 La Folie (1981) [ larger cover art ] |
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Golden Brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with Golden Brown
Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with Golden Brown
Golden Brown finer temptress
Through the ages she's heading west
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with Golden Brown
(La la la la la la la la leeeah)
Never a frown
With Golden Brown
Never a frown
With Golden Brown
| btt (firmly ensconsed in the Beautiful B.C Interior) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 09:02 BrightonGuy wrote: Am I alone in thinking this song is tedious, irritating and unmelodious? I would go even further and say if I had my way they would be 'The Strangled' No , you`re not alone . |
| bb_matt (Hampshire, England) | Posted: May 09, 2013 - 08:58 Only 7.9? This is godlike! - it's right up there with the best of the classics. |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 18:55 BrightonGuy wrote: Am I alone in thinking this song is tedious, irritating and unmelodious? I would go even further and say if I had my way they would be 'The Strangled' Unmelodious? Can't agree with you when I hear that harpsichord ! |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 18:53 Not sure why I haven't given this an EIGHT. I think it's because I like 'Always The Sun" and "Skin Deep" even more than this classic. |
| motobecane | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 18:49 BrightonGuy wrote: Am I alone in thinking this song is tedious, irritating and unmelodious? yes |
| BrightonGuy | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 10:24 Am I alone in thinking this song is tedious, irritating and unmelodious? I would go even further and say if I had my way they would be 'The Strangled' |
| sid1950 (London, UK) | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 04:38 What a great sequence! Suzanne Vega - Caramel, Jethro Tull - Bourse, and now this! Had to stop work and listen. |
| gvan (From inside the house!) | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 09:46 It might not be about heroin; it could be about pancake syrup. I never frown when I'm eating a nice tall stack of flapjacks covered in golden brown syrup! |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 09:45 kcar wrote: Dear sweet Lord, that's funny.  Can't imagine anyone associating Gordon with the sun, pleasure, happiness...Terry Jones of Monty Python bitterly resents the vague resemblance. Can someone peel that tissue paper from "Golden" Brown's shaving cut? Ten for the comment - almost as much for the song |
| kojiroh (Istanbul, Turkey) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 08:20 This is mesmerizing. I just can't turn it off no matter how disturbed I get because of the fact that it's an ode to heroin. |
| HearsayDave (a mysterious seaside village with Number Six) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 08:15 How is Tommy going to deal with the Piker knocking out Gorgeous George? |
| Hasan | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 13:25 I just can't help it. When I hear this song I can't stop myself thinking of "Brown 25" from that hysterical 1974 movie "The Groove Tube" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=008BPUdQ1XA |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 11:04 YES!! Play the original - NOT the insipid cover version by I-can't-remember-who! Colossal and distinctive  |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 13:01 Stunning track............. |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 19:40 reijkman wrote: They must have had some golden brown to create such a masterpiece. The song contains quite complex time signatures and it still sounds great. Heck, you don't even need golden brown, just listen to that haunting harpsichord riff! This song is an eternal classic. There is an amazing Live version as well on one or two of their Live LP's. |
| reijkman (The Netherlands) | Posted: Sep 25, 2012 - 08:31 They must have had some golden brown to create such a masterpiece. The song contains quite complex time signatures and it still sounds great. Heck, you don't even need golden brown, just listen to that haunting harpsichord riff! This song is an eternal classic. |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 16:31 I was just thinking the same thing.....  gigikent wrote: YEAAAAH, gotta watch Snatch again!!! |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 10:12 stunix wrote: My first single I bought with my own money! still love it. that makes you the youngest RP-listener by far!
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| Stingray | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 10:12 "10" of course! |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 06:03 My first single I bought with my own money! still love it. |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 16:31 This is what we want to hear from RP! SEXY - SEXY! FANTASTIC SONG - GREAT BAND - MEDIORE ALBUM
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| paul_constantine (Hamburg) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 04:51 This is the wrong cover/album the right one is called "La Folie" and it looks like this:  |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 16:12 Love It! |
| kcar | Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 22:27 gedhickman wrote: Has a special place in our family as my Daughter thought it was "Gordon Brown texture like sun" - Gordon Brown being the then Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK. Then, many, years later we saw The Stranglers together as we sat in the sun at Glastonbury. Dear sweet Lord, that's funny. Can't imagine anyone associating Gordon with the sun, pleasure, happiness...Terry Jones of Monty Python bitterly resents the vague resemblance. Can someone peel that tissue paper from "Golden" Brown's shaving cut? BTW—Hugh Cornwell claims the song was written about heroin and/or a girl, so you don't have to think about drugs when you hear this great song. |
| megaboogieman (Russia, Gulag Archipelago) | Posted: May 20, 2012 - 09:56 Golden Brown was a hit from La Folie album by the Stranglers released in 1981. |
| sid1950 (London, UK) | Posted: May 04, 2012 - 04:15 This is one of my Desert Island top 10. One of my favorite radio moments was during a test match at Lords a couple of years ago when Jonathan Agnew discovered Hugh Cornwell in the crowd and persuaded him to give an interview during the lunch interval. At the end he played an acoustic version of this. I was in heaven, The Stranglers and England at Lords on the same day! For cricket/Stranglers fans, I found a transcript of the interview here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3133563.stm And a fan's recording of the performance of Golden Brown here: http://www.music-love.com/index.php?view=display&option=com_videos&id=2838947 For non-cricket fans the guitar apparently belonged to Mike Selvey, and ex-cricketer who was part of the commentary team. I haven't been able to narrow down which match this was. The BBC transcript was posted on 8 Aug 2003, which was after the 2nd test against South Africa. |
| Gwarmerdam (Leeuwarden, The Netherlands) | Posted: May 04, 2012 - 04:11 Excellent Song |
| max_p | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 10:24 thousandrobots wrote: Love the transition from JT's "Bouree"! One of the nice touches that makes RP such a pleasure. he did it again |
| Stingray ("ANONYMOUS INTERNET") | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 10:21 A clear 10 (if you understand what it's all about) for lyrics and music! Aside from that I have to say that the STRANGLERS have been the best (!!!) live-band I have ever seen, though the concert I am refering to happned 20 years ago! Stingray |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:26 Grammarcop wrote: I detest this song and any other song that glorifies heroin use. Yeah, it's personal. Very personal. Well, it's not so much "glorifying heroin use" as trying to capture a sort of...erm...sense of the experience. The love of the sensation is quite obviously, unhealthy and unsettling, or it would be a nice steady 4/4 rocker or 3/4 waltz. No, they stuck that extra little bit in every fourth go round and what you have is odd, uncomfortable and decidedly strange. Yet, over it all, this lovely soft, well sung little love song...it makes you want to like it....I think THAT might be the point.... I think it's pure genius. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:20 msymmes wrote: I don't listen to lyrics about 99.99% of the time.
Your loss, really. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 11:20 oldsaxon wrote: what is this time sig? my lord that is complex Sounds like 3/8 to me. |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 12:21 All the former druggies in our shop be nodding off...Love it |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 12:20 what is this time sig? my lord that is complex |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 18:51 I don't listen to lyrics about 99.99% of the time.
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| Grammarcop (Upriver from Zug Island) | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 08:28 I detest this song and any other song that glorifies heroin use. Yeah, it's personal. Very personal. |
| hencini | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 08:25 I think this reminds me of "Oscillate Wildly". |
| gedhickman (London) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:52 Has a special place in our family as my Daughter thought it was "Gordon Brown texture like sun" - Gordon Brown being the then Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK. Then, many, years later we saw The Stranglers together as we sat in the sun at Glastonbury. |
| salzburg4321 (Salzburg, Austria) | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 06:20 Ah.... the Stranglers: 1981, The Cellar Door in Georgetown. Small but intense audience. Mere feet away from Hugh Cornwell and Jean-Jacques Burnel spinning their intoxicating web. " We.Are.The.Men in Black." |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 18:08 Once again, Thank you RP! Was not familiar with The Strangler's catalog so I decided to go on a little listening odyssey. Happy to say it was a huge success - these guys rock and I've got more new old music to get cozy with. |
| thousandrobots (nyc) | Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 17:56 Love the transition from JT's "Bouree"! One of the nice touches that makes RP such a pleasure. |
| gigikent | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 01:18 YEAAAAH, gotta watch Snatch again!!! Danimal174 wrote: vonwienerhousen wrote: Approves  Turkish: We've lost Gorgeous George. Brick Top: You're going to have to repeat that. Turkish: We've lost Gorgeous George. Brick Top: Well, where'd you lose him?! He ain't a set of fu**ing car keys, is he? And, it's not as if he's incon-fu**ing-spicuous, now is it? |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jun 11, 2011 - 21:29 Wow. I just heard this for the first time on Radio Luxembourg and thought to myself that this sounds like something worthy of RP. Sure enough, here it is! Instant fan of The Stranglers. Just goes to show that there is so much music out there to be discovered. Party on, Garth! |
| eswiley2 | Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 08:41 very nice, indeed  |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:25 calypsus_1 wrote: He is aging well, considering he has been standing on a stage playing great Rock n Roll for nearly 35 years, awesome pic  JJ Burnel by ~leezig0 ©2010 ~leezig0 J J Burnel of The Stranglers playing live in Greece. January 2010. |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: May 02, 2011 - 13:19 This is both my favorite song about herion and my favorite song with harpsichord... |
| Kimberly8 (Washington, DC) | Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 15:21 A little therapy for my endless homework.  |
| ick (The 619) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 10:00 Ahhhh.... much better! |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 10:00 Nice segue... |
| lumper5 (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Feb 26, 2011 - 20:34 1982 video |