The Stranglers

The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene.

Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" bands to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s. Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, they originally built a following within the mid-1970s pub rock scene. While their aggressive, no-compromise attitude identified them as one of the instigators of the UK punk rock scene that followed, their idiosyncratic approach rarely followed any single musical genre and the group went on to explore a variety of musical styles, from new wave, art rock and gothic rock through the sophisticated pop of some of their 1980s output.

They had major mainstream success with their single "Golden Brown". Their other hits include "No More Heroes", "Peaches", "Always the Sun" and "Skin Deep".

The Stranglers (album)

The Stranglers is a compilation album by The Stranglers.

Track listing

  • "Money"
  • "Golden Brown" (live)
  • "Still Life"
  • "Paradise Row"
  • "No More Heroes" (live)
  • "Lies and Deception"
  • "God is Good"
  • "And the Boat Sails By"
  • "The Light"
  • "Joy De Viva"
  • "In a While"
  • "Miss You"
  • "In the End"
  • "Blue Sky"
  • "Valley of the Birds"
  • God Is Good

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    Track listing

  • "Thebes" – 19:09
  • "Meditation Is the Practice of Death" – 6:52
  • "Cremation Ghat I" – 3:12
  • "Cremation Ghat II" – 4:58
  • Personnel

  • Emil Amos drums, percussion
  • Al Cisneros bass guitar, vocals
  • Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe tambura, vocals
  • Lorraine Rath flute
  • Jackie Perez Gratz - cello
  • References


    Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio

    Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is Paul McCartney's first major foray into classical music and was released in 1991. Composed in collaboration with Carl Davis to commemorate The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's 150th anniversary, the project received a large amount of media attention upon its unveiling in June 1991.

    Recording

    This recording was captured at the oratorio's dress rehearsal and premiere at Liverpool Cathedral with McCartney in attendance and features noted professional classical singers Kiri Te Kanawa, Jerry Hadley, Sally Burgess and Willard White re-enacting the roles in the oratorio. The recording was engineered by John Timperley.

    Music and story

    Consisting of eight movements, the story of the oratorio loosely follows McCartney's own lifeline, with the main character, Shanty, who is born in 1942 in Liverpool, raised to believe that "being born where you are born carries with it certain responsibilities". After his school days where he often "sagged off" (Liverpool slang for skipping class), Shanty began working and meets his future bride, Mary Dee. Following the death of his father, Shanty and Mary Dee are married and are forced to deal with the rigours of balancing a happy marriage and their careers. Amid a quarrel, Mary Dee reveals that she is pregnant and after surviving a nearly fatal accident, gives birth to their son. Thus, the cycle of life in Liverpool carries on.

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    How To Find True Love And Happiness In The Present

    by: The Stranglers

    Once I knew a man in love with money
    He said it solved his worries and his cares
    The one day
    I heard him say
    Something I hear everywhere
    Once I knew a man in love with power
    He bought a uniform and he kept it clean
    Then one day
    I heard him say
    There's something he's never seen
    Tell him how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day
    Tell him how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day
    Then I know a girl in love with living
    Didn't like to stay in one place long
    Then one day
    I heard her say
    She'd discovered something's wrong
    Tell her how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day
    Tell her how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day
    Tell her how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day
    Tell her how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day
    Tell him how to find true love and happiness
    In the present day (3x)




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