I loved this freaking song when it came out -- and a few months later I liked it a little more with that video. BTW, Setzer can dance like a madman...even while playing guitar!
BJ asked how this song did on the charts - here is an excerpt from wiki on that: "...the song was released as a single by EMI America on June 11, 1982, and included on the Built for Speed album released that same month. During its initial release, "Stray Cat Strut" failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 109 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in August 1982.[3] When the band's next single, "Rock This Town", made the top 10, the record company decided to re-release "Stray Cat Strut", this time with much more success. Debuting at number 43, it was the highest new entry on the Hot 100 chart dated December 25, 1982, eventually peaking at number 3 in March 1983. - interesting stuff!
@@normandavidtidiman9918 Great memory! ..also from Wiki: "Stray Cat Strut" is the third single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released April 17, 1981 by Arista Records in the UK, where it peaked at No. 11 on the Singles Chart.
Stray cats came over to London and recorded 2 albums and had hit singles in the UK. the first 2 albums had tracks took of then for the US Built for speed LP .
I'm an 63 yr old fat white guy and I absolutely love the way that you are enjoying old school music. I love your channel and I enjoy your reactions to different types of music. It really makes me feel so happy, you guys are so cute and cool. I just love watching your videos.
The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer-Lead Vocals and Guitar, Slim Jim Phantom-Bass and Lee Rocker-Drums were a phenomenon back in the mid-80's, with a string of Roakabilly hits on MTV for about five years. "Rock This Town" should be next on your list. Do the MTV video, just to see the guy in the Members Only jacket. That's Classic.
And don't forget "Sexy and 17". I remember finding a freeze frame back in the days of VHS where the young woman in the video flashes her breasts. Don't think it comes out on digital formats though. I kept seeing a blip when I watched the video, so I freeze framed it and was like "Wow, really!?". LOL
I was in a guitar shop in Los Angeles in the late 80s and heard someone absolutely destroying a guitar. It was Brian Setzer just killing it. I had no idea how good he was before that. Guy is absolute demon.
So true! Setzer does not always how off his chops in his studio work, but when you see him live he does tend to show off a lot more! And yes, the man can really play!
They were modern rockabilly band . The weird bands make good music too lol! check out southern culture on the skids or the B52's, Talking heads , eurythmics and others and others .
The things about these guys is, they brought Rockabilly back to the USA, where it had originated back in the 50's. They had exaggerated the hair-dos of the 50's. So it was almost like a new genre in 1981, since Rockabilly had died out in the late 50's after the death of some of the originators, and Elvis changed his style after he got out of the Army. Their hit song "Rock This Town" sounds alot like the 1955 song "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Hailey and The Comets... which was also the theme song of the 70's TV show "Happy Days". 1981 was when MTV started, and I'm sure that's what helped the Stay Cats to gain success.
Oh man I had a killer Stray Cats t-shirt that I wore to its demise -- black cat outlined in white and red on a black background with that pompadour hairstyle -- I cut the neck and sleeve's out and It looked dam good on young thin me -- Lol RIP Kitty
I saw Brian Setzer live at a guitar greats concert at the Passaic Theater in NJ back in like 82 or 83. He was outstanding and in good company as also there were David Gilmore, Dickie Betts, Tony Iomi, Neal Schon and others.
Love the Stray Cats. They brought back the style of early rockabilly like the greats used to do (Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent). This is happy music with a catchy beat that gets you moving. Lots of great songs such as "Stray Cat Strut", "(She's) Sexy + 17", "Look At That Cadillac", "I Won't Stand In Your Way", "Bring It Back Again" & "Rock This Town". Brian Setzer made a cameo appearance as Eddie Cochran in the film "La Bamba" (life story of Ritchie Valens).
Hi Asia and B J, a great RockaBilly group, I met all of them but before Brian Setzer started his Big Band I met him at a club where my RockaBilly band was playing and he was checking out my Doghouse Bass player and I met his first wife and sat and talked in a booth, he's a real cool guy 😎 and met him a few more times
This is the genre that Elvis and his guitar player Scotty Moore developed at Sun Records. Combined what was then called 'Hillbilly,' with R&B, Blues, Country & Western. Promoters billed Elvis as the Hillbilly Cat early on...lol. Stray Cats were a great Rockabilly band that were really different when they came out - Brian Setzer is a monster player of the style.
I saw them in 2018 in Costa Mesa California, great band and they get people dancing. Built for speed is my favorite song by them and im a metalhead but I love them rockabilly girls hahaha.
These guys were so fun. I saw them live. Extremely talented as well. In the 70s there was quite the throwback to the 50s. And in the 80s, the Stray Cats made a career out of bringing back that 40s and 50s swing style with an emphasis on kind of a modern cleaned up rockabilly. They were so good. Coincidental with that and a number of other bands which weren't as mainstream, there was a huge swing dance and kind of rockabilly revival in a way in the 80s. I had a regional rockabilly band and we opened for bands like the Reverend Horton Heat, The Paladins, Barance Whitield and his Boston Savages, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, and so forth. The audience would turn out, mostly in their twenties and thirties but some younger and some older, and everybody would just get down doing the old swing dance stuff that their parents or grandparents had done and some of them were really good at it and were even doing the Jitterbug and things like that, throwing their partner between their legs and dipping them and flipping them up in the air with their feet towards the ceiling. And they would dress the part the women would look like Bettie Page the pin-up model, the guys were totally styling and definitely were strutting like cats. I love to playing to those audiences and just being there and of course I would dance to the headlining bands as well.
Wife here...I'm such an eighties child..!!Wore this record out.!!.What a vibe..My husband digs Bryan Setzer so much!! ( singer of this band)..His Musicality is 🔥fire!!...Strutting Yeah..Asia and BJ always great insight!! Yes.., very 50s and 60s vibe!!
In the early 80s, a small group of young rockabilly bands came out and did some amazing stuff. The Stray Cats got all of the attention and radio play (Brian Setzer is a great guitarist and front man), but lesser known rockabilly acts like the Elvis Brothers were just as exciting (I got to see then live in '83... they were outstanding). 1980s rockabilly gave birth to the swing dancing retro-50s counterculture of the 90s (which the Brian Setzer Orchestra was at the forefront).
Brian Setzer ! Wow you really opened something here. He is a musical genius. :-) Another very popular great one by this group: "Rock This Town". Their music has a nice 20s swing vibe. Setzer is amazing song composition and writing.
Around 1989 I saw the Stray Cats at a small theater in San Francisco called The Stone. I was just three men with basic instruments but they shook the rafters. It was quite impressive.
Brian Setzer is one of the best Rockabilly guitarist around and they put on a great show every time. He has done the trio as well as a full Swing Band orchestra in tour. They have a lot of fun on stage.
My senior year in high school I saw them play at the Grand Circus Theater in Detroit 1982. Stood 4 feet from the bass player Lee Rocker. No one sat in their seat. Everyone stood as close to the stage as they could. No security pushing back, just good kids having a good time. I also remember the building being so old that the very small parts of the ceiling were falling on the crowd. Absolutely no problems, they played and we enjoyed the show. One of the best concerts I have ever been to and it was just a backdrop logo and 3 guys on stage playing and that was all they needed. Great reaction Rock This Town must be next. Then try Lonely Summer Nights, Mystery Train, or She's Sexy And Seventeen.
This guy grew up 5 doors down from me growing up and 2 blocks away was a all industrial block and he would play/practice with his band outside in the summer. Kinda just like this video. I was much younger then him but remember it like it was yesterday.
I remember when this video came out on MTV. I remember leaving the living room, heard the beginning and came back in, sat and watched. Loved them and Brian Setzer ever since.
I have a back up groove on my amp that plays the bass and drums for me to jam on my guitar to this groove. I have loved this "Rock a billy style" since the revival (Stray Cats in 1981)
From what I remember Brian Setzer the guitarist was one of the founder of a movement bringing back the sound of the 50's during the 80's and it was called the Rockabilly. Try listening to their songs "Look at that Cadillac" "Sexy and 17" and "Lonely Summer nights"
One of my favorite tunes to play mid-set at a dive bar, always makes people smile and move. So does "Race with the Devil", "Sexy and Seventeen", or "Built for Speed.". Stray Cats always bring the house down.
Every few years a band comes along to start a bit of a retro revival. The Stray Cats were one of those. Others were - Mojo Nixon - (619) 239-King, J.D. McPherson - North Side Gal, The Squirrel Nut Zippers - Put A Lid On It, Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot and Nathaniel Ratliffe & the Night Sweats - Howlin' At Nothing and many others!
Always thought this song was great, Stray Cats had a sound all their own highlighted by Setzer's unique guitar style, rhythm and leads mixed fluidly, but raw and twangy and artfully slurred and smeared and textured to perfection... and this tune is downright catchy but different, basic but pretty with irresistibly cute lyrics, easy playful enjoyable rock(-abilly) that doesn't take itself too seriously. I give it two paws up.
One of my very favorite bands, The Bridge City Sinners, did a cover of this song on their debut album. They’re a really special band, totally unique. Their style is a mix of folk, punk, acoustic black metal, Prohibition-era jazz, and some other stuff, too. If you want to check their music out, that’d be awesome. They’re a young band, formed in 2016, and my favorite songs of theirs are probably “Kreacher”, “Virgin Sacrifice”, “The Devil’s Swing”, “Departed”, and “Unholy Hymns” :)
One of the greatest guitar 🎸 no greatest musician of all time..what talent..ps..my heavy metal band in 80s did this song..when we played partys..we always did it after we played some Maiden...people freaked but loved it..
I saw them in concert at the Philadelphia “East Side Club” in the mid 80’s. Small basement Punk Rock Club that all the Philly punker’s hung at. Great show.
Great time here in the UK back then, peroxide quiff (I had hair then), cut down Lambretta's etc. Check out King Kurt, the Meteors, Guana Batz for more of the pyschobilly genre.
They have so many more hits. I see the titles in the comments. They had several top 10's.. Maybe even making the #1 spot. Thanks for the reaction to this one..
They caused a rock'n'roll revival in the 80s. I still listen to these cats regularly after 40 years. You guys should definitely also have to listen to the more uptempo songs. And of course the Brian Setzer Orchestra. More more more!!!!!!
If you want to check out another really cool band with a ‘50s/‘60s vibe to them, I’d highly recommend Twin Temple. They’re another one of my all-time favorite bands, and another young band-they formed in 2016, too, like TBCS. And they’re an adorable couple. My favorite songs of theirs are “Sex Magick”, “I’m Wicked”, and “Satan’s a Woman” :)
Ah memories... Sooo long ago. Such a fun song from the early 80's. "Rock This Town" is another good one of theirs. You can't not move to it. Love you guys!
11 years old. Played in a band with my mates. My first (and one of the few (I ain't that great on guitar I discovered eventually :)) (school-)concerts (1 song actually). Stray cats 'Runaway boys'. Wicked times.
When this song came out I was in 5th or 6th grade, the teacher had our seats together 4 or 5 this was our "city" the girls "city" they named Rockabilly City. We would change the sign to read Hillbilly City of course we were into Heavy Metal, Motley Crue in particular. Ahh... What great memories! ✌🤘🤘 I would come to love the Stray Cats! 👍🤘🤘
This style of music is called "Rockabilly" and as mentioned, does sound like that early 50's sound. Brian Setzer, the singer/guitarist is a huge advocate for the style. After the Stray Cats, he formed the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
This song and the bands look reminds me of Marlin Brando in the Wild One. The line, a girl asked him what are you rebelling against. He says, What you got!
Brian Setzer Orchestra, a SERIOUS rockabilly party, this guy is a genius
I loved this freaking song when it came out -- and a few months later I liked it a little more with that video. BTW, Setzer can dance like a madman...even while playing guitar!
Wife here..soooo Rockabilly!! Cool
Oh yeah Jump Jive and Wail is simply awesome. His later stuff with the orchestra is sublime.
Oh yeah! They’ll put you in the swing of things.
BJ asked how this song did on the charts - here is an excerpt from wiki on that: "...the song was released as a single by EMI America on June 11, 1982, and included on the Built for Speed album released that same month. During its initial release, "Stray Cat Strut" failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 109 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in August 1982.[3] When the band's next single, "Rock This Town", made the top 10, the record company decided to re-release "Stray Cat Strut", this time with much more success. Debuting at number 43, it was the highest new entry on the Hot 100 chart dated December 25, 1982, eventually peaking at number 3 in March 1983. - interesting stuff!
Thanks 👍
I'm pretty sure it was a big hit in the UK (without checking) in 1981
@@normandavidtidiman9918 Great memory! ..also from Wiki: "Stray Cat Strut" is the third single by American rockabilly band Stray Cats, released April 17, 1981 by Arista Records in the UK, where it peaked at No. 11 on the Singles Chart.
Stray cats came over to London and recorded 2 albums and had hit singles in the UK. the first 2 albums had tracks took of then for the US Built for speed LP .
@@normandavidtidiman9918 yes 1981
I'm an 63 yr old fat white guy and I absolutely love the way that you are enjoying old school music. I love your channel and I enjoy your reactions to different types of music. It really makes me feel so happy, you guys are so cute and cool. I just love watching your videos.
Brian Setzer is one helluva guitar player. That dude rocks! More Stray Cats and some Brian Setzer Orchestra please!
Yeah, let's see them react to "Jump, Jive and Wail" 👍
The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer-Lead Vocals and Guitar, Slim Jim Phantom-Bass and Lee Rocker-Drums were a phenomenon back in the mid-80's, with a string of Roakabilly hits on MTV for about five years. "Rock This Town" should be next on your list. Do the MTV video, just to see the guy in the Members Only jacket. That's Classic.
And don't forget "Sexy and 17". I remember finding a freeze frame back in the days of VHS where the young woman in the video flashes her breasts. Don't think it comes out on digital formats though. I kept seeing a blip when I watched the video, so I freeze framed it and was like "Wow, really!?". LOL
Gotta absolutely love ROCK-A-BILLY baby!! Brian Setzer is an absolute great guitar player.
I was in a guitar shop in Los Angeles in the late 80s and heard someone absolutely destroying a guitar. It was Brian Setzer just killing it. I had no idea how good he was before that. Guy is absolute demon.
Wife here...That is Coool!
Guitar Center?
@@Serai3 No. Smaller place. Don't remember the name.
@@Serai3 But I've heard from former GC Hollywood employees he would go in there and play.
So true!
Setzer does not always how off his chops in his studio work, but when you see him live he does tend to show off a lot more! And yes, the man can really play!
Brian Setzer just turned 63 yesterday.
Man, I loved the Stray Cats . Oh they were REALLY big in the 80's.
80s rockabilly rules im a huge fan
They were modern rockabilly band . The weird bands make good music too lol! check out southern culture on the skids or the B52's, Talking heads , eurythmics and others and others .
Brian Setzer. The man. The swinging hep cat.
Their hour long performance at the 1983 US festival was top notch amazing ! ✌️
Saw them in 1982 at The Ritz, NYC. They were pretty Kool!
One of the coolest songs ever. Sweet bass, drums, guitar and vocals and the video definitely got cat class style. One of my all-time all-timers.
The things about these guys is, they brought Rockabilly back to the USA, where it had originated back in the 50's. They had exaggerated the hair-dos of the 50's.
So it was almost like a new genre in 1981, since Rockabilly had died out in the late 50's after the death of some of the originators, and Elvis changed his style after he got out of the Army.
Their hit song "Rock This Town" sounds alot like the 1955 song "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Hailey and The Comets... which was also the theme song of the 70's TV show "Happy Days".
1981 was when MTV started, and I'm sure that's what helped the Stay Cats to gain success.
When BJ was thinking about a cartoon series back in the day
with cats you might have been thinking of Top Cat.
They were a throwback retro rockabilly band. Many good songs and videos. I remember them! 🎸
Kings of rockabilly
Another fun band from my youth. So many tunes to choose, like 'Look at that Cadillac' 'Sexy and 17', 'Little Miss Prissy', and 'Rock This Town'.
Awesome tunes..Wow forgot how great their catalog is!!
Wife speaking
“I Won’t Stand In Your Way” is dreamy, too!
Brian Setzer led a rockabilly band and later went solo and into big band/swing type music.
Oh man I had a killer Stray Cats t-shirt that I wore to its demise -- black cat outlined in white and red on a black background with that pompadour hairstyle -- I cut the neck and sleeve's out and It looked dam good on young thin me -- Lol RIP Kitty
I saw Brian Setzer live at a guitar greats concert at the Passaic Theater in NJ back in like 82 or 83. He was outstanding and in good company as also there were David Gilmore, Dickie Betts, Tony Iomi, Neal Schon and others.
Love the Stray Cats. They brought back the style of early rockabilly like the greats used to do (Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent). This is happy music with a catchy beat that gets you moving. Lots of great songs such as "Stray Cat Strut", "(She's) Sexy + 17", "Look At That Cadillac", "I Won't Stand In Your Way", "Bring It Back Again" & "Rock This Town". Brian Setzer made a cameo appearance as Eddie Cochran in the film "La Bamba" (life story of Ritchie Valens).
"Top Cat" was a 60's cartoon Top Cats buddy was "Benny the Ball"
Hi Asia and B J, a great RockaBilly group, I met all of them but before Brian Setzer started his Big Band I met him at a club where my RockaBilly band was playing and he was checking out my Doghouse Bass player and I met his first wife and sat and talked in a booth, he's a real cool guy 😎 and met him a few more times
Please do more.... saw them in concert in 1983/84....they were so good live. They were very popular.
This is the genre that Elvis and his guitar player Scotty Moore developed at Sun Records. Combined what was then called 'Hillbilly,' with R&B, Blues, Country & Western. Promoters billed Elvis as the Hillbilly Cat early on...lol. Stray Cats were a great Rockabilly band that were really different when they came out - Brian Setzer is a monster player of the style.
I saw them in 2018 in Costa Mesa California, great band and they get people dancing. Built for speed is my favorite song by them and im a metalhead but I love them rockabilly girls hahaha.
These guys were so fun. I saw them live. Extremely talented as well. In the 70s there was quite the throwback to the 50s. And in the 80s, the Stray Cats made a career out of bringing back that 40s and 50s swing style with an emphasis on kind of a modern cleaned up rockabilly. They were so good. Coincidental with that and a number of other bands which weren't as mainstream, there was a huge swing dance and kind of rockabilly revival in a way in the 80s. I had a regional rockabilly band and we opened for bands like the Reverend Horton Heat, The Paladins, Barance Whitield and his Boston Savages, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, and so forth. The audience would turn out, mostly in their twenties and thirties but some younger and some older, and everybody would just get down doing the old swing dance stuff that their parents or grandparents had done and some of them were really good at it and were even doing the Jitterbug and things like that, throwing their partner between their legs and dipping them and flipping them up in the air with their feet towards the ceiling. And they would dress the part the women would look like Bettie Page the pin-up model, the guys were totally styling and definitely were strutting like cats. I love to playing to those audiences and just being there and of course I would dance to the headlining bands as well.
Stray Cats love us over here because they got big in The UK before they did in America. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Wife here...I'm such an eighties child..!!Wore this record out.!!.What a vibe..My husband digs Bryan Setzer so much!! ( singer of this band)..His Musicality is 🔥fire!!...Strutting Yeah..Asia and BJ always great insight!! Yes.., very 50s and 60s vibe!!
They even had a line dance called the stray cat strut they did in 80's
I so look forward to seeing you guys. You cheer me up!! thank you
In the early 80s, a small group of young rockabilly bands came out and did some amazing stuff. The Stray Cats got all of the attention and radio play (Brian Setzer is a great guitarist and front man), but lesser known rockabilly acts like the Elvis Brothers were just as exciting (I got to see then live in '83... they were outstanding). 1980s rockabilly gave birth to the swing dancing retro-50s counterculture of the 90s (which the Brian Setzer Orchestra was at the forefront).
Brian Setzer is a seriously incredible
Musician!! He's had a lot of success, especially in Britain! He has alot of
Fantastic songs. Love u guys 💞💞
Rock a Billy! Middle 50s. In the 80 s. Memphis! Got your ears on! 🤠🇺🇸👍✌️
You need to hear them live, they are class. A snare drum, double bass and a rythm guitar
Brian Setzer ! Wow you really opened something here. He is a musical genius. :-)
Another very popular great one by this group: "Rock This Town".
Their music has a nice 20s swing vibe. Setzer is amazing song composition and writing.
Around 1989 I saw the Stray Cats at a small theater in San Francisco called The Stone. I was just three men with basic instruments but they shook the rafters. It was quite impressive.
Legends of new age big band.
Listen! When this song came out I was crazy about it! I was 12! I still love this song.
Brian Setzer is one of the best Rockabilly guitarist around and they put on a great show every time. He has done the trio as well as a full Swing Band orchestra in tour. They have a lot of fun on stage.
Another song in my karaoke catalog;)
These guys brought 50's Rockabilly back to the 80's. Really cool
Yay!!! Stray Cats!! A huge hit for them was “Rock This Town”. An absolute must check out
Great pick. You both would love another tune of their's called " I Wont Stand in Your Way"
Ya’ll better watch out! Those Stray Cats are gonna rock this town, rock it inside out. 🐈
My senior year in high school I saw them play at the Grand Circus Theater in Detroit 1982.
Stood 4 feet from the bass player Lee Rocker.
No one sat in their seat. Everyone stood as close to the stage as they could.
No security pushing back, just good kids having a good time.
I also remember the building being so old that the very small parts of the ceiling were falling on the crowd.
Absolutely no problems, they played and we enjoyed the show.
One of the best concerts I have ever been to and it was just a backdrop logo and 3 guys on stage playing and that was all they needed.
Great reaction Rock This Town must be next.
Then try Lonely Summer Nights, Mystery Train, or She's Sexy And Seventeen.
This guy grew up 5 doors down from me growing up and 2 blocks away was a all industrial block and he would play/practice with his band outside in the summer. Kinda just like this video. I was much younger then him but remember it like it was yesterday.
I remember when this video came out on MTV. I remember leaving the living room, heard the beginning and came back in, sat and watched. Loved them and Brian Setzer ever since.
Always loved the big band sound 💕
I’ve been waiting for this request to play. Love these guys!
Hope you enjoyed it!
I have a back up groove on my amp that plays the bass and drums for me to jam on my guitar to this groove. I have loved this "Rock a billy style" since the revival (Stray Cats in 1981)
I believe the "old woman in the window" is named KAREN! lol
From what I remember Brian Setzer the guitarist was one of the founder of a movement bringing back the sound of the 50's during the 80's and it was called the Rockabilly. Try listening to their songs "Look at that Cadillac" "Sexy and 17" and "Lonely Summer nights"
One of my favorite tunes to play mid-set at a dive bar, always makes people smile and move. So does "Race with the Devil", "Sexy and Seventeen", or "Built for Speed.". Stray Cats always bring the house down.
MTV played this song a lot in 1983✌️🤘🤗
Saw them in London "back in the day" Great musicians.
My daughter was born in '86. Brian and the Cats are her favorite. They're at the top of my list too.
My parents had this on vinyl when I was really young and I would ask my mom on cleaning days to play this for me to sing and dance to. Great memories!
That's awesome!
Such a full sound from just a guitar, base and a drummer. What a fun stage show they put on.
They were a great band to see. Dance dance dance
Every few years a band comes along to start a bit of a retro revival. The Stray Cats were one of those. Others were - Mojo Nixon - (619) 239-King, J.D. McPherson - North Side Gal, The Squirrel Nut Zippers - Put A Lid On It, Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot and Nathaniel Ratliffe & the Night Sweats - Howlin' At Nothing and many others!
I saw them live at the roseland ballroom in New York City summer 1982 ... wow 40 years ago ...
One of my favourite songs😍 Causing a ruckus for real!
You have to listen to jump jive and wail…Brian setzer orchestra…he’s the lead singer of stray cats…phenomenal
This song, and this band, has so much style and flair! Loved it for decades. Definitely try Rock This Town. Great reaction.
Absolutely brilliant band. Metal heads liked them . You can't help but move to the sound of this song.
Always thought this song was great, Stray Cats had a sound all their own highlighted by Setzer's unique guitar style, rhythm and leads mixed fluidly, but raw and twangy and artfully slurred and smeared and textured to perfection... and this tune is downright catchy but different, basic but pretty with irresistibly cute lyrics, easy playful enjoyable rock(-abilly) that doesn't take itself too seriously. I give it two paws up.
Meowww 🔥🔥🔥 reaction! ♥️ Y’all
One of my very favorite bands, The Bridge City Sinners, did a cover of this song on their debut album. They’re a really special band, totally unique. Their style is a mix of folk, punk, acoustic black metal, Prohibition-era jazz, and some other stuff, too. If you want to check their music out, that’d be awesome. They’re a young band, formed in 2016, and my favorite songs of theirs are probably “Kreacher”, “Virgin Sacrifice”, “The Devil’s Swing”, “Departed”, and “Unholy Hymns” :)
Back in the Golden Age of MTV and musical talent. "Rumble in Brighton" is The Stray Cats at their shredding best.
One of the greatest guitar 🎸 no greatest musician of all time..what talent..ps..my heavy metal band in 80s did this song..when we played partys..we always did it after we played some Maiden...people freaked but loved it..
The best track in Britain was runaway boy !
I saw them in concert at the Philadelphia “East Side Club” in the mid 80’s. Small basement Punk Rock Club that all the Philly punker’s hung at. Great show.
Brian Setzer Orchestra does a fantastic live version of this song at Woodstock 99.
Jazzy, unique sound from a classic group. Nice choice my young music students 💕
These guys kill it in "Rock This Town"!!!!
Great time here in the UK back then, peroxide quiff (I had hair then), cut down Lambretta's etc. Check out King Kurt, the Meteors, Guana Batz for more of the pyschobilly genre.
these guys are so dope...definitely worth digging deeper!!
Check out their ballad "I Won't Stand in Your Way." Great doo wop song!
Got the vinyl on my birthday as a kid. Still a favorite
They have so many more hits. I see the titles in the comments. They had several top 10's.. Maybe even making the #1 spot. Thanks for the reaction to this one..
Brian Setzer's such a badass on guitar... so cool too.
One of the most innovative songs in the 80's. Almost a flashback to the 50's.
Love The Stray Cats and Brian Setzer Orchestra.
I love this just as much now as I did back then.Imma Leo/cat person plus this hole vibe is 😎 and rocks.
They caused a rock'n'roll revival in the 80s. I still listen to these cats regularly after 40 years. You guys should definitely also have to listen to the more uptempo songs. And of course the Brian Setzer Orchestra. More more more!!!!!!
If you want to check out another really cool band with a ‘50s/‘60s vibe to them, I’d highly recommend Twin Temple. They’re another one of my all-time favorite bands, and another young band-they formed in 2016, too, like TBCS. And they’re an adorable couple. My favorite songs of theirs are “Sex Magick”, “I’m Wicked”, and “Satan’s a Woman” :)
Ah memories... Sooo long ago. Such a fun song from the early 80's. "Rock This Town" is another good one of theirs. You can't not move to it. Love you guys!
"Rock This Town" and "Sexy and 17" were hits when I was in high school... they were a Thing and a throwback!
11 years old. Played in a band with my mates. My first (and one of the few (I ain't that great on guitar I discovered eventually :)) (school-)concerts (1 song actually). Stray cats 'Runaway boys'. Wicked times.
When this song came out I was in 5th or 6th grade, the teacher had our seats together 4 or 5 this was our "city" the girls "city" they named Rockabilly City. We would change the sign to read
Hillbilly City of course we were into Heavy Metal, Motley Crue in particular. Ahh... What great memories! ✌🤘🤘
I would come to love the Stray Cats! 👍🤘🤘
This style of music is called "Rockabilly" and as mentioned, does sound like that early 50's sound.
Brian Setzer, the singer/guitarist is a huge advocate for the style.
After the Stray Cats, he formed the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
This is Rockabilly gold!May we never forget great American music genres.
Start diggin' into them and the guitarists other band.... The Brian Setzer Orchestra.... incredible musician, ridiculous talent!! ;)
Yup Aristocats is about cats. It's one my kids have watched on repeat at times. This song definitely sounds like it's character Thomas J O'Malley😂😂
This song and the bands look reminds me of Marlin Brando in the Wild One. The line, a girl asked him what are you rebelling against. He says, What you got!
Cool thing about the Stray Cats is the band s just thee guys with simplistic instruments.