The Stranglers - Golden Brown (REACTION) First Time Hearing It

[@happymethehappyone8300]

R.I.P. Dave Greenfield..Thanks for ALL you gave us..Gone but definitely not forgotten. 🙏

[@freyjabeth4372]

They could be singing any lyrics and I'd love it, his voice, the music...beautiful!

[@edwardking8629]

This was the best song of the 80’s , still one of favourites

[@happymethehappyone8300]

The Stranglers "Walk On By" & "Strange Little Girl"

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendations!

[@squeaky1374]

I absolutely LOVE this song, great choice.. has many meanings and memories for me, thank you for this 🙏🏻💕

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing song. Thanks for watching.

[@martinarscott3524]

This track will always remind me of my school music room, I learnt Toccata by Sky on guitar when I was 13 and my older brother's friend invited me to get together and play it with his band at lunchtime, when I walked in they were playing Golden Brown and sounded amazing, so no pressure on me when I was handed the guitar lol

[@eggstu]

Thanks to the movie "Snatch" I was introduced to such an amazing song

[@erickvermeulen9734]

Tied to the mast - think that metaphor refers to the Odyssey, where Odysseus lets his men tie him to the mast because he wants to hear the irresistible tempting song of the sirens

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for shedding some light on that. That is another great story, but i didnt make that connection!

[@octurn]

Of course, now he has to react to Cream's "Tales of Brave Ulysses.

[@MusicandCatLover-vc6jb]

Welcome to The Stranglers world! They are one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time. This song came more from their mid period. I am more a fan of their first three albums. This combination with bass and keyboards are absolutely great. Since Dave Greenfields (keyboardist) passing, i am listen more to his keyboard work and it is amazing. I can recommand a cover song named "Walk On By". Enjoy your journey to discover them!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for sharing a bit about them. This song is great!

[@yorkiegeoff1825]

Saw them a few weeks ago, and seen them numerous times over the years , amazing live band ! My favourite is Duchess . Someone on KZbin has managed to lay this track over Dave Brubeck’s Take Five recording from the 60s …. Very clever 👍

[@antg8951]

You may recognise this song from the movie Snatch!

[@bob2shred894]

It was in the Umbrella academy as well.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Must rewatch that movie ! I saw it pass by not long ago when i was doomscrolling 😅

[@IsabelleRSG]

Despite the dark meaning / topic behind the lyrics, the music and the singing are mesmerizing and so dreamy...

[@JC-gm3zs]

From Wikipedia: In his 2001 book The Stranglers Song by Song, Cornwell [Hugh, the writer of the lyrics] states: "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl... both provided me with pleasurable times".

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for sharing! Great song!

[@timithius]

Dude!!! Over the past 40 years, there are a handful of songs that I still, to this day, put on playlists. This is one of them! Wow! I love this song! When this album came out, I was the music director at a campus radio station. We played this song to death. And I love it still. Like you, I'm in recovery, after a lifetime of abuse. But I have never done heroin. At least I had the common sense to know how much I would have loved it. And I kept distance. Peas in a pod, you and I.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Excellent track! Same for me. I have friends who succumbed to it, but i knew that was the one i could never try.

[@timithius]

@@SaeedReacts. I had a group of friends that I dearly loved, but I had to cut them off, for my own self-preservation. Sadly, many of them succumbed.

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

One of my favourites is Skin Deep (1984). Hugh Cornwell is ❤‍🔥 in the video.

[@bazkeen]

Such a classic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Timeless song And the penny drops 😂😂😂

[@SaeedReacts.]

Awesome song!

[@bazkeen]

​@@SaeedReacts.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@bazkeen]

@@SaeedReacts. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@graham9642]

your instincts were 100% right regarding this song

[@SaeedReacts.]

Such a great song! Thanks for watching!

[@chriswatson6231]

The whole vibe reminds me of those young wealthy Englishman who went to check out the colonies only to become the victims of opium dens and tropical disease. Like some early 1930s gap year gone very wrong, in the unfamiliar heat and culture of those once British colonies. If you look at a old map of the world, or gobe, the areas under British rule were coloured pink. Because the pink areas literally went to all around the globe, Britain was known as the empire where the sun never sets.

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

First time gearing. See ; that brilliant writer's mind start with the songs name. Please never stop teaching/informing us. Greetings from South Africa

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

Everytime I listen to your reactions I so wish I could contribute because of the joy you bring to the heart en soul. Sadly we are police pensioner and 1 dollar is almost the price of a bread here. Your South African fan

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing song! Thanks for watching and the kind words. Watching my video's and commenting is more than enough. Appreciate your support.

[@freyjabeth4372]

I haven't seen anyone react to Elbow, singing The night will always win, it's beautiful, great voice and lyrics

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@3SeveredHeads]

Still one of my favourites ❤ timeless…great reaction ❤

[@SaeedReacts.]

Great song! Thanks for watching.

[@grahamharley4895]

They were the acceptable face of 'punk' although this showed they were much more than that!

[@stefanboskovic4724]

On the subject of mental health you should listen to Monsters by Shinedown if you haven't already. Awesome band and song

[@SaeedReacts.]

Havent checked out that song yet. Will add it to my list.

[@waynevelzis8162]

Lol actually i never equated it to a woman. I always knew it was about H. I guess thats cos i was a punker back then and i knew the band. No other song they do sounds like this so it stood out back then and everyone knew of his drug use...so i didnt correlate it to a woman

[@mana3735]

20 years sober now. I drank until i had liver disease. I'm fine now:)

[@SaeedReacts.]

Congratulations on your longterm sobriety. Glad you are healty now!

[@mana3735]

@@SaeedReacts. Cheers bud...but not exactly healthy...I've got long COVID. Cannabis helps with that, though.

[@Music-tg5is]

"Never a frown, with Golden Brown." ... Until that fleeting momentary high passes, that is. And then all heroin addict can think of is scrounging around like some demented fiend desperately in search of their next "fix."

[@colinhackett390]

Earlier Stranglers is better imo. When they were more Punk-like. Try No More Heroes or Ugly or Rattus Norvegicus. I saw them in The Gorbals, Glasgow in 1984.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Might need to go back a bit then 😃. Thank you for the recommendations!

[@SavageGrace]

EMI hated it and didn't want to release it. Said something along the lines of "this song, you can't dance to it, you're finished" 🤣🤣

[@SaeedReacts.]

Its weird that companies that put out music, dont seem to get it at all 😅

[@timithius]

This was pretty esoteric at the time. Amid a sea of Human League, Depeche Mode and OMD. 🙂

[@SavageGrace]

@@SaeedReacts. One of the worst decisions was Dick Rowe, the A&R Man at Decca, after listening to the Beatles 1962 demo. "Guitar groups are on the way out," Then a year later... ha ha

[@80sandretrogubbins25]

But after it sold lots of records they loved it, and wanted them to make something similar as a follow-up.

[@pitmatix1457]

@@SaeedReacts. There's a reason these guys work for record companies aren't in bands themselves 🙂

[@johnconcannon3844]

Songs like this is one reason the cancel culture brigade should never get their way.

[@SaeedReacts.]

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