The Stranglers - Toiler On The Sea Live @ Ally Pally

The Stranglers live @ Alexander Palace August 11th 1990. Hughs last gig with The Stranglers.

[@leewalker662]

The Stranglers are in the top 5 greatest British bands of all time...

[@pigglesy]

Cancelled these days though.

[@flemwad]

No 1

[@philwise872]

More like in the top 1

[@flemwad]

@@philwise872 best band in the universe

[@PureMadMetal]

Way ahead of their time, the stranglers are just one of those bands that you will always have a place in your heart for

[@wescooley34]

They should have been the best band in the world along with the damned and the banshees ignored for shitty bands with no talent

[@alexbrown-ks1hq]

the hair and denim mob go on about the stones smack heads about oasis but pound for pound THE best band to come out of this country

[@lawrencecaswell7156]

I think the Stranglers and Dr Feelgood were the two best bands to come out of the UK

[@daviddavidson2111]

I couldn't agree more. This band helped me negotiate puberty and adulthood. My heroes.

[@LarzGustafsson]

True!

[@MrGrahamxyz]

What a superb band. Loved by those who know, but sadly unknown to those who forever live in darkness!

[@mickmcgowan7756]

Farewell Dave I will listen to the stranglers forever more so long legend

[@blackberet747]

Everybody Loves you when you are Dead"

[@johnmacleod4481]

Dave Greenfield absolute gentleman and solid member of The Stranglers with keyboard skills all of his own for many decades of musicianship exemplified

[@leawood9398]

R I P Dave Greenfield. The end of an era.

[@1SAW2]

Sad day.

[@minalmovies8091]

@@1SAW2 very sad indeed x

[@EH-qb4vi]

he's been a big part of my upbringing r.i.p.

[@chuckabbate5924]

Indeed. Hugh bolting in 90 was one this ,but this 😥

[@jackgriffin4530]

Sadly, missed, but his music, like Mozart's, is forever.

[@ricktellon3755]

Epic song. From the Black and white - album. Still sounds avant-garde after all these years!

[@mkfloyd9131]

JJs bass sublime as always, masters all...

[@gontierfrancois8115]

JJ BURNEL is the greatest bassist in the world

[@mkfloyd9131]

@@gontierfrancois8115 Absolutely...

[@jkarn8]

Suis d'accord

[@roycarder6179]

From the Get go I’ve loved the Stranglers ….one of the best bands to come out of this country ….Hugh was a loss but Baz has more than filled that void …JJ is a true Rock legend ….I hope the Stranglers keep going on ….

[@messeswithbassesbassguitar9060]

I was there in '90, they came on after about 5 hours of support acts and when this started I could feel there was something in the air; of course as it transpired it was their last gig as the original lineup! Fast forward over 30 years and I've enjoyed hearing and seeing both The Stranglers and Hugh solo (and JJ solo!) regularly ever since. The lesson? When it's over it's only just begun... Best track at this gig? Something better change!

[@simongrosvenor332]

Deadly Bass 🔊 Monster Keyboards, Fabulous lead & Rhythm guitar. Black And White an all time Masterpiece.

[@timstewart7385]

An epic Stranglers opening track RIP Dave Greenfield

[@subbytights3709]

Wow, that is incredible. Sound quality is amazing too.

[@henri-pierrevaldeolivas9552]

That extra guitar adds to the effect. Slick and tight, contained power and menaing and avant avant-garde. Holds up well.

[@revzillo]

This is a brilliant version of Toiler on the Sea !

[@jamesnoble2753]

Brilliant song.

[@maddog8621]

Superb band. My favourite album

[@sarahcrees]

I was at this gig. We'd no idea that Hugh was going to quit the day after.

[@mickmullins4257]

Top notch sound,picture and performance.Great song,love it.

[@SyllVerso]

Sometimes I don't know in which planet I've been living. I love them and should be listening much more.

[@galengarcia7141]

One those bands where their all great

[@LarzGustafsson]

Brilliant!

[@jerrybailey5797]

Fantastic great song . From when the Stranglers were great

[@darylcumming7119]

One of their best.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

Excellent live version of 'Toiler On The Sea'. Too bad that Hugh Cornwell decided to quit The Stranglers that year in 1990. But he had his reasons. He just felt The Stranglers couldn't go any further creative wise with the music. He called Jet Black on the phone that he was quitting. Jet Black's response was "OK". and that was it. Dave Greenfield was one of the best keyboard and synth musicians in the world of rock. He did look much better with a mustache. May he Rest In Peace.

[@shuancook9005]

Top tune. Class stuff top band!!!

[@clash1977100]

Excellent version

[@paulcochrane1028]

Jet Black RIP.

[@scotthowieson1191]

Was at the gig

[@MrMarco33333]

Seeing a lot of comments about this this being lacklustre. I know it was the very end of Mk1 but I love this version because of it's dynamics and more relaxed feel.

[@marvinlewis5591]

Great great band.

[@218073]

This was the end of the first main incarnation of the Stranglers besides Ellis , I saw this tour and it was the last time I saw them over a 13 year period. They were a tired out version of their former selves but still a good show. Now I see the dynamic that made Hugh decide he did not want to continue, real shame.

[@mikegregory2492]

Loved it.

[@slacey1070]

Great song this.... highlight of the gig I reckon....

[@gareth5000]

That brought me to tears

[@jeremiasrobledodechavela9519]

Maravillosoooo

[@satka2mau487]

great sound on this....

[@gontierfrancois8115]

Black & White is à MASTERPIECE

[@jeanfrancoislabedz7491]

Bisous à vous

[@brdlysct]

Great live performance of a great song! I love that people are uploading all these live performances from over the years... I never had any real interest in seeing the Stranglers live, just listened to their albums and enjoyed their music. I wish I had seen them and hope I get a chance to see them in the future. Definitely on my list as a must see band now. And yes, tour the USA! Big thanks to everyone who shares these gems on KZbin!

[@undergroundwarrior70]

I saw The Stranglers in concert in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California on the Central West Coast around 1983 or in 1984 at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. They opened up for Roxy Music. Fantastic performances by both bands.

[@buckchoppers2480]

Hugh choking back the emotion during the first few lines. He knew this was going to be the end of an era.

[@Buttermilk32]

Great sound and performance, despite Hugh's situation but the stage lighting sucked for a video. It's good they are sounding great again. Wish they'd tour the USA.

[@danielmoran9902]

I was meant to go to this gig, but dint for some silly reason. Kind of glad I didn't now. Not sure why.....

[@vincentdelhommeau4667]

Toujours des frissons avec cette intro!

[@howardsutton1063]

Sensational

[@bnfimages]

Thank you.

[@michaelneidermayer4604]

SLOWED DOWN VERSION LIVE . YEAH RASTA ! R.I.P. DAVE GREENFIELD . UN -UN- BELIEVABLE KEYBOARDS !!!!

[@nylonic55yorkshire22]

Wow.

[@darrenjudd8]

Nice to see Ellis in this perfect lineup performance

[@nasdkhan254]

Perfect? It was shit. The Stranglers were 4 people

[@mikedeakin9900]

I went to this gig and the whole weekend of The T&C 5 anniversary

[@jorgelodwick4429]

SUBLIME,GIG!!

[@alanscott6836]

Hugh's Farewell. The end of an era. I also like Baz. All who sailed were and remain staunch matelots.

[@MrPlanx]

A very lackluster performance compared to years before. I'm very glad I saw them so many times from 1978 to 1983 when they were at their peak.

[@lanslater]

Nice one mate xcellent vid

[@jefflevinson669]

Managed a band in the early eighties . Did back up to the Stranglers for a gig for the Feline tour . Like this material better

[@sofakingdrunk66]

Superb video...

[@robertwatson5104]

I’d pay good money too see them with Hugh fronting the band again

[@julosx]

The Stranglers will be back in 2023 ! 26 gigs ! Ang Hugh Cornwell is in tour also (he will be in Nottingham the 5th of December).

[@oblongfan1]

damn i wish hugh would come back to he stranglers. to think i was 4 back in 1990 who knew hugh would leave the next day.. best band ever. screw all those other overrated bands.

[@andrewgent9334]

You could tell he was fed up

[@sveneriksson6387]

Hugh is Hugh

[@chuckabbate5924]

Brambles....you have to go with your gut it was time in his mind....both have made great music since

[@andyfaithnomoreguitarist5444]

4:23 Teen Spirit Stranglers

[@JonnyWahWah]

i was at this gig , it was a blinder and unknown at the time hugh's last one with the boys, i got laid too after !

[@nasskhan4543]

I d even go and watch Howard Jones if I knew I was going to get laid after.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

@@nasskhan4543 now steady on...... let's not go completely mad !

[@martinmcfred6758]

When someone's made their mind up they're leaving. Sad night.

[@rodcannon8686]

best intro ever x

[@Bob-ts2tu]

After Rattus it took me a long time to get to grips (no pun intended) with B&W but this and Tank are among my fav songs. but hugh doesnt do it justice here, looks like he cant wait to leave, which is likely true

[@countrymusicbydode9280]

Remember when they came on in 70s and early 80s and we fucked the seats up in Edinburgh and glasgow

[@Molotovjack]

Hugh's very last gig with the band.

[@duncanmcdane388]

Beautiful version, but I prefer the faster one from the album...

[@derekatkinson8807]

Toilerr.onsea Top.tune

[@vincentdelhommeau4667]

L'intro sonne comme un appel à l'émeute !

[@DOBERSTAFFIE]

just gives me the impression HC is going through the motions and looks like he can't be arsed being there.

[@thisisbob1001]

Waiting for his next shot

[@garymallon7602]

Another day at the office

[@carolinedow3413]

I'd stopped going by then

[@davidlyons6341]

Viva La Stranglers

[@philcowley9628]

Did I say I'm the one waving some geordies strangs cap at the front :-)

[@DOUGDONUT]

Fucking brilliant.

[@qword]

this is the kind of stuff that makes me feel like i was born into the wrong era.

[@briandavis8939]

I think this is a concert that A how the Flock of Seagulls got their name from cuz they were in the middle of the crowd

[@gmcelroy1967]

Rest in Peace Charlie Devreaux.

[@andyfaithnomoreguitarist5444]

This was their best concert,the last and the best

[@bingoace]

Not a patch on their Black and White tour. Baz has rejuvenated the band I am sorry to say. The band look miserable on here. I saw them in Bristol last week and they looked so much livelier. They were really having a good time compared to this. They did Toiler also. Quite a contrast x

[@christopherfarrington9270]

best was when the stranglers opened bradys in liverpool 1979 best gig i ever went to.

[@oldmacdreadapexriddims1460]

The end game.

[@camjh62]

Not bad but the album version way faster read the from which hugh got the inspiration heavy but great

[@tomflint8673]

Looking for myself in the audience at 3 mins 50... I don’t remember it being so dark. Must have been aiming for a moody start to the gig.

[@johnanthonyp]

No it's not-it's really flat-he probably told them he was going to leave-Birmingham in the 80s-another planet

[@melbman43]

A tad slow in my opinion.

[@johnanthonyp]

Cornwell-seen x 6 lucky-brilliant-who needs Costello

[@djchyndman]

I was this gig. The sound was dreadful and it had all gone a bit AOR by then.

[@davidwaterhouse2552]

As an 'old punk' I loved John Ellis for his work with 'The Vibrators' first two LP's, why did The Stranglers need to add a 'touring guitarist' to the line up? It was The beginning of the end for me! Yes, there were a lot of overlays, on the later records as the band got more adventurous! But they had such an amazing keyboard player , and a 'LOOP PEDAL' could have done the rest! Ironically, Hugh Cornwell uses this now in his live sets! Bad move getting John Ellis in, and the next incarnation with Paul Robertson was just awful! Sorry but that is my opinion! dx

[@rayenbow3281]

You're not alone thinking that way. I suppose the so called fans who never saw them in their earlier years would disagree. In the early days they WERE the best, absolutely no doubt about it. I remember seeing them at the beginning, I remember that moment even now. Totally blown away!

[@undergroundwarrior70]

@@rayenbow3281 I saw The Stranglers around mid 80's in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. They opened up for Roxy Music, which I thought it was a bit odd. I think I was the only one who knew who The Stranglers were from the rest of the audience which they seemed not too interested in them. I kept shouting a few times "Peaches and singing some of the lyrics, but for some reason they did not play any of their earlier songs. Hugh did respond to me and said "Ah. Someone remembers." It was a fantastic concert both by The Stranglers and Roxy Music.

[@aphillgood]

Classe éternelle

[@PeDenBe]

NO MORE FACEBOOK FOR ME

[@nicensleazy1892]

terrible concert - last gig before Hugh called it a day. What an earth was John Ellis doing there :-(

[@alanhawley8900]

seen em many times...alway's at least very good... but alas.. never seen them other than the original four members.... i think the chemistry between them was something unique in sound, thho' i have listened to the strang's with baz, some great stuff, especially time to die..... dint like the girly singer before, did he get sacked?

[@stevetaylor1904]

Sounds very tame

[@D47JoyUnited]

Hugh Cornwell could have stood in for John Wayne, a mans man

[@ItsNowAlways]

Shug is playing what looks like a Gibson and IT'S ALL WRONG! The sound, the look, everything. Maybe that's why he looks like he's not interested in what he was doing - he's got the wrong effin guitar. Did he lose his Telecaster and was in mourning, or something? I actually saw them in Edinburgh in 1990, and apart from the extra guitarist, they were great. Don't know what happened at the Ally Pally.

[@bingoace]

Hugh had just completely lost it. So lacklustre in this performance which made the rest of the band look miserable. So much more fun to watch the Stranglers now. They seem a lot livelier with Baz. Looking foreword to seeing them on their 40th anniversary x

[@helgyboy]

Sounds so pedestrian from this gig,far better live act now.

[@blurman111000]

Utter crap now they just play the same way they did in 70s and 80s hugh clearly wanted to change direction a bit and was sick of playing the exact same stuff in the same way

[@jimrand6451]

what is this....its been edited....they've cut some of this out. I was there that night.

[@FabianBom]

Come on Phil, do your research :-)

[@philcowley9628]

They were in an angry mood because it was their last gig with Hugh ? You sure know your stuff ... hahaha Were you even born then ?

[@StretfordEnder15]

Lackluster because they were obviously in a terrible mood due to it being Hugh's last gig. Him leaving wasn't spontaneous?

[@johnmacleod4481]

I was a toilet ON THE SEA

[@daz.6112]

A lesson in NVC. The end of the band.