I'm not gonna lie, I'm a gamer, I discovered this song through Vice City-I was born in 1991 and I was just short of that awesome decade that was the Eighties but I've since grown to truly love all of INXS' music and I think Michael Hutchence was a truly special performer the likes of which we'll never see again.
He truly was. My wife and I talk about him a lot. Much like you, she kind of missed out on so much great music, born in '88 and growing up in a small country town . I've tried to expose her to all manner of interesting music in the hopes she'll like it but with INXS, no effort is required. The only problem was having to tell her that Michael died before she even knew who he was. Broke her heart. She cried.
I Was There For The Whole 80's Period.That Was The Best Decade.I Would Like To Go Back In Time.I Just Came Across This Gem By Inxs.I Love It Especially Michael Hutchence He Is So Missed❤
I count myself fortunate! Born and raised in Nashville so, like everyone else, I was in a band. Started 1980 at 14 and spent those wonderful teen years playing covers of INXS, Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls, Loverboy and even Donnie Iris. Also, got to see INXS live at Starwood Amphitheatre!!! It was an amazing time to be alive!!!!!!
Early INXS was so good! They were hungry for success then. And they reached the Pinnacle with that incredible Wembley Stadium concert. That was their peak! Then it went all downhill after that and ended in tragedy. RIP MH-You were Great!
a might late in my response but agreed ! APROPOS that you would enjoy a great short film FULL MOON DIRTY HEARTS which is a visual album of theirs should still be up somewhere! CHEERS!
@@chrissimpson6701 it’s kind of ironic that in the beginning Michael was probably the weak link as they were all multi-instrumentalist and he was just a scrawny kid who wrote poetry that had an average voice but then became the Michael Hutchence we all know
and countless walkman, many gave there lives in my service, except that one I threw off the Manly Ferry for chewing up my Midnight Oil tape of the JJJ ten year anniversary Oils on the Water.
What a song and what a video! Soooo starkly Australian. The red soil and the red sunset! So glad they chose to film in such a location, putting their homeland front and center. These guys absolutely killed it in front of the camera!
My first INXS album -- All of them so fantastic. What I love most about this video is that is showcases their Aussie-ness with the beautiful Bush landscape of central Australia - paying homage to what makes them so special. Forever in-love with these guys. Bless Michael's beautiful soul.
pushing 60, saw the stones, genesis, pink floyd, and many more. Michael was THE best frontman I ever had the pleasure of seeing. So engaging and a booming voice to beat. So pure and easy. Aussies (midnight oil) always brought it!!
Just like Elvis, Prince, Bowie and George Michael, there will never be another Michael Hutchence. He was the Jim Morrison of our generation. Still not sure if it was an accidental death, suicide or murder. RIP beautiful!
That's beautiful as a fellow Aussie myself Michael could make you happy sad at the same time with his voice and your right no one will ever sing like him ever 😀
Yeah…Nowadays it’s over processed rap that celebrates rape culture (yes, that’s the truth-Just listen to G-Easy’s “No Limits” and you’ll see what I mean)
I am so thankful that INXS made a world of difference in my life!!! Just when this screwed up world starts getting on my nerves, I can listen to Michael and the Band restore some sanity in ME!!! BELLA!! BELLA!!!!
Their music just blows all the crap put out now out of the water. Every damn song they did was epic. I get lost in this nightly. If only Michael knew how much people would still love his music in 2020...
Well said, and Michael was wrong, he had said, there was too much up and coming talent behind them, (if he wasn't front and center) wrong!! There just isn't and that's why he's called the last Rock Star. There is a painful lack of talent like this!!
@@rossbuchan6593 Awesome music Ross, I couldn’t agree more! Please forgive me for pointing out the following though-if you are 50+ now. The confusing three... There as in “look over there!” Their as in “their car was parked” They’re, abbreviated for they are, as in “they’re not going to like me pointing these grammar errors out” Yes I’m a grammar nazi! Respect for a fellow who loves the same music I do!
My first introduction to INXS and 80's new wave/pop in general. Thank you Vice City! Hutch, thanks for the music and the memories. The Listen Like Thieves album was such a great album. I played it so much I wore it out LOL!
I had Listen Like Thieves on vinyl and cassette back in the 80s, and it was one of the records I listened to before high school and on the way home from school riding my Hutch freestyle bike. Those were incredible times.
Yes, he was gorgeous inside and out! What a talented singer and I wish I had grown up during his time! How lucky people are that got to see him live in concert! Nothing today sounds half as good and his voice is unmatched! He is missed by every generation!! 💕
He had happiness and everything.. just when the accident happened to where he wasnt able to smell or taste drove him into deep depression and drugs.. as would anyone else he had 4 beautiful daughters.
Listen Like Thieves was the first album I ever heard by INXS, in 1986. It is, to me, one of their three best, the other two being Kick and X. All the other albums were great (except for the first two), but those three stand out the most to me. Listen Like Thieves also seems, to me, the most 'Australian' of their albums. I'm not certain what would makes it so Australian. It just has that feel to it. Michael did not have much of an Aussie accent, due to the fact that he did not live his whole life in Australia, but spent part of his life in Hong Kong and the US. But, on this album, he seemed to sing in such a way as to bring out what Australian accent he did have. He had such a great voice, was very handsome and sexy, and could sing like nobody's business. He was also truly and honestly talented, as well as very smart. He's still my favorite singer, and I wish he was still around.
INXS is one of the most underrated bands in rock n roll history. The music is so great and Hutchence's lyrics are so poignant. I wish he was still alive and that they kept making music. RIP Michael x
Agree. It's so sad and it bothers me that Michael wanted to be remembered for his poetry and lyrics, but was defined mainly as a sex symbol. I think that was something that contributed to his depression later on towards the end of his life. To this day people mostly talk about his looks as opposed to him being a great songwriter, intelligent, worldly, etc. Yes, he was a very handsome man, but he was so much more than his looks. Wish he was still here, happy, and wish that INXS was still around. I feel they would be if he hadn't passed. I also wish I had been born way earlier than 1995 so that I could have had a better chance to see them live at least once. 😢
There will Never be another Michael Hutchence ...this guy.. oozed Sexy and a appeal on a microphone that made you shiver at his voice.. he is so missed... loved the band.. the music.. never be another like Them..
One of their best videos and best of the best Hutchence/A. Farriss songwriting collabs!!...love how Michael dances, struts, kicks and sways. They look so young here.💓😍
This song is superb! Describes life beautifully and a perfect memorial for Michael Hutchence! We all fall down the mountain end up kissing dirt but the thing that keeps us going is that SOMETIMES it doesn't hurt. Thank you INXS!!!
Alien Jack - I love your comment. So true. I can't stop listening to this song, as soon as it ends I'm replaying over and over. It just gets to my brain and soul. Wish Michael Hutchence was still with us in physical form, but in his music he most definitely lives on. Such a unique and very special person, gone way to soon.
The message in this song is incredible. And then when the guitars pick up towards the end, and Michael is singing about climbing back up from whatever ails you... priceless.
I know bands ham it up for videos but I truly believe these chaps had so much fun playing their music, jamming together. I feel that happiness and pleasure come thru the songs and the videos!
Another favorite is Melting In The Sun. Unless you have the album itself, most people dont get to hear all the great songs by INXS that were not played over the radio.
@@wandaguidry6413 I've found that the deep cuts on many albums are my favorites, or among them at least. LLT has no filler... everything on it is just outstanding.
Hutchence wrote the song with INXS multi-instrumentalist Andrew Farriss, who told Songfacts the meaning behind the song. "The lyric of 'Kiss The Dirt' is about how it doesn't matter how big you get as an actor or an artist or whatever field or endeavour you are involved in," said Farriss. "Eventually, whether it's age or the tyranny of time, there's a myriad of things that can happen to you, and none of us really knows where we're really going in the end. It's not supposed to be a depressing lyric. The idea is, everybody falls off the mountain eventually, doesn't matter how high you get." "What Michael wrote is really beautiful poetically," he added. "When you're a little kid, you play in the dirt. If you've got some dirt to play on, a bit of earth, you might build a sandcastle or you might just dig a hole in your backyard, just messing around. But, you're always going to kiss the dirt in the end. Everything reverts back to the earth in the end. Everything."
*LYRICS:* Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of doubt Don't water them with your tears Don't think about all the years You'd rather be without Eden let's me in I find the seeds of love And climb upon the highwire I kiss and tell all my fears *(Chorus)* Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of fun And we scream like alleycats Tearing down what we attack To prove that we are one Cutting through the night And we find the seeds of lust And loose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end *(Chorus)* Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
I loved them back in the late 80's/early 90's. Despite some huge hit songs they were always a bit overlooked and underrated by the mainstream audience, in my view.
*@jerp pin* No use pointing out some .....especially from their first two albums and last one. Admittedly their mid 80's period saw few if any bad songs . Wouldn't call them "bad" also , just "lesser" .
Courtesy of Vice City. That hardcore buildup at the end is simply amazing. And then the song finishes up with one last simple, chill verse. This song is pretty much just about perfect. In other words, I really wouldn't hesitate to play this song in the car with anyone, no matter who they were or what their music preference was/is. Enjoy my friends. RIP Michael we all love you and your groovy moves live on forever through us and your timeless videos and performances.
I luv how they strip songs down to the core. Sometimes just a beat, a breath, guitar/synthesizer/drum solo. I would have to call it of the minimalist genre.
By far my favorite song on my favorite INXS album. I never knew there was a video for this which is very cool after all these years. Listen Like Thieves was so solid cut to cut and for me ranks up there with any of the best albums you could name. The band had bigger success right after but, were never better than this. Damn that middle section gets me every time.
Yes, the album is just full of great pop tunes. I could never get enough of this disc, and hadn't seen this video for 25 years, so happy to see it again.
So many awesome songs, but this one is my favorite! I saw them in Honolulu in 1988 for their Kick World tour. Such a fantastic concert! Hutchence had so much charisma. Great memories!
I remember the first time I heard INXS, sometime in 1984 when the album "The Swing" came out (which by the way was fantastic). They were completely different with a new sound for me that sounded exotic, but still familiar. There was something about the way they sounded that gave me a kind of "Australian" feeling. A prominent warm bass sound, dense drums, good rhythm and a charismatic singer. "Kiss the dirt" is a good example, but it is also "Beds are burning" with Midnight Oil from the same time. A little later, Crowded House and not least Nick Cave came and emphasized the phenomenon, but in a slightly different way. In any case, there was no doubt that the starting point for the music was different from England, which at that time totally dominated the rock scene. A variation on the same theme, but still clearly different.
Well said! I totally get what you mean by "Australian feeling". I am an American and I always felt I was transported to Australia when I listened to INXS (my first "favorite" band). And this amazing song and video are so Australian...
@@VibeXplorer Another very good example of "Australian feeling" when it comes to music is The Church with the album "Starfish" (which is a classic). Admittedly, the frontman and lead guitarist (Steve Kilbey and Marty Willson-Piper, respectively) are British, but the band is Australian and sounds to me clearly Australian and nothing else :)
Michael was ethereal, a one-of-a-kind. I had the fantastic pleasure of seeing them in concert several times and each time it was an unforgettable experience. The music is as fresh today as it was for me back in the late 80s thru the 90!
Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of doubt Don't water them with your tears Don't think about all the years You'd rather be without Eden lets me in I find the seeds of love And climb upon the highwire I kiss and tell all my fears Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt Playing in the dirt We find the seeds of fun And we scream like alleycats Tearing down what we attack To prove that we are one Cutting through the night We find the seeds of lust And lose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt You know it wouldn't hurt Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt Get up, get up, get up, get up to the top, yeah I'm falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt, yeah I'm falling, falling Cutting through the night We find the seeds of lust And lose our minds on one intent These passions never seem to end Falling down the mountain End up kissing dirt Look a little closer Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
Personal favorite. Hidden gem in the catalog. Huge INXS fan.
Word...
Right, so I only know it as a B-side, but to find out that it was a single supported by such an expensive video? Mind blown.
correct on all points
Didn't recognize it until I heard. It's been too long.
Just sold kick on vinyl!😂❤$
My favourite INXS song.
The loss of Michael Hutchence was/is devastating.
@@luismode-they didn't
This my favourite INXS song also 😍🎵🤘 & my 2nd favourite INXS song is 'Dont Change' 😍😘
I absolutely idolized Michael in my youth; he was the coolest guy in the world.
People wonder why I hate Bob Geldoff...
@@BeckieBuskin same for me 👍
Me too, alley cat girls
I like the bass during the chorus.
Wrote there own songs, made there own beats, and filmed there own videos..true talent! Never gets old!!
Listen! I just wanna use your love toniiiiiight.
And amazing live
Well said
This was directed by Alex Proyas. Same guy that did The Crow, Dark City and I, Robot.
@@echoguitarist ???? Damn!!
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a gamer, I discovered this song through Vice City-I was born in 1991 and I was just short of that awesome decade that was the Eighties but I've since grown to truly love all of INXS' music and I think Michael Hutchence was a truly special performer the likes of which we'll never see again.
He truly was.
My wife and I talk about him a lot.
Much like you, she kind of missed out on so much great music, born in '88 and growing up in a small country town .
I've tried to expose her to all manner of interesting music in the hopes she'll like it but with INXS, no effort is required.
The only problem was having to tell her that Michael died before she even knew who he was.
Broke her heart. She cried.
Mee too!
We'll see at least one more Michael Hutchence sort soon... No worries 😏
I Was There For The Whole 80's Period.That Was The Best Decade.I Would Like To Go Back In Time.I Just Came Across This Gem By Inxs.I Love It Especially Michael Hutchence He Is So Missed❤
My favorite game was GTA: Vice City too I just brought that song on iTunes lol it's the best I heard the song on the game
I count myself fortunate! Born and raised in Nashville so, like everyone else, I was in a band. Started 1980 at 14 and spent those wonderful teen years playing covers of INXS, Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls, Loverboy and even Donnie Iris. Also, got to see INXS live at Starwood Amphitheatre!!! It was an amazing time to be alive!!!!!!
I love Starwood! I saw the cure , motley Crue, Aerosmith, Duran Duran and others
I'm only 21 but I grew up on their music because of my mom. R.I.P mom 💙
💗
Losing mother at such a young age is heartbreaking... I am so sorry for ur loss.. May she rest in peace.... All my strengths and love with you 🙏❤❤
@@Areufuckingkiddingme thank you 🥺
Sorry for your lost
18 from vice city 🥴
It is incredible how atemporal this band is. this song has almost 40 years now and it sounds so modern.
Michael was supremely talented, INXS is eternal
Quem está em 2024 a ouvir esta maravilha? Abraços para quem gosta de Inxs......
Here in Arizona, USA.
Me ..September the 17th 2024
I know this song since it was released ..always ❤ it
Underated song imo
@@boticelli9957 it's October, honey. Wherever you've been, I hope you've had fun. 😊
@@JanetMarcum-o7r you are right ..October the 17th 2024
The 80's were just oozing with great music and creative genius.
The one thing inxs could never do was disappoint
One of the best song of INXS
100% agree!!
X2
Pienso lo mismo....y el vídeo también...
Yes! Agree.
Early INXS was so good! They were hungry for success then. And they reached the Pinnacle with that incredible Wembley Stadium concert. That was their peak! Then it went all downhill after that and ended in tragedy.
RIP MH-You were Great!
INXS was a great band, musically and visually. Miss them a lot.
a might late in my response but agreed ! APROPOS that you would enjoy a great short film FULL MOON DIRTY HEARTS which is a visual album of theirs should still be up somewhere! CHEERS!
They were nothing without Michael.
@@chrissimpson6701 it’s kind of ironic that in the beginning Michael was probably the weak link as they were all multi-instrumentalist and he was just a scrawny kid who wrote poetry that had an average voice but then became the Michael Hutchence we all know
we all miss them
I liked that basketball song: SUICIDE AND ALL, YOU WANNA MAKE A, SUICIDE AND ALL -
Most underrated front man ever. Good looking, great voice, charisma. Good band.
Nobody like him that is for sure.
Don’t think he was under rated mate.
The Jim Morrison of 80's and 90's, his death was a tragedy for the music.
The Listen Like Thieves album was such a great album. I played it so much I wore it out LOL!
Oh hell yes! "What You Need" hooks you, and this is one of the songs that reel you in.
and countless walkman, many gave there lives in my service, except that one I threw off the Manly Ferry for chewing up my Midnight Oil tape of the JJJ ten year anniversary Oils on the Water.
Listen Like Thieves is still my favorite Inxs album. A real masterpiece... even more so than Kick, I think (which is a close second).
Not one bad song. When it first came out, I worked out listening to the entire album and to this day, I still use it for my work out.
I had this album in middle school. I wore it out, TWICE! Had to start buying CDs. Kick and Thieves were my first.
What a song and what a video! Soooo starkly Australian. The red soil and the red sunset! So glad they chose to film in such a location, putting their homeland front and center. These guys absolutely killed it in front of the camera!
My first INXS album -- All of them so fantastic. What I love most about this video is that is showcases their Aussie-ness with the beautiful Bush landscape of central Australia - paying homage to what makes them so special. Forever in-love with these guys. Bless Michael's beautiful soul.
pushing 60, saw the stones, genesis, pink floyd, and many more. Michael was THE best frontman I ever had the pleasure of seeing. So engaging and a booming voice to beat. So pure and easy. Aussies (midnight oil) always brought it!!
I just love how free this is. Just pure happiness. I cried. Thank you, guys.
Just like Elvis, Prince, Bowie and George Michael, there will never be another Michael Hutchence. He was the Jim Morrison of our generation. Still not sure if it was an accidental death, suicide or murder. RIP beautiful!
"Some days I am everything that I hate. There's nothing if the truth won't survive."
He always reminded me of of Jim Morrison also 👍👍
Yeah another talent gone way too soon !!
That's beautiful as a fellow Aussie myself Michael could make you happy sad at the same time with his voice and your right no one will ever sing like him ever 😀
You know, I never even thought of that, but you're right - Jim Morrison is a great comparison.
It's hard to beat the energy and optimism that 1980s music had
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE SOURCES, SOMETIMES...
Я тоже их очень люблю! Бесподобная группа!
Everything 80's is AWESOME!!! BEST ERA EVER!!! LOVED THE 80'S💓💓🎵🎼
Ahh, before the woke revolution!
It had so much optimism! Even in film!
Nobody writes them any more like this
the melody of the chorus touches my spirit in a vey immense feeling.. this song is EPIC
Absolutely
Yeah…Nowadays it’s over processed rap that celebrates rape culture (yes, that’s the truth-Just listen to G-Easy’s “No Limits” and you’ll see what I mean)
Still listening in 2023, my 80s playlist is a prescription for stayin kewl 😎
Andrew Farriss and Michael were song writing geniuses. I saw INXS twice, The last time was at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney in 1984
I was very fortunate to see them 3 times. First in 83 opening up for men at work. Inxs blew them away. I was hooked. Front row for Kick in Indy
Andrew Farriss still is.
Quelle chance !!!!!!! (
I am so thankful that INXS made a world of difference in my life!!! Just when this screwed up world starts getting on my nerves, I can listen to Michael and the Band restore some sanity in ME!!! BELLA!! BELLA!!!!
Love INXS my favourite band anyone else listening in 2024
Yes ❤❤
One of the best bands ever!!❤💥🔥💯
The 80s were special, almost magical.
Miss that Era!!🎉❤
If you didn't have fun in the 80s you were either dead or in jail😂
They were magical ❤
The 90's surpassed that. I don't give a shit what some frustrated or mid age crisis Gen X'rs say
@xtrm2009 no the 90s did not surpass the 80s 😉 but the 90s were still awsom ❤️
Their music just blows all the crap put out now out of the water. Every damn song they did was epic. I get lost in this nightly. If only Michael knew how much people would still love his music in 2020...
Well said, and Michael was wrong, he had said, there was too much up and coming talent behind them, (if he wasn't front and center) wrong!! There just isn't and that's why he's called the last Rock Star. There is a painful lack of talent like this!!
So true Lisa ...my fave band since I was 12 I'm 50 now there music never ages
@@rossbuchan6593 Awesome music Ross, I couldn’t agree more!
Please forgive me for pointing out the following though-if you are 50+ now.
The confusing three...
There as in “look over there!”
Their as in “their car was parked”
They’re, abbreviated for they are, as in “they’re not going to like me pointing these grammar errors out”
Yes I’m a grammar nazi!
Respect for a fellow who loves the same music I do!
@@oldtimer2192 that's ok appreciate the corrections : )
that is a name given to me recently: *R O C K S T A R* and I will take it@@janebraun4482 love a star that rocks
My first introduction to INXS and 80's new wave/pop in general. Thank you Vice City!
Hutch, thanks for the music and the memories.
The Listen Like Thieves album was such a great album. I played it so much I wore it out LOL!
Use to drive around in the 80's playing this cassette. Miss those days - before CELL PHONES.
Truly. I loathe the things and what they've done to the culture.
Aaaaagh!!!CELL PHONEZ!!!!!!!!
CELL PHONE BAD! AGHHHH MY BOOMER BODY HAS AN AVERSION TO PHONEZ!!11
Better to say: Fckin IPHONES !!
CELLphones...
We are everytime getting controlled by them.
My passion for INXS will Never end .
I had Listen Like Thieves on vinyl and cassette back in the 80s, and it was one of the records I listened to before high school and on the way home from school riding my Hutch freestyle bike.
Those were incredible times.
Andy Farris is my hero in this group . What a Beethoven!. A melody making ,composing machine. Pure genius!
I still love it. INXS. Music never die's. ❤
That voice 😍 and beautiful man, was he. Miss you beloved Michael. I'm so sorry you were in pain and didn't find the happiness you deserved.
Yes, he was gorgeous inside and out! What a talented singer and I wish I had grown up during his time! How lucky people are that got to see him live in concert! Nothing today sounds half as good and his voice is unmatched! He is missed by every generation!! 💕
He had happiness and everything.. just when the accident happened to where he wasnt able to smell or taste drove him into deep depression and drugs.. as would anyone else he had 4 beautiful daughters.
I love love love love INXS! Forever a fan and forever missing Michael and his beautiful voice
Say what you want, but '80s music is the best.
Listen Like Thieves was the first album I ever heard by INXS, in 1986. It is, to me, one of their three best, the other two being Kick and X. All the other albums were great (except for the first two), but those three stand out the most to me. Listen Like Thieves also seems, to me, the most 'Australian' of their albums. I'm not certain what would makes it so Australian. It just has that feel to it. Michael did not have much of an Aussie accent, due to the fact that he did not live his whole life in Australia, but spent part of his life in Hong Kong and the US. But, on this album, he seemed to sing in such a way as to bring out what Australian accent he did have. He had such a great voice, was very handsome and sexy, and could sing like nobody's business. He was also truly and honestly talented, as well as very smart. He's still my favorite singer, and I wish he was still around.
Such a carefree and timeless time in music. I will forever be searching for the parallel universe where I was at this moment in time....
look up L.A.B in the air...
🤘2020👏
Ive found it. A long time ago. Hope you find yours.
I was about 16 years old in New South Wales. It was okay I suppose 😏
INXS is one of the most underrated bands in rock n roll history. The music is so great and Hutchence's lyrics are so poignant. I wish he was still alive and that they kept making music. RIP Michael x
Agree. It's so sad and it bothers me that Michael wanted to be remembered for his poetry and lyrics, but was defined mainly as a sex symbol. I think that was something that contributed to his depression later on towards the end of his life. To this day people mostly talk about his looks as opposed to him being a great songwriter, intelligent, worldly, etc. Yes, he was a very handsome man, but he was so much more than his looks. Wish he was still here, happy, and wish that INXS was still around. I feel they would be if he hadn't passed. I also wish I had been born way earlier than 1995 so that I could have had a better chance to see them live at least once. 😢
Why underated 🤔their world famous🙈.
the album is still freakin' amazing.
There will Never be another Michael Hutchence ...this guy.. oozed Sexy and a appeal on a microphone that made you shiver at his voice.. he is so missed... loved the band.. the music.. never be another like Them..
yes, indeed that one mold each person on this planet iz or has.........
One of their best videos and best of the best Hutchence/A. Farriss songwriting collabs!!...love how Michael dances, struts, kicks and sways. They look so young here.💓😍
One of many songs that I love by INXS.
the best INXS video, so fondly when you first discovered them. great song!
This song is superb! Describes life beautifully and a perfect memorial for Michael Hutchence! We all fall down the mountain end up kissing dirt but the thing that keeps us going is that SOMETIMES it doesn't hurt. Thank you INXS!!!
Memories for michael hutchence
Alien Jack - I love your comment. So true. I can't stop listening to this song, as soon as it ends I'm replaying over and over. It just gets to my brain and soul. Wish Michael Hutchence was still with us in physical form, but in his music he most definitely lives on. Such a unique and very special person, gone way to soon.
@@deb7412 😔💕🌹
The message in this song is incredible. And then when the guitars pick up towards the end, and Michael is singing about climbing back up from whatever ails you... priceless.
Such a beautiful song. It’s the best song from a brilliant album.
Love your screen name. Antifa are grubs
I know bands ham it up for videos but I truly believe these chaps had so much fun playing their music, jamming together. I feel that happiness and pleasure come thru the songs and the videos!
This song sits in my psyche and reappears at the most stunning moments. So beautiful. ❤
I don't think he's dead cause legends never die!
The 80's are still the best decade of music.
Favorite INXS song.
Mine too used to listen to this in the ARMY and my First Sergeant called I N X S, instead of INXS. Funny great Times in the army 88-92.
Another favorite is Melting In The Sun. Unless you have the album itself, most people dont get to hear all the great songs by INXS that were not played over the radio.
@@wandaguidry6413 I've found that the deep cuts on many albums are my favorites, or among them at least. LLT has no filler... everything on it is just outstanding.
Me too. Happy/sad memories of a time long gone.
Tossup between this and burn for you for me
Hutchence wrote the song with INXS multi-instrumentalist Andrew Farriss, who told Songfacts the meaning behind the song. "The lyric of 'Kiss The Dirt' is about how it doesn't matter how big you get as an actor or an artist or whatever field or endeavour you are involved in," said Farriss. "Eventually, whether it's age or the tyranny of time, there's a myriad of things that can happen to you, and none of us really knows where we're really going in the end. It's not supposed to be a depressing lyric. The idea is, everybody falls off the mountain eventually, doesn't matter how high you get."
"What Michael wrote is really beautiful poetically," he added. "When you're a little kid, you play in the dirt. If you've got some dirt to play on, a bit of earth, you might build a sandcastle or you might just dig a hole in your backyard, just messing around. But, you're always going to kiss the dirt in the end. Everything reverts back to the earth in the end. Everything."
Instantly transported to 1985. I'm 12 years old. This song is on the radio. Life is simple. Damn, I miss those days.
*LYRICS:*
Playing in the dirt
We find the seeds of doubt
Don't water them with your tears
Don't think about all the years
You'd rather be without
Eden let's me in
I find the seeds of love
And climb upon the highwire
I kiss and tell all my fears
*(Chorus)*
Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
Playing in the dirt
We find the seeds of fun
And we scream like alleycats
Tearing down what we attack
To prove that we are one
Cutting through the night
And we find the seeds of lust
And loose our minds on one intent
These passions never seem to end
*(Chorus)*
Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
Well done my friend!
🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️thanks
@@carock1392 :
You betcha', luv!
@@troyclegg9849 :
You're very welcome, sir!
@@Dreaded88 🔥❤️
Listen Like Thieves - absolutely brilliant album
The bass and drums are so integral to Inxs's sound... Stellar...
My first introduction to INXS and 80's new wave/pop in general. Thank you Vice City!
we can feel their hunger to get their sound out there, loud and clear! Rock on that inxs awesome sound!
I love when the keyboard kicks in at 1:14! Thank you Vice City!!!
So many awesome tracks. These guys will live on forever.
it doesn't get any better than INXS...
I'm absolutely in love with this bass line)
I'm not gonna lie, I took the bus to Buy this album when I was a just a kid, still makes me kick the dirt when I hear it, INXS!! One and only...
This song and video = happiness. Thank you, boys.
Brilliant song.... brilliant band.... still so relevant after all these years... miss you Michael 💔
they were great, one of Australia's best exports
Miss you Michael 💓
❤️🔥
I loved them back in the late 80's/early 90's. Despite some huge hit songs they were always a bit overlooked and underrated by the mainstream audience, in my view.
thanks Hutch (never forgoten), thanks INXS, greetings to Australia from Polska.
I don't think they ever had a bad song.
I agree they had so many great songs what a band they were so unique and hutch is truly the best frontman ever one of a kind
Every band has 'bad' or lesser songs ......Inxs is no exception .....which is no shame , one can't be perfect all the time .
PaulLonden name one...
*@jerp pin* No use pointing out some .....especially from their first two albums and last one.
Admittedly their mid 80's period saw few if any bad songs . Wouldn't call them "bad" also , just "lesser" .
PaulLonden I like every song from their first 2 albums (INXS, underneath the colors)... I don’t find any of those songs bad
Courtesy of Vice City. That hardcore buildup at the end is simply amazing. And then the song finishes up with one last simple, chill verse. This song is pretty much just about perfect. In other words, I really wouldn't hesitate to play this song in the car with anyone, no matter who they were or what their music preference was/is. Enjoy my friends. RIP Michael we all love you and your groovy moves live on forever through us and your timeless videos and performances.
it's like two different songs and that's my favorite part of it. good comment.
Nice!!
one of my favorite INXS songs. it's a shame it got very little airplay when it was released. RIP Michael, you are missed.
MrWillyWonka
Your words are the words of a rare scholar and a true gentleman.... Well said sir....
+MrWillyWonka Don't waste good music on those with hollow heads.
Still sounds sensational.........34 years after being released.
the melody of the chorus touches my spirit in a vey immense feeling.. this song is EPIC
oh yeah!
This song and video = happiness. Thank you, boys.
Nobody writes them any more like this
Nobody writes them any more like this
Favorite INXS song.
Hutch, thanks for the music and the memories.
it doesn't get any better than INXS...
I'm absolutely in love with this bass line)
I just love how free this is. Just pure happiness. I cried. Thank you, guys.
I luv how they strip songs down to the core. Sometimes just a beat, a breath, guitar/synthesizer/drum solo. I would have to call it of the minimalist genre.
I would give both my nuts to have seen this band live in full flight! What a song, what a man, what a voice!
I saw them...1988 in Orlando FL. And yes they were every bit as great..
I went to all their concerts in my area for a couple albums starting in 1983...
I hate you all. .. :'(
I saw them on the Listen Like Thieves tour back in 80's.
@@vjenkins6815 DAAAAAAMN YOUUUUU!!!!
This makes my heart happy. So glad I grew up in the 80s and experienced INXS as a kid. Such a great time to be alive. ❤️❤️❤️
me too!!!!
By far my favorite song on my favorite INXS album. I never knew there was a video for this which is very cool after all these years. Listen Like Thieves was so solid cut to cut and for me ranks up there with any of the best albums you could name. The band had bigger success right after but, were never better than this. Damn that middle section gets me every time.
Yes, the album is just full of great pop tunes. I could never get enough of this disc, and hadn't seen this video for 25 years, so happy to see it again.
How in the world 🌎 did you not know about the video 😂❤.
Sometimes I like to come here and listen to great 80s music and can't help but think how bad music is these days.
thank god for bands like INXS!
I'm gonna tell my grandkids this was Mad Max.
Flash FM!
Hutch, thanks for the music and the memories.
it doesn't get any better than INXS...
Happy 59th Birthday Michael!!! Love you and miss you always.
This and Listen Like Thieves was my first meeting with INXS , it was on The Tube!! From then I was caught!! Miss him so!!
Listen Like Thieves was by far my favorite INXS album. Almost wore out that cassette.
Australia in the 80’s & 90’s This was an anthem…
Such a great song still to this day…
Still my favorite vocalist. No one like him.
Michael Hutchence was in a class all by himself of excellence
Love for ever INXS music and vinyls
Never get tired of inxs ❤
Talk about nostalgia!! This is an awesome tune
Incredibly underrated singer.
So many awesome songs, but this one is my favorite! I saw them in Honolulu in 1988 for their Kick World tour. Such a fantastic concert! Hutchence had so much charisma. Great memories!
Scott Karsk that must've been a awesome experience!
Tru. I saw them in Adelaide in 1990 (or thereabouts 😊) for the 'X' tour. Saw some good concerts there that year including Midnight Oil.
everybody falls a mountain, & ends up kissing dirt! but we ALL need to climb back up again, & never give up, THANK YOU ,MICHAEL H.!
Hutch, thanks for the music and the memories.
INXS ONE OF THE BEST BANDS OF THE LAST TIMES WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU GREETINGS FROM MEXICO
I remember the first time I heard INXS, sometime in 1984 when the album "The Swing" came out (which by the way was fantastic). They were completely different with a new sound for me that sounded exotic, but still familiar. There was something about the way they sounded that gave me a kind of "Australian" feeling. A prominent warm bass sound, dense drums, good rhythm and a charismatic singer. "Kiss the dirt" is a good example, but it is also "Beds are burning" with Midnight Oil from the same time. A little later, Crowded House and not least Nick Cave came and emphasized the phenomenon, but in a slightly different way. In any case, there was no doubt that the starting point for the music was different from England, which at that time totally dominated the rock scene. A variation on the same theme, but still clearly different.
Well said! I totally get what you mean by "Australian feeling". I am an American and I always felt I was transported to Australia when I listened to INXS (my first "favorite" band). And this amazing song and video are so Australian...
@@VibeXplorer Another very good example of "Australian feeling" when it comes to music is The Church with the album "Starfish" (which is a classic). Admittedly, the frontman and lead guitarist (Steve Kilbey and Marty Willson-Piper, respectively) are British, but the band is Australian and sounds to me clearly Australian and nothing else :)
As a Canadian that lived in oz for few year i just love that aussie rock sound. INXS is one my fav bands.
Michael was ethereal, a one-of-a-kind. I had the fantastic pleasure of seeing them in concert several times and each time it was an unforgettable experience. The music is as fresh today as it was for me back in the late 80s thru the 90!
Playing in the dirt
We find the seeds of doubt
Don't water them with your tears
Don't think about all the years
You'd rather be without
Eden lets me in
I find the seeds of love
And climb upon the highwire
I kiss and tell all my fears
Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
Playing in the dirt
We find the seeds of fun
And we scream like alleycats
Tearing down what we attack
To prove that we are one
Cutting through the night
We find the seeds of lust
And lose our minds on one intent
These passions never seem to end
Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
You know it wouldn't hurt
Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
Get up, get up, get up, get up to the top, yeah
I'm falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt, yeah
I'm falling, falling
Cutting through the night
We find the seeds of lust
And lose our minds on one intent
These passions never seem to end
Falling down the mountain
End up kissing dirt
Look a little closer
Sometimes it wouldn't hurt
my favorite of the album and my top ten of they songs!Argentina loves u INXS!