On the album that this comes from (Edge), you can hear John Farnham doing a lot of the backing vocals (as the days go by is a good example ).... most of our premier artists here help one another out, support each other and are basically friends - regardless of the fact that they are mainly in competition chart wise.... I guess being remote makes it necessary sometimes ! The background singer was Margaret Urlich - New Zealand singer who based herself in Sydney so we claimed her !!! (most Aussies will see the humour in that statement !! ) Thanks Mikey !
The horses, was my husband and my "song". He passed away in 2018. It amazes me, how whenever I feel really low, and need a pick me up, this song somehow magically appears in some way. THANK YOU for reacting to this song. I feel like it was a message from my Steve, to say he is still here with me. 💖💖💖 By the way, your eyes are very expressive, when you are enjoying listening to a song that touches your soul. I totally love that about your reactions. I truly hope your channel grows. There are so MANY Australian and New Zealand artists (I consider us Aussies and Kiwi's brothers) that you have yet to discover. I can't wait til you fall down that rabbit hole and fall in love with our own home grown talent. 💖💜
Australian music in the 80s was awesome Farnsey, Barnsey, Inxs, Midnight Oil, The Angels, The Radiators, Noiseworks, The Divinyls, AC/DC, Dragon, Mental as Anything, Australian Crawl, Men at work, Mondo Rock, Daryl Braithwaite, Hoodoo Gurus, The Allnighters, Choirboys, icehouse, skyhooks, Rose Tattoo, and id bet id be forgetting many, But Barnsey and Farnsey and on going legends
Daryl Braithwaite has John Farnham to thank for he’s comeback in the late 80’s . Daryl was working on some songs for an album like John was pretty much at similar time John was working on Whispering Jack . Daryl was also unsigned by any recording company at that time . Many recording companies regretted turning back John Farnham’s Whispering Jack album in 1986. Apparently so Columbia / Sony gave Daryl Braithwaite an recording deal without hearing any of he’s demos with ended up being 1988 hit The Edge album . John Farnham’s success opened up the contemporary pop market in Australia in the late 80’s and restored faith in Australia artist from the 60’s 70’s that had popularity drop in 80’s . John Farnham also did background vocals on Daryl Braithwaite’s albums The Edge and Rise which features this song The Horses . The female singer on this song is New Zealander Margaret Urlich she recorded her part over the phone . Sorry Margaret Urlich isn’t the girl in the music video that’s a model
Rickie Lee Jones [of Chuck E.'s in Love fame] wrote this for her daughter, saying that even when grown she will always be there for her. Daryl Braithwaite covered it [Rise album] and his version became more popular than Rickie Lee's original. Daryl started in a band called Sherbert, and they had some fun songs as well.
One of those songs every Australian can belt out a rendition of - particularly when drunk. It’s a song you’ll hear your neighbour singing along to. Back during the worst of Covid I remember someone trying to organise a national singalong of Horses where we all supposed to belt it out drunk together.
I got a bit of a surprise when I moved to Melbourne and they started playing this song at the end of a Melbourne Victory Football Club match I attended. I thought it was just a random choice of music to play at the stadium but I was shocked that there were about 30,000 people singing along, so its apparently a ritual that is repeated at the end of every match. It was fun to see all the people bonding over this song that was familiar from when I was a kid.
I was at a concert at the greyhound track in Adelaide a few years back . Couldn't believe a guy his age can still pump out a song like this is Margaret urlich is also awesome that's the woman in the clip..
I was at the same concert it was awesome. There was no disappointment at all his voice was as good as his recordings. I was so sick of his warm-up act she seemed to go on forever. To add to the pain I was stuck on her family table and had to put up with them constantly saying how good she was. She was ok but not his standard of talent.
This is everyone's favorite wedding song. I may even use it at my wedding. It has 40 million digital downloads, including 14 million on TH-cam and continues to be a big seller in physical media and recently went 10th x platinum. The video was shot on a beach a few hours north of Sydney, south of Forster. The helicopter was there partly to get those aerial shots but also to fly Darryl directly to a gig in Sydney that night once filming wrapped up.
One of Australia’s much loved singers Daryl is a rock legend as he started out in the Aussie Band Sherbet and has had a sole career for many years he is still performing today his is 73. Horses is one of many Aussie anthem as when it’s play everyone sings it at the top of their voice we have so many of them here in Australia as we have so many awesome bands and singers. Daryl released a new single in 2020 called Love Song which I love he was 71, you should check out One Summer which is a great song.. so reminds us of our summers at the beach and life in Australia back then we were kids. plus As The Days Go By, All I Do, Higher Than Hope & Rise.. One Summer th-cam.com/video/pVfA9r-AVOg/w-d-xo.html As The Days Go By th-cam.com/video/0DYVyJrmns4/w-d-xo.html All I Do th-cam.com/video/1NSrBz-FLHE/w-d-xo.html Higher than Hope th-cam.com/video/lsxpvYpiMOM/w-d-xo.html Rise th-cam.com/video/K5rr_RVXFWE/w-d-xo.html Love Song th-cam.com/video/UrqeFCB_ig8/w-d-xo.html
Mike, you’ll find a gold mine of great music you’ve probably never heard from Australia and New Zealand in the 80s and 90s. We still have great artists these days but music is more international now and less interesting. Looking forward to seeing what you dig up. XO
In his time, Darryl Braithwaite was considered to have the best male falsetto in Australia. Before his solo career, he was in a band called “Sherbet” who Dominated the popular charts for most of the 70s. Their song “Howzat” (a cricket terminology used by the team bowling to enquire of the umpire if a batsman was bowled or caught out) is still used by Cricket Australia as an anthem today, some fifty years later.
Ah, good old Dazza. 55 yr old Aussie here. Daryl was originally in a group called Sherbet. Their most famous song was probably 'Howzat' which used old Cricket slang. In the 1970s, we kids would argue on the playground who was better: Sherbet or their more glam rock rivals, Skyhooks. I could never choose. I loved them both. :-) Your enthusiasm is infectious. You're practically an honorary Aussie now.Most Aussies believe the only prerequisite to be an Aussie is that you want to be one. Welcome to the family. :-)
You have to hear Guy Sebastian, Battle scars On ANZAC Day, Standing With You or just about anything. Not just an insanely great singer, but writes some really amazing songs. Loving your reactions, Stay well.
Great song nice reaction thanks Mikey ❤️ it must have been held back a day or two by TH-cam for copyright inspection as it didn’t come up on my subscriptions page.. so I’m wondering if others missed it too. Anyway love that your getting into more Aussie stuff.
Can't believe I missed this one... until now! Daryl is much loved and this song is beautiful, especially live, he ad-libs and puts a different spin on every performance.
You are really picking the pub bangers here in Australia, the new hits play in the background all night but when John, Jimmy or Darrell come on, everyone sings every word, even the just legals. Chills.💜
Mike, now that you are down the rabbit hole, I think you would enjoy a song called Great Southern Land by a group called Goanna. It is a nice song and the film clip shows some lovely views of Australia.
Hi Mike, Margaret Urlich is a female singer that you should also react to. She is yet another talent from New Zealand that us Aussies have "stolen" to claim as our own. Suggested song would be boy in the moon, Escaping or Only my heart calling you. Margaret is another hidden gem like John Farnham.
Timeless song, one of my favourites. One of John Farnhams back up singers which you saw in that’s freedom reaction playing the guitar in red shirt is Jack jones. He has similar voice to John and was part of a group called southern Sons. Would be great if you can react to southern sons “you were there” th-cam.com/video/g0Ts0F4ZUvo/w-d-xo.html
It'd be cool if you response to Daryl's 70's hit ''Howzat'' with his previous band, Sherbet. The song was # 1 in Australia and several other countries, and got to # 60 on the US billboard charts (some position).... Courtney Love claimed it was her favourite song when she was a teenager. It'd be great to see you react to it. The woman that sang along with Daryl in ''Horses'' was Margaret Urlich. She recently died of cancer. She isn't in the video. If you're interested, check out Margaret Urlich's hits ''Escape'' and ''Only My Heart Calling''... She was a New Zealander, but had success in Australia in the 90's..
i'm not going to go over corrected this.. if there are wrong choice of words (ie; Response to Daryl's..) it's cause I type fast with the words coming on screen as soon as I think them, and at times I type the wrong word when I'm meaning another.
Many Aussies have sung this loud and proud at many nightclubs, parties and gatherings at 2am in full unison.
On the album that this comes from (Edge), you can hear John Farnham doing a lot of the backing vocals (as the days go by is a good example ).... most of our premier artists here help one another out, support each other and are basically friends - regardless of the fact that they are mainly in competition chart wise.... I guess being remote makes it necessary sometimes ! The background singer was Margaret Urlich - New Zealand singer who based herself in Sydney so we claimed her !!! (most Aussies will see the humour in that statement !! ) Thanks Mikey !
Darryl's album "Edge" was awesome, but this song was on his "Rise" album which came out around 2 years after edge was released.
@@Jazz_Tamatea Thanks Jas ! Got my albums mixed up ! I was thinking about One Summer and As the Days go By when I wrote it
The horses, was my husband and my "song". He passed away in 2018. It amazes me, how whenever I feel really low, and need a pick me up, this song somehow magically appears in some way. THANK YOU for reacting to this song. I feel like it was a message from my Steve, to say he is still here with me. 💖💖💖
By the way, your eyes are very expressive, when you are enjoying listening to a song that touches your soul. I totally love that about your reactions. I truly hope your channel grows. There are so MANY Australian and New Zealand artists (I consider us Aussies and Kiwi's brothers) that you have yet to discover. I can't wait til you fall down that rabbit hole and fall in love with our own home grown talent. 💖💜
Australian music in the 80s was awesome Farnsey, Barnsey, Inxs, Midnight Oil, The Angels, The Radiators, Noiseworks, The Divinyls, AC/DC, Dragon, Mental as Anything, Australian Crawl, Men at work, Mondo Rock, Daryl Braithwaite, Hoodoo Gurus, The Allnighters, Choirboys, icehouse, skyhooks, Rose Tattoo, and id bet id be forgetting many, But Barnsey and Farnsey and on going legends
Don't forget Crowded House too ;)
@AusKiwi 81 lol yes their Aussie
And that is not to mention their aussie predecessors from the 50's, 60's and into the 70's when they all started.
Daryl Braithwaite has John Farnham to thank for he’s comeback in the late 80’s .
Daryl was working on some songs for an album like John was pretty much at similar time John was working on Whispering Jack .
Daryl was also unsigned by any recording company at that time .
Many recording companies regretted turning back John Farnham’s Whispering Jack album in 1986. Apparently so Columbia / Sony gave Daryl Braithwaite an recording deal without hearing any of he’s demos with ended up being 1988 hit The Edge album .
John Farnham’s success opened up the contemporary pop market in Australia in the late 80’s and restored faith in Australia artist from the 60’s 70’s that had popularity drop in 80’s .
John Farnham also did background vocals on Daryl Braithwaite’s albums The Edge and Rise which features this song The Horses .
The female singer on this song is New Zealander Margaret Urlich she recorded her part over the phone . Sorry Margaret Urlich isn’t the girl in the music video that’s a model
Rickie Lee Jones [of Chuck E.'s in Love fame] wrote this for her daughter, saying that even when grown she will always be there for her. Daryl Braithwaite covered it [Rise album] and his version became more popular than Rickie Lee's original. Daryl started in a band called Sherbert, and they had some fun songs as well.
One of those songs every Australian can belt out a rendition of - particularly when drunk. It’s a song you’ll hear your neighbour singing along to. Back during the worst of Covid I remember someone trying to organise a national singalong of Horses where we all supposed to belt it out drunk together.
One of my favourite songs from this era of Aussie music
I got a bit of a surprise when I moved to Melbourne and they started playing this song at the end of a Melbourne Victory Football Club match I attended. I thought it was just a random choice of music to play at the stadium but I was shocked that there were about 30,000 people singing along, so its apparently a ritual that is repeated at the end of every match. It was fun to see all the people bonding over this song that was familiar from when I was a kid.
I was at a concert at the greyhound track in Adelaide a few years back .
Couldn't believe a guy his age can still pump out a song like this is Margaret urlich is also awesome that's the woman in the clip..
I was at the same concert it was awesome. There was no disappointment at all his voice was as good as his recordings.
I was so sick of his warm-up act she seemed to go on forever.
To add to the pain I was stuck on her family table and had to put up with them constantly saying how good she was. She was ok but not his standard of talent.
Another Aussie Ledge, this song will be remembered in this country for many years to come whether you like it or not. 👍
Glad to see you enjoying Aussie music 😊This was my era great song's fun happy time's, great to be reminded of those times 💯👍🇦🇺
So many great Aussie singers, Farnsey, Barnsey, Guy Sebastian, Matt Corby, delta Goodrem, Jack jones etc
This is everyone's favorite wedding song. I may even use it at my wedding. It has 40 million digital downloads, including 14 million on TH-cam and continues to be a big seller in physical media and recently went 10th x platinum. The video was shot on a beach a few hours north of Sydney, south of Forster. The helicopter was there partly to get those aerial shots but also to fly Darryl directly to a gig in Sydney that night once filming wrapped up.
One of Australia’s much loved singers Daryl is a rock legend as he started out in the Aussie Band Sherbet and has had a sole career for many years he is still performing today his is 73. Horses is one of many Aussie anthem as when it’s play everyone sings it at the top of their voice we have so many of them here in Australia as we have so many awesome bands and singers. Daryl released a new single in 2020 called Love Song which I love he was 71, you should check out One Summer which is a great song.. so reminds us of our summers at the beach and life in Australia back then we were kids. plus As The Days Go By, All I Do, Higher Than Hope & Rise..
One Summer
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As The Days Go By
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All I Do
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Higher than Hope
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Rise
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Love Song
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I know it's a slip of the fingers or a failure to proof-read but the band is Sherbet, not Serbet.
@@mrmockatoo6786 lol a bit of both.all fixed now 😂😂
Live, you have to see this live…the vibe is off the charts!
Mike, you’ll find a gold mine of great music you’ve probably never heard from Australia and New Zealand in the 80s and 90s. We still have great artists these days but music is more international now and less interesting.
Looking forward to seeing what you dig up. XO
This is my forever song . One of them
The woman's voice (not the model in the video) is Kiwi, Margaret Urlich. check out her song Number One.
In his time, Darryl Braithwaite was considered to have the best male falsetto in Australia. Before his solo career, he was in a band called “Sherbet” who Dominated the popular charts for most of the 70s. Their song “Howzat” (a cricket terminology used by the team bowling to enquire of the umpire if a batsman was bowled or caught out) is still used by Cricket Australia as an anthem today, some fifty years later.
It also knocked Abba off no.1 on the charts
@@jeffwilson7100 absolutely! It topped #1 in Australia and NZ and made it to #5 in the UK charts. 🙂
Interesting fact, Horses was written by Ricky Lee Jones, the background singer is Margaret Urlich.
If you want some great Aussie artists, try The Badloves, Johnny Diesel, The Angels 👍
Yes yes yes The Badloves 💜💜💜💜💜💜
Try The Waifs and Missy Higgins both awesome Australian acts.
Ah, good old Dazza. 55 yr old Aussie here. Daryl was originally in a group called Sherbet. Their most famous song was probably 'Howzat' which used old Cricket slang. In the 1970s, we kids would argue on the playground who was better: Sherbet or their more glam rock rivals, Skyhooks. I could never choose. I loved them both. :-)
Your enthusiasm is infectious. You're practically an honorary Aussie now.Most Aussies believe the only prerequisite to be an Aussie is that you want to be one. Welcome to the family. :-)
You have to hear Guy Sebastian, Battle scars On ANZAC Day, Standing With You or just about anything. Not just an insanely great singer, but writes some really amazing songs.
Loving your reactions, Stay well.
Aussie artists hone their art in the tough school of club and pub live performances so if they make it, they are damn good as a rule.
Matt Corby " brother" live at triple j radio station is amazing ..I mean amazing ! The segment on the radio is called " like a version"
Great song nice reaction thanks Mikey ❤️ it must have been held back a day or two by TH-cam for copyright inspection as it didn’t come up on my subscriptions page.. so I’m wondering if others missed it too. Anyway love that your getting into more Aussie stuff.
Can't believe I missed this one... until now! Daryl is much loved and this song is beautiful, especially live, he ad-libs and puts a different spin on every performance.
Now you need to imagine 100's of people singing this at a live concert
All my childhood summers
They all are besties 🥰 thats the difference. I have never explored America as yet.
such a great song, another fave of his for a day at the beach or bbq is one summer
You are really picking the pub bangers here in Australia, the new hits play in the background all night but when John, Jimmy or Darrell come on, everyone sings every word, even the just legals. Chills.💜
Love this song!
Another famous Australian song is “What about me” by Moving Pictures. Definitely check it out. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
You should listen to some of Darryl's original band, Sherbet. Brilliant stuff.
Mike, now that you are down the rabbit hole, I think you would enjoy a song called Great Southern Land by a group called Goanna. It is a nice song and the film clip shows some lovely views of Australia.
Your challenge is to listen to James Reyne’s “Hammerhead“, decipher the lyrics, and identify the female backing singer!
Margaret Urlich was the female vocalist on this video. And Gillian Bailey is the model lip syncing in the video. Nic named Gilli Vanilli.
Hi Mike, Margaret Urlich is a female singer that you should also react to. She is yet another talent from New Zealand that us Aussies have "stolen" to claim as our own. Suggested song would be boy in the moon, Escaping or Only my heart calling you. Margaret is another hidden gem like John Farnham.
Timeless song, one of my favourites. One of John Farnhams back up singers which you saw in that’s freedom reaction playing the guitar in red shirt is Jack jones. He has similar voice to John and was part of a group called southern Sons. Would be great if you can react to southern sons “you were there” th-cam.com/video/g0Ts0F4ZUvo/w-d-xo.html
Yeah that’s such a great song
Hi mike. A really good song to react to is an older jimmy barnes and joe bonamassa called stone cold. It’s a show stopper
The female is the beautiful talented Deborah Conway she does back up here but has her own body of work like “string of pearls” etc
Margaret Ulrich does backing vocals on this. Chick in the clip is just a model lypsincing. Loved Deborah in Doe Rae Me and the movie Running On Empty
Agreed tranquil
It'd be cool if you response to Daryl's 70's hit ''Howzat'' with his previous band, Sherbet. The song was # 1 in Australia and several other countries, and got to # 60 on the US billboard charts (some position).... Courtney Love claimed it was her favourite song when she was a teenager. It'd be great to see you react to it.
The woman that sang along with Daryl in ''Horses'' was Margaret Urlich. She recently died of cancer. She isn't in the video.
If you're interested, check out Margaret Urlich's hits ''Escape'' and ''Only My Heart Calling''... She was a New Zealander, but had success in Australia in the 90's..
i'm not going to go over corrected this.. if there are wrong choice of words (ie; Response to Daryl's..) it's cause I type fast with the words coming on screen as soon as I think them, and at times I type the wrong word when I'm meaning another.
Sorry like the group that sings Great Southern Land is Icehouse. Look for the original film clip too.
if you want to do a Jimmy Barnes classic song id suggest Working Class man, but my fave is his song id die to be with you tonight
Oi Oi Oi 😊👍
Riki Lee jones song
Show some love for Margaret Urlich she sings half the song
Try “Love Songs” by Daryl
Finally a yank who can pronounce Aussie. Well done....
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Can anyone confirm if the little boy is Chris Hemsworth with his dad?
Highly doubt it as this kid would be to young to be Chris hemsworth because this came out in 1990 and he would have been 7 as he was born in 1983
Oi oi oi.
He has a solid voice. I still to this date - hate this song. Anytime it comes on - I already mute it.