Thank you so much Nick!! This is my request. Aussie rock classic with an important message explained so well in the comments below. One of my all time favourites from the early 1980s. Love your channel 💛
Hey Nick, Rose here . I am the curly haired keyboard player in the clip . Thanks very much for giving it a spin and I really enjoyed hearing your comments… very interesting to hear your thoughts on first hearing the song after 49 years .I’ve just tagged Shane Howard who wrote the song and his Sister Marcia . I’m sure they will get a kick out of it . Lotsa love, Rose Bygrave
@@paulschmidtke425 thanks Paul, that’s a super generous comment. But as we are about to go and do our first gig in 25 years tomorrow supporting Midnight Oil, I’ll pass it on to the others , and carry it with me onto the big stage. I think we are sounding better than ever... time will tell. Love and peace to you and yours, lotsa love Rose
@@rosebygrave876 I was at Duneed Estate last night - a fantastic night! I loved hearing you guys and Midnight Oil and part of that was seeing that the passion for justice for Aboriginal people is still there.
@@algibb4719 hi Al, thanks for your post. Great you were there it was our first gig together in a loooog time. It was pretty wet at the front of the stage ..thank goodness someone had a towel to cover the keyboard or my hair might have been standing on end 🤯 great to be playing along side The Oils ... so much respect for Liz Stringer too. Thanks again Rose 😘
Just some background: "They were standing on the shore one day, saw the white sails in the sun". Put yourself in the place of the Australian Indigenous community when either Cook or the first fleet arrived. Ships from Europe. It's kind of the point of the song. The land is a solid rock. It's sacred ground. Maybe the very next line, "living on borrowed time", is the saddest part of the song... Love this song so very, very much.
This song was so big here that it isn’t easy to put into words. Every single party blasted this out numerous times a night, I know that we did!! It was an amazing time for Australian music!!
As a teenager ,here in Australia ,absolutely ,everyone had this album ,I still play my original cassette. Check out their other albums too ,they are magnificent. They were absolutely brilliant live .
what separates Goanna from other Aussie bands is their style, lyrics, thoughtfulness, sensitivity and smooth folk-leanings - great band, good people and great music
According to Howard, the inspiration came on a ten-day camping trip at Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) during 1980 where he had a "spiritual awakening" which brought "the fire in the belly" to the surface over injustices to Australia’s indigenous peoples. Howard said "I realised that this country that I grew up in, that I thought was my country, wasn't. I had to reassess my whole relationship with the land and the landscape, and understand that we had come from somewhere else, and we had dis-empowered a whole race of people when we arrived. "Well, they were standin' on the shore one day They saw the white sails in the sun Wasn't long before they felt the sting White man, white law, white gun Don't tell me that it's justified 'Cause somewhere, well, someone lied Yeah, well, someone lied Someone lied, a genocide Well, someone lied, oh, ah. Peace out
stop saying 'we' 'we' didn't do anything, and the aboriginals are an extremely passive people. I guess it is how they coerced elders and others with power to commit atrocities to their own! hence white man, white Law, white Gun, and someone lied, as happened across the world he uses so little words to convey a message that is so powerful, they even let other Aboriginals carry out their own brutal justice death sentence's ect under their own law, white man couldn't arrest a black man for killing another black (although this did change) it is such a strange history legally. study law for a year and you will find out some insane things
I loved how you were getting into the sound and then stopped when you realised he was saying something important. It’s all about dispossession of the Indigenous owners of Australia. A very powerful song when you know the context.
I am a big fat old Australian, I saw them perform this song live in 1982 or 83 - I was 10 feet from the stage. The song has sent shivers done my spine for the past 40 years.
Female on keyboards is Shane Howard's sister, Marcia, a long term Singer songwriter. Inspiration for this song came to Shane on a camping trip to Uluru, (formerly Ayes Rock). The song was inspired by the thought of the people that lost their land when Captain Cook arrived in Australia.This track set the tone for other bands that followed: eg, Midnight Oil (Beds are Burning), right through, eventually to Yothu Yindi (Treaty)......Yes, around 1980.
Shout out to all the elders of the first peoples nations on who's land we stand. And may their knowledge and guidance help us to bring about a brighter future for all people's whom call Australia their home. Let us have respect and change the date.
Couldn’t agree with you more Derek. My 12 year old calls January 26 “invasion day” and I didn’t talk to her about that directly. I do feel shame and regret for what happened to our Aboriginal people - I just don’t know how to help, how to make things better, how to heal and return to them the land that undoubtedly belongs to them and their ancestors… it’s a quandary in my brain. 🐨
@@JourneyThrough60 Hate to be the bringer of bad news. But unless they had some incredible defenses against the incoming technology and other countries. It is ignorant to think the First nation people would be able to hold onto this land. With spears and 300 odd nations that barely get on today let alone back then. I personally can not think of one country with the level of technology that England had that would have treated them any differently. Some would have just outright wiped /killed everyone. All i can hope for is that as a nation we can come together. Because guess what. Nothing is guaranteed. We all might be on the chopping board if the wrong thing happens.
@@alexfrankl7861 if Australia was invaded would you expect your ancestors to stick by their roots or just roll over? Would you expect them to celebrate this dispossession of land and culture annually on the day it began?
@@JourneyThrough60I know what you mean. Let's just change it to September 10th. That would be my birthday. And I feel I deserve to have it as a public holiday. 🙂 lol
I'm not sure if this has come up before, but generally when you hear references to dreaming in Australian music they're talking about the Dreamtime, this is the beginning of the world in Aboriginal culture. You'll also hear references to a serpent or great snake, that's the Rainbow Serpent who created life. Solid Rock is about the European invasion of Australia and genocide, it was released in 1982, the 70s and 80s were the height of the fight for recognition of native title and land rights, so rock music doing what it does best, produced some of the finest music reminding us of our moral obligations. Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning, Yothu Yindi's Treaty are a couple you've already reacted to, but even David Bowie filmed his Let's Dance video here to highlight the fight for indigenous rights.
I remember when this song came out and it rocked my boat BIG time. Still have it on my playlist and is played at least once a week. Curly haired gal on the keyboards... so hot!! One of the very greatest songs to come our of Australia!! Thanks for uploading.
Have no idea how I missed this one! Wow I have never seen this video clip, the drummer is wearing my Football teams Jersey! Great song with such an important message!
The Goanna Band were formed as an Australian folk-rock group by singer-songwriter and guitarist Shane Howard in Geelong, in 1977. Alongside Howard, the original line-up was Mike Biscan (guitar), Richard Griffiths (bass guitar) and Rod Hoe (drums). During their early years the line-up changed numerous times, with only Howard as the mainstay. In 1979, the group consisted of Howard, keyboardist & vocalist Rose Bygrave, lead guitarist & vocalist Warwick Harwood, bass guitarist Carl Smith, drummer Gary Crothall and vocalist & harmonica player Ian Morrison. They recorded the independent 12" EP, The Goanna Band. The four-track EP was produced by Broderick Smith, ex-The Dingoes, and released on the EMI Music. By 1981 the band was now Shane Howard, Rose Bygrave, Warrick Harwood, Peter 'Brolga' Coughlan on bass guitar, Marcia Howard (vocalist & synthesisers), Graham Davidge (electric guitar) and Robbie Ross on drums. They had shortened the name to Goanna, and with their increasing popularity they attracted the interest of major record companies. Peace out.
I like your channel, watched the Redgum reaction and was hoping you did this song. Standing on solid rock, standing on sacred ground, living on borrowed time. Profound.
awesome that you took the time to understand what this song is about and how important it is to tell the message of the traditional custodians of this great country which was stolen Big respect brother and to all my fellow indigenous cousins big love always
This song is about first contact between aboriginal people and European people in Australia. That what the "cloud people" are. When they saw the sails they thought they were cloud spirits on the sea.
Nick, Aussies appreciate your sincerity. We are a nation richly blessed with a diverse & talented musical heritage. From the early 60's into the 70's & 80's & further, there has been a great awakening of Australian musicianship. There are also many formidable collaborations between Australia & New Zealand artists. Astonishing in their own right or together. Check out a track from 1963 by Aussie instrumental band many thought was American, namely the Atlantics & the hit was "Bombora" - a classic 60's surfer hit if ever there was.
You've only scratched the surface of great Australian music. Try starting in the 60's and even some 50's are good. This is definitely a favourite for me.
G'day Brother..this mob is from my hometown..Shane is one of the deadliest fellas you could meet,,,he respected and loved my Poppyman Banjo Clarke..a respected elder from Warrnambool Victoria Australia mate...sweet
I saw these guys in the Grosvener hotel in Rockhampton in 1980 something? Along with Midnight Oil (and spending 3 years in the Northern Territory) changed me profoundly in my attitutde to first australians. My country is still coming to terms with this. Very important song and band.
One of the greatest songs ever produced in Australia. Great band live saw them when I was 18 (now 57) at the Blacktown RSL. This song is still on my play list.
Out here nothin' changes Not in a hurry anyway You can feel the endlessness With the comin' of the light of day You're talkin' 'bout a chosen place You wanna sell it in a marketplace, well Well, just a minute now You're standin' on solid rock Standin' on sacred ground Livin' on borrowed time And the winds of change Are blowin' down the line Right down the line Well, round about the dawn of time The dreamin' all began A crowd of people came Well, they were lookin' for their promised land We're runnin' from the heart of darkness Searchin' for the heart of light With their paradise Well, they were standin' on solid rock Standin' on sacred ground Livin' on borrowed time And the winds of change Were blowin' cold that night, oh Well, they were standin' on the shore one day Saw the white sails in the sun Wasn't long before they felt the sting White man, white law, white gun Don't tell me that it's justified 'Cause somewhere, someone lied Yeah, well someone lied Someone lied Genocide Well, someone lied And now you're standin' on solid rock Standin' on sacred ground Livin' on borrowed time And the winds of change Are blowin' down the line Solid rock Standin' on sacred ground Livin' on borrowed time And the winds of change Are blowin' down the line Solid rock Standin' on sacred ground Livin' on borrowed time And the winds of change Are blowin' down the line No!
According to Howard, the inspiration came on a ten-day camping trip at Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) during 1980 where he had a "spiritual awakening" which brought "the fire in the belly" to the surface over injustices to Australia’s indigenous peoples. Howard said "I realised that this country that I grew up in, that I thought was my country, wasn't. I had to reassess my whole relationship with the land and the landscape, and understand that we had come from somewhere else, and we had dis-empowered a whole race of people when we arrived."
Hey Rose, You don't know me but l can assure you that you are all Aussie pride.❤ That song is awesome, you all are. Thank you for opening our eyes. Love to all, you will never be forgotten.🌏
I remember this song getting popular when I was still a child. It was my first introduction to the idea of the desert as a sacred space for the indigenous peoples here. Even back then in all my youth and ignorance its message about sacred sites hit me clear as day. I'm glad you enjoyed it too.
DreamTime is our proud Indigenous/Aboriginal folklore, belief system referring to all things about the Land (Australia) and its connection to the people. Until… “white sails”… arrived and colonised it. You wouldn’t sell it in a “marketplace “ … but unfortunately we did… someone “lied” refers to the injustices of how we treated our proud people. Deep, deep song and relevant to so many other cultures IMHO.. 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Interesting yarn, my people the Yuin, from South Coast NSW, had a dreaming story of a giant pelican that would steal children and women. When they saw the sails of the tallships they thought it was the giant pelican so lit signal fires to warn other mobs that he was coming and the signal fires continued right up and down the coast.
I have always thought “someone lied” was a reference to Cook declaring Australia Terra Nullius. In doing so, it justified the British claim on the land, according to their law and therefore everything that followed, all the brutal treatment is a result of that declaration. But it is now well established that it was not “land belonging no-one”. No Terra Nullius - someone lied- Cook lied and therefore all the British. That’s how I think of that line
@@ex_leper222 Thanks for sharing Mate.. did not know this and it is a real shame we do not teach the dreaming and its meaning to our citizens.Perhaps we might have a more cohesive society if we did. Appreciate the learning and Peace to you and all. 👍
@@nica7587 Thank you ! I was more speaking from my own interpretation, but I think I have been properly educated by your comment!! Appreciate it and I have learned something 👍👍 As per my previous message, Peace to you and all !🙏🙏
@@nica7587 Question, was it Cook who declared Terra Nullius or was it his masters who sent him out to claim everything not already claimed by other European powers. In the limited (admitted) reading I have done on him as a person, will we in 250 years be remembered in the same way because of the way we treat our planet as Phillip, Bligh, McArthur, Macquarie all who had more to do with indigenous oppression than a guy who stuck a flag in the ground and left never to return?
If any metal fans stumble in here, look up Queensland metal band Dead Kelly (derivation of the legendary Australian bush ranger Ned Kelly obviously) and their cover of this classic. It’s an absolute ball-tearer 🤘😎🤘
I resonate with this. Like a tattoo of my music . It Came out when I was in my young 20's . Aussie music was pumping out all these new bands you been going through
He is basically singing about the invasion of Australia and the near Genocide of The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. When they sing "Don't tell me it was justified"
A lot of those bands you mentioned including Goanna came out of the vibrant creative pub band culture we had here starting in the 70s 80s-90s. Solid Aussie rock. Spawned bands such as (in no particular order) Cold Chisel Midnight Oil Goanna Easybeats (Stevie Wright Friday on my mind) Russell Morris Skyhooks INXS ACDC Divinyls Angels Men at Work Australian Crawl and so many more. Worth checking out every single one.
This is an important song. He’s talking about the origins of Australian race relations and the horrors that followed. It also takes a look at the indigenous world view, the sacred and the relationship with the land. Most of us hadn’t heard about this. It wasn’t taught in schools whenI was a kid. It wasn’t until we got to University that we heard about this. For many of us it was shattering, especially since we were hearing it from indigenous classmates who experienced it first hand. Thank you for looking into this, it’s so important to tell these stories.
Linguistic fun fact: 'Dreaming', 'Divine', 'Mind', all have a linguistic ancestor to a concept we'd equate to Creation by gods. The Dreamtime is a term/concept shared by not only Aboriginal Australia, but other indigenous and First Nations peoples. Norse and Americas ancient ancestral stories share similar origin claims. The Norse mythology also includes a big-ass snake
the part about importent message was this They saw the white sails in the sun. It wasn't long before they felt the sting. White man, white law, white gun
Thank you so, so much for this reaction. This song chokes me to tears every time I hear it. It also brings out this powerful passion from inside of me. I love this song.
Went to No.1 on the Charts in Australia in 1982. It's about the first time Aboriginals saw British Ships with their white sails in the sun, coming to invade their sacred land.
Spending most of the last two days listening to you react to Aussie classics is my teenage years re-lived... I realise just how spoilt I was to have seen near all live at some stage ... How many anthem like songs there actually is... Bless you! ❤
They were my favorite Australian band back in the day. Listen to the lyrics dude. He's telling a story about how first nations land taken away from them.
Basically the British claimed Australia in 1770, as a place to send their convicts. Australia was claimed as being 'terra nullius' a Latin term meaning belonging to No one. However our indigenous people had been here for over 40,000 years (hence the line Someone lied). Dreaming is referring to the dream time, the indigenous stories of creation. The early settlers killed many of the indigenous people. Also many indigenous children were taken from their families (the stolen generation) and taken away from their land. The song is about recognising the injustices done to our indigenous people.
makes me a little emotional to hear this song even still today. also feel sorry for younger generation that missed this time during the music industries evolution in the 80"s
So much Aussie rock also comes with a message.. Redgum, Goanna, Midnight Oil, all bands with a political statement.. Cold Chisel did it too with Khe San.
Saw these guys live many times at the Lady Bay in Warrnambool. They were locals ( Shane and his sister Marcia) and always received a massive reaction. We loved seeing them and it was always a great night. My sister knew Shane well (they went to uni together) and he actually sang at her wedding! Great memories
Thank you so much Nick!! This is my request. Aussie rock classic with an important message explained so well in the comments below. One of my all time favourites from the early 1980s. Love your channel 💛
Thank you for this one.
Great part of Aussie rock history. Thank you
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Brilliant request - Goanna was so under valued I believe 👍
R.I.P. Mushroom records and all the great music 🤨. 🇦🇺😎✌🏻🔥🎪🌏
Hey Nick, Rose here . I am the curly haired keyboard player in the clip . Thanks very much for giving it a spin and I really enjoyed hearing your comments… very interesting to hear your thoughts on first hearing the song after 49 years .I’ve just tagged Shane Howard who wrote the song and his Sister Marcia . I’m sure they will get a kick out of it . Lotsa love, Rose Bygrave
Hey Rose, just to let you know, your band is one of the greatest of all time,
@@paulschmidtke425 thanks Paul, that’s a super generous comment. But as we are about to go and do our first gig in 25 years tomorrow supporting Midnight Oil, I’ll pass it on to the others , and carry it with me onto the big stage. I think we are sounding better than ever... time will tell.
Love and peace to you and yours, lotsa love Rose
@@rosebygrave876 I was at Duneed Estate last night - a fantastic night! I loved hearing you guys and Midnight Oil and part of that was seeing that the passion for justice for Aboriginal people is still there.
@@algibb4719 hi Al, thanks for your post. Great you were there it was our first gig together in a loooog time. It was pretty wet at the front of the stage ..thank goodness someone had a towel to cover the keyboard or my hair might have been standing on end 🤯 great to be playing along side The Oils ... so much respect for Liz Stringer too. Thanks again Rose 😘
@@rosebygrave876 Great to see Liz providing her exquisite vocals with the oils Rose.
This came out in 1981-82 and the beat is instantly recognisable. One of my favourite songs from the 80’s.
Just some background: "They were standing on the shore one day, saw the white sails in the sun". Put yourself in the place of the Australian Indigenous community when either Cook or the first fleet arrived. Ships from Europe. It's kind of the point of the song. The land is a solid rock. It's sacred ground. Maybe the very next line, "living on borrowed time", is the saddest part of the song... Love this song so very, very much.
love this.
@Ray Johnson Hi Ray, I always felt the reference was bigger than the rock., I always felt at the time (81, 82) it was the whole continent.
Brilliant summing up.
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Always felt “Solid Rock” referred Australia prior to its renaming.
This song was so big here that it isn’t easy to put into words. Every single party blasted this out numerous times a night, I know that we did!! It was an amazing time for Australian music!!
As a teenager ,here in Australia ,absolutely ,everyone had this album ,I still play my original cassette.
Check out their other albums too ,they are magnificent.
They were absolutely brilliant live .
what separates Goanna from other Aussie bands is their style, lyrics, thoughtfulness, sensitivity and smooth folk-leanings - great band, good people and great music
Good on them for speaking up on our Indigenous Australian populations behalf.
According to Howard, the inspiration came on a ten-day camping trip at Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) during 1980 where he had a "spiritual awakening" which brought "the fire in the belly" to the surface over injustices to Australia’s indigenous peoples. Howard said "I realised that this country that I grew up in, that I thought was my country, wasn't. I had to reassess my whole relationship with the land and the landscape, and understand that we had come from somewhere else, and we had dis-empowered a whole race of people when we arrived. "Well, they were standin' on the shore one day
They saw the white sails in the sun
Wasn't long before they felt the sting
White man, white law, white gun
Don't tell me that it's justified
'Cause somewhere, well, someone lied
Yeah, well, someone lied
Someone lied, a genocide
Well, someone lied, oh, ah. Peace out
Beautiful context, thank you for adding it ❤️
stop saying 'we' 'we' didn't do anything, and the aboriginals are an extremely passive people. I guess it is how they coerced elders and others with power to commit atrocities to their own! hence white man, white Law, white Gun, and someone lied, as happened across the world he uses so little words to convey a message that is so powerful, they even let other Aboriginals carry out their own brutal justice death sentence's ect under their own law, white man couldn't arrest a black man for killing another black (although this did change) it is such a strange history legally. study law for a year and you will find out some insane things
I loved how you were getting into the sound and then stopped when you realised he was saying something important. It’s all about dispossession of the Indigenous owners of Australia. A very powerful song when you know the context.
Yeah it's so deep especially looking at the comments and seeing what it means
@@ThatSingerReactions that line hits hard, I saw it in your eyes. ✌🏼🇦🇺
@@ThatSingerReactions The keyboardist in the clip (Rose Bygrave) made a comment to you. Just a heads up.
@@ThatSingerReactions Hi Nick, Rose, the keyboard player, has left you a comment here. Check it out.
One of the all time great rock anthems!
I am a big fat old Australian, I saw them perform this song live in 1982 or 83 - I was 10 feet from the stage. The song has sent shivers done my spine for the past 40 years.
Female on keyboards is Shane Howard's sister, Marcia, a long term Singer songwriter. Inspiration for this song came to Shane on a camping trip to Uluru, (formerly Ayes Rock). The song was inspired by the thought of the people that lost their land when Captain Cook arrived in Australia.This track set the tone for other bands that followed: eg, Midnight Oil (Beds are Burning), right through, eventually to Yothu Yindi (Treaty)......Yes, around 1980.
Love your work Rose 💞. One of my favorite songs
Shout out to all the elders of the first peoples nations on who's land we stand. And may their knowledge and guidance help us to bring about a brighter future for all people's whom call Australia their home. Let us have respect and change the date.
Couldn’t agree with you more Derek. My 12 year old calls January 26 “invasion day” and I didn’t talk to her about that directly. I do feel shame and regret for what happened to our Aboriginal people - I just don’t know how to help, how to make things better, how to heal and return to them the land that undoubtedly belongs to them and their ancestors… it’s a quandary in my brain. 🐨
@@JourneyThrough60 Hate to be the bringer of bad news. But unless they had some incredible defenses against the incoming technology and other countries. It is ignorant to think the First nation people would be able to hold onto this land. With spears and 300 odd nations that barely get on today let alone back then. I personally can not think of one country with the level of technology that England had that would have treated them any differently. Some would have just outright wiped /killed everyone. All i can hope for is that as a nation we can come together. Because guess what. Nothing is guaranteed. We all might be on the chopping board if the wrong thing happens.
Just change it for crying out loud so we can move on , or would they just find another thing to bitch about ?
@@alexfrankl7861 if Australia was invaded would you expect your ancestors to stick by their roots or just roll over?
Would you expect them to celebrate this dispossession of land and culture annually on the day it began?
@@JourneyThrough60I know what you mean. Let's just change it to September 10th.
That would be my birthday. And I feel I deserve to have it as a public holiday. 🙂 lol
You moved so soulfully, here, Rose, one of the most memorable aspects of the video. You appeared to sink yourself entirely into the song, bless you.
I'm not sure if this has come up before, but generally when you hear references to dreaming in Australian music they're talking about the Dreamtime, this is the beginning of the world in Aboriginal culture. You'll also hear references to a serpent or great snake, that's the Rainbow Serpent who created life.
Solid Rock is about the European invasion of Australia and genocide, it was released in 1982, the 70s and 80s were the height of the fight for recognition of native title and land rights, so rock music doing what it does best, produced some of the finest music reminding us of our moral obligations. Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning, Yothu Yindi's Treaty are a couple you've already reacted to, but even David Bowie filmed his Let's Dance video here to highlight the fight for indigenous rights.
I dont see beds are burning, do you have a link?
Well said.
Well said. I've always had a place in my memories for this song and it's message.
I remember when this song came out and it rocked my boat BIG time. Still have it on my playlist and is played at least once a week. Curly haired gal on the keyboards... so hot!!
One of the very greatest songs to come our of Australia!! Thanks for uploading.
Listening to it now..on my playlist. Reminds me of being an Aussie and I have indigenous blood also so this song resonates to me alot
You are so right when you said 'He is talking about something important there!' Listen to the lyrics!!!!!!
👍Goanna great band
Well known as a folk musician. I saw them at the Port Fairy Folk Festival in the early 90s. Been a fan for decades.
Have no idea how I missed this one!
Wow I have never seen this video clip, the drummer is wearing my Football teams Jersey!
Great song with such an important message!
The Goanna Band were formed as an Australian folk-rock group by singer-songwriter and guitarist Shane Howard in Geelong, in 1977. Alongside Howard, the original line-up was Mike Biscan (guitar), Richard Griffiths (bass guitar) and Rod Hoe (drums). During their early years the line-up changed numerous times, with only Howard as the mainstay. In 1979, the group consisted of Howard, keyboardist & vocalist Rose Bygrave, lead guitarist & vocalist Warwick Harwood, bass guitarist Carl Smith, drummer Gary Crothall and vocalist & harmonica player Ian Morrison. They recorded the independent 12" EP, The Goanna Band. The four-track EP was produced by Broderick Smith, ex-The Dingoes, and released on the EMI Music. By 1981 the band was now Shane Howard, Rose Bygrave, Warrick Harwood, Peter 'Brolga' Coughlan on bass guitar, Marcia Howard (vocalist & synthesisers), Graham Davidge (electric guitar) and Robbie Ross on drums. They had shortened the name to Goanna, and with their increasing popularity they attracted the interest of major record companies. Peace out.
Where have you been this songggg is a Aussie classic , from the best years
I like your channel, watched the Redgum reaction and was hoping you did this song. Standing on solid rock, standing on sacred ground, living on borrowed time. Profound.
That's the trible beat with the didgeridoo adds trance mode for me
awesome that you took the time to understand what this song is about and how important it is to tell the message of the traditional custodians of this great country which was stolen
Big respect brother and to all my fellow indigenous cousins big love always
"white man, white law, white gun" is such a powerful lyric
This song is about first contact between aboriginal people and European people in Australia. That what the "cloud people" are. When they saw the sails they thought they were cloud spirits on the sea.
An absolute Australian classic
I love watching your attention - bravo!
This song summarizes Australian history in one song. its words are very important. in my opinion the best Austraɔian song ever bar none.
Nick, Aussies appreciate your sincerity. We are a nation richly blessed with a diverse & talented musical heritage. From the early 60's into the 70's & 80's & further, there has been a great awakening of Australian musicianship. There are also many formidable collaborations between Australia & New Zealand artists. Astonishing in their own right or together. Check out a track from 1963 by Aussie instrumental band many thought was American, namely the Atlantics & the hit was "Bombora" - a classic 60's surfer hit if ever there was.
You've only scratched the surface of great Australian music. Try starting in the 60's and even some 50's are good.
This is definitely a favourite for me.
I love this song, its so important still.
"White man, White law, White gun" no matter how many times I listen to this song it always gives me chills
Still love this song, it never got old. One of my favourites and still on my playlist.😀
G'day Brother..this mob is from my hometown..Shane is one of the deadliest fellas you could meet,,,he respected and loved my Poppyman Banjo Clarke..a respected elder from Warrnambool Victoria Australia mate...sweet
When he sang about the sails, he was referring to Captain Cook landing
My teenage year were the 80s, the best time to be alive in Australia!
Saw these guys live at The Glen Hotel Brisbane 💜
I saw these guys in the Grosvener hotel in Rockhampton in 1980 something? Along with Midnight Oil (and spending 3 years in the Northern Territory) changed me profoundly in my attitutde to first australians. My country is still coming to terms with this. Very important song and band.
Such a great Aussie rock anthem with a lot of meaning and heart, also love the Essendon VFL jumper on the drummer
C'arn the bombers! ❤🖤❤🖤❤🖤
Back before our hearts were broken.
Go the Bombers!!!
Poor drummer, must have lost a bet & had to wear that crap bombers jumper 😂😂
One of the greatest songs ever produced in Australia.
Great band live saw them when I was 18 (now 57) at the Blacktown RSL.
This song is still on my play list.
Hey gorgeous! so happy to see you cover this one! one of my faves x
Out here nothin' changes
Not in a hurry anyway
You can feel the endlessness
With the comin' of the light of day
You're talkin' 'bout a chosen place
You wanna sell it in a marketplace, well
Well, just a minute now
You're standin' on solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Right down the line
Well, round about the dawn of time
The dreamin' all began
A crowd of people came
Well, they were lookin' for their promised land
We're runnin' from the heart of darkness
Searchin' for the heart of light
With their paradise
Well, they were standin' on solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Were blowin' cold that night, oh
Well, they were standin' on the shore one day
Saw the white sails in the sun
Wasn't long before they felt the sting
White man, white law, white gun
Don't tell me that it's justified
'Cause somewhere, someone lied
Yeah, well someone lied
Someone lied
Genocide
Well, someone lied
And now you're standin' on solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
No!
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Thank you 👍💔🇦🇺🦘
According to Howard, the inspiration came on a ten-day camping trip at Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) during 1980 where he had a "spiritual awakening" which brought "the fire in the belly" to the surface over injustices to Australia’s indigenous peoples. Howard said "I realised that this country that I grew up in, that I thought was my country, wasn't. I had to reassess my whole relationship with the land and the landscape, and understand that we had come from somewhere else, and we had dis-empowered a whole race of people when we arrived."
What I wish he would listen to the lyrics. Love this song, this band.❤
Havent heard this song in AGES. Like early 90s?
Love to our founding fathers on solid rock for 65,000 years 🪨
My favourite Australian song.
Solid rock. Tribal & deep
Just a side note. The band used to share a house that they nick named the Goanna Manor
All we have ever wanted was the land, to nuture and maintain our amazing country and continue our ways...
Thank you for sharing Kellie x
This is such an important song even I know how important It is now reading the comments
TRIPLE ONE time after time..ctndy lauper cover. ..This underrated aussie group is unreal 🤲
All time Aussie classic
Hey Rose,
You don't know me but l can assure you that you are all Aussie pride.❤ That song is awesome, you all are. Thank you for opening our eyes.
Love to all, you will never be forgotten.🌏
My favourite Goanna song is "Razor's Edge"
I remember this song getting popular when I was still a child. It was my first introduction to the idea of the desert as a sacred space for the indigenous peoples here. Even back then in all my youth and ignorance its message about sacred sites hit me clear as day. I'm glad you enjoyed it too.
Another one of my favourite songs.
DreamTime is our proud Indigenous/Aboriginal folklore, belief system referring to all things about the Land (Australia) and its connection to the people. Until… “white sails”… arrived and colonised it. You wouldn’t sell it in a “marketplace “ … but unfortunately we did… someone “lied” refers to the injustices of how we treated our proud people. Deep, deep song and relevant to so many other cultures IMHO.. 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Interesting yarn, my people the Yuin, from South Coast NSW, had a dreaming story of a giant pelican that would steal children and women. When they saw the sails of the tallships they thought it was the giant pelican so lit signal fires to warn other mobs that he was coming and the signal fires continued right up and down the coast.
I have always thought “someone lied” was a reference to Cook declaring Australia Terra Nullius. In doing so, it justified the British claim on the land, according to their law and therefore everything that followed, all the brutal treatment is a result of that declaration. But it is now well established that it was not “land belonging no-one”. No Terra Nullius - someone lied- Cook lied and therefore all the British. That’s how I think of that line
@@ex_leper222 Thanks for sharing Mate.. did not know this and it is a real shame we do not teach the dreaming and its meaning to our citizens.Perhaps we might have a more cohesive society if we did. Appreciate the learning and Peace to you and all. 👍
@@nica7587 Thank you ! I was more speaking from my own interpretation, but I think I have been properly educated by your comment!! Appreciate it and I have learned something 👍👍 As per my previous message, Peace to you and all !🙏🙏
@@nica7587 Question, was it Cook who declared Terra Nullius or was it his masters who sent him out to claim everything not already claimed by other European powers. In the limited (admitted) reading I have done on him as a person, will we in 250 years be remembered in the same way because of the way we treat our planet as Phillip, Bligh, McArthur, Macquarie all who had more to do with indigenous oppression than a guy who stuck a flag in the ground and left never to return?
If any metal fans stumble in here, look up Queensland metal band Dead Kelly (derivation of the legendary Australian bush ranger Ned Kelly obviously) and their cover of this classic. It’s an absolute ball-tearer 🤘😎🤘
Gives me goosebumps as soon as that guitar riff starts ❤️
Such a special song
I resonate with this. Like a tattoo of my music .
It Came out when I was in my young 20's . Aussie music was pumping out all these new bands you been going through
great reaction
He is basically singing about the invasion of Australia and the near Genocide of The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. When they sing "Don't tell me it was justified"
Shane Howard lead singer Late seventies eighties still performing today
Just today I was gonna go PayPal request this someone beat me to it. Glad you are seeing it bro
A lot of those bands you mentioned including Goanna came out of the vibrant creative pub band culture we had here starting in the 70s 80s-90s. Solid Aussie rock. Spawned bands such as (in no particular order) Cold Chisel Midnight Oil Goanna Easybeats (Stevie Wright Friday on my mind) Russell Morris Skyhooks INXS ACDC Divinyls Angels Men at Work Australian Crawl and so many more. Worth checking out every single one.
Thank you Rose!
Oh man I love this. Still got this on my playlist. It’s one of those songs I just never get tired of hearing 😊
This is an important song. He’s talking about the origins of Australian race relations and the horrors that followed. It also takes a look at the indigenous world view, the sacred and the relationship with the land. Most of us hadn’t heard about this. It wasn’t taught in schools whenI was a kid. It wasn’t until we got to University that we heard about this. For many of us it was shattering, especially since we were hearing it from indigenous classmates who experienced it first hand.
Thank you for looking into this, it’s so important to tell these stories.
Linguistic fun fact: 'Dreaming', 'Divine', 'Mind', all have a linguistic ancestor to a concept we'd equate to Creation by gods.
The Dreamtime is a term/concept shared by not only Aboriginal Australia, but other indigenous and First Nations peoples.
Norse and Americas ancient ancestral stories share similar origin claims. The Norse mythology also includes a big-ass snake
This song has a spiritual vibe
Most important band with midnight oil ..❤ well done Nick 🎉
This song is my earliest memory of an Aussie protest song
the part about importent message was this They saw the white sails in the sun. It wasn't long before they felt the sting. White man, white law, white gun
Thank you so, so much for this reaction. This song chokes me to tears every time I hear it. It also brings out this powerful passion from inside of me. I love this song.
A Goanna is a large Monitor Lizard that lives right across Australia, and part of the staple diet of Aboriginal people for over 40,000 years.
Went to No.1 on the Charts in Australia in 1982.
It's about the first time Aboriginals saw British Ships with their white sails in the sun, coming to invade their sacred land.
This is about native Australians, in their support
...... and still we have not made official treaty with our first nation brothers and sisters .......
There is a lot of meaning to this song. Awesome song.
It makes you feel and float in the music👍
Spending most of the last two days listening to you react to Aussie classics is my teenage years re-lived... I realise just how spoilt I was to have seen near all live at some stage ... How many anthem like songs there actually is... Bless you! ❤
This always gives me chills
Always was and always will be Aboriginal land. I stand with the true custodians of this sacred land. Love and light to humanity
Love to you bruz 🖤💛❤️
They were my favorite Australian band back in the day. Listen to the lyrics dude. He's telling a story about how first nations land taken away from them.
Basically the British claimed Australia in 1770, as a place to send their convicts. Australia was claimed as being 'terra nullius' a Latin term meaning belonging to No one. However our indigenous people had been here for over 40,000 years (hence the line Someone lied). Dreaming is referring to the dream time, the indigenous stories of creation. The early settlers killed many of the indigenous people. Also many indigenous children were taken from their families (the stolen generation) and taken away from their land. The song is about recognising the injustices done to our indigenous people.
This is not about 1980s hair style, This is about colonisation and the destruction of the Australian Aboriginal culture. This is a political song
makes me a little emotional to hear this song even still today. also feel sorry for younger generation that missed this time during the music industries evolution in the 80"s
So much Aussie rock also comes with a message.. Redgum, Goanna, Midnight Oil, all bands with a political statement.. Cold Chisel did it too with Khe San.
I was good friends with the keyboard player, Mick "the Reverend" O'Connor, who passed recently =^(
One of the best songs u could choose from
Great Aussie song.
One of the most important songs written
I was living with the drummer from Goanna last August to November.
Saw these guys live many times at the Lady Bay in Warrnambool. They were locals ( Shane and his sister Marcia) and always received a massive reaction. We loved seeing them and it was always a great night. My sister knew Shane well (they went to uni together) and he actually sang at her wedding! Great memories
Although a much shorter version, you should listen to Jessica Mauboy’s version performed on The Voice with her finalist.