In November 2023, the National Film and Sound Archive added Howzat to the Sounds of Australia register for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance". This song delineates the height of Sherbet’s career where they were considered Australia’s most popular band and yes, there was rivalry between Sherbet and Skyhooks for that title. 🙂
The girls saw in Sherbet what us boys refused to acknowledge. They were better than we thought. I recommend something later like ''I Have The Skill'' or ''We Ride Tonight''. They got a little closer to Phil Collin's Genesis in the early 80's.
The keyboard player Garth Porter was playing a clavichord sound which gave the low bass sound and hit the chord as a 7th chord which has a punching sound to add to the rhythm. It does give an unusual sound ..the clav was popular with Stevie Wonder.
Sherbet (aka Highway or The Sherbs) was one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. The 'classic line-up' of Daryl Braithwaite on vocals, Tony Mitchell on bass guitar, Garth Porter on keyboards, Alan Sandow on drums, and Clive Shakespeare on guitar provided their teen-oriented pop style. In 1976 Shakespeare left and was soon replaced by Harvey James. Sherbet's biggest singles were "Summer Love" (1975) and "Howzat" (1976), both reaching number one in Australia. "Howzat" was also a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom. The band was less successful in the United States, where "Howzat" peaked at No. 61. As The Sherbs they also reached No. 61 in 1981 with "I Have the Skill". The group disbanded in 1984. Subsequent re-unions have occurred since 1998. From 1970 until 1984 Sherbet scored 20 hit singles in Australia (including two number ones) and released ten platinum status albums. The single "Howzat" which was a number-one hit in 1976, also reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. They were the first Australian band to reach $1 million in record sales in Australia, and they pioneered the concept of massive regional tours. In December 1976, the book Sherbet on Tour, by Christie Eliezer, sold 30,000 copies in its first week. Daryl is still performing. Peace out.
This song is very appealing. They played a version of this at the ODI matches here in England & Australia when batsmen were dismissed, along with Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp, think they still might sometimes.
I'm going to do what my sister and stevefoulston does, and just share some facts that goes outside the usual comments. Sherbet seemed larger than life to a kid in Australia, and we were all hoping that they'd turn the rest of the world on the same way they turned us on. We just didn't get how nobody overseas was buying into '''Summer Love'' or '"Child's Play'' like we were. When Sherbet finally broke through internationally with ''Howzat'', we were very happy to hear that Sherbet were finally casting their spell on non-Australians. And then we grew bored and stopped seeing them as our band. The same sort of thing happened with AC/DC, Air Supply, Men At Work, INXS, Little River Band, etc. When they were only local hit makers, we wanted them to be as big as the international giants, and when they finally became just that, we blew them off like they weren't ours to begin with. It's the same feeling that a band describes when talking about making their first # 1. It's exciting for a week, and then it's ''ugh.. what's next''. Eighteen months after this song became a hit, Sherbet's popularity in Australia plummeted. It might have something to do with the tall poppy syndrome.
I have known about this Australian group for years. I think this one was their one and only hit. Great song by the way and brings back so many memories of the '70's for me.
Lead singer Daryl Braithwaite had a huge solo hit with a version of Rickie Lee Jones’ song The Horses. As a crossover, Daryl teamed up with James Reyne, lead singer of Australian Crawl, in a supergroup called Company Of Strangers and had a hit with a song called Motor City (I Get Lost). That’s worth a listen.
Gillian (Live It Up) and I had the Daryl Braithwaite (singer) haircut in 1975 and 76. It's the hairstyle that looks like you have a coconut on top of your head with your hair flowing down the sides. A cute look for two little girls, but I don't know if it worked for Daryl. The band were a national obsession, and the ''battle'' between Skyhooks and Sherbet fans was a real thing at the time. The Bee Gees were English boys that had moved to Australia and were doing something in Australia what The Osmonds were doing in the States during the 60's. They were regulars on TV and had their own show. They then, rightfully, moved back to England for better oportunities. Air Supply were a Melbourne band that scored some hits in Australia in the mid 70's before rightfully moving to the US for better opportunities. Sherbet attempted the same thing when they moved to England, but in spite of the success of ''Howzat'' in the UK, the group weren't a powerhouse of top quality pop records. I enjoyed a lot of their singles including ''Child's Play'', ''Magazine Madonna'', ''Summer Love'', and ''Rock Me Gently'', which although were massive hits in Australia, do not have the international appeal of ''Howzat''. You also have to realise that a lot of culturally popular songs today were not massive charts hits at the time of release, but manage to be omnipresent through the ubiguity of the artist. ''Piano Man'' by Billy Joel only got to # 136 in the UK, but I'm sure a lot of British boomers would know the song by virtue of it being a Billy Joel song. If Sherbet were consistent in delivering singles that reached the standard of ''Howzat'', they would have been an internationally successful group. They just didn't have the material to maintain an international attention. Matters didn't improve for the band when they had two name changed. The dreadful Highway and the ho-hum The Sherbs. The group did manage to chart in the US for the second time in 1982 with ''We Ride Tonight''. Check out Daryl Braithwaite's ''Horses'', and it's beautiful music video. Cheers, Hayley
Those pauses in the song would’ve freaked out some DJs the first time playing them on air. They might’ve thought something had gone wrong with the equipment or the song finished earlier than it should’ve.
This is such an iconic song here in Australia. A nostalgic song from my youth. Possibly Australia's answer to Yacht Rock, along with Australian Crawl's Downhearted probably more so.
Thank you for doing this, it's a great song which I haven't heard in years. Another song by another artist which was really popular in the U.K. was "Sky High" by "Jigsaw" so much so, that it was used as a theme song for a Martial Arts crossover film along the lines of 'Enter The Dragon' it starred Jimmy Wang Wu called 'The Man from Hong Kong'.
Jigsaw, has a VERY impressive catalogue between '68-81 (like a dozen FANTASTIC singles, some NOT far removed stylistically from "Sky High" - also HIGHLY recommend early tracks "Autumn" & "Keeping My Head Above Water".....)
Tony Mitchell's bass in this is fantastic. Harvey James nailed the solo. The dead stops and the layered vocals are great. This was one of the best produced Aussie songs for its time and you can tell Richard Lush (ex-Beatles engineer) gave the band something extra.
Yeah, great song. One of our national sports is cricket 🏏. Howat is Aussie speak for 'how is that?', an appeal to the ref to give the batsman out. There was even a mini series about cricket with the same name. You've Got The Gun is another great one of theirs. And I'd also recommend some Little River Band, which was also from this era, either 'Help Is On It's Way' or 'Cool Change'. Those were with the original singer. Or The Other Guy and Down On The Border, those had John Farnham as singer!
Howzat is their best song.. many of us blokey rock guys and surfers weren't too crazy over Sherbet. They had the teen girls and their songs were a tad too sugary. I can now appreciate them for what they were.. I especially like what they offered as Sherbs. Check out Sherbs (Sherbet) - We Ride Tonight (1982) Antipodes Sherbs (Sherbet) - I Have The Skill (1980) Antipodes
I’m writing this BEFORE the track has started as I know I get carried away with emotion sometimes 😅. Firstly thank you for playing and to the other 11 connoisseur’s of fine music I say “ welcome to the Dark side 🤣”… This takes me right back to autumn 1976 , I was 14 and starting to take note of music, fashion , the world around me and as Father Jack Hacket would say GERLS … Then this came on TOTP and the Radio🎤… loved it from the first funky chord outta that cracking sounding keyboard and thought the singer was brilliant and his blue satin bomber jacket was the dogs bollocks … NOW I’ll let the track play and be 14 again for just over 3 mins … 😃 👍🏴
"Howzat" is a common phrase used by the bowler in a game of cricket asking the umpire if the batter is out ie. How is that? Another Sherbet banger was "Slipstream"
This is popular and what helped it was it is part of cricket to request a cricket out. Cricket helped to promote the song. It was hard to get replay in other countries. There was an Australian cringe to think Australia to compete against the countries with a bigger song industry.
Okay, I'm a bit late catching up with this one and haven't read all the comments. So anyway, these guys started out in the early 70's and I think their first major song was can you feel it baby, or maybe it was free the people, and later on my favourites are summer love, slipstream, silvery moon, old Sid and magazine Madonna. There's heaps more, but it's late at night and I can't think of any more yet.😅 So when you have a chance to check them out again, I'll be waiting. 😁💖 P. S. Most of the older Aussie bands were unheard of by America and Canada until Molly from countdown pushed them out there. That show started out in 74', but still, most of the bands and artists were overlooked in favour of overseas acts.
Sherbet in 1970's Australia was like Taylor Swift in the 2010's. Overexposed! Still a great song, and the odd wonky sounds created by Harvey James' guitar adds to the charm of this pop masterpiece.
A lovely reaction to a brilliant song. I do miss the old camaraderie of the Australian ''contingent''. There's a reason why a lot of them avoid reading comments.
Yep , remember this well ! It was OK , dont know why we did not hear much else from them ,they werent too Shabby ! Now since Cynthia has mentioned "Wonky " notes, I will be undergoing a National Survey on what designates a wonky note ! Has Wonkyness passed into the depths of past 70s music and culture ? A question that needs pondering for a time !! Cheers !
@@telstar4772Rocking Gyspsy King was the B side to that and was a great song, Glad all over as well but cant think of any other songs that stood out to me.
I actually did not request this, however I still enjoyed it. Always makes me think of cricket but guess for North Americans it will be about someone caught out cheating in a relationship. It does not get anymore 70's than watching that. Cricket was awesome on Sunday night. Seeing a nation with well over a billion people beaten on their own pitches by a nation of only 26 million was super fun.
Hi.. I know you guys may not want to indulge Aussies everyday with requests, but I'm actually quite keen to see a ''double shot'' on these two Hoodoo Gurus songs. They're both good mood songs. Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back - 4K Remastered - Official Video 1984 Austech Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow nzoz1985 (nzoz1985 upload is the best)
The Australian bands have a British sound because most of them are British born and they and their families emigrated there in the 60s,. I`m guessing some of this band were born and raised in Britain as well.
Ex-guitarist/songwriter, Clive Shakespear, was the Englishman in the band. He still had the accent. His replacement, Harvey James, was also born in England. Three members of the band were Aussie born and keyboardist, Garth Porter, was born in New Zealand.
@@liveitup67 Thanks,, I didn`t have the time to google it, I know most of the Aussie bands are dual nationality. AC/DC didnt take out Oz citizenship till the 1990s after pressure from the Australian media.
@@telstar4772 Aussie bands (and artists) with either all Aussie or Kiwi born members with varying levels of international success (I'll use that term successloosely, although they were able to attract an overseas following that exceeds Sherbet's): Midnight Oil, INXS, Divinyls, Savage Garden, Silverchair, Crowded House, Rick Springfield, The Birthday Party, Wolfmother, The Vines, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Tame Impala, Helen Reddy, Mental As Anything (limited, but like Sherbet, they had their moment), Peter Allen, The Sports (admittedly very limited), Icehouse (though English members joined a little later), Hoodoo Gurus (cult band, admittedly), Pseudo Echo (embarrassing, but can't deny their moment), Wa Wa Nee (same as Pseudo Echo), Kylie (like the other two), Go-Betweens (critics band), Triffids (critics band), Died Pretty (critics band), Nick Cave (with acknowledgement of those non-Australian members), The Seekers (admittedly, an English producer did guide them)... Aussie bands with non-Australian born members with varying levels of international success: Easybeats, AC/DC, Sherbet, The Church, Little River Band, Air Supply, Men At Work, Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Billy Thorpe (one succesful album in the US), John Paul Young, The Saints, Radio Birdman Aussie bands with English members with only Australian success: Billy Thorpe, Cold Chisel, Hush, Supernaut, Ted Mulry Gang, Masters Apprentices, Skyhooks, Scandal, Venetians I acknowledge that Australian music greatly benefited from the English coming to Australia and collaborating with Australians with their respective skills and talent. We wouldn't be the same without them. But the numbers speak for themselves. Some of the all-Australian born acts may not have been on the very top of the mountain, but they had success overseas, and there were plenty of Australian acts with British members that had no success outside Australia. I think that blows the 60% theory out the water.
If anyone is interested, Col is a very accomplished bassist . He's okay with a six string and pretty good with the keyboards, although he will tell you that he can't play piano or organ. That's because he measures himself again Jon Lord and Rick Wakeman, so you can see why.
I remember when this was all over the radio and there's no excuse 🤢🤮 death death disco it needs to be buried deep deep underground even further than the recommended 12 feet under to muffle my droning voice and delightful STINK
🤣… let’s celebrate the fact that I think this is the first time you n I have fundamentally disagreed about a track .. 😅.. awesome ! But that’s what music does , it affects different folk in a different way on any different day and both of us are right - and that’s a reason to celebrate Heath ! Cheers buddy ✊ 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering music is very subjective everyone has an opinion and just like Aholes some of them skink ( and I'll gladly inbrace the stinky 💩 opinion) being very opinionated musically i can't be around music i don't like. On my best friends stag night on the Gold coast Australia i spent most of the night by myself at a bar playing mostly Ska while my brothers/best friends went night clubbing electronic rubbish blasting out of the doors so went walking until i found a bar playing good music and drank lemonade and coffee for about five hours before meeting up with the boys who were ROTTEN drunk trying to get all of them out of the bar and into taxi vans was a mission where is? Go into the bar find them and hello everyone is back in the bar. sometimes it sucks being the only non drinker amongst my friends i was supposed to be the babysitter for them but i would rather they all died in a club fight than listen to house/drum N bass electronic rubbish that's just the way i am
Kia Ora hello my friends. my doctor has just given me the rest of the year off work on 80% of my basic salary ACC accident compensation which every worker is entitled to here in Aotearoa New Zealand if injured anywhere work home car sports I'm on a waiting list now to see an orthopaedic surgeon hopefully in the early new year 🤞 my back is giving me HELL I'm thinking another disc has prolapsed it's got all the symptoms I've been through twice already 😢 if I'm going to have to have another operation on my spine you will probably hear me SWEARING from the bottom of the pacific down here in Aotearoa New Zealand no no further down that's dingo shaggerstan (Australia) down down down Kia Ora hello from Aotearoa New Zealand the real down under 😊 SHEEPSHAGGERSTAN
Is that what we heard so long ago? It came right through the earth! Hey, man. Hopefully the prognosis is a better one than last time. Hopefully you'll get things handled quickly, and things will feel better. We're rooting for ya.
@@hanierfamily might be a good time to try out That grumpy thing me and Jay have been talking about at least if it doesn't work out for me i can go back to toothless grinning me with an excuse for being a jerk 🤬 haha 😆😂 .
I do not know what Kia Ora means but assume it a greeting native to New Zealand. I remember having cordial of that name as a kid so must have been from New Zealand. Your situation sounds totally horrible to go through. I hope you are well looked after and can heal up to be out of pain after the tricky surgery you sound like you be going through. All the best with the recovery and make the most of this time where you will need to be really kind and patient with yourself.
In case you didn’t know, ‘Howzat’ is call in cricket by the fielders to the umpire as an appeal for a batter to get out, slang for “how’s that”!
I didn't know they were Aussies, but I remember the song quite well. It brings back nice memories of times when life was carefree.
I was a little Aussie kid in England when this song hit the UK charts. It was quite nice to see an Aussie band on Top Of The Pops.
In November 2023, the National Film and Sound Archive added Howzat to the Sounds of Australia register for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance". This song delineates the height of Sherbet’s career where they were considered Australia’s most popular band and yes, there was rivalry between Sherbet and Skyhooks for that title. 🙂
The girls saw in Sherbet what us boys refused to acknowledge. They were better than we thought. I recommend something later like ''I Have The Skill'' or ''We Ride Tonight''. They got a little closer to Phil Collin's Genesis in the early 80's.
The keyboard player Garth Porter was playing a clavichord sound which gave the low bass sound and hit the chord as a 7th chord which has a punching sound to add to the rhythm. It does give an unusual sound ..the clav was popular with Stevie Wonder.
I was a Countdown kid too!!
Sherbet (aka Highway or The Sherbs) was one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. The 'classic line-up' of Daryl Braithwaite on vocals, Tony Mitchell on bass guitar, Garth Porter on keyboards, Alan Sandow on drums, and Clive Shakespeare on guitar provided their teen-oriented pop style. In 1976 Shakespeare left and was soon replaced by Harvey James. Sherbet's biggest singles were "Summer Love" (1975) and "Howzat" (1976), both reaching number one in Australia. "Howzat" was also a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom. The band was less successful in the United States, where "Howzat" peaked at No. 61. As The Sherbs they also reached No. 61 in 1981 with "I Have the Skill". The group disbanded in 1984. Subsequent re-unions have occurred since 1998. From 1970 until 1984 Sherbet scored 20 hit singles in Australia (including two number ones) and released ten platinum status albums. The single "Howzat" which was a number-one hit in 1976, also reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. They were the first Australian band to reach $1 million in record sales in Australia, and they pioneered the concept of massive regional tours. In December 1976, the book Sherbet on Tour, by Christie Eliezer, sold 30,000 copies in its first week. Daryl is still performing. Peace out.
This song is very appealing. They played a version of this at the ODI matches here in England & Australia when batsmen were dismissed, along with Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp, think they still might sometimes.
Worth going down the rabbit hole with Sherbet - very diverse sound. They were the Beatles to The Skyhooks Rolling Stones
One of my favourites when it first came out and still sounds good today even with a wonkey note......many thanks for playing this one.
Number One, Number one, Number one in Australia. Daryl was a hearthrob in Australia!!
I'm going to do what my sister and stevefoulston does, and just share some facts that goes outside the usual comments.
Sherbet seemed larger than life to a kid in Australia, and we were all hoping that they'd turn the rest of the world on the same way they turned us on. We just didn't get how nobody overseas was buying into '''Summer Love'' or '"Child's Play'' like we were. When Sherbet finally broke through internationally with ''Howzat'', we were very happy to hear that Sherbet were finally casting their spell on non-Australians. And then we grew bored and stopped seeing them as our band. The same sort of thing happened with AC/DC, Air Supply, Men At Work, INXS, Little River Band, etc. When they were only local hit makers, we wanted them to be as big as the international giants, and when they finally became just that, we blew them off like they weren't ours to begin with.
It's the same feeling that a band describes when talking about making their first # 1. It's exciting for a week, and then it's ''ugh.. what's next''.
Eighteen months after this song became a hit, Sherbet's popularity in Australia plummeted. It might have something to do with the tall poppy syndrome.
1976 Australia Howzat is a Cricket term , getting the Batsmen out in later years lead singer Daryl Braithwaite did Horses and one Summer
I have known about this Australian group for years. I think this one was their one and only hit. Great song by the way and brings back so many memories of the '70's for me.
Fabulous song
Lead singer Daryl Braithwaite had a huge solo hit with a version of Rickie Lee Jones’ song The Horses.
As a crossover, Daryl teamed up with James Reyne, lead singer of Australian Crawl, in a supergroup called Company Of Strangers and had a hit with a song called Motor City (I Get Lost). That’s worth a listen.
Aside from The Horses, other notable solo songs from Daryl are As The Days Go By and One Summer.
Gillian (Live It Up) and I had the Daryl Braithwaite (singer) haircut in 1975 and 76. It's the hairstyle that looks like you have a coconut on top of your head with your hair flowing down the sides. A cute look for two little girls, but I don't know if it worked for Daryl. The band were a national obsession, and the ''battle'' between Skyhooks and Sherbet fans was a real thing at the time.
The Bee Gees were English boys that had moved to Australia and were doing something in Australia what The Osmonds were doing in the States during the 60's. They were regulars on TV and had their own show. They then, rightfully, moved back to England for better oportunities. Air Supply were a Melbourne band that scored some hits in Australia in the mid 70's before rightfully moving to the US for better opportunities. Sherbet attempted the same thing when they moved to England, but in spite of the success of ''Howzat'' in the UK, the group weren't a powerhouse of top quality pop records. I enjoyed a lot of their singles including ''Child's Play'', ''Magazine Madonna'', ''Summer Love'', and ''Rock Me Gently'', which although were massive hits in Australia, do not have the international appeal of ''Howzat''.
You also have to realise that a lot of culturally popular songs today were not massive charts hits at the time of release, but manage to be omnipresent through the ubiguity of the artist. ''Piano Man'' by Billy Joel only got to # 136 in the UK, but I'm sure a lot of British boomers would know the song by virtue of it being a Billy Joel song. If Sherbet were consistent in delivering singles that reached the standard of ''Howzat'', they would have been an internationally successful group. They just didn't have the material to maintain an international attention.
Matters didn't improve for the band when they had two name changed. The dreadful Highway and the ho-hum The Sherbs. The group did manage to chart in the US for the second time in 1982 with ''We Ride Tonight''. Check out Daryl Braithwaite's ''Horses'', and it's beautiful music video.
Cheers,
Hayley
Those pauses in the song would’ve freaked out some DJs the first time playing them on air. They might’ve thought something had gone wrong with the equipment or the song finished earlier than it should’ve.
This is such an iconic song here in Australia. A nostalgic song from my youth. Possibly Australia's answer to Yacht Rock, along with Australian Crawl's Downhearted probably more so.
The term 'Howzat' is used in the game of cricket when the fielding team appeals to the umpire for the batsman to be out.
SHERBET - If I Had My Way, High Rollin, Child's Play
Thank you for doing this, it's a great song which I haven't heard in years.
Another song by another artist which was really popular in the U.K. was "Sky High" by "Jigsaw" so much so, that it was used as a theme song for a Martial Arts crossover film along the lines of 'Enter The Dragon' it starred Jimmy Wang Wu called 'The Man from Hong Kong'.
I loved ''Sky High''. They were marketed as British Jigsaw in Australia. It should be viewed by the Haniers.
@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83 It is such a great track, I hope that they do react to it too.
Jigsaw, has a VERY impressive catalogue between '68-81 (like a dozen FANTASTIC singles, some NOT far removed stylistically from "Sky High" - also HIGHLY recommend early tracks "Autumn" & "Keeping My Head Above Water".....)
Tony Mitchell's bass in this is fantastic. Harvey James nailed the solo. The dead stops and the layered vocals are great. This was one of the best produced Aussie songs for its time and you can tell Richard Lush (ex-Beatles engineer) gave the band something extra.
Yeah, great song. One of our national sports is cricket 🏏. Howat is Aussie speak for 'how is that?', an appeal to the ref to give the batsman out. There was even a mini series about cricket with the same name. You've Got The Gun is another great one of theirs.
And I'd also recommend some Little River Band, which was also from this era, either 'Help Is On It's Way' or 'Cool Change'. Those were with the original singer. Or The Other Guy and Down On The Border, those had John Farnham as singer!
Ted Mulry, too.....
Daryl Braithwaite (lead) has a great solo catalog..Higher Than Hope, All I Do, If You Walked Away, the Horses etc
This song is golden. The long hot summer of 76.
played this in a covers band in the mid 70's
Reminds me of Vanilla Fudge's rendition of 'You keep me hanging on' (1968) which was originally recorded in 1966 by the Supremes.
This song always makes me want to watch a game of cricket.
Love this song
Darryl used to live in my area Port Melbourne
Howzat is their best song.. many of us blokey rock guys and surfers weren't too crazy over Sherbet. They had the teen girls and their songs were a tad too sugary. I can now appreciate them for what they were.. I especially like what they offered as Sherbs. Check out
Sherbs (Sherbet) - We Ride Tonight (1982) Antipodes
Sherbs (Sherbet) - I Have The Skill (1980) Antipodes
I’m writing this BEFORE the track has started as I know I get carried away with emotion sometimes 😅. Firstly thank you for playing and to the other 11 connoisseur’s of fine music I say “ welcome to the Dark side 🤣”…
This takes me right back to autumn 1976 , I was 14 and starting to take note of music, fashion , the world around me and as Father Jack Hacket would say GERLS …
Then this came on TOTP and the Radio🎤… loved it from the first funky chord outta that cracking sounding keyboard and thought the singer was brilliant and his blue satin bomber jacket was the dogs bollocks … NOW I’ll let the track play and be 14 again for just over 3 mins … 😃
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Makes you a couple of years older than me. You old goat 😂🏴☠️🇬🇧🏴
@@colrhodes377 that makes me senior then Col .. so like Eric Cartman famously says on South Park “ you will respect my athoritayyyy “.. 😝
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 😄😂😂🙄🇬🇧🏴☠️👍
@@colrhodes377 😃👌
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Yay ! Oh to be 14 again !!!
Darryl Braithwaite found inspiration from John Farnham and revitalised his career with a number of hits.
The wonky note made the song awesome!!
"Howzat" is a common phrase used by the bowler in a game of cricket asking the umpire if the batter is out ie. How is that? Another Sherbet banger was "Slipstream"
I love the look you are giving her like she's lost it.
GREAT SONG
This is popular and what helped it was it is part of cricket to request a cricket out. Cricket helped to promote the song. It was hard to get replay in other countries. There was an Australian cringe to think Australia to compete against the countries with a bigger song industry.
Fantastic song.
Okay, I'm a bit late catching up with this one and haven't read all the comments. So anyway, these guys started out in the early 70's and I think their first major song was can you feel it baby, or maybe it was free the people, and later on my favourites are summer love, slipstream, silvery moon, old Sid and magazine Madonna. There's heaps more, but it's late at night and I can't think of any more yet.😅
So when you have a chance to check them out again, I'll be waiting. 😁💖
P. S. Most of the older Aussie bands were unheard of by America and Canada until Molly from countdown pushed them out there. That show started out in 74', but still, most of the bands and artists were overlooked in favour of overseas acts.
.....there's NOT a little of LRB in "Howzat!" - and the Supremes reference running throughout, is VERY cool.....
Sherbet in 1970's Australia was like Taylor Swift in the 2010's. Overexposed! Still a great song, and the odd wonky sounds created by Harvey James' guitar adds to the charm of this pop masterpiece.
A lovely reaction to a brilliant song. I do miss the old camaraderie of the Australian ''contingent''. There's a reason why a lot of them avoid reading comments.
Cryptic 😮… can you share the reason ? 👀
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One band that the Aussies really did love was ABBA. I'd love to hear you do, Fernando.
My all time favorite song.
@@Starburst_Candy I know. Maybe they will play it for your birthday on Monday..
We sure did love them. I'm quite proud that us Countdown kids managed to get 'Mamma Mia' released as a single. The power of a petition.
@@Starburst_Candy Happy early Birthday to you 😼
@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83 You all did an amazing job. 👏.
Ah memories. This was my then girlfriend's (now wife's) favourite group when we first started going out. Her taste in music hasn't improved IMHO 😉
Yep , remember this well ! It was OK , dont know why we did not hear much else from them ,they werent too Shabby !
Now since Cynthia has mentioned "Wonky " notes, I will be undergoing a National Survey on what designates a wonky note !
Has Wonkyness passed into the depths of past 70s music and culture ? A question that needs pondering for a time !!
Cheers !
Another Oz band that was really popular at that time was Hush. Their cover of Boney Moroney is a good start.
"Another " was there anymore ?
@@telstar4772Rocking Gyspsy King was the B side to that and was a great song, Glad all over as well but cant think of any other songs that stood out to me.
Get Rocked or Nothing Stays the same forever?
the "wonky" bit you are referring to sounds like a guitar played through a short phaser effect in the background. PS what did the cat want?
The cat just wanted attention. He cuddled with me(Cynthia) after that and was fine.
@@hanierfamily 😂😂
I actually did not request this, however I still enjoyed it. Always makes me think of cricket but guess for North Americans it will be about someone caught out cheating in a relationship. It does not get anymore 70's than watching that. Cricket was awesome on Sunday night. Seeing a nation with well over a billion people beaten on their own pitches by a nation of only 26 million was super fun.
I think the Bass has a Chorus effect on it. Maybe that's the 'wonkiness you're hearing.
Air supply versus the Beegees..so the Australian sounds...yep..
Hi.. I know you guys may not want to indulge Aussies everyday with requests, but I'm actually quite keen to see a ''double shot'' on these two Hoodoo Gurus songs. They're both good mood songs.
Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back - 4K Remastered - Official Video 1984 Austech
Hoodoo Gurus - Like Wow nzoz1985 (nzoz1985 upload is the best)
I'm also in the mood for some Gurus. If they did these two songs in one go, I'll be pretty happy. Good suggestion!
It's all good. Don't worry. It's coming...
@@hanierfamily Cool! Look forward to it.
@@Robbo766 It's gotta be done!
@@hanierfamily Two classics by The Gurus
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The Australian bands have a British sound because most of them are British born and they and their families emigrated there in the 60s,. I`m guessing some of this band were born and raised in Britain as well.
Ex-guitarist/songwriter, Clive Shakespear, was the Englishman in the band. He still had the accent. His replacement, Harvey James, was also born in England. Three members of the band were Aussie born and keyboardist, Garth Porter, was born in New Zealand.
@@liveitup67 Thanks,, I didn`t have the time to google it, I know most of the Aussie bands are dual nationality. AC/DC didnt take out Oz citizenship till the 1990s after pressure from the Australian media.
@@telstar4772 A lot.. not most
@@Robbo766 Of the successful ones i`d guess well over 60% that`s without googling it .
@@telstar4772 Aussie bands (and artists) with either all Aussie or Kiwi born members with varying levels of international success (I'll use that term successloosely, although they were able to attract an overseas following that exceeds Sherbet's):
Midnight Oil, INXS, Divinyls, Savage Garden, Silverchair, Crowded House, Rick Springfield, The Birthday Party, Wolfmother, The Vines, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Tame Impala, Helen Reddy, Mental As Anything (limited, but like Sherbet, they had their moment), Peter Allen, The Sports (admittedly very limited), Icehouse (though English members joined a little later), Hoodoo Gurus (cult band, admittedly), Pseudo Echo (embarrassing, but can't deny their moment), Wa Wa Nee (same as Pseudo Echo), Kylie (like the other two), Go-Betweens (critics band), Triffids (critics band), Died Pretty (critics band), Nick Cave (with acknowledgement of those non-Australian members), The Seekers (admittedly, an English producer did guide them)...
Aussie bands with non-Australian born members with varying levels of international success:
Easybeats, AC/DC, Sherbet, The Church, Little River Band, Air Supply, Men At Work, Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Billy Thorpe (one succesful album in the US), John Paul Young, The Saints, Radio Birdman
Aussie bands with English members with only Australian success:
Billy Thorpe, Cold Chisel, Hush, Supernaut, Ted Mulry Gang, Masters Apprentices, Skyhooks, Scandal, Venetians
I acknowledge that Australian music greatly benefited from the English coming to Australia and collaborating with Australians with their respective skills and talent. We wouldn't be the same without them. But the numbers speak for themselves. Some of the all-Australian born acts may not have been on the very top of the mountain, but they had success overseas, and there were plenty of Australian acts with British members that had no success outside Australia. I think that blows the 60% theory out the water.
Daryl Braithwaite lead singers solo hit horses you need to watch
Producer Richard Lush. Beatles engineer
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The bass has been detuned. At the time, it didn't bother me, but as a bass player, I cringe at the sound, although I still love the song.
If anyone is interested, Col is a very accomplished bassist . He's okay with a six string and pretty good with the keyboards, although he will tell you that he can't play piano or organ. That's because he measures himself again Jon Lord and Rick Wakeman, so you can see why.
Hay ! your a bit of a dark horse ! you know what they say about a bloke and his Bass ???? behave
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I remember when this was all over the radio and there's no excuse 🤢🤮 death death disco it needs to be buried deep deep underground even further than the recommended 12 feet under to muffle my droning voice and delightful STINK
🤣… let’s celebrate the fact that I think this is the first time you n I have fundamentally disagreed about a track .. 😅.. awesome ! But that’s what music does , it affects different folk in a different way on any different day and both of us are right - and that’s a reason to celebrate Heath ! Cheers buddy ✊
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@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering music is very subjective everyone has an opinion and just like Aholes some of them skink ( and I'll gladly inbrace the stinky 💩 opinion) being very opinionated musically i can't be around music i don't like. On my best friends stag night on the Gold coast Australia i spent most of the night by myself at a bar playing mostly Ska while my brothers/best friends went night clubbing electronic rubbish blasting out of the doors so went walking until i found a bar playing good music and drank lemonade and coffee for about five hours before meeting up with the boys who were ROTTEN drunk trying to get all of them out of the bar and into taxi vans was a mission where is? Go into the bar find them and hello everyone is back in the bar. sometimes it sucks being the only non drinker amongst my friends i was supposed to be the babysitter for them but i would rather they all died in a club fight than listen to house/drum N bass electronic rubbish that's just the way i am
@@heathcornbeef and we are back to agreeing !.. 🤣
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Kia Ora hello my friends. my doctor has just given me the rest of the year off work on 80% of my basic salary ACC accident compensation which every worker is entitled to here in Aotearoa New Zealand if injured anywhere work home car sports I'm on a waiting list now to see an orthopaedic surgeon hopefully in the early new year 🤞 my back is giving me HELL I'm thinking another disc has prolapsed it's got all the symptoms I've been through twice already 😢 if I'm going to have to have another operation on my spine you will probably hear me SWEARING from the bottom of the pacific down here in Aotearoa New Zealand no no further down that's dingo shaggerstan (Australia) down down down Kia Ora hello from Aotearoa New Zealand the real down under 😊 SHEEPSHAGGERSTAN
Is that what we heard so long ago? It came right through the earth! Hey, man. Hopefully the prognosis is a better one than last time. Hopefully you'll get things handled quickly, and things will feel better. We're rooting for ya.
I hope it's not as bad as you think and your health picks up soon.
@@hanierfamily thank you my friends. It's not the operation I'm worried about it's that the recovery time is long and painful
@@hanierfamily might be a good time to try out That grumpy thing me and Jay have been talking about at least if it doesn't work out for me i can go back to toothless grinning me with an excuse for being a jerk 🤬 haha 😆😂 .
I do not know what Kia Ora means but assume it a greeting native to New Zealand. I remember having cordial of that name as a kid so must have been from New Zealand. Your situation sounds totally horrible to go through. I hope you are well looked after and can heal up to be out of pain after the tricky surgery you sound like you be going through. All the best with the recovery and make the most of this time where you will need to be really kind and patient with yourself.
........meets 10cc
NEW ZEALAND BAND CALLED SPLIT ENZ. CALLED. I GOT YOU, DID VERY WELL IN UK,