Pub rock is the initiation phase for all Aussie bands. If you make it through that, you’ve proven yourself as the real deal. Australians respect bands who can play live and the pubs are just a stepping stone to large arenas. It’s a very different culture to that of the U.S. - bars and really nothing like pubs 😂 PS this was written by the band’s drummer, seen here on percussion, the late Steve Preswitch. He wrote a number of the band’s best songs, but the majority were written by the genius Don Walker (the sensible looking bloke on piano).
@@espereactions2 yes I know sorry lol but I meant more the pub culture of the country as a whole not whether or not they had pubs in the States😜 While most people love live music, no other country has the evolution of their music history via pub rock. There have been books written about it it’s fascinating. There’s a couple of documentaries on my page about it
Chisel started with Mossy, Jimmy joined in age 16 and a half. The last stand concert, they broke up, at their best, weren't wanting to give less. Try for Gergia from Mossy there. Got back together a few times. Jimmy and family went to France, John Farnam went to visit, they came back. John and Jimmy happened at John's concert, twas a surprise. Mossy is still performing solo. Tucker's Daughter, Telphone booth.
Pub Rock is actually more of a time frame than a genre. As in the UK, the 1970s was a great time for live entertainment in pubs and was the cradle that gave rise to the great blossoming of Aussie music of the 70s and 80s. The Pub rock genre is typically loud hard rock music such as ACDC but not always.
To be known as a pub rock band in Australia is a huge honour. I was lucky enough to see INXS, midnight oil and cold chisel in pubs in Australia. I especially remember seeing INXS in Sydney it was epic I was about 17 and was lucky to get in without getting asked for ID. All I remember about the night was that Michael the lead singer of INXS was brilliant and I got home about 9am the next day. My favourite duet with INXS is Jimmy barnes lead singer of cold chisel singing good times
@@espereactions2 INXS were brilliant..I also remember seeing Michael hutchence and fellow Australian singer Kylie Minogue walking hand in hand thru Sydney when they were dating. Both looked stunning!!
Hey Mate, love your reaction , saw this tour,backstage pass,ausome guys,check out " Bow River" at the same concert, one of Chisels favourite songs,especially live. Cheers Mate
A magnificent song, and this is one of my favourite versions. You can see how much it means to people. There is an earlier live version form a younger chisel as well. This song is really about relationships, not literally war.
Well, they're the GOAT. This was my favourite concert. The song is great and when that hot chic sings and cheers at the end, it gets me. There's real emotion there.
This whole concert (Live Ringside 2003) is a must watch. Bow River and Goodbye especially. You should also check out Johnny Diesel singing I've been loving you too long, the one where hes wearing a red shirt. one of my favourite Diesel performances
Everyone of roughly their age knew someone who was in Vietnam. And virtually none of them came out whole. Vast numbers of regular Australian soldiers who did tours of duty and who came home to young wives and had a child fairly soon after had some sort of problem arrive with that child. Thank you, Agent Orange...
Thanks heaps for the great reaction. This is what music is all about; such a great band with great front men in Ian and Jimmy both being world class singers. Great performance and great song 🎵 and this was recorded 2003
They are brilliant, aren't they? Every band member contributed to writing of Cold Chisel songs, although the guy on keys/piano player wrote most of them....In saying that, let's intruduce you to the band. On guitar and vocals, Ian Moss. Backing vocals (and my favourite singer..Jimmy Barnes who generally is their lead singer). Bass - Phil Small, keys - Don Walker, and the guy with the shaker/maracas (who wrote this song) was Steve Prestwich RIP on 16th January 2011 🕊 By the way they have had 5 number 1 albums, and it's hard to believe but it's been 40 years since The Last Stand concert and the year that they broke up in 1983, still at the top of their game. As you can see they reformed for later concerts. ❤❤❤❤
Its one of the reasons that Cold Chisel are so good...two lead singers with two different, contrasting but great voices who know how to complement each other...this performance is the perfect example. I think Jimmy is one of the most generous performers i've ever seen. He's an absolute star but he is just as happy taking a back seat singing back up vocals, and he does so without stealing the limelight. As for Ian Moss, talk about talented. He just put out a new solo album this year. This band drifts across so many different genres and they don't have a bad song. This band is virtually the definition of pub rock, which is more a culture, than a genre. The version of this song can be downloaded from Spotify. The album is called Ringside. It is a live album. The founder of the band was the piano player, Don Walker, and no members were in the Vietnam war.
Midnight Oil, INXS, AC/DC, Cold Chisel and many others began playing in the pubs. Australia was/is pub country, and back in the 70's, a lot of pubs were taking on bands. This proved to be profitable for the pubs, as it attracted young punters that wanted to Rock 'n' Roll. A lot of these bands also had the benefit of honing their craft and playing original material. Most of these bands would play up to 7 days a week, and would do 3 shows per day. Even unsigned bands could live on playing music alone. I really do think that the live Australian music scene was its own thing. It became a very important part of the cultural fabric and many groups progressed to becoming commercially successful. Bands like AC/DC had to be on their A-game, or they'd cop it sweet (look up the term if you don't understand it) from the audience if they didn't. There is a point where many of these bands achieved commercial success, and were simply too big to play pubs. INXS began as a pub band, but there is no way you can say that ''Need You Tonight'' is a pub song. Cold Chisel's first album is the most pub you're going to get from the band. There's a point where they also got too commercial to be a pub band. Midnight Oil also began in pubs, but is ''Beds Are Burning'' a pub song? Dooooon't think so! By the way, please remember the list of Cold Chisel clips I left you and use it at some point. They're the best quality Chisel clips on TH-cam. Cheers!
correction: 7 nights a week. Gioia is a channel that visits locations where legendary venues once stood and takes the viewer on a tour with photos and anecdotes.
Right on! I get it. It's just not a genre I've ever heard of. We have had many bands start out in local Boston Pubs/bars and clubs in Boston too. Aerosmith, J. Geils, Boston, Extreme, The Cars and much more. We just didn't have a genre named after it. Hell, why not "Beds are burning?" That's one of my favorite 80's tunes!
@@espereactions2 I know all those Boston groups. But Boston (the band) began as a project in Tom Scholz's basement? I read that they only became a band as the album was developing. Other Boston groups that spring to mind are Til Tuesday and Pixies. The term ''Pub Rock'' is shared by both the Australian and the British music scenes in the 70's. The British Pub Rock scene spawned Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Dr Feelgood, Nick Lowe and other acts that were toying with the American roots and Country genre in the early 70's, as well as, a raw British-ness. The results were very different to the Australian Pub Rock scene. The Aussie Pub scene was musically wide, but the scene could be wild and lawless, especially in the 70's. INXS came from the same road as AC/DC and Cold Chisel, and had to be pretty tough to play that crowd. And the pubs and venues could be quite large. The pub scene in Australia became something of an institution, and a lot of groups maintained careers just by staying at a pub level (even if they had hit singles on the charts). Pub Rock became too easy of a name to stamp on any old Aussie band and it can be a misnomer. I'm dubious to call ''Beds Are Burning'' a pub rock song. I think it's just become a rock standard. Maybe The Angels ''Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'' is a pub rock song.
The guy who wrote this song was the Cold Chisel drummer Steve Prestwich who died in 2011 and to mark the anniversary of his death on the 16th of this month Dr_KAP made a tribute video that i think you should check out
Personally by far prefer og Cold Chisel live version of this with Jimmy and Mossey on vocals to Jimmy and John version. Both are great but This is it for me.😂❤
Cold Chisel - Bow River (2003) m.th-cam.com/video/8XROTDWVgGs/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUTYm93IHJpdmVyIGxpdmUgMjAwMw%3D%3D This specific live performance is the best. You will also hear a harmonica play, like you have never heard before in your life.
Yes, When the War is over, it isn't a war song it's a song about breaking up song. The war is conflict in the relationship. If this is right up our all. Listen to: 1. Flametrees, 2. Water into Wine, and 3. 4 walls. They are all Cold Chisle song, but a little bit slower.
Pub rock is a real thing. Not degrading at all. It meant they played in small pub venues. Usually a small stage, a small dance floor in front, and a normal pub. Capacity maybe 500 tops. In parts of Sydney, there's a saying: "If you walk out your front door, look sideways and don't see a pub, look the other way".
What makes it a badge of honour, is imagine "your" band playing in such an arena. You either connect, and the crowd is fuelling you on, or you fall flat. It's like a "small comedy club". It makes or breaks you, and makes you *engage* people at a core level.
If you notice there was a wide democratics in audience Reason for pub bamd is the did their time and loved the crowds Because pub audience don't hold back they'll tell you what they think Jimmy used to sing in my home town Adelaide at largs pier At that time was ruff pub warfs and bike's by the end of night it was willing Jimmy be in the middle throwing hay makers if anything broke out You had to be good to survive to keep people following you Anything you want to know about their music and john Farnham Dr kap will know as she has a site dedicated to both of them even rare earlier stuff Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
The original version is amazing.. This is a very nice acoustic version, only done in the last few years.. Ian Moss has a beautiful baritone voice... R.I.P. Steve Prestwich... Rock On Brother \m/
Pub rock as a genre is as much a reference to the scene itself as it is to the music. Almost like the term “Motown”, but not quite the same thing. Most rock bands in the 70s and 80s came up through the pub rock scene. To me it’s not defamatory to call a band “pub rock”, but musically I get the point that as a description it doesn’t tell the whole story, especially for a band as diverse as Chisel.
@@espereactions2 there’s plenty. Even a lot of the lesser known bands released the odd banger that is now considered classic. Take The Choirboys “Run to Paradise” as an example.
I’m not sure, but I think the “war” is some relationship trouble or some outside trouble affecting a relationship. People can set me straight on that, please.
Kasey Chambers - Lose Yourself Aussie Country singer, that performs a very unique take on the Eminem classic and blows it away. Perhaps the best cover I have ever heard of any song. This is starting to go viral now, and for very good reason. Fans at the concert erupted at the performance, and Kasey took to Instagram asking fans for phone footage of the performance. This video was stitched together with that footage. Her father is on the slide guitar. m.th-cam.com/video/S70xek3x4ro/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUda2FzZXkgY2hhbWJlcnMgbG9zZSB5b3Vyc2VsZiA%3D
![By popular request!! FIRST reaction to Cold Chisel - When The War Is Over [LIVE] Just AMAZED!!](/img/n.gif)
Pub rock is the initiation phase for all Aussie bands. If you make it through that, you’ve proven yourself as the real deal. Australians respect bands who can play live and the pubs are just a stepping stone to large arenas. It’s a very different culture to that of the U.S. - bars and really nothing like pubs 😂 PS this was written by the band’s drummer, seen here on percussion, the late Steve Preswitch. He wrote a number of the band’s best songs, but the majority were written by the genius Don Walker (the sensible looking bloke on piano).
Gotcha. I would imagine most people love live music! I think they sound great live. Btw, Boston is full of "Pubs" mainly Irish Pubs.
@@espereactions2 yes I know sorry lol but I meant more the pub culture of the country as a whole not whether or not they had pubs in the States😜 While most people love live music, no other country has the evolution of their music history via pub rock. There have been books written about it it’s fascinating. There’s a couple of documentaries on my page about it
@@Dr_KAP You tell him Kappy. Use the cane if you have to...but leave the whipper snipper in the shed.
@@mrmockatoo6786 nah just friendly conversation Mocky, the guy seems interested in learning, and that’s what I’m here for 🤣
@@Dr_KAP ✔️🤣
Pub Rock is a genre of music in Oz.
Its very broad.
Cold Chisel are masters of it
Cold chisel, the band America refused to know.
True
Chisel started with Mossy, Jimmy joined in age 16 and a half. The last stand concert, they broke up, at their best, weren't wanting to give less. Try for Gergia from Mossy there. Got back together a few times. Jimmy and family went to France, John Farnam went to visit, they came back. John and Jimmy happened at John's concert, twas a surprise.
Mossy is still performing solo. Tucker's Daughter, Telphone booth.
Pub Rock is actually more of a time frame than a genre. As in the UK, the 1970s was a great time for live entertainment in pubs and was the cradle that gave rise to the great blossoming of Aussie music of the 70s and 80s. The Pub rock genre is typically loud hard rock music such as ACDC but not always.
Nothing wrong with that!
Might want to check out "Bow River" from this concert. Cold Chisel at their finest
Awesome, Thanks!
Hey Scottie,
You have just entered a rabbit hole called Cold Chisel.
You need to see BOW RIVER from the same Performance 👀
Bow River is the consensus!
To be known as a pub rock band in Australia is a huge honour. I was lucky enough to see INXS, midnight oil and cold chisel in pubs in Australia. I especially remember seeing INXS in Sydney it was epic I was about 17 and was lucky to get in without getting asked for ID. All I remember about the night was that Michael the lead singer of INXS was brilliant and I got home about 9am the next day.
My favourite duet with INXS is Jimmy barnes lead singer of cold chisel singing good times
I love INXS and I agree. That is the only song I knew by Jimmy Barnes! Great F=ing song! I jealous that you got to see INXS in the early days!
Oh, and I had two Midnight Oil Cassettes in High School!
@@espereactions2 INXS were brilliant..I also remember seeing Michael hutchence and fellow Australian singer Kylie Minogue walking hand in hand thru Sydney when they were dating. Both looked stunning!!
Ian Moss is a brilliant guitarist and singer. Check out him singing, 'Bow River, and 'Georgia' . Awesome !
They are on the list!
Hey Mate, love your reaction , saw this tour,backstage pass,ausome guys,check out " Bow River" at the same concert, one of Chisels favourite songs,especially live.
Cheers Mate
I will check it out! Lots of requests for that song!
A magnificent song, and this is one of my favourite versions. You can see how much it means to people.
There is an earlier live version form a younger chisel as well.
This song is really about relationships, not literally war.
Yeah, I get it's not about war but coming home relationships. Khe Sanh was in a way also about coming home from war. That's why I asked.
Well, they're the GOAT.
This was my favourite concert. The song is great and when that hot chic sings and cheers at the end, it gets me. There's real emotion there.
The guy on the piano was Don Walker - he wrote most of the music for Cold Chisel but this song was written by Steve Prestwich on drums.
Wow. Thanks for the DEETS!
Their best live is Bow River from the Ringside Tour in 2003
I think Bow River is the most requested right now.
Love Bow River ❤️
everybody in the band has written a top 40 single so all sorts of songs
This whole concert (Live Ringside 2003) is a must watch. Bow River and Goodbye especially.
You should also check out Johnny Diesel singing I've been loving you too long, the one where hes wearing a red shirt. one of my favourite Diesel performances
Great suggestions! Thank you!
There’s so many great versions of this song I can’t choose a favourite. Great reaction
Thanks! I really like this one! I'm sure I'll like others too!
This performance is from the 2003 ringside tour.
Everyone of roughly their age knew someone who was in Vietnam. And virtually none of them came out whole. Vast numbers of regular Australian soldiers who did tours of duty and who came home to young wives and had a child fairly soon after had some sort of problem arrive with that child. Thank you, Agent Orange...
OML I forgot how incredible great they were ❤️
And I'm just learning!
Thanks heaps for the great reaction. This is what music is all about; such a great band with great front men in Ian and Jimmy both being world class singers. Great performance and great song 🎵 and this was recorded 2003
Awesome! Thanks for that information. This is F-ing awesome!
They are brilliant, aren't they? Every band member contributed to writing of Cold Chisel songs, although the guy on keys/piano player wrote most of them....In saying that, let's intruduce you to the band. On guitar and vocals, Ian Moss. Backing vocals (and my favourite singer..Jimmy Barnes who generally is their lead singer). Bass - Phil Small, keys - Don Walker, and the guy with the shaker/maracas (who wrote this song) was Steve Prestwich RIP on 16th January 2011 🕊
By the way they have had 5 number 1 albums, and it's hard to believe but it's been 40 years since The Last Stand concert and the year that they broke up in 1983, still at the top of their game. As you can see they reformed for later concerts. ❤❤❤❤
They really are brilliant!
Its one of the reasons that Cold Chisel are so good...two lead singers with two different, contrasting but great voices who know how to complement each other...this performance is the perfect example. I think Jimmy is one of the most generous performers i've ever seen. He's an absolute star but he is just as happy taking a back seat singing back up vocals, and he does so without stealing the limelight. As for Ian Moss, talk about talented. He just put out a new solo album this year. This band drifts across so many different genres and they don't have a bad song. This band is virtually the definition of pub rock, which is more a culture, than a genre. The version of this song can be downloaded from Spotify. The album is called Ringside. It is a live album. The founder of the band was the piano player, Don Walker, and no members were in the Vietnam war.
Perfect! Thanks for the DEETS! I just added that to my spotify and listening right now! F*** Yeah!
Loved your reaction. John Farhnam is the only guy that Jimmy will do the lower harmony for. Thanks for checking it out and so glad that you enjoyed it
Cool, thanks! I loved it!
Midnight Oil, INXS, AC/DC, Cold Chisel and many others began playing in the pubs. Australia was/is pub country, and back in the 70's, a lot of pubs were taking on bands. This proved to be profitable for the pubs, as it attracted young punters that wanted to Rock 'n' Roll. A lot of these bands also had the benefit of honing their craft and playing original material.
Most of these bands would play up to 7 days a week, and would do 3 shows per day. Even unsigned bands could live on playing music alone.
I really do think that the live Australian music scene was its own thing. It became a very important part of the cultural fabric and many groups progressed to becoming commercially successful. Bands like AC/DC had to be on their A-game, or they'd cop it sweet (look up the term if you don't understand it) from the audience if they didn't.
There is a point where many of these bands achieved commercial success, and were simply too big to play pubs. INXS began as a pub band, but there is no way you can say that ''Need You Tonight'' is a pub song. Cold Chisel's first album is the most pub you're going to get from the band. There's a point where they also got too commercial to be a pub band. Midnight Oil also began in pubs, but is ''Beds Are Burning'' a pub song? Dooooon't think so!
By the way, please remember the list of Cold Chisel clips I left you and use it at some point. They're the best quality Chisel clips on TH-cam. Cheers!
correction: 7 nights a week.
Gioia is a channel that visits locations where legendary venues once stood and takes the viewer on a tour with photos and anecdotes.
Right on! I get it. It's just not a genre I've ever heard of. We have had many bands start out in local Boston Pubs/bars and clubs in Boston too. Aerosmith, J. Geils, Boston, Extreme, The Cars and much more. We just didn't have a genre named after it. Hell, why not "Beds are burning?" That's one of my favorite 80's tunes!
I would had loved to see ACDC back in the pub days when they were bluesy!
@@espereactions2 I know all those Boston groups. But Boston (the band) began as a project in Tom Scholz's basement? I read that they only became a band as the album was developing. Other Boston groups that spring to mind are Til Tuesday and Pixies.
The term ''Pub Rock'' is shared by both the Australian and the British music scenes in the 70's. The British Pub Rock scene spawned Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Dr Feelgood, Nick Lowe and other acts that were toying with the American roots and Country genre in the early 70's, as well as, a raw British-ness. The results were very different to the Australian Pub Rock scene.
The Aussie Pub scene was musically wide, but the scene could be wild and lawless, especially in the 70's. INXS came from the same road as AC/DC and Cold Chisel, and had to be pretty tough to play that crowd. And the pubs and venues could be quite large. The pub scene in Australia became something of an institution, and a lot of groups maintained careers just by staying at a pub level (even if they had hit singles on the charts). Pub Rock became too easy of a name to stamp on any old Aussie band and it can be a misnomer. I'm dubious to call ''Beds Are Burning'' a pub rock song. I think it's just become a rock standard. Maybe The Angels ''Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'' is a pub rock song.
The guy who wrote this song was the Cold Chisel drummer Steve Prestwich who died in 2011 and to mark the anniversary of his death on the 16th of this month
Dr_KAP made a tribute video that i think you should check out
Do you have a link?
@@espereactions2 th-cam.com/video/pOwoox4TT6E/w-d-xo.html
@@espereactions2 th-cam.com/video/pOwoox4TT6E/w-d-xo.html
Just booked to see Ian Moss ( Mossy) in an acoustic concert this coming March !!! Yay 🎉🎉 Barnsey is in concert on TV tonight ❤
Have fun! Both sound great!
Personally by far prefer og Cold Chisel live version of this with Jimmy and Mossey on vocals to Jimmy and John version. Both are great but This is it for me.😂❤
That's interesting!
this is from the ringside tour of 2003
Cold Chisel - Bow River (2003)
m.th-cam.com/video/8XROTDWVgGs/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUTYm93IHJpdmVyIGxpdmUgMjAwMw%3D%3D
This specific live performance is the best. You will also hear a harmonica play, like you have never heard before in your life.
Bow River is next!
Yes, When the War is over, it isn't a war song it's a song about breaking up song. The war is conflict in the relationship. If this is right up our all. Listen to:
1. Flametrees,
2. Water into Wine, and
3. 4 walls.
They are all Cold Chisle song, but a little bit slower.
Right on. I need to get back to some Cold Chisel!
Pub rock is a real thing. Not degrading at all. It meant they played in small pub venues. Usually a small stage, a small dance floor in front, and a normal pub. Capacity maybe 500 tops.
In parts of Sydney, there's a saying: "If you walk out your front door, look sideways and don't see a pub, look the other way".
What makes it a badge of honour, is imagine "your" band playing in such an arena. You either connect, and the crowd is fuelling you on, or you fall flat. It's like a "small comedy club". It makes or breaks you, and makes you *engage* people at a core level.
I did stand up for a couple of years. I totally get the analogy!
This is a stripped back version of their original song.
John Farnham goes full on with his cover , just as good.
I recorded that version too. Uploading soon.
If you notice there was a wide democratics in audience
Reason for pub bamd is the did their time and loved the crowds
Because pub audience don't hold back they'll tell you what they think
Jimmy used to sing in my home town Adelaide at largs pier
At that time was ruff pub warfs and bike's by the end of night it was willing
Jimmy be in the middle throwing hay makers if anything broke out
You had to be good to survive to keep people following you
Anything you want to know about their music and john Farnham
Dr kap will know as she has a site dedicated to both of them even rare earlier stuff
Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍
Thanks. I'm really digging this band. Looking forward to hearing much more! Cheers!
You should have gone with the 1981 version where he plays an electric guitar. This is a stripped down version
I enjoy stripped down acoustic songs.
The original version is amazing.. This is a very nice acoustic version, only done in the last few years..
Ian Moss has a beautiful baritone voice...
R.I.P. Steve Prestwich... Rock On Brother \m/
Check our Bow River, Ian doing Georgia.
Will Do! Thanks!
Pub rock is definately not an insult.
I'm getting mixed comments on that. I wouldn't take it as an insult.
Pub rock as a genre is as much a reference to the scene itself as it is to the music. Almost like the term “Motown”, but not quite the same thing.
Most rock bands in the 70s and 80s came up through the pub rock scene.
To me it’s not defamatory to call a band “pub rock”, but musically I get the point that as a description it doesn’t tell the whole story, especially for a band as diverse as Chisel.
People have listed some great pub bands!
@@espereactions2 there’s plenty.
Even a lot of the lesser known bands released the odd banger that is now considered classic.
Take The Choirboys “Run to Paradise” as an example.
I’m not sure, but I think the “war” is some relationship trouble or some outside trouble affecting a relationship. People can set me straight on that, please.
I returned to the lyrics after. It definitely seems that way.
i find calling them pub rock very derogatory......this band should have been a world famous institution.
See? I'm getting mixed opinions on that.
thank you
Kasey Chambers - Lose Yourself
Aussie Country singer, that performs a very unique take on the Eminem classic and blows it away. Perhaps the best cover I have ever heard of any song.
This is starting to go viral now, and for very good reason. Fans at the concert erupted at the performance, and Kasey took to Instagram asking fans for phone footage of the performance. This video was stitched together with that footage. Her father is on the slide guitar.
m.th-cam.com/video/S70xek3x4ro/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUda2FzZXkgY2hhbWJlcnMgbG9zZSB5b3Vyc2VsZiA%3D
I keep getting that request. I'll definitely check it out!