It's grey right now in Hobart, and it rained heavily last night. Sydney has also been having heavy storms. I have been walking along the beach, which is a short walk from where I live in Hobart and it's been quite warm. However, the weather changes from day to day, so there isn't a consistent feeling of summer around here... Let's see how it goes for the rest of the year. Great seeing Aussie Crawl on here again. They look like they had a good time the night before....
I'm just in the process of buying a house next to the beach. One thing is guaranteed. At this time of year, the wind will be cold and biting over here.
@@colrhodes377 Contgratulations on the purchase! I found the move to Hobart and having a beach view has been positive. It can get cold over here in Hobart, because we are about 5000km from the antartic. There's been heavy winds, and constant rain, as well as, good summers. I found the change to be positive.
@OnceWasRStrathfield I was over at the new house last the weekend, and the wavesf battering, the sea wall coming over, crashing, it was absolutely exhilarating
How can you not like Elvis? You should do a reaction to Unchained Melody from his last appearance live, his health deteriorating badly, in pain, strong out on prescription drugs yet nails the song! Makes me cry every time I see it.
Yep Christmas in Australia its 4.00 pm and 38c or 100.4 Fahrenheit today up in North QLD they had Tropical Cyclone Jasper wind and lots of rain it will be a hot one this year. Peace out.
Australian Crawl's ''Santa Claus Is Back In Town'' appeared on Countdown on the 12th of December, 1982. A year prior, the band performed ''Lakeside'' and ''Oh No, Not You Again'' on Countdown on the 13th of December, 1981. I never noticed till now that there had been a year in between both CD appearances, and it's amusing that ''Lakeside'' just happen to be the previous Aus. Crawl song that the Haniers reviewed. Both songs and their respective Countdown appearances do bring back memories of the Christmas season of '81 and '82. The excitement of heading to Sydney in Dec/Jan of both years and the general feeling of Christmas. For me, 1982 was the year I completed my HSC. Out of school and off to attend a new thing called ''schoolies'' at the Gold Coast. University was just around corner. Anyway, I do like this Aussie Crawl song just a little more than the Elvis one. The execution is what I like. It's just fun rock music. Perhaps a little sloppy and slack, but who cares? If you're in a pub and drunk, Aussie Crawl's version is going to be a lot more fun than Elvis's version. No two ways about it. Cheers, Hayley
OH my God!!! I remember Australian Crawl doing this song! I thought they were being dags! And James Reyne !!! He really looks like he doesn't want to be at that Countdown created beach. ''Thank you James'' says Gavin Wood as James Reyne looking pissed off. I love it! My vote's for Aussie Crawl. Not because I'm Aussie, of course not... I just love how half the band look like they couldn't be bothered standing up.. ha ha ha
James Reyne was a bad liar. He could never pretend how he felt. I remember him telling me how much he hated being in Aussie Crawl, and that the sooner he was out of the band, the better. That was during the time they were paying off their debts after their last album flopped. James Reyne and the boys were probably nursing hangovers when they did that shonky performance. But I also love it...
@@robrichards585 No! He was cool. I mean, he snarled and curled his lip as he whinged about Aussie Crawl and their debts, but he was quite nice. He's always been a nice, grinning type of guy. I don't know what he's like now though.. 🤷♀
@@robrichards585 Oh my! That's very unprofessional of him. It was actualy painful to read that. That is quite shitty of him to tell the crowd to buy the record. The only other performer I read about saying that was Elvis Costello. He snarled at the crowd to buy his first album after they were yelling out song titles that were on his debut. He hadn't yet released the 2nd album. Such arrogance!
@@robrichards585 Oooh! 😲😶🌫 I only meant that they weren't standing up because they were tired!!!! I'm too innocent and small town Brisbane to think anything beyond that! 🤠 I thought Beasts Of Bourbon's ''Chase The Dragon'' was literally about chasing dragons or following Marc Hunter's old band around the country. 😭 Think of the children!
Quick Hayley... Get a pen and paper.. it's time to vote for our favourites in Australian musics!!! You vote for The Church and I'll vote for Goanna! Ha, ha - We were in the studio when Joan Jett And The Blackhearts performed and hosted the show, and we were both indifferent to Australian Crawl doing ''Santa Claus Is Back In Town''. Forty one years later, and I actually have more of a liking for Aussie Crawl's version. Elvis's version has that warmth of familiarity, and does make for a nice background tune with family. But Ozzie Crawl's pub rock take and the reappropriation of the words (ie; ''sun'' instead of ''snow'') is what I know. It's shamelessly cheesy and not to be taken seriously, and I love seeing the Countdown competition announcement, because that really does take me back to December of 1982. It was important for us to vote for our favourite performers of each catagory. Don't know if it made a difference to anybody's career, but at least some artists got to take home a Countdown Award trophy. That was quite thrilling.
I voted for Icehouse that year. I'm like you Gillian. I had an irrational hatred towards Austraian Crawl, but I loved ''Reckless''. I never thought of this cover at the time, and 41 years later, my feeling hasn't changed. Joan Jett looked really hot. I saw her and the band at the Capital Theatre in Sydney. She was great!
@@VanessaSun-ls2kr lol.. I was just about to say!!! I never hated Australian Crawl. I think I met every member of the band at various times. I even offended/annoyed Guy McDonough when I asked him why he didn't look like his brother, Bill. He snarled something like ''You think we got different Dads or something?''. I was only 14.. I didn't know it was a question to be taken seriously. I saw Joan Jett And The Blackhearts at the Festival Hall. She was great!!!
@@iankearns774 That's my favourite song by them. I could listen to it on an endless loop while doing aerobics. Downhearted and Boys Light Up makes me want to fall asleep.
Well, I'm gonna have to go for Aussie Crawl, aren't I? They're in my location, they're from my time period, and they're singing about the Christmas that I know. I was an Aussie Crawl hater as a kid, but they're singing about the Chrismases I love the most, and that's a sunny Christmas in Australia. I had a few snowy Christmases in England, but the happiest ones were in Oz.
Rod Richards comment about “ Give me Aussie bands over foreign bands every day of the week “ explains everything you need to know about the obvious schism in here that I find quite depressing tbh… no matter genre or songwriting and performing skills or nationality ? “ Aussie bands over foreign bands “.. I’m hoping that view is unique to Rod and not all our Southern Hemisphere cousins .. but attitudes like his get right up my kilt tbh .. 🎤drop 👍🏴
Rod also tells a story of walking out of a solo gig by James Reyne (Oz Crawl's singer) with 50 others. I'm sure if you asked him or the other 50 who'd they'd rather.... James or a competent foreign act, they'd opt for the latter on that particular night. goatslunch6991 comments on Oz Crawl's quality as a live band wasn't flattering either. Wouldn't take it so seriously, mate. I think most of us can relate to Aus. Crawl's crude rendition. The band were probably as shitfaced recording it as they were performing it on Countdown. Nobody in their right mind thinks Aussie Crawl's version is actually good..
@@kaitlynbatt_ you speak a lot of sense Kaitlyn and have reaffirmed my belief that there’s reasonable and decent folk in every part of the world … maybe I should aspire to now be reasonable and decent myself 😆 Cheers for that 👌 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I'm an American that's lived in Australia for almost 45 years. So, you're not taking this from a raging Australian patriot or an ardent Aussie Crawl fan. For a little while in the 70's and 80's, Australia had this amazing live music scene. Australian Crawl weren't even one of the great live bands. Divinyls, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, The Radiators, The Angels, The Saints, Radio Birdman and Rose Tattoo were just killer live bands, putting in 110% in every gig and giving us value for money. I don't agree with the ''foreign band'' comment, because there were plenty of mediocre local bands that could have learned a thing or two from The Clash or The Stranglers or Dead Kennedys. But nobody could top The Angels or Midnight Oil on even an average night in the early to mid 80's. That's why bands like The Kinks put limits on The Angels when they were supporing them on their US tour. Ray Davies placed tapemarkers on the stage and told The Angels that they'd be fired if they stepped out of the taped barriers. They were proving to be a difficult act to follow. Australia also had very large pubs that shocked bands like XTC. They couldn't believe the sizes of the pubs and the seating capacity. There were also horrible venues that would pack a crowd of a 1000 that could only legally hold 300. Clubs and venues would run all night and all day, and a band could work seven nights a week, doing two to three shows each day. That's why that guy said he rather Aussie bands over foreign bands. I've seen a lot of ''foreign bands'' in and outside Australia, and I stand by the fact that many of Aussie bands were killing them in the 80's. The audience wouldn't put up with less because there were other bands to see. It was a new and ferocious country when I first visited.
@@RedRedGuitars-nq5gs thank you for that RRG , what I take from that was that you don’t agree with the “ Aussie bands over foreign bands any day of the week “ , not because there weren’t great live bands to see , in great venues , but because it was a redneck , xenophobic , insular and ultimately embarrassing thing to say ! Have I got that right RRG or am I subliminally projecting cos it’s not the first time Rod has opened his yap like a modern day Sir Les Patterson and played up to a stereotype of Australian men that doesn’t actually exist outside of his front gate . Maybe it’s the latter in all honesty .. cheers for that genuine and realistic assessment RRD , I personally am always happy to learn and be educated about other countries and you have a special insight in that arrived from overseas , much appreciated sir ✊ 👍🏴
I would have said Elvis if you had asked me at the time Ozzie Crawl did their version. But nowadays I rather something I can relate to, and Oz Crawl's never-too-serious, easy going approach to this song is just that. The sun is beating down (on Christmas) .. I know that all too well. ✔for the boys from Mornington Peninsula.
I’d have said Australian Crawl if I hadnt seen the video or looked at some of the comments from the folk who knew this band quite well and are more equipped to critique with reason and experience on their side .. that being said , Elvis’s rendition is tired and insincere to my ears .. so I’ll sit this one out today . However , I will say I’m shocked at the anti-Elvis vibe going on , there’s no doubting whatsoever his standing and place in the pantheon of R n R greats and it’s somewhat of a disappointment to me to see how casually he is dismissed in general in here today … wow .. okay ! I should say I’m not a particular fan of his style or music but I recognise his legacy .. nuff said 🎤drop 👍🏴
Seems some think we'll barrack an Aussie act no matter what. That's been an accusation since we discovered our own accent. it's just the devil-may-care smirk on James Reyne's face, and the ''who gives a f*ck'' look on basplayer, Paul Williams, that's won me over. They all look like they're in need of rest after a big year of touring and recording in America and near drug busts. Gotta love the 80's!
Elvis is good for its time and place, and I don't think Aussie Crawl's version is all that awful. Just sounds like a pub band doing that big sound in the 80's. They've had better songs, but this is a b-side to the Runaway Girls single.. This wasn't a make or break for the band. Go easy!
It's grey right now in Hobart, and it rained heavily last night. Sydney has also been having heavy storms. I have been walking along the beach, which is a short walk from where I live in Hobart and it's been quite warm. However, the weather changes from day to day, so there isn't a consistent feeling of summer around here... Let's see how it goes for the rest of the year.
Great seeing Aussie Crawl on here again. They look like they had a good time the night before....
Melbourne isn't faring much better. 😐
@@liveitup67 lol, I know! What's going on? Such a bummer of a summer so far.
I'm just in the process of buying a house next to the beach. One thing is guaranteed. At this time of year, the wind will be cold and biting over here.
@@colrhodes377 Contgratulations on the purchase! I found the move to Hobart and having a beach view has been positive. It can get cold over here in Hobart, because we are about 5000km from the antartic. There's been heavy winds, and constant rain, as well as, good summers. I found the change to be positive.
@OnceWasRStrathfield I was over at the new house last the weekend, and the wavesf battering, the sea wall coming over, crashing, it was absolutely exhilarating
How can you not like Elvis? You should do a reaction to Unchained Melody from his last appearance live, his health deteriorating badly, in pain, strong out on prescription drugs yet nails the song! Makes me cry every time I see it.
Yep Christmas in Australia its 4.00 pm and 38c or 100.4 Fahrenheit today up in North QLD they had Tropical Cyclone Jasper wind and lots of rain it will be a hot one this year. Peace out.
Australian Crawl's ''Santa Claus Is Back In Town'' appeared on Countdown on the 12th of December, 1982. A year prior, the band performed ''Lakeside'' and ''Oh No, Not You Again'' on Countdown on the 13th of December, 1981. I never noticed till now that there had been a year in between both CD appearances, and it's amusing that ''Lakeside'' just happen to be the previous Aus. Crawl song that the Haniers reviewed.
Both songs and their respective Countdown appearances do bring back memories of the Christmas season of '81 and '82. The excitement of heading to Sydney in Dec/Jan of both years and the general feeling of Christmas.
For me, 1982 was the year I completed my HSC. Out of school and off to attend a new thing called ''schoolies'' at the Gold Coast. University was just around corner.
Anyway, I do like this Aussie Crawl song just a little more than the Elvis one. The execution is what I like. It's just fun rock music. Perhaps a little sloppy and slack, but who cares? If you're in a pub and drunk, Aussie Crawl's version is going to be a lot more fun than Elvis's version. No two ways about it.
Cheers,
Hayley
OH my God!!! I remember Australian Crawl doing this song! I thought they were being dags! And James Reyne !!! He really looks like he doesn't want to be at that Countdown created beach. ''Thank you James'' says Gavin Wood as James Reyne looking pissed off. I love it! My vote's for Aussie Crawl. Not because I'm Aussie, of course not... I just love how half the band look like they couldn't be bothered standing up.. ha ha ha
James Reyne was a bad liar. He could never pretend how he felt. I remember him telling me how much he hated being in Aussie Crawl, and that the sooner he was out of the band, the better. That was during the time they were paying off their debts after their last album flopped. James Reyne and the boys were probably nursing hangovers when they did that shonky performance. But I also love it...
shonky performance of ''Santa'' song on Countdown.
@@robrichards585 No! He was cool. I mean, he snarled and curled his lip as he whinged about Aussie Crawl and their debts, but he was quite nice. He's always been a nice, grinning type of guy. I don't know what he's like now though.. 🤷♀
@@robrichards585 Oh my! That's very unprofessional of him. It was actualy painful to read that. That is quite shitty of him to tell the crowd to buy the record. The only other performer I read about saying that was Elvis Costello. He snarled at the crowd to buy his first album after they were yelling out song titles that were on his debut. He hadn't yet released the 2nd album. Such arrogance!
@@robrichards585 Oooh! 😲😶🌫 I only meant that they weren't standing up because they were tired!!!!
I'm too innocent and small town Brisbane to think anything beyond that! 🤠
I thought Beasts Of Bourbon's ''Chase The Dragon'' was literally about chasing dragons or following Marc Hunter's old band around the country. 😭 Think of the children!
I'll go with Elvis on this one, though I do like Australian Crawl. First heard them in 1979 on my second visit to Australia.
you got to hear a bit of Mondo Rock's Summer Of 81 at the end of the Oz Crawl clip. Great song. Worthy a reaction.
Quick Hayley... Get a pen and paper.. it's time to vote for our favourites in Australian musics!!! You vote for The Church and I'll vote for Goanna!
Ha, ha - We were in the studio when Joan Jett And The Blackhearts performed and hosted the show, and we were both indifferent to Australian Crawl doing ''Santa Claus Is Back In Town''. Forty one years later, and I actually have more of a liking for Aussie Crawl's version. Elvis's version has that warmth of familiarity, and does make for a nice background tune with family. But Ozzie Crawl's pub rock take and the reappropriation of the words (ie; ''sun'' instead of ''snow'') is what I know. It's shamelessly cheesy and not to be taken seriously, and I love seeing the Countdown competition announcement, because that really does take me back to December of 1982. It was important for us to vote for our favourite performers of each catagory. Don't know if it made a difference to anybody's career, but at least some artists got to take home a Countdown Award trophy.
That was quite thrilling.
I voted for Icehouse that year. I'm like you Gillian. I had an irrational hatred towards Austraian Crawl, but I loved ''Reckless''. I never thought of this cover at the time, and 41 years later, my feeling hasn't changed. Joan Jett looked really hot. I saw her and the band at the Capital Theatre in Sydney. She was great!
I'm like you that I have lightened up with Aussie Crawl over the years... but boy, did I hate that band when I was a teen.
@@VanessaSun-ls2kr lol.. I was just about to say!!! I never hated Australian Crawl. I think I met every member of the band at various times. I even offended/annoyed Guy McDonough when I asked him why he didn't look like his brother, Bill. He snarled something like ''You think we got different Dads or something?''. I was only 14.. I didn't know it was a question to be taken seriously. I saw Joan Jett And The Blackhearts at the Festival Hall. She was great!!!
@@VanessaSun-ls2kr If you ever have trouble sleeping, an endless loop of Reckless will do the job. You will be snoring within minutes.
@@iankearns774 That's my favourite song by them. I could listen to it on an endless loop while doing aerobics. Downhearted and Boys Light Up makes me want to fall asleep.
My lengthy and even handed critique has disappeared .. again 🤷♂️
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And now it’s back .. what’s going on ? 🤷♂️
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I'm not a bif Elvis fan but my Dad was. I preferred Bill Haley or Buddy Holly.
We're right there with you on that. Elvis' style never met our ears right.
@@hanierfamily He had a ccouple of OK songs but he seemed to be Popular enough.
👏👏👏 I'm with you brother
Well, I'm gonna have to go for Aussie Crawl, aren't I? They're in my location, they're from my time period, and they're singing about the Christmas that I know. I was an Aussie Crawl hater as a kid, but they're singing about the Chrismases I love the most, and that's a sunny Christmas in Australia. I had a few snowy Christmases in England, but the happiest ones were in Oz.
You guys not liking Elvis Presley just shows what good taste in music you have
Rod Richards comment about “ Give me Aussie bands over foreign bands every day of the week “ explains everything you need to know about the obvious schism in here that I find quite depressing tbh… no matter genre or songwriting and performing skills or nationality ? “ Aussie bands over foreign bands “.. I’m hoping that view is unique to Rod and not all our Southern Hemisphere cousins .. but attitudes like his get right up my kilt tbh .. 🎤drop
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Rod also tells a story of walking out of a solo gig by James Reyne (Oz Crawl's singer) with 50 others. I'm sure if you asked him or the other 50 who'd they'd rather.... James or a competent foreign act, they'd opt for the latter on that particular night. goatslunch6991 comments on Oz Crawl's quality as a live band wasn't flattering either.
Wouldn't take it so seriously, mate. I think most of us can relate to Aus. Crawl's crude rendition. The band were probably as shitfaced recording it as they were performing it on Countdown. Nobody in their right mind thinks Aussie Crawl's version is actually good..
@@kaitlynbatt_ you speak a lot of sense Kaitlyn and have reaffirmed my belief that there’s reasonable and decent folk in every part of the world … maybe I should aspire to now be reasonable and decent myself 😆
Cheers for that 👌
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I'm an American that's lived in Australia for almost 45 years. So, you're not taking this from a raging Australian patriot or an ardent Aussie Crawl fan.
For a little while in the 70's and 80's, Australia had this amazing live music scene. Australian Crawl weren't even one of the great live bands. Divinyls, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, The Radiators, The Angels, The Saints, Radio Birdman and Rose Tattoo were just killer live bands, putting in 110% in every gig and giving us value for money. I don't agree with the ''foreign band'' comment, because there were plenty of mediocre local bands that could have learned a thing or two from The Clash or The Stranglers or Dead Kennedys. But nobody could top The Angels or Midnight Oil on even an average night in the early to mid 80's. That's why bands like The Kinks put limits on The Angels when they were supporing them on their US tour. Ray Davies placed tapemarkers on the stage and told The Angels that they'd be fired if they stepped out of the taped barriers. They were proving to be a difficult act to follow.
Australia also had very large pubs that shocked bands like XTC. They couldn't believe the sizes of the pubs and the seating capacity. There were also horrible venues that would pack a crowd of a 1000 that could only legally hold 300. Clubs and venues would run all night and all day, and a band could work seven nights a week, doing two to three shows each day. That's why that guy said he rather Aussie bands over foreign bands. I've seen a lot of ''foreign bands'' in and outside Australia, and I stand by the fact that many of Aussie bands were killing them in the 80's. The audience wouldn't put up with less because there were other bands to see. It was a new and ferocious country when I first visited.
@@RedRedGuitars-nq5gs Don't forget INXS. They were also really good live around 81 and 82.
@@RedRedGuitars-nq5gs thank you for that RRG , what I take from that was that you don’t agree with the “ Aussie bands over foreign bands any day of the week “ , not because there weren’t great live bands to see , in great venues , but because it was a redneck , xenophobic , insular and ultimately embarrassing thing to say !
Have I got that right RRG or am I subliminally projecting cos it’s not the first time Rod has opened his yap like a modern day Sir Les Patterson and played up to a stereotype of Australian men that doesn’t actually exist outside of his front gate .
Maybe it’s the latter in all honesty .. cheers for that genuine and realistic assessment RRD , I personally am always happy to learn and be educated about other countries and you have a special insight in that arrived from overseas , much appreciated sir ✊
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Actually I'm shocked by myself, I'm far from an Elvis Presley fan, but on this occasion I preferred his version very slightly.
Well then, how about Elvis Presley vs. The Vandals - Heartbreak Hotel. The Vandels' covers are usually parodies, so you might like that👍👍
I would have said Elvis if you had asked me at the time Ozzie Crawl did their version. But nowadays I rather something I can relate to, and Oz Crawl's never-too-serious, easy going approach to this song is just that. The sun is beating down (on Christmas) .. I know that all too well. ✔for the boys from Mornington Peninsula.
Like the piano playing in the Elvis one and liked the guitar playing in he Aussie Crawl one. Neither singing really did anything for me.
Aussie Crawl paying homage to Elvis, cant remember ever seeing this. Christmas 12 bar blues I guess, both ok but prefer the Crawls vesrion a bit more.
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I’d have said Australian Crawl if I hadnt seen the video or looked at some of the comments from the folk who knew this band quite well and are more equipped to critique with reason and experience on their side .. that being said , Elvis’s rendition is tired and insincere to my ears .. so I’ll sit this one out today .
However , I will say I’m shocked at the anti-Elvis vibe going on , there’s no doubting whatsoever his standing and place in the pantheon of R n R greats and it’s somewhat of a disappointment to me to see how casually he is dismissed in general in here today … wow .. okay !
I should say I’m not a particular fan of his style or music but I recognise his legacy .. nuff said 🎤drop
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Seems some think we'll barrack an Aussie act no matter what. That's been an accusation since we discovered our own accent.
it's just the devil-may-care smirk on James Reyne's face, and the ''who gives a f*ck'' look on basplayer, Paul Williams, that's won me over.
They all look like they're in need of rest after a big year of touring and recording in America and near drug busts. Gotta love the 80's!
Elvis is good for its time and place, and I don't think Aussie Crawl's version is all that awful. Just sounds like a pub band doing that big sound in the 80's. They've had better songs, but this is a b-side to the Runaway Girls single.. This wasn't a make or break for the band. Go easy!
I hate to say it, but Elvis all the way. That just shows how much I hated the Australia Crawl cover. I can't stand Elvis.
James reyne is great 👍 but Elvis Presley 🤢🤮
There was a time when music was all shook up by Elvis but then he became part of all that was wrong with music. They're both dreadful versions.
I'm sorry but i can't stand Elvis Presley so I'm just going to hit the thumbs up and out of here