This song is best appreciated in a packed Aussie pub with the whole crowd going OFF! Not an Aussie that doesn't know this song - an anthem for our country.
In Australia we've taken our National Anthem and put the words to this tune ... there's a video of a comedian Adam Hills doing it and it's perfection! lol If you put this song on anywhere is Australia EVERYONE knows every single word xx
He started as a rocker but when he was a little kid, he heard Mahalia Jackson sing and was so blown away by her blues voice, he swore he'd name his daughter after her, and he did. And as you know, his daughter Mahalia belts it out seriously brilliantly!!
@@karengreen4087 I tell ya playing keys in a cover band in Aus hotels from the 80s and beyond - FUCK not another Khe Sanh request 🤣 - I would wait until the end of the set and as the other band members left the stage I would start up playing the first verse - instantly the crowd would start singing and I would then walk off stage after half a verse - they would obliviously continue singing.
This song cemented Jimmy Barnes as a solo artist. Before that he was the frontman of Cold Chisel - one of the hardest drinking, drugging and rocking bands in the country. Jimmy was raised listening to Motown and blues. It runs in his veins.
We Aussies just here knowing what was about to come 😁 I was wondering how long it would be before someone recommended this one. One of my favourite songs ♥️ We always knew him as a rocker, the soul singing was a pleasant surprise. Our boy Jimmy is certainly versatile.
Jimmy is the man, Every Aussie knows this song and every time I hear it, it brings a tear to my eye thinking of every "working class man" in my family, specifically my grandfather
The song to every Blue Blooded Aussie who is either a White or mostly Blue Collar worker. And it covers all Aussies, no matter what race, colour or creed. This is a song to every aussie that works their backside off and fingers to the bone.
Bloody oath mate same my family was a truely hard working class same with a lot of the other families where I grew up we didn't have much but we always had just enough and that was fine with me
Jimmy started out as the front man for Cold Chisel at the age of 17. He was a rocker until about 1995 he then released Soul deep his first soul/Blues album then Soul Deap 2 followed by Rythem and Blues. Check out his Album 30/30 hindsight he does his hits over a 30 year period but he collaborates with other singer's like Tina Arena, Mahalia Barnes, The living end his son David Campbell and others.
My mum remembers Jimmy playing a concert at Wagga Wagga in the very late 70's, where he walked on stage with a half full bottle of whiskey, downed that, then drank another good serve from a bottle of Vodka, and couldnt sing a word straight. This was before Cold Chisel were as big as they got. She still to this day says Jimmy Barnes is the best Aussie singer, second to John Farnham, with Ian Moss a close third
Probably been mentioned but I'm on my phone and it's hard to search. Fareham, Barnes and I'm pretty sure Diesle was on guitar.. when something is wrong with my baby. It's pretty much the song you've been asking for.
@@stevefavell2533 He's reacted th-cam.com/video/g_aXzPsG2wc/w-d-xo.html and there's also his reaction to a live version. :) It's my favourite reaction.
Chisel didn't break into the USA because they wouldn't go along with something that was asked of them there. They came back to Australia, furious at how they were treated and wrote 'You Got Nothing I Want'.
@@Mark-fd3mg oh wow I've never heard that story before, I had no idea! I've heard artists forever say "it's hard to make it in America" and maybe this is why ... Also, I love that song it's in my head now 👍
As a DJ, this song still goes off when I play it (which is at the end of every gig) Jimmy's voice is so amazing! I wonder, have you heard 'Good Times' with Jimmy and INXS? Also, a very underated song by Cold Chisel is 'Breakfast at Sweethearts'. I was a singer before I was a DJ and I won a lot of comps by singing Jimmy or John! I owe these guys A LOY of money lol
An interesting fact for you. Jimmy Barnes is so good, that back in 85, just as this album was coming out, EDDIE VAN HALEN has asked Jimmy to join Van Halen after David Lee Roth has left. Jimmy declined as he wanted to concentrate on his solo career. It means something when a legendary guitarist knocks on your door and wants you to sing in his band. One of the greatest rock bands ever....
This song came out when I became a Dad for the first time, I spent endless hours dancing around my loungeroom to this song while holding my new boy. The song reminded me of my Dad, who died too young, and it always inspired me to be a man like he was.
Not one person in Australia that doesn't know this song. It's the Australian anthem for the blue collar working man and woman. Classic and legendary. Khe Sahn is another great song.
For sure Jimmy is known as a rocker. But like you said he has soul too. His album souldeep is great. Jimmy has a few anthems I think, working class man, khan San, flame trees, cheap wine. Just off the top of my head.
Don’t forget you got nothing I want you got nothing I need , it is a big middle finger by cold chisel to the American music industry bosses at the time , about the things that were happening and what they wanted
This was Jimmy’s anthem for me, I was 8 when this came out. This and Driving wheels are my favourites, and throw in Last frontier of the Barnstorming album. And yeah your right about him being a rocker. Just happens to have a shit load of soul too 😉😊👍🏻
As a former cane cutter at the time this song was released, I love the big emphasis on Queensland sugar cane harvesting. It reminds me of the only time I saw Jimmy out in public with his wife was somewhere around Cairns in North Queensland. That was back in the mid 80’s, and it only just occurred to me - I wonder if he was up there because of filming for this video? BTW, they did look good together as a couple and were obviously very much in love.
sugar cane harvesting is perfect for this song. not only can you get in footage of the hard yakka of the cut, you can also use the burn as a great dramatic backdrop. especially a night burn.
Steel workers, burning Sugar cane, farmers, family, Sweat 😅 Rocking heart of Oz, vid’s as iconic as song Love TSR finally got this up, Love how he just dies when Jimmy’s Vocal Power hits him Big smiles Hopefully soon more Chisels,
The song is so American I’m Australian and it’s so American Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American) And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry And not to mention the singer is also Scottish
@@JOVONO you couldn't get more Australian with the line about Uncle Sam! We lost men in a war that was not ours. When this was written many were still suffering and their children and grandchildren can still be suffering. He wasn't praising Uncle Sam he was mad at him.
Amusing that this Aussie Anthem was written by an American. Jimmy had to pull out all stops to convince Jonathan Cain (Journey) to allow him to release his version first. So great that he did. In later years Jimmy replaced the lyric “Mid Western” with “Australian”
Every tradie on the road in the 80s had this song blaring out of his car!! Thumbs up for the working class man, and the hard childhood that shaped Jimmy (Swan) Barnes and made him our Australian! 🥰👍
The Australian music industry of the 70s and 80s was our golden era. There were also some gems in the 60s but it’s a whole world to discover for those who don’t know...
The song is so American I’m Australian and it’s so American Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American) And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry And not to mention the singer is also Scottish
@@JOVONO the 'mad at uncle Sam' line makes sense because Australians were sent to Vietnam because of the Americans. Also Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland but he's Australian thank you very much.
JOVONO 1551 - Aussies were in Vietnam because of Uncle Sam. And Elvis was loved worldwide long before he died. So what if the song got used in a movie. More of his songs should’ve been used in movies
At an NRL Grand Final on live tv Jimmy sang this song & changed the last verse to "well he loved a little woman, but just don't tell his wife, cause she'll cut his balls off with a 6" carving knife". Classic Jimmy Barnes.
Years ago in the 70's, up in Darwin rebuilding after Cyclone Tracy, Cold Chisel came to town and rocked our world. Working Class Man became our anthem that very night. On ya Jimmy.
jonathon cain from journey wrote this and Stevie Van Zandt wrote Ride the night away another great song from jimmy barnes He began singing circa 1973-4 with a band called Fraternity replacing Bon Scott from ACDC fame
He grips his attention with his fans being relatable with his lyrics. The power of his voice is unique and music is enjoyed throughout decades. Love love love
Watching your first time reaction and enthusiasm for something we Aussie's are so familiar with put's a smile on my face. Cheers mate, keep up the good work
It's hard to overstate just how legendary this song is in Australia. Literally everyone knows it and most would be able to sing it. Cant wait to get to see him live again in march ❤️
Barnesy started singing prior to Cold Chisel, but quickly assimilated into the band. Jim has been producing a phenomenal vocal output for 48 year now (that I know of.....)
This was my introduction to Jimmy Barnes about a gazillion years ago. His voice blew me away and l just kept coming back for more. Him and Gary Moore constitute my youthful soundtrack.
Listen too to Khe San - EVERY Aussie Knows it. Working Class Man, epitomises everything Australian & his first solo hit. Khe San a Chisel Classic - it was (& maybe still is) the Australian Cricket teams anthem.
It's one of those things every Aussie knows; Khe San is the last song of the night. When Khe San is played in the pub it's time for last drinks and staggering home.
Jimmy started singing with Cold Chisel at Age 16…. Before they even had a record deal…. Left and joined Fraternity… for a short time… then recorded 5 Studio Albums with Chisel until 1984…. Then started his solo career and since 1998.. has been releasing Cold Chisel albums again in between His own solo material… Blood Moon ( Cold Chisel 2019) …. Flesh and Blood ( Jimmy Barnes 2021)….Soul Deep 30( 2022) his last two releases.
I saw Jimmy when he just released the Working Class album album over here in New Zealand. He was young, mean and lean and he sounded fantastic! Still one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve ever been to.
I met Jimmy Barnes and his wife not long after he suffered from some serious financial issues. He was making his comeback and I worked in the music industry, went to his launch party. It was very intimate, not very many people there. Lovely man and family, it makes me so happy watching you react.
THANK GOD.... it had to come.... glad you reacted to this......we have some great rock anthems here in Australia.... and Cold Chisel sang more than a few of them.
Jimmy has an amazing, raw, honest 1 man show (sitting on stage talking) called 'Working class Man". If you get the chance it really is worth watching. His life was pretty rough and sad growing up. His family immigrated from Scotland to Sth Australia in a migrant hostel, those Hostels gave Australia and the world some of the best musicians including AC/DC. Jimmy played in his brothers band at 16 then joined CC in 1973 @ 17yrs old.
Jimmy Barnes grew up in a working class town, in South Australia, in the Town of Elizabeth on the outskirts of the SA capitol City of Adaide. The main industry in Elizabeth (named after Queen Elizabeth II) was the Holden′s car factory, with smaller industrial company's. So Jimmy knew the working class men( and women) very well. His family was working class. In the 1990's one a friend of a friend who had the house Jimmy's family lived in showed us the shed-turned-studio in the backyard where Jimmy and friends played the new music coming out of Britain and wrote their own stuff. Adelaide was a nursery for music due to the influx of British migrants with their music obsessed kids. It still is a breeding ground for the arts, including music. Jimmy earned the right to sing this masterpiece because he lived it as a kid.
With this song.i pray for one boy.i meet to day living on the street without familly. I told myself why i am not rich enought.Thanks Jimmy with your energy and your voice
You are spot on with this being an anthem for Jimmy, just as Your the Voice is for John. Every Aussie knows and in most cases have grown up listening to these brilliant, talented and very humble artists.......how lucky are we! 💕
I met Jimmy when he was finishing a book signing at a mall I had no idea he was even at. Shook my hand and was so humble! Wish I had the balls to ask for a photo but I couldn’t 😆 absolute legend though!
So yes, Jimmy Barnes started out as a gritty hard driving rocker fronting the legendary Cold Chisel. Some time you will probably get around to reviewing Khe Sahn - the song that brought the horror of being a returned Vietnam vet to the Australian conscience and was probably their biggest hit, Flame Tree is another that put on anywhere anytime everyone will start singing along, as they do with Working Class Man. While this may well be called Jimmy's anthem song it probably is not the only one. One of the really cool features of the video is the use of iconic imagery. The steel mill, which I am guessing is in New Castle and the sugar cane fields, probably in Northern Queensland (but could be anywhere along the northern east coast of New South Wales up through large portions of sub tropical and tropical Queensland) scream working class. The fires that rage in both settings speak to the struggle, difficulty and majesty of the life. It really is a great video. BTW they no longer do cane fires which use to be necessary prior to harvesting but there are few more spectacular sights than to pull up on the side of the road and watch. Words cannot do the scene justice.
You are spot on. Jimmy was a rocker. It wasn't until Soul Deep album that had Stone Cold on it that I heard the soul in his voice. This is absolutely Jimmy's anthem, as You're the voice is to John Farnham. I was 8 years old when this came out, it's in my DNA. Like other people have commented here, every single Aussie knows every single word. Love your reactions!
Jimmy Barnes started singing in Cold Chisel in 1973. He went solo in the 1980s and since then he's done a bunch of other stuff. He collaborated with The Wiggles on a Scottish themed album (Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland). He has released his autobiography also titled Working Class Man. During covid lockdowns he did a lot of acoustic stuff with his family. And he has collaborated with a bunch of other artists, like his son David Campbell who is a swing singer.
Jimmy was actually singing in front of a cane field fire here. (They used to burn off the foliage before harvesting sugar cane.) Jimmy's hair was ringing wet from sweat due to the heat of the flames. All the time snakes, lizards, mice, rats and other creatures skittered out around him to escape the flames and heat.
I was born into a poor working class family. My father worked in the bush clearing mallee scrub for the farmers before he headed off to the gold mines of New Guinea.. .. .. I finished school and headed off to the Iron Ore mines of the Pilbara for a decade before I started work in the foundries.. .. .. My step-son went off and became a chef before he headed off to the gold mines of Kalgoorlie... We are of the ''Working Class''... and this song is our anthem..
This song is played at the end of the 1985 movie Gung Ho with Michael Keaton. The song plays at the end of the movie, it’s one of my new favorite older songs! He’s got a fantastic voice.
I remember an interview about this with Jimmy talking about the end of the music video with the burning cane field… he was screaming for the song, yes, but also mostly screaming because the fire was making all these snakes and creepy crawlies rush out of the field at him! Apparently quite scary!
That gesture he makes at 6.36, that you replayed is the Aussie Salute i.e. brushing away a fly! Last Train out of Sydney is a beauty too! Thanks so much!
Remember, you said you weren’t born when Jimmy Barnes sang this- love you say this should be an Anthem 👍🏿 he was in my time line sweets - love your appreciation of our adopted Scottish family member who came here when he was young - he’s a brilliant music artist and family man - so glad he’s still being appreciated for his music way back 👍🏿❤️🇦🇺
This is one of those songs when I get pissed at the pub and find the juke box and put this song on and crank the living shit of it! And belt it out along with Jimmy “He’s a working class maaaaaaaaaan!”
Last weekend here in the Hunter Valley, Australia we had what is called The Red Hot Summer Tour. The line-up goes like this.... Jimmy Barnes, The Hoodoo Gurus, Vikka & Linda Bull (Vikka was sick so we had the pleasure of Mihalia Barnes), Diesel Jon Stevens & Chris Cheney. I was sitting there thinking you would have been in heaven. Amazing concert.
What I love about this video is that at the end when the sugarcane is being burnt off Jimmy once shared that there where thousands of bugs and rats running out of the fire. So he is singing and having rats run over his feet!
Jimmy made his name as the lead singer of Cold Chisel, which was classed as a rock band, but i would say even when signing rock with Chisel, there was soul and blues. He's a great storyteller, and vocalist with amazing power, but a really nice person & a great family man along with it. If you asked me, I would say he's a soul singer, because he always sings with so much felling in his voice...you always feel it. If you listen to a Chisel track like "Four Walls" you can here the soul & blues feeling behind it...a really short track that always grabs me emotionally or listen to "All For You"...
Jimmy Barnes is an Australian legend. Through Covid Jimmy and his wife played together putting it on TH-cam bring some sweet music to sooth our souls. Jimmy's songs will live on forever.
We love Jimmy and even today in any pub or club u can guarantee if the DJ plays khe sahn the whole building is up singing along and anyone who doesn't is unaustralian
I'm a bit late to this party, but I saw Jimmy Barnes/Cold Chisel in late 1979, support band for Rod Stewart Do You Think I'm Sexy tour, it was a VFL Park. Scared the crap outta me, I was up in the stands and it MOVED, I thought we were going to crash. Anyway, it was fun! I love watching you enjoy our great Aussie music, but gotta say sometimes I end up bawling, God I miss the 80s, it was FUN! I want to go back and do it again.
Jimmy Barnes original name was James Swan, his brother John was considered an unbelievable front man who had his own band Fraternity. John was actually asked to be the Cold Chisel front man before Jimmy but knocked it back, Jimmy was then asked and the rest was history.
I loved East, amazing album, Cheap Wine is still my favourite Cold Chisel track. I saw them live a few times, epic concerts. Jimmy was the first performer I ever saw crowdsurf. The bouncers were freaking out! 😀
The amazing fact is that he is still around and was performing at least pre Covid-19, cause he definitely had lived the wild rock and roll lifestyle , alcohol and drugs etc. Now he has sobered up and is the grandfather to several children…
This song is like the unofficial Australia anthem with out a doubt every time you go to the pub(bar) this song will come on at least twice a night and every one sings along to it.
This clip was filmed in Queensland Australia. Was done in the sugar cane fields and was filmed around the burning of the sugar cane and did not allow for multiple takes. Was written by Jonathon Cain from The Baby's and Journey
Jimmy is such a nice kind truly decent man.....my son used to go with Jimmy's drummer ( Ray Arnott) at the time to the studio ( we lived in same house) while they were making this album. We still have all the demo/outake tapes....
Extraordinary man lived an extraordinary life! ..he has a documentary about his life that just makes him even more extraordinary. He started singing live with his wife through covid lockdown and still love hearing his voice...along with Jimmy Farnham.. they don't make them like this anymore I say...
One of my personal favs. Was so lucky to see Jimmy, Diesel, Jon Stevens, Vica and Mahalia and so many other brilliant Aussie artists last weekend at one concert. Red Hot Summer Tour. Just 🤯🤯🤯 the talent we have
Jimmy Barnes (originally Swan), originally from Glasgow Scotland migrated to Australia as a young boy, just like the Young Brothers from AC/DC did, from these guys, the Aussie Rock sound was formed.....Jimmy said that "when I was born, I came out screaming...and I've been screaming ever since" lol
Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel used to go to the Observer Hotel (under the Sydney Harbour Bridge) and test new material as the Barking Spiders... Some nights there were only about 30 people or less watching the band pump out new material - it was classic...
Play this song in a traditional Aussie pub and watch everyone start singing to it, classic Aussie song known by generation
It’s pub rock!!! I would love more ppl around the world to understand and know the genre, Pub Rock
If it wasn't 1am right now and I wasn't worried about waking people I'd be singing now.
When you're in a pub and Working Class Man comes on you MUST scream it at full bellow - there is NO humming along.
This song is best appreciated in a packed Aussie pub with the whole crowd going OFF! Not an Aussie that doesn't know this song - an anthem for our country.
Did you know that Advance Australia Fair (Australian National Anthem) can be sung to this tune. Google Adam Hills doing this.
In Australia we've taken our National Anthem and put the words to this tune ... there's a video of a comedian Adam Hills doing it and it's perfection! lol If you put this song on anywhere is Australia EVERYONE knows every single word xx
Not everyone 👍
I have not heard this version ever! Might have to look for it!
@@TheRealMrCods 99%
@@kristyholden2947 It's Ah-Mazing! Changed how I sing the national anthem! lol
@@carolcarol3938 BS!
He started as a rocker but when he was a little kid, he heard Mahalia Jackson sing and was so blown away by her blues voice, he swore he'd name his daughter after her, and he did. And as you know, his daughter Mahalia belts it out seriously brilliantly!!
this and Flames Trees...still to this day give me chills.
This flame trees and khe San for me..
@@karengreen4087 yeah should have said that one too!
*Flame Trees*
Flame trees is my favourite
@@karengreen4087 I tell ya playing keys in a cover band in Aus hotels from the 80s and beyond - FUCK not another Khe Sanh request 🤣 - I would wait until the end of the set and as the other band members left the stage I would start up playing the first verse - instantly the crowd would start singing and I would then walk off stage after half a verse - they would obliviously continue singing.
This song cemented Jimmy Barnes as a solo artist. Before that he was the frontman of Cold Chisel - one of the hardest drinking, drugging and rocking bands in the country.
Jimmy was raised listening to Motown and blues. It runs in his veins.
We Aussies just here knowing what was about to come 😁 I was wondering how long it would be before someone recommended this one. One of my favourite songs ♥️
We always knew him as a rocker, the soul singing was a pleasant surprise. Our boy Jimmy is certainly versatile.
Chisel's 1st hit. Breakfast at Sweethearts definitely soul/blues....
Jimmy Barnes is a legend. This is one of my mum's favourite songs. When she listens to it her neighbor's listen as well.
Jimmy is the man, Every Aussie knows this song and every time I hear it, it brings a tear to my eye thinking of every "working class man" in my family, specifically my grandfather
The song to every Blue Blooded Aussie who is either a White or mostly Blue Collar worker.
And it covers all Aussies, no matter what race, colour or creed. This is a song to every aussie that works their backside off and fingers to the bone.
Bloody oath mate same my family was a truely hard working class same with a lot of the other families where I grew up we didn't have much but we always had just enough and that was fine with me
Jimmy started out as the front man for Cold Chisel at the age of 17. He was a rocker until about 1995 he then released Soul deep his first soul/Blues album then Soul Deap 2 followed by Rythem and Blues. Check out his Album 30/30 hindsight he does his hits over a 30 year period but he collaborates with other singer's like Tina Arena, Mahalia Barnes, The living end his son David Campbell and others.
I think Soul Deep was around '91 or '92.
My mum remembers Jimmy playing a concert at Wagga Wagga in the very late 70's, where he walked on stage with a half full bottle of whiskey, downed that, then drank another good serve from a bottle of Vodka, and couldnt sing a word straight. This was before Cold Chisel were as big as they got. She still to this day says Jimmy Barnes is the best Aussie singer, second to John Farnham, with Ian Moss a close third
Probably been mentioned but I'm on my phone and it's hard to search. Fareham, Barnes and I'm pretty sure Diesle was on guitar.. when something is wrong with my baby.
It's pretty much the song you've been asking for.
@@jackiebarry9328 91 yeah
@@stevefavell2533 He's reacted th-cam.com/video/g_aXzPsG2wc/w-d-xo.html and there's also his reaction to a live version. :) It's my favourite reaction.
I've seen Jimmy so many times in concert I forget sometimes that the world doesn't love him like we do ... What an icon ❣️🇦🇺💐
Chisel didn't break into the USA because they wouldn't go along with something that was asked of them there. They came back to Australia, furious at how they were treated and wrote 'You Got Nothing I Want'.
@@Mark-fd3mg oh wow I've never heard that story before, I had no idea! I've heard artists forever say "it's hard to make it in America" and maybe this is why ... Also, I love that song it's in my head now 👍
As a DJ, this song still goes off when I play it (which is at the end of every gig) Jimmy's voice is so amazing! I wonder, have you heard 'Good Times' with Jimmy and INXS? Also, a very underated song by Cold Chisel is 'Breakfast at Sweethearts'. I was a singer before I was a DJ and I won a lot of comps by singing Jimmy or John! I owe these guys A LOY of money lol
An interesting fact for you. Jimmy Barnes is so good, that back in 85, just as this album was coming out, EDDIE VAN HALEN has asked Jimmy to join Van Halen after David Lee Roth has left. Jimmy declined as he wanted to concentrate on his solo career. It means something when a legendary guitarist knocks on your door and wants you to sing in his band. One of the greatest rock bands ever....
He should’ve joined AC/DC
Yeah and just like Farmsey, he wanted to keep his family in Australia and stay true to themselves! 😍
So glad he didn't, we wouldn't have Jimmy and he would have to be second fiddle in any other band.
This song came out when I became a Dad for the first time, I spent endless hours dancing around my loungeroom to this song while holding my new boy.
The song reminded me of my Dad, who died too young, and it always inspired me to be a man like he was.
Not one person in Australia that doesn't know this song. It's the Australian anthem for the blue collar working man and woman. Classic and legendary. Khe Sahn is another great song.
I was lucky enough to see him sing this live last night.Along with all of his other classic hits. He was amazing!!
Where? I'm jealous!
@@Kazeemi2810 He is the headline act along with John Stephens & Diesel for Red Hot Summer Tour. It was at Roach Estate in the Hunter Valley Vineyards.
@@ScooterK64 Oh wow! Lucky you!! I'm in Adelaide... Hopefully stupid cvd bug will iss poff and travelling becomes easier this year... Cheers mate!
I saw him at red hot summer in Bendigo last weekend! Soooooo good
Being in a small club when Jimmy belts it out, is a shock to your system!
For sure Jimmy is known as a rocker. But like you said he has soul too. His album souldeep is great.
Jimmy has a few anthems I think, working class man, khan San, flame trees, cheap wine. Just off the top of my head.
Last Frontier, Walk On
Don’t forget you got nothing I want you got nothing I need , it is a big middle finger by cold chisel to the American music industry bosses at the time , about the things that were happening and what they wanted
This was Jimmy’s anthem for me, I was 8 when this came out. This and Driving wheels are my favourites, and throw in Last frontier of the Barnstorming album. And yeah your right about him being a rocker. Just happens to have a shit load of soul too 😉😊👍🏻
As a former cane cutter at the time this song was released, I love the big emphasis on Queensland sugar cane harvesting. It reminds me of the only time I saw Jimmy out in public with his wife was somewhere around Cairns in North Queensland. That was back in the mid 80’s, and it only just occurred to me - I wonder if he was up there because of filming for this video? BTW, they did look good together as a couple and were obviously very much in love.
Awesome ✌️🍷🖤
One of kids next to cane bins is my dad
sugar cane harvesting is perfect for this song. not only can you get in footage of the hard yakka of the cut, you can also use the burn as a great dramatic backdrop. especially a night burn.
This takes me back to my teenage year's, rocking the cassette tape on my Sony double tape player WITH detachable speakers 😂 so good 👍🇦🇺
I'm so glad you got to Working class Man. The film clip is filmed mostly in Cairns Queensland. Love your reactions. 💞
Steel workers, burning Sugar cane, farmers, family,
Sweat 😅
Rocking heart of Oz, vid’s as iconic as song
Love TSR finally got this up,
Love how he just dies when Jimmy’s Vocal Power hits him
Big smiles
Hopefully soon more Chisels,
Definitely jimmy's signature track and an anthem for us in Australia.
The song is so American
I’m Australian and it’s so American
Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam
It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American)
And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry
And not to mention the singer is also Scottish
@@JOVONO you couldn't get more Australian with the line about Uncle Sam! We lost men in a war that was not ours. When this was written many were still suffering and their children and grandchildren can still be suffering. He wasn't praising Uncle Sam he was mad at him.
@@JOVONO I always thought it was a cover of an American song. Applies to Oz though.
Amusing that this Aussie Anthem was written by an American. Jimmy had to pull out all stops to convince Jonathan Cain (Journey) to allow him to release his version first. So great that he did.
In later years Jimmy replaced the lyric “Mid Western” with “Australian”
good point that I think is lost in a lot of cases, however, it is pretty much Jimmy's song now!
Happy to 'cancel" that tidbit.. hahahaha
Every tradie on the road in the 80s had this song blaring out of his car!! Thumbs up for the working class man, and the hard childhood that shaped Jimmy (Swan) Barnes and made him our Australian! 🥰👍
The Australian music industry of the 70s and 80s was our golden era. There were also some gems in the 60s but it’s a whole world to discover for those who don’t know...
Yes this is an Aussie anthem, everyone knows it & has grown up with it - can't believe you've never heard it before now ❤🇦🇺🇦🇺
The song is so American
I’m Australian and it’s so American
Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam
It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American)
And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry
And not to mention the singer is also Scottish
Nah I haven't but im glad I did now
@@JOVONO the 'mad at uncle Sam' line makes sense because Australians were sent to Vietnam because of the Americans. Also Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland but he's Australian thank you very much.
JOVONO 1551 - Aussies were in Vietnam because of Uncle Sam. And Elvis was loved worldwide long before he died. So what if the song got used in a movie. More of his songs should’ve been used in movies
@@AussieGirl235 'Flame Trees' in 'Little Fish' was an awesome cover by a children's choir. Suited the movie so much!
At an NRL Grand Final on live tv Jimmy sang this song & changed the last verse to "well he loved a little woman, but just don't tell his wife, cause she'll cut his balls off with a 6" carving knife". Classic Jimmy Barnes.
Years ago in the 70's, up in Darwin rebuilding after Cyclone Tracy, Cold Chisel came to town and rocked our world. Working Class Man became our anthem that very night. On ya Jimmy.
I grew up in Australia and have been living in Spain for over 30 yrs, but l can't shake this song out of my mind.
I have had the pleasure of seeing Jimmy in the local pubs as Cold Chisel...his voice is famous here😊
Another one of those songs that comes on in an Australian Pub.... and EVERYONE breaks out in song at the same time!
jonathon cain from journey wrote this and Stevie Van Zandt wrote Ride the night away another great song from jimmy barnes He began singing circa 1973-4 with a band called Fraternity replacing Bon Scott from ACDC fame
i thought he replaced his brother swanee who replaced Bon
Wow! Never heard that before.
Love how you love Jimmy!!!! Honorary Aussie!!!!
This is a classic, love this song
He grips his attention with his fans being relatable with his lyrics. The power of his voice is unique and music is enjoyed throughout decades. Love love love
Watching your first time reaction and enthusiasm for something we Aussie's are so familiar with put's a smile on my face. Cheers mate, keep up the good work
It's hard to overstate just how legendary this song is in Australia. Literally everyone knows it and most would be able to sing it.
Cant wait to get to see him live again in march ❤️
Everyone knows every word to ‘working class man’ - genius!!😁😁😁
Barnesy started singing prior to Cold Chisel, but quickly assimilated into the band.
Jim has been producing a phenomenal vocal output for 48 year now (that I know of.....)
This was my introduction to Jimmy Barnes about a gazillion years ago. His voice blew me away and l just kept coming back for more. Him and Gary Moore constitute my youthful soundtrack.
Jimmy and Gary are beyond gods. I have every Jimmy Vinyl and every Gary Vinyl. My 2 all time music heroes.
You're not that old then 😁 I remember Cold Chisels first songs 😂
Listen too to Khe San - EVERY Aussie Knows it. Working Class Man, epitomises everything Australian & his first solo hit. Khe San a Chisel Classic - it was (& maybe still is) the Australian Cricket teams anthem.
This film clip was shot, in the Queensland sugar cane fields 😍
Yeah Khe Sahn another brilliant song!
It's one of those things every Aussie knows; Khe San is the last song of the night. When Khe San is played in the pub it's time for last drinks and staggering home.
Jimmy started singing with Cold Chisel at Age 16…. Before they even had a record deal…. Left and joined Fraternity… for a short time… then recorded 5 Studio Albums with Chisel until 1984…. Then started his solo career and since 1998.. has been releasing Cold Chisel albums again in between His own solo material… Blood Moon ( Cold Chisel 2019) …. Flesh and Blood ( Jimmy Barnes 2021)….Soul Deep 30( 2022) his last two releases.
I saw Jimmy when he just released the Working Class album album over here in New Zealand. He was young, mean and lean and he sounded fantastic! Still one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve ever been to.
I met Jimmy Barnes and his wife not long after he suffered from some serious financial issues. He was making his comeback and I worked in the music industry, went to his launch party. It was very intimate, not very many people there. Lovely man and family, it makes me so happy watching you react.
I love his humilty! 💗 Have you seen the episode with him on Ahn Do?
THANK GOD.... it had to come.... glad you reacted to this......we have some great rock anthems here in Australia.... and Cold Chisel sang more than a few of them.
Jimmy has an amazing, raw, honest 1 man show (sitting on stage talking) called 'Working class Man". If you get the chance it really is worth watching. His life was pretty rough and sad growing up. His family immigrated from Scotland to Sth Australia in a migrant hostel, those Hostels gave Australia and the world some of the best musicians including AC/DC. Jimmy played in his brothers band at 16 then joined CC in 1973 @ 17yrs old.
you are a natural Aussie!! we love our powerhouse singers.... thank you for showing the world xx
Jimmy Barnes grew up in a working class town, in South Australia, in the Town of Elizabeth on the outskirts of the SA capitol City of Adaide. The main industry in Elizabeth (named after Queen Elizabeth II) was the Holden′s car factory, with smaller industrial company's. So Jimmy knew the working class men( and women) very well. His family was working class. In the 1990's one a friend of a friend who had the house Jimmy's family lived in showed us the shed-turned-studio in the backyard where Jimmy and friends played the new music coming out of Britain and wrote their own stuff. Adelaide was a nursery for music due to the influx of British migrants with their music obsessed kids. It still is a breeding ground for the arts, including music. Jimmy earned the right to sing this masterpiece because he lived it as a kid.
With this song.i pray for one boy.i meet to day living on the street without familly. I told myself why i am not rich enought.Thanks Jimmy with your energy and your voice
You are spot on with this being an anthem for Jimmy, just as Your the Voice is for John.
Every Aussie knows and in most cases have grown up listening to these brilliant, talented and very humble artists.......how lucky are we! 💕
I met Jimmy when he was finishing a book signing at a mall I had no idea he was even at. Shook my hand and was so humble! Wish I had the balls to ask for a photo but I couldn’t 😆 absolute legend though!
So yes, Jimmy Barnes started out as a gritty hard driving rocker fronting the legendary Cold Chisel. Some time you will probably get around to reviewing Khe Sahn - the song that brought the horror of being a returned Vietnam vet to the Australian conscience and was probably their biggest hit, Flame Tree is another that put on anywhere anytime everyone will start singing along, as they do with Working Class Man. While this may well be called Jimmy's anthem song it probably is not the only one. One of the really cool features of the video is the use of iconic imagery. The steel mill, which I am guessing is in New Castle and the sugar cane fields, probably in Northern Queensland (but could be anywhere along the northern east coast of New South Wales up through large portions of sub tropical and tropical Queensland) scream working class. The fires that rage in both settings speak to the struggle, difficulty and majesty of the life. It really is a great video. BTW they no longer do cane fires which use to be necessary prior to harvesting but there are few more spectacular sights than to pull up on the side of the road and watch. Words cannot do the scene justice.
You are spot on. Jimmy was a rocker. It wasn't until Soul Deep album that had Stone Cold on it that I heard the soul in his voice. This is absolutely Jimmy's anthem, as You're the voice is to John Farnham. I was 8 years old when this came out, it's in my DNA. Like other people have commented here, every single Aussie knows every single word. Love your reactions!
Barnes has done an whole album of soul songs and it’s pretty good
Jimmy Barnes started singing in Cold Chisel in 1973. He went solo in the 1980s and since then he's done a bunch of other stuff. He collaborated with The Wiggles on a Scottish themed album (Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland). He has released his autobiography also titled Working Class Man. During covid lockdowns he did a lot of acoustic stuff with his family. And he has collaborated with a bunch of other artists, like his son David Campbell who is a swing singer.
Jimmy was actually singing in front of a cane field fire here. (They used to burn off the foliage before harvesting sugar cane.) Jimmy's hair was ringing wet from sweat due to the heat of the flames. All the time snakes, lizards, mice, rats and other creatures skittered out around him to escape the flames and heat.
Cold Chisel was my favourite band when I was a teenager. Loved Jimmy - he was a wild man.
I was born into a poor working class family. My father worked in the bush clearing mallee scrub for the farmers before he headed off to the gold mines of New Guinea.. .. .. I finished school and headed off to the Iron Ore mines of the Pilbara for a decade before I started work in the foundries.. .. .. My step-son went off and became a chef before he headed off to the gold mines of Kalgoorlie...
We are of the ''Working Class''... and this song is our anthem..
This song is played at the end of the 1985 movie Gung Ho with Michael Keaton. The song plays at the end of the movie, it’s one of my new favorite older songs! He’s got a fantastic voice.
I remember an interview about this with Jimmy talking about the end of the music video with the burning cane field… he was screaming for the song, yes, but also mostly screaming because the fire was making all these snakes and creepy crawlies rush out of the field at him! Apparently quite scary!
When your at the end of the field during a burn and wild pigs run out it definitely scares the pants off you
That gesture he makes at 6.36, that you replayed is the Aussie Salute i.e. brushing away a fly! Last Train out of Sydney is a beauty too! Thanks so much!
Remember, you said you weren’t born when Jimmy Barnes sang this- love you say this should be an Anthem 👍🏿 he was in my time line sweets - love your appreciation of our adopted Scottish family member who came here when he was young - he’s a brilliant music artist and family man - so glad he’s still being appreciated for his music way back 👍🏿❤️🇦🇺
This is one of those songs when I get pissed at the pub and find the juke box and put this song on and crank the living shit of it! And belt it out along with Jimmy “He’s a working class maaaaaaaaaan!”
Last weekend here in the Hunter Valley, Australia we had what is called The Red Hot Summer Tour. The line-up goes like this.... Jimmy Barnes, The Hoodoo Gurus, Vikka & Linda Bull (Vikka was sick so we had the pleasure of Mihalia Barnes), Diesel Jon Stevens & Chris Cheney. I was sitting there thinking you would have been in heaven. Amazing concert.
What I love about this video is that at the end when the sugarcane is being burnt off Jimmy once shared that there where thousands of bugs and rats running out of the fire. So he is singing and having rats run over his feet!
I keep coming back to this reaction... love your smile when he starts belting it!
Jimmy made his name as the lead singer of Cold Chisel, which was classed as a rock band, but i would say even when signing rock with Chisel, there was soul and blues. He's a great storyteller, and vocalist with amazing power, but a really nice person & a great family man along with it. If you asked me, I would say he's a soul singer, because he always sings with so much felling in his voice...you always feel it.
If you listen to a Chisel track like "Four Walls" you can here the soul & blues feeling behind it...a really short track that always grabs me emotionally or listen to "All For You"...
Jimmy Barnes is an Australian legend. Through Covid Jimmy and his wife played together putting it on TH-cam bring some sweet music to sooth our souls. Jimmy's songs will live on forever.
Songs of all genres which l found really interesting. Very versatile.
This song was the theme song to the Michael Keaton movie "Gung Ho" aka "Working Class Man"
We love Jimmy and even today in any pub or club u can guarantee if the DJ plays khe sahn the whole building is up singing along and anyone who doesn't is unaustralian
Real Aussie Rock... Always has Soul.... Jimmy was one of the best....
He is in my top three fav singers because of your reactions . Cold is my favorite .
I'm a bit late to this party, but I saw Jimmy Barnes/Cold Chisel in late 1979, support band for Rod Stewart Do You Think I'm Sexy tour, it was a VFL Park. Scared the crap outta me, I was up in the stands and it MOVED, I thought we were going to crash. Anyway, it was fun! I love watching you enjoy our great Aussie music, but gotta say sometimes I end up bawling, God I miss the 80s, it was FUN! I want to go back and do it again.
James Dixon Barnes, began singing in 1973, with Cold Chisel. He was just 16!!!
He's only 65 now!
Yes, he's predominantly known as a rock singer
Jimmy Barnes original name was James Swan, his brother John was considered an unbelievable front man who had his own band Fraternity. John was actually asked to be the Cold Chisel front man before Jimmy but knocked it back, Jimmy was then asked and the rest was history.
He's sung everything from blues to rock to R&B.
Jimmy has a wide vocal range.
The Smile on your face mate makes me so happy! Jimmy is the man!
My favourite all time song back in Australia
Powerful working class song👍👍👍👍
This song was actually written by an American, Johnathan Cain. He was the keyboard player for awesome yacht rockers Journey.
Jonathan wrote this as a ballad. But jimmy convinced him it should be a rock song. katching royalty checks for forever
@@gavvisser2176 ironically, I’ve heard Jimmy sing it as a ballad on many occasions.
Oh mate, been waiting for this since I found you Nick 👍👍👍👍 my teenage memories revolve around this !!!💕💕💕💕💕
I loved East, amazing album, Cheap Wine is still my favourite Cold Chisel track. I saw them live a few times, epic concerts. Jimmy was the first performer I ever saw crowdsurf. The bouncers were freaking out! 😀
He has so much soul. ❤
My favourite all time Barnesy song 👍❤️🇦🇺
The amazing fact is that he is still around and was performing at least pre Covid-19, cause he definitely had lived the wild rock and roll lifestyle , alcohol and drugs etc. Now he has sobered up and is the grandfather to several children…
Man, you can definately sing this song. All of us Aussies do whenever it comes on in the pub.
This song is like the unofficial Australia anthem with out a doubt every time you go to the pub(bar) this song will come on at least twice a night and every one sings along to it.
All through our lock down during the VID he and his family performed from their home on Facebook xo beautiful
This clip was filmed in Queensland Australia. Was done in the sugar cane fields and was filmed around the burning of the sugar cane and did not allow for multiple takes. Was written by Jonathon Cain from The Baby's and Journey
Shivers everytime I play this song.
Jimmy is such a nice kind truly decent man.....my son used to go with Jimmy's drummer ( Ray Arnott) at the time to the studio ( we lived in same house) while they were making this album. We still have all the demo/outake tapes....
You need to do Cold Chisel Forever Now, one of their greatest songs with Jimmy singing a little "softer".
Extraordinary man lived an extraordinary life! ..he has a documentary about his life that just makes him even more extraordinary. He started singing live with his wife through covid lockdown and still love hearing his voice...along with Jimmy Farnham.. they don't make them like this anymore I say...
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One of my personal favs. Was so lucky to see Jimmy, Diesel, Jon Stevens, Vica and Mahalia and so many other brilliant Aussie artists last weekend at one concert. Red Hot Summer Tour. Just 🤯🤯🤯 the talent we have
I love that you know our boys and yes it was an anthem .people either love or hate jimmy , personally I love him xoxo
Jimmy Barnes ❤❤❤ too many great songs
1985…I wasn’t born yet 😂😂 dude, you make me feel so old 😂😂
Jimmy Barnes (originally Swan), originally from Glasgow Scotland migrated to Australia as a young boy, just like the Young Brothers from AC/DC did, from these guys, the Aussie Rock sound was formed.....Jimmy said that "when I was born, I came out screaming...and I've been screaming ever since" lol
Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel used to go to the Observer Hotel (under the Sydney Harbour Bridge) and test new material as the Barking Spiders... Some nights there were only about 30 people or less watching the band pump out new material - it was classic...
The Albums you're looking for are Soul Deep and Soul Deeper. They really show his range