The Stranglers - Something Better Change
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- Original music video for Something Better Change by The Stranglers released as a single on 22nd July 1977.
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Lyrics:
Don't you like the way I move when you see me?
Don't you like the things that I say?
Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it?
When you shout things but I don't care
Something's happening and it's happening right now
You're too blind to see it
Something's happening and it's happening right now
Ain't got time to wait
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
Don't you like the way I dance, does it bug you?
Don't you like the cut of my clothes?
Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it?
Stick my fingers right up your nose
Something's happening and it's happening right now
You're too blind to see it
Something's happening and it's happening right now
Ain't got time to wait
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change, yeah, take it Hugh!
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change, lovely
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
I said something better change
Change, change, change, change
Change, change, change, change
Change, change, change, change
Change
Change!
Written by The Stranglers (Brian John Duffy / David Greenfield / Hugh Alan Cornwell / Jean Jacques Burnel)
Published by Universal Music Publishing Group
A Warner Music Group recording and music video. - Hudba
Brilliant I was a 14 yr old punk now 60
we need a band like this in 2023...
My neighbours fucking loved this played at full volume when I got home from school....... Great Britain will never be able to recreate this feeling
Brexshit effed the whole UK. The feeling has gone.
Brexit minced the UK. The feeling has gone.
The day that the earth stood still. ♥
Such a great song
RIP Dave Greenfield and Jet Black two of the best musical genius
Right that’s it, No more heroes album is getting blasted oot this afternoon 😁
ive got it on loud, but its a bit cold to open me windows and share it with the street lol
@@Tacsmoker 😂😂 put a jumper on and let ‘em all enjoy it !! 😁👍
On yer sel big man
@@Tacsmoker cold..in july? Were do ya live santa.. yer man is right, put on a jumper open the windows and f$%k the neighbours. Atriculate punk...love it
Doont blame year. Thanks for the goal v Forest in the league cup final btw Andy. Up the Wolves!
Happy Birthday JJ BURNEL❤BEST FRENCH BASS PLAYER IN ENGLAND❤
My god almighty, how many hours of my life have I spent listening to the Stranglers?
None of those hours wasted.
there is always more time to up your quota should you need it..
Hours well spent indeed.
Not enough!
@@mikegray3763 You beat me to it. That's what I was going to say!
A true masterpiece. R.I.P. Dave. Gone but never forgotten!❤
R.I.P tabby cat.
And sadly Jet too! ❤
great song raw stranglers
@@marcelpercy703 among with many others
YEA R.I.P Dave, ..Rock In Paradise👊
Stranglers at their best. They really helped me cope with my hate of authority in any form. Thx, lads
LOL yes nicely put
What a phenomenal band they truly were.
England,our little island in The North Sea has produced some of the very best bands the world has ever witnessed!❤
Still great 😊😊awesome.
Wow... Dave Brubeck and The Stranglers.... Both performing this great song 👍
Plus that final chord came almost straight from Ram Jam Black Betty. Or Stranglers been there first ?
when i was a tween you were either; two tone mods, punks or heavy metal and we beat the shit out of each other at school discos.
I love them all. 🤗
Still remember seeing & hearing this for the first time.
I've been 'Strangled' ever since. 🐀😎🖤
I've been Strangled since 1977.
@@DoomHasCame Much as I'd like to claim that,I'd be overselling myself as they'd just become established by the time I got to hear them. I was just becoming a teenager and people from school were playing the Rattus Norvegicus album. I quickly became acquainted with their early breakthrough hits like Peaches,Go Buddy Go,Straighten Out and this song and also got into songs such as Get a Grip on Yourself and Hanging Around. My mum had (and still has) a piano at home which me and my sister could mess around on and I started playing the keyboard tune from Peaches on it,to my mum's amusement. I think we'd both be interested to read any accounts on here from anyone who was there on the scene in time to see them emerge from nowhere.
You did get a grip on yourself, y’ mean? 😎
We in the 1980's blasted out the Stranglers vinyl records through 120 watt amps with 5 band graphic equalizers through 300 watt speakers. Something did change. Hahaha.
I have the pink marble 7" EP , which this track is on (not worth the millions I was hoping for) but a beautiful thing, none the less. I got it along with the Raven album (with 3D cover) a schoolmate of mine had the Black & White (white vinyl) EP and wld not, 4luv nor money, part with it. Still! There's always that one that got away. Sweet li'l trip down memory lane.
The energy and sentiment of this song is needed more than ever today, both musically and politically. .
You're not wrong mate. We need a song like this from 45 years ago to wake up to ourselves.
let's do it@@terrythekittieful
I use to think that too
Indeed 😢
Yep, the indigenous people of these islands need to stand together for change.
One of the biggest bands, both musically but most by the lyrics. Even if Hugh leaved years ago the last performace on the farwell tour was magic. Rest in peace Stranglers but you will never be forgotten
Struggling to think of anything that has changed for the better since this song..
I had my 21 birthday cake shaped like an LP and decorated like ' Rattus Norveticuc 'lol☮️🏴🏴👍😊
This video along with the Straighten Out video was recorded at Southern Row, North Kensington at the bottom of the steps which lead up to Ladbroke Grove.
The intro' was recorded nearby at Colville Square just off the Portobello road. Allsaints church can be seen to the right.
fantastic! i used to play this when i was a heavy metal dj a few years after this track came out! this, always the sun & peaches were my favourite songs by the stranglers! peaches always upset old people!!!!
@@normankennith7919 If you take a look on google maps there are some orange dumpsters on the exact spot, changed a lot have to say. Cheers.
North Kensington, not South - very different. But thanks anyway as I wondered where this was filmed.
@@pierrewilliams1533 Many thanks
some things change for the better!!!@@pierrewilliams1533
I offer these two piano covers: Waltzinblack and Strange Little Girl. The Stranglers FOREVER!!!
such a great time for music , so many superb bands, we were really blessed.
Ratus norvegicus, féline, la folie and golden Brown ❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
I was 17 years and now 53. Years and i love your music. Always !!!!!! 🙏❤️🙏
I’m 69 and I’m still blasting them out!
Stranglers ❤️ live in Paris Zenith ❤️ i remember....❤️...in 1986....87??? Wouawou 🤣 so strong 👍❤️🤣
Love the bass JJ is using
A classic so fit for modern times!
This song applies as much today as it did back in 1977, truly timeless!
Change is coming but it won't be to the advantage of anyone except the powers that shouldn't be.
RIP Dave. Your talent will be missed. Long live The Stranglers.
For me it was 1988 my first job the lads at work were in a band the drummer adored this band Mark Cunningham from Bradford was his name a guy you never forget, so thanks to Mark he took me to see them live at the st Georges hall Bradford, my first ever big gig, i was hooked from that day to this. An amazing band with great imagination and energy
very topical right now
Another prime example of why '77 - '82 was one of the two great golden ages of the British hit single (the other being '63 - '67).
I try very hard to explain this very thought to people all the time! But you can extend it to ‘69 early ‘70.
@@SirSneakerPimp '72/73 in UK. seemed to go in two year waves to my recollection....But it's totally crap now.And anyone who would argue otherwise can only have never experienced it when it was good
'71-'73, Slade, T.Rex. Sweet, Suzi Quattro, Wizzard
Tune just popped into my head.
There were many excellent keyboard and synth musicians during my time period, like Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider, Keith Emerson, Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Edgar Froese, Wendy Carlos, Vangelis, Billy Currie, even Brian Eno who considers himself as a non-musician. But Dave Greenfield (may he Rest In Peace) had his own unique style. I had the good experience seeing The Strangers in concert around 1983 or 1984 in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California (on the Central West Coast) at the Santa Barbara County Bowl. It was their 'Feline Tour' and they opened up for Roxy Music.
Awesome 💕
I've never even heard of these guys, but by God, on the basis of this song and its energy alone, I gotta find out what I've been missing ...
Check their song "No More Heroes" Play it loud!!!!
You have a 1977 to 2021 feast coming.
Have you been on the moon for the past 45 yrs
Yeah. Purchase first 5 albums
Golden Brown. Right now!
Soundtrack of my uni days. They were unique in the 1970's and reflected the mood of the time but much more than just a punk band.
Blimey remember this great days , awesome band 🧙♂️
Something did change - music became shit. What an absolute joy to hear this 45 year old classic. It is a very long time since anyone released a record with the power and energy this has.
So true.
Exactly
So, nothing to do with the fact that you're not a teenager anymore?
@Maitre Mark yep
sure does
J'écoutai en 77, en 87, 97 ..... et j'écoute aujourd'hui ! et j'écouterai demain....
Fortunate to see this line up live. Great band.
Every day I’ve got to get my fix of this band. I wish they could load it in the needle and I could take them with me all day on my construction job.
Just love the way this smacks in after guitar into. Used to rehearse same place as Stranglers late 70s.this song So apt right now in 2023.
Raw and aggressive 😂 i love ❤️ this great music 😊timeless 👌.
Excellent raw, energetic, exciting and powerful music with a simple video. RIP Dave Greenfield and now Jet Black.
Always loved this song when I was younger cause my Father would always play this on his car stereo
Excellent. I’ve still got the pink vinyl EP bought way back when - it has this track, Straighten Out, Grip, and Hanging Around. Amazing band.
God I miss the 70's. Today's so fake & throw away crap with no talent or meaning.
that vinyl must be worth a pretty penny now!
@@camo7886 I’ve seen them online for 12 quid so maybe not the retirement fund I was hoping for 👊😜
@Arcadelife ha, no maybe not then! Ah well, still a special thing to own, especially if you bought it new.
@@camo7886 Exactly, mate - I doubt I’d consider selling it (or most of my other weird 70s/80s vinyls) unless it was some stupid life-changing amount … and even then maybe not.
This was the first record I bought by the stranglers. It sounded different at the time. My favourite punk type group. More was to follow. Heroes. And my favourite. Golden brown. Classic song. Brilliant band.
Keep this on You tube forever,,,You wont see this on TV
The solos that the man played are of the highest order.
The Stranglers will always rock...
This was just no bullshit, no fakery, no plastic angst music from my favourite time. Miss those times.
An amazing band , a snapshot of English history .
Nice to see official uploads of old videos
Brings me back to a glorious time 😍😎🤘 So happy i saw them in concert
I saw The Stranglers around the mid 80's in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California at the Santa Barbara County Bowl, just about 7 blocks north from where I resided over on the Eastside, walking distance. The Stranglers opened up for Roxy Music oddly enough. Two of my favorite bands from England!
SAS Rogue brought me here id forgotten about this classic i was a teenager when this came out music was just great then
Been a rocker my whole life but the stranglers were something else!!!!!!!!
There is a big change coming,
I don't care who you are,
It will change everyone.
The Stranglers at their very best. Seen them too many times to recall. RIP Jet, say hi to Dave, legends never die 👍
Never stop despising them with every inch of your being! It's the underground law!
Who will ever produce music like this ever again? KSI? Ed Sheeran? It's all gone down the pan
Punk Rock's equivalents to the Doors...Nuff Said !!!
The doors with balls
As Hugh Cornwell once said “aren’t doors things you open and close”
The Stranglers are way better than the doors. The Doors are overrated
However, I’m going to follow these guys and buy their CDs. I heard the lead singer sing the song it was meaningful these guys in the year 2000 something I’ll bring back music that was left behind I thought.
Absolutely brilliant 👏👌 can never be duplicated ... genius punk
What a Band! What a Song!! I thank God I got to see them live umpteen times with my Young Brother (RIP)
The stranglers brought me here...
Great stuff.
The single of this was the first record I bought with my own money way back in the day :)
Mine too, Birthday money, 15 and the world ahead.
One of my favourites plus / Straighten Out as the double A side is just class.
RIP Dave Greenfield
I absolutely love the pictures they show distill picture when they say something better change, and they show the drummer’s face. He looks like a true John Bonham look
My boys. A band I grew up with. RIP Dave and JB. Gone but never forgotten.❤️
Wonderful.
Los quiero mucho, ojalá hubiera nacido 30 años antes y en un país donde si son famosos. Saludos desde México.
Yo también 😆 soy de México me encanta esta banda
@@danpunkhorror chocalas 🙌
@@Levinia. 🙌
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Never seen this video before! Classic track as well!
The stranglers choke me up, sorry couldn't resist, great music, early stuff was unique and still is I guess
JJB and HC singing on the same track. Awesome
Like the Stranglers. Get a grip on Yourself was another classic song from them. I like this old archive film footage of the group.
Stranglers forever in mind from Portugal ❤
This song isn't fast but the aggression and attitude it gives out is immense
Very tight playing and a little unusual for punk bands at the time to have a kind of virtuoso keyboard player. The bass is really upfront and JJ Burnel is master at that. It would make anyone pick up a bass and start banging on it rather any other instrument. He is a powerful vocalist too. The drums and guitar are all top notch.
F**kin epic!!!
RIP Jet thanks for everything 🖤
Hugh looks pretty hot, haha when i was 15 he looked soooo old, now im 60 and i feel like a perv for fancying him here.
what a banger of a track this is and always loved jj's bass guitar.superb.R.I.P. dave brilliant keyboard player.
...today is a beautiful day...THANX!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖
So unbelievably great
liked the Stranglers in the 70's and still like them today .. period
one for my brother STE RIP BRO
Was waiting 6 years for this...
Bloody hell, I forget how good they were, saw them twice in London (Hugh Cronwell times)
It was ‘Cornwell ‘
@@paulschnyder938 whoops, been living in Ireland to long
This band was has his best.
Was has his?
RIP JET BLACK... YOU MIGHTY BEAST!
Всё что они делали шло от сердца.
Love this bass!
Remember when the Stranglers were on John Peel 1975 ish and while we did the Lord's prayer in assembly, my mate wearing national health glasses looked at me and said ' did you hear the Stranglers on John Peel last night ? ' ' Yeah they fucking brilliant ' Amen.
I can't stop listening to this song it's so damn good!!! 🔥
Reminds me of dry blackthorn cider from the off-licence hatch in the pub then blasting out stranglers circa 1979
Essa é uma das melhores musicas do The Stranglers , sou fã da banda desde os anos 80 , e tem outra música espetacular , "aways this sun ".
Listening to Sunaks slimy sniveling speech about the contaminated blood scandal and miraculously I thought of this.
The stranglers are stil the biz..none bett3r.
Sniffing glue, bonfires in the park, causing a ruckus. Loved that time in my life. Something changed
Seems I still have the same opinion that I did when I was 18 in 1977 and now I'm 65. LOL!