Why Golden Brown was the most unlikely hit of the 80s

Check out Newzik: https://newzik.com/en/app 🎼 13/8 odd time signature, harpsichord, no chorus and an illicit lyrical theme… it has to be Golden Brown by The Stranglers, what is perhaps one of the most unlikely but fantastic hit songs of not just the 1980s but of all time! Beginners Guide To The Stranglers Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FuSlVW8vnCU37nBvhs0by?si=d63c56dcc1024bac SOURCES: https://youtu.be/7SioL8ba0Bo?si=auHA4Ut4yfbMtVFm https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/02/the-stranglers-how-we-made-european-female https://archive.org/details/stranglerssongby0000corn https://www.loudersound.com/news/jean-jacques-burnel-on-why-the-stranglers-best-known-song-was-a-threat-to-the-powers-that-be Check out my original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJoOZd8JQJDgGU8sb8V?si=dcs5zn4JRDO7oVCEkfK6YQ 🎶 My debut album UNDER AN EMPTY SKY is out now on VINYL, CD and DOWNLOAD: https://davidbennettpiano.bandcamp.com/album/under-an-empty-sky And, an extra special thanks goes to Chase Heeler, Richard, Megawaddledoo and friends Inc., Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.co Golden Brown by The Stranglers, https://t.lickd.co/l/qrlL3MdPJ6M 0:00 Golden Brown 0:30 Time Signature 1:32 Lyrics 2:15 No Chorus 2:56 Verse Waltz 3:39 Chord progression 5:03 Key change? 6:37 Newzik 7:25 Take 5 vs. Golden Brown 8:34 Harpsichord 9:24 Synthesizer 10:13 Dave Greenfield 11:23 Patreon