Golden Brown ist eine Ballade der britischen Rockband The Stranglers. The band's record company, EMI, sent them into the studio with the record producer, Tony Visconti, giving him a brief to "produce each song as if it was a hit single". They also confirmed that their "Final Full UK Tour" which had been announced in January 2020[3] would proceed in Greenfield's honour.[4]. The title track from La Folie, it was released as the follow up to "Golden Brown" in April 1982, and peaked at number 47 in the UK Singles Chart. She was of Mediterranean origin and her skin was golden brown. 47. In August 1990, Hugh Cornwell abruptly left Stranglers to pursue a solo career, following the band's failure to attain a tour in the US. The album also included "Waltzinblack" which became adopted as a theme by TV chef Keith Floyd. "[10], The band's early albums, Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black and White, all released within a period of 13 months, were highly successful with the record-buying public and singles such as "Peaches", "Something Better Change" and "No More Heroes" became instant punk classics. A 12-inch single, the band's first, containing extended mixes of both tracks was also released, but "Bear Cage" also only managed No.36 in the charts. A proposed gig in Moscow was announced and then cancelled due to visa difficulties, but a mini-tour of the UK took place in July. [2] The song makes allusions to Japanese necrophiliac murderer and cannibal Issei Sagawa. Kommunikation sei letztlich der bestimmende Schlüssel im Musik-Business. This line-up recorded four albums: Stranglers in the Night (1992), About Time (1995), Written in Red (1997) and Coup de Grace (1998). Kaliphz: „(…) So bevormunden wir die Leute nicht. "[21] The album gained much critical success but fell well short of La Folie in terms of sales and failed to produce another hit after "European Female". 16 in November 1986. "Golden Brown" featured in Guy Ritchie's film Snatch (2000),[36] was used extensively in the Australian film He Died with a Felafel in His Hand,[37] and featured in the Black Mirror episode, Metalhead leading to Jacob Stolworthy of The Independent to claim, " 'Golden Brown' can stop being used in popular culture – its usage has officially peaked". Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel war von Golden Brown nicht angetan, da er mit dieser Position allerdings innerhalb der Band alleine dastand, wurde das Stück in die Liste der Lieder für das 1981 erschienene Album La folie aufgenommen. Aufgrund der in Titel und Text enthaltenen Anspielung auf eine gängige Szene-Metapher für Heroin wird das Stück oft als Drogensong verstanden; die Band hat diese Interpretation früh bestätigt. [39], The Stranglers performing in Chicago in 2013, Formation and mainstream success (1974–1979), 2000s resurgence and reversion to a four-piece, "Stranglers Official Site › UK tour autumn/winter 2020", TRIBUTE – THE STRANGLERS: The stranglers' timeline. Ursprünglich war sie eine von dem Keyboarder Dave Greenfield eingebrachte Outro-Idee, die die Band bereits mehrfach versucht hatte, in einem Stück unterzubringen, unter anderem in Second Coming vom Meninblack-Album. Cornwell said the lyrics were "about heroin and also about a girl. The album also included Tuckers Grave about a Somerset cider house named after the victim of a suicide in a nearby farm which members of the band now occupied. The Strangler… "[11] It was released on 9 November 1981, through record label Liberty; their first album on the label. Other singles from the album were: "Let Me Introduce You to the Family" (No. The band had originally spent time in Looe writing Suite XVI. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including operettas, comic opera, popular songs, and gymnastics. The Raven saw a definite transition in the band's sound. La folie is the sixth studio album by English new wave band The Stranglers. Sie entstand 1981 und ist deren bislang erfolgreichste Single. [22] In his autobiography, Cornwell stated that he felt that The Stranglers were a spent force creatively, and cited various examples of his increasingly acrimonious relationship with his fellow band-members, particularly Burnel. I would like to think the Stranglers were more punk plus and then some. Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza [fyˈnɛs] (* 31. [note 9], In February 1978 the Stranglers began a mini-tour, playing three secret pub gigs as a thank-you to those venues and their landlords for their support during the band's rise to success. Despite this success, the follow-up single "Sweet Smell of Success" only reached No.65. Diese Diskografie ist eine Übersicht über die musikalischen Werke der britischen Band The Stranglers.Gemäß Quellenangaben und Schallplattenauszeichnungen hat sie bisher mehr als 2,7 Millionen Tonträger verkauft. As part of their severance deal, The Stranglers were forced to release a greatest hits collection, The Collection 1977–1982. In 2007 it was reported that drummer Black was suffering from atrial fibrillation, an ailment which subsequently forced him to miss a number of shows, particularly where extended travel was required. 7 hit in 1988, The Stranglers released another '60s cover, "96 Tears" as their first single from 10; it reached No. The music video was filmed on the Montmartre. In his 2001 book The Stranglers Song By Song, Hugh Cornwell states "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 19. The Stranglers once again had complete artistic freedom and in 1983 released their first album for Epic, Feline, which included the UK No. [2] The title track is also said to be based upon the story of Issei Sagawa. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll - The Essential Collection. Dazu wurde die Stimme von Hugh Cornwell gemischt. Benutzt wurde die Musik darüber hinaus für den Soundtrack der Filme Snatch – Schweine und Diamanten und He Died with a Felafel in His Hand. Burnel took time out from The Stranglers to fly out to Japan at short notice and join ARB to cover the tour, including appearing at the 'All Japan Rock Festival' at Hibaya park, becoming the first non-Japanese to ever appear at the festival. In 2015, the March On tour had 18 dates around the United Kingdom. The set list was the same as the 1977 concert, with the addition of a couple of more recent songs as a final encore. The "Meninblack" track from The Raven is the "Two Sunspots" soundtrack slowed down. [23], On 4 November 2007, the band (with Black) played a sell-out gig at the Roundhouse in Camden, North London, marking the thirtieth anniversary of their headline run at the same venue in 1977. We're never going to use a producer again. [32], (In the late 1980s, the Stranglers regularly featured a 3-piece brass section in their live line-up.). [1] Sung in French by bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, it was Burnel who convinced his bandmates of the song's potential as a single, despite Hugh Cornwell feeling that "Tramp" was the better choice. "Man of the Earth", which the band had high hopes for, was due to be the third single from the album, however Epic Records decided against it. La Folie is the sixth album by The Stranglers, recorded and released in 1981. At first La Folie charted lower than any other Stranglers studio album, and the first single taken from it, "Let Me Introduce You to the Family", only charted at No.42. After a slow start, the Stranglers recovered their commercial and critical status with La Folie (1981) which was another concept album, this time exploring the subject of love. However, critic Dave Thompson argued that such criticism was oblivious to the satire and irony in the band's music, writing: "the Stranglers themselves revelled in an almost Monty Python-esque grasp of absurdity (and, in particular, the absurdities of modern 'men's talk'). In der Punkszene war der Erfolg der Gruppe umstritten. Zweifele nicht, lass es einfach geschehen.“ Da Golden Brown – ähnlich wie Brown Sugar – eine gängige Metapher für Heroin war, verstanden viele das Stück als Drogenlied – im konkreten Fall: als Beschreibung der Wirkung von Heroin. [citation needed], The album's French language title literally translates to "madness". In July 2018 they played at the LUNAR festival in Tanworth-in-Arden. Der Textschreiber Cornwell hat sich gegen diese Interpretation nie gewehrt und wiederholt bestätigt, dass seine eigene Heroinabhängigkeit den Hintergrund des Textes bildete, zu unterschiedlichen Gelegenheiten (unter anderem in seinem 2001 erschienenen Buch The Stranglers Song By Song) allerdings angeführt, man könne das Stück zugleich auch als Liebeslied verstehen sowie als Ode an seine damalige Freundin, deren Hautfarbe goldbraun gewesen sei.[2]. Als eine der bekannten Formationen des British Punk hatten sie sich vor allem mit druckvoll vorgetragenen, schnellen, rauh-energetischen Songs wie beispielsweise No more Heroes, Peaches, Hangin’ around und Nize ‘n’ Sleazy einen Namen gemacht. Greenfield died on 3 May 2020, at the age of 71. Sie passte nicht in irgendeinen Song rein – das war ein eigener Song. [33] The title was used for the Japanese video game No More Heroes, created by Goichi Suda. 1984 saw the release of Aural Sculpture which consolidated the band's success in Europe and established them in Oceania. The event is recorded on the DVD Rattus at the Roundhouse. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, wo es der erste Hit der Band war, erreichte das Lied Platz 63 in den Charts, wogegen das Lied in Großbritannien mit Platz zwei die höchste Single-Platzierung eines Stranglers-Songs erreichte. Following the success of their cover of The Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night", a UK No. The songs on The Raven are multi-layered and musically complicated, and deal with such subjects as a Viking's lonely voyage, heroin addiction, genetic engineering, contemporary political events in Iran and Australia and extraterrestrial visitors, "The Meninblack". On their sellout UK tour they were supported by Goldblade. Many buyers were seemingly unaware of the meaning of the lyrics, which contain metaphorical references to heroin. It included the UK No.15 hit "Skin Deep" (which also reached No. [4] Der von Cornwell beigesteuerte Text war mehrdeutig interpretierbar. [note 16] Sung in French, it received negligible airplay and charted at No.47. Last edited on 11 December 2018, at 21:07, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Folie_(song)&oldid=873220748, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The La Folie album was a conscious attempt to deliver a more commercial product. [15] The scene included bands such as Friction, and they became friends with the band, Red Lizard, who they invited back to London, where the band became known as Lizard. Hugh Cornwell hingegen hatte damit keine Probleme. Die Melodie von Golden Brown hatte die Stranglers als Soundschnipsel bereits rund anderthalb Jahre begleitet. [16] In 1979, while still in Japan, Burnel also became close friends with Keith, co-founder and drummer for ARB. Erst ein Jahr später – so der Bandgitarrist und Sänger Hugh Cornwell – habe ihn die Melodie angesprochen. Black had also been a semi-professional drummer in the late 1950s and early 1960s; after attaining a degree of financial stability due to his business successes, by 1974 he decided to return to drumming, and to assemble a band. The title track is also said to be based upon the story of Issei Sagawa. It was strange doing those tracks, because we'd never really attempted that quite minimalistic recording technique. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. The Stranglers had initially been the most commercially successful band of the punk/new wave period in Britain, but by 1981, their success had waned noticeably. [3], There has been much controversy surrounding the lyrics to "Golden Brown". The song is an evocative waltz-time ballad, with an extra beat in the fourth bar. Juni 2020 um 07:43 Uhr bearbeitet. Before forming the band, "Jet Black" (real name Brian Duffy) was in his mid-30s. [4], Als bekanntes Stück des britischen Punk- und frühen New Wave kann Golden Brown zwischenzeitlich auf eine Reihe unterschiedlicher Coverversionen und Variationen zurückblicken. [note 17] The track listing for The Collection 1977–1982 included the new single "Strange Little Girl", which had originally been recorded on a demo in '74 and rejected by EMI.
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