Now that you’ve seen John Farnham with Jimmy, I would love you to check out John singing the Beatles ‘Help’ with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It’s absolutely mind blowing. You’ll see why he is known as The Voice here in Australia.😊
Jimmy is rock, soul, blues royalty with incredible power and range. John can sing any genre and his range and power is second to none and he is known as the G.O.A.T. Love our Aussie boys ❤❤
Guitarist is Diesel and Jimmy’s Brother in law. They married sisters. I love how John just holds his microphone for Diesel because he doesn’t need it. There are good singers there and there is John. He is unequaled in any genre and known as the Voice for a very good reason. He did not like being a part of the Little River Band because they were nasty and John doesn’t know how to be. You need to watch the movie of John’s life called finding the voice to understand what he went through. It isn’t 2 years old yet but it is on CZcams. You can watch it and tell us what you think. John sings 13 different genre’s naturally. He had had number 1 albums in 5 consecutive decades and he is loved. To see him in concert live is amazing. Try John singing Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Or Amazing Grace with two of his backup singers. Or Burn for you written for his wife, or Please Don’t Ask Me with Olivia Newton John at the Main Event Concert. You have over 5 decades to catch up on. Thank you.
This was a televised video of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards before the cream of that industry and they screamed when John Farnham came on ! WHY? Because John is the G.O.A.T. of Australian music and they have much adoration for the man and his work ! He has a big, powerful, gymnastic vocal range John sings in TWENTY PLUS genres. His talent is extraordinary. His career was over six decades with many top singles and albums. Also, he is the consummate professional showman, sooo charismatic and totally in rapport with his audiences. His many concerts were sold out many times over. John was with the Little River Band, replacing Glenn Shorrock. He did not enjoy his time there because some of the band were jealous of him and also that his singing ability and style were clipped. He even wrote a song about it named, 'Let Me Out'. Some of the band members appreciated John and joined him in his later band. John is a loved legend in Aussie music. ALWAYS see and hear him LIVE where is soul shines. There are many videos on YT of him live in concert. I'm waiting for you to explore more of his marvellous talent and enjoying your channel. PS. Jimmy Barnes praises John as being a better singer than himself.
Thanks for the reaction, I was one who requested the reaction.💞Here's a bit more info on John, (I actually prefer the version they did on "Hey, Hey it;s Saturday, not as much reverb)... John is one of the most versatile vocalists you can find, he can sing just about any genre. John Farnham started in 1967 and was still performing into his 70s until Covid shut the country down. He won "King of Pop" 5 consecutive years 69 -73, then faded a bit in the late 70s (due to poor management). John is the only Australian artist to have a number-one record (album or single) in five consecutive decades. They put out a doco last year called "John Farnham - Finding The Voice" (that's what he is affectionately known as here "The Voice), he can sing anything and make it sound great. He has received the admiration of many international artists, such as Richard Marx, Celine Dion, Robbie Williams, Tom Jones, Freddie Mercury. Brian May, Sammy Davis Jnr, Ray Charles, just to name a few. I'll drop a few links to give you a taste and warn you if you start reacting to John, the Aussie Army will flood your channel. LOL 😂 if you decide to go exploring, make sure you only watch "Live" performances, he loves his fans and millions of us love him back, He is the most down to earth loveable person, humble, funny and extremely talented. Yes, John replaced Glen Sherrock as frontman for LRB for a time in the early eighties. First the trailer...czcams.com/video/LocCfc5PKrE/video.html the next is one of the encores at the end of a 2+ hour concert 1986. a John Lennon number "Help", but John F's version (JL heard it before he passed and said that was the way the song was meant to sound)...czcams.com/video/dv54giOSRKs/video.html Anything from that "Classic Jack Live" with MSO concert is "gold". His hit from the Whispering Jack Album, (which held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks), "You're the Voice" went to No. 1 and has become an unofficial National Anthem, , and always keep an eye out for his "mic & stand" tricks, czcams.com/video/6m2m_9Uijso/video.html ), 1994 "You'll Never Walk Alone" (while chewing gum LOL).. czcams.com/video/dWTEesb7FrY/video.html 1998 John and good friend Olivia Newton-John duet "Please Don't Ask Me" czcams.com/video/2uV_tZODfK8/video.html 1999 With Human Nature doing a Jackson Five number czcams.com/video/AK9uhGmvo6U/video.html 2000, a bit of "swing" czcams.com/video/AK9uhGmvo6U/video.html , 2003 "When the War is Over" Last Time Tour czcams.com/video/BekbvlLzMWc/video.html & lastly one of my favorite LRB numbers is Reminising (nice jazzy vocal) 1983 czcams.com/video/iYgh_Irk46M/video.html So many to choose from, hope you like them. 💞
Jimmy Barnes is a Aussie pub music legend as a solo artist and the band Cold Chisel.... classic Aussie pub music from the 70s through to the 80s and beyond as Barnsey is still performing today even though just recently he had some major health issues which hes recovered from like a SUPERSTAR and ready to get back on stage and there's nothing better than seeing Barnsey LIVE... and the legendary John Farnham known as the Voice... love these 2 legends of Aussie music...luvd ur reaction to our Aussie legends much love from Perth Western Australia ❤❤🪃🦘🦘
Welcome to the bunny burrow that is John Farnham, aka The Voice, aka Farnsey (John and Jimmy are affectionately known as Farnsey and Barnsey). It's hard to choose a follow-up, but I guess the logical choice would be the song that first gave John the moniker The Voice, You're the Voice with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. czcams.com/video/6m2m_9Uijso/video.htmlsi=3r5ht_o0iKMXDcf2 From the same concert, which I had the privilege of attending (I was on an endorphin high for days), his cover of the Beatles' Help. czcams.com/video/dv54giOSRKs/video.htmlsi=YfCAvjXgzLAjmuDf Or, if you want to hear John get his Rock on, here he is singing Led Zep's Black Dog which he uses as his soundcheck. czcams.com/video/F2Yi6TVi-sU/video.htmlsi=NTteuJncVfbFAgnB
Great reaction to these two Aussie legends ….please please please react to more John Farnham anything live from him is amazing but his version of Help with the Melbourne symphony orchestra is simply outstanding
I watched a live performance of this song by Sam and Dave, the original artists to record it. Keeping in mind that 1967 live concert technology is a fraction of 1991 equipment and that Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham really pour on the Blue Eyed Soul, I have to say, as I always do, that the original with a seven piece horn section is still the greatest!
Love it, thanks heaps for reacting to this. This is what music is all about can’t get much better then that having Farnsey, Barnsey and Diesel together. By the way Diesel on the guitar is Jimmy’s brother in law. If you react to Jimmy Barnes singing a duet with the late Tina Turner “simply the best” Diesel plays the guitar solo in that one to
No-one in the comments has mentioned the guitarist and singer, yet. He is "Johhnny Diesal' (real name Marl Lizotte), a successful singer with a band in his own right and brother-in-law to Jimmy.
Brilliant. Just for clarification it isn’t a Sam Cooke song. It was first released by Sam Moore and Dave Prater (“Sam & Dave), written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Also, John Farnham doesn’t have a better vocal range than Jimmy Barnes. Jimmy’s range in his prime was easily F2 to G5, (possibly even to A5) - this is 3 octaves total. John is A2 to A5, so also 3 octaves. And these ranges are based on full chest voice notes not falsetto or “screams” 😂 It’s just that John’s natural range is at the higher end while Jimmy is most comfortable at the lower end. Both are just brilliant and talented artists and we are very proud of our boys here in Oz! ❤ 🐨
Yes, well said good Doctor. Right as always. I’d also like to point out (as most people reacting to this song aren’t old enough to remember) that this song came out at a time when John Farnham was still trying to lose his clean cut “Sadie” image and prove that he could do more than just sing pop. This was Jimmy’s hit before this duet and in this instance, Jimmy generously allowed John the lion’s share of the vocal work so John could showcase his talent. Jimmy’s role in this song was more one of support to help his friend; not because Jimmy was less capable.
@@Laraine3Errr, this song was released in 1991, well after John had lost his "Sadie" image. That happened in 1986 when Whispering Jack was released. By the time this song was recorded, he'd also released Age of Reason and Chain Reaction albums, and done numerous tours. This song is not an example of some enormous generosity from Jimmy Barnes, allowing poor John to prove himself - John had the best selling Australian album ever, as well as many huge sellout concert tours by this point. The idea that John needed Jimmy's "help" at this point in his career is laughable, tbh. This was an equal collaboration, that helped Jimmy just as much, if not more, than it helped John. However, looking at it like that is far from what I'd imagine either of these two were thinking at the time.
@@Saan42 yes, I see your point with regarding John’s success to that date. My point is that John had not moved into Jimmy’s field of harder rock, growls, soul, etc., until this. John liked to challenge himself with new genres. Another example would be him having a crack at opera with Anthony Warlow.
lol the bad boy/good boy comments were 100% accurate, both of them have such fascinating life stories. Highly recommend Jimmy's autobiographies in case anyone hasn't read them! Personally I think the echo on John's vocal is more sacrilegious than the lotto results. John has a great cover of Who's Loving You if you want to see another absolutely insane vocal in a similar genre.
Ahh, fantastic. Glad you liked this. I've got so many things going through my head. So Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham released this song in 1991. It was on Jimmy's Soul Deep album. Jimmy had sung this before with his band Cold Chisel in 1982. Jimmy is the lead singer but their guitarist Ian Moss also has a stella voice. They actually share the singing duties in the band. Ian or Mossy as he is known, sings the first part of that song and Jimmy then sings. My it is goodness to a T. Here is a link czcams.com/video/eEZ__N-c02U/video.htmlsi=szxXRNQkmNf5Qn-y The guy on guitar 🎸 on this song is Jimmy's brother in law (they married sisters). His name is Diesel aka Johnny Diesel, but his real name is Mark Lizotte. He was the lead singer of Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. Brilliant voice, brilliant guitarist too.
Hey lovely. You beat me here 😝 Thank you for the shout out to my upload , so many people haven’t seen Chisel’s version of this song as it hasn’t had much exposure on CZcams. I’m just finishing up work on Jimmy Barnes and David Campbell doing “Do you love me” in 2022 - another one which isn’t on CZcams anywhere as far as I can see. I will be putting this one up today! ❤❤
Another legend is Johnny Diesel (guitar player), he is also Jimmy's brother inlaw. Mark Denis Lizotte is an American-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who has released material under the name Diesel, Johnny Diesel, as leader of band Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, and as a solo performer, as well as under his birth name. Per JIMMY'S, My secondary cords or "false cords". There are groups of them around the main cords. I discovered this many years ago. I'd had a bug, and because it was such a big show and we were postponing, I had to get a doctor's certificate for insurance. This throat specialist put a camera down my throat, and had me talking and singing. And he said, "You don't use your vocal cords." Singers who scream as much as I do tend to have problems. But my body found a way of self-defence.
Great reaction.. Jimmy barnes does other great duets with Tina Turner (simply the best) and the great INXS (good times). If you get to react to INXS please react to them live at Wembley..they are fantastic and Michael (RIP) shows his talents as a frontman
Johnny Diesel was a blues/rock guy. All three worked together. Diesel had some great albums. Love Junk was a good song by him. Diesel also married Jimmy’s sister in-law.
Oh, you've just discovered John Farnham!! You ain't heard nothin' yet!! He is the GOAT and known as The Voice in Australia. Please react to him singing 'Help' from the Classic Jack concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. And prepare to have your mind blown. If you do more to John's songs (please do), I recommend that you always watch live performances from him. He gives his audiences 110% of himself every time. No one, including myself, has ever gone home from his concerts feeling disappointed. In interviews, he has said that he only makes albums so he can go out on the road and perform the songs from them. He aims to totally entertain and give his audience the time of their lives. No one quite like our John. He is the best of the best.
Keep going with the Jimmy rabbit hole, especially the Cold Chisel stuff, but there’s some great John Farnham performances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra that you should check out, including “You’re the Voice”, The Beatles’ “Help”, and a song he wrote for LRB called “Playing to Win”. Truely Australia’s two greatest rock vocalists ever.
Here is a cut and paste about John, and his friends Olivia Newton John (ONJ), Jimmy Barnes, Anthony Warlow. You might like to check out the YT reactions in the Australian Playlist for HELP and others on THE THAMESMEN YT channel. Started in 1967 with SADIE THE CLEANING LADY czcams.com/video/eZeRmpvCjEw/video.html and went on from there. Close friend of Olivia Newton John who he worked with in Australia from time to time. When she died, he cried all day. This is a great one from the concert with the *Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (M.S.O.)*: IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP IF YOU WANT TO ROCK N ROLL czcams.com/video/73X_z_zW4Sg/video.html Also same concert: YOU’RE THE VOICE with M.S.O. czcams.com/video/6m2m_9Uijso/video.html Also same concert: HELP (Beatles) with M.S.O. (version you never heard before):- czcams.com/video/dv54giOSRKs/video.html Original Beatles version: czcams.com/video/2Q_ZzBGPdqE/video.html Also sang DARE TO DREAM from Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony with ONJ - czcams.com/video/NwIfmS-Pml/video.html (note you may need to alter a VPN setting to Australia to see that). This is good too - the 2.5 hr concert with ONJ and our Phantom, from *Phantom of the Opera* (Anthony Warlow):- THE MAIN EVENT czcams.com/video/qd-USQDe9dg/video.html Another good one with Jimmy Barnes WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY (concert version with Diesel (Jimmy’s brother in law and formerly from the US) czcams.com/video/AU_bCchDWF4/video.html Same song, studio version in restaurant with Diesel: czcams.com/video/ihsfx1LuoKc/video.html GETHSEMANE from *Jesus Christ Superstar*: (reaction video) czcams.com/video/I94-wQUL4XM/video.html John Farnham & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Live At The Sydney Opera House (2006) 1 hour 49 mins czcams.com/video/umvIOQcasf8/video.html The statistics of the CLASSIC JACK LIVE concert in 1989 are all on this: www.discogs.com/release/6714435-John-Farnham-Melbourne-Symphony-Orchestra-Classic-Jack-Live If you really like this concert, you can purchase it still on DVD or CD. It is the CLASSIC JACK LIVE concert. It may be available in your country but in Australia it is on www.sanity.com.au, ebay.com.au, or Amazon.com.au. *FINDING THE VOICE trailer*: czcams.com/video/LocCfc5PKrE/video.html His biography is a movie about to appear in the Australian cinemas. I saw it on 14th May at a special screening. You can purchase the CD and DVD via www.sanity.com.au Olivia features in the movie and admits John is her favourite singer of all time. In the biography movie they show him singing YOU’RE THE VOICE in front of 100,000 screaming fans in West Germany just before the Berlin Wall was brought down. He is now 74 years old, and sadly went through a 12 hour operation for throat cancer losing part of his jaw back about the same time his dear friend Olivia died in August 2022. He lost Liv and his best mate, his manager Glen Wheatley to ‘COVID’ (LOL, if only they knew) within that time frame of a few months. Glen was 74 too. He used to be a guitarist in Master’s Apprentices. Pic of Glenn and his actress wife Gaynor - resources2.news.com.au/images/2008/05/19/va1237308441554/Glenn-Wheatley-6045629.jpg Pic of John and Glen - they were like brothers - images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-5529301/5a7e8b99b65d133ff7a7207862d60d13f8f7e02f-16x9-x0y119w1800h1013.jpg?imwidth=1200 *A bit on John (Australia’s former King of Pop)* - Born in the UK in 1949, came out when 10 to Melbourne Victoria, Australia. It’s the same sort of history as Olivia Newton John, who was born in the UK in 1948 and came out when 5 to Melbourne. Both worked in the industry in Melbourne in the 1960's and eventually Olivia ended up back in the UK and then the US. John became the King of Pop with the 1967 hit ‘Sadie the Cleaning Lady.’ He was in the LITTLE RIVER BAND. John had his chances to work in the US but wanted to live in Australia. Queen wanted him to replace Freddie Mercury, but he declined. www.smh.com.au/entertainment/john-farnham-asked-to-join-queen-report-20030804-gdh7j9.html *Jimmy Barnes (Australia’s former King of Rock)* was born April, 28 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland. His original name was 'James Dixon Swan' and his father was a featherweight boxing champion in Glasgow. In 1961/62 his family moved to Australia. After playing in a school band (he replaced Bon Scott (who joined AC/DC) as lead vocalist in the band Fraternity. Then, aged 16 and a half, he joined Cold Chisel in 1973. First they played the pubs of Adelaide, then they played the pubs of Australia and finally they got a record contract in 1976. Now, Cold Chisel are Australian history - one of the best bands Australia ever had. They split up in 1983 because they thought they weren't playing good music anymore and they didn't want to rip their fans off with another album. Here's another jam with Jimmy Barnes and the late Michael Hutchence INXS 'Good Times' Live czcams.com/video/TimxLOW922o/video.html
The guitarist is Johnny Diesel ( Mark Lizotte ).....probably our best ever blues singer and guitarist, although like Jimmy, he has an excellant and pure head voice..... he no longer sings pure blues that often.... mostly rock and pop now. As they are brothers in law, Jimmy and Diesel often perform together, and with each other. I recommend a video of them sitting together having a chat, before they perform one of Diesels songs impromptu.. .. Jimmy is holding the lyrics and probably sheet music in his hands as they sing......it is brilliant, but i suspect there is more than one video or maybe a longer one. As for John Farnham......Help and The Voice with the MSO are his 2 most popular..... i prefer his covers of AC/DC's Long Way To The Top and Led Zepplin's Black Dog... . .Black Dog is audio only.. ..was a pre concert soundcheck and vocal warm up, but a sound engineer flipped the switch and recorded it. Also Gethsemane from the 1990's Aussie production of Jesus Christ Superstar.... better than his early cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water ( Simon and Garfunkel ).
Talk about great duets, you need to check out John Farnham and Olivia Newton John singing Please Don't Ask Me from The Main Event Concert. Another great duet is Jimmy Barnes and Tina Turner with Simply The Best from 1994.
Well that was one of the most enthusiastic reactions I've seen to this performance. Everyone that watches it loves it, but your reaction was a lot of fun. John and Jimmy are Aussie music industry Royalty. There are tons of great videos of John up on CZcams for you to discover. But I'd start with the most famous ones like Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra...You're the Voice (which is his biggest charting single) also live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra... And my favourites Pressure Down and Playing to Win from the Chain Reaction concert. ❤❤❤ You're the Voice m.czcams.com/video/6m2m_9Uijso/video.html And since you keen on LRB thisbis a clip of them with John performing Reminiscing m.czcams.com/video/iYgh_Irk46M/video.html
Now that you’ve seen John Farnham with Jimmy, I would love you to check out John singing the Beatles ‘Help’ with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It’s absolutely mind blowing. You’ll see why he is known as The Voice here in Australia.😊
Love, love, love John singing Help! I think it might be my favourite song of his! Let's hope he does a reaction on it!👍
The best live vocal ever performed
@@jeffwilson7100 I agree whole heartedly! 🦘
Barnsey, Farnsey and a splash of Diesel.. makes a fantastic performance 😂
Jimmy is rock, soul, blues royalty with incredible power and range. John can sing any genre and his range and power is second to none and he is known as the G.O.A.T. Love our Aussie boys ❤❤
Guitarist is Diesel and Jimmy’s Brother in law. They married sisters. I love how John just holds his microphone for Diesel because he doesn’t need it. There are good singers there and there is John. He is unequaled in any genre and known as the Voice for a very good reason. He did not like being a part of the Little River Band because they were nasty and John doesn’t know how to be.
You need to watch the movie of John’s life called finding the voice to understand what he went through. It isn’t 2 years old yet but it is on CZcams. You can watch it and tell us what you think.
John sings 13 different genre’s naturally. He had had number 1 albums in 5 consecutive decades and he is loved. To see him in concert live is amazing. Try John singing Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Or Amazing Grace with two of his backup singers. Or Burn for you written for his wife, or Please Don’t Ask Me with Olivia Newton John at the Main Event Concert. You have over 5 decades to catch up on. Thank you.
John Farnham is another rabbit hole worth exploring. His version of Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is a vocal masterclass.
If you go down the John farnham rabbit hole you may never come back he is the GOAT.
The guitarist is Johnny Diesel, brother-in-law of Jimmy Barnes; another great Australian artist, his band is Diesel and The Injectors.
This was a televised video of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards before the cream of that industry and they screamed when John Farnham came on ! WHY? Because John is the G.O.A.T. of Australian music and they have much adoration for the man and his work ! He has a big, powerful, gymnastic vocal range John sings in TWENTY PLUS genres. His talent is extraordinary. His career was over six decades with many top singles and albums. Also, he is the consummate professional showman, sooo charismatic and totally in rapport with his audiences. His many concerts were sold out many times over.
John was with the Little River Band, replacing Glenn Shorrock. He did not enjoy his time there because some of the band were jealous of him and also that his singing ability and style were clipped. He even wrote a song about it named, 'Let Me Out'. Some of the band members appreciated John and joined him in his later band.
John is a loved legend in Aussie music. ALWAYS see and hear him LIVE where is soul shines. There are many videos on YT of him live in concert. I'm waiting for you to explore more of his marvellous talent and enjoying your channel.
PS. Jimmy Barnes praises John as being a better singer than himself.
I’ve seen this live - twice. Once Jimmy and John, and once Diesel and Jimmy.
Great performance and great reaction 👍
Thanks for the reaction, I was one who requested the reaction.💞Here's a bit more info on John, (I actually prefer the version they did on "Hey, Hey it;s Saturday, not as much reverb)... John is one of the most versatile vocalists you can find, he can sing just about any genre. John Farnham started in 1967 and was still performing into his 70s until Covid shut the country down. He won "King of Pop" 5 consecutive years 69 -73, then faded a bit in the late 70s (due to poor management). John is the only Australian artist to have a number-one record (album or single) in five consecutive decades. They put out a doco last year called "John Farnham - Finding The Voice" (that's what he is affectionately known as here "The Voice), he can sing anything and make it sound great. He has received the admiration of many international artists, such as Richard Marx, Celine Dion, Robbie Williams, Tom Jones, Freddie Mercury. Brian May, Sammy Davis Jnr, Ray Charles, just to name a few. I'll drop a few links to give you a taste and warn you if you start reacting to John, the Aussie Army will flood your channel. LOL 😂 if you decide to go exploring, make sure you only watch "Live" performances, he loves his fans and millions of us love him back, He is the most down to earth loveable person, humble, funny and extremely talented. Yes, John replaced Glen Sherrock as frontman for LRB for a time in the early eighties. First the trailer...czcams.com/video/LocCfc5PKrE/video.html the next is one of the encores at the end of a 2+ hour concert 1986. a John Lennon number "Help", but John F's version (JL heard it before he passed and said that was the way the song was meant to sound)...czcams.com/video/dv54giOSRKs/video.html Anything from that "Classic Jack Live" with MSO concert is "gold". His hit from the Whispering Jack Album, (which held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks), "You're the Voice" went to No. 1 and has become an unofficial National Anthem, , and always keep an eye out for his "mic & stand" tricks, czcams.com/video/6m2m_9Uijso/video.html ), 1994 "You'll Never Walk Alone" (while chewing gum LOL).. czcams.com/video/dWTEesb7FrY/video.html 1998 John and good friend Olivia Newton-John duet "Please Don't Ask Me" czcams.com/video/2uV_tZODfK8/video.html 1999 With Human Nature doing a Jackson Five number czcams.com/video/AK9uhGmvo6U/video.html 2000, a bit of "swing" czcams.com/video/AK9uhGmvo6U/video.html , 2003 "When the War is Over" Last Time Tour czcams.com/video/BekbvlLzMWc/video.html & lastly one of my favorite LRB numbers is Reminising (nice jazzy vocal) 1983 czcams.com/video/iYgh_Irk46M/video.html So many to choose from, hope you like them. 💞
Because this was the Arias (Aussie music Awards) it was broadcast live nation wide. Lotto was always live Saturday night. So this was the compromise.
Jimmy Barnes is a Aussie pub music legend as a solo artist and the band Cold Chisel.... classic Aussie pub music from the 70s through to the 80s and beyond as Barnsey is still performing today even though just recently he had some major health issues which hes recovered from like a SUPERSTAR and ready to get back on stage and there's nothing better than seeing Barnsey LIVE... and the legendary John Farnham known as the Voice... love these 2 legends of Aussie music...luvd ur reaction to our Aussie legends much love from Perth Western Australia ❤❤🪃🦘🦘
Welcome to the bunny burrow that is John Farnham, aka The Voice, aka Farnsey (John and Jimmy are affectionately known as Farnsey and Barnsey). It's hard to choose a follow-up, but I guess the logical choice would be the song that first gave John the moniker The Voice, You're the Voice with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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From the same concert, which I had the privilege of attending (I was on an endorphin high for days), his cover of the Beatles' Help.
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Or, if you want to hear John get his Rock on, here he is singing Led Zep's Black Dog which he uses as his soundcheck.
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Yessss. All of the above plus many, many more! You will not regret a second of it!
If reacting to Aussie singers always do live reactions. They are much better.
The Guitarist is Jimmy Barnes brother in law Johnny Diesel AKA Mark Lizzoti , Johnny Diesel and the Injectors was a Pub Band from the 80's
Great reaction to these two Aussie legends ….please please please react to more John Farnham anything live from him is amazing but his version of Help with the Melbourne symphony orchestra is simply outstanding
I watched a live performance of this song by Sam and Dave, the original artists to record it. Keeping in mind that 1967 live concert technology is a fraction of 1991 equipment and that Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham really pour on the Blue Eyed Soul, I have to say, as I always do, that the original with a seven piece horn section is still the greatest!
Love it, thanks heaps for reacting to this. This is what music is all about can’t get much better then that having Farnsey, Barnsey and Diesel together. By the way Diesel on the guitar is Jimmy’s brother in law. If you react to Jimmy Barnes singing a duet with the late Tina Turner “simply the best” Diesel plays the guitar solo in that one to
They performed live on Hey Hey Its Saturday & the lotto were always shown on tv. This was normal to us aussies
Love it thanks ❤❤❤ enjoy the Farnsey and Barnsey rabbit hole
No-one in the comments has mentioned the guitarist and singer, yet. He is "Johhnny Diesal' (real name Marl Lizotte), a successful singer with a band in his own right and brother-in-law to Jimmy.
Mark Lizotte, not sure how much singing he does theses days but he has his own live music venue on Lake Macquarie
Brilliant. Just for clarification it isn’t a Sam Cooke song. It was first released by Sam Moore and Dave Prater (“Sam & Dave), written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Also, John Farnham doesn’t have a better vocal range than Jimmy Barnes. Jimmy’s range in his prime was easily F2 to G5, (possibly even to A5) - this is 3 octaves total. John is A2 to A5, so also 3 octaves. And these ranges are based on full chest voice notes not falsetto or “screams” 😂 It’s just that John’s natural range is at the higher end while Jimmy is most comfortable at the lower end. Both are just brilliant and talented artists and we are very proud of our boys here in Oz! ❤ 🐨
Well said
Yes, well said good Doctor. Right as always.
I’d also like to point out (as most people reacting to this song aren’t old enough to remember) that this song came out at a time when John Farnham was still trying to lose his clean cut “Sadie” image and prove that he could do more than just sing pop.
This was Jimmy’s hit before this duet and in this instance, Jimmy generously allowed John the lion’s share of the vocal work so John could showcase his talent. Jimmy’s role in this song was more one of support to help his friend; not because Jimmy was less capable.
@@Laraine3Errr, this song was released in 1991, well after John had lost his "Sadie" image. That happened in 1986 when Whispering Jack was released. By the time this song was recorded, he'd also released Age of Reason and Chain Reaction albums, and done numerous tours. This song is not an example of some enormous generosity from Jimmy Barnes, allowing poor John to prove himself - John had the best selling Australian album ever, as well as many huge sellout concert tours by this point. The idea that John needed Jimmy's "help" at this point in his career is laughable, tbh.
This was an equal collaboration, that helped Jimmy just as much, if not more, than it helped John. However, looking at it like that is far from what I'd imagine either of these two were thinking at the time.
We can always count on you Kappy for the background story and minutiae 😊
@@Saan42 yes, I see your point with regarding John’s success to that date. My point is that John had not moved into Jimmy’s field of harder rock, growls, soul, etc., until this. John liked to challenge himself with new genres. Another example would be him having a crack at opera with Anthony Warlow.
lol the bad boy/good boy comments were 100% accurate, both of them have such fascinating life stories. Highly recommend Jimmy's autobiographies in case anyone hasn't read them! Personally I think the echo on John's vocal is more sacrilegious than the lotto results. John has a great cover of Who's Loving You if you want to see another absolutely insane vocal in a similar genre.
Ahh, fantastic. Glad you liked this. I've got so many things going through my head. So Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham released this song in 1991. It was on Jimmy's Soul Deep album.
Jimmy had sung this before with his band Cold Chisel in 1982. Jimmy is the lead singer but their guitarist Ian Moss also has a stella voice. They actually share the singing duties in the band. Ian or Mossy as he is known, sings the first part of that song and Jimmy then sings. My it is goodness to a T. Here is a link czcams.com/video/eEZ__N-c02U/video.htmlsi=szxXRNQkmNf5Qn-y
The guy on guitar 🎸 on this song is Jimmy's brother in law (they married sisters). His name is Diesel aka Johnny Diesel, but his real name is Mark Lizotte. He was the lead singer of Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. Brilliant voice, brilliant guitarist too.
Hey lovely. You beat me here 😝 Thank you for the shout out to my upload , so many people haven’t seen Chisel’s version of this song as it hasn’t had much exposure on CZcams. I’m just finishing up work on Jimmy Barnes and David Campbell doing “Do you love me” in 2022 - another one which isn’t on CZcams anywhere as far as I can see. I will be putting this one up today! ❤❤
@@Dr_KAP 🌸❤️ You are certainly welcome. Thank you for the heads up. I will wait eagerly for your upload.
Stellar...
Another legend is Johnny Diesel (guitar player), he is also Jimmy's brother inlaw. Mark Denis Lizotte is an American-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who has released material under the name Diesel, Johnny Diesel, as leader of band Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, and as a solo performer, as well as under his birth name. Per JIMMY'S, My secondary cords or "false cords". There are groups of them around the main cords. I discovered this many years ago. I'd had a bug, and because it was such a big show and we were postponing, I had to get a doctor's certificate for insurance. This throat specialist put a camera down my throat, and had me talking and singing. And he said, "You don't use your vocal cords." Singers who scream as much as I do tend to have problems. But my body found a way of self-defence.
John Johhny and Jimmy they are all great singers they had fun. Diesel only stepped back to play guitar.❤
Great reaction.. Jimmy barnes does other great duets with Tina Turner (simply the best) and the great INXS (good times). If you get to react to INXS please react to them live at Wembley..they are fantastic and Michael (RIP) shows his talents as a frontman
Johnny Diesel was a blues/rock guy. All three worked together. Diesel had some great albums. Love Junk was a good song by him. Diesel also married Jimmy’s sister in-law.
Oh, you've just discovered John Farnham!! You ain't heard nothin' yet!! He is the GOAT and known as The Voice in Australia. Please react to him singing 'Help' from the Classic Jack concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. And prepare to have your mind blown. If you do more to John's songs (please do), I recommend that you always watch live performances from him. He gives his audiences 110% of himself every time. No one, including myself, has ever gone home from his concerts feeling disappointed. In interviews, he has said that he only makes albums so he can go out on the road and perform the songs from them. He aims to totally entertain and give his audience the time of their lives. No one quite like our John. He is the best of the best.
Keep going with the Jimmy rabbit hole, especially the Cold Chisel stuff, but there’s some great John Farnham performances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra that you should check out, including “You’re the Voice”, The Beatles’ “Help”, and a song he wrote for LRB called “Playing to Win”.
Truely Australia’s two greatest rock vocalists ever.
Another Jimmy Barnes collab is with the Badloves doing a cover of The Band's "The Weight"
Here is a cut and paste about John, and his friends Olivia Newton John (ONJ), Jimmy Barnes, Anthony Warlow. You might like to check out the YT reactions in the Australian Playlist for HELP and others on THE THAMESMEN YT channel.
Started in 1967 with SADIE THE CLEANING LADY czcams.com/video/eZeRmpvCjEw/video.html
and went on from there. Close friend of Olivia Newton John who he worked with in Australia from time to time. When she died, he cried all day.
This is a great one from the concert with the *Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (M.S.O.)*: IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP IF YOU WANT TO ROCK N ROLL czcams.com/video/73X_z_zW4Sg/video.html
Also same concert: YOU’RE THE VOICE with M.S.O. czcams.com/video/6m2m_9Uijso/video.html
Also same concert: HELP (Beatles) with M.S.O. (version you never heard before):- czcams.com/video/dv54giOSRKs/video.html
Original Beatles version: czcams.com/video/2Q_ZzBGPdqE/video.html
Also sang DARE TO DREAM from Sydney 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony with ONJ - czcams.com/video/NwIfmS-Pml/video.html
(note you may need to alter a VPN setting to Australia to see that).
This is good too - the 2.5 hr concert with ONJ and our Phantom, from *Phantom of the Opera* (Anthony Warlow):- THE MAIN EVENT czcams.com/video/qd-USQDe9dg/video.html
Another good one with Jimmy Barnes WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY (concert version with Diesel (Jimmy’s brother in law and formerly from the US) czcams.com/video/AU_bCchDWF4/video.html
Same song, studio version in restaurant with Diesel: czcams.com/video/ihsfx1LuoKc/video.html
GETHSEMANE from *Jesus Christ Superstar*: (reaction video) czcams.com/video/I94-wQUL4XM/video.html
John Farnham & The Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Live At The Sydney Opera House (2006) 1 hour 49 mins czcams.com/video/umvIOQcasf8/video.html
The statistics of the CLASSIC JACK LIVE concert in 1989 are all on this: www.discogs.com/release/6714435-John-Farnham-Melbourne-Symphony-Orchestra-Classic-Jack-Live If you really like this concert, you can purchase it still on DVD or CD. It is the CLASSIC JACK LIVE concert. It may be available in your country but in Australia it is on www.sanity.com.au, ebay.com.au, or Amazon.com.au.
*FINDING THE VOICE trailer*: czcams.com/video/LocCfc5PKrE/video.html
His biography is a movie about to appear in the Australian cinemas. I saw it on 14th May at a special screening. You can purchase the CD and DVD via www.sanity.com.au Olivia features in the movie and admits John is her favourite singer of all time. In the biography movie they show him singing YOU’RE THE VOICE in front of 100,000 screaming fans in West Germany just before the Berlin Wall was brought down. He is now 74 years old, and sadly went through a 12 hour operation for throat cancer losing part of his jaw back about the same time his dear friend Olivia died in August 2022. He lost Liv and his best mate, his manager Glen Wheatley to ‘COVID’ (LOL, if only they knew) within that time frame of a few months. Glen was 74 too. He used to be a guitarist in Master’s Apprentices.
Pic of Glenn and his actress wife Gaynor - resources2.news.com.au/images/2008/05/19/va1237308441554/Glenn-Wheatley-6045629.jpg
Pic of John and Glen - they were like brothers -
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*A bit on John (Australia’s former King of Pop)* - Born in the UK in 1949, came out when 10 to Melbourne Victoria, Australia. It’s the same sort of history as Olivia Newton John, who was born in the UK in 1948 and came out when 5 to Melbourne. Both worked in the industry in Melbourne in the 1960's and eventually Olivia ended up back in the UK and then the US. John became the King of Pop with the 1967 hit ‘Sadie the Cleaning Lady.’ He was in the LITTLE RIVER BAND. John had his chances to work in the US but wanted to live in Australia. Queen wanted him to replace Freddie Mercury, but he declined. www.smh.com.au/entertainment/john-farnham-asked-to-join-queen-report-20030804-gdh7j9.html
*Jimmy Barnes (Australia’s former King of Rock)* was born April, 28 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland. His original name was 'James Dixon Swan' and his father was a featherweight boxing champion in Glasgow. In 1961/62 his family moved to Australia. After playing in a school band (he replaced Bon Scott (who joined AC/DC) as lead vocalist in the band Fraternity. Then, aged 16 and a half, he joined Cold Chisel in 1973. First they played the pubs of Adelaide, then they played the pubs of Australia and finally they got a record contract in 1976. Now, Cold Chisel are Australian history - one of the best bands Australia ever had. They split up in 1983 because they thought they weren't playing good music anymore and they didn't want to rip their fans off with another album.
Here's another jam with Jimmy Barnes and the late Michael Hutchence INXS 'Good Times' Live czcams.com/video/TimxLOW922o/video.html
Yep!
The guitarist was Joe Bonamasa. Formerly leader of a band called Jonny Diesel and the injectors.
The guitarist is Johnny Diesel ( Mark Lizotte ).....probably our best ever blues singer and guitarist, although like Jimmy, he has an excellant and pure head voice..... he no longer sings pure blues that often.... mostly rock and pop now.
As they are brothers in law, Jimmy and Diesel often perform together, and with each other.
I recommend a video of them sitting together having a chat, before they perform one of Diesels songs impromptu.. .. Jimmy is holding the lyrics and probably sheet music in his hands as they sing......it is brilliant, but i suspect there is more than one video or maybe a longer one.
As for John Farnham......Help and The Voice with the MSO are his 2 most popular..... i prefer his covers of AC/DC's Long Way To The Top and Led Zepplin's Black Dog... . .Black Dog is audio only.. ..was a pre concert soundcheck and vocal warm up, but a sound engineer flipped the switch and recorded it.
Also Gethsemane from the 1990's Aussie production of Jesus Christ Superstar.... better than his early cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water ( Simon and Garfunkel ).
Talk about great duets, you need to check out John Farnham and Olivia Newton John singing Please Don't Ask Me from The Main Event Concert. Another great duet is Jimmy Barnes and Tina Turner with Simply The Best from 1994.
Well that was one of the most enthusiastic reactions I've seen to this performance. Everyone that watches it loves it, but your reaction was a lot of fun.
John and Jimmy are Aussie music industry Royalty.
There are tons of great videos of John up on CZcams for you to discover. But I'd start with the most famous ones like Help with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra...You're the Voice (which is his biggest charting single) also live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra...
And my favourites Pressure Down and Playing to Win from the Chain Reaction concert. ❤❤❤
You're the Voice
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And since you keen on LRB thisbis a clip of them with John performing Reminiscing
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If you want new subscribers and quick likes, do lots more John Farnham… start with Help with the MSO and always do live 👍👍
Vin diesel is a star in his own but al these guys are mates
The hey hey it's Saturday live audio version is better.