If you guys ever wondered what summer 1987 sounded like, this is it *edit: turns out the album was released in ‘87 but took off in ‘88. New Sensation peaked at #3 in July. It’s the sound of summer ‘88!
INXS were *huge* - If you want to see how unbelievably charasmatic Michael Hutchence was, you need to watch any one of the hundreds of YT videos of INXS in concert. A true frontman in every sense of the word. 😍😍
Now this is the right way to kick off the week! INXS were huge - even as big as U2 back in the day. If singer Michael Hutchence had not left this world in ‘97, y’all would be very familiar with them. He was a frontman for the ages, full of charisma and vocal chops. An irresistible light. Their catalog has so much channel-worthy material. Check out “The One Thing,” “Don’t Change,” “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain),” and “Need You Tonight/Mediate.”
True, they were really one of just a few huge bands for a good chunk of time, everyone knew then. I was in college when Kick came out and my mom was jamming to them, too, lol. INXS & U2 were very close friends, among the members. Bono loved Michael & said he wished he could be as great a front man as he was. Wrote at least 1 song about Micheal, too.
My little running joke when someone asks or says "you to?" to me, I reply INXS! U2 and INXS were the two biggest bands for a time . But unfortunately many now adays don't get the joke since they don't know either band😢
Just curious…what would be two more 80’s bands you would consider great? I have several, but I’m wondering if you would pick Def Leppard or Journey? Van Halen?
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Of those choices I'd agree with Journey and VH. Def Leppard was meh for my taste. I would add Metallica and Dire Straights, Talking Heads, The Cars. All of them changed the flavor of music. That's what impressed me the most. I'm a child of the 70s so that was pretty hard to do. lol
Oh my gosh, that is so beautiful and Michael’s voice is probably one of the best in that song just under “never tear us apart”. His vocals were great to begin with but he was just a good front guy and a lot of fun and cute but by 1984 to 1985 felt more comfortable with himself and he was in his mid-20s. He was in love and dated his really first lifelong love from 1982 until 1987. That’s Michelle Bennett and she’s the one who called right before he even had suicide but I have always talked and he always loved her. When they broke up, he gets involved with this young girl named Kylie Minogue. She was a young innocent Australian singer, who was pretty popular, and they couldn’t have been more opposite! He was an older man, and he should’ve known better to stay away from that because she was an adult, and just coming into her own and literally didn’t know anything about life & bad boys and they were dating for two years and then he ended up breaking up with her because he knew they weren’t right for each other. He cried his eyes out because he didn’t want to break her heart and he knew he was going to but he was just not the guy or man for her in here she was in her early 20s and by then he was every bit of almost 30. Michael didn’t date anybody after that for a couple years and that’s when he got involved with that super model, named Helena from Denmark. I know they loved each other but they were like the best buddies and hung around and had a lot of fun together. They have a much more mature relationship and she could handle his badness and he had started to calm down while they dated but the problem was a year after they started dating they were in Copenhagen and they were riding bikes home and eating pizza. some taxi driver stopped right behind him and told Michael to get on the road and he hit Michael and the singer hit his head on the curb and it screwed up his brain so bad he had blood coming out of his mouth and his ears but he didn’t want to stay in the hospital when EMS took him. His girlfriend said she stayed in his apartment for a month in the dark with headaches and threw up all the time which meant he had concussion, and yet he wouldn’t say in the hospital. The odd thing is that Helena said immediately when he came conscious in the ER, he was extremely hostile and aggressive, which was not like him at all, and he became more and more like that after he started to recuperate from his injury. he went to see a brain specialist in France. He didn’t just have a concussion, but part of his brain was chipped and his nerves were severed so he couldn’t smell anything and he couldn’t taste anything.. you don’t think about it being a big deal until you have to live with it and especially somebody as sensual as Michael. Helena ended up breaking up with him because she couldn’t take it anymore. he was hanging around everybody that was not right for him, including Paula Yates, the woman who left her husband Bob Geldof, and took off with Michael for months after running into him again in 1994. He was seeing her probably before Helena broke up with him. she just got tired of his behavior, and whatever was wrong with him after that accident he was never the same. Paula & other people he hung around with made everything worse. Sad!!!
I think INXS was much better than some gave them credit for at the time. Between the way their name was spelled and their stylized music videos, it was easy to not consider them as serious. But, they were amazing live and their music still feels fresh. So much respect. Their collab with Jimmy Barnes on Good Times is legendary 🙂
OMG. I can't tell you the impact INXS had on my life in the 80s. No one has sounded like them. Totally unique sound. Amazing party band. Fun was absolutely their thing. I still have an annual MH RIP day on the anniversary of his death. Great memories.
You should have seen these guys live, Michael was a hell of a front man. It's like if you were starting a band at that time and you were looking for a guy to lead the show, he is literally the image that would pop in your head. They crashed the scene so any of their stuff is worthy. Very unique sound for the time imo.
*YOU GUYS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES!* I was so worried about how you would react to INXS and held my breath until you said you liked it! "X" was their biggest album, but I feel like "Shabooh Shoobah" was their BEST album. They have so much music to check out!
Don't Change" is awesome, so many great songs by INXS. And if you want to see a dude who had it all, unbelievably attractive and so much charisma, but lost it all to mental health issues.....man
"Don't Change by far...in the post-punk era of 1982, it was a sign of things to come. Their sound at that point was more groundbreaking than their later stuff...Thanks for all you do Andy & Alex...
@@kebo4660 Exactly this. Props to INXS for the worldwide success of their "Need You Tonight" era music but their earlier stuff "Don't Change" by far my personal faves. Less 80's sounding, for one thing amongst others.
The lead singer had a Jim Morrison vibe to him, while the rest of the band had a New Wave vibe. He was gregarious and loved by the fans. He also had a serious drug problem. His amazing voice lives on.
Finally, you 've come across one of the best groups ever, who happened to be legendary in concert. So many bangers in their catalogue that I bet it will be hard to nail down a favorite. Enjoy the journey...
Why why why haven't you done an INXS song from Wembley yet? Michael Hutchence is an absolute star on the stage. Their sound just explodes live. (My preference from Wembley is "What You Need" but they're all great. ) This was fun guys. Looking forward to more INXS.
One of my all time favorite bands...tons to explore if you choose, Devil Inside, Need You Tonight, Never Tear us Apart, Mystify, just to name a few. Love it!
So many bangers on that album. Need You Tonight, Devil Inside, a huge ballad with strings called Never Tear Us Apart….this was the first cassette that I ever bought with my own money as a kid and I played it to death. I highly recommend older hits like Original Sin, Listen Like Theives and What You Need as well as later ones like Suicide Blonde, Disappear, and Elegantly Wasted. Michael Hutchence was a front man for the ages.
Definitely a full album dive for Kick. Almost all the songs are A or B+ tier. "Don't Change" from their Shaboo Shoobah album is an early standout. More 80s ish, but I think Alex would like it anyway. Other great tunes are, "what you need" and "This Time" from the Listen Like Thieves album and "Suicide Blonde" from their X album. That's just to start.
Fantastic reaction, INXS are fantastic and one of the biggest live bands of the 80s. 20 years of hits and diverse styles but always sounds like INXS. They had 7 top ten US singles, many more around the world.
INXS is almost ridiculously good! Just by appearance you might think they're 'just another pop band', but they rock and get funky! The next one you should hear is 'Need You Tonight', no confusion about those lyrics, hahaha!!
I saw them at the US Festival in 1983 and the San Diego Civic Center in 1985. "Listen Like Thieves" was pretty popular here. They were popular before 87.
@@girl_overthinx Indeed. I was fortunate to live in great FM radio territory, which played all the imports. So I was a big fan of "Thieves" and "The One Thing" etc. years before they smashed big with Kick and all those tremendous barefoot MTV videos.
INXS is absolutely incredible. This song and this album Kick truly are incredible. The entire band are just on fire and are incredibly talented musicians and songwriters.
Michael Hutchence is the fantastic lead vocalist. Every time a new single dropped from INXS was exciting and fun and full of energy. Hutchence committed suicide at 37 to which I say, if you or a friend is struggling with depression please take it very seriously and seek professional help. ❤️
Rock and roll love triangles are always amazing to look at, but this one had a body count. Remember Bob Geldof, the Live Aid organizer who starred in The Wall film? You know what, just google it, I can't do it justice.
Saw them in 84(?)...opened with Don't Change...and I've seen thousands of shows but that opening song is crystal clear in my foggy memory of great show openers. Highly highly highly recommend that song...they owned the stage.
I'm such a huge fan of INXS. I saw them in concert in October, 1997, just three months before Michael Hutchence passed. I started listening to them with their third album, Shabooh Shoobah (1982). Michael had Jim Morrison charisma, Mick Jagger moves, Freddie Mercury sex appeal, and just a smidge of Michael Jackson's vocal quirks. You need to hear Don't Change, The One Thing, Need You Tonight (top 5), Original Sin (Alex will love the bass licks at about 1:30), Burn for You, Never Tear Us Apart (top 5), I Send a Message, Elegantly Wasted, What You Need (top 5), Suicide Blonde, Listen Like Thieves, Devil Inside-Words are weapons, sharper than knives (top 5), Beautiful Girl, Mystify (top 5), Mediate (watch the video!). Okay, okay, I'll stop there. Kinda' went crazy there for a minute.
INXS is such an underrated band.. so many different sounds, but yet you always know it is them. Need You Tonight, Devil Inside, Don't Change, Never Tear Us Apart and Suicide Blonde are my recommendations
This song and album are nostalgia bombs. My mom used to play this cassette in the car when I was a kid in the late 80s. The album holds up extremely well decades later. “Devil Inside” is my favorite track.
"Never Tear Us Apart" should be the next one you hit. Probably their signature song. My band worked up a sort of 60's Soul version of that song that we played in clubs for years. We played it one night at a bar in Phuket, Thailand and had no idea that the drummer from INXS was in the audience. As soon as he recognized what we were playing he stood up from his table and stared open mouthed for the whole song! He bought us all beers during the break and chatted with us...and we still had no idea who he was. He never mentioned it. It wasn't until after he left that the manager said "You know who that was, don't you?"
Actually listening to this song for the first time, hearing it for the first time in years. It takes the best parts of Robert Palmer, the vibe of Sledgehammer, and Prince’s R&B/Soul horns via synth and mixes them together excellently.
Yeah, was thinking the same thing, that the kind of smooth crooner throwback thing happening in the UK around the time (so also Style Council, ABC, Spandau Ballet, etc) was referenced here nicely with the horns but it really was its own animal. I was over it when it was on the radio constantly but it does bear up upon relisten.
This LP was ultra mega massive when it came out in '87. No pop sell outs though. You can here the sincerity in Michael Hutchence's delivery and soulfulness (RIP). This track is probably my favorite in their catalogue. Proper banger
You could pick any INXS song and love it. They didn't have a bad song. They were ahead of their time. Major rabbit hole. Original sin, Don't change, To look at you, Burn for you, Never tear us apart, Just keep walking, It's endless.
LOVE INXS and grew up listening to their stuff. Their sound was constantly evolving and they always kept things interesting, treading the line between funk and rock (and women dug the band just as much as men) and they were a staple on MTV back in the day. I got to see them play live 3 times in during the 80s, and to this day, they're still one of the tightest bands I've even heard play. Shabooh Shoobah was the first album to hit in the states, and the singles "The One Thing" and "Don't Change" are amazing. The Swing was the next album, and featured "Original Sin" (which was produced by Nile Rodgers and features background vocals by Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates), "I Send a Message", and "Burn For You", among others. Listen Like Thieves was next, and featured songs like "What You Need" (one of my favorite INXS tracks, and you guys DEFINITELY need to check it out), "This Time", and the title track "Listen Like Thieves" Kick is the album that features "New Sensation", as well as "Need You Tonight/Mediate", "Devil Inside", "Mystify", and "Never Tear Us Apart" (and it's pretty much loaded up with bangers from start to finish) Later albums had songs like "Bitter Tears", "Disappear", "Suicide Blonde", "Elegantly Wasted", "Not Enough Time" and tons of others.
Guys, there was so much great music like this in the 80s that you haven't explored, because you are too much into the 60s and 70s. Dudes, give the 80s a chance! Next INXS song should be What You Need, it has a great bass riff and it's catchy!
Need You Tonight, Mystify, Suicide Blonde, Never Tear Us Apart, Beautiful Girl, Taste It, Listen Like Thieves - plenty to check out, they are criminally underrated
Dive right in. You could go to any album and find banger after banger. "They gotta have more songs" killed me. This was one one of the biggest bands in the world for a good long time. Had Michael lived, who knows where they would be right now.
Agreed. I saw INXS in 1993 and they all sprinted onto stage with camouflage military outfits on! Not just the sexy smoky stuff for the ladies. They also rocked for all the guys too!
As everyone else has said, they had a lot of great 80's singles: "The One Thing," "What You Need," "I Need You Tonight" (with or without "Mediate"...it's probably better without "Mediate"), "Never Tear Us Apart," "Devil Inside"...there are some other really good songs on that "Kick" album. "Mystify," "Guns In The Sky." INXS had it going on for a while there.
The was a video that went along with this. Michael Hutchence was a star on the level of Mick Jagger. He had the voice, the looks and the moves with a tight band backing him. Loosing him was a great tragedy and the band had so much potential but they never recovered.They even had a reality show to choose a replacement, but nobody remembers who was chosen.
Do they have anything else??? Kick was an 80’s behemoth which has now surpassed 20 million albums sold worldwide. Yes, 20M. INXS was a really good Australian rock band with a dance/pop sound and a handsome and charismatic frontman in Michael Hutchence. The release of the video for their first single from Kick, Need You Tonight, was a major pop culture event. Accepting his destiny as a global icon, Michael Hutchence unleashed his flowing locks, removed his shirt and wordlessly proclaimed “I am sex.” Many teenage girls had an “awakening” that day…
the first time i heard the first single from this album, i said to my friend, "holy shit, this album is going to be HUGE." glad i wasn't wrong. [EDIT: spoiler alert, that entire album is a big platter of sauce.]
INXS comes from that tried and true arena of 'Pub Rock' in Australia where if you didn't bring it live 6 nights a week you wouldn't survive. They have a massive catalogue and their earlier stuff that pre-dates this break out album is more fun - more rock and less funk. Live though they just killed - their Wembley Live show is a band at the top of their form. Fav's of mine that I think you'll love 'Johnson's Aeroplane' , 'Don't Change', 'Original Sin' and the monster 'Never tear us apart' Definitely worth diving deeper into these boys. Check Cold Chisel - for the Royalty of Pub Rock they all aspired to be.
Terrific and complete album. Hutchence was one of the best front man and performer on stage with a really cool voice and attitude. What a band was INXS!
I was a DJ at my college radio station when this song came out. I played INXS every time I was on the air, such a powerful band. I’m glad you enjoyed the song. One of my favorites is a ballad called Never Tear Us Apart - check it out. 🎶
Now maybe I’m just a HUGE INXS fan, but I’m really shocked you two haven’t heard this one! 🤔 It’s played in supermarkets, even… 🤣 Yes. His voice is “SO GOOD”. Rest in Peace, Michael 🕊️🩵 Great channel! :)
I was lucky enough to see them perform live in Sacramento on the Kick Tour. Amazing amazing live show. One of the best concerts that I've attended my entire life. Suggestions: "Never Tear us Apart", "Devil Inside" "Suicide Blonde" would be a good place to continue from here. Thanks guys for checking out this song, enjoyed your reactions.
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Michael Hutchence, literally one of the best front men of the 80s/90s. Such a tragic end 😢
He’s my number 1 crush
Great frontman. He had it all.
@@robertacolarette1594 reminded me so much on stage of Jim Morrison that it blew my mind.
Yes. Called The Last Rock Star! Sad end. What a talent. Supposedly, had been signed for a Tarantino movie before his passing.
@stevem-h3562 some said he seemed to invoke Morrison on stage.
If you guys ever wondered what summer 1987 sounded like, this is it
*edit: turns out the album was released in ‘87 but took off in ‘88. New Sensation peaked at #3 in July. It’s the sound of summer ‘88!
Exactly!
It was also Summer 2013 for me- not sure why, it just was revamped on my list.
It was summer of 88. Both 87 and 88 were awesome summers for music !
I was 27 years old when this song came out. Every night was Friday night, and I thought I would never die.
@@kdnp529you’ve been right so far 👍
Devil Inside, Need you Tonight, Never Tear us Apart...they are all bangers
suicide blonde, mystify...
Always loved Calling All Nations, but they’re all fabulous
Yes Yes Yes!
Never Tear Us Apart is amazing
Yup, what you said
Need You Tonight is the next song you should hit. Love INXS! His voice was just amazing. RIP Michael.
Yeah, this song is a good starter, but Need You Tonight is da bomb!
Oh yeah.
Absolutely. Don’t change is also pretty awesome.
Need You Tonight was THE song of this album. And really one of THE songs of the year.
Yes.
The harmonica on "Suicide Blond" is amazing. I can hear that introduction over and over and over.
The harmonica on that is by my roommate’s dad, the legendary Charlie Musselwhite.
It's going to blow A&A's mind for sure.
Have had this song stuck in my head all day! So good.
Suicide Blonde is NOT on this album KICK. it's on the next album X.
Yes. Check it out "Live @Wembley". The band is amazing.
And Michael Hutchence was an absolute charisma machine back in the day. We're talking Elvis/Jim Morrison levels.
I didn't know a single girl at the time from ages 12 to 25 who didn't get a misty. far-off look in their eyes when his name was mentioned.
Agree on charisma…but would put more in the Robert Plant, Roger Daltry mold.
He was a stand out. Very few bands over the decades had that top level charisma, voice and stage presence.
I was 20 that year and I'm going to contest that. Elvis? Seriously? Maybe Morrison.
He was always being compared to Morrison at the time.
"Don't change" in my opinion is their best song and a must 👍
100% agree.
Their best and the first one that I heard from them and still remember the video 😊.
Yes to that!
Agree with this - had the pleasure of seeing them perform it live during the Listen Like Thieves tour.Magnificent song.
@@patricmercer9506 Me too. Senior year in HS. 4th row. Small theater. Surprisingly one of the loudest rock show I've seen. Life changing.
INXS is one of the most underrated bands of all time and absolutely deserve to be in the rnr hall of fame!
A&A, you'll love their "What You Need", "The One Thing" and "Need You Tonight" !!!
and dont change
Yes, definitely THE ONE THING.
Inxs is one of my favorite bands! “ Suicide blonde” is one to hit! We lost Michael way too early!
INXS were *huge* - If you want to see how unbelievably charasmatic Michael Hutchence was, you need to watch any one of the hundreds of YT videos of INXS in concert. A true frontman in every sense of the word. 😍😍
Yes, please I don’t know why they don’t react to videos
He WAS !
Now this is the right way to kick off the week! INXS were huge - even as big as U2 back in the day. If singer Michael Hutchence had not left this world in ‘97, y’all would be very familiar with them. He was a frontman for the ages, full of charisma and vocal chops. An irresistible light. Their catalog has so much channel-worthy material. Check out “The One Thing,” “Don’t Change,” “Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain),” and “Need You Tonight/Mediate.”
True, they were really one of just a few huge bands for a good chunk of time, everyone knew then. I was in college when Kick came out and my mom was jamming to them, too, lol. INXS & U2 were very close friends, among the members. Bono loved Michael & said he wished he could be as great a front man as he was. Wrote at least 1 song about Micheal, too.
@@jenniferfoster1692 yes, the two groups really seemed to go hand in hand for a time. And they were every bit as close as you said.
My little running joke when someone asks or says "you to?" to me, I reply INXS! U2 and INXS were the two biggest bands for a time . But unfortunately many now adays don't get the joke since they don't know either band😢
@@jemxs that’s too funny! You’re right, though. Those who weren’t around at the time wouldn’t have a clue about how huge INXS were back then.
I think you should do "Never Tear Us Apart" next.
INXS was one of the few greats that came out of the 80s. I love this band. Absolutely a perfect fun factor!
Just curious…what would be two more 80’s bands you would consider great? I have several, but I’m wondering if you would pick Def Leppard or Journey? Van Halen?
Far more than just a few.
I think, the 3rd biggest band to come out of Australia. Just behind Bee Gees & AC/DC. In great company.
@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 it seems like the greats of the 80's, came from the late 70's. Am I wrong?
@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Of those choices I'd agree with Journey and VH. Def Leppard was meh for my taste. I would add Metallica and Dire Straights, Talking Heads, The Cars. All of them changed the flavor of music. That's what impressed me the most. I'm a child of the 70s so that was pretty hard to do. lol
My favorite song by INXS is an earlier one before they became poplular called Don't Change.
This! Don't Change is their best song by a mile, just fantastic.
Such a phenomenal track!!
Don’t Change is their best
“Listen like thieves,” the title track from their 1985 album, is their magnum opus banger.
Absolutely love it - saw the video and really felt like something new was happening. Got the album and played the hell out of it.
Yeeessss!
Wait ... I think the video I was thinking of was What You Need ... another killer track from Listen Like Thieves!
It absolutely is. I remember first hearing that in Scotland at the age of 20 and thinking, Woah, what the f is this????
"I Need You Tonight" will always be THE INXS song for me. Not just a sexy bop, but super-interesting instrumentally.
Oh my gosh, that is so beautiful and Michael’s voice is probably one of the best in that song just under “never tear us apart”. His vocals were great to begin with but he was just a good front guy and a lot of fun and cute but by 1984 to 1985 felt more comfortable with himself and he was in his mid-20s. He was in love and dated his really first lifelong love from 1982 until 1987. That’s Michelle Bennett and she’s the one who called right before he even had suicide but I have always talked and he always loved her. When they broke up, he gets involved with this young girl named Kylie Minogue. She was a young innocent Australian singer, who was pretty popular, and they couldn’t have been more opposite! He was an older man, and he should’ve known better to stay away from that because she was an adult, and just coming into her own and literally didn’t know anything about life & bad boys and they were dating for two years and then he ended up breaking up with her because he knew they weren’t right for each other. He cried his eyes out because he didn’t want to break her heart and he knew he was going to but he was just not the guy or man for her in here she was in her early 20s and by then he was every bit of almost 30. Michael didn’t date anybody after that for a couple years and that’s when he got involved with that super model, named Helena from Denmark. I know they loved each other but they were like the best buddies and hung around and had a lot of fun together. They have a much more mature relationship and she could handle his badness and he had started to calm down while they dated but the problem was a year after they started dating they were in Copenhagen and they were riding bikes home and eating pizza. some taxi driver stopped right behind him and told Michael to get on the road and he hit Michael and the singer hit his head on the curb and it screwed up his brain so bad he had blood coming out of his mouth and his ears but he didn’t want to stay in the hospital when EMS took him. His girlfriend said she stayed in his apartment for a month in the dark with headaches and threw up all the time which meant he had concussion, and yet he wouldn’t say in the hospital. The odd thing is that Helena said immediately when he came conscious in the ER, he was extremely hostile and aggressive, which was not like him at all, and he became more and more like that after he started to recuperate from his injury. he went to see a brain specialist in France. He didn’t just have a concussion, but part of his brain was chipped and his nerves were severed so he couldn’t smell anything and he couldn’t taste anything.. you don’t think about it being a big deal until you have to live with it and especially somebody as sensual as Michael. Helena ended up breaking up with him because she couldn’t take it anymore. he was hanging around everybody that was not right for him, including Paula Yates, the woman who left her husband Bob Geldof, and took off with Michael for months after running into him again in 1994. He was seeing her probably before Helena broke up with him. she just got tired of his behavior, and whatever was wrong with him after that accident he was never the same.
Paula & other people he hung around with made everything worse. Sad!!!
I think INXS was much better than some gave them credit for at the time. Between the way their name was spelled and their stylized music videos, it was easy to not consider them as serious. But, they were amazing live and their music still feels fresh. So much respect. Their collab with Jimmy Barnes on Good Times is legendary 🙂
U2 had a silly name as well. Maybe INXS was taken less seriously because it was dance oriented?
Agreed
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I wore the cassette of that album OUT. One of the best of the 80s! I still have it.
One of the best bands to come out of the 80s Need You Tonight & Suicide Blond are a must to check out. This entire album rocks.
INXS is one of my favorite bands; "the sun comes through our room like a god" is my favorite line.
I hate to tell you but you got your favorite line wrong 😂
Yeah you did.😂
Agree. 😁
..."and the Sun comes like a god,into our room"...
But it's the feels that count. ✌️❤️
Me too!!! One of my all time favorite lines, goes perfectly with the song & Michael's vocals.
Check out their early hit "Original Sin", it is really captures the 80s sound in a sparkly, special, sax-filled sandwich.
Absolutely spot on!!
My favorite INXS song.
It was so progressive
OMG. I can't tell you the impact INXS had on my life in the 80s. No one has sounded like them. Totally unique sound. Amazing party band. Fun was absolutely their thing. I still have an annual MH RIP day on the anniversary of his death. Great memories.
You should have seen these guys live, Michael was a hell of a front man. It's like if you were starting a band at that time and you were looking for a guy to lead the show, he is literally the image that would pop in your head. They crashed the scene so any of their stuff is worthy. Very unique sound for the time imo.
An early version of INXS “The One Thing” is a must listen it has an alternative feel to it.
I second that. Great song!
My favorite INXS song. Probably because it doesn't sound as much like INXS.
*YOU GUYS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES!* I was so worried about how you would react to INXS and held my breath until you said you liked it! "X" was their biggest album, but I feel like "Shabooh Shoobah" was their BEST album. They have so much music to check out!
Don't Change" is awesome, so many great songs by INXS. And if you want to see a dude who had it all, unbelievably attractive and so much charisma, but lost it all to mental health issues.....man
"Don't Change by far...in the post-punk era of 1982, it was a sign of things to come. Their sound at that point was more groundbreaking than their later stuff...Thanks for all you do Andy & Alex...
I don’t think the cause of death was ever verified
@@Meandmymirror Officially it was determined to be suicide.
@@kebo4660 Exactly this. Props to INXS for the worldwide success of their "Need You Tonight" era music but their earlier stuff "Don't Change" by far my personal faves. Less 80's sounding, for one thing amongst others.
@@loosilu I know the people that loved him think otherwise.
Michael Hutchence was one of the best, most charismatic front men ever. He had it all. Such a tragic loss.
Suicide Blonde live at Wembley Stadium. Gives you a feel of how popular INXS was.
Live Baby Live - one of the great concert films ever, the picture and sound quality is amazing
Yes! They should do the video from that concert. Incredible!
The lead singer had a Jim Morrison vibe to him, while the rest of the band had a New Wave vibe. He was gregarious and loved by the fans. He also had a serious drug problem. His amazing voice lives on.
Loved by the ladies, for sure.
Gentlemen, welcome to the INXS rabbit hole! This incredible gem (New Sensation) is NOT their best song! ❤
Agree.
Not close!!!!! this is just super super fun
It’s certainly one of them - Original Sin arguably being their best
I'm a big fan of Suicide Blonde... that harmonica work sets it right up!
Try Need you tonight and straight after Their song Mediate. Trust me,they are a set that really needs to be played together in that order
The two songs were intended to be played together. "Mediate" was inspired by Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," I believe.
Can you sing along to mediate? I almost have it down.
@@Meandmymirror I think I need to keep practicing
Finally, you 've come across one of the best groups ever, who happened to be legendary in concert. So many bangers in their catalogue that I bet it will be hard to nail down a favorite. Enjoy the journey...
Why why why haven't you done an INXS song from Wembley yet? Michael Hutchence is an absolute star on the stage. Their sound just explodes live. (My preference from Wembley is "What You Need" but they're all great. ) This was fun guys. Looking forward to more INXS.
What you need is definitiv my favourite from that concert. They turned this one song into a show that was magic..
One of my all time favorite bands...tons to explore if you choose, Devil Inside, Need You Tonight, Never Tear us Apart, Mystify, just to name a few. Love it!
So many bangers on that album. Need You Tonight, Devil Inside, a huge ballad with strings called Never Tear Us Apart….this was the first cassette that I ever bought with my own money as a kid and I played it to death. I highly recommend older hits like Original Sin, Listen Like Theives and What You Need as well as later ones like Suicide Blonde, Disappear, and Elegantly Wasted. Michael Hutchence was a front man for the ages.
“Mystify” is my favorite track on “Kick.” It hits a perfect sweet spot between their romantic side and their fun side.
The One, was the 1st song I remember hearing by this band. Played heavily @ clubs, radio. They had me from there, on...
this is another album you should listen to in its entirety
Definitely a full album dive for Kick. Almost all the songs are A or B+ tier. "Don't Change" from their Shaboo Shoobah album is an early standout. More 80s ish, but I think Alex would like it anyway. Other great tunes are, "what you need" and "This Time" from the Listen Like Thieves album and "Suicide Blonde" from their X album. That's just to start.
Listen Like Theives might be a better "full album", every song is fantastic 😍
@@sloav3769 Don't Change is their best song, imo, although taken as a whole, Listen Like Theives is 100 A-list material
Fantastic reaction, INXS are fantastic and one of the biggest live bands of the 80s. 20 years of hits and diverse styles but always sounds like INXS. They had 7 top ten US singles, many more around the world.
Fabulous in concert. Saw them in 1985. Michael Hutchence was one of the great frontmen of the era. Gone far too soon. RIP
Great track
Great band
Great album
Great vocalist
INXS is almost ridiculously good! Just by appearance you might think they're 'just another pop band', but they rock and get funky! The next one you should hear is 'Need You Tonight', no confusion about those lyrics, hahaha!!
One of the best singers, bands, albums of the 80s. I mourn him every day. We’ve really missed out on some great music in his absence.
The late, great Michael Hutchence on vocal. Next is "Listen Like Thieves." They were top tier 80s all decade long.
I saw them at the US Festival in 1983 and the San Diego Civic Center in 1985. "Listen Like Thieves" was pretty popular here. They were popular before 87.
@@girl_overthinx Indeed. I was fortunate to live in great FM radio territory, which played all the imports. So I was a big fan of "Thieves" and "The One Thing" etc. years before they smashed big with Kick and all those tremendous barefoot MTV videos.
More INXS please!!! They are very versatile.
INXS is a giant that somehow got forgotten. Truly great 80’s band. Shabooh Shoobah is amazing. Thanks, fellas!
What an album.........!!!
Go for Don’t Change…great rocker. Also they’re first hit, The One Thing.
Their very best, Don’t Change
I'm surprised there aren't more upvotes on this comment. Those two will always be my favorite INXS songs.
massive band at their height...for legit reason..they had it all
The One Thing is the song that got me hooked into INXS. Great rock riff.
Their most famous song is Need You Tonight. Suicide Blonde and Devil Inside are also great
There are a lot of great INXS songs. Don’t Change is my personal favorite. One of my favorites by anyone, actually.
I think INXS's 2 best songs are "Don't Change" and "Good Time" with Jimmy Barnes. I guarantee you, those are 2 bangers.
All their songs are bangers. I particularly always enjoy hearing "Original Sin" such a unique sound
INXS is absolutely incredible. This song and this album Kick truly are incredible. The entire band are just on fire and are incredibly talented musicians and songwriters.
Michael Hutchence is the fantastic lead vocalist. Every time a new single dropped from INXS was exciting and fun and full of energy. Hutchence committed suicide at 37 to which I say, if you or a friend is struggling with depression please take it very seriously and seek professional help. ❤️
Great pick! Next songs to check out, “The One thing,” “Don’t Change,” “Never Tear us Apart,” and “Need You Tonight.”
Don’t Change and the One thing are true bangers
Rock and roll love triangles are always amazing to look at, but this one had a body count. Remember Bob Geldof, the Live Aid organizer who starred in The Wall film? You know what, just google it, I can't do it justice.
What you need is “what you need”
The live performance of this at Wembley is really something to see.
The Wembley Stadium version of this song is one of the greatest live moments ever at a stadium known for great live moments. A must check out!
Saw them in 84(?)...opened with Don't Change...and I've seen thousands of shows but that opening song is crystal clear in my foggy memory of great show openers. Highly highly highly recommend that song...they owned the stage.
I'm such a huge fan of INXS. I saw them in concert in October, 1997, just three months before Michael Hutchence passed. I started listening to them with their third album, Shabooh Shoobah (1982). Michael had Jim Morrison charisma, Mick Jagger moves, Freddie Mercury sex appeal, and just a smidge of Michael Jackson's vocal quirks. You need to hear Don't Change, The One Thing, Need You Tonight (top 5), Original Sin (Alex will love the bass licks at about 1:30), Burn for You, Never Tear Us Apart (top 5), I Send a Message, Elegantly Wasted, What You Need (top 5), Suicide Blonde, Listen Like Thieves, Devil Inside-Words are weapons, sharper than knives (top 5), Beautiful Girl, Mystify (top 5), Mediate (watch the video!). Okay, okay, I'll stop there. Kinda' went crazy there for a minute.
INXS is such an underrated band.. so many different sounds, but yet you always know it is them. Need You Tonight, Devil Inside, Don't Change, Never Tear Us Apart and Suicide Blonde are my recommendations
As a 14 year old in the summer of 1987 this album was on heavy rotation.
“What you need” is their masterpiece
Better than Don't Change? Well... everyone has different tastes, no right or wrong, but still surprised.
It's certainly *a* masterpiece, but they have several in my opinion.
@@richardsteiner8992 True, there are many greats. But when I think of their signature songs, that is the one that immediately pops in my head.
@@charlieandmabel2763 tbh, there really isn’t an inxs song that I don’t like.
Yes. That story! Your album needs a hit single, you have 24 hrs. 24 hrs later, What You Need. Award winning videos too.
This song and album are nostalgia bombs. My mom used to play this cassette in the car when I was a kid in the late 80s. The album holds up extremely well decades later. “Devil Inside” is my favorite track.
"Never Tear Us Apart" should be the next one you hit. Probably their signature song. My band worked up a sort of 60's Soul version of that song that we played in clubs for years. We played it one night at a bar in Phuket, Thailand and had no idea that the drummer from INXS was in the audience. As soon as he recognized what we were playing he stood up from his table and stared open mouthed for the whole song! He bought us all beers during the break and chatted with us...and we still had no idea who he was. He never mentioned it. It wasn't until after he left that the manager said "You know who that was, don't you?"
Actually listening to this song for the first time, hearing it for the first time in years. It takes the best parts of Robert Palmer, the vibe of Sledgehammer, and Prince’s R&B/Soul horns via synth and mixes them together excellently.
Yeah, was thinking the same thing, that the kind of smooth crooner throwback thing happening in the UK around the time (so also Style Council, ABC, Spandau Ballet, etc) was referenced here nicely with the horns but it really was its own animal. I was over it when it was on the radio constantly but it does bear up upon relisten.
This entire album is full of bangers and one of the best produced & mixed albums of the 80s.
“What You Need” is hot. All their songs feel like sex.
This LP was ultra mega massive when it came out in '87. No pop sell outs though. You can here the sincerity in Michael Hutchence's delivery and soulfulness (RIP). This track is probably my favorite in their catalogue. Proper banger
You could pick any INXS song and love it. They didn't have a bad song. They were ahead of their time. Major rabbit hole. Original sin, Don't change, To look at you, Burn for you, Never tear us apart, Just keep walking, It's endless.
LOVE INXS and grew up listening to their stuff. Their sound was constantly evolving and they always kept things interesting, treading the line between funk and rock (and women dug the band just as much as men) and they were a staple on MTV back in the day. I got to see them play live 3 times in during the 80s, and to this day, they're still one of the tightest bands I've even heard play.
Shabooh Shoobah was the first album to hit in the states, and the singles "The One Thing" and "Don't Change" are amazing.
The Swing was the next album, and featured "Original Sin" (which was produced by Nile Rodgers and features background vocals by Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates), "I Send a Message", and "Burn For You", among others.
Listen Like Thieves was next, and featured songs like "What You Need" (one of my favorite INXS tracks, and you guys DEFINITELY need to check it out), "This Time", and the title track "Listen Like Thieves"
Kick is the album that features "New Sensation", as well as "Need You Tonight/Mediate", "Devil Inside", "Mystify", and "Never Tear Us Apart" (and it's pretty much loaded up with bangers from start to finish)
Later albums had songs like "Bitter Tears", "Disappear", "Suicide Blonde", "Elegantly Wasted", "Not Enough Time" and tons of others.
Guys, there was so much great music like this in the 80s that you haven't explored, because you are too much into the 60s and 70s. Dudes, give the 80s a chance!
Next INXS song should be What You Need, it has a great bass riff and it's catchy!
Need You Tonight, Mystify, Suicide Blonde, Never Tear Us Apart, Beautiful Girl, Taste It, Listen Like Thieves - plenty to check out, they are criminally underrated
Simply put, it's a great song by a great band. Owners of the most heartbreaking "What if ..." scenarios in rock music history.
Dive right in. You could go to any album and find banger after banger. "They gotta have more songs" killed me. This was one one of the biggest bands in the world for a good long time. Had Michael lived, who knows where they would be right now.
Agreed. I saw INXS in 1993 and they all sprinted onto stage with camouflage military outfits on! Not just the sexy smoky stuff for the ladies. They also rocked for all the guys too!
Can't believe not more people are saying to do Devil Inside. Probably my favorite song of v the 80's...period. Such a cool band.
One of those bands you can just never go wrong with ❤
Another by INXS in the same mode is "What You Need." That's my favorite of theirs.
Fantastic band and this album is one of the best ever (coming from more of a 60s-70s guy, than an 80s fan). You will love it beginning to end.
As everyone else has said, they had a lot of great 80's singles: "The One Thing," "What You Need," "I Need You Tonight" (with or without "Mediate"...it's probably better without "Mediate"), "Never Tear Us Apart," "Devil Inside"...there are some other really good songs on that "Kick" album. "Mystify," "Guns In The Sky." INXS had it going on for a while there.
DONT CHANGE
So much exuberant energy. And excellent party song, or loved up song. Still feel sad at his early passing.
Been wanting you to listen to INXS for a long time. Glad you finally hit them and loved them! Thanks boys for a happy Monday.
Devil Inside, Bitter Tears, Need You Tonight….. Keep going guys.
The was a video that went along with this. Michael Hutchence was a star on the level of Mick Jagger. He had the voice, the looks and the moves with a tight band backing him. Loosing him was a great tragedy and the band had so much potential but they never recovered.They even had a reality show to choose a replacement, but nobody remembers who was chosen.
I remember he was a worse drug addict than Hutch had ever been and ruined the whole feel of the band.
Do they have anything else??? Kick was an 80’s behemoth which has now surpassed 20 million albums sold worldwide. Yes, 20M. INXS was a really good Australian rock band with a dance/pop sound and a handsome and charismatic frontman in Michael Hutchence. The release of the video for their first single from Kick, Need You Tonight, was a major pop culture event. Accepting his destiny as a global icon, Michael Hutchence unleashed his flowing locks, removed his shirt and wordlessly proclaimed “I am sex.” Many teenage girls had an “awakening” that day…
This song live at Wembley is tremendous
INXS has a whole factory load of sauce. I have a soft spot for one of their earlier hits, Just Keep Walking.
RIP Michael Hutchence that voice ... a Jim Morrison level of charisma. Lots of bangers on "Kick". Dang and Alex went A+ on a total 80's song.
INXS was a popular dance club/lounge staple in the late 80's.
the first time i heard the first single from this album, i said to my friend, "holy shit, this album is going to be HUGE." glad i wasn't wrong. [EDIT: spoiler alert, that entire album is a big platter of sauce.]
"never tear us apart" is great!
SUCH a talented band !! RIP MICHAEL ! we are still listening
Yet again ? For a country of that population they have produced very little world class talent. INXS is a decent band.
They have hooks big enough to catch a marlin. The Stairs is deepish cut that I absolutely love.
INXS comes from that tried and true arena of 'Pub Rock' in Australia where if you didn't bring it live 6 nights a week you wouldn't survive. They have a massive catalogue and their earlier stuff that pre-dates this break out album is more fun - more rock and less funk.
Live though they just killed - their Wembley Live show is a band at the top of their form.
Fav's of mine that I think you'll love 'Johnson's Aeroplane' , 'Don't Change', 'Original Sin' and the monster 'Never tear us apart'
Definitely worth diving deeper into these boys.
Check Cold Chisel - for the Royalty of Pub Rock they all aspired to be.
Terrific and complete album. Hutchence was one of the best front man and performer on stage with a really cool voice and attitude. What a band was INXS!
INXS was my favorite band of the 80s. Most of their songs have multiple hooks. You should definitely do the whole album.
I was a DJ at my college radio station when this song came out. I played INXS every time I was on the air, such a powerful band. I’m glad you enjoyed the song. One of my favorites is a ballad called Never Tear Us Apart - check it out. 🎶
Midnight Oil. Beds are Burning
I second this wholeheartedly ! Midnight Oil. Beds are Burning could be my fave song of the entire 80s. Fav INXS "What You Need".
Now maybe I’m just a HUGE INXS fan, but I’m really shocked you two haven’t heard this one! 🤔 It’s played in supermarkets, even… 🤣
Yes. His voice is “SO GOOD”. Rest in Peace, Michael 🕊️🩵
Great channel! :)
I was lucky enough to see them perform live in Sacramento on the Kick Tour. Amazing amazing live show. One of the best concerts that I've attended my entire life. Suggestions: "Never Tear us Apart", "Devil Inside" "Suicide Blonde" would be a good place to continue from here. Thanks guys for checking out this song, enjoyed your reactions.