brisbane.. Not a London band. Let's just leave it there....

[@heathcornbeef]

Both of these bands'help the redemption of Australia for inflicting acdc and their CRIMES AGAINST MUSIC AND HUMANITY on the world

[@heathcornbeef]

I forgot to mention YOU LUCKY LUCKY BASTARD green isn't my favourite colour but I'm turning green with envy 🤢👏👏👏 did i mention that you are a LUCKY LUCKY BASTARD (I have no idea if you're Mum and Dad were married) you Lucky bastard

[@heathcornbeef]

Australia you still have a lot of work to do for musical redemption because acdcs day time band The Wiggle's have caused mum's and dad's all around the world to have mental health issues and I'm one of them 🤮🤢🤢🤮🤯😤😡🤬🤪🥴😱😵‍💫

[@Robbo766]

@@heathcornbeef I had attended many AC/DC gigs in the 70's. I don't know why I was drawn to AC/DC because they were a horrible band that committed crimes against music. I must have been a very dumb to have spent my money on seeing AC/DC. You're right when you say that Australia has to redeem itself musically with all our awful music which includes The Birthday Party, The Hard Ons, The Scientists, The Laughing Clowns, The Go-Betweens, The Triffids, Died Pretty, Hoodoo Gurus, Lipstick Killers, Celibate Rifles, Sunnyboys, Lime Spiders, Screaming Tribesmen, The Stems, Eastern Dark, New Christs... wait, wait.. one second, I need to throw up because all those names are making me sick.. Okay, back Let's look at the awful pre-Saints groups in Australia: Lobby Loydd And The Coloured Balls, BIlly Thorpe And The Aztecs, Easybeats, Masters Apprentices, .. Sorry, I need to throw up some more.. There's a good compilation called _Do The Pop! The Australian Garage-Rock Sound 1976-'87,_ which has been revered and loved by more American and British music critics than Australian critics, but then again, you know American and British critics have awful taste in music, so naturally they're going to love the Do The Pop CD. But if you think Australia is bad, let's look at New Zealand and their awful music output: The Chills, The Verlaines, Chris Knox, Straitjacket Fits... Sorry, I need to get myself to the hospital because those Kiwi bands are so awful... Have a good weekend!

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@Robbo766 🎯

[@heathcornbeef]

I Bloody love THE SAINTS and this song i haven't heard in a few years Thank you guys for suggesting this band and song 👏👏👏👍💥✌️

[@Robbo766]

@@QuentinMosses-vr3cv You NOW he's Aussie? The bloke is a New Zealander. Looks like you need to know a little better buddy. Stick to British stuff and you'll be right? How about, No? Sticking to British stuff means you are just going to narrow your focus on one nation's music and you are going to have to eat the bad and the good. No variety, no travel, no new ideas... There's a lot of British people that stuck to only British and they're just as backward as rednecks in the Deep South. Sure.. some of them come with a posh accent, so it's not easy to tell how backward they are.. but rest assured. They're backward and ignorant. Don't give bad advice and spread xenophobia. The old days of ''Bruce'' is over mate. There's a generation of Australians that don't even know who Rolf Harris is. If you're not with the program, you shouldn't communicate with the outside world. Friendly advice from an Aussie that's lived around the world.

[@OriginsReborn]

Algy Ward, one of the bass players in the Saints (& the Damned & Tank) died recently. RIP Algy ✊

[@babyboomer6372]

Did he really? I knew him many years before he even joined The Saints. Nice guy that always tried too hard to come off like a prick.

[@wildphil64]

Didn’t know 😢

[@demolitiongirl-ie2rx]

I trust you'll continue this journey with The Saints. I'm from Brisbane, so naturally I'm going to be a bit of an advocate for this band. I'll join everybody else in recommending 'Know Your Product' and 'This Perfect Day'.

[@sdwill66]

Next stop, 'Know Your Product'.

[@wolfvinson]

1234 ep for me!

[@ray.shoesmith]

Like a snake callin' on the phone I've got no time to be alone There is someone comin' at me all the time Yeah babe, I think I'll lose my mind 'Cause I'm stranded on my own Stranded far from home All right I'm ridin' on a midnight train But everybody just looks just the same A subway light, its dirty reflection I'm lost babe, I got no direction And I'm stranded on my own Stranded far from home, All right Stranded, I'm so far from home Stranded, yeah I'm on my own Stranded, you gotta leave me alone 'Cause I'm stranded on my own Stranded far from home Come on Look at me, what about you? Played around, saying, "no can do" You're lost, your mind is stuck in a whirl Yeah honey, such a stupid girl Now I'm stranded on my own Stranded far from home Come on Stranded, I'm so far from home Stranded, yeah I'm on my own Stranded, you gotta leave me alone 'Cause I'm stranded on my own Stranded far from home All right Livin' in a world insane They cut out some heart and some brain Been fillin' it up with dirt Yeah baby, dunno how it hurts To be stranded on your own Stranded far from home All right Stranded, I'm so far from home Stranded, yeah I'm on my own Stranded, you got to leave me alone Come on Stranded, I'm so far from home Stranded, yeah I'm on my own Stranded, you gotta leave me alone 'Cause I'm stranded on my own Stranded

[@emilyhahahah]

Stranded. "Best song this week, next week, every week" The BBC.

[@heathcornbeef]

I need a chair with a five point harness seat belt to stop me slouching and slowly sliding off the seat i sometimes end up on the floor when it rolls away without me

[@ylt123]

Beautiful band, beautiful song, beautiful lead singer and away ahead of their time man!

[@shaundgb7367]

Never really took much notice of The Saints but this is iconic for their time which before my time. They probably inspired bands like Cosmic Psychos that I saw live a number of times in the 90s. Not sure punk music was even defined at the time this band was started but they fit the sound that was later labelled that.

[@kevkoala]

Love the Cosmic Psychos...saw them at the Mordialloc Hotel back in the 90s and have been listening to them ever since. Ross Knight the bass player is a Big Richmond supporter...he dedicated "Come on"..err uhh..."the C word" to Garry Abblet SR the night before Richmond played Geelong in the finals of that year.😁

[@shaundgb7367]

@@kevkoala FFS, he is a Richmond supporter. Well he just went down in my estimation as a person with good taste in sporting team after learning this. They were a fantastic fun live band though. Must have seen them half a dozen times or more. I've not seen them since the 90's too but seen a few bits and pieces of them from some live recordings on youtube since. I used to mainly see them at The Espy. Mordiallic pub would have been a fun place to see them too. A few songs by Cosmic Pyschos on here would not go astray... ha ha.... Pub, Dead Roo, F'Wit City etc .etc.

[@mauharley]

Saw the Cosmic Psychos at The Croc in Thornbury last Saturday night. Shame there was 3 support acts, and the Psychos only did an hour set. But they did all their classics.

[@kevkoala]

@@shaundgb7367 "Whip me..." Loved when they introed that song....something about placing a pineapple somewhere!😁

[@shaundgb7367]

@@kevkoala I assume this was about some girlfriend he had at some point that like to tie him up and stuff.... ha ha... He probably married her....

[@GP-mw8ce]

Great Aussie choice. Saw them play this and a great set at the Marquee in London 77/78.Chris Bailey the singer passed last year

[@CraigWilde-vj4bs]

I was at that gig.

[@GP-mw8ce]

I alway remember that Chris had a brown pinstripe waitcoat and pants and looked like a wedding goer who'd lost his tie and jacket late on!@@CraigWilde-vj4bs

[@markferrett700]

I was at the Marquee that night👍

[@antscott4922]

Me too! The very best!!! Aussie, iggy punks, well before their time.......come on!!! ....wooo!!

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

They were pioneers of punk Lead guitarist Ed Kuepper had a career on his own later on

[@alphooey]

Eternally Yours one of my favourites

[@babyboomer6372]

The band were from Brisbane - a bleak and conservative place at the time. It was also a brutal city and part police state where the unconventional would be beaten up by the cops. Actually, anybody that expressed their own thoughts could get in trouble. Plenty of places in the US and UK also faced tough circumstances and punk had very good reason to exist there. I think Brisbane was slightly different because when you literally have your guts kicked in by authority for being in a punk band while the rest of the world thinks you're happily living with Skippy in the bush, you can begin to feel a tad resentful.. The Saints got out of Brisbane before the shit hit the fan with Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. I picked up on these guys in England around '77 just before I took my second trip to Australia. I returned later in the year to read pretty disparaging reviews about the band - mostly focused on their nationality and not their music. If I didn't go to Australia and fall in love, I mightn't have thought anything of the xenophobic reviews. But reading the constant Aussie bashing in the press over this band made me leave England and forget the damn country existed. I remember the music press turning on Eric Clapton for his racist rants. I'd extend that by saying that nasty things shouldn't be said about anybody.

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

Unfortunately this only reached # 99 in Australia. The Countdown kids just weren't all that smitten by The Saints The band were spoken as this important thing that had gotten attention in the UK and were part of this new thing called Punk. But we were more interested in Ted Mulry Gang's 'Jamaica Rum'' or this new guy from America called Shaun Cassidy. My brother had an original single released on Fatal records, and I had an EMI copy. Fun fact: This video was directed by Russell Mulcahy, a couple of years before directing the ''Video Killed The Radio Star'' video and 10 years before directing The Highlander.

[@GeoffCB]

Luckily 4ZZZ in Brisbane played this a lot!

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

@@GeoffCB It got a lot of play on 3RRR in Melbourne.

[@macman1469]

Punk bands in Australia never got the memo about Punk having a uniform . Australian punk bands often look like they just come in from the back shed .

[@garyfarrell954]

"im stranded" was an awesome album start to finish. grab some foster's and give it a spin!!🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@SPKdesign1]

I don't know a lot of their stuff but that's a great lp.

[@heathcornbeef]

Fosters 🤢🤮

[@heathcornbeef]

Alcohol 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮 not my cup of tea. death violence and hangovers is what alcohol represents to me .roll up a spliff and chill much safer and much more fun and that concert last night is in full HD not a blurry black and white Haze

[@SPKdesign1]

@@heathcornbeef Who did you see?

[@heathcornbeef]

@@SPKdesign1 no one well Henry Rollins last Thursday night. I was just saying that sober or stoned i remember details of gigs that if drunk i don't remember at all

[@SPKdesign1]

I went to a gig last night and watched a band called The Darts, an all female Garage Psych band from Phoenix & Los Angeles. I think you might like them, have a listen to "The Cat's Meow", "Get Messy", "Breakup Makeup" or "Love Song".

[@colrhodes377]

I just might find them a little later, depending on how busy I am

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Awwww hell yeah C n C , classic very early punk from our antipodean cousins … love it 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@axl_rose3758]

These guys were playing this in 1973. There's recordings of it. Radio Birdman in Sydney were also doing this. Just nerdy types listening to MC5 and Stooges and 60's garage and going for it. Brisbane was hell in the 70's and 80's and I was lucky to cross the border and get myself into NSW and never look back. Read up how the police treated The Dead Kennedys when they came to Brisbane in 1983.

[@alanjelek]

superb bit of punk

[@jameszac2664]

Great bands come out of oz the saints were legendary

[@davejensen7922]

If there was any such thing as punk royalty the Saints qualify for sure

[@leavemealone344]

nothing to do with the ramones .. they were doing this sound in 73 as Kid Galahad and the Eternals and i'm stranded was an old song by the time it was released

[@petbarmob9]

First and Best Punk song ever

[@OldWolflad]

A lot of bands belatedly claim they weren't punk, but they were happy to be part of the movement at the time. I appreciate these were pre- punk but they then came to London and seemed fine to play alongside other new wave / punk bands.

[@axl_rose3758]

If you were living in shitville Brisbane in Police state Queensland in the 70's, youi'd be happy to take anything. Especially if you're playing this music in the early 70's before the term ''punk'' was properly coined. Yeah, they listen to Stooges, they also listening to Motown, 60's Soul and 50's R'n'B's

[@peterhay8961]

This is the first "Punk" single ever released. Pre dates the Pistols, The Damned, and Iggy....

[@axl_rose3758]

YEEeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!

[@warrenharrison5052]

'Know Your Product' is another classic saints tune. Do yourselves a favour and give it a listen. You'll enjoy it.

[@letstalk3265]

Stranded is the FIRST DIY single of the punk era, September 1976. Yet I heard them practice this and many of songs from their first album years before. They are from my home town of Brisbane and they were mates. Chris (the singer) only just passed and Ed (the guitarist) is still making great music. They were never punk, they played hard and fast rock'n'roll. Please also check out Radio Birdman who started in Sydney at the same time. The Saints first three albums are must haves. Sir Bob Geldof stated that the three most influential bands of the mid-late 70's were The Ramones, The Sex Pistols and The Saints. Check out their song ''Know Your Product'' which is still so relevant today as then and was the first punk rock song with horns. Oh and Chris's voice got better and better as he wrote more rock soul blues stuff, check out the album ''The Monkey Puzzle'' and songs like Always Always, Let's Pretend and the rest.

[@heathcornbeef]

Radio birdman are a must Aloha Steve and Danno is probably my favourite Australian song no it's definitely my favourite Aussie song . GIVE BACK OUR PAVLOVA

[@heathcornbeef]

Any band or vocalist who gets compared to Iggy and the Stooges is onto a winner 🏆

[@SPKdesign1]

He tries.

[@heathcornbeef]

@@SPKdesign1 good afternoon brother how are you doing?

[@SPKdesign1]

@@heathcornbeef Aw guid, ta. Hows it going in the land of the down under?

[@heathcornbeef]

@@SPKdesign1 it's bloody cold and that's perfect i don't like summer and the heat and glare that comes with it so the answer I'm good brother

[@SPKdesign1]

@@heathcornbeef I forgot, it's winter doon there. I'm having a hard time with the heat. I hope yr winters is short.

[@antscott4922]

1976!

[@carebear-fm4pe]

Humble beginnings for The Saints and Melbourne music director Russell Mulcahy. He'd move on to do ''Video Killed The Radio Star'', and big buck videos like ''Total Eclipse Of The Heart'', and stuff by Duran Duran, Elton John, Queen, etc.

[@antipodean_antonette]

Still rocks after all these years! Try some Radio Birdman!

[@mightyV444]

Oi'm loiking it! 😁👍

[@mattjohn4731]

I thought I knew this song. But I was thinking of Know Your Product which is also excellent

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Great band, well worth digging into

[@colrhodes377]

I remember the first time my mum saw a punk with green hair. She just stopped dead staring 😂😂

[@markferrett700]

This perfect day......another great saints song.

[@Robbo766]

Just to make it clear. They didn't jump on the punk bandwagon. They were doing this style of music as early 1973, but they did have The Stooges playing on their turntable... I never thought The Saints as nerds but you're right.. everybody except the drummer are nerds, I guess... Bruce Springsteen did a cover of their 1986 song ''Just Like Fire Would'' which might serve as a good comparison video one of these days. By 1986, Chris Bailey and I think the drummer were the only two original members and their sound was very different.

[@gostrum1]

Nerdy is more Talking Heads Not the Saints!

[@colrhodes377]

I'm really pleased that you are beginning to get ahead financially. You deserve a break.

[@rodpope7838]

Trivia - The Wiggles started out as the Cockroaches - had a couple of minor hits. Look at Teenage Radio Stars and Beethoven from Tasmania.

[@SuhanDane-q6g]

I was in Brisbane at the time. The Saints were a breath of fresh air. Have a look at the ABC ( Australian broadcasting corporation) series " Pig City" to get an idea of what Brisbane was like in the day. We all just went on. F@ck the police. The Go Betweens would come out of Brizzy, totally different band but they also had the f@ck you attitude.

[@mrkeym.5386]

You should check out Ed Keuper. He's the guitarist.

[@iankearns774]

I remember hearing this as a 12 year old kid, wasn't a big fan back then but grew to appreciate it more as I got older. You are right they probably took some influence from MC5, The Stooges, Ramones etc but also maybe an Aussie band Lobby Lloyd and the Coloured balls who were way ahead of their time in the early 70s.

[@letstalk3265]

No influence from the Ramones. They were contemporaries, same time. Early incarnation of the Saints, Kid Galahad & The Eternals started in 1973. MC5 and The Stooges a definite.

[@liveitup67]

I remember The Saints doing this song on Countdown. I was 9 and I thought it was Black Sabbath. Ha, ha. I was only 9 years old, I have an excuse... To be honest, The Saints weren't a band I could ever get into. I liked the music they released in the mid 80's more than their 70's output. I suggest you guys try Just Like Fire Would, Ghost Ships and Do They Come From You. Ed Kuepper (guitarist) has released numerous solo albums and one of my personal favourites is his song called The Way I Made You Feel.

[@Win_Lose116]

Classic !!

[@Highway61Revisted]

This was what Russell Mulcahy music videos looked like before he ditched Australia for England. With British record company money, he was able to let his imagination run wild and make videos like ''Video Killed The Radio Star'', ''Turning Japanese'', ''Rio'', ''Hungry Like The Wolf'', ''Total Eclipse Of The Heart'', ''I'm Still Standing''.. ''I'm Stranded'' is still his best video IMO even with a $10 and a sausage roll budget.

[@kevindobson6568]

Cant wait for my Robert palmer request

[@colrhodes377]

I liked this, but it proved my brother, right. My brother states that just about all punk banks play the same thing, only changing the lyrics.

[@liveitup67]

Hi Col, The singer, Chris Bailey, was like Chrissie Hynde. He kept the band's name going until his untimely death in 2022. Check out ''Just Like Fire Would'' (later covered by Bruce Springsteen) and ''Ghost Ship''. It's not quite what you're getting here. I only like Punk when it was done by Plastic Bertrand - ha, ha

[@colrhodes377]

@liveitup6688 Hello lovely. I'll check them out a little later.

[@liveitup67]

@@colrhodes377 😇

[@colrhodes377]

@liveitup6688 3.30 of great music. Ronnie James Dio said that " everyman " music was always better because you always think that you can join in despite not being able to play a single note. It's a great song, and thanks because I would never have heard it otherwise.

[@colrhodes377]

@liveitup6688 Ghost ships is great too . Have you heard Sailing ships, by Whitesnake?

[@kevv117]

Try there cover of river deep mountain high. Keep up the good work .

[@DogInSpace]

''know your product'', ''erotic neurotic'', ''Do The Robot'', ''This Perfect Day'' and the cover of ''Lipstick On Your Collar'' should be seen to sometime. I'm interested to know what is it about these guys that makes you think 'nerds' and 'outcasts'. It's not that you're far from the truth, but I'm curious to know what gives it away. I wouldn't know if The Sunnyboys are surfers and The Saints are the nerds. I just don't have that kind of detector. What was the give away?

[@Leah91au]

2:08 three nerds standing infront of a drumkit. That's the give away.

[@Robbo766]

Dog In Space.. You were a bit of a Crystal Ballroom attendee, right? Thought this might interest you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHLcY5Kei5mhqKc

[@Robbo766]

@@Leah91au Hi Leah

[@DogInSpace]

​@@Robbo766 Thanks mate! I'm watching now. I've checked out a few of her (Gioia) vids before, but never thought she'd look into my old hang. I thought she was more Sydney-centric. She does her homework and research, that's for sure..

[@Robbo766]

@@DogInSpace She does do her research - she's a good sort. I've been to the Crystal Ballroom in the early eighties and people were taking hard drugs. As a Sydney bloke that drank and smoked pot, I had to ask what was going on? You had a good scene in Melbourne but you lot took hard drugs. Am I wrong?

[@rodpope7838]

Early classic punk. Pre sex pistols. They come from my home town.

[@peterhall5415]

Hey just a heads up with song it was 1976 im pretty sure and it pre dated Iggy by quite abit.after these guys went to london from Brisbane Aus.iggys management rushed iggy to start releasing music like this they were looking for the sound as everyone in the punk evolving scene so this band is regarded as a massive influence to the punk scene..There other killer track is Know your product with another ground breaking sound of horn section even said to influence the clash..so enjoy and thanks for great reviews on our Aussie music cheers Pete new subscriber..sunny Queensland Aus.

[@ghichens3418]

Yep ,naye bad , very Rammones , dare I say it !!!

[@heathcornbeef]

In the beginning there was nothing no light no sound just a dark void of NOTHINGNESS when suddenly out of the dark void of NOTHINGNESS A VOICE SCREAMED 1!2!!3!!!4!!!! And there was light there was sound there was the MIGHTY MIGHTY RAMONES PRAISE BE DEE DEE JOEY JOHNNY MARKY TOMMY CJ ALEX RAMONE

[@ghichens3418]

@@heathcornbeef Yep ! They were Ace, Still have their stuff on vynil , great to hear from you Heath , have a great weekend , Its pissing down here in Cornwall , Cheers Graham

[@britishtechnosea9591]

i don't think the Ramones were even aware of The Ramones when these Aussie boys were doing this in 72/73.. their early demos from the early 70s are on youtube. ramones formed two years after those demos were made.

[@heathcornbeef]

@@britishtechnosea9591 can't argue with that i want to but fuck it it's a losing battle as i always say to me mates I'm on your side unless you're losing in that case I'm putting the slipper in to your rib's buddy 🥴🤪😵‍💫🙄😁

[@ghichens3418]

@@britishtechnosea9591 MMM fair point ,from what I understand The Ramones started in 1974 at CBGs what bands they were in prior , not sure , but is weird that a similar sound started in differant locations , The "Stanglers " were the Guildford Sranglers , way back !! cheers ,

[@candicessssasssy2160]

Don't go back to The Saints until you get to Radio Birdman ('Aloha Steve & Danno', 'What Gives', 'Burn My Eyes' highly recommended) and The Hard Ons ('Girl In A Sweater', 'Something About You')

[@Leah91au]

I much rather The Saints/Chris Bailey of later years: Do They Come From You, Music Goes Around My Head, Just Like Fire Would, Ghost Ships I also like Ed Kuepper's solo: The Way I Made You Feel, Eternally Yours (Laughing Clowns)

[@Sspringgrainn]

I have those songs, esp. the Ed Kuepper song.