Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man - Reaction (Jimmy is the man!)
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- Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man Reaction (Jimmy is the man!)
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We are still all driving around in our cars blasting this song 30+ years later.
Hell yeah!🤘
Hey fellow Aussie lol yep agree with you lol
...and singing along at the top of our voices! Lol.... and I'm 61! 😃
Barnsey Farnsey and a chicken Parmey at the Pub is a good night.
@@BobarissGish sure is
You hit the nail right on the head with the comparison to Springsteen! True story: I was in the U.S. Navy back in the mid-80's and we spent 10 days or so in Perth Western Australia. My buddy and I rented a car and cutting to the chase - we wound up in a record store. Our 'accents' (lol) gave us away as 'Yanks' and were soon chatting it up with lots of folks that were there at the time. We asked what band or artist album(s) we should get that are well known in Australia / an Australian talent. The store manager literally said what you did - "... so you guys know of your Bruce Springsteen yes?" We were like - "Yeah... " "You should check out this guy then, Jimmy Barnes and perhaps some of his older stuff from his previous band Cold Chisel - he's kind of like our version of Springsteen." We each purchased a couple of albums - I grabbed a Barnsey and a Chisel album. Been a fan ever since.
I love these kinds of stories. Thanks for sharing!
That’s a very cool story, thanks for sharing 😊
'Barnsey'😂 This guy is legit!
Fucking legend
JIMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 Love from Australia 👍
This is the ultimate freedom song windows down drivin through the cane fields of North QLD… the smothering sweet smell of sugar… wind through your hair… screaming your lungs out!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is one of those songs that didn’t go #1, but lasted far longer than many of the songs ahead of it. Yes, you are so right, summertime, windows down, radio loud, Jimmy…
I can picture it, driving along the coast with windows down jamming! Leaving your worries behind and living in the moment!
If you love this, you would love ‘Bow River’ by Cold Chisel….live, 2003. Jimmy Barnes is usually Cold Chisel’s singer, but he does share the honours with Ian Moss, who takes the lead in this song. It’s a total banger!
Bow River Live is definitely a fantastic performance. Great suggestion!
Good one, Bow River great suggestion.👌
I've seen that mentioned a few times, it's coming up sometime soon!
@@Texas_Love th-cam.com/video/TdVRNDnTKTU/w-d-xo.html this is the one to watch.
This song was originally written to be a ballad by Jonathan cain but Jimmy went Nah its a rock song. Its another unofficial national anthem of Australia. Jimmy has a heap of other songs which are anthems of Australia.
Working Class Man spent 14 weeks in the Australian charts and peaking at # 5. Jimmy also wrote the books, Working Class Boy and Working Class Man, both became a number one bestsellers.
I’ve got 3 Jimmy books, hang in lol. I’m back lol - Killing Time, my friend bought them for me as gifts , oh yes and she bought me Jimmy’s alarm clock 😂. I never use alarm, I’ll use alarm if burglar ever tries to get in here 😂
@@bernadettelanders7306 alarm clock that’s new to me but if it’s Jimmy singing it would definitely wake me up 😂😂
@@cherylb309 no it’s not Jimmy singing alarm is Jimmy screaming lol. Type in TH-cam Screaming cowboy and you’ll see Jimmy in cowboy hat in clouds screaming - the the sound and pic of Jimmy with hat on is front of clock 🤣
@@cherylb309 found clock of Jimmy screaming alarm I have 🤣
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Nice!
This song always pumps me up. Should check out Jimmy Barnes doing a duet with Tina Turner “simply the best”
Good one George.👍
I will! What little I have heard out of Tina is really good!
We sure were jamming to this & still are.
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Mate, between this and Stone Cold you’re getting a good taste of classic Jimmy Barnes across his many decades. But as I said before, you now got to check out his band Cold Chisel. Suggest Bow River - live version from the Ringside tour. You’ll see another vocalist there too- as well as Jimmy as the band had two male vocalists- Jimmy and Ian Moss. Jimmy was lead in most songs, Bow River you’ll see them both. For pure wild Jimmy in his prime see Wild Thing by Cold Chisel.
I can't wait, thank you!!
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Dr Kap! We'll have another Fan right here😁👍😁👍
Mate, awesome reaction, the permanent grin on your face is priceless 😊.
A great song!
Love for Texas, from Australia
Oh wow you found one of Australia’s national anthems awesome 👏👌🎶
Yes I had this cassette blaring in my 67 HR Holden back in 1985. It was a NO. 1 Album.
Jimmy is a legend.I am a truck driver and its sugar cane season here in queensland Australia atm so I love it when this song comes up on the radio cruising the highway but when Driving wheels [another jimmy barnes song]comes on it goes to another level.A true classic driving song,especially for us truckers
Nice, I want to check it out!
I doubt that there is an Australian that doesn't know this song. Enjoying you're reactions man.
Thank you!
I was smiling with you all along; it brings me so much joy when people get to hear the music we grew up with for the first time especially Barnsey or Cold Chisel.
Awesome! I can't wait to hear more!
Yep,spot on Cari👍
I found this out when I lived in the UK ( '90-'93).
I remember thinking ..you mob have no clue às to the Aussie bands you're missing out on. Sooo much more music to listen to🤘🤘 like Cold Chisel,the Angels,Divinyls,Midnight Oil,Spy vs Spy,Men At Work,Hoodoo Gurus....add to the list.
Poor bastards 😩🤣
..but finally they're getting to really appreciate how bloody good 🇦🇺 bands were LIVE!
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The song was actually written by Canadian Jonathan Cain, a member of the early80s band Journey,. Both him and fellow Journey member Neil Schon played in Jimmys band in the late 80s-early 90s. If you have head of country singer Reba Macentire, she does a lame basic carbon copy of the song after Jimmys version was largely ignored in the US. Its an Aussie anthem...play it anywhere in the world and somewhere an Aussie will scream out the words..
Love Jimmy, and love watching your reactions. You need to look at Cold Chisel too.
Thank you, I will be doing some tomorrow, hopefully!
Weve been rocking our butts off to this for 30 years. Its so cool seeing you hear this for the first time. So many great Australian stuff for you to hear
I can't wait to hear it all!
Brilliant!!! Bought this album when I was seventeen in Australia 👍🤜🤛🥰. BTW your such a lovely bloke 😘
Proud Aussie here 🎉 and this is still an anthem, we can’t help but blast this song and sing at the top of our lungs! This, and Khe Sanh is another, not sure if you’ve done that one yet!
We all grew up listening to this music & I`m glad you are discovering & enjoying it now. Georges comment below is a good one with Tina Turner & Jimmy 👍Also Jimmy Barnes & INXS `Good Times` is great too.
My head was bumping from the first time I heard it and it's still rocking . I am 55
Yep, jamming to it in our cars in the 80’s when it came out and at every Aussie bbq since
Jimmy and his original band "Cold Chisel" are perhaps the kings of Aussie "pub rock" anthems. (Interesting you make the Springsteen connection as I feel Cold Chisel's "Khe Sahn" is the Aussie equivalent to "Born in the USA") The thing with these "anthems" is you don't sit down to learn them they are learnt by "osmosis". They are the background music at pubs and parties and still get just enough radio airplay to burrow in to the brain. My kids, 17 and 21, weren't even born when these songs came out and yet, somehow, know every word.
Comedian Adam Hills has a very funny video where he sings our national anthem to the tune of "Working Class Man" and it lifts it immeasurably.
Thanks for the Adam Hill referral. Love it.
If you like this one you will love Driving Wheels! Another great classic Jimmy Barnes Song.
Great reaction channel! And thanks for reacting to so many Aussie artists! More Jimmy reactions if you can: I’d die to be with you tonight, Too much ain’t enough, No second Prize, Make it last all night 😀
Used for the movie Working Class Man. Try when he was with the group Cold Chisel especially the song Khe Sanh. Bee Gees used to perform in Aussie pubs and clubs when they were kids. Fights would break out and then they'd applaud the kids. Barry and Mo said Aussies are the only people they've seen fight sitting down...moving the beer to the side before throwing a punch, of course.
Lol! That would have been an incredible scene to witness!
So glad you're tapping into our Aussie legends ! Jimmy Barnes is originally a rocker, years before going solo. The band he was in is Cold Chisel, a pub band. Check out, Cold Chisel, You've got nothing I want
g'day mate, Jimmy is an Aussie legend, I'm 55 and have grown with Jimmy, this is a cane cutters song, sugar cane burning in the background from 1980's
Sung at many a BBQ here in Aus..lol travel well over all these years. In this clip they are farming Sugar cane. Our farmers are doing it tough first draught then fires now floods. But we breed then tough in The Land Down Under. Great reaction Texas
Thank you! A great song!
I was in Texas for a month in 2018 and can confirm that it is VERY similar to the Northern Territory and Queensland. Felt like driving through home (I’m from the NT). I stayed in Austin mostly and the people were so friendly.
I'm glad they treated you with kindness, as a general statement that is how most Texans are!
Hey Megan. Me too. #Territorian
This is one of the songs that’s sung at closing time at the pub! Awesome.. you will have to come down under one day.
I hope I can! I know I would love it!!
Awesome choice to react to. I think I remember this song being the closing song in Michael Keaton's 1986 movie Gung Ho (Working Class Man in Oz) in the 80s about a Car Factory.
Midnight Oil is another hard hitting Australian rock band with a conscience and a message.
Nice! Any recommendations to start out with? Thank you!
@@Texas_Love Midnight Oil has a lot of great songs. A video that I would first recommend is, 'Stand In Line,' filmed LIVE in 1985 in Sydney Harbour on Goat Island. The drummer, Rob Hirst's intro, is powerful. Other songs recommended are : 'Beds Are Burning', 'Blue Sky Mine', 'Power and Passion', 'King Of the Mountain', and there are many more ...They are a dynamic group and their lead singer, Peter Garrett, is very interesting!
@@Texas_Love Beds are Burning would be my recommendation. Followed by Power and the Passion.
Yes... driving round in our cars and this blasting on a Friday and Saturday night and every other time driving round... luv all of his songs.
Keep em coming, and they will subscribe 💯 ❤️🔥
You guys are so cool, thank you!
This is what we would call (when I was young - I am about same age as Jimmy) Pub Rock - grew up with Jimmy - love him - my favorite singer. His band 'Cold Chisel' or Jimmy never really went the US scene - I know they met with US labels early but they more or less wanted to change who they were and image and all - but to them it was always being true to their music and themselves - They wrote and released a song ( a great song) after called 'You got nothin I want' - you should check it out
I was in Australia at this time 1981 to 1997 it was the best time for me in my life 😍😍😍
FYI, Barnesy grew up in Adelaide, sister city to Austin, Tx. I visited in 1986, to commemorate our common sesquicentennial year.
Never again. Once was enough.
It was real simple to work out why Cold Chisel, already broken up, never went over in the U.S.
Yep, we were driving around with that song blasting. Jimmy's voice is wild. ☮️
Fun fact: he actually stood in front of burning sugar cane and while he was filming, all the snakes etc were running out of the field and freaking him and the crew out lol. He was trying to dodge fleeing snakes while filming lol.... yes, it's a classic over here. Everyone knows the words..
That's wild!
Officially my Bruvva.
Just watched 4 of your reactions to John 'n Jimmy in a row and ya take on Texans 'n Aussies.....
Spot on.
Instant subscription
Looking forward to more
ESPECIALLY to Cold Chisel
Bow River(live performance!! )
Bow River is coming up on Friday! Can't wait, thank you, my friend!
I still drive around banging this song out now.
This track was a massive hit here in Oz and was the track in a movie 'Gung Ho', released in Australia and New Zealand as 'Working Class Man', starring Michael Keaton.
God, I've been rockin out to Jimmy Barnes since the late 70"s! I'm 66 now, so is Jimmy! But here I am very often listening still and watching people discover him for the first time! Unbelievable! He is a true legend❤️
It was actually covered in the country charts in the US. Not a fan lol but there was a cover version by Lacy Jay Dalton
The filmclip was filmed in the Port Kembla Steelworks in Wollongong, Australia. My late grandfather worked there from the early 60's and my dad worked there from the mid 80's, so I just think about them both when listening to this. Fantastic song
Your reaction is spot on mate, plenty of windows down head banging stuff, was a great concert too
That was filmed at Port Kemlba Steelworks. In front of the BOS. Thats where my dad, brother and myself worked. No chance due to safety would they allow that now.
I bet you guys are proud, I would be!! That's awesome!
Aussie iconic song. You know when he took on this solo approach he was in the states and got approached at his home by Eddie Van Halen personally to join van Halen after Dave left. Jimmy politely turned him down. He was approached again when sammy left but the contact never quite happened. True story.
Remember rocking out and getting drunk to this in my last year of highschool ,
"WAS" nah still am lol I just finished a 5 hour drive up the Australian east coast going home. This came on and it's amazing where your thoughts take you. I was tapping away on my steering wheel whilst surrounded by the big rigs on the highway...the working class men pounding the tar to get their loads to wherever. Near home seeing farmers ploughing fields. Then a huge smile enveloped me as I watched a wife jump up and give her farmer/ husband a kiss up on his tractor in the mist of the early morning. Cows going in for milking and shops opening their doors. All this with the working class man in my thoughts and Jimmy pumping my eardrums in my car. Life as we know it here in Oz. This song will always be a reminder of those who are the backbone in every country. This is a song that will never age ! Loved it decades ago when released and still loving it !
this is awesome ! thanks for reacting buddy : )
Such an enjoyable reaction. Don't miss Jimmy and Tina Turner doing "Simply The Best" together.
I heard it today! Certified great song!
He is a legend and the Springsteen comparison is a good one. He was approached by Eddie VanHalen to join the band after Dave Lee Roth left but said it wasn’t for him at the time.
You know you are the man if Van Halen calls you up! Awesome!
this song does not get old.
You gotta watch a live version … he was a lead singer in cold chisel too if you haven’t seen them check it out, also John Farnham, Johnny Diesel, guy Sebastian and midnight oil and silver chair
Please do Bow River by cold chisel the live version, it’s a great song. Cold Chisel Is Jimmy band all very talented band
That song featured in an early 80s Michael Keaton movie. The movie was called Workng Class Man in australia and in the US it was called Gung-Ho I think.
there was a movie called working class man with Michael Keaton in America it was called Gung Ho !!
Just looked through the comments and no one has mentioned 'Flame Trees' or 'Saturday Night'. Please put them on your list. Thanks Texas
This song was userd for a late 80$ movie called working class man staring Michael Keaton I'm an Aussie tradie ( Carpenter we are called chippys in oz)and I still crank the volume in the car. Warm greetings and best wishes mate from Queensland Australia 😃 PS please check out theLAST FRONTIER from Jimmy s BARNESTORMING ALBUM LIVE
I will for sure! 🤜🤛
Hi mate! This song was used as a soundtrack to a 1980s Michael Keaton flick called Gung-Ho
All stand for the Australian Anthem …
I'm Aussie and say no to your comment bro...
If you like contact sports, check out " what is AFL ". You'll love it, it's Australias biggest sport
Also the newer video introduction named, "A beginners Guide To Australian Football'.
@@barnowl5774 I haven't seen that one, I'll have to check it out myself
@@barnowl5774 just watched it mate, so much better, more comprehensive than the original
@@davidburnett93 Yes, I agree.
From your first comment on your "When Something is Wrong with My Baby" reaction, I knew you were a Jimmy Barnes fan (you just didn't realise it yet). Welcome to the club. 😁
Glad to be a member, thank you!
@@Texas_Love you'll really like Cold Chisel too. Suggest doing 'Wild Thing' from the Last Stand (early 80s) or Bow River (2003) - both are live versions and be prepared to be absolutely blown away. I think Bow River is the Ringside tour. Others will confirm. 😊
Salute to Barnsey❤ Sending Anzac Pride to the Aussie Great, And all the blue collar ,working men and women out there☝️☝️🇳🇿🇳🇿🤛✌️✌️🇦🇺🇦🇺
Mate I love how your reactions to our Aussie singers are sincere and measured, glad you get our music 👍
This is one of those songs that makes you proud to be an Aussie. Our country really got its identity from hard work on the land and mateship.
Love you discovering Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes. If you want to know if any Australians are around listen to Khe San by Cold Chisel - an unofficial anthem.
FYI …..The background fire in this video is the burning of sugar cane before harvest in far North Queensland. Still is done the same way today.
The piano part of this song was written by guy from Journey responsible for 'Don't Stop Believin''
Still jam to this in my car . Never gets old.😄
My favourite song sung by Jimmy is Star Hotel by Cold Chisel. Such a great feel.
Also check out a great 8Os pub rock band called v Spy v Spy who released a heap of great songs and albums.
I'll accept the Springsteen comparison, or a better Mellencamp would also be accepted for Jimmy Barnes. You should definitely try Run to Paradise by The Choirboys. Now there's an 80s Australian rock anthem.
This song was released in 1985. The CD I had when I got my licence two years later was played everyday. I use to drive my Dad to work with Jimmy's music playing so so loud ...poor Dad. Still laugh about it now...
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Yes it was and still is was actually on radio today
Jimmy and john where both apprentices trades one a plumber other electrician
Makes you wounder how much more talent out their
Cheers mate for your service even if in states
Most of us respect our vets we have a special day for them
It's called Anzac day so you might be interested in looking that up
We have the day off to celebrate what they sacrifice for the country most get up at dawn and go to memorials or rsl clubs
To pay respect as a military guy you may be interested
Thank you! I will look in to it, I know many vets that do not want to admit it and are overly humble, but most of us do feel really good when someone acknowledges our military journey and the ups and downs that come with it!
And that fire was real and getting a bit too hot and close for comfort at the end there ❤
I live in the Northern Territory - where Crocodile Dundee was set, and look - it's not a stereotype.
From the ages 5-8 or so I remember me and my brother always saying "that's not a knife" all the time lol🤣 Crocodile Dundee was and still is the man! My aunt was always saying how good looking he was lol
Barnesy is an Australian Legion 💯
It was used as a theme song to movie "Working Class Man" with Michael Keaton . I think its at the end of the movie.
A definite rock anthem here
It was also used as the theme song for the Michael Keaton movie of the same name
This song was the Center piece of a Ron Howard film in the eighties called Gung Ho. In Aus the film was renamed Working Class Man
Bruz as a session muso myself, when we play this song 90% of the time, we can't even hear ourselves over the crowd cause their singing this so loud 🤘🏽🤘🏽
Nice!!!!!
Second fav Barnsey solo song after Lay Down Your Guns
Khe San. About coming back, mentally lost, from the Vietnam War ( yes, Australia fought there too. An alarming number of Americans are oblivious to the fact)
This song was also used on the soundtrack of a movie, "Working Class Man" in 1986. Starring Michael Keaton
You got that right, in the late 80's I'd pick up my 2 best friends in the car (I was the only one with a provisional licence), we'd grab a pizza and 2L bottle of coke, put Cold Chisel in the cassette deck and just drive around our area, laughing... trivia about this video as well.... that is sugar cane being burned off... and apparently whilst they were filming.. all the snakes were coming out of the fields lmao...... they had to be careful x
Another legendary Aussie group (besides ACDC) is Midnight Oil. They had one hit in the US with Beds are Burning. However, please check out US Forces and Dead Heart
A working class guy enjoying a song about the working class
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I pretty sure at least 80% of Australians know every word to this song. Barnsy is a god amongst men 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Jimmy Barnes & his band Cold Chisel were, & still are huge in this Country ( Australia.) The band were incredibly talented artist's, check out Bow River one of their best.
I loved Bow River!!!
This song was an anthem - still is really.
Love it. You should check out Joe Banamasa and Beth Hart they are FIRE!!!!
Jimmy Barnes is to Australia, as Bruce Springsteen is to USA
The most powerful pure blues/rock with the most incredible range of all time.