This song holds a special place in my life. Video filmed in my hometown Oberon. My beautiful Dad was laid to rest last month and was escorted down the main street of Oberon. His last main street run. There's no change there's no pace, everything within it's place just makes it harder to believe that he wont be around. Rip Dad.
@@kindofpseudonym he may have said it quite bluntly, but he has a point. If you replace people, then you replace culture, and you replace heritage. And if you _like your culture and heritage_ then being unimpressed with and opposing such developments is entirely normal and natural.
I remember walking into a pub in Delegate, NSW. We were 2 backpackers who just wanted a drink. It was like something from a movie, the whole bar just stopped and stared in confusion at how and why we had ended up there! I met some great people and we danced to Eagles and The Boss until they introduced me to Cold Chisel. This song instantly takes me back to that night. Thank you Delegate 💜
My brother just moved away from Delegate , I’ve been in that pub a few times. His pet magpie was banned from the pub , it would fly in and steal only $50 notes from peoples wallets😂
This song means so much to so many. For me, the last year and a half, I drive north when I can and visit friends and family of a girl I once wanted to marry. We catch up with where we are at in life, talk about shared interests and tell stories about the girl that made us friends. The reason for that is the following. The girl and I didn't speak for way too many years then a mutual friend asked if it was okay to passed my telephone number onto her as she had asked for it. Of course it was. I was overjoyed by the prospect of speaking again. Two days later I received a call saying she was on life support with a traumatic brain injury. Covid restrictions stopped me from entering Queensland to be by her side as she had been for me when I was in a similar state 20yrs earlier. Two weeks later I had to say goodbye to her on the telephone. I take solace in knowing that our differences were no longer anything, our love of each other all those years ago was not wasted and never forgotten. ...... Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well After all this time you boys look just the same" Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?" Number three is never say her name ...... Often this song comes on the radio while I am driving and I can't help but want to pull over, but those flame trees.... Rest In Peace, My Friend
Eff the Governments and the torture they put people through! Your friend was one of many who were forced to such loneliness before they passed. I have a mate who's leaving this life in the very near future, only 6 Weeks ago he was diagnosed with the big C age 53. He's a strong man, army man for 12 years, but receiving such a grave prognosis really hit him hard. About the only bright side to his situation is that government isn't interfering in the name of covid anymore. He will live on in my memory. You honor your friend by remembering her, while their is life in you to remember, she lives on. Condolences my friend.
@@thepaedophileprofit3062 May we never forget it, may we never let it happen again. The impact was huge, devastating, destroyed more lives than it saved. I'm still gobsmacked by the whole thing. And I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. Same to the op. Very sad.
Don Walker's inspiration for the lyrics was a combination of his memories of Grafton where he had lived as a youth, and of his romantic dreams. Walker later said, "In my mind, it’s a northern New South Wales song. But there’s a lot of people who love that song and in their minds, it’s set in their home towns. A lot of people finish up away from where they come from." Elsewhere, Walker noted that the song was, "not fiction", and about, "returning home after some success in the big city". The song is "not fiction". I take this to mean there was a girl in Grafton who Don Walker loved, but he had to leave because of greater career opportunities in Sydney. I wonder what happened to that girl - if she knows she has been immortalised by this song.
@@TechNed The Grafton reference is because Don Walker came from Grafton and supposedly wrote this song about his old hometown. Grafton is lined with Jacaranda trees and he used the title of an old movie " The flame trees of Thika" as a reference apparently. Not sure why the film clip was done in Oberon but I have always loved it.
Poignant that the FC holden (late 50's) there in this classic is now only as old as a VT Commodore would be now. A song of an Australia that isn't quite the same anymore.
and all those other classic aussie muscle cars , we did have the best times what an era would love to just re live it but now its just a memory of those flame trees
This song nearly brings me too tears I suffered depression for 17 years and this is the song that got me through it holds special memories for me grew up in a small town with my mates. Nothing better than the mates you grew up with.
Wow you're lucky, you still got friends. My mates have all gone, don't want to know me ever since I left my hometown. My parents are dead, no kids... even my girlfriend of 6 years hates me now and wants to leave. I'm a real miserable whinging dickhead. With a dead end minimum wage job, small dick and short and ugly too haha 😂. I'm making myself laugh but I guess it's kind of true. One thing I'm thankful for is I'm a pretty happy guy, who obviously likes to poke fun at himself at times. Take care fellow Barnsy fan.
"There's no change, There's no pace, Everything within its place just makes it harder to believe she won't be around"...This pretty much sums up my & my two sons' lives since we lost their mum 4 years ago. I love this song, ever since I heard it for the first time all those years ago and it rings truer with every listen.
I just wanted to say thank you Cold Chisel - We love you for the beautiful memories you have left in our minds. I am 61 years old now and you do wonder where the years have gone. Your music is timeless and I thank you for the pleasure of listening to your songs.
This is now 2024. I was your age back then when you posted. How lucky were we, to have such wonderful music? Cold Chisel my most favourite Aussie band. Always was, always will be.
Being of Scottish heritage, I'm so proud that this masterpiece is by a Scottish-Australian singer. The lyrics are flawless. Anyway, my 18 year old is now playing it on his guitar and hungry for more Cold Chisel. Their music is boundless, long live Cold Chisel! Good taste and honesty!
I don't want to sound like a party pooper, but Stephen Prestwich (Liverpool England) and Don Walker (Adelaide Australia) wrote the lyrics to this classic.
@@jonathanhalloran5350 Jimmy is Scottish, and if you ask him he'll say he's proud of his Scottish heritage. He's literally Scottish Australian and his accent remains to this day
Hello from Detroit, Michigan, my adopted hometown. For the first time in my (long) life, I'm feeling a little homesick. I'm from Sydney, but I have friends all over Australia. Thanks to TH-cam and the person who uploaded this classic song. It's obvious how much this song is loved and how much it means to so many people.
❤️❤️❤️ always wondered where it was filmed. I've never been to Oberon but i have driven thru it. Love our bush towns, they're way better than our coastal towns. Youse are all still uniquely Aussie where we on the Coast (I'm from Wyong) are like we've moved into a different dimension, we aren't Aussie's like we used to be & it's sad. Sending love & best wishes ❤️
I just tried to sing this and I literally couldn't get through it without bawling. I live abroad now and it just conjured so many feelings! Fucking amazing tune. The Yanks have Springsteen, We've got Cold Chisel.
Lyrically beautifully thought out. The people and places may be the same, but without that person, everything will forever be different. Truly captures the feeling of love and loss and I'm proud that this belongs to Australia x
Beautiful song and so iconically Australian. When Australia was a fantastic place to live,people worked hard,enjoyed a few schooners down the pub,smoked,listened to great music,swore and picked up gorgeous birds!
This song came on my late father's alarm clock 5am most mornings ❤your son Christopher love forever and forever greatful to my mother and father for raising me a proud single father ❤
Driving my lux Ute, dusty corrugated road, dog (Sherpa) in the back, me staring out at the beautiful bush as we drive back to the farm.... Absolute heaven! Rock on!
When Australia was still Australia. When Aussies were actually Australian, and we all knew what it was to be, and were proud to be, an Aussie. Back when you could wear all Australian made clothing, from the socks and boots on your feet to the underwear, jeans and flannoes on your sun-tanned torso. Even your sunglasses and hats and the beach towel you laid upon were all Australian made too.. When we drove Australian made cars, fuelled by petrol refined here in Australia, on tyres made in Australia. We came home to a house we could afford to buy, built by Australians with Australian made products and tools, and ate a dinner of all Australian food products with an Australian Beer. After dinner we then reclined in our Australian made furniture and watched Australian TV shows on Australian made Television sets. The next morning we listened to Australian bands on our Australian made radios before going to work at a business or company %100 owned by Australians. On the weekends in the winter, we played footy with Australian made boots and jerseys and Australian made footballs. In the summer, we played cricket with Australian made bats and bowled Australian made balls at Australian made stumps. The kids on the sideline drank Australian made soft drinks from Australian owned companies. There is a certain irony in my patriotic sentimentality here, though. While this song was written by an Australian, it was sang by a young Scottish lad. To Jimmy's credit, though, he never looked back to Scotland and adopted Australia as his own in the same fashion we adopted him and claimed him as an Aussie.
This song reminds me of growing up in Oberon when I was a young kid my great pop passed away in 2017 Zika ‘Chic’ Tosic he was a great man and founded Oberon engineering.
This song takes me back to a time when I was with my (then) wife Cynthia. Reminds me of how much I loved her and now miss her. Hope she is doing well without me.
Always an Australian Iconic Song, an old Flame or a Rural Australian Town in which an individual has spent some time in & is now a stranger but always up for the Road Trip on either 2 x Wheels or 4. That first Larger cuts the dust & bugs from the throat before settling in for the evening after a great day's Riding or Driving to just be able to pass through & appreciate the Rural Australian Pub 🇦🇺 ☝️👍🏾
Always picture Elizabeth in South Australia in the 80s when I hear this song." Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field in our day " that line always puts a tear in my eyes.
Its extraordinary the feelings this song conjures up from the moment it starts. For an entire generation it will hold sentimentality, heartbreak, perhaps melancholy, of a very special time in ones life, an invincible time, thats long gone. A gorgeous piece nonetheless.
Don Walker was also a songwriter who wrote many songs for the late great Slim Dusty - he actually wrote one of my favourite Slim songs, Charleville.....
My Dad & Don were best mates in high school in Grafton & still keep in touch, which is where this song is written about. I lived there for 2 of my teen yrs, & yep, no change & no pace. The most exciting thing to happen to Grafton in the 90's was the opening of McDonald's in Sth Grafton! Lol Buggers me why Grafton Council cut down the flame treas on the drive in...they were utterly stunning, & barring Jacaranda Festival & the beautiful abundance of purple or the few streets left that are tunnels of ancient Morton Bay Figs(though they're down streets pple passing through would never go down), the flame trees were Graftons only really recognisable & beautiful land mark or claim to fame. I'm proud to say some of the video footage they've used in a couple of clips where they used live pub/concert shots was filmed by my Dad. Funny, cause I was embarrassed by the family connection to Cold Chisel in my teens(like Mum going on a date with Ian Moss post parental split), but it's something I'm proud of now. Hah. ;)
I don’t know how Emotional I become when I listen to this song but I have that feeling that when I’ll be older I will cry like a child just by listening to this song
It's because it resonates in all of us that feeling of a life passed by and filled with nostalgia and what else could have been. Every human being will feel that in the latter part of their lives no matter what
I'm 24 years old, every single time I here this song i think about how my old man would've thought about this song when it first came out. for some reason it holds such a nostalgic place in my heart. i wish i could've been 24 when it came out.
Bow River, Flame Trees and Bal a Versailles are the three best Chisel songs ever. But wait, then there is Four Walls, Forever Now, When the War is Over, Khe Sahn, Ita.... Oh, I am not going to rate them but enjoy them all. Long live Cold Chisel.
fuckhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! corona is here to stay! ....... grow up .............. im 60 ..............anyone who thinks this will go away has a tram up his ARSE!
Those rich harmonies in the last chorus are the emotional boiling point of the track. Don Walker wrote so much of the bands work, but Chisel's sound was unique and each member bought so much to each track. Phil Small's Bass playing is some of the best I have heard in my 54year. I play some instruments, but most importantly have a good set of ears, and Phil is seriously worldclass. Listen to his playing on 'Saturday Night' and note how he basically plays melody in quiet spaces before returning to holding down the bottom end with Steve. What a rhythm section those two made. Power, Excitement, Creative, Genuine are words that come to mind. '1983 live 'Barking Spiders'. Listen to Steve & Phil on 'Merry Go Round' and then 'No Sense'. I could go on for hours and I haven't even got to Ian Moss, vocal, guitars, a superbly emotional blues player amongst other styles.
What an amazing song. I will always have time for this sentimental bullshit. Just brings me back to a beautiful time in Australia in my childhood when things were a lot simpler.
Followed the band from day 1 Its gotten me threw some tough times in my life and it's relevant today as it was back then Its funny how 1 song can take you back to a time and a place Music is timeless shame we aren't
This song is nothing but brilliance. Pure brilliance. They really should have gave it go in North America, they'd be as big a name as any other Aussie band who made it there. I didn't even know they existed until I moved to Australia.
This was my mum and dad's song. I remember mum telling me once when dad had to go to the states on a business trip, he played this song to her over the phone. Since then I see how special it was to them, and how special it is to Australia as a whole.
For something reason.. every day I play this My Australian girl friend comes to life... perhaps I could play it at her funeral... doubt she will get out of her coffin,, but I hope it puts a smile on her face
I used to have beers everyday after work at the Pub with my mate Leigh, after a hard day's yakka. He committed suicide a few years later, this song still holds precious value to me and the memory of of him. "They say you die twice, once when you die, and again when someone speaks your name for the last time." Not a day goes by that I wish I could've helped Leigh James Nelson. And he was one of the good ones. Have a beer up there for me bro. I miss ya.
The soundtrack to my first real heartbreak....nearly 30 years ago, but this song even today echo's all the ache and despair a 21 year old boy could feel....I wonder if she thinks of me from time to time.
Reading all these comments, I realize how great of a song this is. I grew up with this song since my dad always played it in the car, and sometimes I would hear it somewhere and start singing it. XD Although I'm only 14, this song makes me feel nostalgic about the times my family would go on car trips.
Jimmy Barnes says every time he has sung this song over the last 30+ years he’s felt sick from the emotions it brings up. After reading his books I can understand, what an incredibly painful life he and his family led.
Couldn't agree more with you. Both books really changed how I listen to all his songs, especially the early years including his first few solo albums. Like a troubled young man in pain wanting to tear the whole world down. I didn't live through the things he did exactly, but I always had alot of self loathing of my own and knowing these things about him made it more cathartic having his music on loud. The past year I had him on while drowning in fast food and booze which I did but don't recommend. The second book especially had me empathetic of the emotions he went through.
Oh God the memories that come flooding back to this song ...bloody classic aussie rock I miss the 80's in Australia They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era. And, what an era!
Romance,heartbreak,love,all wrapped up in melancholy...sang with some slight vitriol...so as not to offend... This could be one,if not the most, beautiful song ever written. A torrent of tears with evrey listen... Go Barnsey,Go Chisel!!!!!
While rock in other parrts of the world sang about sex drugs and rock'n'roll, in Australia in the 70s, 80's and 90's the songs were also often about normal working class people dealing with everyday life issues - our struggles, laughter, loves and regrets. We could all relate to that and still do and that's why these songs have woven so tightly in our memories.
This. In my opinion, this is the song that perfectly reflects on your life and what makes you individual: growing up, first love, mistakes, regrets and triumphs.
Had to come back and watch this video clip today, as I attended Jimmy's working class man tour last night, and he told us that this video clip was made without his involvement and knowledge because the band had a falling out with him at that stage. So the only time you see him, is a TV shot. He wasn't angry or shitty about it either.. it was just a part of his life he shared with us. 😊
Reminds me of home. Moved 500km away from my childhood home in the country. Then my dad passed and my mum sold up. Sometimes I like to pass through just to remember my childhood.
Ian. Once again you bring so much to my memories of 80's and 90's Australiana. Hope you and the members are still doing well. Love your legacy. Well done.
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This era was the end of the greatest eras ever, australia is no more
These times will never return alas
@@jimfarmer2621 just the song itself brings back those magical memories its what i live for now hold on to the dream
@MrPizza063 it doesn't get much better than this
Mate, I have two kids that love this music. They are also musical and there is still hope for future Aussie classics.
Bah, times change, keep moving or get left behind.
This song holds a special place in my life. Video filmed in my hometown Oberon. My beautiful Dad was laid to rest last month and was escorted down the main street of Oberon. His last main street run. There's no change there's no pace, everything within it's place just makes it harder to believe that he wont be around. Rip Dad.
It's special to me too and made all the more special by your story. May your father RIP.
Nice Patricia May your dad rest in peace Love from Frank
Rip mate
Cheers Patricia.
Bless you
Great song. Represents an era that's starting to slide into memory. Old Australia is slipping away...
@cold chisel wow it’s cold chisel….
@@SENATORPAIN1 I'd take ten times as many if it meant that I didn't have to read one more stupid thing from you.
@@SENATORPAIN1 That's not what I meant.☹️🙁
So true, so sad 😔
@@kindofpseudonym he may have said it quite bluntly, but he has a point. If you replace people, then you replace culture, and you replace heritage. And if you _like your culture and heritage_ then being unimpressed with and opposing such developments is entirely normal and natural.
Probably one of the greatest Aussie rock ballads ever written
I miss the 80's in Australia
Same.
Take me back!
The more lefty politians try to change Australia the sentimental about 80,s90,s i get!😒😮💨
It's no better now. Bring on the dream weavers and time machines.
@@anthonywilson7304 let me know when one's been invented!
I live on Oberon now and nothing has changed since then. I love it. I just bought some flame trees for my farm. Love Chisel.
And oh, who needs that sentimental bullshit anyway?
❤🇦🇺👍
i just love those old aussie muscle cars man those were the best of times
'cept Herb's shop.
She painted the signage on it.......
Probably one of the greatest Aussie rock ballads ever written
foath
My song :)
The best
everyones song
Linked park hybrid theroy
This song was one of the Chisels best, you can return to your roots, home, old mates but it's never be the same second time around.
Where I’m from was the same after 5 years and I couldn’t of been happier to be here.
Too true mate. Everything changes but there's some things that never change
OMG … I wish it wasn’t true; but for me that was the case.
The first love always cuts the deepest, in all senses of the word.
Ad in suzi 😁and the Dutch up on love Keep
They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era.
And, what an era!
My older brother had a lot of their music in the 80's..TG!
You're not wrong mate
Fuq oath mate 👍 🇦🇺
How do we get back to those days? I'd give anything. No smart phones, no f***ing Netflix.
@@surfclimbcycle nope just real people and real music wish I was around back then nowdays are fucking shit
Anyone of this era is locked in time when we hear this song. What a blessing!
Ah to have a time machine!
True story
Absolutely do it all again in a heartbeat 😊😊😊
Yep.. love ya mate ❤
I'm from Grafton NSW
Yes it was a huge hit in kiwi land too. New Zealand we love Jimmy
I remember walking into a pub in Delegate, NSW. We were 2 backpackers who just wanted a drink. It was like something from a movie, the whole bar just stopped and stared in confusion at how and why we had ended up there! I met some great people and we danced to Eagles and The Boss until they introduced me to Cold Chisel. This song instantly takes me back to that night. Thank you Delegate 💜
Amazing to see Delegate mentioned here. I used to live there in 1984 when this song came out !
Oh wow! If you lived there in the 80's, you probably know all of the locals that I met there! Such a small word.
Roll call 😊
My brother just moved away from Delegate , I’ve been in that pub a few times. His pet magpie was banned from the pub , it would fly in and steal only $50 notes from peoples wallets😂
Did you get married?
Whenever I sing this at family friendly events - I always sing 'who needs those sentimental stories anyway'. Same meaning... family friendly :)
This song never gets old 2021 and still listening to it .
Back at ya..🍻👍
On the radio all the time in Sydney 2021. Such a classic
2022 and I agree, timeless.
April 2022 ❤
Yep! 2023 and still so good. This song is one of THE classics.
This song means so much to so many.
For me, the last year and a half, I drive north when I can and visit friends and family of a girl I once wanted to marry. We catch up with where we are at in life, talk about shared interests and tell stories about the girl that made us friends. The reason for that is the following.
The girl and I didn't speak for way too many years then a mutual friend asked if it was okay to passed my telephone number onto her as she had asked for it. Of course it was. I was overjoyed by the prospect of speaking again. Two days later I received a call saying she was on life support with a traumatic brain injury. Covid restrictions stopped me from entering Queensland to be by her side as she had been for me when I was in a similar state 20yrs earlier. Two weeks later I had to say goodbye to her on the telephone. I take solace in knowing that our differences were no longer anything, our love of each other all those years ago was not wasted and never
forgotten.
......
Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well
After all this time you boys look just the same"
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?"
Number three is never say her name
......
Often this song comes on the radio while I am driving and I can't help but want to pull over, but those flame trees....
Rest In Peace, My Friend
Eff the Governments and the torture they put people through! Your friend was one of many who were forced to such loneliness before they passed. I have a mate who's leaving this life in the very near future, only 6 Weeks ago he was diagnosed with the big C age 53. He's a strong man, army man for 12 years, but receiving such a grave prognosis really hit him hard. About the only bright side to his situation is that government isn't interfering in the name of covid anymore.
He will live on in my memory. You honor your friend by remembering her, while their is life in you to remember, she lives on. Condolences my friend.
@@thepaedophileprofit3062 May we never forget it, may we never let it happen again. The impact was huge, devastating, destroyed more lives than it saved. I'm still gobsmacked by the whole thing.
And I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. Same to the op. Very sad.
Don Walker's inspiration for the lyrics was a combination of his memories of Grafton where he had lived as a youth, and of his romantic dreams. Walker later said, "In my mind, it’s a northern New South Wales song. But there’s a lot of people who love that song and in their minds, it’s set in their home towns. A lot of people finish up away from where they come from." Elsewhere, Walker noted that the song was, "not fiction", and about, "returning home after some success in the big city".
The song is "not fiction". I take this to mean there was a girl in Grafton who Don Walker loved, but he had to leave because of greater career opportunities in Sydney. I wonder what happened to that girl - if she knows she has been immortalised by this song.
The video is filmed in Oberon,
Which like the song, has a factory & 2 pubs…
Just saying…
My cousin Sheldon would love this Song rest in peace my brother
Sorry for your loss. ❤
I'm from Oberon where this was filmed and some of the people's today in the video are still alive and living here.
AreYouKenkey my nan lives there my perants grow up there
Nice. I keep hearing Grafton but I don't recognise anything in this vid.
@@TechNed The Grafton reference is because Don Walker came from Grafton and supposedly wrote this song about his old hometown. Grafton is lined with Jacaranda trees and he used the title of an old movie " The flame trees of Thika" as a reference apparently. Not sure why the film clip was done in Oberon but I have always loved it.
@@andrewmurphy7401 Yeah, I knew that. I think you misunderstood my comment. I meant, I don't recognise any scene in this vid as Grafton.
@@andrewmurphy7401 But I'm with you. It's an awesome video. Storyteller style.
3:00 the greatest key change in Australian music. Onya Steve, RIP.
Poignant that the FC holden (late 50's) there in this classic is now only as old as a VT Commodore would be now. A song of an Australia that isn't quite the same anymore.
and all those other classic aussie muscle cars , we did have the best times what an era would love to just re live it but now its just a memory of those flame trees
when craftsmanship transcends itself and becomes art. this song is the f*king Australian Mona Lisa. every note is perfect
Is this one of the best Australian songs ever??
That honour goes to Don't Change by INXS.
not one of the best, by far the best!
It is
@Lats Niebling What about Shark Fin Blues by The Drones.
@Lats Niebling Check it out, it's a classic.
This song nearly brings me too tears I suffered depression for 17 years and this is the song that got me through it holds special memories for me grew up in a small town with my mates. Nothing better than the mates you grew up with.
Stay strong mate, same here.
Bless...
Wow you're lucky, you still got friends. My mates have all gone, don't want to know me ever since I left my hometown. My parents are dead, no kids... even my girlfriend of 6 years hates me now and wants to leave. I'm a real miserable whinging dickhead. With a dead end minimum wage job, small dick and short and ugly too haha 😂. I'm making myself laugh but I guess it's kind of true. One thing I'm thankful for is I'm a pretty happy guy, who obviously likes to poke fun at himself at times. Take care fellow Barnsy fan.
Damn straight bro 🤟 your not alone ! This song is a go too for me when I'm down ! Also when I'm up! Keep on keeping on!🤟
My Brother was J Barnes, I’m also Born a J Barnes
"There's no change, There's no pace, Everything within its place just makes it harder to believe she won't be around"...This pretty much sums up my & my two sons' lives since we lost their mum 4 years ago. I love this song, ever since I heard it for the first time all those years ago and it rings truer with every listen.
Hope have some ausome years soon to make up for it!
The anthem of most young Australians of the time.
and some Kiwis like me😂
And till this day as well. At least for 25 year old me.
Great song
I’m from Holland but how i love this song… beautiful, raw emotion. Like it even better on a sunny day with a beer in my hand.💜
An enduring song for a 76 year old /young man.
Your earning yourself an honourary Aussie status with comments like that 👍
Bravo!
You sound like you are from Holland...???
I just wanted to say thank you Cold Chisel - We love you for the beautiful memories you have left in our minds. I am 61 years old now and you do wonder where the years have gone. Your music is timeless and I thank you for the pleasure of listening to your songs.
This is now 2024. I was your age back then when you posted. How lucky were we, to have such wonderful music? Cold Chisel my most favourite Aussie band. Always was, always will be.
Being of Scottish heritage, I'm so proud that this masterpiece is by a Scottish-Australian singer. The lyrics are flawless. Anyway, my 18 year old is now playing it on his guitar and hungry for more Cold Chisel. Their music is boundless, long live Cold Chisel! Good taste and honesty!
You're deluded buddy. Saying that Jimmy is Scottish is like saying that Mel Gibson is American. Or that Russel Crowe is Australian... oh wait....
I don't want to sound like a party pooper, but Stephen Prestwich (Liverpool England) and Don Walker (Adelaide Australia) wrote the lyrics to this classic.
@@jonathanhalloran5350 Jimmy is Scottish, and if you ask him he'll say he's proud of his Scottish heritage. He's literally Scottish Australian and his accent remains to this day
Jimmy Barnes is one of the greatest singers to exist throughout mankind
Never heard this group until now. I'm American. One of my Australian followers on tiktok recommended this group! I like it!
I’m Scottish ( but now dual Ozzie ) discovered it in the 90’s when I was an ICU nurse in Melbourne.
Now that you have heard Cold Chisel, you just need to eat Vegemite and you can be an Australian citizen.
@@giantrod788
I am an 🇦🇺 citizen & I do…. 😂
No
Hello from Detroit, Michigan, my adopted hometown. For the first time in my (long) life, I'm feeling a little homesick. I'm from Sydney, but I have friends all over Australia. Thanks to TH-cam and the person who uploaded this classic song. It's obvious how much this song is loved and how much it means to so many people.
This song was filmed in my home town and it makes me cry every single time. So much meaning. What an incredible song!
❤️❤️❤️ always wondered where it was filmed. I've never been to Oberon but i have driven thru it. Love our bush towns, they're way better than our coastal towns. Youse are all still uniquely Aussie where we on the Coast (I'm from Wyong) are like we've moved into a different dimension, we aren't Aussie's like we used to be & it's sad. Sending love & best wishes ❤️
Great song my Nan still lives near the rsl
Just made me cry also, life can be very sad sometimes 😢
I just tried to sing this and I literally couldn't get through it without bawling. I live abroad now and it just conjured so many feelings! Fucking amazing tune. The Yanks have Springsteen, We've got Cold Chisel.
OzzieBarbie I'd take Chisel over Bruce any day.
Bruce is amazing too.
"Bawling"
Springsteen is horrible
@@linux49er do you know what that means?She cried her eyes out mate.
Lyrically beautifully thought out. The people and places may be the same, but without that person, everything will forever be different. Truly captures the feeling of love and loss and I'm proud that this belongs to Australia x
Tinku Reddy - beautiful post
Beautiful song and so iconically Australian. When Australia was a fantastic place to live,people worked hard,enjoyed a few schooners down the pub,smoked,listened to great music,swore and picked up gorgeous birds!
Well I still have the gorgeous bird. Me hair has long gone tho
And no woke bs!
And probably watched the footy on the big screen!
I didn't appreciate this wonderful song until many many years after it was released. I heard it again one day and I realized how much I love this.
Likewise
@@jipangoo same here i rate it as there Best .
Likewise, its wonderful.
This song definitely hits differently when you live in a country town.
Never slip from our grasp
@elizabeth Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here
This song came on my late father's alarm clock 5am most mornings ❤your son Christopher love forever and forever greatful to my mother and father for raising me a proud single father ❤
That key change just lifts my head off every single time. I’ve heard it maybe, dunno, 100s of times. Same response, every time. Sensational song.
My favourite bridge. Melodically beautiful.
Favourite song ever.. Australian music is the best.. especially the 70"s & 80's.. even the 90's to now.. thanks Australia 🇦🇺
Driving my lux Ute, dusty corrugated road, dog (Sherpa) in the back, me staring out at the beautiful bush as we drive back to the farm.... Absolute heaven!
Rock on!
When Australia was still Australia. When Aussies were actually Australian, and we all knew what it was to be, and were proud to be, an Aussie.
Back when you could wear all Australian made clothing, from the socks and boots on your feet to the underwear, jeans and flannoes on your sun-tanned torso. Even your sunglasses and hats and the beach towel you laid upon were all Australian made too..
When we drove Australian made cars, fuelled by petrol refined here in Australia, on tyres made in Australia. We came home to a house we could afford to buy, built by Australians with Australian made products and tools, and ate a dinner of all Australian food products with an Australian Beer. After dinner we then reclined in our Australian made furniture and watched Australian TV shows on Australian made Television sets.
The next morning we listened to Australian bands on our Australian made radios before going to work at a business or company %100 owned by Australians.
On the weekends in the winter, we played footy with Australian made boots and jerseys and Australian made footballs. In the summer, we played cricket with Australian made bats and bowled Australian made balls at Australian made stumps. The kids on the sideline drank Australian made soft drinks from Australian owned companies.
There is a certain irony in my patriotic sentimentality here, though. While this song was written by an Australian, it was sang by a young Scottish lad. To Jimmy's credit, though, he never looked back to Scotland and adopted Australia as his own in the same fashion we adopted him and claimed him as an Aussie.
Get a life
So true!
This song reminds me of growing up in Oberon when I was a young kid my great pop passed away in 2017 Zika ‘Chic’ Tosic he was a great man and founded Oberon engineering.
This song takes me back to a time when I was with my (then) wife Cynthia. Reminds me of how much I loved her and now miss her. Hope she is doing well without me.
Always an Australian Iconic Song, an old Flame or a Rural Australian Town in which an individual has spent some time in & is now a stranger but always up for the Road Trip on either 2 x Wheels or 4. That first Larger cuts the dust & bugs from the throat before settling in for the evening after a great day's Riding or Driving to just be able to pass through & appreciate the Rural Australian Pub 🇦🇺 ☝️👍🏾
Always picture Elizabeth in South Australia in the 80s when I hear this song." Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field in our day " that line always puts a tear in my eyes.
At 52 it does the same to me, ahh the memories of being fit and fearful of nothing
Happy Australia Day 2024,great song and great video
We had the best songwriters. And bands.
Its extraordinary the feelings this song conjures up from the moment it starts. For an entire generation it will hold sentimentality, heartbreak, perhaps melancholy, of a very special time in ones life, an invincible time, thats long gone. A gorgeous piece nonetheless.
Is this one of the best Australian songs ever??
Ladies and gentlemen please rise for the national anthem
This classic song was written by the late Steve Prestwich (drums) and Don Walker (keyboard) of Cold Chisel.
J. David Semple
At their best they rivalled all the great songwriting teams. Always doing something unexpected and subtle.
Don Walker was also a songwriter who wrote many songs for the late great Slim Dusty - he actually wrote one of my favourite Slim songs, Charleville.....
My Dad & Don were best mates in high school in Grafton & still keep in touch, which is where this song is written about. I lived there for 2 of my teen yrs, & yep, no change & no pace. The most exciting thing to happen to Grafton in the 90's was the opening of McDonald's in Sth Grafton! Lol
Buggers me why Grafton Council cut down the flame treas on the drive in...they were utterly stunning, & barring Jacaranda Festival & the beautiful abundance of purple or the few streets left that are tunnels of ancient Morton Bay Figs(though they're down streets pple passing through would never go down), the flame trees were Graftons only really recognisable & beautiful land mark or claim to fame.
I'm proud to say some of the video footage they've used in a couple of clips where they used live pub/concert shots was filmed by my Dad. Funny, cause I was embarrassed by the family connection to Cold Chisel in my teens(like Mum going on a date with Ian Moss post parental split), but it's something I'm proud of now. Hah. ;)
15 years after 1st hearing this I’m still loving it just as much… all the way from Glasgow/Scotland 🏴
How was this song and video not a huge hit outside Australia?? 30 years and it’s still moving. Great accompanying film
It was big here in New Zealand. Still gets play on rock radio stations even.
You could say that about Chisel.
wasn't even a big hit in Australia reached 26 on the charts, Khe Sanh didn't even make top 40 absolutely amazing
I don’t know how Emotional I become when I listen to this song but I have that feeling that when I’ll be older I will cry like a child just by listening to this song
it has a sensitivity that's free from anything sugary you get in music these days.
Maybe because we know those times won't really come around again.
It's because it resonates in all of us that feeling of a life passed by and filled with nostalgia and what else could have been. Every human being will feel that in the latter part of their lives no matter what
The song of a generation.
I'm 24 years old, every single time I here this song i think about how my old man would've thought about this song when it first came out. for some reason it holds such a nostalgic place in my heart. i wish i could've been 24 when it came out.
24 here also bro ✌️
one of the greatest examples of 1980s Australia in sound ever.
Bow River, Flame Trees and Bal a Versailles are the three best Chisel songs ever.
But wait, then there is Four Walls, Forever Now, When the War is Over, Khe Sahn, Ita....
Oh, I am not going to rate them but enjoy them all. Long live Cold Chisel.
Can’t wait to just hang out like these people after Coronavirus passes
YES
me too
fuck covid 19, or whatever.
Same dude
fuckhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! corona is here to stay! ....... grow up .............. im 60 ..............anyone who thinks this will go away has a tram up his ARSE!
This song played as my Mum passed over. Always love Chisel
I miss the 80's in Australia
Me too, at least until neighbours came on TV, that kinda stuffed it.
U.N. Lima Declaration 1975 was the final nail in the coffin for australia
What tf are you on about grasshopper.
80s in Australia was the best. I tell my kids how they missed out.
Yes it was a great time to be alive, here in the 80's. 👍👌👍
Oh God the memories that come flooding back to this song ...bloody classic aussie rock
Those rich harmonies in the last chorus are the emotional boiling point of the track. Don Walker wrote so much of the bands work, but Chisel's sound was unique and each member bought so much to each track. Phil Small's Bass playing is some of the best I have heard in my 54year. I play some instruments, but most importantly have a good set of ears, and Phil is seriously worldclass. Listen to his playing on 'Saturday Night' and note how he basically plays melody in quiet spaces before returning to holding down the bottom end with Steve. What a rhythm section those two made. Power, Excitement, Creative, Genuine are words that come to mind. '1983 live 'Barking Spiders'. Listen to Steve & Phil on 'Merry Go Round' and then 'No Sense'. I could go on for hours and I haven't even got to Ian Moss, vocal, guitars, a superbly emotional blues player amongst other styles.
People just seemed so much more authentic back in those days
This is an ageless ballad, so well constructed, written & sung that it is incapable of becoming old.
Pure gold!
What an amazing song. I will always have time for this sentimental bullshit. Just brings me back to a beautiful time in Australia in my childhood when things were a lot simpler.
Exactly!
Followed the band from day 1 Its gotten me threw some tough times in my life and it's relevant today as it was back then Its funny how 1 song can take you back to a time and a place Music is timeless shame we aren't
This song is nothing but brilliance. Pure brilliance. They really should have gave it go in North America, they'd be as big a name as any other Aussie band who made it there. I didn't even know they existed until I moved to Australia.
This was my mum and dad's song. I remember mum telling me once when dad had to go to the states on a business trip, he played this song to her over the phone. Since then I see how special it was to them, and how special it is to Australia as a whole.
This song is always gonig to make me cry happy tears cause of the vailo 500 where the whole crowd joined in in singing
This song makes me cry me and my girlfriend useto sing this in the shower 😄 she holds a special place in my heart forever
For something reason.. every day I play this
My Australian girl friend comes to life... perhaps I could play it at her funeral... doubt she will get out of her coffin,, but I hope it puts a smile on her face
One of the greatest Aussie songs ever... Easily fav Chisel song...
Would love to have seen more of them in their prime in the early 80's...
I used to have beers everyday after work at the Pub with my mate Leigh, after a hard day's yakka.
He committed suicide a few years later, this song still holds precious value to me and the memory of of him.
"They say you die twice, once when you die, and again when someone speaks your name for the last time."
Not a day goes by that I wish I could've helped Leigh James Nelson. And he was one of the good ones.
Have a beer up there for me bro. I miss ya.
You’re a sweet friend. Stay blessed x
Don Walker wrote what has become the definitive Autralian love/rock ballad. Perfect in every way.🤘🖤🤘
Don’t forget Steve’s music))
@@MRDARKTURKEY Yes, absolutely. A perfect partnership created a most beautiful song.
L. Lisa Wilson well said😊
I wish I could go back in time just for a little bit. Life was so simple yet so good. Loving the memories this song brings
Good on you Emma
I agree emma,get very sentimental!
The soundtrack to my first real heartbreak....nearly 30 years ago, but this song even today echo's all the ache and despair a 21 year old boy could feel....I wonder if she thinks of me from time to time.
Of course she does..
Missed Australia of 60 70 and 80 , but not now . Live far away never to return , only memories.
...And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her...
The anthem of most young Australians of the time.
Reading all these comments, I realize how great of a song this is. I grew up with this song since my dad always played it in the car, and sometimes I would hear it somewhere and start singing it. XD Although I'm only 14, this song makes me feel nostalgic about the times my family would go on car trips.
+we dont go on car trips like we used to, thats why i feel nostalgic
thats the sweetest thing ive heard for a while....
Lovely comment Cassie. Some trivia, I was 14 when this song first came out. I'm now 48 and this song makes me nostalgic too.
u seam vagwely famileear 2 me. Have wie met? Or have got it complitaly wrung???
I'm sorry, I don't believe I recognise your name?
Jimmy Barnes says every time he has sung this song over the last 30+ years he’s felt sick from the emotions it brings up. After reading his books I can understand, what an incredibly painful life he and his family led.
Couldn't agree more with you. Both books really changed how I listen to all his songs, especially the early years including his first few solo albums. Like a troubled young man in pain wanting to tear the whole world down. I didn't live through the things he did exactly, but I always had alot of self loathing of my own and knowing these things about him made it more cathartic having his music on loud. The past year I had him on while drowning in fast food and booze which I did but don't recommend. The second book especially had me empathetic of the emotions he went through.
Oh God the memories that come flooding back to this song ...bloody classic aussie rock
I miss the 80's in Australia
They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era.
And, what an era!
No matter where I am or what I'm doing..this song stops me in my tracks.
Back when you had to work that steering wheel to turn it! Fantastic song :)
Romance,heartbreak,love,all wrapped up in melancholy...sang with some slight vitriol...so as not to offend... This could be one,if not the most, beautiful song ever written. A torrent of tears with evrey listen... Go Barnsey,Go Chisel!!!!!
While rock in other parrts of the world sang about sex drugs and rock'n'roll, in Australia in the 70s, 80's and 90's the songs were also often about normal working class people dealing with everyday life issues - our struggles, laughter, loves and regrets. We could all relate to that and still do and that's why these songs have woven so tightly in our memories.
I find it hard to think that anyone doesn't see our heritage, it's the people we loved, but they live in us,
This.
In my opinion, this is the song that perfectly reflects on your life and what makes you individual: growing up, first love, mistakes, regrets and triumphs.
Had to come back and watch this video clip today, as I attended Jimmy's working class man tour last night, and he told us that this video clip was made without his involvement and knowledge because the band had a falling out with him at that stage. So the only time you see him, is a TV shot. He wasn't angry or shitty about it either.. it was just a part of his life he shared with us. 😊
Reminds me of home. Moved 500km away from my childhood home in the country. Then my dad passed and my mum sold up. Sometimes I like to pass through just to remember my childhood.
I think everyone can relate to this song luv it
always have a gut sing to this song......
This song can tear your heart out
Love this song me @ my best friend used to this song on the Duke box years ago at out country pub luv ot😅
Me too
Ian. Once again you bring so much to my memories of 80's and 90's Australiana. Hope you and the members are still doing well. Love your legacy. Well done.
this song is timeless, regardless of what generation you, it resonates
I miss the 80's in Australia
They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era.
And, what an era!
As a Australian girl I grew up in the outback of Australia and this has been a favoured song of mine and my father's
Love ya chisel
Thanks to my parents, I was raised with this music and still rocking. There’s No music like this today.
Only rubbish now!