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  • @johncanavan599
    @johncanavan599 7 місяців тому +7

    Loved this song a great Australian artist

  • @harrytroy685
    @harrytroy685 Рік тому +6

    Loved Kevin Johnson heaps. His wonderful voice and the messages in his songs.

  • @williamgoldsmith3796
    @williamgoldsmith3796 2 роки тому +14

    Kevin is the only singer who can bring this song to life, after all it is about his life, and he is a great artist.

  • @Cantariani
    @Cantariani 3 роки тому +27

    So many interpretations but Kevin Johnson's is still the best.

    • @axlnixon8955
      @axlnixon8955 3 роки тому

      you probably dont give a damn but does any of you know a method to log back into an instagram account..?
      I somehow forgot my login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me

    • @gusjaxtyn5928
      @gusjaxtyn5928 3 роки тому

      @Axl Nixon Instablaster ;)

  • @karenr1688
    @karenr1688 10 місяців тому +6

    He’ll always be a star!! ❤

  • @mccormacktony661
    @mccormacktony661 3 роки тому +16

    I've heard a lot of versions of this song but Kevin's version is by far the best.

  • @supervidere7
    @supervidere7 Рік тому +5

    That man means a lot to a lot of people that never met him.

  • @mjames4709
    @mjames4709 4 роки тому +11

    Great Australian song. Nice to see it covered in this series.

  • @LEObondTraveller
    @LEObondTraveller Рік тому +2

    Classic song! ... He's from Rockhampton Queensland, Same as me

  • @margrietvanhees5704
    @margrietvanhees5704 2 роки тому +4

    Super mooi nummer en een heel mooi verhaal Kevin. 👌👍❤️

  • @chrisghijsen2788
    @chrisghijsen2788 3 роки тому +6

    Versie van the Cats is zeker gelijkwaardig aan het origineel.

  • @КарлыгашМанапбаева-ш8т
    @КарлыгашМанапбаева-ш8т 6 місяців тому +3

    Mr. Kevin Johnson is a very talented man. We say about people like him that God kissed him.

  • @cidermonkey5616
    @cidermonkey5616 2 місяці тому +2

    Great song then, great song now and one which has stood the test of time. I feel we can all associate with some bit of this if we really think about the lyrics.....

  • @worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147
    @worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147 9 днів тому

    A sing which touches the heart

  • @nazaholicable
    @nazaholicable 4 роки тому +8

    I really love the story in this song and the questions raised. Should you quit? Should you keep going? In 1984, some nine years on from this track being a UK hit, I was on holiday with two friends when we sank a few pints in a smugglers inn at Rye next the Sea. The lone singer/guitarist in the corner was nothing special until he played 'rock n roll I gave you the best years of my life. He nailed it.

  • @AndyMangele
    @AndyMangele 3 роки тому +4

    Wow - being covered several times over - every songwriter's wet dream!

  • @d.k.1394
    @d.k.1394 Рік тому +5

    Story telling at its best

    • @d.k.1394
      @d.k.1394 Місяць тому

      True

    • @d.k.1394
      @d.k.1394 Місяць тому

      Great guitar 🎸 player

  • @debralearyan8844
    @debralearyan8844 Рік тому +2

    ❤ Top Song.

    • @peterfreeman1585
      @peterfreeman1585 9 місяців тому +1

      And a top songwriter and performer - the great (under-rated) Kevin Johnston.
      This was his best known song but he has written and performed many more.

  • @rickshearer
    @rickshearer 5 років тому +5

    I can relate :( Great montage work of the various versions from different countries!!

  • @gustaaf1892
    @gustaaf1892 2 роки тому +7

    The original remains the best. Who can feel a personal song like this better than the person who wrote it?

  • @godsofsurf
    @godsofsurf 5 років тому +6

    Good to see that Kevin can finally buy a good guitar. Nice song.

  • @digbyhodgins5527
    @digbyhodgins5527 2 роки тому

    Got my summer coat dry cleaned the other day, gave me back your transcript of the fury’s ‘
    green fields of france’
    Thought you might like this one from my youth!!

  • @iggytse
    @iggytse 4 роки тому +2

    I've never of this song. I just recognised the Sydney Harbour Bridge and clicked the video.

  • @geraldhartley
    @geraldhartley 7 місяців тому

    Canadian Terry Jacks took this song to new heights. 😎

  • @buck3655
    @buck3655 2 роки тому +1

  • @mtd3369
    @mtd3369 5 років тому +2

    There was a Canadian version of this?!?
    🎤🎶🎵 "Bought all the BTO records, sounded just like Guess Who..." 🎵🎶🎤
    🎤🎶🎵 "She followed me to London, Ontario to a dozen hotel rooms..." 🎵🎶🎤

    • @sjng68
      @sjng68 2 роки тому

      By Terry Jacks no less!

  • @reuireuiop0
    @reuireuiop0 3 роки тому +1

    "Aussie scene, always a little behind" - might be valid for mainstream MOR .. but sure didn't go for the Saints who were the first punk band to issue a 7" outside the USA - and a classic at that "Stranded"
    and with Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon and Nick Cave, delivered a godsend to the early 80s Indy scene, proved Australia could be right with it when it mattered.
    Wonder if these days, Tex Perkins would cover Kevin :)

  • @pauliejay4161
    @pauliejay4161 5 років тому +5

    0:11 I can see my apartment!

  • @nancygillam9819
    @nancygillam9819 5 років тому +1

    this used to be my favourite music until it wore out

  • @lamper2
    @lamper2 4 роки тому

    thought i was gonna hear about gary glitter ha

  • @vinylsingleman
    @vinylsingleman Рік тому

    This is the great version. Not Mac Davis's, with the cheap, cliched change of the end lyrics to "I'm just a simple country boy...."

  • @uli3651
    @uli3651 3 роки тому

    Had a car before a guitar

  • @supervidere7
    @supervidere7 Рік тому

    Failure outnumbers success, I guess.

  • @peachypowell6565
    @peachypowell6565 3 роки тому

    Can't beat new Zealands Craig scotts version from the 1970s

  • @jimwalker3808
    @jimwalker3808 5 років тому +2

    Wow what a trite mediocre song

    • @oddballsok
      @oddballsok 4 роки тому +1

      but covered so many times = money, cachingggg

    • @channelsixtysix066
      @channelsixtysix066 3 роки тому +1

      @pitfa17 Touché

    • @kevinpratt7105
      @kevinpratt7105 Рік тому +1

      As long as there’s a hole at the back of my arse, you will never in your lifetime ,write a song like this !

    • @kevinconway5896
      @kevinconway5896 10 місяців тому +3

      Clown

    • @peterfreeman1585
      @peterfreeman1585 9 місяців тому +1

      You poor soul-less shell.
      You wouldn't know.