@@ray.shoesmith Of course he did, because that's how the Australian Government works. One man alone can make ALL the decisions without any opposition from anyone else. #Sartastic
I was at this concert. The tickets were only $20, the concert started about midday and finished at about 11 pm - 11 solid hours of great music. It was a showcase of Australian music and included bands who had re-formed just for the concert like H&C, Oils, Split Enz and Crowded House, with a few international acts thrown in as well. The best $20 I ever spent.
Was there, through the rain in the morning watching the Sydney half on the big screen in sunshine, but then the Finn family band came on and belted out Always take the weather with you, the clouds parted in Melbourne, the sun started to shine. It seemed to move to Sydney after that, maybe Jet took it with them to Sydney
Yep! This is another Aussie national anthem. We are a nation of travellers so we are a nation of 'farewell' tellers. And this song suits that. It has also become a song for comfort in hard times - as in the case of this performance to raise money for the bushfires.
Mark Seymour, this singer, is the brother of Nick Seymour, the bass player of Crowded House. I once got see Crowded House cover this at a venue called.... ummmmm 'The Venue', which was a run down, repurposed ice rink. The stage was, like 15 feet tall, because the audience was standing in the bottom of the tub where the ice used to be. Neil Finn did the first verse, then Mark Seymour hit the stage, sharing a mike with his brother and took over main vocal duties from Neil Finn. Did the audience go crazy? Did they ever...........
This brought me so much joy, this was in my hometown Melbourne in the state of Victoria. I think you might be a Melbourne man my friend, Tina, John, KYLIE, Crowded House, Tones and I, Tash, Hunters and Collectors, Vanessa Amarossi and many more are Melbourne made and raised ( besides Neil from Crowded House but the band was formed here) and countless more. Would love to see you down here and all our other amazing cities in Australia, you will love the live music we have all over our beautiful country! Let’s get Nick to Australia!!!!!🇦🇺
One of H&C great songs but so much more to offer. Do You See What I See?, Say Goodbye, Where Do You Go?, When The River Runs Dry, Holy Grail...........
The comments about the Environment Minister are most likely about Peter Garrett (lead singer of Midnight Oil) who was Environment Minster for about 3 years during this period, and also headlined this concert.
Yay, thank you so much for getting to my request. I think live versions of this song, with the whole band, are so much better than the early recording. Glad you enjoyed it too 😊
The comment about "lets see what the environment minister is wearing" is a reference to Peter Garret coming on next with his band Midnight Oil....you watched them a few days ago where the bald guy was dancing funny on stage and brought up 3 people to play insturments with him. It was an old one..."beds are burning" is what they did. He was a Govt. minister in the early to mid 2000s
Great reaction. This has had such a lot of great covers because it's such a great song and easy to sing well. The H&C version's still my favourite because it's performed the way it was meant to be.
Someone once said that this is the only song Aussie men are allowed to shed a tear over. Much covered song, including by Pearl Jam. Worth looking at the video of when Eddie Vedder got Mark Seymour up on stage to sing it as a duet, apparently the first time they had met. Also, for something very different, worth checking out the cover by the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS). A very talented comedy troupe and their cover is staggering.
Thank you Nick. Great reaction as always. Mark Seymour’s voice is sounding a little weary here. In their prime Hunters and Collectors were a power house band led by Mark’s distinctive vocals.
He dies seem to hold back on the vocals a bit in this clip. I mentioned that in my request but I really liked this performance & the crowd involvement.
I consider Mark Seymour's voice wrecked... and it doesn't stop him from singing beautifully, musically, full of heart and passion. I love so many of Hunters and Collectors songs, especially Holy Grail.
Sound Relief was 2 simultaneous concerts in Melbourne and Sydney, 2 bands played at both. The concerts were put together very quickly by the late Michael Gudinski to raise money for the victims of the devastating Black Saturday fires and floods in Australia. The minister for environment he speaks of is Peter Garrett who was serving in the federal parliament but brought is band Midnight Oil out of retirement for this one of gig. What this clip doesn't really show is just how loud the 80,000 people in Melbourne were singing along with just about every song and it got louder as the day went on.
Mark Seymour doesn't have the world's best voice, but he's a good songwriter and this song is a classic 😊 This version sounds bit slower than the recorded one. I prefer the original, TBH.
This is my favourite song of all time and this is a great version. The best version I've heard was at an event called "Between the Bays" where he performed it with his backing band The Towmen. It was in the musical style of his new album with his two daughters on backing vocals. Unfortunately this version was never recorded
This used to be my favourite "Throw Your Arms Around Me" song for 20 years and then Dolores O'Riordan wrote one called the same and it got moved to second best spot. Sorry guys. You were at the top for a long, long time though. And it is a very close second.
I mean that when they came to Australia Mark Seymour comes on stage and does this song with Eddie. And Mark has to pull his horns in to not completely embarrass Eddie Vedder.
This song is not about a one night stand. Mark Seymour described writing for Human Frailty: I was in a relationship with a woman I was very much in love with and she was the inspiration. I wrote virtually all the lyrics on Human Frailty about my relationship with her...Throw Your Arms Around Me was the first song I wrote that wasn't angry. And because it was so out of the square, we didn't record it particularly well...One time, we played it at The Palace, to about 2,000 people who just went off. We finally got it right, so we recorded it again. I think we did about four versions of it.[6] - Mark Seymour
@@alleycat8791 interesting to have a song be released BEFORE the band gets it right. I know I don’t particularly like the typical studio recording of it. I think it works much better when they play it live like this
How many versions of this song are people going to make you watch? You've said rightly that he's not a great singer, but people seem to want to beat you over the head with it until you say you think he's wonderful. 🙄
You have to understand that if you don't get this, you're basically shitting on an Australian and Victorian love anthem. There's no other way to put it. But let's talk folk. Was Bob Dylan the greatest vocalist?
The Minister for the Environment at the time was Peter Garrett, lead singer of Midnight Oil.
And after all the political commentary he threw into the Oils songs he sold out to the establishment. See old growth logging in Tasmania.
@@ray.shoesmith Of course he did, because that's how the Australian Government works. One man alone can make ALL the decisions without any opposition from anyone else. #Sartastic
I was at this concert. The tickets were only $20, the concert started about midday and finished at about 11 pm - 11 solid hours of great music. It was a showcase of Australian music and included bands who had re-formed just for the concert like H&C, Oils, Split Enz and Crowded House, with a few international acts thrown in as well. The best $20 I ever spent.
Would have been awesome to be there.
I was there also. Best concert I've ever been to and I have been to a lot! Paul Kelly singing Leaps and Bounds in the MCG. WOW. Just WOW.
Was there, through the rain in the morning watching the Sydney half on the big screen in sunshine, but then the Finn family band came on and belted out Always take the weather with you, the clouds parted in Melbourne, the sun started to shine.
It seemed to move to Sydney after that, maybe Jet took it with them to Sydney
@@gseremetidis how good was it. Goosebumps.
Yep! This is another Aussie national anthem. We are a nation of travellers so we are a nation of 'farewell' tellers. And this song suits that. It has also become a song for comfort in hard times - as in the case of this performance to raise money for the bushfires.
Hunters&Collectors Human Frailty such an awesome album swept me away in my teens! 💕
That got a massive workout on my turntable.
Mark Seymour, this singer, is the brother of Nick Seymour, the bass player of Crowded House. I once got see Crowded House cover this at a venue called.... ummmmm 'The Venue', which was a run down, repurposed ice rink. The stage was, like 15 feet tall, because the audience was standing in the bottom of the tub where the ice used to be. Neil Finn did the first verse, then Mark Seymour hit the stage, sharing a mike with his brother and took over main vocal duties from Neil Finn. Did the audience go crazy? Did they ever...........
This brought me so much joy, this was in my hometown Melbourne in the state of Victoria. I think you might be a Melbourne man my friend, Tina, John, KYLIE, Crowded House, Tones and I, Tash, Hunters and Collectors, Vanessa Amarossi and many more are Melbourne made and raised ( besides Neil from Crowded House but the band was formed here) and countless more.
Would love to see you down here and all our other amazing cities in Australia, you will love the live music we have all over our beautiful country!
Let’s get Nick to Australia!!!!!🇦🇺
Mark Seymour did this song 🎵 with Eddie Vedder, Eddie Vedder was absolutely 💯 in awe of Mark
One of H&C great songs but so much more to offer.
Do You See What I See?, Say Goodbye, Where Do You Go?, When The River Runs Dry, Holy Grail...........
Beautiful! Great band and classic song. This was the right version to be requested. Loved it!
I was here. Oh such a brilliant day and night. Australia has some great artists. Proud emigrant to this wonderful country.
The comments about the Environment Minister are most likely about Peter Garrett (lead singer of Midnight Oil) who was Environment Minster for about 3 years during this period, and also headlined this concert.
Awesome song.
I really love the Crowded House cover of this as well.
Love that song!
Yay, thank you so much for getting to my request. I think live versions of this song, with the whole band, are so much better than the early recording. Glad you enjoyed it too 😊
Thanks for requesting Jackie. Love the whole band live versions of this great song.
@@meni8015 my pleasure 😊 I had requested it before Nick reacted to the other 2 versions. I agree that the live version with the band is the best 👍
The H&C's Performaning one of their Big Hits - Love this song for the Harmonies & His Runs Too Nic !
This was my beloved late husband's song to me, as I'm very sure it was to many other couples...
'Shout your name to the blue summer sky....'.
Try "Say Goodbye". Another song from the heart. Or "Do you see what I see". They were a truly great band - the songwriting was amazing.
Mark 💗💗👏👏👏🤣💗💗👏👏 H&C this is my favourite 💗💗💗💗
Bro you're going DEEP on australian music! Much love from Australia!
The comment about "lets see what the environment minister is wearing" is a reference to Peter Garret coming on next with his band Midnight Oil....you watched them a few days ago where the bald guy was dancing funny on stage and brought up 3 people to play insturments with him. It was an old one..."beds are burning" is what they did. He was a Govt. minister in the early to mid 2000s
love this and Holy Grail such feeling great to hear this in a crowd such emotion and feeling
Popular Aussie song. Interesting reaction where you build your enthusiasm for the performance
Gave me goose bumps great song and they wrote it too
Great reaction. This has had such a lot of great covers because it's such a great song and easy to sing well. The H&C version's still my favourite because it's performed the way it was meant to be.
Someone once said that this is the only song Aussie men are allowed to shed a tear over. Much covered song, including by Pearl Jam. Worth looking at the video of when Eddie Vedder got Mark Seymour up on stage to sing it as a duet, apparently the first time they had met. Also, for something very different, worth checking out the cover by the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS). A very talented comedy troupe and their cover is staggering.
Great memories. Holy Trail was my favourite
You did the music video of this song a month ago.
Thank you Nick. Great reaction as always. Mark Seymour’s voice is sounding a little weary here. In their prime Hunters and Collectors were a power house band led by Mark’s distinctive vocals.
He dies seem to hold back on the vocals a bit in this clip. I mentioned that in my request but I really liked this performance & the crowd involvement.
Another great anthem. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
I consider Mark Seymour's voice wrecked... and it doesn't stop him from singing beautifully, musically, full of heart and passion. I love so many of Hunters and Collectors songs, especially Holy Grail.
You need to review Mark singing "Say Goodbye". Now that's a powerhouse song.
This was my second wedding dance song :).
Sound Relief was 2 simultaneous concerts in Melbourne and Sydney, 2 bands played at both. The concerts were put together very quickly by the late Michael Gudinski to raise money for the victims of the devastating Black Saturday fires and floods in Australia.
The minister for environment he speaks of is Peter Garrett who was serving in the federal parliament but brought is band Midnight Oil out of retirement for this one of gig.
What this clip doesn't really show is just how loud the 80,000 people in Melbourne were singing along with just about every song and it got louder as the day went on.
Mark Seymour doesn't have the world's best voice, but he's a good songwriter and this song is a classic 😊 This version sounds bit slower than the recorded one. I prefer the original, TBH.
Please listen to Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors. He has some vocal range in that too. Brilliant song. 🥰
Also believe it or not, Bono from U2 once said Mark had perfected the art of singing, I guess it’s his timing
Haha did he? He was definitely wrong. To perfect the art of singing, you would at least have to sing in key, which Seymour struggles with.
This is the second time you have reacted to this song
This is my favourite song of all time and this is a great version. The best version I've heard was at an event called "Between the Bays" where he performed it with his backing band The Towmen. It was in the musical style of his new album with his two daughters on backing vocals. Unfortunately this version was never recorded
Check out Holy Grail by H&C too
Best to listen to the earlier versions when he still had a voice
You’ve gotta do Holy grail, it’s one of our greatest anthems, and you need to listen to the words, it’s awesome
He has done Holy Grail, it was part of a medley at 2013 Grand Final.
At the same concert midnight oil do a song called king of the mountain. It rocks!
DAAS version was the best.
Definitely!
Did you always have that earring?
This is a beautiful, beautiful song but it is EXTREMELY difficult to sing.
I'm not a singer (I wish) but I've always thought of this song as a real singers song, as in not easy. No idea if I'm correct.
Could you please do bridge over troubled water by him live version
He has the depth and agression because he can no longer pull the notes we know he once could do. He's a full octave less on what he once could.
This used to be my favourite "Throw Your Arms Around Me" song for 20 years and then Dolores O'Riordan wrote one called the same and it got moved to second best spot. Sorry guys. You were at the top for a long, long time though. And it is a very close second.
Funny thing is that I have a Pearl Jam DVD and they get him on stage to sing this song ... and it's embarassing for Eddie Vedder.
I mean that when they came to Australia Mark Seymour comes on stage and does this song with Eddie. And Mark has to pull his horns in to not completely embarrass Eddie Vedder.
The song is about a one night stand ;)
This song is not about a one night stand.
Mark Seymour described writing for Human Frailty:
I was in a relationship with a woman I was very much in love with and she was the inspiration. I wrote virtually all the lyrics on Human Frailty about my relationship with her...Throw Your Arms Around Me was the first song I wrote that wasn't angry. And because it was so out of the square, we didn't record it particularly well...One time, we played it at The Palace, to about 2,000 people who just went off. We finally got it right, so we recorded it again. I think we did about four versions of it.[6]
- Mark Seymour
@@alleycat8791 thanks for that. It certainly doesn't sound like a song about a one night stand. A classic and Human Frailty was a great album.
@@alleycat8791 interesting to have a song be released BEFORE the band gets it right. I know I don’t particularly like the typical studio recording of it. I think it works much better when they play it live like this
It's a pity you are hearing the live version first, I dont think this is the best rendition. (though that's possibly an unpopular opinion?)
He has previously reacted to an acoustic version & an early video clip of it.
How many versions of this song are people going to make you watch? You've said rightly that he's not a great singer, but people seem to want to beat you over the head with it until you say you think he's wonderful. 🙄
You have to understand that if you don't get this, you're basically shitting on an Australian and Victorian love anthem. There's no other way to put it. But let's talk folk. Was Bob Dylan the greatest vocalist?