You need to get Chris to put some, Powederfinge (my happiness, the metre) and Cat Empire (the chariot, hello) on these weeks. Also The Feelers (the fear, one world) though I know they are technically kiwi
I'm not a fan. Jimmy Barnes wasn't a very good person many years ago, and it's something that has always bothered me. It's a shame, because Ian Moss is awesome.
Cold Chisel excellent Aussie band. Jimmy is a legend here. Flame Trees is my personal favourite. Ian Moss not too shabby either. Tuckers Daughter is a good example of his singing. ❤️🤘🎸🇦🇺
Been living in Sydney for 25 years, coming from the USA - so amazing to discover Cold Chisel and so many other Aussie and Kiwi bands - Flame Tree also my absolute favourite - angst of relationships gone and remembered…
The second best singer in Cold Chisel is singing this song. If you want to hear the best singer in Cold Chisel it's here - Cold Chisel - Bow River: th-cam.com/video/y2by810nulE/w-d-xo.html
If it wasn't for two" slightly overweight middle aged men" on youtube I would never have heard of this weeks bands. Really enjoying finding something new. Thank you. I got a nasty injury in Nam ( Chelten-nam ) but that's another story.
The jungles of Cheltenham, a dangerous place! We really appreciate the support and thanks for checking out what we do. We really appreciate when people go in without any idea and listen with us
@@jamesstubbs2228 Let me know how your thoughts sir. So many gems from the 70's and 80's. I lived in England in the late 90's and had never heard of The Beautiful South. Been on my play list since. One more is Australian Crawl 'Hoochi Goochi Fiorucci', something like that. Beautiful ballad. Ice that bloody toe mate. Cheers
Cold Chisel became the soundtrack for my own tour of south east Asia many years ago, so this track is fondly remembered. Other Cold Chisel: Bow River and When the War is Over.
Being from Glasgow myself but now living in Australia for past 37yrs I love that you have taken on an Aussie week especially with Jimmy Barnes being an ex Glasgow boy himself - love your work lads!
Back in the day, I would see Cold Chisel live in pubs. This was always their last song and Jimmy Barnes would jump onto the piano as the entire pub was going off. Bloody fantastic.
I love classic Australian Rock. I've been collecting this music for years and have got around 3500 tracks. The Aussies have produced world class rock, most of which has never heard outside Australia. Chisel are a great band. Khe San was banned by some Australian radio stations because of the line 'their legs were often open but their minds were also closed'
Australia week?!?! Wow how exciting is this! I don’t think you could do Australia week without John Farnham (suggest Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) and Guy Sebastian (acoustic version of Battle Scars)! Thks for doing Chisel, this song is an anthem for us! Best Aussie rock band ever.
@@Dr_KAP Everyone suggested the others I liked lol, oh except Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band , don’t laugh lol, my sisters first husband played with them sometimes. had his own Jug band and but Mic would ask him to play with Matchbox. And last talking on Mic Conways Jaffas ad was bro in law Colin - Sadly he passed away a few years ago.
@@Dr_KAP oh it’s 2am I’m half asleep lol just re read you comment. You meant the other Farnham fans, not other Aussie groups. Thank god I don’t drink😂 mush for brains comes naturally 😂
You just can't go past Chisel for Australian classics. Being ex military this song always brings a tear but pumps you up at the same time. Thanks so much for spreading the greatness and being so entertaining at the same time.
@@TheThamesmen cold chisel basically told the yanks to f off. you got nothing I want is the song chisel wrote for the American record label executives.
Thank you for this. Cold Chisel were everything you say and more. Just an extraoridnary band of great songwriters and musicians. The tragedy was that at the time (before the internet) they tried to break into the US and never quite did, I think because at the time the US didn't really know what to make of them. Where to place them. But man now everyone realises how extraordinary they really were.
I recommend: Flame Trees, Saturday night, When the war is over, Choir Girl, Cheap wine - and Khe Sanh is worth checking out further just to hear the lyrics better
@@TheThamesmen Chisel went to the US where their US promoter didn't come to their first gig because, in the words of Jimmie Barnes, the promoter had to go to some DJ's cats birthday party, consequently Chisel came home and the song "you've got nothing I want" is the story of that fiasco.
Don Walker is one of the top three songwriter/poets in Australian rock, the other two are Paul Kelly (Leaps and Bounds is iconic, about the MCG) and Nick Cave (Red Right Hand, theme from Peaky Blinders).
Angels - "Face The Day" Choirboys - "Run To Paradise" Redgum - "I Was Only 19" ACDC (of course) - "It's a Long Way To The Top" and "Let There Be Rock" Cold Chisel - my favourites are "Bow River", "Cheap Wine" and "Forever Now" (but Khe Sanh is also great, and there are so many others)
@@TheThamesmen The genre basically pub rock , check out The Divynils, sadly lead singer Chrissie Amolett has passed . But listen to Boys in Town , Siren, I'm Jealous . You have become my favourite reaction channel, a pair a lively pommy lads with great character.
I came to the UK in 1990 for 3 years. Couldn't believe that you guys hadn't heard of bands like Cold Chisel, The Angels, Australian Crawl etc. Handed out some tapes to new mates & pub regulars when I was doing bar work. I can still hear one bloke from the Rose & Crown in Seaford raving about how much he loved Cold Chisel. Great times👍👍♥️ Went to see two concerts at Wembley Stadium, first was INXS (yes that concert) & second one was Eric Clapton, Elton John & Bonnie Raitt. Wembley was the ducks nuts for concerts👍👍🤘🤘
Another sandgroper who lived in Colchester for a bit, introduced the local pub to Chisel, Baby Animals and Midnight Oil...the regulars loved it, they couldn't figure out why they weren't huge in the UK. Gotta love the Brits, we have a special kinship without doubt, love when my pommy mates come to Oz and we get to run amok! :)
But then it seems really hard for Bands to cross over. For good or evil we now have the Internet which means we can easily access everything everywhere. Those were the good days though
@@TheThamesmen very true, I remember The Divinyls going to America and they just didn't get it, they were like 'she is no Deborah Harry'... maybe expectations have a bit to do with it also, dunno.
I love that people overseas are discovering our awesome bands and singers. Those of us who were teenagers in the 60’s and 70’s were so lucky here in Australia to have access to so much great music. I’ve been to some Angels concerts. Not sure when the swearing thing started, but that was pretty funny and everyone in the audience are very enthusiastic. 😄
ACDC, INXS et al, were amazing bands, obviously. But Cold Chisel touches something in my heart, childhood, life, more than any other band ever could. Thanks for this channel. I needed to be reminded of my love for Cold Chisel.
I live in Adelaide where Cold Chisel started, they were a pub band and would go absolutely mad, jumping and running on the bar and pretty much wrecking the place and drinking them dry
Yes, you really must revisit the lyric clip on TH-cam or similar. Khe Sahn is all about the songwriting/storytelling brilliance of Cold Chisel keyboardist Don Walker.
Jimmy Barnes is Australian Rock Royalty first with his band Cold Chisel then a solo career that is still going check out Jimmy Barnes and Joe Barrommossa STONE COLD
Every cover band in an Aussie PUB played this song as well as Flame Trees.. John Mellecamp - American Pie.. Angels - No way get F^(&*)d F(&* off.. a bit of Crowded House that was infinitely recognisable, and everyone would sing their hearts out while getting a bit drunk for a few bux. Was good times.... @@TheThamesmen
I saw them so many times. When I was pregnant with my now 39 year old son, the pub let me sit on the bar to watch them. I had the best view of Jimmy and his antics. Epic doesn’t even begin to describe how freaking good they were, and still are. Saw Mossy solo a few years ago, bloody brilliant 👏
Nice reaction lads! I'll leave the future Chisel recommendations to others, as I see all the songs represented below in the comments anyway! However, I will say if you're interested in them, I've always considered this song 'Khe Sanh' to be part of the 'holy trinity' of Australian returned servicemen songs, (I'm one myself), alongside : Eric Bogle's "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" & Redgum's "I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green)" Khe Sanh speaks particularly to the wanderlust of many veterans who returned frequently to south east asia after the war, and the struggle for acceptance and being able to put down roots again. Bogle's (A Scots born Australian) piece is a classic folk song of protest, which depicts the experience of an unnamed soldier of World War 1 whom returns maimed from the war, while Redgum's speaks particularly of the PTSD and trauma, and the mental scars, with a memorable chorus that references triggering experiences at home, that result in anxiety, fear and ill health. All three songs are staples amongst the veterans community here, less so with my generation (Iraq/East Timor/Afghanistan), but in particular with my fathers and grandfathers, who served in Vietnam and WW2 respectively. Keep the reacts coming! All the best!
You are so going to enjoy the lyrics... it's a wonder that stuff got past the censors. They have so many great songs (definitely not one hit wonders)... flame trees, bow river, you got nothing I want, cheap wine. Some other bands from the land of oz that haven't rated a mention yet ... Air Supply, Powderfinger, Nick Cave, Ice House, 1927, INXS, Screaming Jets, The Radiators.
@Katto Khe San got banned for radio not long after release , obviously censorship laws softened and it's widely played. Have to agree with all the bands you suggested . Also The Divynils should get a mention. Cheers
Cold Chisel one of the Best Aussie Bands of all time. These blokes are all getting close to there 70’s now. Seen them 2 years ago doing theBloodMoon tour. Still go hard and put in 110% into their concerts. Don Walker on the Key boards would be one of Australia’s best if not the best song writer of all time. Ian Moss one of the Best Aussie guitarist, Phill Small Bass and Steve Prestwich on drums sadly passed away some years back. Bow River, Choir Girl, For Ever Now, Flame Trees, Saturday Night just to name a few of there songs. Check them out you won’t be disappointed Chisel Rock.👌
Cold Chisel is a deep rabbit hole so many amazing tracks! Bow River is a must so is Saturday Night, You got Nothing I Want, Flame Trees, Choir Girl, Shipping Steel, Breakfast at Sweethearts and the list goes on. 😎😂😎
Definitely look up the lyrics of this song guys. Ian Moss had a lot of input into lyrics and music of Chisel and often churned out beautiful, soulful, emotionally powerful lyrics like this one. Strongly recommend Flame Trees & Bow River too.
Correct, the lyrics in this song are sublime. It's been one of my favourite songs since i first heard back in the 70's. Another of their songs with great lyrics (written by the same guy I think) is Cheap Wine. One line from it is stellar: 'I had a friend, I heard she died; on the needle she was crucified'.
fantastic song the lyrics tell the story of Vietnam veterans better than anything I have ever heard, I have seen many comments from Vietnam vets from every country who love this song, Cold Chisel have so many great songs, the album East is a high point, Jimmy Barnes of course is a great vocalist, seeing them live was a wonderful experience.
thank you so much Thamesmen, I should have expanded on my comment and said that the lyrics specifically target the terrible welcome home that Vietnam veterans received and how "misplaced" they felt back in their own country, the lyrics to Khe Sahn are some of the best and most deeply touching I have come across.
A must do is another iconic Aussie Pub Rock Band is Rose Tattoo and a hard driven song Astra Wally with front man Angry Anderson on vocals and the late Pete Wells on slide guitar. ACDC got them signed to their label.
You almost have to be Australian to understand the song, but it sums up perfectly how many returning Vietnam vets moved on (or didn't perhaps) from their service.
My brother who is in his mid 70's was a sapper in the Australian army in Vietnam, love this song one of Australia's greatest bands. Do Bow River, great song.
Great to see you delving into some classic Aussie rock. First time seeing your channel and digging the reactions. More Cold Chisel classics are Choir Girl, Working Class Man, Flame Trees, and my favourite’Bow River’. Enjoying the ride guys.keep the tunes coming ! 🤠👍🏼
You're right about some bands not 'pushing out' beyond their national boundaries. Cold Chisel have a quite incredible back catalogue and it's astounding they were not huge internationally.
First time I ever saw/heard Chisel was ....Foreigner were playing at Festival Hall in Brisbane in 1978. This unknown LOUD support band came out and blew the house down as the opening act - and played the masterpiece that is Khe Sanh ...... we were all gobsmacked !!!!! Next Cold Chisel you gotta listen to is Flame Trees !!!!! Enjoy.....
Cold Chisel essentials Bow River When The War Is Over Forever Now Star Hotel Conversations Cheap Wine Breakfast At Sweethearts Janelle Flame Trees My Baby Four Walls My Turn To Cry You've Got Nothing I Want Letter To Alan Just go through the catalog... studio or live, it's all Gold
Great reaction guys, I've always loved this band. For classic Chisels - You Got Nothing I want - Official Video. Also the live version of Bow River is awesome & so is When the war is over.
The real reason our best artists like cold chisel and John Farnham didn’t make it overseas is not because they didn’t go, but because once they were there music execs asked them to change what they did Still happening to this day with our modern day bands a lot
Loved seeing Cold Chisel in pubs in late 70s and early 80s. They all contributed to the song writing. Jimmy Barnes was a force of nature as front man. Recommend the following to cover all bases: Choir Girl Flame Tree You Got Nothing I Want
This is the first song that ever recorded, I like the original version better, that they sung in the 70s it was much slower Jimmy was drunk in this version
Great to see you guys digging on what we’ve loved & for so long. the road trip that people love is up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns , Far North Queensland is where the rainforest meets the great barrier reef , sounds cliche but it’s amazingly like Asia. No wintertime , rainforest mountains & sugar-cane fields ,much like Hawaii.
Only five songs to give a flavour of Aussie songs. Is like saying Neighbours lets you know what life is like in Australia. Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss and Cold Chisel have tremendous catalogues. Originally from Adelaide they were huge in Australia for years and are still active.
In this case, I'd have gone for the studio version. A cleaner sound, a more measured pace and easier to hear the lyrics. Another (very different) Australian band to check out is The Triffids - a song like "The Seabirds" would be a good place to start. A personal favourite Chisel song is "Letter to Alan" - a cathartic rage against the dying of the light.
@@TheThamesmen doing Iconic songs from various countries I found you you might be interested in Neil Young Joni Mitchel and the Band singing Helpless at the Last Waltz. A canadian trifecta of supper stars!!!
Revisiting all your Cold Chisel content today as I am in the mood for Cold Chisel and some Thamesmen humor. Somehow my Chisel playlist only provides one of those. Probably will have to hit up the Angels again. Does Alex own a Jimmy Barnes Hawaiian shirt?
thank you for introducing Cold Chisel to the rest of the world! Khe Sanh is our unofficial anthem & gets everybody head banging at parties. May I suggest getting a copy of "Barking Spiders Live" as a Cold Chisel Best Of album...it has ALL their great songs along with the best rendition of "Bow River"
As an Aussie I can recommend several more Cold chisel songs. Also some other great talent is out there that needs reactions to. maybe a poll would of worked too ;)
@@TheThamesmen mate there are so many bangers from so many genres for Chisel it is hard to narrow down, but here goes: When the War is Over (live) th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html , Flame Trees th-cam.com/video/K8KgP2aOXcA/w-d-xo.html , You Got Nothing I Want th-cam.com/video/-BiJKq7ynms/w-d-xo.html , Janelle (live) th-cam.com/video/Ba2DJcK30O8/w-d-xo.html But honestly I put pick about 14 more anthems by this lot, not including the solo work by the two lead singers
The album is East. I have some UK and American friends that like Cold Chisel. Blues Corner Uk radio program has had them as well as Greg Napier’s radio show from Kentucky
Woo Hoo Australia week. I am in. You need to check out John Farnham, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, INXS, ACDC, Midnight Oil to get a proper Aussie experience
We have covered midnight oil on this main channel and also our second channel. We have done quite a lot from AC/DC and on Patreon we did an exploration of the hoodoo gurus! I think Australia has a lot to offer and so we are not done yet
Plenty of great Chisel's songs out there: Flame Trees, Saturday Night, Breakfast at Sweethearts, When the War is Over, Bow River etc. Many of the Chisel's songs reflect on life in Oz in that era and some provide commentary on some of the issues that still exist for some even now, such as our Vietnam vets that are still struggling with life after so many years. Jimmy is still kicking around and so is Ian Moss. As you mentioned, it's sad that many of this music never went global but the power of TH-cam seems to be changing that as my suggestions are now filling up with people from all over reacting to Aussie music and loving it. Sadly, many of these great bands and artists have either broken up, passed away or lost key band members, so there is no chance to get in on a live show again. There were a few lucky bands to have hit it globally.. AC/DC, INXS etc but for many, the domestic market was as imaginative as the record labels were at the time. Cheers for the reaction vid 🙂
i have just found this channel. I am an Australian. Is this the Goodies? haha.
Bow River and Flame Trees are a couple of my fav.
@@Scottyo74 Graeme and Bill!
Hi we can see this!😀
Were you also confused by 'so I've never heard of this band' 😂😂
You need to get Chris to put some, Powederfinge (my happiness, the metre) and Cat Empire (the chariot, hello) on these weeks. Also The Feelers (the fear, one world) though I know they are technically kiwi
Unofficial Australian anthem - Love it. Thanks for reacting to it. Makes us Aussies very proud
Super welcome
I'm not a fan. Jimmy Barnes wasn't a very good person many years ago, and it's something that has always bothered me. It's a shame, because Ian Moss is awesome.
As an Australian woman born 85, i can confirm; we learn the lyrics in-utero!
Cold Chisel excellent Aussie band. Jimmy is a legend here. Flame Trees is my personal favourite. Ian Moss not too shabby either. Tuckers Daughter is a good example of his singing. ❤️🤘🎸🇦🇺
Been living in Sydney for 25 years, coming from the USA - so amazing to discover Cold Chisel and so many other Aussie and Kiwi bands - Flame Tree also my absolute favourite - angst of relationships gone and remembered…
The second best singer in Cold Chisel is singing this song. If you want to hear the best singer in Cold Chisel it's here - Cold Chisel - Bow River: th-cam.com/video/y2by810nulE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for supporting us and being here. I hope you enjoyed the vid. Have a fab weekend. Cheers G&A
Bow river live , won’t be disappointed 👍
Brilliant thank you for the recommendation
If it wasn't for two" slightly overweight middle aged men" on youtube I would never have heard of this weeks bands. Really enjoying finding something new. Thank you. I got a nasty injury in Nam ( Chelten-nam ) but that's another story.
The jungles of Cheltenham, a dangerous place! We really appreciate the support and thanks for checking out what we do. We really appreciate when people go in without any idea and listen with us
Hey James, did you 'stubb' your toe?😅
Here's a random couple for ya mate. Hoodoo Guru's 'My Girl' and Hunter's and Collector's 'Say Goodbye'. Enjoy.
@@iandawson3171 Thanks for the heads up.Will check them out. My toe is still screaming.🦶😱
@@jamesstubbs2228 Let me know how your thoughts sir. So many gems from the 70's and 80's. I lived in England in the late 90's and had never heard of The Beautiful South. Been on my play list since. One more is Australian Crawl 'Hoochi Goochi Fiorucci', something like that. Beautiful ballad. Ice that bloody toe mate. Cheers
Cold Chisel became the soundtrack for my own tour of south east Asia many years ago, so this track is fondly remembered. Other Cold Chisel: Bow River and When the War is Over.
Thank you for supporting us and being here. I hope you enjoyed the vid. Have a fab weekend. Cheers G&A
Being from Glasgow myself but now living in Australia for past 37yrs I love that you have taken on an Aussie week especially with Jimmy Barnes being an ex Glasgow boy himself - love your work lads!
Perfect and thank you for your support we very much appreciate it. Hopefully more soon
Back in the day, I would see Cold Chisel live in pubs. This was always their last song and Jimmy Barnes would jump onto the piano as the entire pub was going off. Bloody fantastic.
I love classic Australian Rock. I've been collecting this music for years and have got around 3500 tracks. The Aussies have produced world class rock, most of which has never heard outside Australia. Chisel are a great band. Khe San was banned by some Australian radio stations because of the line 'their legs were often open but their minds were also closed'
Many thanks for being here and more super soon!
Australia week?!?! Wow how exciting is this! I don’t think you could do Australia week without John Farnham (suggest Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) and Guy Sebastian (acoustic version of Battle Scars)! Thks for doing Chisel, this song is an anthem for us! Best Aussie rock band ever.
You tell ‘em Doc - John Farnham - and or Farnsey and Barnsey together, When Something Is wrong With My Baby 😊👍
@@bernadettelanders7306 where’s the rest of the gang? They all need to get on here and vote for Farnsey! 😆
@@Dr_KAP Everyone suggested the others I liked lol, oh except Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band , don’t laugh lol, my sisters first husband played with them sometimes. had his own Jug band and but Mic would ask him to play with Matchbox. And last talking on Mic Conways Jaffas ad was bro in law Colin - Sadly he passed away a few years ago.
@@Dr_KAP oh it’s 2am I’m half asleep lol just re read you comment. You meant the other Farnham fans, not other Aussie groups. Thank god I don’t drink😂 mush for brains comes naturally 😂
@@bernadettelanders7306 yes lol the usual suspects that flood the reaction sites for Farnsey 😂
Three singers, three song writers, absolutely ferocious live band.
You just can't go past Chisel for Australian classics. Being ex military this song always brings a tear but pumps you up at the same time. Thanks so much for spreading the greatness and being so entertaining at the same time.
Ok thanks
FYI, the keyboard player Don Walker who was ex military, wrote the song...and all the other Cold Chisel songs, and now performs as "Catfish"
Cold Chisel are up there with AC/DC as one of Australia's greatest bands, in my humble opinion
Hey Ac/dc are known over here in the USA but not cold chisel
@@TheThamesmen we gave the world ACDC but kept the best for ourselves
@@TheThamesmen cold chisel basically told the yanks to f off. you got nothing I want is the song chisel wrote for the American record label executives.
@@TheThamesmen listen to their song You got nothing I want, it's about when they tried to crack the US market and didn't want to play the game
@@TheThamesmen bigger does not always mean better in all kinds of ways
Thank you for this. Cold Chisel were everything you say and more. Just an extraoridnary band of great songwriters and musicians. The tragedy was that at the time (before the internet) they tried to break into the US and never quite did, I think because at the time the US didn't really know what to make of them. Where to place them. But man now everyone realises how extraordinary they really were.
Here is another band that I'd never heard of. I will be checking out more of their stuff. Thanks guys!
It really was amazing eh
Recommend Bow River by Cold Chisel next
I recommend: Flame Trees, Saturday night, When the war is over, Choir Girl, Cheap wine - and Khe Sanh is worth checking out further just to hear the lyrics better
th-cam.com/video/ZkZnTnzXKv8/w-d-xo.html
find better quality copies than this shocker
"From the ocean to the Silver City" . The Silver city is a reference to Broken Hill in far western New South Wales.
Cold Chisel were world class. It's a shame the world never heard them
The great thing about the world we live in now is that we can all discover bands everywhere. Just a bit late to go and see them live!
@@TheThamesmen Chisel went to the US where their US promoter didn't come to their first gig because, in the words of Jimmie Barnes, the promoter had to go to some DJ's cats birthday party, consequently Chisel came home and the song "you've got nothing I want" is the story of that fiasco.
2 words, Pub Rock. Thats what most of your Aussie week has been. We are very proud of our Pub Rock out here in the bush.
And rightfully so. Another comment laid out the history of Australian pub rock and makes total sense
Don Walker is one of the top three songwriter/poets in Australian rock, the other two are Paul Kelly (Leaps and Bounds is iconic, about the MCG) and Nick Cave (Red Right Hand, theme from Peaky Blinders).
Perfect thank you for the info. Keep an eye out for what comes up for the rest of the week
Angels - "Face The Day"
Choirboys - "Run To Paradise"
Redgum - "I Was Only 19"
ACDC (of course) - "It's a Long Way To The Top" and "Let There Be Rock"
Cold Chisel - my favourites are "Bow River", "Cheap Wine" and "Forever Now" (but Khe Sanh is also great, and there are so many others)
Cool list and hopefully one day we can get to some more of them
@@TheThamesmen The genre basically pub rock , check out The Divynils, sadly lead singer Chrissie Amolett has passed . But listen to Boys in Town , Siren, I'm Jealous .
You have become my favourite reaction channel, a pair a lively pommy lads with great character.
You forgot Gang gajang .. sounds of then
I came to the UK in 1990 for 3 years. Couldn't believe that you guys hadn't heard of bands like Cold Chisel, The Angels, Australian Crawl etc.
Handed out some tapes to new mates & pub regulars when I was doing bar work. I can still hear one bloke from the Rose & Crown in Seaford raving about how much he loved Cold Chisel. Great times👍👍♥️
Went to see two concerts at Wembley Stadium, first was INXS (yes that concert) & second one was Eric Clapton, Elton John & Bonnie Raitt.
Wembley was the ducks nuts for concerts👍👍🤘🤘
Another sandgroper who lived in Colchester for a bit, introduced the local pub to Chisel, Baby Animals and Midnight Oil...the regulars loved it, they couldn't figure out why they weren't huge in the UK. Gotta love the Brits, we have a special kinship without doubt, love when my pommy mates come to Oz and we get to run amok! :)
Yep I was over there in 1993. Go to Bars & night clubs ask them to play Cold Chisel. All you got was WHO?? You don’t know what ya missed out on
But then it seems really hard for Bands to cross over. For good or evil we now have the Internet which means we can easily access everything everywhere. Those were the good days though
@@TheThamesmen very true, I remember The Divinyls going to America and they just didn't get it, they were like 'she is no Deborah Harry'... maybe expectations have a bit to do with it also, dunno.
ROCK ON...from a croweater.....
Some of our G.O.A.T.s....Seen them live so many times.....im blessed
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love that people overseas are discovering our awesome bands and singers. Those of us who were teenagers in the 60’s and 70’s were so lucky here in Australia to have access to so much great music.
I’ve been to some Angels concerts. Not sure when the swearing thing started, but that was pretty funny and everyone in the audience are very enthusiastic. 😄
ive heard that song for 40 years it is iconic.
Cold Chisel are iconic and Khe Sanh is a virtual national anthem. Such a great band with brilliant songwriting.
ACDC, INXS et al, were amazing bands, obviously.
But Cold Chisel touches something in my heart, childhood, life, more than any other band ever could. Thanks for this channel. I needed to be reminded of my love for Cold Chisel.
Couldn't agree more!
Well done guys...Australia week is worth subscribing for!
Thank you and welcome
I live in Adelaide where Cold Chisel started, they were a pub band and would go absolutely mad, jumping and running on the bar and pretty much wrecking the place and drinking them dry
Yes, you really must revisit the lyric clip on TH-cam or similar. Khe Sahn is all about the songwriting/storytelling brilliance of Cold Chisel keyboardist Don Walker.
Jimmy Barnes is Australian Rock Royalty first with his band Cold Chisel then a solo career that is still going check out Jimmy Barnes and Joe Barrommossa STONE COLD
Bonamassa
Definitely
Thank you for supporting us and being here. I hope you enjoyed the vid. Have a fab weekend. Cheers G&A
This is one of the finest songs ever written IMHO. It captures the whole Vietnam experience perfectly.
That and I’d love to change the world by 10 years after
You can listen to cold chisel songs forever.. they never get old...
To find them new to us was a huge treat
Imagine walking into a pub without knowing what was inside... I live in melbourne@@TheThamesmen
Every cover band in an Aussie PUB played this song as well as Flame Trees.. John Mellecamp - American Pie.. Angels - No way get F^(&*)d F(&* off.. a bit of Crowded House that was infinitely recognisable, and everyone would sing their hearts out while getting a bit drunk for a few bux. Was good times.... @@TheThamesmen
@@ThePiquet888 wish we could be there for one of those nights
I did not know a harmonica could be so powerful.
One of the great bands. Saw them live late 70s. Best concert ever. Apart from the Violent Femmes live.
John Farnham Jimmy Barnes, Johnny Diesel - when something is wrong with my baby
Just released that very video. I hope you enjoy. We absolutely did
I saw them so many times. When I was pregnant with my now 39 year old son, the pub let me sit on the bar to watch them. I had the best view of Jimmy and his antics. Epic doesn’t even begin to describe how freaking good they were, and still are. Saw Mossy solo a few years ago, bloody brilliant 👏
Nice reaction lads! I'll leave the future Chisel recommendations to others, as I see all the songs represented below in the comments anyway!
However, I will say if you're interested in them, I've always considered this song 'Khe Sanh' to be part of the 'holy trinity' of Australian returned servicemen songs, (I'm one myself), alongside :
Eric Bogle's "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" & Redgum's "I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green)"
Khe Sanh speaks particularly to the wanderlust of many veterans who returned frequently to south east asia after the war, and the struggle for acceptance and being able to put down roots again. Bogle's (A Scots born Australian) piece is a classic folk song of protest, which depicts the experience of an unnamed soldier of World War 1 whom returns maimed from the war, while Redgum's speaks particularly of the PTSD and trauma, and the mental scars, with a memorable chorus that references triggering experiences at home, that result in anxiety, fear and ill health.
All three songs are staples amongst the veterans community here, less so with my generation (Iraq/East Timor/Afghanistan), but in particular with my fathers and grandfathers, who served in Vietnam and WW2 respectively.
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We were luck not to lose this legend, he live a very "hard" life back in those days. Found himself a good wife and he made it through luckily.
Bloody miracle!
Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham “when something is wrong with my baby” live is a must
The hey hey it’s Saturday performance with Diesel is probably the best.
Hopefully you saw a video we just put out? Great recommendation and fantastic performance
Cold Chisel Bow River is my favourite, brilliant song😎🤘🔥🔥🔥
Excellent thank you for the recommendation
Notice that all the great singers don't swallow the Mike, but, he's a great entertainer & great bloke.
Whoa, no that's a rabbit hole right there, the mighty Chisels!!
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You are so going to enjoy the lyrics... it's a wonder that stuff got past the censors.
They have so many great songs (definitely not one hit wonders)... flame trees, bow river, you got nothing I want, cheap wine.
Some other bands from the land of oz that haven't rated a mention yet ... Air Supply, Powderfinger, Nick Cave, Ice House, 1927, INXS, Screaming Jets, The Radiators.
We might have to do a week 2!!!!!!! Im loving this music scene so much
@@TheThamesmen “when the war is over” is probably their best song
@@georgeibrahim7945 WTWIO was covered by Uriah Heep, and I can't decide if that's a recommendation or not...
@Katto Khe San got banned for radio not long after release , obviously censorship laws softened and it's widely played.
Have to agree with all the bands you suggested . Also The Divynils should get a mention. Cheers
@@errolbaker3554 Yes! Chissy Amphlett - absolute legend
Omg, boys... now do 'when the war is over'. Same band, different lead (the 2nd singer here, jimmy's still there). Utterly beautiful
Cold Chisel one of the Best Aussie Bands of all time. These blokes are all getting close to there 70’s now. Seen them 2 years ago doing theBloodMoon tour. Still go hard and put in 110% into their concerts. Don Walker on the Key boards would be one of Australia’s best if not the best song writer of all time. Ian Moss one of the Best Aussie guitarist, Phill Small Bass and Steve Prestwich on drums sadly passed away some years back.
Bow River, Choir Girl, For Ever Now, Flame Trees, Saturday Night just to name a few of there songs.
Check them out you won’t be disappointed
Chisel Rock.👌
Great to hear that they can still rock after all this time.
keep it up boys and we'll make you aussies
Not a bad idea.
Cold Chisel is a deep rabbit hole so many amazing tracks! Bow River is a must so is Saturday Night, You got Nothing I Want, Flame Trees, Choir Girl, Shipping Steel, Breakfast at Sweethearts and the list goes on. 😎😂😎
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Definitely look up the lyrics of this song guys. Ian Moss had a lot of input into lyrics and music of Chisel and often churned out beautiful, soulful, emotionally powerful lyrics like this one.
Strongly recommend Flame Trees & Bow River too.
Pure bloody Gold!.
Zebedee from Oz. 👍👍
We love this track
Welcome to Australia! This is from the glory days of Australian music.
This is absolute ace
@@TheThamesmen And they are not even close to my favourite Aussie band.
@@jefferyedoherty Who is your favorite?
Correct, the lyrics in this song are sublime. It's been one of my favourite songs since i first heard back in the 70's. Another of their songs with great lyrics (written by the same guy I think) is Cheap Wine. One line from it is stellar: 'I had a friend, I heard she died; on the needle she was crucified'.
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or in 'Painted Doll'....my pretty baby slappin up another vein, if this gonna be her final wage
Hello Alex and George! I really liked this track. Great reaction as usual. 😉🤘
Glad you enjoyed it
fantastic song the lyrics tell the story of Vietnam veterans better than anything I have ever heard, I have seen many comments from Vietnam vets from every country who love this song, Cold Chisel have so many great songs, the album East is a high point, Jimmy Barnes of course is a great vocalist, seeing them live was a wonderful experience.
thank you so much Thamesmen, I should have expanded on my comment and said that the lyrics specifically target the terrible welcome home that Vietnam veterans received and how "misplaced" they felt back in their own country, the lyrics to Khe Sahn are some of the best and most deeply touching I have come across.
A must do is another iconic Aussie Pub Rock Band is Rose Tattoo and a hard driven song Astra Wally with front man Angry Anderson on vocals and the late Pete Wells on slide guitar. ACDC got them signed to their label.
You almost have to be Australian to understand the song, but it sums up perfectly how many returning Vietnam vets moved on (or didn't perhaps) from their service.
It was an American battle
@@chrisbuesnell3428 It was. That dosent take away from the fact that Walker nails the Vietnam vets experience post war.
My brother who is in his mid 70's was a sapper in the Australian army in Vietnam, love this song one of Australia's greatest bands. Do Bow River, great song.
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Best band I have ever seen live 👏👏👏
Great to see you delving into some classic Aussie rock. First time seeing your channel and digging the reactions. More Cold Chisel classics are Choir Girl, Working Class Man, Flame Trees, and my favourite’Bow River’. Enjoying the ride guys.keep the tunes coming ! 🤠👍🏼
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You're right about some bands not 'pushing out' beyond their national boundaries. Cold Chisel have a quite incredible back catalogue and it's astounding they were not huge internationally.
Barnesy gargles gravel!
Cold Chisel's "Circus Animals" is one of my all-time favourite albums.
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Circus Animals and the another album East are my 2 faves
Welcome to the world of CHISEL many many more great songs
More soon we hope!
They are all official Pub Anthems
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On the first album is a song " Daskarzine " 🇦🇺👍
First time I ever saw/heard Chisel was ....Foreigner were playing at Festival Hall in Brisbane in 1978. This unknown LOUD support band came out and blew the house down as the opening act - and played the masterpiece that is Khe Sanh ...... we were all gobsmacked !!!!! Next Cold Chisel you gotta listen to is Flame Trees !!!!! Enjoy.....
Thanks for this will check it out be well
even today if you play that in any oz venue ,you will lift the roof. listen to a lyric video to catch the meaning.
Cold Chisel essentials
Bow River
When The War Is Over
Forever Now
Star Hotel
Conversations
Cheap Wine
Breakfast At Sweethearts
Janelle
Flame Trees
My Baby
Four Walls
My Turn To Cry
You've Got Nothing I Want
Letter To Alan
Just go through the catalog... studio or live, it's all Gold
Thanks for This I think we’re going to Delve deep into this band
Great reaction guys, I've always loved this band. For classic Chisels - You Got Nothing I want - Official Video. Also the live version of Bow River is awesome & so is When the war is over.
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THAMESMEN......Cold Chisel are reforming for several concerts.....See you there?
The real reason our best artists like cold chisel and John Farnham didn’t make it overseas is not because they didn’t go, but because once they were there music execs asked them to change what they did
Still happening to this day with our modern day bands a lot
Just saw you guys by chance, loving Australia Week! Cold Chisel are absolute legends 🙌🏼 Can’t wait to see what’s next ✌🏼
Awesome! Thank you!
All you need is Cold Chisel & AC/DC 🤟
Cold Chisel is one of the best Aussie rock bands..... many many hit songs
We just learning we’re going to delve deeper into this
Loved seeing Cold Chisel in pubs in late 70s and early 80s. They all contributed to the song writing. Jimmy Barnes was a force of nature as front man. Recommend the following to cover all bases:
Choir Girl
Flame Tree
You Got Nothing I Want
This is the first song that ever recorded, I like the original version better, that they sung in the 70s it was much slower
Jimmy was drunk in this version
Great to see you guys digging on what we’ve loved & for so long.
the road trip that people love is up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns , Far North Queensland is where the rainforest meets the great barrier reef , sounds cliche but it’s amazingly like Asia.
No wintertime , rainforest mountains & sugar-cane fields ,much like Hawaii.
Very cool!
Flame Trees and Bow River are probably my favourite Chisel songs... and Shipping Steel, Saturday night....
We will absolutely have some more chisel
Flame Trees is my favourite of theirs.
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Only five songs to give a flavour of Aussie songs. Is like saying Neighbours lets you know what life is like in Australia. Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss and Cold Chisel have tremendous catalogues. Originally from Adelaide they were huge in Australia for years and are still active.
We know we think we have to do an Australian week two what do you think
DON and Steve have impressive solo material as well
Love your work guys.
Classic Aussie band my favourite track is Bow River but they have tons of great stuff .👏
Hopefully soon thank you for being here
In this case, I'd have gone for the studio version. A cleaner sound, a more measured pace and easier to hear the lyrics. Another (very different) Australian band to check out is The Triffids - a song like "The Seabirds" would be a good place to start.
A personal favourite Chisel song is "Letter to Alan" - a cathartic rage against the dying of the light.
Thanks for the tip will check it out later be well
This version is played way, way too fast.
Try Cold Chisel "Wild Thing" best live rock performance ever
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at the rockpalast in Germany hamburg 1982 National live tv audience
Great Track great sound great performance agree they had a Bruce Springstien sound excellent choice..
Excellent choice because it was our friend Chris !
@@TheThamesmen doing Iconic songs from various countries I found you you might be interested in Neil Young Joni Mitchel and the Band singing Helpless at the Last Waltz. A canadian trifecta of supper stars!!!
oz music in nthe 60s 70s and 80s was top drawer.
Revisiting all your Cold Chisel content today as I am in the mood for Cold Chisel and some Thamesmen humor. Somehow my Chisel playlist only provides one of those. Probably will have to hit up the Angels again. Does Alex own a Jimmy Barnes Hawaiian shirt?
Not yet!!
that was voted the best oz song ever.
Just listen to East and hear them at their peak of songwriting. Every single song is classic.
Boys boys you have so much to discover about Aus music
We are finding that out now I just don’t have enough hours in the day!
The song was written by Don Walker, the guy on keyboards. All 5 members of Cold Chisel have written at least one hit song for the band.
That is a pretty unique statistic for sure!
Forever Now written by Steve Prestwich is a must.
Need Billy Thorpe (Thorpie) as well. Easybeats. INXS. There's so many 🇦🇺🎸⚡💜💜💜🤘🤘🤘🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿
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Cold Chisel second best band of all time behind The Rolling Stones! Bow River, Rising Sun, Choirgirl and Cheap Wine must songs to check out!
So looking forward to exploring with band
That crack "Hanburger Hill" is everything you need to know about the disconnection between Aussies and the homeland ❤
The bloke on the harmonica is David Blake.
The bloke on drums is Steve Prestwich. Sadly, he passed away in (I believe) 2012.
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David Blight .....2011 jan 17
@@roostersbays95 thank you! I was sure Blake wasn’t correct. I just couldn’t remember and took a gamble.
@@MelbourneMatty all good enjoy
thank you for introducing Cold Chisel to the rest of the world! Khe Sanh is our unofficial anthem & gets everybody head banging at parties.
May I suggest getting a copy of "Barking Spiders Live" as a Cold Chisel Best Of album...it has ALL their great songs along with the best rendition of "Bow River"
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As an Aussie I can recommend several more Cold chisel songs. Also some other great talent is out there that needs reactions to. maybe a poll would of worked too ;)
Do!
@@TheThamesmen mate there are so many bangers from so many genres for Chisel it is hard to narrow down, but here goes: When the War is Over (live) th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html , Flame Trees th-cam.com/video/K8KgP2aOXcA/w-d-xo.html , You Got Nothing I Want th-cam.com/video/-BiJKq7ynms/w-d-xo.html , Janelle (live) th-cam.com/video/Ba2DJcK30O8/w-d-xo.html But honestly I put pick about 14 more anthems by this lot, not including the solo work by the two lead singers
The album is East. I have some UK and American friends that like Cold Chisel. Blues Corner
Uk radio program has had them as well as Greg Napier’s radio show from Kentucky
It is just a shame they did not get wider airplay as an amazing band
Woo Hoo Australia week. I am in. You need to check out John Farnham, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, INXS, ACDC, Midnight Oil to get a proper Aussie experience
We have covered midnight oil on this main channel and also our second channel. We have done quite a lot from AC/DC and on Patreon we did an exploration of the hoodoo gurus! I think Australia has a lot to offer and so we are not done yet
If these aren't the greatest lyrics ever penned for a rock song, they are pretty fkn close.
Plenty of great Chisel's songs out there: Flame Trees, Saturday Night, Breakfast at Sweethearts, When the War is Over, Bow River etc. Many of the Chisel's songs reflect on life in Oz in that era and some provide commentary on some of the issues that still exist for some even now, such as our Vietnam vets that are still struggling with life after so many years.
Jimmy is still kicking around and so is Ian Moss.
As you mentioned, it's sad that many of this music never went global but the power of TH-cam seems to be changing that as my suggestions are now filling up with people from all over reacting to Aussie music and loving it. Sadly, many of these great bands and artists have either broken up, passed away or lost key band members, so there is no chance to get in on a live show again.
There were a few lucky bands to have hit it globally.. AC/DC, INXS etc but for many, the domestic market was as imaginative as the record labels were at the time.
Cheers for the reaction vid 🙂
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