The Stranglers - Walk On By TOTP 1978

[@michaelplatter3281]

R I P Dave Greenfield. He was one of the best keyboard artists ever and gave THE STRANGLERS their marvelous and distinctive style in music. We never will forget him.

[@davebest2001]

Amen to that. May he rest in peace

[@samyandkitty8399]

Such an amazing virtuoso, so overlooked by the media of his time 💔💔💔💔♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@TheIkaraCult]

Dave is the king

[@paddyodwyer7633]

No Stranglers without Dave

[@22Bruinsdude]

❤️

[@struanrobertson3417]

For those listening in 2024. Legends!

[@Owen-hg3cu]

Get a life you weird pedo

[@sratus]

JJ has the most menacing bass sound of any player. It's like a snarling Rottweiler.

[@SAHB]

I like that 😎 wrottweiler

[@jeanbrook7229]

Isn’t it what when that bass come on in Hanging Around when it first comes on its electrifying OMFG !! So true

[@jeanbrook7229]

Menacing thrashing love it!!!

[@williamsomerville-tu9nf]

Saw him on his euroman tour way back when excellent.

[@SuperWang-k2c]

Lemmy!!!!!

[@Parkinson63]

RIP Dave. Will never forget that keyboard solo. Not gone, just taking a stroll in the trees

[@ianf7246]

This must be one of the most unexpected but brilliant covers ever

[@permaveg]

What Hendrix did to "All along the watchtower" by Dylan, The Stranglers did the same to Bacharach/ Warwick's version. It's bloody brilliant, JJ's growling bass, Hugh's pissed off lyric expression, and Dave's Keyboard, just fantastic.

[@ronchabale]

Dionne Warwick has the song of an angel in the original song, I love both versions

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@ronchabale yep, I appreciate both versions and think they’re both fantastic in their own right.

[@bizzypinches2330]

The best ever cover track of all time , this version way to short

[@jboisvert77]

Although a cover, this is nothing less than a masterpiece of punk rock music. Nostalgia, nostalgia, nostalgia; I was 20 in 1977.

[@ariesviolent]

I can't find anything about it being a cover. Somebody mentioned Dionne Warwick but I can't find a version of it anywhere. I saw Tori Amos covered it and that's it. What am I missing?

[@feiryfella]

@@ariesviolent It's a Dionne Warwick song from 1964, written by Burt Bacharah, who loves the Stranglers version btw in the same way Trent Reznor loves Jonny Cash's cover of Hurt.

[@woodsie2740]

I agree,one of if not the best covers ever,great band of that era,forever will be,if you love the stranglers you are a true music fan 🐀

[@garychapman4294]

They were very influenced by the Doors

[@feiryfella]

@@garychapman4294 Dave had never heard of the Doors when he joined, even though he sounded like them lol.

[@captainmission]

Hugh's delivery is just perfect. Great Band.

[@fatClyde]

One of the greatest bands ever. Attitude and sheer talent. This track is also the best cover version ever recorded.

[@funroommadrid2160]

Tainted Love, by Soft Cell, beats it; but not by much

[@redled2677]

THE BEST cover version bar none. No other is even close.

[@yvonneburns2786]

My brother concurs with this sentiment

[@grantsmith505]

No shit

[@agroecology]

Absolutely

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

the Isaac Hayes version is also very good

[@calogerovenniri7868]

Brilliant comment,.........

[@arnolddalby5552]

Brilliant cover by the Stranglers so much passion, we all loved it.

[@davebest2001]

That bassline is monstrous

[@decker37]

Burt Bacharach was a big fan of this cover version

[@Owen-hg3cu]

Wrong

[@thomasoflaherty3520]

@@Owen-hg3cu He was a fan.

[@oliverlaw02]

@@Owen-hg3cu Good musicians, always like other good musicians.

[@alecahauf]

I remember they recieved a good ammount of criticism from some when they said they where recording this song. The critics couldn't believe the Stranglers would release a song penned by the likes of Bacharah/David but they did and it was brilliant

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

They actually added something unique with their own inimitable style on this cover. It’s often very difficult to add something positive to a Bacharach/David song when covering one, the stranglers did. Edit: the carpenters actually made a cracking job of doing a cover of theirs as well.

[@Stanley_Baby]

@@Eleventhearlofmars something unique? Yeah highlighting the fact that they aren’t musicians on the level of those who played for Isaac Hayes

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@Stanley_Baby did they have to be on the same level as Isaac Hayes?! What the actual f*k does that even mean?! What has Isaac Hayes got to do with this?! Did he do covers of Bacharach/David songs or something?

[@Stanley_Baby]

@@Eleventhearlofmars I just really like the rendition of it on hot buttered soul (album by Isaac Hayes but I mean I would hate Burt Bacharach to have to hear this dreadful nonsense he’s the man that was amazing enough to write the song originally incase you didn’t know

[@Stanley_Baby]

@@Eleventhearlofmars oh and I’ve seen the stranglers open for stiff little fingers in Belfast and couldn’t wait until they got off stage

[@raitisfreimanis]

RIP Burt Bacharach 1928 - 2023 🎹🙏

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@mark6809mm]

Brilliant cover. That bass is fantastic

[@kablice]

The full version of this song is one of my all time favourites

[@davejohn2964]

🖤🐀🖤 bless Dave Greenfield. It won't be the same but you left us 45 years of beautiful material to remember you by.😥🖤🐀

[@gsixties]

The STRANGLERS had really too much talent for a pure Punk Band... but anyway one of my ever favourite band!

[@trevorbrown6654]

They disliked being called a punk band. It was the music press that lumped them into that bracket as their angry sound just happened to coincide with the rise of punk and they went along with it for a while as it got them noticed. Jet Black said that the real punk bands mocked them for being older than they were but they were also frequently asked by punk musicians how to play their own instruments I a particular style. The strangler's wisely made sure they refined their sound to distance themselves from punk once it became the 1980s. Being damned good musicians they easily adjusted.

[@onecookieboy]

Not really a punk band, much to musical and refined for that, Aural Sculptures doesn't have anything remotely punk on it.

[@nellybod8742]

RIP Dave. Thanks for all the great tunes growing up. You helped the Band stand out for me, in 1978...

[@cherifkelfani3604]

Hugh Cornwell is one of the best punk-rock singer

[@mikefoley3785]

I would almost call Cornwell a crooner.

[@davycochrane7943]

He would hate to be called 'punk' !!

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

That voice! Crikey, shivers down the spine.

[@seawolf7218]

RIP Jet black 🥁 and RIP Dave Greenfield 🎹 can't believe we have lost both of you a great loss to the music world 🌎

[@You.are.boring.me.now2024]

46 yrs later and it loses nothing, that's talent !

[@colinwoodward1479]

That fucking bass awesome

[@harmvandebelt6766]

Can't get enough of these Stranglers, amazing version..

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Love the growling bass on this, JJ turned out to be a very good bass player.

[@thescreamsmusic]

One of the best covers of all time.Adds another dimension to a Bacharach piece & not many can do that.Brilliant!

[@bostonseeker]

Definitely not your wedding-bar mitzvah version

[@tonybates7870]

Possibly the greatest cover version ever.

[@johnclark3697]

Fucking ace band.well UNDERRATED. yanks never done nowt this good.

[@Owen-hg3cu]

Get a life you sad pedo prick

[@Sunburst75]

RIP Dave, long live The Stranglers! Saw them twice in the old Glasgow Apollo in the late 70s. They blew the roof off and the pogoing was EPIC!

[@mickharvey3895]

Amazing. Part of my youth. Loudest band I've EVER seen. Rip

[@stuartblack6803]

Loudest ... You never seen many bands did you ,.?

[@southerner4566]

What, Even louder than Motorhead ? .

[@drewzilla2617]

still send shivers through me after all these years class act

[@calogerovenniri7868]

Best bass player in the universe

[@pastrychef476]

Gives me goosebumps also

[@taza98]

Defo did not expect this version whilst searching Walk On By. RiP Burt and muchos kudos The Stanglers. 😘

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@johnmoreton7354]

RIP Jet black, thanks for the memories, stranglers fan always.

[@markdoughty8780]

Great version of a classic song and even though it's only a cover, they were at the peak of their powers around this time and with this song. Great playing from all members - especially Dave (RIP) - and to think this single was a freebie given away with the first 75,000 copies of Black And White. but later, rightly, released as an official single and a deserved hit.

[@trevorbrown6654]

The band learnt this song quite early on in their career not because they wanted to have a hit with it, but because when they used to play pubs and weddings and stuff, they couldn't play entirely their own compositions as the audiences expected them to throw in some covers of well known songs as well. I think this was one of Jet Black's favourites so he got them to learn it and it ended up becoming one of their early hits when they finally started charting in the late 70s. In some ways I wish they had done a couple more cover versions as they would have sounded just as rock as this.

[@edwinreid8355]

They did cover All Day & All Of The Night ( classic Kinks song ). Although somehow I prefer the 60's sound of the original.

[@TINSTAAFL1]

They did cover "96 Tears" (from ? and The Mysterians 1966). #17 in the UK, #9 in Ireland in 1990.

[@pjofurey6239]

So glad I saw them ( a lot ) in these days , that bass and that voice those synth riffs still with me .

[@umojah]

Classic!!!, I had this on a white 7inch...The Stranglers, we salute you !!!!

[@jayeevee1693]

was it the one free with the B & W album?

[@leonardcharlesnew1591]

Me too! 😃 Also 3D version of Raven album cover- ahhhh the days eh 🕺🏼

[@gmantramp404]

@@jayeevee1693 yep. There were also beige colour vinyl ones that came free with the UK Black & White album. B&W for me was their best album 👍

[@hirepimike]

That bass just grabs you. Fun to see them all serious and relatively cleaned up.

[@bobmiller7502]

what a blast from the past, Fek im old, lucky its only on the outside, thanks for sharing, never STOP Loving, xbxx

[@thenintendogamer9318]

Amazing

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@Looii5]

Awesome bass

[@heleneramos889]

An A1 song that transcended for so many generations. Punk Matters!🎸

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@jasonpfinch]

What a brilliant cover version. I remember asking my grandparents if I could watch TotP about 1978 (I was 8) and then something by the Stranglers came on, perhaps this. They were horrified.

[@yettsoman4364]

Loved the picture sleeve of this...Dionne Warwick's head on Hugh Cornwell's body!😂

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@daviddoble5956]

Just fucking awesome.... grew up listening to these dudes.....

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@Chrisamusic1]

In my view, the best (left wing) cover of a Bacharach song ever. That bass is seriously dirty.

[@Chrisamusic1]

unorthodox. ;-)

[@MuppetBasher]

Left wing, right wing, whatever. I just think that this is THE best cover of ANY song EVER. This version is cut to shreds and still makes it to number 2 on the best ever covers list :)

[@robertmcafee4680]

Mad bass sound

[@hurstdale]

what was number 1 then ?

[@johnstevenspfc8510]

Chris A. The stranglers were always pretty right Wing compared to other Punk bands!

[@slefend2799]

The Stranglers' Walk On By/LIght My Fire sandwich is more than a tour de force and transports the song from melancholy to desperation.

[@ronchabale]

Still gives me shivers every time I hear this

[@eckie4679]

Worth watching again just for that JJ bass sound. The best ever 😎

[@aleksanth5362]

Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@razzledingle]

Cutting out the organ solo here is, in every way. as criminal as cutting Ray Manzarek's solo from the Doors' "Light My Fire"

[@Chrisamusic1]

It wasn't funny the first time you said it .....

[@alipanez1973]

AGREED. IT was CRIMINAL

[@Klaus80804]

TOTP - all must fit into the 3 minutes scheme

[@heleneramos889]

J🎸ust Punkish Rules...Take IT Easy! A way for the listener to buy the record!

[@TheMusicalElitist]

It's the single version...

[@pigknickers2975]

I loved this group since I was 11. One of the great sounds of the late70s, truly special.

[@amandadyer8456]

Dave Greenfield you were our hero. Amazing musician and much missed. RIP. X

[@1977chopper]

2022….. just discovered this band, this is great! 👌🏻🎹🎸

[@yvonneburns2786]

You should've been around at the time😏

[@Skin-ve2tt]

JJB's bass & Dave's keyboards were the sound of The Stranglers - Love it!

[@MindRiot395th]

What an amazing Dionne Warwick cover!

[@scottmcfadyen8921]

78 what a year i remember it well

[@imogenimeson664]

Wish it was '78 well up to September of that year anyway.

[@baldyholly79]

Awesome, love the bass in this.

[@ElvarMasson]

Great version. Reminds me a little bit of The Doors. Brilliant 👏

[@laurencelevene4333]

The Doors keyboard sound was a definite influence on Dave in particular, but the Stranglers were utterly brilliant on their first four albums

[@ElvarMasson]

@@laurencelevene4333 Yes

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@MachinesOfInterest]

The golden era of music and what was then the most cutting edge band in the world.

[@johnthompsonjohnthompson5926]

That Bass!!!!!

[@stigotmarbjelland6819]

+John Thompson John Thompson Jean Jacques Burnel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hanging1v]

best version of this song in my eyes great bass and keyboards, and shugs guitar

[@Nooziterp1]

That bass line!

[@kevanbrown7620]

Love this track. "Just going for a stroll in the trees"

[@stephenhulme6583]

God how i love this version.

[@hampden12]

this is THE finest cover of all time...no question....felt the same aboot it since first release...music regularly swerves to deceive...stranglers walk on by was/is jugular bound...i thank them

[@samyandkitty8399]

Absolutely my favourite band, fave ssonggsincce my dad played it in the 70s rip Dad and Rip Dave

[@jeanbrook7229]

This was a brilliant version Long Live the Stranglers no one like them so uniquely different

[@WayneRoberts-om3ii]

So lucky to lived the 70s awesome bass and lead nothing like this now

[@jerrybailey5797]

Fantastic version of Walk on by !

[@Lenak2266]

💜Think I love this as much as the original ! Maybe more ! 🎸💜

[@ianblythe1067]

Best ad lib ever 'Just go for a stroll in the trees'

[@brunodesbergesdarz]

Le bon vieux temps...🙂

[@pasko59000]

Le temps des hommes et du rock....😢

[@70sboy98]

The best, my friend.

[@conorlicklider1354]

favorite band ever the bass and keyboard and guitar are all perfection i fucking love this

[@jimmymackinnon715]

now these guys are fkin cool dudes!!! great music!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ferrarottiano]

I LISTENED IT 5.000 TIMES

[@abcasurname1544]

Hugh is so cool

[@PeteWorld2010]

missed this on ToTP at the time, though I was a big fan. Great to see it. Still play my stranglers CDs often.

[@paulcampbell8141]

that bass sound is awesome

[@Neptuneman07]

Brilliant

[@halenbud]

If you see me walking down the streets And I start to cry Each time we meet Walk on by Aahh walk on by Make believe I can see the tears Now let me grieve in private 'Cause each time I see you I just want to cry Walk on by Walk on by Walk on by

[@PliskinLee]

They gave this away as a 7" with Black & White album. Still my favourite Stranglers album!

[@andrewhosier8624]

On white vinyl, gutted as I bought the album to late. Hurts me even now.

[@TheGwimWeaper]

RIP Dave and Jet Black. The Stranglers are no more. Long live the Stranglers.

[@grant5872]

Sacrilege to cover this tune - unless your the Stranglers !! Absolutely nailed it !! 👍

[@drmilktruck]

RIP Burt Bacharach. My favorite version of a song by him.

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@Sea1kay]

If you see me walking down the streets And I start to cry Each time we meet Walk on by Aahh walk on by Make believe I can see the tears Now let me grieve in private Cause each time I see you I just want to cry Walk on by Walk on by Walk on by I just can't get over losing you And so if I seem so broken in pieces Walk on by Aah walk on by With foolish pride If I can't see the tears Let me hide From the tears and the sadness You gave me When you said goodbye Walk on by Walk on by Walk on by Just go for a stroll in the trees Walk on by Aahh walk on by And make believe That I can't see the tears Now let me grieve in private Cause each time I see you I break down and cry Walk on by Walk on by

[@romfordgal]

RIP Jet ...an absolute legend..

[@Olegzyan]

the bass sounds like a beast!

[@stevepettit2064]

it is ace this it just grinds away into your head what a band.

[@annteak2669]

Magnificent!!

[@EllCoolBoy]

beautiful gritty bass line, love it!

[@colinkeen2085]

TAKE A GOOD SONG AND NOTCH IT UP A GEAR.EXCELLENT SOUND.

[@sheikhyaboooty]

Or even add a delightful, lengthy middle as it is on the LP version which sadly they cut on this vid.

[@deanthyer6804]

got the 45 white single released with the black and white album to this ......virgin record store in Swansea shush few years back

[@Chrisamusic1]

Got that too mate, queued up all night outside HMV Manchester to get the album on release, and the white 7" was the reward ... so many people loved the version that it was later released as a single. Should say, I also queued up for The Raven album and got the 3D cover version!

[@ShaneRaw1]

Still Fkin Brilliant

[@fooman65]

Fuck....the bass sound on this clip...

[@darrengoodenough8064]

Perfection

[@James-1969]

Love the bass sound.

[@mickylad1]

R.I.P Burt Bacharach his favorite version..................

[@FredMorris-pc8ed]

if you like this you might like my brother music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Murder the Ghost' is a good song by him...

[@reneperennec5516]

Le son de cette époque !

[@fabiocianchetta916]

Dio mio che cover.Geniale