Today's generation still sing the chant. In australia you never hear the song without it. I've been in a supermarket when this has been on the radio - even the kid stacking shelves was mouthing the chant silently, as were many shoppers.... including myself. It's impossible not to😅
All the Aussies smiling in anticipation! And laughing that it's staring you in the face written on his T-shirt. Yes, the Aussie accent is tough. We used to watch them perform in pubs.
@@philhewitt5106 I tried to buy a drink at LAX and the young guy serving asked what language I was speaking so he could get an interpreter. Not kidding.
I saw them around 1980 at a ZZZ Joint Effort at Cloudland in Brisbane. Having the Saints go to the same school was pretty cool as well. It was a great time.
My kids are teens now and THEY know that chant- it’s become part of what being Australian is. I remember that chant becoming canon- who tf knows how it started? I felt all kinds of fuzzy seeing this- I encountered Doc on a random train station waaay back in the day in 1983 and he was so down to earth.
Fact. The song had been on the radio for a while, and fans had bough the album, and us Aussies being what we are, created this audience addition. First live performance of the song, the Angels knew nothing about this, and initially thought the audience thought they crap, and wanted them off the stage. By the end of the song, they realised that nope, the audience LOVE the song, and we just like to add inappropriate but perfectly placed stuff in to favourite songs. We also added to “Living Next Door To Alice”, and created a line dance to “Nutbush City Limits.” It is 100% required to retain your True Blue Aussie card to sing the additions, and do the dance at any opportunity.
Lived in regional NSW and then Sydney. Everything you said seems true. I remember yelling "Living next door to Alice" at the nightclub in Wagga. And I hated that line dance. But yes, I did learn it.
It says "no way" "Get f#cked" "F#ck off" 😂 When the crowd first started singing this way back when , Doc ( lead singer) said he thought the crowd were singing it about the band😂 and he said he got a little offended, but throughout time he and the band ended up loving it.... There was merch and everything ... I dont know who started it, it was just one of those things that stuck with that song. 🤷 Totally sucked when you'd hear the song in public cause you couldnt sing it properly 🤣✌️
@@alexwallace9832 🤔🤨 huh? Sorry but you just confused the heck out of me. The audience wasn't chanting that because Doc had it on his shirt.....Doc had that on his shirt because it was just merch. Mike asked what the fans were saying, everyone in the comments just wrote " read Docs shirt" I decided to actually write out what is said. The chant of above is not part of the original song, it's something the fans just put in there. No one knows where it started, it has been around since the 80s. I'm sorry if I'm not understanding you but I'm truly perplexed about what you're trying to tell me. 😂 I hope I clarified it for you, if not, please let me know what you actually meant. 😁 Cheers from north Qld
It started at a show in Mt Isa QLD in 1983. Doc stopped singing in order to hear what they were saying. Quote: "Neeson recalled that he first heard the response at Mount Isa in 1983 and was "a bit shocked."Thinking it was a criticism of the band.
I was there. 1988 Melbourne music show, Melbourne Showgrounds Johnny Diesel and the injectors The Choirboys The Angels Jimmy Barnes My ears rang for a week- legendary gig
This is a bloody legendary song in Australia!!! I’ve seen them live and they were brilliant with the late great frontman Doc Neeson. So much energy and the crowd was just going wild! Great band with so many excellent songs!! R.I.P. Doc.
The Angels formed in 1976 and the singer "Doc Neeson" died in 2014 at the age of 67. He was the main song writer along with lead guitarist Rick Brewster and his brother John Brewster. They had originally formed in 1970 as an acoustic blues band calling themselves The Moonshine Jug and String Band. In 74 they changed their name to the "Keystone Angels" and in 76 on advice from Harry Vanda and George Young (The Easybeats, and later of Flash in the Pan) shortened their name to The Angels. George Young, one of the greatest musical artists and Producer's in Australian history was the older brother of Angus and Malcom Young of AC/DC.
The Angels were the band at the Savings Bank ofSA Staff Xmas Party in the late 70s. 400 drunken bank officers screaming the refrain will live in my memory forever - great band.
The crowd response is on his shirt lol. The first instance the crowd response was used according to Doc was at a concert in Mt Isa in Queensland. The Angels were the best pub rock band in Australia period. After them I'd say The Radiators
The song was written as a memorial for a friend who was killed a car accident. The guitar riff is the sirens. When the crowd first did it, they were shocked and taken aback cos of the subject matter. After a while they embraced it, to the stage where its part of the paraphernalia including on the singlet he's wearing.
It was a slower version, more bluesy, as a tribute to the friends Girlfriend, written by Doc, based the music of Lonely Night from Status Quo, which in reality is just a blues riff. The lead guitar intro came much later, by Rick Brewster.
Showing my age in saying I snuck in and saw the Angels and the Radiators (most popular ditty ..Give me Head) as a 15 year old in the early 80’s at a pub gig in Sydney, and that early we all had the “no way, get fucked, fuck off “ chant going. Peter Garret (Midnight Oil) later was my friend and went on to be Australia’s Minister for the Environment. We Aussies are built different and have never been scared of words ❤
Angels were the support band at my first concert. Venue was a high school hall in regional Queensland. Headline act was AC/DC. Both of those lead singers have left us now☹️
We used to see The Angels at our local pub. They were great. Much better than they were performing here, actually. Also Midnight Oil. Peter Garrett jumped on our table at the pub, while he was singing. It was awesome. Australians can't listen to that song without singing the refrain, "no way, get fucked, fuck off". It's our Pavlovian response.
Saw The Angels many a time in the mid 80’s. RIP Doc. Doc was always amazing. I handed Doc a red rose during one show and he graciously took it and blew me a kiss. Doc used to live in my town and I’d see him crossing at the lights when I was doing the afternoon school run. He came into my work. I called him Mr Neeson and he replied “call me Doc. My friends call me Doc”. He was very polite and lovely.
I was on a rock the boat cruise with the Angels they sang this song, us Aussies shouted out our song, on a royal Caribbean ship, security came out from everywhere, they thought we were fighting. What a laugh
Hey Mike wow some Angels, I saw them live a few times back in the day!! Great Aussie band. Yes Jimmy did a huge set that day and Farnsey did a couple and they did one together.
One thing i wish i could see again is see Doc belting it out on stage again. The Angels have always been top 3 greatest performers for me. He still lives on through his music R.I.P. Doc x
This was the “Rage Without Alcohol” concert at the Melbourne Showgrounds. Crazy concert which included, amongst others, Jimmy Barnes, The Choirboys and The Angels. I remember it fondly and recall Doc Neilson climbing the scaffolding and speaking in French before this song. There was also a live cross to a tv show called “Hey Hey it’s Saturday” where Jimmy Barnes told the host to “F**# off”
@@SwayDarlingat 10:39 you can see the moment just after he told them to f-off. Unfortunately it’s been cut out. th-cam.com/video/QLGvPgaP_28/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_fV9FHOdU10P-UxF
I'm from Brisbane Australia its now 2024 I just saw The Angels at Sandstone. And they sang this and the chant was loud like always. Video it too ❤🇳🇿👍😀🇳🇿
His shirt has what the crowd is chanting on it LOL. Always loved these guys. Still have their first album. Johnny Winters use to play a small guitar like that guy.
They are massive absolute legends in the history of the Australian music scene since the 1970’s! I worked as a roadie with many Australian musicians and had the privilege of constantly running across the Angels in many small local towns where I had the opportunity to sit down and have breakfast/lunch with them whilst on tour playing many different rural towns. They are an amazing bunch of blokes and I luckily had the privilege of experiencing Doc Neeson performing at the very last Western Australian concert only weeks prior to his death.
I read this title and i literally read this as "THE ANGELS--Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again- NO WAY GET F#CKED F#CK OFF -Pro Guitarist Reacts" Anyway, i'm here cos i mentally said the chant just because i saw the name of the song. We Australians are brainwashed with this chant young. Might have been one of the first times i was "aloud" to swear in front of my mum.
LOVED this song as a kid! When I learned the "extra chorus" I was so proud! My folks weren't tho lol PS Bald guys in 80s music bands in Australia were quite common - Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil) & Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo) come to mind 🤟👍😁🇦🇺 R.I.P. Doc Neeson 😢 Thankyou for such wonderful hits! ❤
'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again' (1976) is an adaption of Status Quo's 'Lonely Night'. Members of both bands being friends. The song, although a crowd pleaser, is not typical of The Angels. I'd highly recommend hearing more of their music. The call and response, crowd interaction is always popular.... When Smokie first toured Australia they were surprised to find Aussie fans had added a question to the song 'Living Next Door to Alice' (Originally by Aussie band New World) (Alice! Alice? Who The F*ck is Alice?)
@@leahgabrielle4255 the above is correct. Found the following on the subject, do yourself a favour and have a listen to Lonely Night. After British band Status Quo discovered numerous similarities between the song and one of their own ("Lonely Night"), the two bands reached an agreement in lieu of a lawsuit that saw Status Quo receive royalties from "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again".[11] Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster was friends with members of the Angels at the time of the incident, and lived next door to John Brewster. In 2015, Brewster recounted having asked Neeson whether the song could've been based on "Lonely Night" and recalls a non-committal response: "I might have heard it at a disco".
@@leahgabrielle4255 These guys are correct it was pinched from " Lonely Night " and heres another one to put in your pipe have a listen to Jethro Tulls " We use to know " and you will here where Americas biggest selling band got their greatest hit from. Foot note : Jethro Tull was a support act to them.
Yo. Fun band. BTW, I couldn't understand the Aussie accent either and had to take a screenshot when the top was in full view before I got it. I love that they adopted the crowd lyric
The "No way - get fucked - fuck off" chant originated in the north-west Queensland mining town of Mt Isa. I lived in Mt Isa for 12 years and it was the most violent town I had ever been in! The Angels must have felt lucky to get out of town in one piece!
Best Angels song to get the blood pumping. I first saw the Angels in 1980. You can't not be a fan. Throughout the decades The Angels have remained on my playlist. And it was only two years ago that I again got to see them in concert. I once again got to sing the chant to - Am I ever gonna see your face again -'No way get f*ked, f*k off'. Can't tell you what an untold moment it was. So very powerful being surrounded by Baby Boomers all screaming our heads off like we did when we were teens. Magical!!
The Angels, formerly known as Keystone Angels wrote this in 1977. They would do lunchtime concerts around Adelaide (South Australia) suburban high schools. The call and response didn't really happen till the early/mid 80s..as far as I know.
I was working as security at a venue in QLD and Doc got stuck outside a fire exit while the band was playing the intro for the start of the set. I heard him banging on the door and opened it for him, he thanked me uttered some expletives and ran as fast as he could up the stairs and turned onto the stage. Doc was a tall bloke and he smashed his head on the lighting rig and knocked himself out cold. He finally came to and with a cut on his brow smashed out one hell of a show. Makes me laugh thinking of the expression of relief he had to moments later be Knock the F'k out
@@martinrobinson936 we have sleeveless shirts here too….we call them tank tops or wife beders…….(I dare not spell it correctly). Thanks for the new lingo!!!
@@michaelgoyettemusicSinglets or tank-tops here too 👍 🇦🇺 Bald head.. Peter Garrett - Midnight Oil. Plus there was Angry Anderson - Rose Tattoo. Yep most of us have seen the Angels many times. They've been around since the middle 70s. I've seen them in pubs & concerts. Yes they are legendary. The crowds reply of- No way, get f*****, f*** off started in the 80s. I have the DVD of them playing at La Trobe University(gr8 concert!) in September '79 & it predates the crowd chant. ✌️
The band that caused most of my deafness. The song was recorded by them in 1977. This line-up had only two original members. Singer Doc Neeson and lead guitarist Rick Brewster. The band is from Adelaide, South Australia (my hometown). I think the bassist is playing a Steinberger bass.
Look at that older guy in the crowd halfway through the video with the moe and beard and glasses turned around looking at the crowd shouting "NO WAY GET FUCK OFF" He does look impressed 😂
When Australians are over seas and they want to connect with other Aussie folk. They go to the pub and put this song on the jukebox. Wait for the response. All Australians react this way to this song. Find your people. 😊
I grew up on this.. seen the Angels live so many times.. knew they were going to love the chant.. Soo many memories.. funny watching him trying to dissect such an iconic song.. R.I.P. Doc😢
Still love this song. It came out when I lived on the streets in Queensland in my teens. If it came on anywhere at all, I didn't care, I always sang the additional crowds response out loud 😂. Aussie cult classic.
One of the best aussie bands ever I saw them at thebby theater in adelaide south australia back in 86 I reckon and still have a piece of the stage decoration doc threw out into the crowd. Still crank up their tunes everyday.
Wasn't there some great pub bands that went through The Charles Hotel. I was so excited to find The Charles when I moved to Perth from Brissy. Loved going to watch pub bands like Cold Chisel, INXS, Jo Jo Zepp and Falcons. Even Frankie J Holden. These days I love Foo Fighters as do my neighbours lol I just love music. Nothing like blaring rock music. My adult son, shit Mum can you turn it down lol
As a old Aussie it was released like that even on the radio and then some ppl complained about the swearing so they cut it out from the song but we all still sing it like that
"No way, get fucked, fuck off" that is what they are saying, The Angels were an Aussie Pub band and the crowd started saying this at one of their gigs and it stuck, you won't hear it in the recording though. Unfortunately Doc Neeson the lead singer of The Angels has passed away. Peter Garrett is the bald guy from Oz who fronted Midnight Oil.
4:42 The bald guitarist is Bob Spencer.... originally from a band called Finch. He joined Skyhooks (another legendary band you should check out). Over the past few years he was also in Rose Tattoo (ex-AC/DC Bass player Mark Evans also joined Rose Tattoo to play bass.). Bob is an all-round nice guy and has even released his own music during the down times. th-cam.com/video/MHUo9dyfgDk/w-d-xo.html
Another great Angels song featuring Bob Spencer is Dogs are talking th-cam.com/video/lSXYiZsajgI/w-d-xo.html It's such a shame The Angels (they called themselves Angel City) in the US market never managed to get the US following they really deserved.
I was 17 when I went to my first concert in 1980. Angels were headlining and Cold Chisel were the support band. Awesome night with Doc and Jimmy trying to outdo each other, but Jimmy climbing all over the speakers with a bottle of Vodka in his hand was a sight to behold 😄
I was on a cruise ship out of Sydney with the entertainment crew being mostly British. They panicked when they played this song and the passengers added the chant. Double checked the lyrics. Weren't sure if they should stop the song. In the end they just let it happen and asked afterwards where that came from.
The song was actually written as a tribute to a friend who died. The opening guitar riff is mimicing an ambulance siren. A slowed downed acoustic version is just as good. RIP Dic Neeson, you were one of the best!!!
It is a dark song. Someone started yelling 'No Way, Get F**ked, F**k Off' after Doc asks 'Am I ever going to see your face again'. And it is the worst thing that ever happened to the song. Several times I have stood in the crowd shaking my head as people around me screamed out the profanities. Doc would look at me and sing towards me because I understood what the song was about even in the days before the internet and before I could afford to buy music magazines. For some reason I just understood it from the beginning when I heard the original slow version. Anyway, for those wondering why it is a sad song, here is a couple of lines from Wiki. Neeson said that the song was originally written as an acoustic ballad about grief and loss. The girlfriend of Neeson's friend was killed in a motorcycle collision, and the two friends were discussing life after death. The conversation inspired Neeson to write the lyrics.
These guys played in my high school gym/hall. I had no idea how significant that was at the time, how huge they were. It was Angels + Angry Anderson / Rose Tattoo (I know, right?). Free entry, I mean, we were what, 12? 13? Something like that. Everybody knew the chant, I had never heard it before, but I remember yelling it as loud as I could. It's just so simple and rhythmic. I have no idea how my regional high school in the middle of bumfuck nowhere got these guys to do a show. I'm just grateful to have seen them
The bass is, I believe, a Steinberger Bass. This is an anthemic song. Any Aussie from that age who hears the song name knows the proper response. It basically became a reflex action.
As an Aussie I can tell you if this song comes on anywhere in Aus it still gets the crowd reaction of " No way, get f'd , f off.. They had some great albums.
G'day folks. As a teenager growing up in Melbourne I saw them at a pub that is sadly no longer here. Sweaty, loud, confronting, and the beers were an absolute steal! I always thought it was, "no way, get stuffed, fuck off."
G’day from Australia: it go like this Lead Singer Doc : am l ever going to see your face again Audience : No Way Get Fucked Fuck Off. If you Look at his shirt it is printed on it. Australian classic band and a classic song. Just like Cold Chisel and Australian Crawl from the Eighties. Look them up and enjoy
Doc Neeson wrote the song about a friend of his who passed away but not knowing this context Angels fans took it as a break up song, thinking it was about a guy wanting to see his ex-girlfriend and the chant is basically an Aussie girl telling her ex where to go... (Not sure that Peter Garrett, lead singer of Midnight Oil, had much choice about the bald head thing)
Today's generation still sing the chant. In australia you never hear the song without it. I've been in a supermarket when this has been on the radio - even the kid stacking shelves was mouthing the chant silently, as were many shoppers.... including myself. It's impossible not to😅
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amen
I was lucky to see them live in Coolangatta back in the 70’s and they were just amazing. They were such an adrenaline rush
Absolutely!!!
i agree ,as a Australian its hard to not respond with the chant when heard,even under your breath
All the Aussies smiling in anticipation! And laughing that it's staring you in the face written on his T-shirt.
Yes, the Aussie accent is tough.
We used to watch them perform in pubs.
LOL. I'm practically yelling at my screen. "IT'S RIGHT THERE!! LOOK AT THE SHIRT!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!"
Yep, aussie accent is hard for the yanks. I was in hawaii 12 months ago, and was asking directions to Dukes lane. They thought I was asking juke 😂
@@philhewitt5106 I tried to buy a drink at LAX and the young guy serving asked what language I was speaking so he could get an interpreter. Not kidding.
Exactly Bella, I used to see them at pubs too - great times. 🇦🇺
I saw them around 1980 at a ZZZ Joint Effort at Cloudland in Brisbane. Having the Saints go to the same school was pretty cool as well. It was a great time.
As an Aussie boomer - this has a special place in my heart. The Angels were a fantastic pub band that gave it all. Just so good.
saw them live at the croxton park hotel
Boomer have to steal our xgen fun :) . The Angels are among Australia’s legendary bands
Even now if this song comes on in a pub, everyone sings this chant😂
Yes!! I’m singing it now 😁
Damn straight bro! It's in our DNA!
My kids are teens now and THEY know that chant- it’s become part of what being Australian is. I remember that chant becoming canon- who tf knows how it started? I felt all kinds of fuzzy seeing this- I encountered Doc on a random train station waaay back in the day in 1983 and he was so down to earth.
It’s genetic - Australians can’t not shout it
Sacrilegious not to
When my uncle passed. This song was played at the service 😂. We went from crying to laughter in seconds. It was great❤
yes i bet, trying not to mouth the words was hard
It was hard. But of course we had thoughts. Looking around the room was the same expression on most faces. My kind of people 😂
I saw The Angels in a small pub in the 80s and Doc (RIP) treated us to one hell of a show.
I still rock out to them
I saw them a couple of times at the Laverton hotel in Melbourne
Fact. The song had been on the radio for a while, and fans had bough the album, and us Aussies being what we are, created this audience addition. First live performance of the song, the Angels knew nothing about this, and initially thought the audience thought they crap, and wanted them off the stage. By the end of the song, they realised that nope, the audience LOVE the song, and we just like to add inappropriate but perfectly placed stuff in to favourite songs. We also added to “Living Next Door To Alice”, and created a line dance to “Nutbush City Limits.” It is 100% required to retain your True Blue Aussie card to sing the additions, and do the dance at any opportunity.
Lived in regional NSW and then Sydney. Everything you said seems true. I remember yelling "Living next door to Alice" at the nightclub in Wagga. And I hated that line dance. But yes, I did learn it.
Alice? Who TF is Alice?
@@bluebehir ah, The Madison.
Loved it
@@TheKrispyfort Alice springs it's a very rural town in Australia
Did he just call Doc “clean-cut”?
As a proud Aussie, I thoroughly endorse this video 🇦🇺
me too, and i am glad he didn't turn down the video when the crowd yelled the response, lol it's so much better with it
It says
"no way"
"Get f#cked"
"F#ck off"
😂
When the crowd first started singing this way back when , Doc ( lead singer) said he thought the crowd were singing it about the band😂 and he said he got a little offended, but throughout time he and the band ended up loving it.... There was merch and everything ... I dont know who started it, it was just one of those things that stuck with that song. 🤷 Totally sucked when you'd hear the song in public cause you couldnt sing it properly 🤣✌️
Should have just said read the lead singers Tshirt
@@alexwallace9832 why? Everybody else did that. He " asked" what we are saying.
@@Kimmy58 Why not, that is what the audience was singing.
Cheers from Australia
@@alexwallace9832 🤔🤨 huh? Sorry but you just confused the heck out of me. The audience wasn't chanting that because Doc had it on his shirt.....Doc had that on his shirt because it was just merch. Mike asked what the fans were saying, everyone in the comments just wrote " read Docs shirt" I decided to actually write out what is said. The chant of above is not part of the original song, it's something the fans just put in there. No one knows where it started, it has been around since the 80s. I'm sorry if I'm not understanding you but I'm truly perplexed about what you're trying to tell me. 😂 I hope I clarified it for you, if not, please let me know what you actually meant. 😁
Cheers from north Qld
It started at a show in Mt Isa QLD in 1983. Doc stopped singing in order to hear what they were saying. Quote: "Neeson recalled that he first heard the response at Mount Isa in 1983 and was "a bit shocked."Thinking it was a criticism of the band.
I was there.
1988 Melbourne music show, Melbourne Showgrounds
Johnny Diesel and the injectors
The Choirboys
The Angels
Jimmy Barnes
My ears rang for a week- legendary gig
Farnham was there too wasn't he
This is a bloody legendary song in Australia!!! I’ve seen them live and they were brilliant with the late great frontman Doc Neeson. So much energy and the crowd was just going wild! Great band with so many excellent songs!! R.I.P. Doc.
The chant is written on the singers t-shirt
I was just about to type the same😂😂
This bloke is not the sharpest tool in the box.
How can anyone not understand what they are saying?
No way, get f#cked, f#ck off. I saw them play live a few times, excellent hard rocking live band. Molly Ringwald, you reckon? 🤣
Aye, but the chant started about 10 years earlier.
This era of Australian music has no peers period
Facts! The Radiators are still regular on my playlists.
Australia was the Lucky country in the 80's, with the world best music and live bands
We were really spoilt with the calibre of music.
I'm an Aussie child of this era. If you merely say the name of this song, someone will say "no way, get fucked, fuck off". Every time.
The Angels formed in 1976 and the singer "Doc Neeson" died in 2014 at the age of 67. He was the main song writer along with lead guitarist Rick Brewster and his brother John Brewster. They had originally formed in 1970 as an acoustic blues band calling themselves The Moonshine Jug and String Band. In 74 they changed their name to the "Keystone Angels" and in 76 on advice from Harry Vanda and George Young (The Easybeats, and later of Flash in the Pan) shortened their name to The Angels. George Young, one of the greatest musical artists and Producer's in Australian history was the older brother of Angus and Malcom Young of AC/DC.
Surfers paradise beer garden 😅 late 1970s it rocked so did I woke up in the gutter 😮 ! All remembered was the angels nothing else 😂 ! 15:32
The DJ at the Pink concert in Sydney a week ago played this it went off 😂😂😂
The Angels were the band at the Savings Bank ofSA Staff Xmas Party in the late 70s. 400 drunken bank officers screaming the refrain will live in my memory forever - great band.
As ex-bank Johnny, I can believe that!
The crowd response is on his shirt lol. The first instance the crowd response was used according to Doc was at a concert in Mt Isa in Queensland. The Angels were the best pub rock band in Australia period. After them I'd say The Radiators
The Radiators are an entirely under-rated and under appreciated band
You two are true Aussie,both bands magic
You two are true Aussie,both bands magic
You two are true Aussie,both bands magic
Chisel? AC/DC? The Oils? The Angels are up there, but come on, mate
Doc Neeson was a World Class Frontman ! Pure charisma !
RIP Doc.
oh hell yes Doc will live forever in our memory
The feeling in the crowd when you hear this live is as good as any concert event
I’ll bet!!
The song was written as a memorial for a friend who was killed a car accident. The guitar riff is the sirens.
When the crowd first did it, they were shocked and taken aback cos of the subject matter. After a while they embraced it, to the stage where its part of the paraphernalia including on the singlet he's wearing.
It started as a slow ballad in memory of the lost friend..but it failed, so they sped it up..and the rest is History
It was a slower version, more bluesy, as a tribute to the friends Girlfriend, written by Doc, based the music of Lonely Night from Status Quo, which in reality is just a blues riff.
The lead guitar intro came much later, by Rick Brewster.
Showing my age in saying I snuck in and saw the Angels and the Radiators (most popular ditty ..Give me Head) as a 15 year old in the early 80’s at a pub gig in Sydney, and that early we all had the “no way, get fucked, fuck off “ chant going. Peter Garret (Midnight Oil) later was my friend and went on to be Australia’s Minister for the Environment. We Aussies are built different and have never been scared of words ❤
Angels were the support band at my first concert. Venue was a high school hall in regional Queensland. Headline act was AC/DC. Both of those lead singers have left us now☹️
Same here angels opening act for ACDC in whyalla south aust it was wicked
@@shazwadz5059 Wow! Very cool. From memory they were touring the Dirty Deeds album
@andrewhall9175 it was about 45 years, but I do recall it was a bloody brilliant show and a great way to get out of school😂😂
Well that's fucking EPIC!
We used to see The Angels at our local pub. They were great. Much better than they were performing here, actually. Also Midnight Oil. Peter Garrett jumped on our table at the pub, while he was singing. It was awesome. Australians can't listen to that song without singing the refrain, "no way, get fucked, fuck off". It's our Pavlovian response.
Saw The Angels many a time in the mid 80’s. RIP Doc.
Doc was always amazing.
I handed Doc a red rose during one show and he graciously took it and blew me a kiss.
Doc used to live in my town and I’d see him crossing at the lights when I was doing the afternoon school run.
He came into my work. I called him Mr Neeson and he replied “call me Doc. My friends call me Doc”. He was very polite and lovely.
Our Australian Youth's National Anthem from the 80's ... still can't be sung without the audience's collaboration
I was on a rock the boat cruise with the Angels they sang this song, us Aussies shouted out our song, on a royal Caribbean ship, security came out from everywhere, they thought we were fighting. What a laugh
Having been on RC a few times I can imagine security come a running lol Too funny.
Hey Mike wow some Angels, I saw them live a few times back in the day!! Great Aussie band. Yes Jimmy did a huge set that day and Farnsey did a couple and they did one together.
I had a feeling!! :)
I was at this concert , the Melbourne music Festival , 6 bands played that day friggin awesome !
Early 80's roller-skating speed skate song, and the anthem started for us at a skate session one Saturday night.
Yes! Bankstown Rollarena for me!
@@ViolentRoseAu rollarena campbelltown for me.
One of the greatest "pub bands" ever. We saw them just last week with Cheap Trick at the Enmore Theater here in Sydney.
Fantastic.
And at Berry, down the coast , for the Red Hot Summer tour.
Who was the frontman?
RIP Doc
Red Hot Summer Tour last saturday at Seppeltsfield in the Barossa, for me they left Quatro and Cheap Trick in their wake.
One thing i wish i could see again is see Doc belting it out on stage again. The Angels have always been top 3 greatest performers for me. He still lives on through his music R.I.P. Doc x
This was the “Rage Without Alcohol” concert at the Melbourne Showgrounds. Crazy concert which included, amongst others, Jimmy Barnes, The Choirboys and The Angels.
I remember it fondly and recall Doc Neilson climbing the scaffolding and speaking in French before this song.
There was also a live cross to a tv show called “Hey Hey it’s Saturday” where Jimmy Barnes told the host to “F**# off”
Haha no way!?! i'd love to catch that wondere if its on TH-cam, Darrel Summers' face would be priceless 🤣
@@SwayDarlingat 10:39 you can see the moment just after he told them to f-off. Unfortunately it’s been cut out.
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@@Humandog19 bloody champ 👍
Back in the good old days when music was uncomplicated and FUN!
I'm from Brisbane Australia its now 2024 I just saw The Angels at Sandstone. And they sang this and the chant was loud like always. Video it too ❤🇳🇿👍😀🇳🇿
His shirt has what the crowd is chanting on it LOL. Always loved these guys. Still have their first album. Johnny Winters use to play a small guitar like that guy.
One of the best classic pub anthems EVER
Saw them in a club. In a small room this song is unbelievable. Amazing live band.
For classic pub rock check out The Radiators! They shared a stage with The Angels many times in the 80s and rock the mullet!
Those were the days. Any weekend you could rock up to a pub and see these incredible bands!
Yo. I was there. I’m a Melbournian. We sung, “ No way, get f’ed, f’ off.😃😅
Aussie anthem
They are massive absolute legends in the history of the Australian music scene since the 1970’s!
I worked as a roadie with many Australian musicians and had the privilege of constantly running across the Angels in many small local towns where I had the opportunity to sit down and have breakfast/lunch with them whilst on tour playing many different rural towns.
They are an amazing bunch of blokes and I luckily had the privilege of experiencing Doc Neeson performing at the very last Western Australian concert only weeks prior to his death.
Thank you for your service!! ❤️
I read this title and i literally read this as "THE ANGELS--Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again- NO WAY GET F#CKED F#CK OFF -Pro Guitarist Reacts"
Anyway, i'm here cos i mentally said the chant just because i saw the name of the song. We Australians are brainwashed with this chant young. Might have been one of the first times i was "aloud" to swear in front of my mum.
Hilarious 😂
And charming. ✌️
@@michaelgoyettemusic love this song it was a joy to watch you enjoy it!
LOVED this song as a kid! When I learned the "extra chorus" I was so proud! My folks weren't tho lol
PS Bald guys in 80s music bands in Australia were quite common - Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil) & Angry Anderson (Rose Tattoo) come to mind 🤟👍😁🇦🇺
R.I.P. Doc Neeson 😢 Thankyou for such wonderful hits! ❤
TBH when he was saying "you know the bald guy..." I was thinking Angry?
Suddenly ❤
Ah, yes. Peter Garrett, former federal Minister for the Environment
Have seen the Angels 3 times in the 80's & 90's.. ❤ the Angels!!
'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again' (1976) is an adaption of Status Quo's 'Lonely Night'. Members of both bands being friends.
The song, although a crowd pleaser, is not typical of The Angels. I'd highly recommend hearing more of their music.
The call and response, crowd interaction is always popular.... When Smokie first toured Australia they were surprised to find Aussie fans had added a question to the song 'Living Next Door to Alice' (Originally by Aussie band New World)
(Alice! Alice? Who The F*ck is Alice?)
Did you pull all of that out of a hat? The song has nothing to do with Status Quo and Smokie sang living next door to Alice. 🙄
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@@leahgabrielle4255 the above is correct. Found the following on the subject, do yourself a favour and have a listen to Lonely Night.
After British band Status Quo discovered numerous similarities between the song and one of their own ("Lonely Night"), the two bands reached an agreement in lieu of a lawsuit that saw Status Quo receive royalties from "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again".[11] Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster was friends with members of the Angels at the time of the incident, and lived next door to John Brewster. In 2015, Brewster recounted having asked Neeson whether the song could've been based on "Lonely Night" and recalls a non-committal response: "I might have heard it at a disco".
thanks for the reminder.. yes .. Alice! Alice? who .. is Alice? :D )
@@leahgabrielle4255 These guys are correct it was pinched from " Lonely Night " and heres another one to put in your pipe have a listen to Jethro Tulls " We use to know " and you will here where Americas biggest selling band got their greatest hit from. Foot note : Jethro Tull was a support act to them.
One of the best Pub Rock Bands in history! Great Live. Check out some more please
Yo. Fun band.
BTW, I couldn't understand the Aussie accent either and had to take a screenshot when the top was in full view before I got it. I love that they adopted the crowd lyric
Not like they had a choice 😂
The "No way - get fucked - fuck off" chant originated in the north-west Queensland mining town of Mt Isa. I lived in Mt Isa for 12 years and it was the most violent town I had ever been in! The Angels must have felt lucky to get out of town in one piece!
Note to self - cross Isa off the list and replace with Gilgandra
the number of times i have belted out the chorus whilst drunk is beyond number. A pub rock classic
Best Angels song to get the blood pumping. I first saw the Angels in 1980. You can't not be a fan. Throughout the decades The Angels have remained on my playlist. And it was only two years ago that I again got to see them in concert. I once again got to sing the chant to - Am I ever gonna see your face again -'No way get f*ked, f*k off'. Can't tell you what an untold moment it was. So very powerful being surrounded by Baby Boomers all screaming our heads off like we did when we were teens. Magical!!
The Angels, formerly known as Keystone Angels wrote this in 1977. They would do lunchtime concerts around Adelaide (South Australia) suburban high schools. The call and response didn't really happen till the early/mid 80s..as far as I know.
I was working as security at a venue in QLD and Doc got stuck outside a fire exit while the band was playing the intro for the start of the set.
I heard him banging on the door and opened it for him, he thanked me uttered some expletives and ran as fast as he could up the stairs and turned onto the stage.
Doc was a tall bloke and he smashed his head on the lighting rig and knocked himself out cold.
He finally came to and with a cut on his brow smashed out one hell of a show.
Makes me laugh thinking of the expression of relief he had to moments later be Knock the F'k out
It’s like every old school rock people would all get together and sing this song word for word as loud as one could and passion lol
Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo had a shaved head also.
I noticed that he hasn't got any Rose Tattoo reactions yet. He's gonna love them!
They are absolutely saying exactly what is on the black singlet that Doc is wearing!
Wait, what’s a singlet and who is Doc? 🤔
@@michaelgoyettemusic Doc Neeson RIP the lead singer. Singlet is a sleeveless shirt, popular in hot parts of Australia
@@martinrobinson936 we have sleeveless shirts here too….we call them tank tops or wife beders…….(I dare not spell it correctly). Thanks for the new lingo!!!
@@michaelgoyettemusicSinglets or tank-tops here too 👍 🇦🇺
Bald head.. Peter Garrett - Midnight Oil.
Plus there was Angry Anderson - Rose Tattoo.
Yep most of us have seen the Angels many times. They've been around since the middle 70s. I've seen them in pubs & concerts.
Yes they are legendary.
The crowds reply of- No way, get f*****, f*** off started in the 80s.
I have the DVD of them playing at La Trobe University(gr8 concert!) in September '79 & it predates the crowd chant.
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Or if blue Jacky Hows
Bob Spencer on the axe and bald head. Definitely my fave Aussie rock guitarist
I first saw the Angels in about 1978 at Cabramatta(?) Them and the oils were the best pub bands to see back in the day.
Saw the Angels in venues right across Sydney many, many times. The pub shows were the best.
The band that caused most of my deafness. The song was recorded by them in 1977. This line-up had only two original members. Singer Doc Neeson and lead guitarist Rick Brewster. The band is from Adelaide, South Australia (my hometown). I think the bassist is playing a Steinberger bass.
Look at that older guy in the crowd halfway through the video with the moe and beard and glasses turned around looking at the crowd shouting "NO WAY GET FUCK OFF" He does look impressed 😂
When Australians are over seas and they want to connect with other Aussie folk. They go to the pub and put this song on the jukebox. Wait for the response. All Australians react this way to this song. Find your people. 😊
I grew up on this.. seen the Angels live so many times.. knew they were going to love the chant.. Soo many memories.. funny watching him trying to dissect such an iconic song.. R.I.P. Doc😢
Great band
Seen them in multiple times in 80s & 90s
RIP Doc
Aussies knew what you were talking about re the chant the second we saw what song it was! Lol
That chant alone could be our national anthem here! Lmao
Still love this song. It came out when I lived on the streets in Queensland in my teens. If it came on anywhere at all, I didn't care, I always sang the additional crowds response out loud 😂. Aussie cult classic.
Can't help but crack a grin.
Brings back memories from the late 1980's going to see the Angels at the Old Lion in Nth Adelaide a number of times.
One of the best aussie bands ever I saw them at thebby theater in adelaide south australia back in 86 I reckon and still have a piece of the stage decoration doc threw out into the crowd. Still crank up their tunes everyday.
Saw the angels twice at the Charles Hotel in Perth , it was awesome !
Wasn't there some great pub bands that went through The Charles Hotel. I was so excited to find The Charles when I moved to Perth from Brissy. Loved going to watch pub bands like Cold Chisel, INXS, Jo Jo Zepp and Falcons. Even Frankie J Holden. These days I love Foo Fighters as do my neighbours lol I just love music. Nothing like blaring rock music. My adult son, shit Mum can you turn it down lol
As a old Aussie it was released like that even on the radio and then some ppl complained about the swearing so they cut it out from the song but we all still sing it like that
"No way, get fucked, fuck off" that is what they are saying, The Angels were an Aussie Pub band and the crowd started saying this at one of their gigs and it stuck, you won't hear it in the recording though. Unfortunately Doc Neeson the lead singer of The Angels has passed away. Peter Garrett is the bald guy from Oz who fronted Midnight Oil.
4:42 The bald guitarist is Bob Spencer.... originally from a band called Finch. He joined Skyhooks (another legendary band you should check out). Over the past few years he was also in Rose Tattoo (ex-AC/DC Bass player Mark Evans also joined Rose Tattoo to play bass.). Bob is an all-round nice guy and has even released his own music during the down times. th-cam.com/video/MHUo9dyfgDk/w-d-xo.html
Another great Angels song featuring Bob Spencer is Dogs are talking th-cam.com/video/lSXYiZsajgI/w-d-xo.html It's such a shame The Angels (they called themselves Angel City) in the US market never managed to get the US following they really deserved.
The brewsters on liveline play it hard that's the line-up I remember seeing in Adelaide
I was 17 when I went to my first concert in 1980. Angels were headlining and Cold Chisel were the support band. Awesome night with Doc and Jimmy trying to outdo each other, but Jimmy climbing all over the speakers with a bottle of Vodka in his hand was a sight to behold 😄
Chisel opened for Angels? Wow.
I was on a cruise ship out of Sydney with the entertainment crew being mostly British. They panicked when they played this song and the passengers added the chant. Double checked the lyrics. Weren't sure if they should stop the song. In the end they just let it happen and asked afterwards where that came from.
😂
Great bands ornaments and George leagues club Sydney years ago we had great bands back in my day I'm 55 golden age of music
Thanks so much! We’re the same age!! Cheers appreciate the support. 🙏 ✌️
It's written on Docs shirt. In the clip
He asks the question - "Am I ever gona see your face again?"
and the crowd answers him "No way, Get F@cked, F@ck off!"
5:39 It's written on his shirt .
Great band. Seen them in Sydney at a workman’s club in 1994 and the energy of the band and crowd was great. Fun moshing was had
The song was actually written as a tribute to a friend who died. The opening guitar riff is mimicing an ambulance siren. A slowed downed acoustic version is just as good.
RIP Dic Neeson, you were one of the best!!!
This song was actually ripped off from a Status Quo B side " Lonely Night "
It is a dark song.
Someone started yelling 'No Way, Get F**ked, F**k Off' after Doc asks 'Am I ever going to see your face again'. And it is the worst thing that ever happened to the song.
Several times I have stood in the crowd shaking my head as people around me screamed out the profanities. Doc would look at me and sing towards me because I understood what the song was about even in the days before the internet and before I could afford to buy music magazines. For some reason I just understood it from the beginning when I heard the original slow version.
Anyway, for those wondering why it is a sad song, here is a couple of lines from Wiki.
Neeson said that the song was originally written as an acoustic ballad about grief and loss. The girlfriend of Neeson's friend was killed in a motorcycle collision, and the two friends were discussing life after death. The conversation inspired Neeson to write the lyrics.
Seen them in a small pub in the NSW snow fields, with about 100 people, great show, and read what is said on the lead singers T-shirt.
These guys played in my high school gym/hall. I had no idea how significant that was at the time, how huge they were. It was Angels + Angry Anderson / Rose Tattoo (I know, right?). Free entry, I mean, we were what, 12? 13? Something like that.
Everybody knew the chant, I had never heard it before, but I remember yelling it as loud as I could. It's just so simple and rhythmic.
I have no idea how my regional high school in the middle of bumfuck nowhere got these guys to do a show.
I'm just grateful to have seen them
Bought back some awesome memories. Better times! Loved watching this.
Hi mate great live band one of my favs in the 70s saw them one Sunday then again monday , 50 miles away
One of the best hard rock bands live! RIP Doc Neeson.
The Angels are awesome, the lead singer is crazy
The bass is, I believe, a Steinberger Bass. This is an anthemic song. Any Aussie from that age who hears the song name knows the proper response. It basically became a reflex action.
I made sure my kids know the proper response. Got to pass on traditions.
Y 16th birthday the dj played this and 100 teenagers chanted the reply
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Awesomeness the angels have great songs
As an Aussie I can tell you if this song comes on anywhere in Aus it still gets the crowd reaction of " No way, get f'd , f off..
They had some great albums.
G'day folks. As a teenager growing up in Melbourne I saw them at a pub that is sadly no longer here. Sweaty, loud, confronting, and the beers were an absolute steal!
I always thought it was, "no way, get stuffed, fuck off."
G’day from Australia: it go like this Lead Singer Doc : am l ever going to see your face again Audience : No Way Get Fucked Fuck Off. If you Look at his shirt it is printed on it. Australian classic band and a classic song. Just like Cold Chisel and Australian Crawl from the Eighties. Look them up and enjoy
It started in a pub in Mt Isa, an inland mining town in the state of Queensland.
Haha Mt Isa is where I saw the angels, opening for Jimmy Barnes at a concert as a teenager back in the 80’s
I've seen them a couple of times and I think the last time was about '85 at the northern beaches (Sydney, Australia). They were FANTASTIC.
Have you heard what Aussies did to smokey's 'living next door to Alice'😂
He definitely wouldn’t understand that either 😂😂
Alice who the fuck is Alice 😂
Smokie were shite.
The song was originally released in 1975
Saw these guys a few weeks ago in Perth, Western Australia so old (oldest rock ‘n’ roll band from Australia) but they still rock hard !!
Doc Neeson wrote the song about a friend of his who passed away but not knowing this context Angels fans took it as a break up song, thinking it was about a guy wanting to see his ex-girlfriend and the chant is basically an Aussie girl telling her ex where to go... (Not sure that Peter Garrett, lead singer of Midnight Oil, had much choice about the bald head thing)
That's brilliant context and makes it all make sense.
you were thinking of peter garrett. angry anderson also had the shaved head in the 80s
The Angels are still together ( without Doc, of course) and touring Australia right now.
Saw them in Berry, NSW just a couple of weeks ago