Bloody Great songs..Admiration for everyone in this video .I was a Skinhead in England late 60s Early 70s..Now 68 and still a Skinhead today..I understand how these Sharpies must feel now ..Great times to be young lots of Great memories from years gone by.. Enjoy your life Enjoy your memories.Regards to you all. Skinheads Life Would Never Be The Same..Albo ..
I was born in 67 so was a bit young to be a sharpie, but i got hand me downs of stagger jeans, blue on blue or brown on brown connies, big platforms shoes/boots, glad i grew up in the 80's with pretty girls, golden brown tan's and big hair
Rip mad Lou macedonian brother, who was one of the toughest and was one who would stand by you in a fight against anyone. That was just how he rolled. Lesna ti zemja Louie.
The surfing culture hooked me and the relationship between us and the skinheads was not always sociable. Having said that, the school I attended was Taylors, in the city, and I had heaps of sharpie friends
Nice collection. I was to young for the Sharpies, born mid 70's, but i find it interesting; some of the look and attitudes lived on in other sub cultures it seemed..
I was a kid in the 70's living in UK but elements of this look and culture were present in the UK at that time too, including that "disaffected youth/bored" expression. Nothing as cool and as sharp as this though. Love the style and the sounds and the hair! Skins before there were skins in UK. Mohawks before there were punks! Killin' it Melbourne!
skinheads originated from mods in england in the late 60s and morphed into the suedehead look in early 70s, a few years before the aussie sharpies were around. The uk skinhead revival came about in the mid to late 70s in the uk,with punk . You can see how the sharpies have a few similarities with british skinheads of the late 60s.
I love your content. Especially as it with the Tatts in the background. My sons (25 and 17) grew up with me bopping round the house doing housework to t he Tatts and singing every word to most of their songs. Well it was one way for a girl to make the housework fun. I also have come back in to see you doing the sharpies dance to Gary Glitter rock n roll .. and am gutted. It is GONE. It was such a fun video to watch and see a guy rocking the sharpie dance hard out to that song. You were just having so much fun and it looked like you were dancing with me haha. Silly huh. anyway I hope you put it back up.
I do the housework listening to the Tatt's real loud now.... So do the neighbours... and their neighbours....their neighbours as well. Gotta be LOUD!!!!
I remember when crowds of Sharpies ussd to hang around "under the clocks" at Flinders Street Station. I went to school with a Sharpie boy who went on to have a very high ranking job at Ambulance Victoria!
I loved Melbourne when I was there ( South Croydon). I was a Mod but definitely would've been a Sharpie had I been old enough and there during that time. ..so cool. Hats off to these guys.
I was born in 59 and remember the sharpies from geelong even though I was more into the surfies scene and hippies definitely the best ERA to grow up in many of the Melbourne Sharp's would be outside flinders street station and Richmond when I was going to the football in Melbourne
I seen the guy David at 0:51 in his car he pulled up next to us at the lights on Waverley Road and we knew it was him, then I went into Waverley Antiques and he was in there looking at records, cant remember what I said I was a bit nervous but he was pretty cool !
Saw Mick at the Mail Exchange hotel in the city during the footy season, I also used see at the MCG as he like myself is passionate Richmond as is Linda who have have known since the early 90s
Kind of sad to see how the power and beauty of their youth faded, mind you, some of the dudes are still scary and some of the women actually got better with age. There is something really cool about Sharpie culture, Respect.
In 1974 I was 18yo and residing in outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Sharpies were extremely disliked in my area and as a rule of thumb were to be avoided, as trouble usually followed. Punch you in the head because you had the wrong haircut or clothes. I'm sure there were decent ones of course, but them was the rules out in the burbs in those days. Besides they were crap dancers .... hahaaaaa
i doubt whether they (the boys from ac/dc) as individuals have any say in those kind of things, theres probably an army of record company lawyer parasites who earn a living by persuing copy write type infringements.
what happened to sharpies in the 80s? I'm only 38 so I went thru my teen years with surfies and homies...lol. I have a 14 yr old boy and I've got no idea what is out there now.
Sharpies effectively died out post 1980 - I reckon the AC/DC Back in Black gig at the Myer Music Bowl was the last big hurrah for the sharpie movement. Why did it die out ? Guys were getting older and they were getting sick of the aggro or people were ending up in the can or dead from drugs, so the ranks thinned out rapidly. Post 1980 the younger Middle Eastern gangs become very popular in Melb city - Black Dragons, Lebanese Tigers, Turkish Lions.
I know I'm 3 years late to the conversation but here goes! I'm 26 now. Boys and girls just kinda congregate within school groups around the shopping centres nowadays from what I can gather. Attire is usually sportswear and leisurewear brands (Adidas, Nike, Champion, Nautica, Tommy Hilfiger) with an emphasis on expensive sneakers from designer brands (knock offs for those who aren't rich). Lots of 90s styles like baggy jeans, oversized sweaters, crop tops, fanny packs etc. Rap and hip-hop are more mainstream than ever. Traditional pop artists are being rejected. More wars fought on social media than anything. When I was in my teens, the goth/emo/scene thing was cool, influenced by bands like Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy. I wanted to dye my hair pitch black so badly (mum wouldn't let me - thank goodness). Before that, the surfer and skate things was cool (wearing Billabong, Rip Curl, Roxy, Trigger Trackies, Etnies, DC, Volcom). Basically hanging at the beach and skate park all day.
@@louisaklimentos7583 No.. Sharpies were not influenced by Yugoslavians in any way whatsoever. I can't even see where in the music industry they had any input.
@@louisaklimentos7583 no.. Sharpies are a home grown rebelious youth movement from mid 1960s Melbourne, Australia. It died out in 1969 and revived in 1971 with a more edgy look. It died out again in late 1970s. It was predominantly a Victorian movement but also in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth in smaller numbers. Nowhere else in the world had Sharpies.
Some look better now then they did then !! Strange fashion !! Kind of reminds me of Skinheads in the UK in the late 70s and 80s .But like across between punks and skinheads !! The tops seem like from the USA ! But what's with the shoes? The shoes don't seem to fit !! You'd expect boots more like brown DMs or black bovver boots rather than platform shoes ! Kind of remind be of Sham 69 and The Clash sort of thing !! Greetings from Sam ,Pommie / Irish now living in Crete , Greece!!
Most haven't changed really, still bogan but older. Just kidding. The guys look so much better at a "mature age" and some of the "ladies" from back in the day have turned out quite cute. But great days indeed, and it wasn't as rough or violent as the media portrayed it, in fact many sharpies and their so called "opposites" were good friends and many remain so to this day. And as weird as this may be, quite few sharpies, mods and rockers ended up in the police, ambulance and fire brigade, as well as in the military, so they can't all have been to court!
I'M OLD NOW OH MEMORIES WHEN YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING LOL DRINKING AT THE PUB AT 15 YRS DOING WHAT YA WANTED MY LIFE SO LONG AGO I WISH L COULD GO BACK AND BE EVEN NAUGHTY ER LOL
Have you walked that track Scott Roberts, or do you just like to give backhanded "compliments"? "With respect"?.. where, and how, do you show your "respect".?.
Beautiful people, then and now. A glimpse into a better time when Australia was still Australia.
Bloody Great songs..Admiration for everyone in this video .I was a Skinhead in England late 60s Early 70s..Now 68 and still a Skinhead today..I understand how these Sharpies must feel now ..Great times to be young lots of Great memories from years gone by..
Enjoy your life Enjoy your memories.Regards to you all.
Skinheads Life Would Never Be The Same..Albo ..
CHEERS BIG EARS
I was born in 67 so was a bit young to be a sharpie, but i got hand me downs of stagger jeans, blue on blue or brown on brown connies, big platforms shoes/boots, glad i grew up in the 80's with pretty girls, golden brown tan's and big hair
Yes I had a blue on Blue Connie and Levi jeans and some trends blue on Blue trends they were great mid 70s late 70s
Rip mad Lou macedonian brother, who was one of the toughest and was one who would stand by you in a fight against anyone. That was just how he rolled.
Lesna ti zemja Louie.
Énorme, fantastique, prodigieux !!!
Une vidéo sur les SHARPIES avec Rose TATTOO !!!!
Encore merci.
Vive l Australie.
Great culture, the good old days,RIP Pete ,Dallas,Mick,Ian Tatts for ever.
Gerat pictures,an awesome collage
Outstanding clip mate all best times and music and memories all the best to all my old friends chaps
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it
@@AussieBamBamawesome video
The surfing culture hooked me and the relationship between us and the skinheads was not always sociable.
Having said that, the school I attended was Taylors, in the city, and I had heaps of sharpie friends
FUC-KING NEATO - this makes me SMILE - thanks ALL - I had a BALL watching this
Nice collection. I was to young for the Sharpies, born mid 70's, but i find it interesting; some of the look and attitudes lived on in other sub cultures it seemed..
I was a kid in the 70's living in UK but elements of this look and culture were present in the UK at that time too, including that "disaffected youth/bored" expression. Nothing as cool and as sharp as this though. Love the style and the sounds and the hair! Skins before there were skins in UK. Mohawks before there were punks! Killin' it Melbourne!
skinheads originated from mods in england in the late 60s and morphed into the suedehead look in early 70s, a few years before the aussie sharpies were around. The uk skinhead revival came about in the mid to late 70s in the uk,with punk . You can see how the sharpies have a few similarities with british skinheads of the late 60s.
If only I'd gone to Melbourne my life would have been so different
I love your content. Especially as it with the Tatts in the background. My sons (25 and 17) grew up with me bopping round the house doing housework to t he Tatts and singing every word to most of their songs. Well it was one way for a girl to make the housework fun. I also have come back in to see you doing the sharpies dance to Gary Glitter rock n roll .. and am gutted. It is GONE. It was such a fun video to watch and see a guy rocking the sharpie dance hard out to that song. You were just having so much fun and it looked like you were dancing with me haha. Silly huh. anyway I hope you put it back up.
Hi, I'm glad that you are enjoying my videos. I haven't had one with Gary Glitter though. 😊
I do the housework listening to the Tatt's real loud now.... So do the neighbours... and their neighbours....their neighbours as well.
Gotta be LOUD!!!!
I was at the concert in 1974 in Melbourne and had a good time.A lot of these people look better now!
DAM I REMEMBER THE SHARPIES SKINHEADS IWAS A ROCKER for Springvale thanks ,so many memories
ROCKERS FOR EVERY!!
Awesome 👏 video
Great shots, ⚡️
I remember when crowds of Sharpies ussd to hang around "under the clocks" at Flinders Street Station. I went to school with a Sharpie boy who went on to have a very high ranking job at Ambulance Victoria!
I loved Melbourne when I was there ( South Croydon). I was a Mod but definitely would've been a Sharpie had I been old enough and there during that time. ..so cool. Hats off to these guys.
Great memories for you guys.
I was born in 59 and remember the sharpies from geelong even though I was more into the surfies scene and hippies definitely the best ERA to grow up in many of the Melbourne Sharp's would be outside flinders street station and Richmond when I was going to the football in Melbourne
Wow, I just recognised a guy from our motorcycle club “Peter” in this video.
Looks like he was a bit of a lad back in the day 😁👍
Omg love this, brings back so many memories 🤭
I seen the guy David at 0:51 in his car he pulled up next to us at the lights on Waverley Road and we knew it was him, then I went into Waverley Antiques and he was in there looking at records, cant remember what I said I was a bit nervous but he was pretty cool !
Haha.. Dave's a puppy 🐶
Only crims, jail, had Tatts in the 1970s Australia, if you had one you were considered low scum. Now today everyone has tough stickers
Saw Mick many times at the Tote. Shame he buzzed that beer bottle at the manager's head that night
Saw Mick at the Mail Exchange hotel in the city during the footy season, I also used see at the MCG as he like myself is passionate Richmond as is Linda who have have known since the early 90s
Kind of sad to see how the power and beauty of their youth faded, mind you, some of the dudes are still scary and some of the women actually got better with age. There is something really cool about Sharpie culture, Respect.
In 1974 I was 18yo and residing in outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Sharpies were extremely disliked in my area and as a rule of thumb were to be avoided, as trouble usually followed.
Punch you in the head because you had the wrong haircut or clothes.
I'm sure there were decent ones of course, but them was the rules out in the burbs in those days.
Besides they were crap dancers .... hahaaaaa
You have to be honest all these years later they still look very Sharp.
bloody love it! what a walk down memory lane! (o:
It's my understanding that Sharpie culture was unique to Melbourne. I was a bit young but I remember them.
Great pictures worked really well with acdc bloody copyright laws you would have thought there would be an exemption for 70s sharps.
i doubt whether they (the boys from ac/dc) as individuals have any say in those kind of things, theres probably an army of record company lawyer parasites who earn a living by persuing copy write type infringements.
I know Shorty. He used to live Locally. Now I think he's around Ringwood.
02:55 it’s Gillard!
😡😡 A TIME WHEN CITIZENS WERE NOT CONTROLLED BY MENTAL GOVERNMENT 🧠🧠
what happened to sharpies in the 80s? I'm only 38 so I went thru my teen years with surfies and homies...lol. I have a 14 yr old boy and I've got no idea what is out there now.
Sharpies effectively died out post 1980 - I reckon the AC/DC Back in Black gig at the Myer Music Bowl was the last big hurrah for the sharpie movement. Why did it die out ? Guys were getting older and they were getting sick of the aggro or people were ending up in the can or dead from drugs, so the ranks thinned out rapidly. Post 1980 the younger Middle Eastern gangs become very popular in Melb city - Black Dragons, Lebanese Tigers, Turkish Lions.
I know I'm 3 years late to the conversation but here goes! I'm 26 now. Boys and girls just kinda congregate within school groups around the shopping centres nowadays from what I can gather. Attire is usually sportswear and leisurewear brands (Adidas, Nike, Champion, Nautica, Tommy Hilfiger) with an emphasis on expensive sneakers from designer brands (knock offs for those who aren't rich). Lots of 90s styles like baggy jeans, oversized sweaters, crop tops, fanny packs etc. Rap and hip-hop are more mainstream than ever. Traditional pop artists are being rejected. More wars fought on social media than anything.
When I was in my teens, the goth/emo/scene thing was cool, influenced by bands like Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy. I wanted to dye my hair pitch black so badly (mum wouldn't let me - thank goodness). Before that, the surfer and skate things was cool (wearing Billabong, Rip Curl, Roxy, Trigger Trackies, Etnies, DC, Volcom). Basically hanging at the beach and skate park all day.
There's a wonderful documentary about life in 1970s Australia. It's called Mad Max.
Frankston late 60's-WOAH!
Must have been a Melbourne thing.
Some of those girls are like a fine wine ; get better with age.
Hung around the flinder st clocks 74/75 with the city sharps few have passed on good days then like the old saying goes nothing good last forever
They were long before punk !
I was only talking to my mother the other night she said she hung out with Charlie's. Her name was Vicki. I'll have to send this clip to her.
What's the first riff?
Rose Tattoo doing a cover of Stevie Wright's song Black Eyed Bruiser
cheers man....a meaty thing it is
Wee Stevie... Forever Bon's Dad!
3:36 - how cute was she ??
👍
R.I P Bryan
Bryan passed a few months ago
Gostei!
Is it true that the Yugoslavian young men started the Sharpies ? They are definitely part of the Australian history and music history of course !
@@louisaklimentos7583 No.. Sharpies were not influenced by Yugoslavians in any way whatsoever. I can't even see where in the music industry they had any input.
@@AussieBamBam I read that they came from the UK and immigrated to Australia in the 60’s
@@louisaklimentos7583 no.. Sharpies are a home grown rebelious youth movement from mid 1960s Melbourne, Australia. It died out in 1969 and revived in 1971 with a more edgy look. It died out again in late 1970s. It was predominantly a Victorian movement but also in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth in smaller numbers. Nowhere else in the world had Sharpies.
I remember chappy from the western suburbs :)
Hey mate its chaps thanks for remembering me great wild times and music
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎😎
influenced by slade
Hold up, Snatch is my woodwork teacher...
Haha
Rough as guts
Some look better now then they did then !! Strange fashion !! Kind of reminds me of Skinheads in the UK in the late 70s and 80s .But like across between punks and skinheads !! The tops seem like from the USA ! But what's with the shoes? The shoes don't seem to fit !! You'd expect boots more like brown DMs or black bovver boots rather than platform shoes ! Kind of remind be of Sham 69 and The Clash sort of thing !! Greetings from Sam ,Pommie / Irish now living in Crete , Greece!!
lot of good looking people there
Looks like many haven't moved on
Joanne the dropkick
Geez, what a rough lot.
Most haven't changed really, still bogan but older. Just kidding. The guys look so much better at a "mature age" and some of the "ladies" from back in the day have turned out quite cute. But great days indeed, and it wasn't as rough or violent as the media portrayed it, in fact many sharpies and their so called "opposites" were good friends and many remain so to this day. And as weird as this may be, quite few sharpies, mods and rockers ended up in the police, ambulance and fire brigade, as well as in the military, so they can't all have been to court!
I'M OLD NOW OH MEMORIES WHEN YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING LOL DRINKING AT THE PUB AT 15 YRS DOING WHAT YA WANTED MY LIFE SO LONG AGO I WISH L COULD GO BACK AND BE EVEN NAUGHTY ER LOL
Venus shoes and belly chillers
The older guy sharps look like bin men or miners
Are regrets. We have a few
Peter sobrios
I wanna be a fosters ranger
I think they’d just be called bogans these days. With respect, Angry was so tough but he couldn’t walk the Kokoda Track like our ANZACS???
Have you walked that track Scott Roberts, or do you just like to give backhanded "compliments"? "With respect"?.. where, and how, do you show your "respect".?.
ok Boomer