Brett Garsed originally joined John in 1986 when he recorded the album Whispering Jack. And continued to tour with John for years. He left Australia in the late 80's for 14 years and joined American band Nelson for a few years then recorded and toured as a duo with TJ Helmerick. He came back to Aus in 2000 and continued touring with Farnham and also released albums of his own. He is a guitar legend ❤
With a Name like Brett it's no wonder he is so talented 😂 Thank you for your reaction and review of this beautiful and emotional song. It's amazing to see all these videos of John on TH-cam so we see all the ages and stages of his career.
John, quite a bit older here, pores his heart out with this vocal masterpiece. John’s voice is epic, and his seemingly endless range resonates. The emotion and passion he puts into this is so so good and being able to still belt out like that is amazing. And Brett Garsed on guitar as always, awesome.
John's delivery of this song got better and better as he got older. Originally written by Steve Prestwich for Cold Chisel . When Cold Chisel broke up in 1982, Steve joined the Little River Band with John who was LRB's lead singer at the time. LRB recorded their version of the song. And John has continued to sing it at just about every concert he has had. Cold Chisel also continued to perform the song everytime they get back together. It's a beautiful song.
@carolynh8866 won't lie, it was definitely a highlight of my life. I don't get star struck but moment like that when the crew don't get sick of the show and are having as much fun as the audience is pretty epic.
I was never a fan of The Beatles - they wrote some very good lyrics - but in my mind I saw them as a group of travelling musicians, moving from fair to fair, much as travelling troubadour did hundreds of years ago. But - BIG BUT! - JF's slow version of Help is astounding, heartfelt emotion in every (perfect) note. That's the first time I've truly appreciated a Beatles lyric - I'm so glad it's on youtube. 27.12.23. UK. E♥️
Hi Nina, I think the person that told you to skip the first couple of minutes did you a disservice, John’s comedic interaction with the audience and his band during his shows is part of his charm. And in the start for this video, he calls out Lisa and her baby in the audience, as Lisa is usually on stage as one of his backup singers.
He is such a shining light .. so gifted, so committed to his craft, so immense d in the emotion and watching each of his individual songs is like being bathed in some kind of godly or angelic energy !!
I agree, he's a brilliant complement to the Franham experience. Apart from his solos, I listen to him in the background marrying the voice of his guitar so brilliantly into the emotion and musical depth of the song.
Cold Chisel wrote songs that went straight to the heart of regular Australians without ever being preachy or pompous. They were songs about life, love and hardships that everyone could identify with. It's why the affection for them has never waned at all, and those songs still remain classics.
Brett Garsed on guitar. He played with Farnham in the late 80's, then moved to the U.S., and has a number of good instrumental albums in the jazz/rock genre.
@ninaschofield he is and the nicest guy. The whole band and crew brought us newbies in like family. Chong (piano and md) is a musical genius but can explain so simply that even I could understand some theory.
The thing I love about John is that he shares the performance and the stage with everyone on stage. He is such a facilitator and so humble in doing so. 😍
He often shares with his audience as well, doesn't he? You're the Voice, Help, Touch of paradise. - - - must be the biggest backing choir ever from his fans! . And they're truly gorgeous. His interaction with his audience comes across as love for each and everyone of them. December 2023. UK. E❤😮
Never studied music, so I really appreciate how you explain the "technicalities" of the arrangements of the various instruments. And I really love Farnsey! Mch'24. UK ❤
Regarding your compliment about the arrangement and piano chord progression, that’s all due to the wonderful Chong Lim, John’s long-time musical director. He also did a great job at their concert at the Sydney Opera House. He was also conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from his piano. The amazing Brett Garsed is a phenomenal guitarist and I recommend that you visit his channel. He can also sing well and has sometimes been a backup singer with the band when he’s playing.
I seem to have the utmost respect for Nina's comments! She really hones in on some things that I frankly have missed so it makes me appreciate the voice of a lifetime even more. Please keep going with more of this genius' songs, Nina ❤️
@@uknowispeaksense7056 agreed, great performance in that one. The dynamic between Mossy and Barnsey works so well. And John's power and emotion in this one is also great.
Thanks Nina. John Farnham's talent in portraying emotion in his songs stems from his early experience in stage musicals. He is one of the greatest male stage musical singers of all time.
John's mic technique is perfectly modulated for his voice. You see some singers pull the mic CLOSER to make up for a lack of natural power. John, on the other hand, sometimes has the thing about a foot from his mouth because of the sheer might of his voice.
Chong Lim is John's pianist in this performance. Chong is a brilliant pianist who has worked with Olivia Newton-John, Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue to name a few, he is a producer and musical director. Brett Garsed is on guitar, we have some really amazing musicians in Australia.....
The song was written by Stephen Preswich, the former drummer of Cold Chisel and was up there in Australian Psyche . John of course just waltzes of with it, and the rest is history.
This clip was from 2003 when John was 54. His voice was probably even better than it was 20 years earlier. When the War is Over was written by Steve Prestwich, the drummer from beloved Australian band Cold Chisel. It's worth listening to the original, as it has a different feel again ❤
You can't hear the words when they sing it live, it's just grumbling mumble. When John sings it, he sings it with clarity, you hear every words pronouncement. Jimmy's good on record, John is the very best vocalist ever, no competition.
Thank you for your great reaction and appreciation of our Aussie legend, John Farnham! I’ve always know John is a phenomenal singer and performer, along with his awesome band of the best musicians. Thank you for contributing to my understanding of just why John is so magnificent!❤ 🎶
I think this song can have a couple of meanings, I have seen other comments that this can be about War but also about relationships. Others with more knowledge will correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for a great reaction once again. Ohh Kasey Chambers "Lose Yourself".
@@carbine5378one month later... On the surface level, the songs words inform the listener of the damage caused by conflict. Though the underlying allusion is to relationship conflict. Or 'Love Stinks!' - (Robbie Hart).
Cold Chisel are renowned for experimenting with different chord progressions and also song structures, such as having the chorus at the end of the song or no chorus at all, as in the song Khe Sanh. Brilliant song and John’s voice is so well suited to it!
@@Bazza1025b “Khe Sanh has no chorus. It uses a song structure that is less common in the modern era known as one-part - or AAA - form. One-part refers to the fact that one musical idea is repeated throughout the song, and AAA is a more technical form of song structure analysis where sections of music are assigned letters, with different letters for different sections. AAA, clearly, is a situation where all sections use the same musical material. Another commonly used word for the form is strophic”. (The conversation, 2015).
@@Dr_KAP For the life of me, I can’t recall where I heard that Khe Sanh has a chorus. I’ve checked two books with musical notation; Don’s book of his lyrics, Songs; a poster in Don’s handwriting of the lyrics; Michael Lawrence’s self-published book Showtime, which reprints lyrics from the demo; and Debbie Kruger’s book Songwriters Speak. So I concede.
When The War Is Over originally a Cold Chisel top 30 hit single from 1982 in Australia. Well Cold Chisel broke up in 1984 but this songs writer drummer the late Steve Prestwich joined Little River Band straight after . John Farnham was the lead singer of LRB at that moment in time . Like John Steve wouldn’t have had made any money out being a member of LRB , LRB was in financial trouble from high cost of touring the USA left only the songwriters got paid . So Steve offered up When The War Is Over to be re-recorded after it was added to their set list for the Playing To Win Tour . LRB recorded it for their last album with John Farnham No Reins 1986 , No Reins was also Steven Prestwich last album with LRB both men left LRB before the album was released. LRB’s former record company capital records only released When The War Is Over as single to cash in on John’s solo success with You’re The Voice . John recorded it again in 1988 as solo artist after his recording company requested it to be a bonus track and b side for Age Of Reason era . John said about the rerecording that he felt he was happy to leave it with LRB and he was hesitant reluctant about re-recording it again . But the recording company talked him around , John has said When The War Is Over is one of favourite songs . The song did pop up on his set list on some of John’s tours. Original Little River Band founding member Graham Goble regards When The War Is Over is LRB best song that wasn’t written by himself .
A little more attention to the vocals and less on the piano chords maybe. John's performance here is incredible. His voice is truly amazing and the song is beautiful.
Yes, I agree. I find some of the reactions here a bit frustrating to watch, as the songs get interrupted right in the middle of the most passionate part, or right at the release after a buildup, to try to work out the piano chords. I get wanting to understand the piece of music, but I think it's possible to be more careful about where you choose to pause a song, or at least rewind it and re-listen to the bit that was interrupted so it flows a bit better. The result of not doing this makes some of these reactions feel a bit choppy and unsatisfying to watch. When The War Is Over is a fantastic song, but if I'm watching a reaction to John Farnham, I at least want there to be some focus on the singing.
Yes, and no. I'm kind of with you, unnecessary interruptions to satisfy her own musical curiosity that leave us suspended in mid-air while she does it; but most times her expert musical knowledge helped me to more fully appreciate the intricacy/intimacy of the musical voice that brilliantly transports the Farnham voice and his storytelling to that special place we enjoy. Her superfluous engagements about her dog and this and that whilst laughing at her own quips was irritating but hey, it's her video.
This song is about the break up of a relationship. John Farnham is a very versatile singer with a wonderful skill of vocal gymnastics. Please listen to and view an a cappela version by John and his band of Stevie Wonder's, 'Love's In Need'. It is heart-wrenchingly beautiful !
Excellent review, Nina. John is a living legend in OZ and counts among his fan base Tom Jones and Celine Dion, both of whom are among the greatest popular vocalist of all time.
HI Nina the song is actually about a relationship breakdown as opposed to a thing about a returned solder. Yes I always thought it was a return solder too.
Thanks Nina , one of many favourite performances by John. You were so understandably focused on the arrangement, John's vocals seemed kind of lost on you. None the less , this song was a Cold Chisel song, an iconic Aussie band. Might I suggest again, Something is wrong with my baby, a duet between John and Jimmy Barnes (lead singer of Cold Chisel)
First few minutes is probably talking about Cold Chisel and giving credit. Should check out their version. Live of course, John a great singer but Ian and Jimmy up there too.
I guess you may have googled John Farnham, or searched for him/play mixes on youtube by now? Powerhouse voice but always with emotion. His live performances are out of this world. It's my eternal regret that I never saw him live - but the concert videos on TH-cam are a good substitute. Enjoy.! Mch'24. UK. E ❤
Thank you Nina for your great reaction and technical appreciation of our phenomenal Aussie treasure, John Farnham! Like many Australians, I have loved John and his incredible band for over 50 years. Thank you for helping me to understand why they are just So Awesome. John Farnham's music continues to lift my spirits every day. 🥰❤🎶🎵
That was a joy to behold thank you. War, in the song is used as a metaphor for the ending of a passionate and also turbulence decoupling. Of course today you just get ghosted - Now, what I want to say is that the Original by cold chisel is more intense due to arrangement and vocals by Jimmy Barnes and Ian moss th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html
John’s power at what feels so high in the register is amazing, then he holds it, continues and goes up again with the same or more power. In this case to a song already performed by great singers.
Sorry Nina, but the original version of this song - by the most criminally underrated band in the world - Cold Chisel - is undoubtedly still the best version. RIP to my friend and the guy who wrote this song, Steve Prestwich.
Agreed, I love John singing just about anything but Cold Chisel manage to pip him on this song, especially their stripped back Ringside 2003 live performance.
@@mattybond Well When The War Is Over was re-recorded and released with LRB because Steven Prestwich was in the same circumstance as John Farnham while a member of LRB only the songwriters got paid through royalties . Steve offered the song up to LRB to get some kind of income. Cold Chisel original is a single that charted in the top 30 . LRB’s version was only released as a single by Capital Records ( that didn’t like John Farnham in LRB ) as in December 1986 to cash in John’s solo success with You’re The Voice , by that time of the release John and Steve had left LRB . The album No Reins 1986 When War Is Over is only single that featured John on lead vocal the other singles featured American bassist Wayne Nelson on lead vocals . John reluctantly recorded When The War Is Over again as solo artist in 1988 because his recording requested it to be a B side and bonus track for Age Of Reason era . John said in an interview about When The War Is Over that he loves the song but was happy to leave it with LRB the recording company talked him into doing it again. John said he wasn’t happy with how the producer handled LRB recording , but recording it again with his own band and producer gave him more artistic freedom on the rearrangement .
John was very close with his backing vocalists. Here is something very special, Vanetta Fields supported by John and Lindsay sharing a great standard, “Amazing Grace” th-cam.com/video/6danLkCJoFI/w-d-xo.html
Hi Nina,you also have a great appreciation of the best vocalist I have heard live!John is a legend in Australia,His range and control are of the charts!We all pray🙏🏻John will be ok..We love him❤️
This song was written by Steve Prestwich, of the band Cold Chisle. They spent time with veterans of WWII and Vietnam. They wrote this song (about WWII) and another about Vietnam.
This is the best cover of this song but Cold Chisel doing When The War Is over live Ringside 2003 was better. I hope you will check this out. Just wait until you hear Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss sing.
Great reaction as always Nina, I was surprised that there wasn’t more vocal analysis considering the sheer vocal epicness that was on display from Farnsey here, any chance you could concentrate on the vocals a bit more, particularly with John as he has such a unique voice I’d love to hear a more technical explanation of how he does what he does, thanks Nina.
Great old chisels song. John just has this beautiful voice. At one stage John's seemed to be over. It wasn't until he started singing these 'spiritual' songs that he suddenly was everyone's darling again.
Bear in mind this isn't a young john. He's in his 50's at this point. The 'seasoning' to his vocal and the long practiced technique should not be ignored. It stands testiment to all singers not to over exert and be careless, but to train and practice.
You really now need to watch the live version of this song by the original artists, Cold Chisel.. Great vocals, and a better emotional connection to the lyrics.. Better than this, though acknowledging that John is phenomenal…
2003 Ringside concert version of When the War is over by Cold Chisel is phenomenal. I love John Farnham but the tempo is slower in his version than the original.....somehow always doesn't seem right, even though his voice is spectacular.
Yep, 1 of the 16,000+ people there … he loves to chat to the audience between songs, he has been performing since the 60s. Sort of miss when he use to perform to audiences of 2,000 odd, but the atmosphere in the tennis centre is unbelievable 😮
You would be surprised at how much Australian talent is on that stage. Behind the guitarist on piano is Chong Lim and like the guitarist is one of our best. John is older here and Lisa, Venetta and Lyndsey his usual backup singers are not there. No one ever leaves him so I would like to know why. John just makes me smile and every now and then I think I can sing like John. Until I look at my husbands face. Our adopted beauty can sing like that and if I sing when she is here. She is saying, no Mumma, just no. Everyone’s a critic but I couldn’t hold a note to save myself. 😂 I love how you react to John. Thank you.
John and his band/back up singers are all brilliant. I think you will find that Lisa was in the audience with her new baby, Vanetta may have retired?. Lyndsay is there, to the right of the stage.
I believe Venetta had retired before this performance. Lindsey was present, as has already been commented on. Nina mentioned in her introduction that there was some talk before the song, which she was skipping. In that section, John introduces Lisa Edwards, who was in the audience with her new baby. As John said, it would be a bit difficult to sing and breast feed at the same time!
Yes he is one of a kind our true blue Aussie he's voice is out of this world and he doesn't need to over address we love him very very and am 69years old so i have been on he's journey love Australia 😘💙🐨🐨🇦🇺🇦🇺👍🤗
John had the ability to surround himself with very talented people. Some had already been independently successful, and some became successful after working with John
Watch him sing this song at his whispering jack concert. Different musical director- Oscar winner David hershfelder. It’s with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Divine!!
That's Chong Lim on piano/keys - our little Asian mate and genius and arranger. John has really good mic control. That's brett Garsed on guitar- he simply sent a tape of his playing to somebody and got the job - been with John since the 80s. One of Australia's finest and notice he plays in that Legato style wiyh all yhe notes running together. Lovely ( as I am a guitarist of 55 years playing). BTW you hnow your chops.
SUGGESTION: Vaness Amorosi - Heros Live Forever, from the 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony. The best live female vocal performance I have ever seen. th-cam.com/video/lmAAQU2zRT4/w-d-xo.html
John " The Voice" Farnham has incerdible use of the microphone=prabably due to his knowledge of his voice. The guitarist is Bret Garsed - one of our best.( Tommy Emmanuel and Ian Moss ) being the greats also.
@ninaschofield - Great reaction. I would be interested to see your reaction to this performance of When the War is Over by Cold Chisel, who originally wrote and performed the song. - th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html - This version is acoustic, stripped back, raw and has moved more than a few people to tears. For me personally, I like John Farnham's version, and John Farnham is a phenomenal singer in his own right, but this performance by Cold Chisel is one of the greatest performances by an Aussie band ever.
Is this a reaction or an ANALYSIS ? I like that you enjoy JF , however enough of the stop-start reproduction!! Play it , then give highlights. React not ANALYSIS.
John is one of Australia's greatest ever vocalist's. Listen to the original Cold Chisel version though, Ian Moss & Jimmy Barnes, still the best for my opinion!
The better version is by Cold Chisel (the original writers/performers of this song), sung by Ian Moss and Jimmy Barnes. I would suggest their live performance in early 2000s. th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html
John’s vocals continue to impress! Loving that guitar solo too 😉 🎸
Guitarist is Brett Garsed. He's been with John for many many years.
Brett Garsed originally joined John in 1986 when he recorded the album Whispering Jack. And continued to tour with John for years. He left Australia in the late 80's for 14 years and joined American band Nelson for a few years then recorded and toured as a duo with TJ Helmerick. He came back to Aus in 2000 and continued touring with Farnham and also released albums of his own. He is a guitar legend ❤
Hi Nina, interesting Fact: John was born in Dagenham, Essex, England and moved to Australia with his family when he was 10 years old.
With a Name like Brett it's no wonder he is so talented 😂 Thank you for your reaction and review of this beautiful and emotional song. It's amazing to see all these videos of John on TH-cam so we see all the ages and stages of his career.
If you enjoyed Brett’s guitar playing here, you should definitely check out John doing Burn For You, it is absolutely incredible
John, quite a bit older here, pores his heart out with this vocal masterpiece. John’s voice is epic, and his seemingly endless range resonates. The emotion and passion he puts into this is so so good and being able to still belt out like that is amazing. And Brett Garsed on guitar as always, awesome.
John's delivery of this song got better and better as he got older. Originally written by Steve Prestwich for Cold Chisel . When Cold Chisel broke up in 1982, Steve joined the Little River Band with John who was LRB's lead singer at the time. LRB recorded their version of the song. And John has continued to sing it at just about every concert he has had. Cold Chisel also continued to perform the song everytime they get back together. It's a beautiful song.
I was blessed to be front or side of stage every night of this tour for it. Its one of the songs most of us would come out for.
@@mattybond lucky duck
@carolynh8866 won't lie, it was definitely a highlight of my life. I don't get star struck but moment like that when the crew don't get sick of the show and are having as much fun as the audience is pretty epic.
Cold Chisel broke up in December 1983, not in 1982. Steve Prestwich joined LRB in 1984. Facts should be checked, don't just rely on memory or hearsay.
I was never a fan of The Beatles - they wrote some very good lyrics - but in my mind I saw them as a group of travelling musicians, moving from fair to fair, much as travelling troubadour did hundreds of years ago. But - BIG BUT! - JF's slow version of Help is astounding, heartfelt emotion in every (perfect) note. That's the first time I've truly appreciated a Beatles lyric - I'm so glad it's on youtube. 27.12.23. UK. E♥️
Hi Nina, I think the person that told you to skip the first couple of minutes did you a disservice, John’s comedic interaction with the audience and his band during his shows is part of his charm. And in the start for this video, he calls out Lisa and her baby in the audience, as Lisa is usually on stage as one of his backup singers.
What he said about Lisa's baby's hat was so funny lol.
He is such a shining light .. so gifted, so committed to his craft, so immense d in the emotion and watching each of his individual songs is like being bathed in some kind of godly or angelic energy !!
So good Nina, and much love for calling out the guitarist it was a very sweet run, worthy of praise for sure.
I agree, he's a brilliant complement to the Franham experience. Apart from his solos, I listen to him in the background marrying the voice of his guitar so brilliantly into the emotion and musical depth of the song.
and Brett Garsed's telecaster riffs and fills are beautiful.. His driving force into playing guitar was Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
talking through the best part for crying out loud are you kidding me
I love John but cold chisel does this song better.
Cold Chisel wrote songs that went straight to the heart of regular Australians without ever being preachy or pompous. They were songs about life, love and hardships that everyone could identify with.
It's why the affection for them has never waned at all, and those songs still remain classics.
Flame Trees - one of my favourites.
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Brett Garsed on guitar. He played with Farnham in the late 80's, then moved to the U.S., and has a number of good instrumental albums in the jazz/rock genre.
Continued to back and tour with John too
Brett wasn't even born out in John's early days.
Poor John, get well mate, Australia is behind you mate.
I heard he’s much better now(?)
He just announced that he’s cancer-free! ❤
@@shmick6079 Let's hope so, he is an Aussie national treasure with the best voice in the world by far. Go Farnsey......
@@hearmymotoredheart That's great news, we in Oz just love him......
This is the tour I worked on. 😁 Brett Garsed is a legend on guitar.
Oh no way! Brett is amazing. Thank you for the extra support 😊
@ninaschofield he is and the nicest guy. The whole band and crew brought us newbies in like family. Chong (piano and md) is a musical genius but can explain so simply that even I could understand some theory.
Brilliant song sung by a brilliant vocalist, brilliantly.
The thing I love about John is that he shares the performance and the stage with everyone on stage. He is such a facilitator and so humble in doing so. 😍
He often shares with his audience as well, doesn't he? You're the Voice, Help, Touch of paradise. - - - must be the biggest backing choir ever from his fans! . And they're truly gorgeous. His interaction with his audience comes across as love for each and everyone of them. December 2023. UK. E❤😮
Never studied music, so I really appreciate how you explain the "technicalities" of the arrangements of the various instruments. And I really love Farnsey! Mch'24. UK ❤
Regarding your compliment about the arrangement and piano chord progression, that’s all due to the wonderful Chong Lim, John’s long-time musical director. He also did a great job at their concert at the Sydney Opera House. He was also conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from his piano. The amazing Brett Garsed is a phenomenal guitarist and I recommend that you visit his channel. He can also sing well and has sometimes been a backup singer with the band when he’s playing.
Oh he is so good and to think, he has never had a singing lesson in his life! Seeing him sing this live, is unbelievable.
you can take the boy out of dandenong but you cant take dandenong out of the boy
One of his best vocal performence. In my oppinion. His vocal range is from another planet. Get well soon mr Farnham ❤
Always a good day when Nina's reacting to John Farnham! Thank you!
I seem to have the utmost respect for Nina's comments! She really hones in on some things that I frankly have missed so it makes me appreciate the voice of a lifetime even more. Please keep going with more of this genius' songs, Nina ❤️
This should be the song for Ukraine 🇺🇦🥺😢…..it so well described the heart break ❤️🩹….need a really good Ukrainian singer to take this on!👍🏾
Sing it at Eurovision and they'll win (again).
Just another breathtaking performance from this great man.
I love both John's versions aswell as Cold Chisel's versions, both are fantastic and each have unique dynamics.
especially Chisel's paired back live performance from 2003. Its a Mossy masterclass.
@@uknowispeaksense7056 agreed, great performance in that one. The dynamic between Mossy and Barnsey works so well. And John's power and emotion in this one is also great.
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Thanks Nina. John Farnham's talent in portraying emotion in his songs stems from his early experience in stage musicals. He is one of the greatest male stage musical singers of all time.
To imagine, John gave away his job as an apprentice Plumber for this !!
John's mic technique is perfectly modulated for his voice.
You see some singers pull the mic CLOSER to make up for a lack of natural power. John, on the other hand, sometimes has the thing about a foot from his mouth because of the sheer might of his voice.
Yes!
I love vocal coaches dissecting John's voice..... to us.. he just sings, thats him that has always been him... .
Chong Lim is John's pianist in this performance. Chong is a brilliant pianist who has worked with Olivia Newton-John, Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue to name a few, he is a producer and musical director. Brett Garsed is on guitar, we have some really amazing musicians in Australia.....
The song was written by Stephen Preswich, the former drummer of Cold Chisel and was up there in Australian Psyche . John of course just waltzes of with it, and the rest is history.
This clip was from 2003 when John was 54. His voice was probably even better than it was 20 years earlier. When the War is Over was written by Steve Prestwich, the drummer from beloved Australian band Cold Chisel. It's worth listening to the original, as it has a different feel again ❤
I agree overall, but the final chorus belt here is unmatched by anything even Jimmy put out, imo.
I always prefer chisels version as it was first for me..
John is amazing but it was never a favourite of mine because of my love of chisel
Cold chisel do it better. This is a great John Farnham performance, but it’s not Jimmy + Mossy good.
You can't hear the words when they sing it live, it's just grumbling mumble. When John sings it, he sings it with clarity, you hear every words pronouncement. Jimmy's good on record, John is the very best vocalist ever, no competition.
Thank you for your great reaction and appreciation of our Aussie legend, John Farnham! I’ve always know John is a phenomenal singer and performer, along with his awesome band of the best musicians. Thank you for contributing to my understanding of just why John is so magnificent!❤ 🎶
I think this song can have a couple of meanings, I have seen other comments that this can be about War but also about relationships. Others with more knowledge will correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for a great reaction once again. Ohh Kasey Chambers "Lose Yourself".
Yes, I heard it was written by a divorce, not war.
"When the War is Over" is a metaphor. It's about picking up the pieces and getting back on your feet after a relationship breakup.
Really?
@@carbine5378one month later... On the surface level, the songs words inform the listener of the damage caused by conflict. Though the underlying allusion is to relationship conflict. Or 'Love Stinks!' - (Robbie Hart).
Cold Chisel are renowned for experimenting with different chord progressions and also song structures, such as having the chorus at the end of the song or no chorus at all, as in the song Khe Sanh. Brilliant song and John’s voice is so well suited to it!
The chorus for Khe Sanh is the last “verse”: “last plane out of Sydney…”
However, I should double-check this.
@@Bazza1025b you absolutely should!!
@@Bazza1025b
“Khe Sanh has no chorus. It uses a song structure that is less common in the modern era known as one-part - or AAA - form. One-part refers to the fact that one musical idea is repeated throughout the song, and AAA is a more technical form of song structure analysis where sections of music are assigned letters, with different letters for different sections. AAA, clearly, is a situation where all sections use the same musical material. Another commonly used word for the form is strophic”. (The conversation, 2015).
@@Dr_KAP For the life of me, I can’t recall where I heard that Khe Sanh has a chorus. I’ve checked two books with musical notation; Don’s book of his lyrics, Songs; a poster in Don’s handwriting of the lyrics; Michael Lawrence’s self-published book Showtime, which reprints lyrics from the demo; and Debbie Kruger’s book Songwriters Speak. So I concede.
@Dr_KAP 👍
When The War Is Over originally a Cold Chisel top 30 hit single from 1982 in Australia. Well Cold Chisel broke up in 1984 but this songs writer drummer the late Steve Prestwich joined Little River Band straight after .
John Farnham was the lead singer of LRB at that moment in time .
Like John Steve wouldn’t have had made any money out being a member of LRB , LRB was in financial trouble from high cost of touring the USA left only the songwriters got paid . So Steve offered up When The War Is Over to be re-recorded after it was added to their set list for the Playing To Win Tour .
LRB recorded it for their last album with John Farnham No Reins 1986 , No Reins was also Steven Prestwich last album with LRB both men left LRB before the album was released.
LRB’s former record company capital records only released When The War Is Over as single to cash in on John’s solo success with You’re The Voice .
John recorded it again in 1988 as solo artist after his recording company requested it to be a bonus track and b side for Age Of Reason era . John said about the rerecording that he felt he was happy to leave it with LRB and he was hesitant reluctant about re-recording it again .
But the recording company talked him around , John has said When The War Is Over is one of favourite songs .
The song did pop up on his set list on some of John’s tours.
Original Little River Band founding member Graham Goble regards When The War Is Over is LRB best song that wasn’t written by himself .
A little more attention to the vocals and less on the piano chords maybe. John's performance here is incredible. His voice is truly amazing and the song is beautiful.
Yes, I agree. I find some of the reactions here a bit frustrating to watch, as the songs get interrupted right in the middle of the most passionate part, or right at the release after a buildup, to try to work out the piano chords. I get wanting to understand the piece of music, but I think it's possible to be more careful about where you choose to pause a song, or at least rewind it and re-listen to the bit that was interrupted so it flows a bit better. The result of not doing this makes some of these reactions feel a bit choppy and unsatisfying to watch.
When The War Is Over is a fantastic song, but if I'm watching a reaction to John Farnham, I at least want there to be some focus on the singing.
@@Saan42 Well said👍
Yes, and no. I'm kind of with you, unnecessary interruptions to satisfy her own musical curiosity that leave us suspended in mid-air while she does it; but most times her expert musical knowledge helped me to more fully appreciate the intricacy/intimacy of the musical voice that brilliantly transports the Farnham voice and his storytelling to that special place we enjoy. Her superfluous engagements about her dog and this and that whilst laughing at her own quips was irritating but hey, it's her video.
I'm so glad this man's voice now known around the world. He is by far the greatest live performer I have ever seen or listen to!!!
Best cover of this song I’ve ever heard… 💯
His whole band are awesome, and were with him for years
Please do burn for you live by John ❤ so good
It is never a bad idea to listen to John Farnham banter on stage. His banter is just as entertaining as his singing!
This is what, your third reaction to him? You’ve really become a huge fan! Can’t blame you!
So happy you like John Farnham 😝👍 He is a Australian Icon 🇦🇺🏄♂️🍹
The guitarist is Brett Garsed. You’ll see him with John again and again
This song is about the break up of a relationship. John Farnham is a very versatile singer with a wonderful skill of vocal gymnastics. Please listen to and view an a cappela version by John and his band of Stevie Wonder's, 'Love's In Need'. It is heart-wrenchingly beautiful !
Yesss! Love's in Need is also brilliant! Love it.
Excellent review, Nina. John is a living legend in OZ and counts among his fan base Tom Jones and Celine Dion, both of whom are among the greatest popular vocalist of all time.
HI Nina the song is actually about a relationship breakdown as opposed to a thing about a returned solder. Yes I always thought it was a return solder too.
Thanks Nina , one of many favourite performances by John. You were so understandably focused on the arrangement, John's vocals seemed kind of lost on you. None the less , this song was a Cold Chisel song, an iconic Aussie band. Might I suggest again, Something is wrong with my baby, a duet between John and Jimmy Barnes (lead singer of Cold Chisel)
First few minutes is probably talking about Cold Chisel and giving credit.
Should check out their version.
Live of course, John a great singer but Ian and Jimmy up there too.
Strange that i have never heard of this guy ,what an incredible voice.
I guess you may have googled John Farnham, or searched for him/play mixes on youtube by now? Powerhouse voice but always with emotion. His live performances are out of this world. It's my eternal regret that I never saw him live - but the concert videos on TH-cam are a good substitute. Enjoy.! Mch'24. UK. E ❤
@@EileenSpeakman yes thank you i amn hooked now have his greatest hits cd.
Thank you Nina for your great reaction and technical appreciation of our phenomenal Aussie treasure, John Farnham! Like many Australians, I have loved John and his incredible band for over 50 years. Thank you for helping me to understand why they are just So Awesome. John Farnham's music continues to lift my spirits every day. 🥰❤🎶🎵
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Guitar - Brett Garsed - the best - Listen to him on Farnaham's cover of Black Dog
That was a joy to behold thank you. War, in the song is used as a metaphor for the ending of a passionate and also turbulence decoupling. Of course today you just get ghosted - Now, what I want to say is that the Original by cold chisel is more intense due to arrangement and vocals by Jimmy Barnes and Ian moss th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html
This song has so much meaning to Australians, his live performances of this song over the years have been nothing short of musical heaven.
John’s power at what feels so high in the register is amazing, then he holds it, continues and goes up again with the same or more power. In this case to a song already performed by great singers.
Sorry Nina, but the original version of this song - by the most criminally underrated band in the world - Cold Chisel - is undoubtedly still the best version. RIP to my friend and the guy who wrote this song, Steve Prestwich.
A huge loss to the industry. Steve was an incredible writer and producer. He knew what he wanted from his songs
Agreed, I love John singing just about anything but Cold Chisel manage to pip him on this song, especially their stripped back Ringside 2003 live performance.
Agreed. The original Cold Chisel studio version is much better. Partly due to how unique the song structure is.
@@mattybond Well When The War Is Over was re-recorded and released with LRB because Steven Prestwich was in the same circumstance as John Farnham while a member of LRB only the songwriters got paid through royalties . Steve offered the song up to LRB to get some kind of income.
Cold Chisel original is a single that charted in the top 30 .
LRB’s version was only released as a single by Capital Records ( that didn’t like John Farnham in LRB ) as in December 1986 to cash in John’s solo success with You’re The Voice , by that time of the release John and Steve had left LRB . The album No Reins 1986 When War Is Over is only single that featured John on lead vocal the other singles featured American bassist Wayne Nelson on lead vocals .
John reluctantly recorded When The War Is Over again as solo artist in 1988 because his recording requested it to be a B side and bonus track for Age Of Reason era .
John said in an interview about When The War Is Over that he loves the song but was happy to leave it with LRB the recording company talked him into doing it again. John said he wasn’t happy with how the producer handled LRB recording , but recording it again with his own band and producer gave him more artistic freedom on the rearrangement .
I prefer the Jimmy Barnes/John Farnham Duet. 🇦🇺🦘🪃🐨
John was very close with his backing vocalists. Here is something very special, Vanetta Fields supported by John and Lindsay sharing a great standard, “Amazing Grace” th-cam.com/video/6danLkCJoFI/w-d-xo.html
Yes. Nina, you must react to Amazing Grace
I'm a massive metal head but this song touches my soul especially this version of it. You absolutely need to see Cold chisel do this live
John's vocals seem metal to me - power & passion
I second that. I''ve loved Farnham since Whispering Jack, but IMO the Chisel version of this song is untouchable.
Hi Nina,you also have a great appreciation of the best vocalist I have heard live!John is a legend in Australia,His range and control are of the charts!We all pray🙏🏻John will be ok..We love him❤️
This song was written by Steve Prestwich, of the band Cold Chisle. They spent time with veterans of WWII and Vietnam. They wrote this song (about WWII) and another about Vietnam.
The hot guitarist is Brett Garsed. He’s been with John for most of his tours ❤
Is he the buff RAMBO-looking dude in the tank top in the 'You're The Voice' video?
have to say I love ian moss's original cold chisel version better but yes johns is good.
This is the best cover of this song but Cold Chisel doing When The War Is over live Ringside 2003 was better. I hope you will check this out. Just wait until you hear Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss sing.
Great reaction as always Nina, I was surprised that there wasn’t more vocal analysis considering the sheer vocal epicness that was on display from Farnsey here, any chance you could concentrate on the vocals a bit more, particularly with John as he has such a unique voice I’d love to hear a more technical explanation of how he does what he does, thanks Nina.
Great old chisels song. John just has this beautiful voice.
At one stage John's seemed to be over. It wasn't until he started singing these 'spiritual' songs that he suddenly was everyone's darling again.
Bear in mind this isn't a young john. He's in his 50's at this point. The 'seasoning' to his vocal and the long practiced technique should not be ignored. It stands testiment to all singers not to over exert and be careless, but to train and practice.
I love your Farnsey reactions 🎉🎉
Farhan gives me chills.
What a performer.
You really now need to watch the live version of this song by the original artists, Cold Chisel..
Great vocals, and a better emotional connection to the lyrics..
Better than this, though acknowledging that John is phenomenal…
2003 Ringside concert version of When the War is over by Cold Chisel is phenomenal. I love John Farnham but the tempo is slower in his version than the original.....somehow always doesn't seem right, even though his voice is spectacular.
This song is an a original from Cold Chisel. You should listen to a duo of John and Jimmy Barnes. You will love it.
Yep, 1 of the 16,000+ people there … he loves to chat to the audience between songs, he has been performing since the 60s. Sort of miss when he use to perform to audiences of 2,000 odd, but the atmosphere in the tennis centre is unbelievable 😮
He does a beautiful duo with Oliver newton John you'll see the chemistry between them
John and Oliver newton John Don't Ask Me
Justin Bieber or Sam Smith could never sing live like this
Brett Rambo Garsed talented man Played with Paul Stanley solo tour as well
He is truly a loved national hero here. EVERYBODY here wants him to get well soon.
Hey Nina i love your reactions, you think you could consider reacting to 3 strangers make awesome song❤
You would be surprised at how much Australian talent is on that stage. Behind the guitarist on piano is Chong Lim and like the guitarist is one of our best. John is older here and Lisa, Venetta and Lyndsey his usual backup singers are not there. No one ever leaves him so I would like to know why. John just makes me smile and every now and then I think I can sing like John. Until I look at my husbands face. Our adopted beauty can sing like that and if I sing when she is here. She is saying, no Mumma, just no. Everyone’s a critic but I couldn’t hold a note to save myself. 😂 I love how you react to John. Thank you.
I think I saw Lindsey Field in the clip.
John and his band/back up singers are all brilliant. I think you will find that Lisa was in the audience with her new baby, Vanetta may have retired?. Lyndsay is there, to the right of the stage.
I believe Venetta had retired before this performance. Lindsey was present, as has already been commented on.
Nina mentioned in her introduction that there was some talk before the song, which she was skipping. In that section, John introduces Lisa Edwards, who was in the audience with her new baby. As John said, it would be a bit difficult to sing and breast feed at the same time!
@@maltaylor9753Venetta is still a voice coach on the Gold Coast.
Yes he is one of a kind our true blue Aussie he's voice is out of this world and he doesn't need to over address we love him very very and am 69years old so i have been on he's journey love Australia 😘💙🐨🐨🇦🇺🇦🇺👍🤗
John will always have the number 1 version of this song 💕
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John had the ability to surround himself with very talented people. Some had already been independently successful, and some became successful after working with John
You want to hear a guitarist? go back to John's older vids, Jack Jones is the man!
Would love to see you react to Cold Chisel doing this song on their ‘Ringside’ tour. The most perfect version of a song ever.
JF is amazing,thanks for sharing,Nina💙💕💙
Great review, really enjoyed it
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Thank you. I love your explaining of the chord/music structure as well as the vocal critique.
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Stay on topic. This is about John Farnham!
Watch him sing this song at his whispering jack concert. Different musical director- Oscar winner David hershfelder. It’s with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Divine!!
Very nice guitar and performance! ❤
That's Chong Lim on piano/keys - our little Asian mate and genius and arranger. John has really good mic control. That's brett Garsed on guitar- he simply sent a tape of his playing to somebody and got the job - been with John since the 80s. One of Australia's finest and notice he plays in that Legato style wiyh all yhe notes running together. Lovely ( as I am a guitarist of 55 years playing). BTW you hnow your chops.
SUGGESTION: Vaness Amorosi - Heros Live Forever, from the 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony. The best live female vocal performance I have ever seen.
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John " The Voice" Farnham has incerdible use of the microphone=prabably due to his knowledge of his voice. The guitarist is Bret Garsed - one of our best.( Tommy Emmanuel and Ian Moss ) being the greats also.
@ninaschofield - Great reaction. I would be interested to see your reaction to this performance of When the War is Over by Cold Chisel, who originally wrote and performed the song. - th-cam.com/video/x4Wwq9_zn_c/w-d-xo.html - This version is acoustic, stripped back, raw and has moved more than a few people to tears. For me personally, I like John Farnham's version, and John Farnham is a phenomenal singer in his own right, but this performance by Cold Chisel is one of the greatest performances by an Aussie band ever.
Chong (keyboard) is an Aussie legend also! What an amazing composer!
Is this a reaction or an ANALYSIS ?
I like that you enjoy JF , however enough of the stop-start reproduction!!
Play it , then give highlights.
React not ANALYSIS.
The younger back up singer's mother was 4 months pregnant with her when she danced on John's first hit 1967.
Just put a copyright disclaimer just before you post the video and you should have no problem.
John is one of Australia's greatest ever vocalist's. Listen to the original Cold Chisel version though, Ian Moss & Jimmy Barnes, still the best for my opinion!
The better version is by Cold Chisel (the original writers/performers of this song), sung by Ian Moss and Jimmy Barnes. I would suggest their live performance in early 2000s.
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