The Stranglers - Tank / Curfew (Revolver 1978)

[@vidster13]

When I was 17 I was told I’d grow out of this! I’m 60 now and listen to it even more 😂😎👍

[@aidanbrennan6587]

Well said.i'm the same as you.i was born in 1964.i will never get tired of listening to the Stranglers.i just hope they come back to Belfast one more time.the best band I have ever seen playing live.RIP Dave sadly missed but your music will live on forever.

[@JHatLpool]

Me also. About five or six week ago, I walked past a music instrument shop on Manchester Oxford Road. There was a Fender Telecaster in the window. I have been playing Stranglers videos on KZbin ever since. It is a pity that Hugh C. had a bust-up with the other members but, o. k., that's life.

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

Are you me? lol Know exactly what you're saying.

[@JANER64]

and add Cider to that equation.... :D

[@JANER64]

@@aidanbrennan6587 Born '64 and from Dublin!

[@flashtheoriginal]

Sad to report that the MAGNIFICENT Jet Black died on 6 December 2022 at the age of 84. God bless you, Jet. And THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC. One of the greats, a true drumming talent who never missed a beat. The Guildford Stranglers would never have formed without Jets ambition and the lure of his off-licence

[@poshsteve3583]

he was in fact a tad older , 84 , 1938 -2022

[@julosx]

He started quite late in his life, didn't he ? I mean I'm 55 and he was as old as my father 😙Indeed, thanks to him and his sense of humour and spirit. Wherever you are, Jet, we love you.

[@december2364]

​@@julosxWe will always. RIP Jet and Dave. Never forgotten

[@OnlYYlnO]

Ah Tank ! I remember playing this so loud in my bedroom once at the 2 minute mark where the bass kicks in, and the speaker vibrated off my shelf and hit me on the head. never been the same since! What a band...........

[@johnkirk3947]

I literally just LOLed reading your post! Totally concur, the Stranglers were and still are one of my favourite bands. I have been fortunate enough to see them live a few times!

[@Stranglerxx77]

I remember seeing them in the late seventies for the first time and amazing band live before the storm

[@wildphil64]

A glass chandelier for me. It really cut my head. I think it was down in the sewer. 🤣

[@OnlYYlnO]

@@wildphil64 Well I hope you didn't lose to much blood down the sewer, when you rinsed your cut head. Go easy there friend Ho Ho! I tend to crank up Death and Night and Blood a lot these days too, but I keep away from loose furniture......

[@wildphil64]

@@OnlYYlnO 👍👍👍

[@donaljoseph1]

I must have played this Tank record a few thousand times over the years. It keeps me sane in this mad mad world. I want this played at my funeral

[@stuart10woodheys]

When the band were asked to perform two tracks on revolver at the time of b & w, they couldn't have chosen two better tracks than tank & curfew. Ace - and so are the audience.

[@tonebender7897]

Went to dinner with Hugh and Dave lovely blokes....down to earth and up for a laugh and beers......RIP Dave you made your mark mate well done :)

[@whitetigress7448]

I love "Tank". I play it on my birthday -- every year. I used to own "Black and White" on grey vinyl. We had to sell it -- got a pretty penny for it -- to pay a medical bill. There are no good healthcare benefits in the USA. Richest country in the history of world can't look after its wounded soldiers properly, let alone ordinary folks.

[@renegeerts1904]

the stranglers...........my youth favorite music,i am now 53!

[@jonathanpowling6330]

Renè Geerts same here....turning 56 lol.

[@JHatLpool]

Brilliant. I am now 57.

[@andyfaithnomoreguitarist5444]

Wow...this band never cease to impress me,they are the best punk band ever,and Hugh Cornwell has such a great voice,so beautiful

[@Steviecraig7]

Peter Cook, what a character! And the Stranglers at their creative height. Cheers for uploading this amazing clip.

[@JHatLpool]

Agreed.

[@JANER64]

Cook is one of my fav ever comediens, pure cult legend.

[@alanhawley8900]

how can it be so fresh 37 years on?...

[@pigknickers]

bit odd isn't it? Sounds amazing right now.

[@andrew80s]

Because it is utterly magic :)

[@grahamharlow525]

Awesome

[@londonphotographer]

How can it be so relevant 42 years on?!...

[@grahamharlow525]

@@londonphotographer because its fkin awesome

[@clivetowne]

RIP Dave Greenfield what a loss your sound was so unmistakeable. Curfew Stay in Your Homes! Wow sent a chill up my spine. What a bummer 2020 is turning out to be.

[@Gruntle]

Yep. He was one of the greatest. Sad he’s gone.

[@charliethetramp2211]

his key board playing definitely added a different dimension to their music

[@cirkuspromoter8266]

Yep, they're certainly keeping is Hanging Around this year! RIP Dave.

[@JHatLpool]

Be off the streets by nightfall.

[@AlunEpps-ip9ys]

The go-to song for covid that one. I even had a policeman at the shops tell me it was curfew and we got voice alerts over all mobiles to be off the streets by nightfall. Scarey

[@theobjectivethinker64]

The Stranglers Black and White is in my opinion the greatest album ever made. A collection of songs that exudes bleak war torn imagery and references the cold war to great effect. (U2 and Joy Division went on to create dark music with war torn overtones but the Stranglers did it first on Black and White). The production sought to capture death and destruction with a stark sneer of cold command and entrenched paranoia that existed in the late 1970's. A true masterpiece - never bettered.

[@JHatLpool]

I would go for 'Rattus Norvegicus' myself, but all of their albums had cracking songs on them.

[@FFM0594]

A cold war classic, so to say.

[@daviddavidson2111]

I can't help but feel that Curfew has become a prophetic song for 2020. Who would have thought. Thank you again the men in black. Still majorly in my life and music collection after more than forty years.

[@flatfox70]

Yeah defo

[@nicolagianaroli2024]

You are spot on here, couldn't agree more. Early Stranglers proved to have prophetic power in more than one case. Concerning "Curfew" don't forget that on the very same album you can find the song "Threatened" which include the chilling line "man killed by sanity". Truly prophetic

[@ce6486]

Yes

[@daviddavidson2111]

One of the best bands ever to have graced god's universe, let alone earth. Rest in peace Lord David of Greenfield. These men in black will forever remain heroes,, each and every one of them. No matter what their differences over the years, they crafted rare majick when they graced the stage with live performances, witnessed by myself and many others over the years. Thank you all, and my deepest condolences to his family and friends.

[@aidanbrennan6587]

Well said David.i could not have put it any better.nice words indeed.RIP Dave Greenfield.still sadly missed.😞

[@pmam1968]

How did I not see this before? The greatest band of all time introduced by the greatest comedian of all time!

[@eagleinblack]

That bass oh that bass!!!!

[@anthonymaylett5823]

What about it it's always been like that

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

@Talorc MacAllan Don't call him Jean ............

[@timbristle8200]

Yes! Top 3 (Lemmy and Jack Bruce being the other2) ALL BRITS! Go figure!

[@user-eb8mi3xi5f]

@@timbristle8200 Jack Bruce is really underrated.

[@simonsabbath1064]

i love their early stuff especially. those bass lines..............................

[@BigChrisButler]

You ain't wrong mate, that bass was played like a weapon!

[@tonystraightedgevegan4747]

best bass sound ever!

[@neff49]

I will always love 'The Stranglers'

[@craigivar]

when I watch this video my thoughts are :- a,wish I was there b, that's a proper in/punk/party crowd c, stranglers attitude! d, Peter on the panel of x cert factor! that's it add as you want

[@vegbloke]

Dave at the controls of the mono-synth and the massive swelling drawbar Hammond organ. Looking cool as ice.

[@lastpirateslife]

this band was very important in my understanding of how to write a piece for more than one instrument. their characters were all so obvious and evident...not to mention that their music was honey to my teenaged ears.

[@Chrisamusic1]

Good points. If you listen to something like 'The Raven', it's like all the band are playing different songs at the same time. Amazing arrangements.

[@mickmcgowan7756]

So much better than the clash pistols et al. So brilliant so underrated

[@rp61productions]

The album 'Black And White' that these tracks are from is superb. Now; if you haven't already, get hold of the first album 'Rattus Norvegicus' It's pure genius...

[@kevinadamson7571]

It truly is a masterpiece

[@Bob-ts2tu]

r u my brother from another mother?

[@diskochimp]

Blimey, this is absolutely BRILLIANT! Get this show back on TV now please somebody...

[@revzillo]

Two classic songs from a classic Album Black & White ! 👍

[@cootman]

When this was first shown, we only had 1 TV in our house and my Dad absolutely hated anything associated with punk and so there is no way I was ever going to be able to watch this at the time.Thank you for putting this great clip on for me to see, finally. Strangely enough, my Dad had no problem with me going to see the Stranglers and I saw them 7 times between 1978 and 1986. I still have all the tickets from those gigs.The hairs on my neck still stand up when I hear this.

[@WildChildMcCloud]

Fucking absolutely slays! I love this band so much it's insane. JJ is my inspiration for playing bass!

[@Chrisamusic1]

..and a million others too mate.

[@gregbruce5601]

hooky out of joy division / new order went to see the stranglers and thought I want my bass to sound like that

[@Chrisamusic1]

...but unfortunately for Hooky it never did.

[@finefriendzz]

JJ listened to Message from the Country by Roy Wood/ the Move and thought "I want my bass to sound like that"..

[@diggerfox7194]

The more I watch this the better it gets! Genius

[@glennmccudden8574]

YES I'M 60 AND STILL LOVE THEM. HUGH.CORNWELL. WAS PLAYING . AT THE BLUE MOUNTAINS NSW. NOT SO LONG AGO. AT KATOOMBA. I WISHED I SAW HIM. ALWAYS HAS THAT DOORS FEELING ABOUT THEM. THEY INFLUENCE ME MUSIC WISE VERY MUCH.

[@JHatLpool]

TV gold.

[@charlessharbutt871]

long-time stranglers fan since at least 1978 or 1979 due to shoplifting at record stores in Birmingham Alabama of all places I was the only person in my school except for maybe one other that was aware of punk music and got ridiculed for it and now I laugh at them haha I especially love the song curfew my dad wouldn't buy me punk records back in the day because of the names of the band I got an a punk after seeing Blondie on Don kirshner's Rock concert in 1977 in Alabama

[@hughbetcha436]

charles sharbutt that's exactly how I got into Punk was watching Don Kirschners! Seeing Blondie and later the Ramones

[@littleghostfilms3012]

Greatest keyboard sound in all the land! Courtesy of Mr Greenfield. Thanx for the musical pleasures!!!

[@WAWELDRAGON]

reminds me too of that milestone weekend when I got Black and White with my weekend job money and put in on the turntable at home and was just amazed at this incredible sound. Wow !!! And I still love the way death and night and blood starts, out of the previous track ... just fantastic.

[@chum38]

I was there and was in love with the two birds down the front. I still am actually. Still, Bet JJ and Hugh got their way as usual! Bah

[@Chrisamusic1]

wow, at this point this band were untouchable.I was there, saw all the bands of the time, The Stranglers many times. Prog punk, whatever you call it, just a fantastic band. . .Oh, that bass....

[@VivaZeBone]

Such a shame when you are watching clips of the gig you saw a few days ago and then stumble across a clip of them when they REALLY ROCKED. I'm so old :o(

[@10percentwierd]

The music of my youth, still unforgettable. Heaps of great bands around them but only the Stranglers take me back to when I was 15

[@thepagan5432]

Saw The Stranglers years ago in Battersea Park. They played tank and a freaking tank appeared behind the crowd, firing blanks but at the back of the stage they had 'flash bangs' and put them into buckets. The back of the stage caught alight, just seemed so apt at the time. Fire extinguished and the show went on. Great gig and day out, Peter Gabriel was singing too.

[@margrov]

possibly the best song they have ever released. been a fan for 31 years!

[@PaulBriden]

I bought the album after watching this clip loads of times. I bought all of there singles, but none of there albums at the time. Better late than never i guess. I did not appreciate it then, but now i realise they were miles ahead of everyone else instrumentally, that organ and bass is superb....BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT

[@almartin2138]

Remember watching this when it was on the tele. Lucky enough to catch them (and the Skids) a month or two later at Great Yarmouth (Tiffany's). Mad freakin' evening and sweet memories.

[@DavidJohnLovell1]

4 fantastic musicians matched with intelect. I first caught them when Black and white was released at the Bath pavilion, England. They hit us like a train. Thanks guys, where ever you are.

[@december2364]

Stranglers were absolutely brilliant, both on vinyl and live. Watching this made me feel like I was 15 again and I really wanted to bop around the living room - problem is my kids would take the piss and I'd probably end up slipping a disc or something.

[@margrov]

Absolutely brilliant - reminds me when I bought the black and white album in 1978 with free white vinyl single 'walk on by'.

[@stevedavis7856]

Wow, just wow! Saw them countless times.... My early life in a band!

[@rafff3462]

The Stranglers were a fantastic band, energetic, psychedelic and more ... finest punk band ever!

[@Stranglerxx77]

I was a young punk in the late seventies and saw the stranglers and the clash Etc and they were both the best live bands at the time and remember getting strangled fanzine

[@vegbloke]

This has to be my favourite KZbin clip.

[@JHatLpool]

I agree. The clips in black-and-white of the Stranglers playing 'Hanging Around' and 'Dagenham Dave' are knock-out good also.

[@jahrah7754]

....priceless post.....now there's a song title Alex Turner ....... saw 'em 4 times - wish I'd seen them a lot more after seeing this .............

[@cfcdanab]

The greatest tv performance by any band ever!

[@JHatLpool]

I agree.

[@johnanthonyp]

To my mind the best rock keys ever. Really private and never stuck in a style.

[@johncooper5244]

This is just unbelievably good

[@MisAnnThorpe]

I believe that few bands have surpassed the run of albums from Black and White up to and including La Folie. Simple Mind's Empires and dance, Sons and fascination, Sister feelings call and New gold dream were pretty damn impressive too though.

[@215Gallagher]

Saw them for (only) the fifth and sadly final time Feb 2020 thankfully C-19 was a Chinese thing at the time and let's face it with either Hugh or Baz they are hands down the best live band ever and this is the fucking best. Saw them first in Adelaide Feb 1979 and Hugh was wearing the same coat, sad those days are gone. Perhaps when the curfew is lifted we'll get to see Baz and JJ unplugged doing the sweeter Stranglers songs. Keep well fellow Strangler fans. I'd insert some sort of emoji here but I'd rather say "live long and prosper".

[@Stranglerxx77]

This lot and the clash were way ahead live at the time , Many good memories of seeing them live .......5 MINUTES AND YOUR ALMOST THERE ME DREADHEADS !!!

[@Stranglerxx77]

+ZERO XX77 Black and white is still the most menacing album , You can sense JJ and Hughs violence in every track to the epic Toiler on the sea .

[@c.s.4428]

"It was a toilet, on the sea"

[@alexbrown-ks1hq]

turned 60 today they are still the best by a country mile

[@jamesnoble2753]

Absolutely Brilliant.The Best Musicians of their Time.

[@annetta7793]

Nah, it was all as great as this.

[@66gadus]

great graphics! simple yet dynamic & very sympathetic to the era & music - i remember watching this & being thrilled to bits! (still am!)

[@andysandel9325]

Brilliant Fantastic Classic Programme And The Stranglers Thanx For Sharing This Post Excellent 📎🖇💚🔗🔒🌞

[@BigChrisButler]

This was one of those episodes I missed, and it's great that it's on here. This is fucking brilliant, love the Stranglers!! Grew up with this lot ringing in my ears when I was 14 or so, blinding stuff!

[@djw1964jdiv]

I remember this Revolver programme very well - bought B&W on the strength of this - even tho' I had every Stranglers album prior to that. Loved Peter Cook's introduction - this has remained in my memory ever since - this is the first time in 30 years I have seem it again - thanks rp61wasinnocentok for this. Agree also - "early" Jools was great - but now - very ordinary. "Day becomes black and white......Stay in your homes"....................

[@JHatLpool]

Marvellous. Absolutely marvellous.

[@Reinemachefrau]

Oh man, this is so class! I miss those days so much.

[@TheLatchford]

we all get older pal, watch a bit of John Cooper Clarcke with your cocoa ha ha ha ,take care pal x

[@BigChrisButler]

That bought back so many memories, what a brilliant upload! The songs were just phenomenal in my book, blows anything else out the water.

[@MoveOverCasanova]

TANK is really one of stranglers coolest songs stranglers rocked so good at that phase

[@revzillo]

Dave Greenfield on his massive swelling organ , RIP Dave

[@paddymacIV]

12/5/23,. . . .'Black n' White' 45 the day , . . how many remember seeing that Iconic cover image for that very 1st ever time like. . 'whoah' 👊😎💣🤍🖤. . .as powerful as ever , . . remembering and bless Big Jetty and 'The David' 🖤

[@hironsky]

I went to their gigs in my town two times. It was the gigs in my town two times. It was the great concerts. Thanks for posting it!

[@nickpatten5263]

Brilliant. Timeless classic. Love the Stranglers. They don't make music like that anymore, except of the Stranglers (sadly without Jet and Dave and Hugh).

[@paulnesbitt1698]

I remember watching this at the time it was broadcast , and thinking to my self what an awesome live performance . I seen them live the following year on the raven tour I think it was.....and I've seen them nearly every year since.....and they are still the best live band I've ever seen. I already have my tickets for October this year to see them. Can't wait.

[@aidanbrennan6587]

Well said Paul.i agree the Stranglers are the best band to play live that I have seen.I have been to loads of live gigs and seen the sex pistols,the damned,undertones,P.I.L.the police,the ruts,SLF,the bunnymen,blondie,squeeze,madness,the beat,selector,the specials and UB40.In my opinion the Stranglers where top of the pile at playing live.they always give it 100%.they do not get the credit they deserve.😉

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

For me they ended up in 90, today they are JJ's band

[@WHIZZER86]

Gives me goose bumps watching this, great times & memories......

[@andysandel9325]

Brings back memories of my teenage punk years 📎🖇💚🔗🔒🌞

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Ah yes, Peter Cook on Revolver. I was a 16yr old Stranglers fan watchin' this and just loving it. Then I saw the Jam on Setting Sons tour Dec 79 and that was it. Listening to this for first time since, still sounds fuckin' great,...can recall the excitement of back then. Awesome is an overused term these days, but this, in it's true sense is Awesome !!!!

[@aidanbrennan6587]

I agree.well said Jonathan.i have seen them live many times and they were always first class.A truly awesome band.😁

[@johnanthonyp]

Boards and bass-incredible. The best

[@roytbone5791]

Great to see a crowd actually dancing and getting into it. Much better than standing like a statue holding your phone in the air.

[@andysandel9325]

Absolutely Totally Brilliant Performances I Recorded On My Cassette player Back In The Day & Played My Cassette Player At Lake Windermere On A Day Coach Trip z🔗🔒

[@blancaroca8786]

Should be 100 million views at least. Seriously great stuff here.

[@TheLatchford]

Takes me back to ERICS Liverpool 1979 The girls were madder than us lol Great days.

[@NBM3]

WHAT A MIX !!!! FANTASTICALLY BRUTAL AND BEAUTIFUL !!!

[@bingoace]

Wow brings back memories.I was 14 at that time. Revolver was a great series. Stranglers sound just as fantastic now as they did then. A truly impressive band.

[@jpm9628]

Fucking blistering and harmonically gorgeous at the same time. Total rock and roll innovators. Respect.

[@kingozymandias8370]

How fortunate I was a teenager when the Stranglers were at their zenith !

[@wescooley34]

JJ the greatest bass player ever dave was a musical genius and the sound of the stranglers rip dave and peter cook comedy genius hosting a punk show back then what a legend rip pete this was the best music show ever

[@Wearenotreallyhere]

What a fucking awesome show this was, watched avidly as a kid and the coolest crowd not the squares you got on TOTP and neither were they identikit punkers!! Loved it.

[@vegbloke]

Ah, Peter Cook, I remember this. I'm going to try and do curfew on the pub piano tomorrow night, feck, might as well do tank as well.

[@alanhawley8900]

***** ....yeh do it, will bee with you in spirit...

[@ockeghem35]

Ha I played Hanging Around and Rat Trap in the pub last night

[@tuckwatsellers]

2 songs that are more relevant than ever.

[@drstevie]

Classic TV series. thanks for post.

[@_WowSignal_]

Possibly the greatest most kick ass TV performance in existence

[@constantinosxenos5567]

fantastic songs from a fantastic album...

[@rioter1977]

Not a bad afternoon out in Birmingham Back then !!! A free gig as long as you kept dancing !!! Jumping up and down. Filmed at B1 2 Close to Tiswas !!!!!

[@deeder2000]

The times aren't as exciting as they were back in the days of punk and new wave and there was also a breadth of music around, unlike today. The music isn't as exciting so there'd be nothing to watch. Ah well we can always reminisce and thanks KZbin!

[@bingoace]

Could not agree more mate. The charts are so full of drone and drivel these days. Nothing exiting anymore x

[@pigknickers]

Music is half-dead now. This sounds amazing. Remember how crucial it all was. Well at least we were young in a great time.

[@garystanbridge6684]

Without doubt the best era for music. I saw The Stranglers twice in those days; amazing gigs! Today’s music is utter dross in comparison.

[@Pigfoot]

@CletisVanDam1 You are so right...if the keyboard didn't fit Dave's vision...he just rebuilt it to his own specifications...legendary

[@steveblack610]

Stranglers live at their best and Peter Cook doing the gags. What more could you wish for.

[@nigellacey559]

In 78 I took black and white round my mates. We played it. On the way out his dad said if you ever bring that round here again i'll make the hole big enough for your head to fit through 😢

[@satka2mau487]

I was there!! got lost on the fire escape in the building there....

[@jacktar9567]

great to see & hear this... gives me goosebumps & thrills me to the bone.....those were the days eh? ❤

[@dominicmogridge3920]

Blessings to Dave and the band.up the Cromwell crew.those keyboards still alive and friends never die.they just move into your mind.anarchy with respect.maddogXXX

[@coprey66]

Listen to tank before you headed out at the weekend. That did it for me!