Rediscovering Australian Crawl. After living in Melbourne in the 80s, now appreciating how brilliant they are ! Typically cynical Ozzie lyrics. RIP Guy McDonohue
Seeing bands there, I always thought the place was big. Seeing the empty space since it was knocked down, I realised how small it actually was. Playroom thank you for the memories ❤. Australia Crawl, thank you for the music 🎶 🎵
I used to have this on cassette, taped when it was broadcast by 2JJJ. If I remember correctly, it was 2JJJ's test transmission about a week before they switched from Double J. It was the soundtrack to many road trips until I lost the cassette years ago. Been depressed ever since. But THIS is going straight to the pool room! Even if it is only mono.
I reckon they went up a notch when he joined..Errol one of my favs and so is Oh no Not you again…serious singing and songwriting talent with both of them in the lineup..Shame it was relatively short lived.
@@briankennedy1192I am one fan but Brazilian people don't understand english language they until like but don't understand the that your speak James Raine use slang I use dictionary but have one short vocabulary but have certificate in english since 2015 the Brazilian burocracy Destroyed the Future here
Brad's playing at the beginning of 'The Night' just sent me somewhere else! (And what a brilliant crossfade, they don't do them like that anymore! Camera man knew what he was doing!) It was so simple sounding - but could have opened any 90s rock/alternative song. I think he may have been ahead of his time... even some of Simon's playing carried that future quality.
9:10 Man Crazy - - is one of the most poignant songs. Thanks for posting this concert. I still find some of the Oz Crawl lyrics so erudite and relevant today in many of their songs.
Thanks so much for sharing this. What a treasure trove it is, and I am particularly loving how it is essentially a live version of their terrific first album :)
"Can't understand 95% of what James is saying..." Well can you help me out on the other 5%??? Anyway, who cares, when I was 16 it didnt matter and still doesn't! Fantastic memories here!
@@rocknral now I be eating brazilian fish with rice and bean hear this amazing song you can watch funny but the maners that survival can appear strange for you understand.
Mate, it's you. Spend too much time passed out on the carpet near the bar and you never get the smell out of your skin. (insert smiley face emoji here)
I saw them in Newcastle back in 1983. They were a kick ass live band. I'm still shocked they received no exposure here in the States. I guess they were up against the New Wave/Punk emergence.
That how I always heard it, plus my lyrics sound better. :p I saw comedy show in '82 with a faux Aussie Crawl band that played a song about rising damp. Sound just like them!
Anyone going to get upset if I copy this, add the left mono to the empty right channel with some better EQ, then re-upload? (edit: fixed version on my channel)
I fixed up a couple of songs and uploaded them to my channel if anyone is interested (your right ear will be). This gig is Not at The Playroom by the way.
@@cathycastleton I dont know where it is but I fixed the audio on one clip and uploaded it and the former owners of the Playroom contacted me and said it is not at the Playroom.
The former owners of the Playroom say that Australian Crawl did NOT play there. Does anyone know where this gig actually is ? I did actually fix the audio on a couple of tracks as I was wearing my left ear out, they are on my channel.
Of course they played there! Every time, until the Bombay Rock opened in Surfers Paradise. Can't say with any surety that this footage is from there, though, didn't watch this all the way through, but no obvious sign above the stage nor could I spot the VW Beetle DJ booth that was off to the right of the stage.
The show has great audio thanks to EON FM. Why does James Reyne sound exactly like Jaime Robbie Reyne of the band Rushcutter? I think that the drummer is Bill McDonough, but I don't see his brother Guy in the band. Guy was still alive back then because Simon Binks told me many years ago that Guy McDonough was one of the band members who voted to sack own brother Bill McDonough from the band.
If you watch "Daughters of the Nothern Coast" video, whilst the band is walking on the train track, you can see an interaction between Paul Wiliams and Guy, as if Paul Williams was niggling Guy, who proceeds to punch Williams. ssues in bands I suppose. James turns around to see what is thew problem.
Here in Brazil the persons have difficult of understand english language then less Peoples have access in english course I have certificate since two thousand fifteen like this I many youngs go search work in others areas here is Very common they ear without know nothing
At school (1980) we sat around all saying - I reckon he says...xyz. Funny enough, when you finally get the real words they're great. "Garden's full of furniture, the house is full of plants". (5 years before the word yuppie came out). "She taunted me and scorned me all my life" "I'm drinking salty wine with these friends of mine, from my favourite cup" xxx
@@briankennedy1192 my brother have one band of Southern metal caled eletromotriz search in youtube name of music desabafo put elotromotriz garopaba or soundcloud too
no Guy was with the band from the start - get it right! He was with Clutch Cargo which progressed to Australian Crawl this must be post 1984 the year he died. Great singer and guitarist and writer Guy - VALE Guy
No incorrect - Guy was with the band from the start - get it right! He was with Clutch Cargo which progressed to Australian Crawl this must be post 1984 the year he died. Great singer and guitarist and writer Guy - VALE Guy
I have read that he wasn't part of the band for the Boys Light Up album, though he did write Downhearted, with Sean Higgins and his brother Bill. Spiff Rouch split -> The Flatheads & Clutch Cargo, later called Australian Crawl. He's not listed as playing on the first album. But, like Abraham Lincoln wrote: "Don't believe everything you see on the internet."
It's after atleast June 1984 when co vocalist and guitarist Guy McDonough died. If you see they didn't play error or oh no not you again as they were songs which he was the lead singer on. More than likely this is from 85
Late reply, but 4MMM didn't start broadcasting till August 22, 1980 so it's after that. 4MMM started calling themselves FM104 in 83 so it's clearly before that. Judging by the playlist - lot's of Sons of Beaches tracks in there and no sign of Reckless yet (1983). Must be '82 i reckon. I remember Australian Crawl being billed at the Playroom in Tallbudgera on the Gold Coast when i was there on a camp as a kid around 81 or 82. Might be that gig.
What was the name of the woman who owned the playroom? From memory, she was strict on playing times, would fine the band for going on late, or finishing too early. I keep thinking of the name Beryl, was that her name??????
everything in this life is gone, only the good music and our memories remain forever. Thanks Australian Crawl, to be part of my life
Oscar Reis Couldn't have said it better Oscar.
Rediscovering Australian Crawl. After living in Melbourne in the 80s, now appreciating how brilliant they are ! Typically cynical Ozzie lyrics. RIP Guy McDonohue
Seeing bands there, I always thought the place was big. Seeing the empty space since it was knocked down, I realised how small it actually was. Playroom thank you for the memories ❤. Australia Crawl, thank you for the music 🎶 🎵
I used to have this on cassette, taped when it was broadcast by 2JJJ. If I remember correctly, it was 2JJJ's test transmission about a week before they switched from Double J. It was the soundtrack to many road trips until I lost the cassette years ago. Been depressed ever since. But THIS is going straight to the pool room! Even if it is only mono.
Was a damn fine guitarist was Simon Binks
One of Australia's best ever 💯
What a rare gem!! Australian music at its best!!
Absolutely mate.
those were the days...everyone was happy...
This would be 1980-1981, touring their first album "The boys light up" Bill on drums and Guy yet to join. Listen to the song set.
I reckon they went up a notch when he joined..Errol one of my favs and so is Oh no Not you again…serious singing and songwriting talent with both of them in the lineup..Shame it was relatively short lived.
Guy was a huge loss. That is why James is so bitter about this band now. Sad end
Here in Brasil...the best!
Mauricio Ciampaglia agree with you
@@rudineilopesdesouza1899 big Australian fan here, Australian crawl are popular in Brazil is this right?.
@@briankennedy1192I am one fan but Brazilian people don't understand english language they until like but don't understand the that your speak James Raine use slang I use dictionary but have one short vocabulary but have certificate in english since 2015 the Brazilian burocracy Destroyed the Future here
24:10 My Coffee's Gone Cold is also an absolute classic.
Great song .. When James does his Crawl file tour i always ask is it the Hits or the Classic songs''
Brad's playing at the beginning of 'The Night' just sent me somewhere else! (And what a brilliant crossfade, they don't do them like that anymore! Camera man knew what he was doing!) It was so simple sounding - but could have opened any 90s rock/alternative song. I think he may have been ahead of his time... even some of Simon's playing carried that future quality.
Seen james last night in concert he still sounds amazing and puts on a great show it was 1 awesome night
early teens, early eighties, good times 🕺
Australian Crawl holds its own alongside Australia’s greatest bands.
Awesome! Thanks for posting it up for us all to enjoy.
no worries
Great quality sound and footage from back in the day.. Aussie Crawl were a great band!
best waste of time I have had in years stumbling across this....what a blast and so many amazing memories. Thanks AC xx love always
Wonderful Aussie band, thank you.
Australian Crawl were this good. Great video.
9:10 Man Crazy - - is one of the most poignant songs. Thanks for posting this concert. I still find some of the Oz Crawl lyrics so erudite and relevant today in many of their songs.
It was a band beyond its time.
It was good when James brought Man Crazy back albeit for some of his solo gigs.
Thanks so much for sharing this. What a treasure trove it is, and I am particularly loving how it is essentially a live version of their terrific first album :)
Great music - great band - Great times. Thanks for posting this - sooo awesome 👍👍👍👍
Most interestingly here is an early version of The Night, not recorded until Semantics in 1983.
Man, oh man!!! This is great!! Thanks a lot!
Such great music and great memories! i can't understand 95% of what James is saying but the music is enough
"Can't understand 95% of what James is saying..."
Well can you help me out on the other 5%???
Anyway, who cares, when I was 16 it didnt matter and still doesn't! Fantastic memories here!
@@rocknral now I be eating brazilian fish with rice and bean hear this amazing song you can watch funny but the maners that survival can appear strange for you understand.
That was his thing lol…I reckon full frontal or fast forward (same show) parodied him on his solo track hammerhead and put subtitles up for it haha
Thanks heaps for this. Anyone else remember $20 all you can drink?
I remember drinking outa small sand buckets containing up to 10 shotrs @ $1 per shot. Or was that a nightmare?
Paul Williams was bass player in a band I was roadie for.
My left ear thanks you!
My left ear is pretty happy right now😊
Great concert, I love the playlist.
Beautiful Stratocaster tone!
what an awesome venue to have one of the best bands ever from Aus perform
Great times great music Australian music at it's best
Thanks for this. They were great.
2019! Minha banda favorita.
Simplesmente o melhor de tudo e de todos os tempos. um Salve é esta grande banda.
I CAN SMELL THE BEER !!! CHEERS
Mate, it's you. Spend too much time passed out on the carpet near the bar and you never get the smell out of your skin. (insert smiley face emoji here)
The guitars sound great
I saw them in Newcastle back in 1983. They were a kick ass live band. I'm still shocked they received no exposure here in the States. I guess they were up against the New Wave/Punk emergence.
Anyone can withdraw their the title of great musicians that appear in the world one Hug from Brasil of one fan for many years
Great song congratilations your entrancing for musical history.
Love you James.................
good concert.
I saw the Oils many times but there very best in my memory was at the Playroom
aussie rock and roll-----no bullshit.
Awesomeness then they got even better when Guy joined.
World Class!
They were already Great. Then Guy came along and made them even Greater.
Great Aussie rock:):))
Interesting to see how long they were sitting on The Night
Simplesmente perfeito,faziam parecer ser facil tocar.show
People just want to take you down cause anger covers the pain but its still my anthem
FUCK , love this had it on a Bootleg Cassette
como é bom ouvir isso!!!!
Ummm, 36-thumbs-down ? Fair dinkum ? How un-Australian. Aussie Crawl = iconic Australian music history... imo anyway. Hooroo.
So cool , thanks
We didn't know how good we had it!
That was wicked!
No idea what the fuck James is singing about, but man the band is so tight!
We got cliché on cliché, we got show after show.
Rubber Politicians in a travel bag. Something about an air conditioner, and a cocaine car.
Beautiful People : They got a Robert Palmer tee shirt in their travel bag. (other verse) They got a Kerouac condition, got a cocaine cough.
That how I always heard it, plus my lyrics sound better. :p
I saw comedy show in '82 with a faux Aussie Crawl band that played a song about rising damp. Sound just like them!
@@xavhupeut776hahahahah 😂🤣😅😆😀😁
Did Red Guitar get turned into "White Limbo" on Phalanx???
+Brian Woodrow Yep!It was recorded as White Limbo on the Semantics EP whch also contained Reckless, The Night and Looking For Cool.
+Christopher Cleary ....Thanks for that , one of my Fav Cds ! Cheers
@@brianwoodrow395 mine too. I haven't heard these since I had a tape-player :)
@@kisharadanndando9063 ahh yes brings back memories how good were the 80's ... 🙏
Stephen Cummings says hi.
Anyone going to get upset if I copy this, add the left mono to the empty right channel with some better EQ, then re-upload? (edit: fixed version on my channel)
Do it!
And put the vocals through a subtitle generator hahaha
I fixed up a couple of songs and uploaded them to my channel if anyone is interested (your right ear will be). This gig is Not at The Playroom by the way.
@@Austech where? Saw them in Goulburn in 1980 and light up was there finale
@@cathycastleton I dont know where it is but I fixed the audio on one clip and uploaded it and the former owners of the Playroom contacted me and said it is not at the Playroom.
ALVA T shirt!!!!
Was this Playroom the one that used to be at Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast and run by the late Beryl Carnell?
+Stuart Nelson yes
+bradley lewis ,he can't even pronounce eon fm properly!!!qlders
yes, I was at the concert! The Playroom was one of my favourite venues. Used to hang out there a lot.
Yes the playroom sadly gone forever 😕
the only band I ever saw there was Ol'55 awesome night
The former owners of the Playroom say that Australian Crawl did NOT play there. Does anyone know where this gig actually is ?
I did actually fix the audio on a couple of tracks as I was wearing my left ear out, they are on my channel.
Of course they played there! Every time, until the Bombay Rock opened in Surfers Paradise. Can't say with any surety that this footage is from there, though, didn't watch this all the way through, but no obvious sign above the stage nor could I spot the VW Beetle DJ booth that was off to the right of the stage.
Looks like Southport on the Gold Coast,
2019 Brasil!!!
Broken dreams that never really started...yeah
LMAO this song didn't quiet work as much as i love these guys
Add the Channel Rod then I can blast it out in the lounge room....where are you?
Sienfeld on bass ha ha
The show has great audio thanks to EON FM. Why does James Reyne sound exactly like Jaime Robbie Reyne of the band Rushcutter? I think that the drummer is Bill McDonough, but I don't see his brother Guy in the band. Guy was still alive back then because Simon Binks told me many years ago that Guy McDonough was one of the band members who voted to sack own brother Bill McDonough from the band.
Given Robbie is James’s son, shouldn’t he sound like his father?
If you watch "Daughters of the Nothern Coast" video, whilst the band is walking on the train track, you can see an interaction between Paul Wiliams and Guy, as if Paul Williams was niggling Guy, who proceeds to punch Williams. ssues in bands I suppose. James turns around to see what is thew problem.
Some songs sound much like the old songs of the italian group Litfiba
he probaly stole them...
Anyone else who can’t hear this on their TV .?
DO CARALHO! VOU TOMAR UMA CERVEJA!
This musen't have been recorderd that long after Guys death
Here in Brazil the persons have difficult of understand english language then less Peoples have access in english course I have certificate since two thousand fifteen like this I many youngs go search work in others areas here is Very common they ear without know nothing
This is from before guy joined full time . Probably 81
Where are the subtitles to James words?
rod7139 no one could decipher what he was singing!
boo tafepe po daga rubut pumma tisher ena tava baaaaaa
Pete Shegog that’s hilarious 😂 cheers 🍻
Obviously, you haven’t bought any AC albums.
At school (1980) we sat around all saying - I reckon he says...xyz. Funny enough, when you finally get the real words they're great. "Garden's full of furniture, the house is full of plants". (5 years before the word yuppie came out). "She taunted me and scorned me all my life" "I'm drinking salty wine with these friends of mine, from my favourite cup" xxx
Cool apart from the mono recording. Cheers anyway!
Showww demais
Now all u hear these days is that jungle boom boom crap, our way of life has gone down the loo.
This is pre sirocco their second album- wild guess mid 1980.
Sirocco was released in 1981, and Guy clearly hadn’t joined the band when this gig was played. So, it’s most likely early ‘81.
@@jamesgray2353 October 80 Guy joined.
@@briankennedy1192 my teacher of english course stay crazy when I show this words she don't understand what james reine speak hahaha🇦🇺🇧🇷🇦🇺🇧🇷
@@rudineilopesdesouza1899 lol not many Australians understand him either mate hahahaha. Rock on brother 🤙
@@briankennedy1192 my brother have one band of Southern metal caled eletromotriz search in youtube name of music desabafo put elotromotriz garopaba or soundcloud too
Eu Andre Soares do Brazil cara amo suas musicas você toco o foda-se que pena que eu não pude curtir um show seu
Acho que eles nunca se apresentaram no Brasil pelo menos na minha região Santa Catarina no litoral nunca pode ser em SP ou RIO
bull 81 at least before they
toured it
Does anybody know the setlist?
Was this pre Guy Madonna?
d ss Yes Guy McDonough joined soon after this footage.
no Guy was with the band from the start - get it right! He was with Clutch Cargo which progressed to Australian Crawl this must be post 1984 the year he died. Great singer and guitarist and writer Guy - VALE Guy
No incorrect - Guy was with the band from the start - get it right! He was with Clutch Cargo which progressed to Australian Crawl this must be post 1984 the year he died. Great singer and guitarist and writer Guy - VALE Guy
I have read that he wasn't part of the band for the Boys Light Up album, though he did write Downhearted, with Sean Higgins and his brother Bill. Spiff Rouch split -> The Flatheads & Clutch Cargo, later called Australian Crawl. He's not listed as playing on the first album. But, like Abraham Lincoln wrote: "Don't believe everything you see on the internet."
The stage looks too small for The Playroom imo.
I'm thinking gotta be 81, 82 😁
It's after atleast June 1984 when co vocalist and guitarist Guy McDonough died. If you see they didn't play error or oh no not you again as they were songs which he was the lead singer on. More than likely this is from 85
howard Eyeno I think so as most of the songs are from the first album.
58biggles I think so but many musics is the finish decade 70.
Massa😃
Mornington Peninsula
Yes, long time past fav band I saw there
What year is this?
RASTEJO AUSTRALIANO. MELHOR BANDA DE SURF MUSIC DE TODOS OS TEMPOS, AFINADISSIMA..E TODOS SURFISTAS E ESQUIADORES, KEENERBOARDRS
Does anyone know when this was recorded?
Grogster2 It was late 1979, Guy McDonough joint soon after this was filmed.
Wheatley Records Cheers thanks, i thought it was roughly around then....
Grogster2 during my birth
+Grogster2 When only one speaker was invented
Late reply, but 4MMM didn't start broadcasting till August 22, 1980 so it's after that. 4MMM started calling themselves FM104 in 83 so it's clearly before that. Judging by the playlist - lot's of Sons of Beaches tracks in there and no sign of Reckless yet (1983). Must be '82 i reckon.
I remember Australian Crawl being billed at the Playroom in Tallbudgera on the Gold Coast when i was there on a camp as a kid around 81 or 82. Might be that gig.
Fuk me i used to go there all the time at Tallebudgera creek but this place looks big in reality its was a dmall place, weird😂😂😂
Chuck Norris no sax !!!
Sax player pissed as a fart.😂😂
Annoyingly one speaker only for entire clip.
COMO CONSIGO A MÚSICA DO MINUTO 24.09 OBRIGADO
Name of music is "My coffee's gone cold".
Obrigado Rudinei abraço.
What was the name of the woman who owned the playroom? From memory, she was strict on playing times, would fine the band for going on late, or finishing too early. I keep thinking of the name Beryl, was that her name??????
good concert.
good concert.
good concert.
good concert.