Kids In The Kitchen - Change In Mood

Kids in the Kitchen was a band from Melbourne, Australia that enjoyed considerable local success during the 1980s. The band stood squarely within the New Romantic movement that dominated mid-1980s pop, showing influences of "New-Rom" groups such as Ultravox in its use of synthesisers, its angst-ridden lyrics, and the tendency of frontman Scott Carne to pronounce words such as "too" and "do" as if these had two syllables.
The band's debut single, "Change In Mood", (produced by Ricky Fataar and Tim Kramer) reached No. 10 on the Australian national charts in November 1983.[1] A second single, "Bitter Desire", hit No. 17 in May 1984, after which Dorman and Woodhead quit the band and were replaced by Claude Carranza (guitar) and Alistair Coia (keyboards).
The first single released under the new line-up was "Something That You Said", another Top 20 hit in May 1985, and this was followed by a belated debut album, Shine, which was a big seller nationally and topped the Melbourne charts. Although the title track only reached No. 40 when lifted as a single, the next single release, "Current Stand", became the band's signature song and was a hit overseas as well as peaking at No. 12 in Australia.
Carne joined as guest vocalist with The Incredible Penguins in 1985, for a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", a charity project for research on Fairy penguins, which peaked at #10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December.
A second LP, Terrain, was released in 1987 with several accompanying singles, but the band could not repeat the success of their debut. They broke up the following year.
Following the split, Carne formed a band called Priscilla's Nightmare, who released one self-titled album, then he embarked on a solo career. Carne's solo single "All I Wanna Do" was a minor hit in 1990. Curnow opened a Billy Hyde music store in Shepparton, Victoria in 2002. Harnath owns Hothouse Studios in St Kilda, Melbourne.
(extract from Wikipedia 2011)

[@ivanacoledan2831]

If I had a time machine I'd go back to the eighties! Best time of my life!!!!

[@Julie701000]

They had a lot of great songs, this one is one of the best.

[@thylacine1004]

This is a Masterpiece....

[@gralto]

What a sensational track this is. One of the best Oz Pop songs ever.

[@davidthomson7847]

Excellent sound quality.

[@MrJezvesp]

This is brilliant, never heard it before 80s gold.

[@maggiehollingdale7968]

My favorite ❤🤟

[@carolpreston2276]

bloody tops still delivers in todays world

[@phillipanderson7398]

They remind me of early Duran Duran or U2.

[@eldiablo8580]

Scotty Carne could've been the biggest star in Oz - great voice, great looks, great songs...

[@AdstarAPAD]

Someone should have told him not to dance..

[@dischargesummary8794]

Now he’s a fucked up forgotten burnt out fart on the way to the morgue 💀

[@lostintheseventies7969]

@@dischargesummary8794 ACTUALLY HIS LOOKING GREAT.SAW HIM ON A INTERWVIEW

[@markwood1998]

My favourite summertime song, after long hot summer by you know who. But quite seriously, who is ever going to do a a worthy cover?

[@msmv9363]

This should have been an international hit back then.

[@haydenwittig8877]

Ms m v had a brilliant vibe especially the intro a lost Australian classic.

[@fredthomas2148]

Man!! how good is this! love it change in mood Wow pumps

[@chrisandersen3213]

I got to see them live back in the day, as a 14 year old in 1985. Awesome to see. The band is on FB, and are making a comeback.........

[@russellkellett9535]

Australian classic

[@louisdimov8956]

SO GOLD COAST 84 BOMBAY ROCK SURFERS PARADISE 🌴🌴🥰

[@lostintheseventies7969]

I SAW THEM IN SOUTH YARRA,AT THEIR HEIGHT.SCOTT WAS A SPUNK

[@bennuballbags2]

Does anyone remember this song being played on the ABC as the channel opened up?

[@leighchinnery4162]

Absolutely! It was played with some fantastic surfing footage.

[@realflight01]

For a fault
Wait one minute
Say no more
Bewildered then
Bewildered now
Conceal forever
Is this the end?
Waiting, I'm changing
Now my eyes are open wide
Fear in voice, I remember
Change in mood
I could sense it
Changing every day
I remember infatuation
It's a figure of your imagination
Through young times
Wilder minds
Conceal forever
Is this the end?
Change in mood
I could sense it
Changing every day
Words of meaning
Words of change
You look inside
There's nothing there
I can't, no I can't
That's forever
Change in mood
I could sense it
Changing every day
Change in mood
I could sense it
Changing every day
Oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la

[@debrashawcross170]

❤💥

[@digigarb]

Bit of U2 influence there for sure!

[@wyreandwood]

Why is that guitarist doing the foxtrot? Oddball 😂

[@smokingun397]

Sounds a lot like Bono

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

They never Evan won an aria

[@LittleMissJmoo]

really bad lip singing

[@catweasle5737]

Ha ha, Do you think? Do you know what the show count down was? Do you know what era this song was from?

[@LittleMissJmoo]

Yes, I still like to point it out...