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Cult With No Name — Golden Brown
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Tamster
(Thousand Islands Canada)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:18
 
{#Silenced}  If I can`t say something nice..............
The Stranglers nailed it, this not so much.  {#Snooty}

paultron
(Reno NV)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:13
 
eek, a very lacking cover methinks {#Sad}. the allegroooooan approach just does not work for me. i'll also venture that there are very few rock-ish genre songs that sound good with a harpsichord; golden brown by stranglers crushes it
 {#Bananapiano}

Papasmeg
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:10
 
Awful cover. Dave Greenfield added so much to the original and this has totally missed the spot!!!!
oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:06
 
Seriously....they've missed the point and killed the song. 

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:05
 
Ahh! That is NOT very good.

coccyx
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 11:04
 
I don't like songs where the singer sounds too lazy/sleepy/bored/stoned to be bothered to sing well.  It's crap.

colinjuett
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 04:45
 
Truly awful. Definitely the worst song that I have heard on RP
Simply a way to make some $$$$ out of a great song by making it "emotional" :(


gumby
(Slovenia)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 03:48
 
My MDD is not severe enough to enjoy this...

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 11:26
 
Excellent cover. . .

hidey
(NZ)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 11:25
 
No. This is not even a mediocre attempt at a very fine and rather peculiar tune. Just disappointing... {#Snooty}

aelfheld
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 11:20
 
Could there be a more dispirited performance?

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 11:20
 
 clive369 wrote:

Agreed. Works well as karaoke.
 
Is that actually possible?

clive369
(Windsor, UK)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 14:33
 
 lexica wrote:
Not sure whether this falls under "The Why Bother?" or "The Pointlessly Different" on this chart...

 
Agreed. Works well as karaoke.

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 17:08
 
 anotherlistener wrote:
I miss the harpsichord as well, but I also like the slower tempo.  Can't have it all.
 play it on 33!



anotherlistener
(outside Bawlmer)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 10:05
 
I miss the harpsichord as well, but I also like the slower tempo.  Can't have it all.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 09:46
 
I think they missed the whole point. 

chelsiaann
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 09:41
 
Most of all, I like the piano. I was a little disappointed to hear vocals when they entered.

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 16:13
 
Humm, I miss the harpsichord. Nonetheless quite a pleasant version.

Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 16:13
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

I disagree, I find this version adds some weight to the original. Don't get me wrong, I like the original but the fast tempo of that version gives it a light and, almost, comical feel.

 
{#Iamwithstupid}

eswiley2
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 05:39
 
 soulcollision wrote:
never heard the original... i like this.
 

I'm with you — either never heard the other one, or they are so different I don't compare them.

I like it, too.

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 16:06
 
 gandalfbmg wrote:
Oh, if I only had photoshop skills (hear that internet, I'm making a request!)

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVHVvbnmgjM

Hugh Cornwell


CanofWorms
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 15:54
 
... needs more cowbell...?

garycha
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 13:39
 
Nice on a decent hi fi.

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 15:11
 
Not sure whether this falls under "The Why Bother?" or "The Pointlessly Different" on this chart...


casey1024
(Here and Now)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 06:17
 
Wow.  This morning's selections are making me sleepy.  Yawn.  Guess I'm just tired.

rpdevotee
Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 15:00
 
What's the point?
Hearing this song without that electronic harpsichord, is like hearing Jimmy Hendrix without a guitar...
The best element of this song has just been removed! 

Antigone
(A house, in a Virginian Valley)
Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 14:42
 
I think the piano is quite lovely.

stevano
(Florida & Bulgaria)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 07:08
 
I think The Stranglers will be strangling someone with no name

AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 14:51
 
 rah wrote:
this song is like a ceiling fan turning too slowly.
 



nicolewe
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 14:49
 
 rah wrote:
this song is like a ceiling fan turning too slowly.
  Yes, rah, you put your finger on it! I like the other version better, the one from Snatch. This doesn't do it for me.



Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 16:34
 
That's funny! dannyboy57 wrote:
{#Grumpy}Hugh Cornwell should clock this guy

 



dasfeuer
(Loading...)
Posted: Nov 24, 2010 - 16:33
 
 FredInShanghai wrote:
Stranglers' Version = 10,  CWNN Version = 7
 
+1

FredInShanghai
(Recently Relocated To Paris, France)
Posted: Oct 24, 2010 - 00:24
 
I don't think alternative interpretations should be carbon copies of the original.  This one succeeds nicely on several different emotional levels.

Stranglers' Version = 10,  CWNN Version = 7

rah
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 07:22
 
this song is like a ceiling fan turning too slowly.

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 07:20
 
It'd be really disappointed hearing this, had I not heard the original (on my iPod) like 2 hours ago.

I say again: NEEDS MORE HARPSICHORD!!

AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 08:32
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

I disagree, I find this version adds some weight to the original. Don't get me wrong, I like the original but the fast tempo of that version gives it a light and, almost, comical feel.

 
I like how they slowed this down.  I too was confused by the light up beat tempo of the original.  I always felt it was about a girl and not drug abuse.  But that said I don't think this singer put the emotion needed to actually lament his drug use.

Edit:

So I did the Wiki thing...
There has been much controversy surrounding the lyrics. In his 2001 book The Stranglers Song By Song, Hugh Cornwell clearly states "'Golden Brown' works on two levels. It's about heroin and also about a girl". Essentially the lyrics describe how "both provided me with pleasurable times".

I'm feeling good that I got the point about the girl.  I really have a hard time with understanding poetry and lyrics unless they are really blatant. 

As I listened to this, I kept thinking of "Mad World" where the original fast beat song is great.  While the slower piano only version conveys the emotion and loneliness much more effectively.  Based on that I wanted to give this song more of a chance.  But after reading what Hugh had to say, I like the original more.


celly
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 08:15
 
Wow, this is horrible. Please, make it stop...

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 08:14
 
 a_genuine_find wrote:

I gotta fever and the only cure is more
HARPSICHORD?!?!?!

 


  Oh, if I only had photoshop skills (hear that internet, I'm making a request!)


vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 08:14
 
 akousa wrote:
If you're going to do a junkie's lament, at least write your own.
 
Oh please.  Its not like a 1000 blues men didn't already cover the top 10 songs about addiction 10,000 times. 

If you're going to complain about this cover, at least write something original. . .

{#Meditate}


ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 - 08:14
 
Why oh why can't Bill just play the original? 

akousa
(North Coast, USA)
Posted: Jun 22, 2010 - 09:17
 
If you're going to do a junkie's lament, at least write your own.

TheBorgBuilder
(Atlanta)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:24
 
IF Original = Excellent THEN This = NotSoMuch;

scrubbrush
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:23
 
that was really lame compared to the original. In fact, that was just limp.

soulcollision
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:22
 
never heard the original... i like this.

anotherlistener
(outside Bawlmer)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:21
 
 socalhol wrote:
pale interpretation — rather hear the original
 

I'll second that.

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Jun 18, 2010 - 11:21
 
 socalhol wrote:
pale interpretation — rather hear the original
Yup. The original had that bounce. Seems like he's going for "dreamy", here, but it ends up ponderous in my ear. Such prissy pronunciation for a song about heroin?


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 24, 2010 - 14:59
 
Good - but prefer original!
("6-7")

planetclare
Posted: May 24, 2010 - 14:58
 
 socalhol wrote:
pale interpretation — rather hear the original
 
I completely agree.


socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 13:52
 
pale interpretation — rather hear the original

jpfueler
(Burleson Texas, (South o' Ft Worth))
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 13:50
 
well. it stoped me putting together my now dead motorcycle to see who the herll this werz.
I am not sure how to rate it.