He'll yes u couldn't sing live then you were gone just look at milli vanilli they lip synched and almost got shot nowadays you do it it's accepted ah the good old days indeed
Back in the day bands had to have a solid following before a label would sign them. The only way a band would get a following was to play live....well. Chisel are the epitome of great Aussie pub rock multiplied by international talent
Hey, it's only taken 45 odd years for America to discover CHISEL. The great Ian Moss. My first ever concert 1982 Logan Campbell Center Auckland NZ. Circus Animals Tour.
What you have to realise that all Aussie Bands have come from the Aussie Pub scene.....from Cold Chisel, INXS and Midnight Oil & AC/DC they all began their journeys in Australian pubs. (public bars) back in the 70's. We also had Countdown back in the 70's, an ABC TV show on Sunday nights hosted by the hapless Molly Meldrum who was one of the best Rock promoters in Australia, he used to go to all the Pubs in Melbourne and if he liked what he heard, he'll letting everyone know about it, and he knew when a song was going to be a huge hit. Great times.
Mossy is Robin to Jimmy batman. So proud being Aussie when watching guys react to what I've been watching for decades. Jimmy. John the voice Farnsey diesel. Sooooo good. Us Aussies I think took for granted a long time these guys. Our boy is still killing it. To this day legend
Couldn't have put it better myself... saw Cold Chisel many times... since their early days... saw 'The Last Stand' tour... saw Jimmy Barnes 'Back for a Flash'.... first vinyl I ever bought was Cold Chisel 'Barking Spiders Live'...... my mum was the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Westmead Hospitals Adolescent ward.... and JImmy would drop by to see the kids.... (got jealous those days when she told me lmfao)..... he is a lovely man... and him and Mossy were a duo that will be remembered forever.... no matter their falling outs or drama..... ROCK AND ROLL BABY.......
Apart from sheer vocal prowess, the arrangement itself and the fact that this is live. How about we talk about the out and out professionalism of 3 elements. 1) the stage/road crew. For ensuring Jimmy stayed on. 2) the band generally playing to Jimmy ad- libbing it out in the crowd - I mean he looked like he was gonna throw a punch early. 3) Mossy. Deadset. Jimmy is climbing back onto stage and Mossy is free-wheeling vocally and on the guitar. Then Jimmy (2 bottles of vodka in) drags him to the ground and Mossy doesn't miss a chord whilst being hung over or sitting on his arse. Brilliant.
What you probably don’t understand is Chisel lived and breathed pub gigs… from school halls to taverns and pavilions they started when they were 16+ years of age… over 20 years of surviving it all… that’s what made them so great.
You are 100% correct The Greatest Rendition of Wild Thing EVER….. absolutely killed it…. And don’t forget IAN MOSS’s fantastic guitar work and vocals…..
Chisel were a music machine... I remember a story from Peter Garret from Midnight Oil, saying Chisel stopped in while the Oils were recording Bird Noises, and both bands just jammed all night, to the early hours. Their partying was drinking and playing their favourite songs. To some degree back in the day folks wanted to play music... To some degree a lot of folks these days want to be stars... It's a completely different concept
First time hearing them. They definitely took a song I knew as a "young" soul and made it a new song I can love all over again. They definitely have that passion you spoke about. They have talent, you have a group here that doesn't need autotune. They will go off and just jam! I love when you get the full experience. They love what they do and are bringing you in. I had no idea what to expect and I was floored. Thanks again Michael ✌🏻&❤️
I've always considered this a duet between Jimmy's vocals and Ian's guitar. Sometimes doing a call and response, and sometimes 'singing' in unison with each other. And sometimes Ian Moss takes over the vocals without me even noticing, while Jimmy is caught up in the crowd. This is one of my favourite performances of all time too, and it's hard to get close. As far as Cold Chisel goes, there's a live version of Bow River with a harmonica player where the music is out of this world.
Cold Chisel - Bow River, live at ringside. The best live musical performance I have seen in 53 years and I was in pubs every night in the late 80s, early 90s
Not only 80s (Aussie) 70s. AC/DC (BON), Angles,. Rose Tattoo, Chisel, Skyhooks, Midnight Oil, INXS, Icehouse, Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, Aussie bands kicked ass Live
Chisel! Leaving nothing on the table. That's real music. In their LA trip, the label tried to "manage" and "style" them for the US market. The engineers did a bad job re recording their album, then suggested Chisel weren't really that good. So they came home, and Jimmy wrote: "You got nothin' I want."
That’s why they didn’t hit the US market…. In the end Jimmy told them to shove it where the sun don’t shine and wrote “ You got nothing I want “ … what a shame the US music lovers didn’t get to witness this live…. it was AMAZING!!!!
gotta sau this as an aussie. love your perceptive comments .you really nail it . you take me back to "experiencing " chisel at a concert at narrara [north of sydney " back in the 80's i think it was .it was a weekend gig and chisel were one of the bands.what made them so good? it was their energy and jimmy's ability to connect with the crowd and REALLY enter in ,like no other i've come across, and take you with him .[i think it came out of the aussie pub rock where they really learned to perform live,where you had to give everything or you got the bullet ] it was a time to really let loose . we expected jimmy and the band to give everything ,nothing held back ,and i think the band expected the same from the audience .it some ways on the surface it was as rough as guts and in another way their was a real honest purity about it . i was a fantastic experience where you could really blow the cobwebs out.
Firstly, best wishes to Jimmy as he recovers from surgery 🌹 Secondly, our Jimmy killed it!!! Woo Hoo, imagine being there??? So much passion, grit, sweat and soul!
Jimmy HAS recovered very well. He's doing physio in a hotel pool in Thailand with his lovely wife Jane. He's writing a book, and some music. Jimmy's a national treasure.
They just reunited for their 50th Anniversary and performed sold out concerts across Oz playing a lot of their hits (and some not so hits :) 25 in all) They performed to the absolute best of their ability. More subdued than their younger days but they absolutely belted. Stage presence - CHECK; Vocals - CHECK; Music - CHECK; ENERGY - CHECK. They still give out a hell of a show because they believe this is what we are paying for, and to give anything less than their best, then they believe they have failed in their promise. Chisel are Australian Icons, and always will be. Their music is ingrained in our national identity, our souls. Cheers from Oz 🦘
👏 well said thank you. He’d drank a heap of alcohol in this performance. But he’s clean now. This guy is a fuckin living legend. We Aussies love him. And Ian Moss! One of the greatest guitarists ever.
This is by far the best version of the Troggs "Wild Thing." Jimmy is at his drunkest and best. The ad libbing and creativity. Vocally, Jimmy was in point at this concert. This is why we are always astounded and excited when the rest of the world discovers Chisel and this creation we love and know. This is world-class. Everyone else missed out when Chisel didn't go global.
Ohhh I miss the old days of watching these boys live. Wild Thing was never sang the same way at each concert I went to. The only constant was Jimmy being drunk, yet never missing a beat and the band played on never knowing what he would do next,
Lol. What makes this performance even more extraordinary is the amount of booze he would have smashed down his gullet beforehand. Most mere mortals would be struggling to walk, let alone string a sentence together and sing. It was back in his “couple of bottle of Vodka” per concert days.
I wish people would not compare Jimmy to FAMOUS OVERSEAS artists. He is so much more, he can sing so many genres is amazing and he sounds like Jimmy Barnes that's it. He has never copied anyone else's voice or tried to sing like someone else. And at the age of 66 he still sounds the same depending on what he is singing and I think he has earned the right not to be compared. He is just a GREAT singer in his OWN RIGHT. I think he should be the bar people are compared against now. But that just my unprofessional opinion. 💯❤️🔥
100% Fact! Same as John Farnham being compared to Steve Perry, I only know one sing by Journey but I know at least 70% of Farnseys catalogue...like wtf is Steve Perry compared to that.🤷♀️ Other countries try to tell Aussies what is good music not realising we have the best, yeah your stuff is sometimes good but a long way to go to be great. But opinions and a holes hey🤣🤣
@@velvetandchester I agree with John Farnham too, just didn't want to bring him into a Jimmy Barnes video. But since you have they're the best two males singers period. Steve Perry is not even close to John Farnham power and versatility and his tone is awful. Again in my unprofessional opinion.
@@wren1960 i have noticed this seems to apply mostly to Americans because their radio play was very much controlled by the record labels. They didn't play anything that strayed from what would make them $$ or fit what they wanted to sell. Where in other countries like Australia and New Zealand we got to hear every genre available and consumed it like a sponge. I am in my 50s and my children were exposed to everything from Metallica to RunDMC or Andrea Bochelli to Dixie Chicks. There was no genre that wasn't worth listening to. Where that doesn't happen in The USA. They have missed out on so much.
the Wild thing was Mr Barnes, back in his days of mayhem. What a performance hey. Glad he settled a little and is still with us, and still signing very well
As someone with a brother 14 years older than me who is obsessed with anything Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel, I’ve listened to almost every song they’ve released both as a band and solo and probably know far too much about them for someone my age, but I have to say this and Bow River from the Ringside show are definitely favourites as far as live performances go 👌🏻 Can we also appreciate that up until he jumped into that crowd, Jimmy carried that bottle of vodka everywhere with him on stage 😂
Cold chisel are Aussie legends. I grew up listening to them because my mum loved them. Hearing jimmy Barnes sing when I was a kid made me love singing. He's one of my favorite all time singers. And he just seems like a cool dude
Nothing on this planet quite prepares you for seeing Jimmy Barnes live for the first time. I remember getting my hair (Back when I actually had some) blown back from his vocals at a small country pub - standing 10 feet from the stage and the speaker stack - I'm pretty sure a bit of pee came out LOL. Can't take anything away from Mossy in this one either - killing it. If you want to see another amazing Australian band that are better live than studio - check out "The Teskey Brothers - Hold Me (Live at the Forum)" . An amazing live performance - but in an entirely different way to this.
The significance of the Last Stand is Chisel at the height of their first era ( 74 - 83 ) saying goodbye, at the height of their popularity. Barnsy and Mossy both pursue successful solo careers thru th rest of the 80s and into the 90s. Their popularity never waned, like an old trusted friend always you would hear on FM radio. And so we were bless with their return on more than one occasion into the 2000s. This band are as significant to Aussies as ACDC, yet in some ways more...yet never receiving the international accolades so deserved. Their 20 or so well known hits are all so distinct from each other. If you want to see that scope of flavors they offer. ONE LONG DAY / KHE SAN / FLAME TREES / STAR HOTEL / CHEAP WINE / SATURDAY NIGHT / I could mention 6 or 7 others but never mind.
70's and 80's Australia.....so many great bands with fantastic music. Midnight Oil, Divinyls, Angels, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo....too many to mention. Back when Aussie rock was KING!!!! Welcome to what we all grew up with. I've been listening to these guys since the beginning, I'm 61 now, Jimmy is 67 and still rockin' it!!❤❤❤👍👍🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲 Loved the reaction👍👍 Greetings from Perth Western Australia
Tremendous performance. Cold Chisel is ridiculously good. Jimmy was a force of nature back in the day. We missed out on some great music here in the US as evidenced by this live performance. I’d say some of SRV’s performances are at least as good as this and Janis and Beth Hart and the Who back in the day, and probably any of the classic rock bands in their prime but that takes nothing away fr this performance. It was great.
They did another mental version on German television in 1982 called ROCKPALAST. The crowd went mad and clapped and chanted Chisel for 8 mins for an encore
About 8 yrs ago I sat my 7 yr old Granddaughter on my lap & showed her Tina & Ike Turner in 1971 live on stage with the girls absolutely laying & slaying LIVE with amazing vocals & moves !... As you said brother, they left it all on stage like Rent Money was relying on it BECAUSE IT WAS !
I was a 16yo high school student working house security at the Melbourne venue for this tour, and was seen there by some of the girls at my school. By coincidence, I was scheduled for shoulder surgery the next day. When I returned to school the next week with my arm in a sling, the sympathy for what they thought was the cause was worth all the discomfort I had.
May I also suggest you check out Mahalia Barnes, his daughter, who also has an incredible voice - she grew up singing backing vocals for Jimmy and still does to this day 👌🏻
Jimmy is next level. Yeah he was heavy into the drinking at this stage, but WOW, what a performance! Mossy never disappoints, the whole band just gave everything in this fantastic show!!
Epic performance, best live performance/cover of Wild Thing, ever! But, watching this performance makes you understand why Jimmy has just had hip replacement surgery.
Another really passionate performance by Jimmy is the cover of 'Change is gonna come' - obviously a song you will know from the legendary Sam Cooke - the live video quality is not great but the performance is unreal.
The greatest rock performers in the world grew out of bands playing in pubs right here in Australia. They had to capture their (usually drunk and disinterested) audience pronto and keep them captured. The best of the best you just watched ply their craft after years of playing in that environment.
I've somehow missed this one But this is the greatest cover of wild thang I've ever seen . I watched it a couple years ago and it blew me away . Jimmy Barnes is one of the greatest vocalist ever . And I'll quote Brother Drama and say they getting down to the get down .
I told you our boys will have 2 of your top 10 positions if you watched this performance👍🏻👍🏻👏, now too see how versatile the best unknown band in the world is, and on a completely different level to bow river and wild thing may I suggest you do ‘when the war is over’ live from the 2003 ringside tour, the same concert from bow river, we may even get 3 songs of chisel in your top 10🤣🤣
This is what Pub Rock was all about. If you couldn't keep the punters entertained their reactions would vary from booing at the bottom end of the scale to being run off stage. The good ones would survive and thrive. It was where most band in Australia got their start until the 1990's when poker machines took their place as a way to draw the punters in. The bands who came up through this system were AC/DC, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Baby Animals, The Angels, Men at Work and many more.
Oh those seemed like the days he was into heavy drinking etc. A real bad boy of rock. I have only been watching all his new stuff of the past 4 years or so....but I so appreciate where he cut his teeth on those wild old days lol. And with Jimmy's voice I'd say he didn't really need a mic lol...Geat reaction again my friend,
Yea, they were interesting days. Remember, most teenagers had a garage band in Australia and talent tended to rise to the top. An artist was given exposure, if they really had exceptional talent. Today, as you know is driven by technology, not driven by emotion.
I’m always ready for more Chisel…. If you don’t mind a good cover then try Jimmy and friends singing Knocking on Heavens Door, a Bob Dylan tune. It was from a tribute concert for Andy Durant, an Aussie Musician who passed away at 24 or 25 from melanoma from back on 20 August 1980. You may recognise Ian Moss and Jimmy singing, but if you are willing to give it a try, I can’t wait for you to watch Jimmy and the late Renee Geyer sing together. She recently passed away on 17 January this year. I just love that moment when Jimmy takes the microphone off the stand and harmonises with her. RIP to Renee.
Australia is slowly starting to release the classified rock bands that would of destroyed the American music industry at the time, even though they have done excellent job by themselves, since. Should we give them Billy Thorpe or Lobby Loyde?
My jimmy ,.not only was Barnsey rocked this song but I also love your passion to these songs. Look at the great time people have when their isn't a bloody cell phone in sight.❤Thanx Drama,your my favourite reactionist.
In those days Jimmy was drunk as a skunk when he performed yet the band always knew when to take over and when to back off. Incredible understanding of each other. They never disappointed me be at a concert hall or a pub. Mor than 40 years later Jimmy is clean living and singing just as good as ever.
I had the absolute privilege of seeing Cold Chisel many times. Towards the end of Chisel, Jim was NOT happy. I saw him at The Tarmac Hotel in Laverton. He drank a bottle of vodka and a bottle of Drambuie ... interspersed with cans of VB. His capacity for booze was insane (fuelled by a truckload of speed sure, but still ...)
I love your reactions but I'm most impressed with the fact that you don't swear or say OMG constantly. You comment "goodness gracious" instead of omg. A term I haven't heard for a long time. God bless you brother. 🙏 ❤🇦🇺
Saw them live in Griffith on their break up tour in 1981. You had to be 18, so I had to sneek in as I was 3 months shy of turning 18, but it was great 👍 love it ❤
HMMM! This is the voice that the American music market DIDN’T want! They REJECTED him! Then he came home and wrote a song, You’ve got nothing I want! Lol! I think I got the title right!
Indeed they did but to be fair he did turn up blind drunk and smelling of vodka and unfortunately didn’t make the most professional impression which definitely worked against them.
@@Dr_KAP that’s BS, if you read his book and interviews, their US management was more interested in DJ dog party than Cold Chisel. Chisel were getting a following and management couldn’t be bothered in showing up to their shows. At a great expense Chisel tore up their US contract and return home.
I'm an Aussie over 60 and discovered Dramasyde and subscribed. Now let me tell you in Aussie English about what we think of the Chisels. They have GRUNT, SPEED and LEGS. The music probably saved many a person when they were down and helped them let out their emotions. Don't forget Jimmy Barnes has a solo career and you would not be offended by his songs if they were reviewed. I can imagine Bruce Springsteen on stage with them.
I was at one of the last "Last Stand" concerts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 19th November 1983. Great concert and a fitting farewell to one of Australia's best Rock bands.
Lucky enough to see this live in 1983 in their hometown Adelaide Australia, still waiting to see a band who can top them live! Love your channel👍from 🇦🇺
I love your honesty, passion and appreciation for all that is great about extraordinary people creating extraordinary music and memorable live performances that will never be forgotten. You might want to check out the song ‘Simply the Best’ a duet with Jimmy Barnes and Tina Turner. Truly one of the best collaborations between two like-minded souls. Another great live performance is ‘Ain’t Goin’ Down Til the Sun Comes Up’ by the legendary Garth Brooks. Thanks for providing us with your views and insights into what we all remember as real live music. Cheers , Rod and Kaz 👍🏼🎸
Yep, like @hudsonsled454 said, here in Australia, if a band or singer can't perform as good if not better on stage as in the studio them, they don't last 🙃🇦🇺
Totalky agree that in here in Oz if you can't do it live you don't survive, and the Australian pub rock bands that survive(d) are brilliant. BTW there are some bands around now that can leave it all out there. From Mexico is The Warning, 3 piece (all sisters) who rock. From Japan you really should check out Band-Maid, try there live videos. I'd suggest Play (live), Manners, or Choose Me. No vested interest in either of the bands I named, I'm just a guy that likes good music.
🗣 Barnsey is A 🔥 Fire Storm ‼️ Cold Chisel was an Introduction of What We were about to witness 🔥🧨 Australian Rock"N'Roll Legendary Status 🙌 Ian Moss thrown into the Mix to make the Band the Powerhouse that it is Today ✌🤜🏻🤛🏽 Must Check Out Song 🎵 Jimmy Barnes & Josh Tesky - Do Ýou Love Me ❣ And Yes thrown out some Blues Royalty Right ThereThe Tesky Brothers ‼️🔥
G’day mate, I was one that suggested this reaction, if I may suggest another , Kasey Chambers doing Eminem’s loose yourself, live at Newcastle Australia, absolutely mind blowing 🥳😄🍻
If a band couldn't perform live in Australia they had no chance of making it. Didn't matter how good the studio version was.
It was always trial by live performance, wasn't it? Had to hit the pubs and clubs before a label would even look at you and that is how it should be.
He'll yes u couldn't sing live then you were gone just look at milli vanilli they lip synched and almost got shot nowadays you do it it's accepted ah the good old days indeed
Back in the day bands had to have a solid following before a label would sign them. The only way a band would get a following was to play live....well. Chisel are the epitome of great Aussie pub rock multiplied by international talent
👍 true story
I mean... okay. Pub rock was a thing, and was always a thing. But was say Crowded House or Mental as Anything known for their live performances?
Hey, it's only taken 45 odd years for America to discover CHISEL. The great Ian Moss. My first ever concert 1982 Logan Campbell Center Auckland NZ. Circus Animals Tour.
What you have to realise that all Aussie Bands have come from the Aussie Pub scene.....from Cold Chisel, INXS and Midnight Oil & AC/DC they all began their journeys in Australian pubs. (public bars) back in the 70's. We also had Countdown back in the 70's, an ABC TV show on Sunday nights hosted by the hapless Molly Meldrum who was one of the best Rock promoters in Australia, he used to go to all the Pubs in Melbourne and if he liked what he heard, he'll letting everyone know about it, and he knew when a song was going to be a huge hit. Great times.
Loved ole Molly's parties in Balmain in 80's with all the faux Egyptian kitsch
@@2009mysha Glad I wasn't in THAT social scene as apparently Molly liked it both ways 🤣😂
Cold chisel is in the Aussie dna , only now is the rest of the world catching up 🤟🎸
Mossy is Robin to Jimmy batman. So proud being Aussie when watching guys react to what I've been watching for decades. Jimmy. John the voice Farnsey diesel. Sooooo good. Us Aussies I think took for granted a long time these guys. Our boy is still killing it. To this day legend
Spot on
Couldn't have put it better myself... saw Cold Chisel many times... since their early days... saw 'The Last Stand' tour... saw Jimmy Barnes 'Back for a Flash'.... first vinyl I ever bought was Cold Chisel 'Barking Spiders Live'...... my mum was the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Westmead Hospitals Adolescent ward.... and JImmy would drop by to see the kids.... (got jealous those days when she told me lmfao)..... he is a lovely man... and him and Mossy were a duo that will be remembered forever.... no matter their falling outs or drama..... ROCK AND ROLL BABY.......
Apart from sheer vocal prowess, the arrangement itself and the fact that this is live. How about we talk about the out and out professionalism of 3 elements.
1) the stage/road crew. For ensuring Jimmy stayed on.
2) the band generally playing to Jimmy ad- libbing it out in the crowd - I mean he looked like he was gonna throw a punch early.
3) Mossy. Deadset. Jimmy is climbing back onto stage and Mossy is free-wheeling vocally and on the guitar. Then Jimmy (2 bottles of vodka in) drags him to the ground and Mossy doesn't miss a chord whilst being hung over or sitting on his arse. Brilliant.
What you probably don’t understand is Chisel lived and breathed pub gigs… from school halls to taverns and pavilions they started when they were 16+ years of age… over 20 years of surviving it all… that’s what made them so great.
You are 100% correct The Greatest Rendition of Wild Thing EVER….. absolutely killed it…. And don’t forget IAN MOSS’s fantastic guitar work and vocals…..
Chisel were a music machine...
I remember a story from Peter Garret from Midnight Oil, saying Chisel stopped in while the Oils were recording Bird Noises, and both bands just jammed all night, to the early hours. Their partying was drinking and playing their favourite songs.
To some degree back in the day folks wanted to play music...
To some degree a lot of folks these days want to be stars...
It's a completely different concept
First time hearing them. They definitely took a song I knew as a "young" soul and made it a new song I can love all over again. They definitely have that passion you spoke about. They have talent, you have a group here that doesn't need autotune. They will go off and just jam! I love when you get the full experience. They love what they do and are bringing you in. I had no idea what to expect and I was floored. Thanks again Michael ✌🏻&❤️
They also do a good version of Knocking on Heaven's door and Ian Moss (lead guitarist) does a few amazing versions of Georgia on my mind
I agree best version of this song I have ever heard. Cold Chisel smacks my DNA right in the head.
I've always considered this a duet between Jimmy's vocals and Ian's guitar. Sometimes doing a call and response, and sometimes 'singing' in unison with each other. And sometimes Ian Moss takes over the vocals without me even noticing, while Jimmy is caught up in the crowd.
This is one of my favourite performances of all time too, and it's hard to get close. As far as Cold Chisel goes, there's a live version of Bow River with a harmonica player where the music is out of this world.
Cold Chisel - Bow River, live at ringside. The best live musical performance I have seen in 53 years and I was in pubs every night in the late 80s, early 90s
Best version of this song by far. In fact it’s not even a song- this right here is THERAPY! 🔥
Never heard this version. Talk about putting everything into a song! Well, Dang! ☮️
Someone please bring back the 80’s. The world needs it.
Not only 80s (Aussie) 70s. AC/DC (BON), Angles,. Rose Tattoo, Chisel, Skyhooks, Midnight Oil, INXS, Icehouse, Divinyls, Hoodoo Gurus, Aussie bands kicked ass Live
*Amen. Thats the best internet comment ever!!*
probably the best live performance of a rock n roll track ever
Chisel! Leaving nothing on the table. That's real music.
In their LA trip, the label tried to "manage" and "style" them for the US market. The engineers did a bad job re recording their album, then suggested Chisel weren't really that good. So they came home, and Jimmy wrote: "You got nothin' I want."
That’s why they didn’t hit the US market…. In the end Jimmy told them to shove it where the sun don’t shine and wrote “ You got nothing I want “ … what a shame the US music lovers didn’t get to witness this live…. it was AMAZING!!!!
Glad Barnsy is sober and still with us, but damn l miss these days when he was sweating pure vodka and soul.
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Wait...I'd have sworn it was a decent single malt....
@@joelmelissamnope JB was a Vodka swilling boy back then.
Absolutely cause it didn’t stink on his breath
@@JouJouOuiOui Stollie from memory
gotta sau this as an aussie. love your perceptive comments .you really nail it .
you take me back to "experiencing " chisel at a concert at narrara [north of sydney " back in the 80's i think it was .it was a weekend gig and chisel were one of the bands.what made them so good? it was their energy and jimmy's ability to connect with the crowd and REALLY enter in ,like no other i've come across, and take you with him .[i think it came out of the aussie pub rock where they really learned to perform live,where you had to give everything or you got the bullet ] it was a time to really let loose .
we expected jimmy and the band to give everything ,nothing held back ,and i think the band expected the same from the audience .it some ways on the surface it was as rough as guts and in another way their was a real honest purity about it . i was a fantastic experience where you could really blow the cobwebs out.
Aussie pub rock at its finest. ❤️🇦🇺😁👍🏼
Firstly, best wishes to Jimmy as he recovers from surgery 🌹
Secondly, our Jimmy killed it!!!
Woo Hoo, imagine being there??? So much passion, grit, sweat and soul!
Jimmy HAS recovered very well. He's doing physio in a hotel pool in Thailand with his lovely wife Jane. He's writing a book, and some music. Jimmy's a national treasure.
They just reunited for their 50th Anniversary and performed sold out concerts across Oz playing a lot of their hits (and some not so hits :) 25 in all) They performed to the absolute best of their ability. More subdued than their younger days but they absolutely belted. Stage presence - CHECK; Vocals - CHECK; Music - CHECK; ENERGY - CHECK. They still give out a hell of a show because they believe this is what we are paying for, and to give anything less than their best, then they believe they have failed in their promise.
Chisel are Australian Icons, and always will be. Their music is ingrained in our national identity, our souls.
Cheers from Oz 🦘
👏 well said thank you. He’d drank a heap of alcohol in this performance. But he’s clean now. This guy is a fuckin living legend. We Aussies love him. And Ian Moss! One of the greatest guitarists ever.
This is by far the best version of the Troggs "Wild Thing." Jimmy is at his drunkest and best. The ad libbing and creativity. Vocally, Jimmy was in point at this concert. This is why we are always astounded and excited when the rest of the world discovers Chisel and this creation we love and know. This is world-class. Everyone else missed out when Chisel didn't go global.
Ohhh I miss the old days of watching these boys live. Wild Thing was never sang the same way at each concert I went to. The only constant was Jimmy being drunk, yet never missing a beat and the band played on never knowing what he would do next,
Lol. What makes this performance even more extraordinary is the amount of booze he would have smashed down his gullet beforehand. Most mere mortals would be struggling to walk, let alone string a sentence together and sing. It was back in his “couple of bottle of Vodka” per concert days.
always get your money's worth at a chisel concert,thats why i kept going back .....11 or 12 times
One of the best summations of a song I have heard, cheers Michael.
My neighbors loved it
This is Australia. This is what we do. And this is how we do it.
I wish people would not compare Jimmy to FAMOUS OVERSEAS artists. He is so much more, he can sing so many genres is amazing and he sounds like Jimmy Barnes that's it. He has never copied anyone else's voice or tried to sing like someone else. And at the age of 66 he still sounds the same depending on what he is singing and I think he has earned the right not to be compared. He is just a GREAT singer in his OWN RIGHT. I think he should be the bar people are compared against now. But that just my unprofessional opinion. 💯❤️🔥
100% Fact! Same as John Farnham being compared to Steve Perry, I only know one sing by Journey but I know at least 70% of Farnseys catalogue...like wtf is Steve Perry compared to that.🤷♀️
Other countries try to tell Aussies what is good music not realising we have the best, yeah your stuff is sometimes good but a long way to go to be great. But opinions and a holes hey🤣🤣
@@velvetandchester I agree with John Farnham too, just didn't want to bring him into a Jimmy Barnes video. But since you have they're the best two males singers period. Steve Perry is not even close to John Farnham power and versatility and his tone is awful. Again in my unprofessional opinion.
@@wren1960 i have noticed this seems to apply mostly to Americans because their radio play was very much controlled by the record labels. They didn't play anything that strayed from what would make them $$ or fit what they wanted to sell. Where in other countries like Australia and New Zealand we got to hear every genre available and consumed it like a sponge. I am in my 50s and my children were exposed to everything from Metallica to RunDMC or Andrea Bochelli to Dixie Chicks. There was no genre that wasn't worth listening to. Where that doesn't happen in The USA. They have missed out on so much.
@@velvetandchester I agree 👍 💯 %
Not to mention his duets with so many legends...
most disgrossting version ever, loved it
The sad part is there isn't any bands any more. Radio stations play music from the 80s and 90s because todays music is just manufactured shit
Security ripping his shirt trying to drag him back to stage lol they weren't expecting that.
Oh wow, was it the security? Protecting Jimmy from himself... 🤣
the Wild thing was Mr Barnes, back in his days of mayhem. What a performance hey. Glad he settled a little and is still with us, and still signing very well
As someone with a brother 14 years older than me who is obsessed with anything Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel, I’ve listened to almost every song they’ve released both as a band and solo and probably know far too much about them for someone my age, but I have to say this and Bow River from the Ringside show are definitely favourites as far as live performances go 👌🏻
Can we also appreciate that up until he jumped into that crowd, Jimmy carried that bottle of vodka everywhere with him on stage 😂
Great cover by the best Australian band.
Cold chisel are Aussie legends. I grew up listening to them because my mum loved them. Hearing jimmy Barnes sing when I was a kid made me love singing. He's one of my favorite all time singers. And he just seems like a cool dude
Nothing on this planet quite prepares you for seeing Jimmy Barnes live for the first time. I remember getting my hair (Back when I actually had some) blown back from his vocals at a small country pub - standing 10 feet from the stage and the speaker stack - I'm pretty sure a bit of pee came out LOL. Can't take anything away from Mossy in this one either - killing it. If you want to see another amazing Australian band that are better live than studio - check out "The Teskey Brothers - Hold Me (Live at the Forum)" . An amazing live performance - but in an entirely different way to this.
The significance of the Last Stand is Chisel at the height of their first era ( 74 - 83 ) saying goodbye, at the height of their popularity. Barnsy and Mossy both pursue successful solo careers thru th rest of the 80s and into the 90s. Their popularity never waned, like an old trusted friend always you would hear on FM radio. And so we were bless with their return on more than one occasion into the 2000s. This band are as significant to Aussies as ACDC, yet in some ways more...yet never receiving the international accolades so deserved. Their 20 or so well known hits are all so distinct from each other. If you want to see that scope of flavors they offer. ONE LONG DAY / KHE SAN / FLAME TREES / STAR HOTEL / CHEAP WINE / SATURDAY NIGHT / I could mention 6 or 7 others but never mind.
70's and 80's Australia.....so many great bands with fantastic music. Midnight Oil, Divinyls, Angels, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo....too many to mention.
Back when Aussie rock was KING!!!! Welcome to what we all grew up with.
I've been listening to these guys since the beginning, I'm 61 now, Jimmy is 67 and still rockin' it!!❤❤❤👍👍🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲
Loved the reaction👍👍
Greetings from Perth Western Australia
Thankyou so much for reacting to my favourite live performances of all time.
Cold chisel for ever
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Tremendous performance. Cold Chisel is ridiculously good. Jimmy was a force of nature back in the day. We missed out on some great music here in the US as evidenced by this live performance. I’d say some of SRV’s performances are at least as good as this and Janis and Beth Hart and the Who back in the day, and probably any of the classic rock bands in their prime but that takes nothing away fr this performance. It was great.
They did another mental version on German television in 1982 called ROCKPALAST. The crowd went mad and clapped and chanted Chisel for 8 mins for an encore
About 8 yrs ago I sat my 7 yr old Granddaughter on my lap & showed her Tina & Ike Turner in 1971 live on stage with the girls absolutely laying & slaying LIVE with amazing vocals & moves !... As you said brother, they left it all on stage like Rent Money was relying on it BECAUSE IT WAS !
Amazing...im not a rock guy but still gotta appreciate THAT! 🔥
Curious what’s your genre of choice
I was a 16yo high school student working house security at the Melbourne venue for this tour, and was seen there by some of the girls at my school. By coincidence, I was scheduled for shoulder surgery the next day. When I returned to school the next week with my arm in a sling, the sympathy for what they thought was the cause was worth all the discomfort I had.
May I also suggest you check out Mahalia Barnes, his daughter, who also has an incredible voice - she grew up singing backing vocals for Jimmy and still does to this day 👌🏻
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Yeah baby! You can't go wrong with Chisel....there's a reason why Australia loves them so much. Thanks for the reaction, I thoroughly enjoyed it
Hands down greatest version of this song. Now check out best version of a change is gonna come by Jimmy Barnes, he nails this Sam Cooke song
I second that! 😊
Yes that’s a must
YES YES YES Please make it happen Dramasyde
Excellent reaction, your facial expressions were epic! Thank you!
Your facial expressions are GOLD..!!!!
And yes us Aussies have Chisel in our DNA
The Angles Another good Australian band
The Angels ain't bad either!
@@mrmockatoo6786you took the words right out of my mouth
Take a long line 1978 the Angles
@@Dr_KAPKappy! Gonna have to check out The Angles. Must be a tribute band.
Hope they dont play in an octagon@mrmockatoo6786
Jimmy is next level. Yeah he was heavy into the drinking at this stage, but WOW, what a performance! Mossy never disappoints, the whole band just gave everything in this fantastic show!!
I was at this concert right up front as I always was. This COMPLETELY blew my MIND 🤯
Epic performance, best live performance/cover of Wild Thing, ever!
But, watching this performance makes you understand why Jimmy has just had hip replacement surgery.
I may have been one of the people who suggested this to you, and I remember promising chaos. I’m feeling that Cold Chisel has delivered that to you.
In spades
Haha Jimmy needs a lonnnggggg mike cord. After a couple bottles of vodka nobody knew what he was gonna do
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Need to check out 'When the War is over' by Cold Chisel at their 2003 Roundhouse concert. Closely followed by Bow River at the same concert.
He did Bow river a few days ago
@@georgeibrahim7945 Just saw it, thanks
Another really passionate performance by Jimmy is the cover of 'Change is gonna come' - obviously a song you will know from the legendary Sam Cooke - the live video quality is not great but the performance is unreal.
The greatest rock performers in the world grew out of bands playing in pubs right here in Australia. They had to capture their (usually drunk and disinterested) audience pronto and keep them captured. The best of the best you just watched ply their craft after years of playing in that environment.
I've somehow missed this one But this is the greatest cover of wild thang I've ever seen . I watched it a couple years ago and it blew me away . Jimmy Barnes is one of the greatest vocalist ever . And I'll quote Brother Drama and say they getting down to the get down .
I told you our boys will have 2 of your top 10 positions if you watched this performance👍🏻👍🏻👏, now too see how versatile the best unknown band in the world is, and on a completely different level to bow river and wild thing may I suggest you do ‘when the war is over’ live from the 2003 ringside tour, the same concert from bow river, we may even get 3 songs of chisel in your top 10🤣🤣
This is what Pub Rock was all about. If you couldn't keep the punters entertained their reactions would vary from booing at the bottom end of the scale to being run off stage. The good ones would survive and thrive. It was where most band in Australia got their start until the 1990's when poker machines took their place as a way to draw the punters in. The bands who came up through this system were AC/DC, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Baby Animals, The Angels, Men at Work and many more.
Love how Moss on the guitar echoes Jimmy Barnes screams. Love this focus and solid sound wall.
No vocal cords were harmed during the performance of this epic remake 🎉
Oh those seemed like the days he was into heavy drinking etc. A real bad boy of rock. I have only been watching all his new stuff of the past 4 years or so....but I so appreciate where he cut his teeth on those wild old days lol. And with Jimmy's voice I'd say he didn't really need a mic lol...Geat reaction again my friend,
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Bad boy of Aussie rock.... Angry Anderson. Followed by Barnsey.
If you want something great listen to John Farnham singing Black Dog. It is audio only as he sang it as a warm up song.
Yea, they were interesting days. Remember, most teenagers had a garage band in Australia and talent tended to rise to the top. An artist was given exposure, if they really had exceptional talent. Today, as you know is driven by technology, not driven by emotion.
Love this and every reaction...❤️😁🇦🇺
Thank you 😁
Ian moss holding this whole thing together, and jimmy's voice *chefs kiss*
I’m always ready for more Chisel…. If you don’t mind a good cover then try Jimmy and friends singing Knocking on Heavens Door, a Bob Dylan tune. It was from a tribute concert for Andy Durant, an Aussie Musician who passed away at 24 or 25 from melanoma from back on 20 August 1980. You may recognise Ian Moss and Jimmy singing, but if you are willing to give it a try, I can’t wait for you to watch Jimmy and the late Renee Geyer sing together. She recently passed away on 17 January this year. I just love that moment when Jimmy takes the microphone off the stand and harmonises with her. RIP to Renee.
You need to listen to the whole live concert “Last Stand” thats the way they are all through the concert.
Australia is slowly starting to release the classified rock bands that would of destroyed the American music industry at the time, even though they have done excellent job by themselves, since. Should we give them Billy Thorpe or Lobby Loyde?
My jimmy ,.not only was Barnsey rocked this song but I also love your passion to these songs. Look at the great time people have when their isn't a bloody cell phone in sight.❤Thanx Drama,your my favourite reactionist.
In those days Jimmy was drunk as a skunk when he performed yet the band always knew when to take over and when to back off. Incredible understanding of each other. They never disappointed me be at a concert hall or a pub. Mor than 40 years later Jimmy is clean living and singing just as good as ever.
And I was there. No words
I had the absolute privilege of seeing Cold Chisel many times. Towards the end of Chisel, Jim was NOT happy. I saw him at The Tarmac Hotel in Laverton. He drank a bottle of vodka and a bottle of Drambuie ... interspersed with cans of VB. His capacity for booze was insane (fuelled by a truckload of speed sure, but still ...)
I think this was at the Playhouse on Goldy.
I love your reactions but I'm most impressed with the fact that you don't swear or say OMG constantly. You comment "goodness gracious" instead of omg. A term I haven't heard for a long time. God bless you brother. 🙏 ❤🇦🇺
I try
Brilliant reaction!
Saw them live in Griffith on their break up tour in 1981. You had to be 18, so I had to sneek in as I was 3 months shy of turning 18, but it was great 👍 love it ❤
HMMM! This is the voice that the American music market DIDN’T want! They REJECTED him! Then he came home and wrote a song, You’ve got nothing I want! Lol! I think I got the title right!
Indeed they did but to be fair he did turn up blind drunk and smelling of vodka and unfortunately didn’t make the most professional impression which definitely worked against them.
@@Dr_KAP that’s BS, if you read his book and interviews, their US management was more interested in DJ dog party than Cold Chisel. Chisel were getting a following and management couldn’t be bothered in showing up to their shows. At a great expense Chisel tore up their US contract and return home.
Right on let it cook let's do some cooking Let It Go I hear sizzling peace later.
I'm an Aussie over 60 and discovered Dramasyde and subscribed. Now let me tell you in Aussie English about what we think of the Chisels. They have GRUNT, SPEED and LEGS. The music probably saved many a person when they were down and helped them let out their emotions. Don't forget Jimmy Barnes has a solo career and you would not be offended by his songs if they were reviewed. I can imagine Bruce Springsteen on stage with them.
Great days indeed. See world class bands and make it home with no stab wounds or bullet holes.
Chisle really got down and got back up again ,and we are still ❤ our 🌄
I was at one of the last "Last Stand" concerts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 19th November 1983. Great concert and a fitting farewell to one of Australia's best Rock bands.
Lucky enough to see this live in 1983 in their hometown Adelaide Australia, still waiting to see a band who can top them live!
Love your channel👍from 🇦🇺
Adelaide . What an incubator back then
Your right music changed- this has spirit
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Great reaction dude. You seem to know talent when you see it, given your background in music. Welcome to the rabbit hole. 🎤🎸🔥👍
I love your honesty, passion and appreciation for all that is great about extraordinary people creating extraordinary music and memorable live performances that will never be forgotten. You might want to check out the song ‘Simply the Best’ a duet with Jimmy Barnes and Tina Turner. Truly one of the best collaborations between two like-minded souls. Another great live performance is ‘Ain’t Goin’ Down Til the Sun Comes Up’ by the legendary Garth Brooks. Thanks for providing us with your views and insights into what we all remember as real live music. Cheers , Rod and Kaz 👍🏼🎸
Yep, like @hudsonsled454 said, here in Australia, if a band or singer can't perform as good if not better on stage as in the studio them, they don't last 🙃🇦🇺
Them there boys can play 😮
Totalky agree that in here in Oz if you can't do it live you don't survive, and the Australian pub rock bands that survive(d) are brilliant.
BTW there are some bands around now that can leave it all out there. From Mexico is The Warning, 3 piece (all sisters) who rock.
From Japan you really should check out Band-Maid, try there live videos. I'd suggest Play (live), Manners, or Choose Me.
No vested interest in either of the bands I named, I'm just a guy that likes good music.
🗣 Barnsey is A 🔥 Fire Storm ‼️
Cold Chisel was an Introduction of What We were about to witness 🔥🧨
Australian Rock"N'Roll Legendary Status 🙌 Ian Moss thrown into the Mix to make the Band the Powerhouse that it is Today ✌🤜🏻🤛🏽
Must Check Out Song 🎵
Jimmy Barnes & Josh Tesky - Do Ýou Love Me ❣
And Yes thrown out some Blues Royalty Right ThereThe Tesky Brothers ‼️🔥
Great version of this song. ❤
G’day mate, I was one that suggested this reaction, if I may suggest another , Kasey Chambers doing Eminem’s loose yourself, live at Newcastle Australia, absolutely mind blowing 🥳😄🍻
This is an Australian band I grew up with and you are right ❤
Love your reactions. After this Midnight Oil live. Stand in Line would be a great starting point. Epic
You speak the truth! Keep the Chisel coming. So glad you enjoy them so much!