The Stranglers - Nice in Nice

Music video by The Stranglers performing Nice in Nice. (C) 1986 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited

[@paulbrocklehurst7253]

RIP Dave Greenfield 1949 - 2020.

[@merseydave1]

It is 1986, I'm 21, in my mark 2 Ford Escort and this is blasting out on my cassett radio player!

[@Knaakland]

It is 1992 I'm 6 and on holiday with my parents and older brother. Driving trough East Europa in our Opel Kadett Mk2. My parents are blasting The Stranglers on the cassette radio player.

[@simonboyes2550]

Followed by Skin Deep

[@afterthought3341]

Esky !

[@afterthought3341]

Was it an Esky van ( pygmy rooter )?

[@merseydave1]

@@afterthought3341 a two door

[@admiralsybil4196]

Whoever loves the stranglers is true and real. This is the real sound. Got the know and how people

[@julieharrison7417]

This was a great song one if my favourite by them

[@leemerison5575]

R.I.P. Dave Greenfield .💙

[@777Kareena]

I’m a teenager shopping in Nordstrom downtown San Diego and this Video comes on! Never seen this video on MTV so I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing this 80’s treasure ❤

[@bukowskibabe]

Fashion Valley Nordstrom? Horton Plaza Nordstrom? 😉

[@garybridge-ku7bf]

Remember seeing this in a pub on a video jukebox' it kept coming on automatically as it was the most played video, saved me a few quid to spend on my favourite tiple at the time 'tenants extra' anyway great song. 😊

[@marisadias6068]

The Stranglers : the only band ridiculously dressed and that looks very very cool !

[@raymondminty4923]

They got arrested in Nice

[@MuTaToR32]

@@raymondminty4923 damn, now that video looks much funner

[@futurescalling]

Dreamtime: one great song after another!

[@annemagerman4812]

RIP Dave Greenfield. We'll miss you

[@doornier]

I know it's Stranglers lite but this hangs together really well. Enjoy JJ'S breathy vocal suggesting a leering look at the talent. My favourite of theirs from this era.

[@robertevans4165]

Hugh Cornwell was a bloody good looking man. Hollywood looks and talent to match. Great band

[@davidfoy6419]

You hardly see him in this video. Its JJ Burnel who does the singing here.

[@admiralsybil4196]

You wanna understand me? Listen to the stranglers and you have the beginning of my existence!

[@gregjay1537]

Great song. How great were The Stranglers? Really.

[@Kelly14UK]

Rhetorical question? Here's your answer, anyway, they were brilliant. Damned fan ; )

[@DarkwaveDave]

Very much underappreciated IMO

[@rjjcms1]

Very great.

[@colingeddes2172]

@@Kelly14UK quite good, good infact, but not great, and thats not being disrespectful to them either. Good band.

[@bluecat798]

Fantastic mate-I miss them!😢

[@user-ng4dp6cw9c]

Just a great song from a super cool band

[@vandolmatzis8146]

The Stranglers were the Rimbauds of the Punk vibe Nobody got them enough

[@ollag9260]

Les Stranglers ! Un très très grand groupe aux multiples facettes....

[@cattledog555]

love this song and the stranglers were the most underrated band to come out of the uk

[@Manelafesse]

Fucking damn right... Even punk's documentaries don't talk about them that much, not at all sometimes...

[@grahamdore7219]

I don't agree, probably the best band to come out of the UK, the music will be here long after we are gone, LOVE THE STRANGLERS, from a 60`s born guy :-)

[@andrew2366]

Underrated????? Fuck off........

[@danchaplin134]

Love this song

[@TheMercury-13]

I think Crazyhead, Terrorvision & New Model Army were most underrated bands in UK; Stranglers had a fair bit of 'success'? - but there's probably other groups we never even heard of.. ; )

[@Harmony088]

J'adore notre JJ. Il était jeune.

[@Harmony088]

Pareille. Rebelle too. I am french. Plus jeune de 62.. i love you. Vive la France, résistance. Yess

[@gontierfrancois8115]

SO NICE IN NICE !!!

[@gontierfrancois8115]

Anutha great masterpiece from the mighty Stranglers

[@rickymowatt5833]

Classic tune

[@jamieocallaghan9603]

Happier times.

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Both the Stranglers and Wire were old skool punk bands whose musical achievement kept them going as well are their tenacity. How odd in retrospect that this now reminds me of Wire's "Eardrum Buzz" which is from only two years earlier!

[@gontierfrancois8115]

Anuth'a masterpiece from the mighty STRANGLERS

[@WillieWagglestick]

Absolutely brilliant

[@seawolf7218]

Very cool band and still are👍

[@BadLuckLuke]

So nice in Greece

[@patrickstocks3986]

Just look at the girl She knows the world owes her something and she's alright Just look at the girl She knows she got that something and she's alright She's got diamond rings from her dad She's got fancy things from her dad All the world, it wants this lady All the world, it wants her So nice in nice (so nice in nice) so nice and neat (so nice and neat) So nice and nice (so nice in nice) so nice and neat (so nice and neat) Just look at that girl She owns the ground she walks on and she walks all over you Just look at that girl She smiles and breaks your heart, there's nothing you can do She's got diamond rings from her dad She's got fancy things from her dad All the world, it wants my baby All the world, it wants her So nice in nice (so nice in nice) so nice and neat (so nice and neat) So nice in nice (so nice in nice) so nice and neat (so nice and neat) Do not tell me Lies you can't support I wouldn't believe you I wouldn't believe at all Even if I saw Just look at the girl Well, where once she wore leather jackets, now she's wearing furs Just look at that girl She walks around owning everything that's not even hers She's got diamond rings from her dad She's got fancy things from her dad All the world it wants my baby All the world it wants her So nice in nice (so nice in nice) so nice and neat (so nice and neat) So nice in nice (so nice in nice) so nice and neat (so nice and neat ) She walks straight ahead (so nice in nice) Walks all over you (so nice and neat) She smiles and breaks your heart (so nice in nice) But that's ok (so nice and neat) (So nice in nice) (So nice in nice) (So nice in nice)

[@craigsmallman1035]

Hugh & dave have the best trousers

[@JCStorm76]

Underrated

[@Harmony088]

J adore, JJ. Révolution France 🇫🇷. A c Ain. Ouiii. Love you, JJ. Mercii

[@Pete_Delfina]

Seen them 15 times (1977..2007), but the attack in nIce brought me here.

[@dodibenabba1378]

Odd boy

[@EastWestElectrical]

Tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@discoduckgandolf]

Who agrees these are the most funniest lyrics on the planet???

[@pwood509]

handsome as well as talented

[@stevetembo4108]

R.I.P. to those who died .

[@sinepolskiyihor]

That's pretty universal

[@Harmony088]

J adore.. vive la 🇫🇷 too. Ouii

[@jonshaw9472]

I haven't heard this since 1986, i don't know what brought me here but i doubt I'll be back for another 37 years.

[@MrJeepsters]

Si j'ai bonne mémoire, cette chanson fait référence à une bagarre où JJ Burnel était impliqué lors d'un concert à Nice (il pratiquait le karaté).

[@OuahifaAhmedmalek-vu2ci]

Non il était defonce er ayaper un flic

[@MrJeepsters]

@@OuahifaAhmedmalek-vu2ci Ce titre fait référence à un concert qu'ils avaient donné à la fac de Nice. Le public avait cassé des vitres, suite à la piètre qualité du son, et le groupe, jugé responsable, avait été condamné à 10 000,00 francs d'amende. Après cet évènement, le groupe a toujours fait salle comble.

[@adysaxman77]

saw the Stranglers on the no more heroes tour 1978

[@iancmitchell]

I saw them when ever I could, you name the tour I was at it

[@nicolagianaroli2024]

@@iancmitchellLucky chap

[@merseydave1]

Of its time "a funny ending" yet it would not be excepted now!

[@andyberridge6455]

Nice.😎 🇬🇧

[@danchaplin134]

Proper song from the 80s

[@Harmony088]

Hou, oui. Love 😍

[@Harmony088]

T es fou comme nous français. Je t adore. . Yesss

[@rburn5453]

Walking past the meanies, looking at Burkinis, yeah!

[@michaelhowitt1318]

So Nice

[@gontierfrancois8115]

JJ BURNEL !!! THE BEST

[@mintydawber6352]

Some folks haven't really got a clue, its a piss take at the French police/authorities/etc. They got banged up in Nice (hence the jailbird outfits).

[@bdogdog]

So rad 👌

[@blueshorecreative3146]

The keys are the best!

[@gontierfrancois8115]

Just look at that girl !

[@GiorniVenibato]

This sounds so similar to talking heads wild Wild life and they were both released in 1986!

[@jasmineblack9778]

Original vocalist was Bruce Forsyth & it was called'Nice to see you to see you in Nice'

[@thefranz77oi]

Ciao Dave rip.

[@iancmitchell]

I remember the day they got kicked out of Nice, Jets bro told me how upset they where, Not!

[@yupeeter9411]

Well that's one funny video ;-)

[@karanaman68]

Love Hughs mulberry coloured 6 string rickenbacker

[@patrickstocks3986]

31 years ago

[@Christine16425]

eh oui ça nous rajeunie pas, la claque.

[@JacobBite]

this song is so relevent right now

[@benjaminphilpot4262]

Stranglers will always be Hugh Dave jet black and Jj Burrell but it’s great with all the new musicians

[@Harmony088]

Notre JJ. Yess french. Ouiii

[@katq6393]

Some nice in Nice Poooooland!!!

[@DjWellDressedMan]

Ladies: Please wear Full Fashion stockings 24/7, even when sleeping!

[@gavinhughes7136]

JJ B on vocals

[@foxb319]

nice in nice is nice

[@Awibrahor]

In nice, nice in nice is nice as well.

[@foxb319]

@@Awibrahor nice 😎😎

[@Ypipable]

I'm silent over this.

[@MultiverseAndy]

The arpeggio hooks! Euro DEVO with french swagger n'est pas?

[@gregjay1537]

Just think... Nice was the base Laance Armstrong and teammates like Frankie Andreu resided in when they went to Europe. Had a house there and all.

[@jimshannononsounds]

JJ in drag at the end? lol

[@dwood5252]

If I remember correctly, original strangler fans thought they had sold out when this was released.

[@Harmony088]

Hi. Yessje t adore JJ. Fench comme moi. . Ouiii

[@SuperPezzman]

so nice in price ;P :° :) :)

[@fredwinslow744]

I wonder whether Hugh liked this song ,? He almost look like his dancing is parody. He only looks engaged in his solo. I’m hopefully wrong. And if I’m right. He was wrong. This is a classic. And I like the whole stranglers inventory of music ……

[@Harmony088]

Yep, notre JJ french. Houhou

[@peterwanjugu4268]

2018??

[@sarskiamodel]

i wonder if jet black had the same color striped underpants on

[@wagsouza3459]

STRANGE CLOTHES..................

[@iancmitchell]

wagsouza they got chucked out of Nice idiot

[@TheGashead572000]

This was a total piss take. They were jailed for inciting a riot between students. It was just an excuse, the students wanted to riot anyway and this was their chance. Hence the prison clothes

[@brouu9000]

On a perdu les strangers

[@pierrefameree8667]

Miii

[@blancaroca8786]

actually as a dedicated stranglers fan i pretty much hated this stuff but it is a catchy tune but it was like "Sugar Sugar" a song you couldnt forget no matter hard you try. Actually now i can listen to this and enjoy certain aspects of the song ...Just wondering is the prison outfits and "nice in Nice" song a piss take of when they all got locked up when touring france because they got blamed for the students smashing all the windows in the university or something....incitement through music. punk days?

[@alexanadermcculloch871]

Seen them 1ce superb even better than U2 who a seen 2wice

[@mikewest1542]

Eveyones better than U2 even Coldplay !

[@secrethousemate]

Another little bit of Dave borrowing a bit of another song with the keyboard at 0:45 from Dagenham Dave, and repeated in other verses

[@cosmiccliff]

secrethousemate well spotted man 👍🏼

[@imogenimeson664]

And yet a song so removed from Dag Dave.

[@mc2594]

anyone know what Guitar Hugh is guitaring with? seems the video's often had smarter instruments on show!

[@mariajukejax9649]

It looks a bit like a Danelectro to me.

[@mc2594]

@@mariajukejax9649 - turns out to be a *Rickenbacker 360 ...* can't help hearing Pulp Fiction tunes whenever someone plugs one in, not that that's relevant.

[@drdee3645]

Where the hell's all the United Artists era stuff gone? 'Who Wants The World?', 'Golden Brown', 'Bear Cage', 'Strange Little Girl' etc, etc?

[@graemefarquharson465]

That's good but in the past mate.

[@qwargy]

U mean the videos right? I was wondering that too..

[@drdee3645]

@@qwargy Indeed!

[@danmoran485]

They look a right bunch of sad old badsards in this.

[@mikewest1542]

They even look older bastards now !

[@imogenimeson664]

Agreed but not as old & sad as they look now!

[@matthewbrignall7120]

Maybe you need to look at yourself.

[@Harmony088]

Excellent, je suis Lucky Luke. Résistance, yellow West and résistance France 🇫🇷. Yesss, liberté 🗽 patriots, no accept 💉, Nevers. Please. Ok. Bisous from 🇫🇷 . I love you. Ouii

[@oxotower]

so horror in Nice...

[@gavinhughes7136]

Some good songs on Dreamtime but not as strong as Oral Sculpture imho

[@Harmony088]

Love JJFrench. Ouii. I am french. Sorry. Booo

[@user-gg5rz9ft4q]

WAKE UP EUROPE!!!

[@lavayt9424]

your right, keep getting your message out, took me a while !

[@strangelyjamesly4078]

Dave without his moustache?

[@mikewood5679]

Midlife,your running outta Puns,Nice job ?

[@32ModB]

Chanel maximum security prison❤ something❤ daddy issues😊la femme ♥️

[@bluecat798]

How hot is JJ here?🤪❤

[@pibixeddu]

I might be wrong but I see a parallel with the INXS with them.Even the (great) pitch of voice.

[@staceyfriedrich2273]

lmao

[@tigertrucker3971]

not nice in nice

[@amandaclark375]

😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯😍 Current NICE guidelines= oppressive, unhuman, unkind and unfair to everyone not just me.