The Stranglers - Sydney - April 22 2023
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- I last saw The Stranglers in 1979. I had given serious thought to seeing them in 2018 and 2020 but worried that they had changed too much from the band I remembered. Sadly, after each tour it seemed more and more likely I wouldn’t get another chance to see them. So this year, it was time to dismiss my uncertainty. After all, when all’s said and done nothing is the same as it was 44 years ago.
Not surprisingly, my choice of songs all, with the exception of one, come from their earliest days.
Sometimes (00:07)
This Song (05:03)
Golden Brown (08:36)
Walk On By (13:23)
Something Better Change (19:08)
Hanging Around (22:35)
No More Heroes (27:07)
I had hoped to record some recent material but the two I wanted, ‘The Lines’ and ‘And If You Should See Dave …’, didn’t make the Sydney gig. They would have been lovely contrasts to those early numbers.
It was a terrific performance to a packed audience who ranged in age from their 20s to their 70s. Some things have changed but really great songs never get old.
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Hi Peter...did you record the whole Gig??
@@sjb6466 Sorry, this is all that I recorded. I had wanted to video 'The Lines' and 'And If You Should See Dave ...' which were played at most of the other shows but not at Sydney.
Yeah Lines and Dave were only played in Melbourne and Brisbane.
@@sjb6466 Also all three NZ shows. Because they were played in Brisbane I was hoping for the same in Sydney. I wonder if they were getting tied towards the end.
It took me 10 years to accept Baz as a replacement for Hugh but nowadays I don't have the time to do that. Musically this band are tight, top musicians and still have JJ my favorite bass player. Thank you for what you gave to me down the years one of the best bands ever
I'm kinda speechless. This was completely amazing to hear these 2 in 2023 doing so well, and what an awesome drummer and keyboardist to play for Dave & Jet! I'm sure it wasn't easy to find proper replacements.
Still sounding great. No, they are not the same band as when they started out (so many comments pointing out the obvious). They have evolved and aged as we all do. But they are still writing great songs and can put on a terrific live show. Well worth seeing. Thanks for commenting.
Especially with the keyboards. Dave G. had a very unique sound not easy to copy and quite the virtuoso.
So glad that JJ got excellent replacements for Jet and Dave to keep the Stranglers going, You 2 guys RIP.
Yes, terrific that the band is still touring. We'll always have the records but that doesn't come close to seeing them live.
This ain’t the stranglers, its Burnel and three random guys covering someone else’s work badly. 😂😂😂
@@rmzxr4395dude Baz has been in the band for half of its history, sadly the Hugh days are not coming back but these guys are kicking hard as ever
Jet and Dave are gone, but their replacements are a straight 10/10 when it comes to keeping the songs alive
@@Peter_LiveMusic Record's ? We will probably not get a new one ever again . Being the way they are . Work , work , work .
@@thecostarules631Except their not the Stranglers...As you rightly say 'replacements'.
I am 62 and finally made it as a bass player in a pro band in Bangkok. I guest occasionally but I play like my hero JJ. It is a shock to the house bassist who plays gently like cellist
Great video of a favorite band of mine. In 1977 i was 17 years young. This group excited me back then. They still sound good.
I was a couple of years older than you in '77. I too remember how good The Stranglers sounded. They were very exciting times musically. Thanks for commenting.
AWW i really really feel Daves loss...massive fan of the stranglers since about the age of 7...just miss our Dave x
I think we all do 💔
Melbourne gig was brilliant too. As things currently stand The Stranglers are the first and last band I ever saw with a 44 year span in between. 😢 I hope this line-up will come back to Australia and NZ in a year or so.
That's quite a record. Hopefully, they will be back again and you'll get another chance to see them.
That's a fine record indeed! For me, it was a 32 year gap in seeing The Angels, with Doc Neeson out front. That was two nice bookends on their career span. Seeing The Stranglers recently in Melbourne was a first. I was apprehensive, with the recent passing of pivotal band members. But I was not disappointed! Their live presence & lighting reminded me of seeing The Buzzcocks and New Order..
Brilliant.The only band that can give me goosebumps.
Great job capturing a live gig; with very good sound, and shot variation.
Glad you enjoyed it. A shame I couldn't have been just a little closer but there were limited options. Thanks for commenting.
Bravo 👏👏👏
🐀🎼🎸🎸🥁🎹🐀
Fabulous , great set and well filmed !!!
Glad you like it. It was a great performance and I was pleased to have a spot above the heads. Thanks for commenting.
All great musicians and appreciated but more of a tribute band as of late but still great to see❤ Rip Jet and Dave
I know what you're saying. I face these feelings every time I'm trying to decide whether or not to see a band I loved back in the 70s and 80s. All bands evolve, sometimes almost out of recognition. What I really enjoyed about this performance was the new songs. "White Stallion" was the best song of the night (and the person I was with thought so too). So I'm not now prepared to write them off as just a 'tribute band'. They're still recording great songs. Sadly, there are other bands who don't record new material and who exist only to play their old stuff. It's these bands I see as a tribute of themselves. Doesn't mean I wouldn't go to see them though.
Agree Peter and I've been a staunch fan since 1977... few bands last 50 years, play what they always did, and new stuff soooooo well... you're gonna get some attrition in 5 decades, but I still love em 200%
@@Peter_LiveMusic The last album is the best they've done since Hugh for me & I'd have Relentless in my top 10 Stranglers tracks. I saw them on the first night of their UK tour last year in Lincoln & they were as good as I've ever seen them (and that's maybe 60 plus times)
@@Adambutler2 Any band still producing albums as good as their most recent is most definitely not a tribute band (still getting plenty of whinging comments saying so). Too many people want to live in the past. The Stranglers are refusing to do that. As I wrote above, "White Stallion" was by far the best song of the night for me. Great to know that some of their fans are moving on with them.
@@Peter_LiveMusic Yes, White Stallion sounded incredible
Damn i wish i saw em live. Im from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 love this group. Been listening to em for years and years.
I'd put off seeing them the past couple of tours, not knowing if they could live up to my expectations. But despite the numerous snide comments here about them being nothing more than a tribute band these days, they were very good. The new material was great live. Hopefully, they'll be back in a year or two. You should definitely catch them in Melbourne if you can.
Nice one Peter, when they came to Carlisle, UK in the late '70s they played 2 songs, had a massage row on stage, Jet Black kicked his drums over, they all buggered off stage and that was the end of that..... there was nearly a riot. Ah the good old days.
I don't remember anything about the performance I saw in '79 but they did play more than two songs 😂 I do remember there were women protested outside about their misogyny lyrics. I kept one of the fliers they were handing out for many years but can't find it now. It would be an interesting historical item.
@@Peter_LiveMusic Cool, have a good look for it - should be funny to see what the silly bints were trying to ram down your throats.. lol
@@tankthelord1178 I forgot to mention, that this is the same venue The Damned are playing next month. I'm hoping to get the same seat (or very similar) so this will be the view I'll have. Visually, not as exciting as my last video of them but hopefully better sound.
@@Peter_LiveMusic Should be great, hope you get your footage another Damned vid.
Fantastic gig. We had a great time and I think the Stranglers (yes the evolved lineup well worthy of the name) did too
Yes, it was a great night. Terrific to hear so many of those songs again. And yes, the band certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves. They're going to be around for some time yet.
Saw them in Belfast a few weeks ago, and they were incredible, played for about 2 1/2 hours (28 songs), the new band members certainly have earned their places in the band. And their last album Dark Matters is brilliant. Silly comments from people about how it's not the original band etc, the Rolling Stones only have two original members left and they're still touring.
Yes, I totally agree with you. Very few bands (if any) that I see these days have the same line ups as when they started off. All bands grow and change. Otherwise they die. I'm much more interested in whether or not they are still producing new music, even if it's not as good as their earlier stuff. It tells me that making music still has meaning for them. There are some really great songs on 'Dark Matters'. Glad you enjoyed the Belfast show.
never fails to put a smile on my face, Stranglers forever.✌🖤💚
Nice to hear them in good form!
Yes, despite comments about this being a tribute band, they were in great form and still recording excellent songs. Glad I got to see them again.
MUSCLE POWER! MUSCLE POWER! MUSCLE POWER! Top of the tops!
Great show ! I saw them in Brest France in march, it was awesome ! JJ is the best french bass player all around the world ! Well best bass player !
Yes, a great night. Very glad I decided to go. Brought back many memories.
Nice I was up the back.................Thanks and Blessings...............
A great night. A packed room. Certainly glad I got to see them again after so many years.
Happy 72nd birthday to JJ for 21st February (3 days from now). I bet he never thought he would still be on stage, belting out "Something Better Change", at this age. Great stuff.
Edit: I only just realised that this is actually the band's 50th year, and they will be playing a special gig in June with Buzzcocks (with only remaining founding member Steve Diggle) at Caldicot Castle in Wales. I really, really hope they record that one and release it on Blu-ray (4K would be amazing).
Happy birthday JJ. Thanks for all the great music.
Great selection of truly amazing songs recall the original line up treasured the first two albums they made thanks for sharing this video
Yes, those first two albums were truly amazing. The line up may have changed but the band still has plenty to offer. Thanks for commenting.
Great selection, Peter. And well done Toby Houndsham. Huge shoes to fill but Dave's keyboard sounds live on.
Thanks. My heart's still with their early stuff, but it would have been nice to have videoed one or two more of their most recent songs. 'White Stallion' would have been the one to have got. It was great live. I had been hoping for that second encore which sadly Sydney didn't get. The band still sounds great (regardless of what all the 'tribute moaners' believe). My feelings in cases like this are it's always better to have the songs continuing to be played live. I think Peter Hook's doing a terrific job of this with Joy Division. Anyway, I'm very glad I got to see The Stranglers again. Appreciate your comment.
Nothing will replace DG but going to see them 2 x in 2024. Baz is a star.
I think Dave Greenfield would’ve been proud of his replacement on the keyboards Stranglers are getting better and better.
Thanks Peter. Looks like Jean-Jacques is the only one left. Mind you when your band members start dying of old age that's a message. Really loved their first LP (and it was an LP. Didn't get CDs until the early 80s.) My band did a version of 'Peaches" back in the day. This sounded like a very good show.
Thanks for commenting. I loved the first two albums (yes records). I did buy some of the later CDs but they never struck me the same way. Sadly, only Jean-Jacques is left from the original line up. Of course, Hugh Cornwell is still recording and performing. I saw him a few years ago.That too was a great show, although he doesn't have keyboards in his line up so the songs sound different.
As long as at least thw one carries the heritage the stranlers will prevail am a fan since the very '77
Exactly. Rock on.
I've been a fan since 1980, but amazingly have never seen them live. I think I was put off seeing them after Hugh Cornwell left in 1990, but now I wish I'd gone before Dave Greenfield passed away in 2020. I've always loved the combination of Dave's amazing keyboards and JJ's bass. I see they are playing at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 26 March, but according to Ticketmaster they have SOLD OUT. What an achievement to sell out a venue like that after all these years.
Regretfully, I didn't see them on the tour before this one when Dave was still with them. I hadn't seen them since their very first tour of Australia. This video gets lots of comments about them being little more than a tribute band these days. That is far from the truth. They are still recording new music which at this performance stood up very well against their earliest material. If you get a chance, you should see them. Better late than never, as they say.
@@Peter_LiveMusic Well I saw Peter Hook & The Light in both 2022 and 2023 playing Joy Division songs (and some New Order), with Hooky singing as well as playing some bass and his son Jack also playing bass. They don't write any new stuff, but I was there to listen to Joy Division's music, and they are like The Stranglers now in that only the bass player remains from the original band. I've loved Joy Division since 1980 too, but as the band obviously ceased to exist in May of that year with the loss of Ian Curtis, I never got to see them live, and New Order almost never played a Joy Division song.
Edit: Thanks for the video BTW. Well filmed and about the only post-Dave live performance I could find.
@@hedgehog1965uk I too saw Peter Hook in 2023 and very much enjoyed his Joy Division renderings. I had some good video from the performance on YT but unfortunately I was told to take it down. I've been thinking a bit lately about the thin line between a band and a tribute band. There are of course some very obvious differences, but in the middle there is a blur. I'm seeing From the Jam very soon (another bass player keeping songs alive). I'm looking forward to it, not least because I never got to see the original band alive, but mostly because they do sound like the 'real' thing. I do get tired of all the condescending comments saying such and such a band aren't the 'real' band since so and so left. These people seem stuck in the past. I wonder what new music they ever listen to. Time stands still for no one.
The finest never die.
It's time to see The Stranglers again. Hopefully next year if they do a tour of the Antipodes.
I've not seen 'em since Paul Roberts and Jon Ellis in the 90s. The original line up was the business, so glad I got to see 'em.
These "Tribute Band" comments are out of line, i saw the last tour with Hugh, brass band and all and it was poor, as was the 10 album. This last tour and latest album blow it out the water
They are mugs mate, full of shit jealousy.
point taken
❤🎉
I love The Stranglers and am, luckily, old enough to have lived through the 70's as a teen thus witnessing the release of so much stunning music. Today unfortunately, all but one of the players that generated this band's fantastic music that defined them (the 'classic' albums) have since passed. Their legacy will live on permanently, of course. However (and personally), I feel they are now essentially a covers band. Fantastic that JJB is still delivering the goods, but still. Nevertheless, keep on rockin' guys !!
I know what you are say, and basically I agree with you, but I don't think this line up of The Stranglers can be so easily dismissed. The fact that they are still producing new music and playing it live says a lot. I do wish I had recorded some more of their most recent material (not just "This Song"). "White Stallion" (IMO) was the best song of the night and that is from their most recent album.
As to being a cover band, there are many, many bands now continuing to trade under their original name but with only one or two of the original members. While they most definitely aren't the same band, I'm not sure they can be dismissed as cover bands. Everything changes. It's up to individual fans to decide whether or not they move with the band or simply stop listening. There's no wrong or right. Yes, keep rockin'.
Hugh Cornwell's still alive, he left the band & is still performing..still a great live band tho..👍
@@fredholmes6284 I saw Hugh in 2019, rather than seeing The Stranglers who were touring at about the same time. It was a great gig. I believe he's just about to release a new album:
czcams.com/video/6sCj4gVcujk/video.html
@@Peter_LiveMusic thanx f that Peter..his replacement Baz Warne is a fellow mackam (Sunderland lad) & doing a great job filling Hugh's boots but they're rarely better than the originals..👍
@@fredholmes6284 Replacing vocalists is always 'tricky'. In many ways it's better/fairer to judge the band by their more recent albums which have produced some great songs. As I've said several times, I now wish I'd videoed some of those songs.
Great video, thanks for posting! Did you capture the entire gig or just these songs? What type of camera did you use?
This is all the footage I took. I was hoping to video two more songs from the latest album that had been played elsewhere on this tour as encores. Sadly, we didn't get them in Sydney. I use a Sony RX100VI principally because it's small enough to hide in my pocket and get through the occasional security check. It's getting a little old now and started playing up at one concert a couple of week ago. Thankfully, at the two most recent gigs it's behaved itself. I can't afford to replace it at the moment. Thanks for commenting.
Am a stranglers fan since that very rattus'77 year, yep, am this old. Nice watching they immortal hits. What,s bothering me, will the new ctew create anything worth their immortals
I too have been a fan since their earliest days. I hadn't seen any of their recent tours because I wasn't sure how the current line up would live up to my memories. Well, they were certainly different but only in minor ways. What is important to me is that they are still a creative band, and not just living off their past hits. In fact, "White Stallion", from their latest album, was by far the best song of the night. Some of the other new tracks sounded great too (better live than the album versions). Maybe this was because they didn't hold any previous associations for me. I don't think The Stranglers can be written off just yet.
Huge bucket list wish to see these guys before it’s over. But, sadly, I doubt they’ll ever make it over to North America again
Cruel World.
@@AstroJenkins Got my tickets!
@@rosedad4995 Hell yeah, dude! I’m gonna hit No Values in Pamona in June for Iggy, or else I would too
I know the feeling, but this is not the Stranglers, it never was once Hugh left. It has to be J.J Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Dave Greenfield and Jet Black, that is the band I remember, back in the late '70's!
JJ Burnel is in his 8th decade. Think about that for a moment...
He is amazing. We can all only wish to be like he is in our 80s.
It doesn't have the same feel without Hugh.
The Hanging arouns should be slightly more Alien/UFO style sounds, the sounds are perfect for UFO event
Surprisingly, it still sounds like the Stranglers...
And If You Should See Dave is a great tune that brings a 61-year-old to tears...
Yes, a great song. I was disappointed that they didn't do it as an encore as they did at some other gigs. There were some sound issues with the venue and that might have been a reason why two songs were cut.
@@Peter_LiveMusic They didn't play it in Adelaide either. Only two songs from Dark Matters: This Song and White Stallion. It's a great album IMHO and I wish they had played more from it, but a great gig none the less.
JJ and friends...
hallo
JJ survivor
You mean The Strangler?
lol
The only real one left hanging around ... The Straggler?
I'd say this is 30% as good as the original.
I'd say what do you except when the original was well over 40 years ago. Be thankful they are still performing in any form.
No more original members anymore......... No more original members anymore.
😆 What are you on about? Jean-Jacques Burnel has been with the band since the beginning.
Fake and need to stop
Everyone entitled to their opinions but there are thousands who'd disagree with you, including all those who attended this gig. No is making you listen to them.
Yeh ffs this is good. Go wash out yer cloth ears
This is JJ and his backing band.
Savvy marketing. It brought you here. As well as all those in the crowd.
still the muts nuts