This Is the #1 SONG EVER by an AUSTRALIAN ACT...and IT's NOT WHO YOU THINK! | Professor of Rock
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- Coming up, it’s the most played song by an Australian act and if you took 100 guesses you get it wrong. It’s not a song from Men At Work or AC/DC or INXS, it’s by Little River Band that had many hits in the 70s and 80s on the American charts, but "Reminiscing" was their biggest... It went to #3 and since then it’s been played over 6 million times on American radio and the song was almost thrown away. As the band was recording it, they couldn’t get the arrangement right so they decided to nix it after trying to record it 2 separate times … today’s guest, the writer of the song, talked them into trying it just one more time and someone who wasn’t even in the band is the one who figured out how to make it work… It’s a great story and it’s coming up next on Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another edition of our series Revelations. Where artists and bands take us for a deep dive into their greatest songs and albums. Details about the recordings that you won’t find ANYWHERE else and that’s a fact. Today was have the story of the most-played song in radio history by an Australian artist. I MENTIONED some of the great artists from down under but I left one out. It’s a band that has had a lot of hits here in the States and is definitely the greatest Australian Yacht rock group. I’m talking about Little River Band and the classic 1978 classic hit Reminiscing. We have the co-founder, writer, and guitarist Graham Goble to tell us how he created it.
It was awarded the BMI award for 5 million plays and is now almost at 6 million plays. The song went to #3 on the Hot 100 and was actually named by John Lennon as one of his favorite songs. Graham tells us that the entire song lyrics and music fell out of him in minutes…. he was fantasizing and romanticizing what it would’ve been like to have a relationship with a girl he never got with and having a romance in the 30s when big bands were the rage…the song was created in short order but then almost didn’t get recorded because they couldn’t get the arrangement to work.
Also, Graham tells us that after writing this and many other Little River band Classics he and other original band members like singer Glenn Shorrock and Beeb Birtles haven’t been able to tour under the name because the band who uses the name currently who doesn’t have any original members controls it. How would you like to wake up one morning and see that everything you’d ever worked for and created was controlled by someone else? Get the full story next in our exclusive interview with Graham...
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"Cool Change" Little River Band
Little River is a small town just west of Melbourne. In the late 70s it was punching way above its weight, because not only did LRB name their band after the town, but a lot of Mad Max was shot around there. Fun fact.
I live down the road 😊
More was shot at Clunes. Another small town just outside Ballarat
@@CryptikConstructWow.I was in Clunes on the weekend.
Little River is actually a small creek / river that crosses the main highway that connects Melbourne to Geelong. The Little River rises in the Brisbane Ranges, near Staughton Vale and flows generally east through the Werribee Plain, joined by three minor tributaries, before reaching its mouth at Port Phillip, north of Beacon Point near the boundary between the City of Greater Geelong and the City of Wyndham.
And while there is a small town in the area called Little River ... the band's name is actually taken from an Exit Sign with the words Little River on it. So technically, the band is named after a sign rather than the town or the river itself.
I had heard that Beeb and Graham were in Mississippi before they had formed the Little River Band. "Big river" to Little...
My favorite Little River Band song is "Lady". After my divorce, when I drove down I-5 southwards from Fort Lewis, Washington to my next US Army post across the country, with all my belongings in my little Ford Pinto, "Lady" came on the radio. When the line in the lyrics, "A long time ago I had a lady to love," hit me like a ton of bricks. I had lost my love, and was wondering about what the future would hold for me. That song gave me hope that I would again find a lady to love. And I did! We lasted 35 years until cancer took her away. But she's still in my heart.
Sounds like AI content
@@kurules3072 - No, it's entirely me and my experience. I was quite surprised (and charmed) at the coincidence when that song came over the radio at the time. It was just after I passed through Tumwater on I-5 southbound. I was listening to KTAC in Tacoma, which was my favorite station at the time. This was back in 1979. KTAC is no longer in Tacoma, of course.
@@cyberherbalistsounds lovely. You are so lucky to have those memories.
That's an amazing story which warms the heart to hear. Thank you for sharing that with us. I also was married at some point but he wasn't exactly a wonderful man. My choice was just to raise my children and I don't regret that choice. However, it would have been wonderful to have had that "one" person in life that you could be there for, who was there for you.
Cheers from Australia my friend and as a woman, I want to thank you and ALL men like you for being there for your wives.
As an Australian and growing up with LRB, I had no idea that the band were known internationally and pleasantly surprised to hear that “Reminiscing” made it to #3 on Billboard.
G'day from WA.
yeah thats how this other fake LRB in the states ended up taking it over ,theres a long story to it and why youd need to look it up..G'day from Melbourne👍
This was my late husband’s and mine favorite song, from dating, to marriage, to his passing. Brings tears to my eyes every time. And we both were young during all this. That’s how it impacted our relationship
I have absolutely no illusions that condolences from a stranger (however sincere, and however heartfelt)---and from a lifelong bachelor, at that--will mean much to you, Ma'am, but, for whatever they're worth, you do, indeed, have my sincerest, most heartfelt condolences. I hope you hold out hope, one day, for a joyous reunion (and more dances to Little River Band and "Reminiscing") in a realm to come. It may seem as though that day cannot come soon enough, and perhaps even that it will *never* come, but, come it will. I invite you to hold onto that hope.
Warm Regards, Best Wishes, and Again, Deepest Condolences,
@Kenngo1969
❤❤❤❤❤
It's nice that it was John Lennon's favourite, too. It turns out he was a romantic after all.
Much love to you ❤
I am a 73 year old Australian woman and I remember seeing Glenn Sharrock in Axiom live. The song I loved and sang to my children when they were born was A Little Ray of Sunshine. Great song. I love LRB and my favourite song from LRB is Reminiscing. Thank you for the interview.🇦🇺🥰
Axiom Yes
Oooohhhh.... do they sing 'Little Ray of Sunshine'??? Omg I absolutely love that song
Thank you 🤗
I really have to study their music now 😅🙏
Aussie here too. I love my love of music. It has served me well.
Love the Little River Band, favorite years are with Glenn Shorrock's voice. His voice is perfection on "Reminiscing", but "Cool Change" is the one that melts my heart.
I agree. Glenn is their best singer!
I was born Aquarius and live near Lake Michigan and I thought "Cool Change" was written for me ! 😂
@@ProfessorofRock I wish you could do an interview with him.
"Cool Change" is a great song.
I remember thinking at about 13 years old listening to am radio hearing this schmaltzy song but impressed then I heard lonesome loser and Lady and that was it . Weird I was just checking out some old videos from them and here you are spotlighting the topic
I guess I never realized LRB is an Aussie band? Their music was everywhere during my childhood, on the radio and tv. Great interview, Professor! ✌🤘
Cool eh?
Same
They’re so cool, mate!
Yep, they were an Aussie Band. I'm from Queensland Australia!
When I first heard of them I thought they were a band from just down the road. The joint communities of Little River-Academy, TX near the Little River.
Graham Goble and Beeb Birtles are 2 of my very favourite songwriters. As an Aussie who grew up listening to LRB I am proud to say that their talent stands out to this day. Thanks so much for recording this interview, I loved it.
Great comment. I never missed them when they toured Seattle washington. It's a shame they can't do a farewell tour like they want to.
As an Aussie, I am very proud of LRB... They were a big part of the soundtrack of my youth..
HUGE fan of LRB. It's criminal what has happened to them.
They should've just toured as the Small River Band.🤣
@@illegal_space_alienOr the group formerly known as Little River Band.
Amen! It makes me sad.
Luckily for the Guess Who (who has a similar problem like LRB, where the original drummer is acting like the new guys are the original) Cummings/Bachman took those fake guys to court and won and the new band is now shut down, hopefully the same will happen for LRB
I don’t think they are allowed to use any form of the name.
I was a Senior in high school when Reminiscing was fresh. Absolutely a classic. No one writes like this and harmonizes like this. Great work Adam!
Man, this episode hits close to home for me. THE very first live concert I ever saw was a triple bill.
Head East, Foreigner, and Little River Band. L.R.B. blew me away! What a great band! Thank you!
Oh you were so lucky!
I saw Head East in Muskogee OK in the early 80’s with Point Blank my first rock concert.
Never listened to Head East but love the other two bands!
i think.my older brother attended that triple blll show like 79 maybe he took me with buddies my firsy arena ted nugent with derek st. john first club show dixie dregs same year like i think
Must have been magic!
I saw LRB at Brisbane expo 88 with guest Glenn Fry. When Glenn came on stage he said that LRB was the best harmonising band ever. Pretty good praise. Still listening to the songs at 74.
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was there on a school trip from vic.. year ten... missed that concert however.
Little River Band, Australian! Despite being 70 years old, and hearing their music over the past few decades. and liking it, I had no idea. I love these stories behind these stories. I am a fan.
Oh my goodness Adam!! I remember riding the bus to school and the driver had a little radio he would blast in the moring-! This song brings back those memories! Reminiscing indeed!! And yes, I am an old lady who was going to school on the bus in 1978! xoxo
That's awesome!
Your not old 😂😂😂
our bus driver did the same he was my friends older brother haha he always cranked the junkie bus radio up.wed sing along sometimes same years 77 8
This was a brilliant interview. I enjoyed the discussion of creating the song.
Amen!
For me, the story telling of how these songs came about just give so much volume and depth to the love I have for these songs. I have such a love for this particular channel. I’m a 50-year-old Black man, and I can sit here and say I salute you for all that you do in giving the story to the songs that make me smile.
I have always loved Little River Band!! My favorite song by them is Lady!! Reminiscing wasn't one of my favorites but has grown on me over the years!! It's too bad you'll never see the original members perform again!! I would never go see the current line up in concert!! Great video Professor Of Rock!! Cindy Snow
i love Lady!
Me too!❤
"Long Way There" is DEFINITELY my favourite song of theirs. It's a true masterpiece and an epic song.
Yeah I like Lady a lot more than I do Reminiscing, but they’re both great!
@@cindysnow2123 Lady has great appeal. It has this "southern US sass" about it fiddle/synthetic string accents. The harmonies were awesome..."there all the time." ..love song going through my mind. Love song it was there all the time. So lady, let me take a look at you now.." cue that southern/western saloon sassy melody
My all time favorite Aussie band! Other than Reminiscing, Night Owls is up there with me! Nice listening to the interview! Thanks Professor! 😊
Thanks Cheryl!
I believe Beeb Birtles is the lead singer of "Night Owls"; MTV and VH1 used to run a video of LRB playing it with him at the center microphone.
Thanks for giving so much time to this gentleman to describe the writing and studio process on this wonderful song. Would love to have more vids balanced like this on in your series--a subseries of songwriting masterclasses, almost.
This is truly a fantastic interview, Adam! One of my biggest enjoyments in life is learning the backstory of songs, artsists' histories and lyrics' inspirations. I love your laid-back, but thoroughly enthusiastic and well-informed, style of questioning!
The original Little River Band is a wonderfully talented band that my mom, my 4 younger sisters, and I, have been singing and backseat dancing to since the 70s!
As an Aussie I'm glad you did a video on these guys. My personal fave of theirs was Playing to Win. Use to play it before every game i played.
I remember being in college, being in love, and these songs filling my heart with joy. Thanks for covering this song, Adam. It has me reminiscing. ❤😊
I was 8 when this song came out. Growing up in Melbourne and with my initials being R.B I called myself Little R.B and pretty much knew the song word for word on release. Thanks for covering this wonderful story of how the track came to be. Reminiscing here, Rich.
Nice, Little RB
... such a fabulous song. One of those special songs that sets the mood and sends you somewhere else as soon as it starts playing. It's been a favorite of mine since I first heard it in '78.
You’re wrong, Professor. I knew exactly the song you were talking about from just the thumbnail caption. One of my favorites of all time! Thanks for covering it
For me it clicked when I saw the LRB Greatest Hits album behind him LOL!
I would have thought Bee Gees were bigger in the US. The Saturday Night Fever era was huge in the US and worldwide. Although some people say they're not Australian because they were born in England.
@ They were bigger than everyone, everywhere. But, this song has staying power
I really like Little River Band. They were in concert in my area last summer, but when I looked into it, no one from the original band is still in it. I was very disappointed and decided against going. I wish I could have afforded concerts back in the 80's.
I wish concerts were anywhere near being WORTH what you get charged to get in the door.
the 1980s it was still cheap enough to see many concerts...
Especially if they were Bands Like the Grateful Dead that plays a different set every show...
I’m so sorry. Concerts can be expensive.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 $20 or less compared to the 2000s $100 or more
Ironically, I could afford tickets in the 80s, but not so much now… 😂
What a fantastic band ! This band just makes you dream sitting by the pool just feeling the sun on your face.
Holding hands with the person sunning next to you 🏖️
I bet the people you interview feel really good after talking to you! You always have such positive things to say.
Reminiscing is an absolute masterpiece. I fully agree that it IS a modern day standard. It's timeless. I'm old enough to remember when it came out (I was a kid back then, but was still old enough to remember) and after all of these years, I still have never gotten tired of hearing it. Pure ear candy!
It is very 70s, but at the same time it has a timeless quality that stands up really well.
In my mind, this sound has always screamed 70s. That said, I love this song. It has such a nostalgic feel to it. I can just close my eyes and see the green shag carpeting, the brown crappy wood paneling on the walls, and the orange Ford Pinto.
They did a really great version on The Midnight Special ....
Yes! Our shag was orange/brown/yellow though. Dark wood paneling & an orange Pinto in the driveway.
@@ricksatterstrom7461 That carpeting came in all sorts of nauseating colors. I said green only because it is one of the only memories I have of a house we lived in when I was 5. The hallway had this dark green shag carpet, and I remember thinking how weird it was, even being that small.
Same here on your comment about LRB. Btw...we had a Pinto too...👍👍
It takes you back just like that!
I'm 62 and I first heard this song on Easter break when it came out and I was at Myrtle Beach and met a girl from Shelby NC. Her name slips my mind, but I see her clear as day and remember walking on the beach with her when I hear it. Thank You Graham, thank you.
Memories like you shared are one of the greatest pleasures of life. This song is the perfect expression of that kind of wistfulness. Thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite 70's bands of all time!!
Up in Canada, it felt like "Lonesome Loser" was EVERYWHERE when I was a kid. Still one of my all-time favourites - and the one not written by LRB's "big 3".
Great one.
It's easy to forget somtimes just how good Glenn Shorrock is. In 1967 he went to England with The Twilights, upon returning the would perform the entirety of the just-released Sgt Peppers album, note perfect, live on stage. Even The Beatles never did that.
I worked in lite AC or MAC radio for years and I’m not surprised that the most played Australian song is not Men At Work or AC/DC or INXS and is an earlier song that was played by a bigger variety of stations than classic rock and Top 40. But anyway, well done show and Graham Goble interview!
Thanks Bob! Have a great Tuesday!
@@ProfessorofRock You two, Professor!
@@bobdavis4848 who's teh second persons refers to by “two“, and cans it beh this dawg?
@ Yes, good boy, since meh already replied to someone else on this page about Little River Band's alleged "We Too" hit actually being "We Two," meh says you can have a great day along with POR und mehself. Though if he is in this area, he may have to go fedora chasing in teh current rainy windstorm, which he woulds regards as not as greats as meeting teh best boy beagle in drys location!
I Never got into any of these bands but I remember LRB & Reminiscing even then made me realize life goes by fast & We rarely remember it because we're not fully present as it's happening.
Certain songs are simply magic, every instrument, every chord, every word could not be any closer to perfection, This is one those songs! Anyone that doesn't know The Little River Band do yourself a big favor and listen to all their hits I can guarantee it is a fantastic experience! Great great interview professor with Graham Gobel his memory and ability to tell the whole story is second to none! Also love the Boy Howdy tee!!
Great comment My Name!
How is Ta Dow today?
@AnnaTrail-xp8pr doing very good! How is Anna?
@MyName-pl7zn I'm doing good my daughter surprised me with an early birthday present and got me a new phone. The old one was acting up for over a year and she cooked me dinner. Been catching up on inside stuff since we Been getting rain, snow and flooding.
I have their greatest hits on cassette.
The Best of Little River Band is one of the better greatest hits compilations... Every song is a good one!
I should listen to it one day.
amazingly i found the cassette in my old truck plunked into 93 radio tape player still played last fall.sorry lack of punc. spelling i know how to type junky phone keyboard not even worth wasting time on 300 dollar tablet useless cant pick up wifi or bluetooth herecno comcast or infinity either
I am fortunate to have had two sets of grandparents who loved music and growing up I got to listen to all of the "Big Band" records. When LRB released "Reminiscing" I was blown away !! I loved it ! The music immediately took me back to my grandparents' homes listening to records and watching the black and white movies on "The Late Show". The lyrics paint a perfect mental mini- movie ! Thanks Professor for this episode !
I live in the Great Southern Land, and I honestly forgot all about this band. Thanks, Prof. for reminding me and others of it and for keeping us "reminiscing."
Prof: THANK YOU so much for featuring this incredible tune. Now that my wife and I have reached the age to look back instead of forward quite so much, when we hear this song it causes more emotion now than it even did way back then. Every single note and lyric speak to us at a truly intimately personal level. We've shared the song with our grandkids and their reactions have been all extremely positive. Our youngest granddaughter, age 15, has it as a prominent listing on her regular favorites playlist.
Thanks again.
I saw them in concert a few times and drank beer one night with Glenn Shorrock at a bar on the Gold Coast, a place I have called home for 30 years. I love their music and Reminiscing reminds me not only of my Mum & Dad but also of the relationship I have with my wife of 27 years and what it should be like for us coming home from a night out.The fact that the original guys dont own the name LRB is a blight on the music industry and what can happen.
Reminiscing is one of the greatest songs of all time! I had the opportunity to see the Little River Band back in 1983. What a great band, this song was definitely one of the highlights.
Thanks.
The real LRB and Rose Tattoo are a couple of my all time favorite Aussie bands. Saw the imposter LRB a few years back and something was definitely missing. Thanks for clearing it up, Prof!
I love the Little River Band ❤
Aren't they great!
Yea. Litlle River Band Forever !❤
As an Aussie growing up in the 60s 70s and the early 80s, I was lucky enough to hear this fantastic song nearly every day, coming through my radio and TV speakers. It's one of my all-time Australian favourites. And I still regularly pull it out of my collection to it a listen.
After this glorious interview, with all the casual gravitas describing the spiritual genesis of a melancholy romance classic, Graham Goble concludes his story with a candid assertion that he never did find the kind of romance that teased these songs from his soul.
I even remember where I was when heard this beautiful tune or first time. Loved this group at 18...still do at 64 years. Can't give Sharrock's vocals...the instrumentations are a dream to me...great job Adam...🎤🇨🇦❤🇭🇲
When I was a kid and this song came out I dreamed hard that I'd meet a guy into the "old stuff" and I did! I finally got to marry my high school sweetheart 42 years later! His favorite channels on Sirius are the ones that play the old jazz standards.
Thank you professor! This was definitely an enjoyable trip down memory lane!
Congrats to you both!
Man I miss good music on the radio. Graeham Goble has a youtube channel in his name spelled Graeham Goble. Many of the best of their songs are on his channel. Great video Professor. These great bands are getting older like us all. Little River Band, Player, Exile, Walter Egan, Climax Blues Band, Sweet, April Wine, Free, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Nazareth, Ambrosia, Starland Vocal, Firefall, Three Dog Night, .38 Special, they all are getting older and not played enough. Also so many more great old singers and bands. It sure causes a little feelings when you think of the songs and when you heard them at the skate rink or wherever.
One of my favorite songs! Thanks so much for the fantastic interview explaining the background story of the song.
I’ve loved these guys for many many years. And they’re still on my rotation.
Always liked Lonesome Loser and Help is on its way a little better. But Little River Band were pretty big on pop radio from like 77 to 83
This was "our" song - the late teen romantic relationship didn't work out but he is my very best friend, for 50 years, second only to my dear husband. This song always reminds me of him, of us.
Great interview! Love hearing from gentlemen like this, who are humble but also proud of their work. Had no idea LRB didn't have rights to their name.
Reminiscing and Lady are two songs that ALWAYS blow me away and never get old. Who can’t relate to those songs or feel inspired to be a better person when hearing those? Thanks for this!
"It's a Long Way There" started it off for LRB. They surely got there and are reminiscing
Reminiscing is one of my all-time favorite songs from my youth! Beautiful, melodic and a feel-good vibe. Little River Band was just a special group! How lucky were we to live during this time.
Roller skating in the 6th grade, with girls I thought were cute! Thanks for the warm and fuzzy memories! It's like a warm blanket covering your heart, every time I hear this song. Julie was the cutest by the way!
This song definitely takes me back to being a five-year old in 1978 and running around and playing in the yard of our new house in NY. Such a unique song with the bass line, harmony vocals, nostalgic message and great lead vocal by Glenn Shorrock. 1978 was clearly the year of Barry Gibb (he wrote or co-wrote 7 of the 21 #1 songs that year), but LRB was shining bright in '78.
It’s a beautiful song for beautiful days.
I remember summer evenings on my friend's porch - our group of friends would get together and just enjoy the tunes coming from my boombox - Little River Band, Poco, Chris Cross - all of the great tunes now known as "Yacht Rock". We'd spend hours just hanging out and talking.
Grew up in sydney Australia in the 1970s and heard LRB on the radio singing curiosity killed the cat still love that song.
I love the subtle congas in the background and the little synth drum fill just before the trumpet solo. They have some great groove songs…Happy Anniversary, It’s a Long Way There. Great interview Prof!
Hey Professor, when I was single and had zero prospect for my own "lifetime plan" I would catch myself daydreaming about my what ifs each time this song played on the radio or my tape deck. Then it FINALLY HAPPENED!!!!! I believe that I found the only other perfect girl, besides my Mother, and played the good guy long enough to get to make her my wife!!! All of these years later, we are far more in love than we have ever been❣️ I am absolutely blessed far beyond all imagination! She is still my perfect Angel and will always be!!! Thank you for this one! You actually have me setting here smiling from ear to ear while I'm Reminiscing!
"Reminiscing", along with so many other Little River Band gems, was a part of my youth. I enjoyed hearing it both on the radio and playing it on our stereo; we had an LRB his album on cassette. )My mother occasionally makes fun of me for how I mistook the name for "little rubber band".)
The part about how all of the founding LRB members have been shut out of their own name by the present lineup is at the forefront of my head. That was (more or less) the lineup I saw on tour with Chicago in 2000. The part about how their bass guitarist was covering all of Glenn's vocals did little to offset the politics of the band. That's about to become an even bigger issue for me; another UA-camr named Michael Noland recently shared that Chicago is about to go completely AI. Dating from the mid-2000s, there have only been three founding Chicago members in the lineup, pianist Robert Lamm, trumpet and flugelhorn player Lee Loughnane and trombone player James Pankow. Supposedly, even they are going to retire and leave Chicago performances up to AI. That's just as bad as the original Little River Band members being disallowed from using their own name or participating in the current lineup.
WAIT WHAT?! Nooooooo, Chicago please don’t go to shit! 😢
I love the singers voice!!
Reminds me of listening to the AM radio outside while running around barefoot in the yard.
Great interview about a great song! I really love the detail Graham Gobel went into about how the song was written and recorded, ultimately creating a timeless classic!
First time ever hearing this band plus the Sound of "Reminiscing" Bloody marvellous thank you Prof.
I've been listening to the Little River Band since the 70's and 80's my favorite songs by LRB are the best AM radio songs Lonesome Loser, Reminiscing, Cool Change, Lady, Take it Easy on Me, Help is on the Way,
the Other Guy, Home on a Monday, Happy Anniversary and so many other popular songs from that era when I was in school as a kid and later as a teenager back then and I really like a lot of Yacht Rock artists as always thank you for the awesome memories again Professor.🥲🎶📻🎶
Just found this channel
LOVE IT!!!
This is my gig. The love of music history
I grew up with LRB but never really listened to them in terms of albums, but some of their songs are my all-time favourites. I absolutely love 'Reminiscing'. It puts me in a happy but sad dream state, like I'm dreaming about the love of my life that I could never have but use the dream of it to give me strength and motivation. Absolutely beautiful song!!!
Now i feel like listening to and studying LRB's music
Thank you so much for your channel 🤘😁
Thanks for the great interview with Graham Goble. Being an Aussie and in my 20’s during the 70’s listened to LRB a lot of course bought many of their records. Reminiscing came quite late in career but it truly is one of their best an worthy of every accolade it gets.
Glenn Shorrock is one of the most amazing and respected voices to come out of Australia during the 70’s. He was also big in the ‘60’s being in local bands like The Twilights so by the time LRB came along he was very much a seasoned performer. Graham and the rest of the band are just so talented.
I just wish we could still hear them today as I’m sure Graham would be still churning out songs from that great song writing ability he has.
Great comment mate, and off course let’s not forget the extraordinary output of Glenn and Brian Cadd along with the other members of AXIOM.
I was a freshman in high school. I can still go back to those times so quickly with this song. This song has always struck a chord in my heart and it is absolutely timeless. ❤
It takes me back to 6th grade and middle school dances. I still love this song. I love the story in the song. It all blends together very beautifully.
ᴬᵐᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ ᶜᵒⁿᵍʳᵃᵗˢ! ʸᵒᵘ'ᵛᵉ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ˢᵉˡᵉᶜᵗᵉᵈ ᵃᵐᵒⁿᵍˢᵗ ᵐʸ ʳᵃⁿᵈᵒᵐ ˢʰᵒʳᵗˡⁱˢᵗᵉᵈ ʷⁱⁿⁿᵉʳˢ🎉🎉
One of my absolute favorite songs from the decade. Loved many of their songs.
Absolutely love The Little River Band. So underrated! So many great songs!
I’ve learned to have a great appreciation for this band. So many great songs!
One night in the 80s I was on a night out with my then girlfriend at a very nice Japanese restaurant on the Gold Coast I heard a voice I recognised and subtlety looked across the room and sure enough here are the boys from LRB. They were having an interesting conversation about John Farnham who had just done a stint up front of the band but Glen Shorrock was intent on saying he was back for good.
I always remember he looked across the room and realised we could hear them we shared a knowing look and nod of the head and we both went back to the people at our respective tables. I haven’t thought of that in ages thank you professor of rock for bringing it back for me.
Surprisingly Reminiscing was only a minor hit here in Australia peaking at just 35 in July 1978
I know; over there the equivalent of this type of show would spotlight a hit like "Help Is On its Way," which just made #14 here in the US. But this song namechecks US big band and standards authors and performers, which endeared it more to Americans.
Wow, that surprising. I remember hearing and seeing it a lot on radio and tv here (Aus) in the late 70s.
I enjoyed how each of you dissected such a great song. From the motivation and execution of expressing one’s mind and heart towards another.
I adore LRB!!! It's too bad the original members can't tour under that name anymore.
A real shame...agreed
That is an unfunny joke hey? The Little River Band is the group who wrote all those tunes and hits...how they cannot be able to perform their own artistic property is plain dumb.
@shannonpincombe8485 Not a joke, the original members even sued to get their name back and lost. The current LRB is essentially a cover band.
I know! I hope they get their name back!
Fabulous interview - love LRB and this song. Thanks from 🇦🇺
AHHHHH I've been waiting for an LRB video! I'm sure I've mentioned it before, The Night Owls is one of my favorite songs of all time, but Reminiscing, Lady and Help Is On Its Way are all awesome songs.
Great band!
Reminiscing is my favorite song of all time that came out in my favorite year of all time ('78).
I danced to this song with my first love the first night I met her at the disco Aug. 19th, 1978.
And, it was the last song of the night!
Things didn't work out for us the way I had hoped they would, but we are still friends to this day.
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🤩🤩🤩 I LOVED this and hearing the song origin makes the song even more precious and wonderful.
Another fantastic video! I adore this song. I was 10 when it came out in '78 and it was love at first listen. I still love it. This history of the song is fascinating. Thank you, Professor!
Oh yeah, this was the first song that got me into LRB as a kid, because the chords changes (from the slow keyboard intro to the fast-pace song) I looped the beginning intro and made up this little song and recorded my voice over the intro (to keep the rhythm the same) and called it “Mamma Dears” ha ha. I Love the story behind this song and have heard previous interviews of Goble talk about it (and actually documented it in one of my chart shows I do at home) it’s a nice feel-good positive song. Had no idea it’s the most played song in American Radio, never hear their songs on radio over here in Canada. I'm glad your embracing the term "Yacht Rock" as they're a lot of people out there that really hate the term (and even one person now calling it Quality Rock) I don't care, I enjoy the term cause good music comes out of it
The most played Australian Song on American Radio 📻
So glad you mentioned John Lennon loving this song.
Years after, Ringo wasvisiting Australia and was on late night tv with Glenn Shorrock.
Glenn mentioned LRB were in Abbey Road studios one day when The Beatles walked out of studio 2 ahead of them, and LRB were gobsmacked!
Later on, Glenn and Ringo both got up to play together which was one of Glenn’s greatest joys apparently.
LRB in the 70’s was pure magic❤
Great interview, Professor. This is one of my favourite songs and is on my current playlist on my phone. I love how Graham explained how the song just poured out of him, something which I've experienced but can't explain. Please keep up the good work, PoR!
You teased a controversy about who can tour under the LRB name, but if you talked about it in this interview, I missed it. Definitely interested to hear that angle of the story as well!
Sadly, it's just a cover band now. I've heard what happened but POR can tell it better than I can.
Unfortunately, the title appears to be clickbait. |t's a wonderful interview about a great song by an amazing band. That should have been enough to sell it.
I remember watching Tom Hatten's "Family Film Festival" on KTLA in Los Angeles every Saturday afternoon featuring movies from the 30's and 40's. This was in the late 70's before cable. As Tom reached over to the projector and turned it on, the intro for "Reminiscing" would start. I have always loved that beautiful intro.
What a great memory!
As a kid I heard : "We'll go dancing in the dark Walking through the park and THEN WE'RE MISSING"
Ha ha!
Hahahaah
Wow😱a dangerous park"missing"
“Dancing in the Dark” is the track I hear in my head when “The Factory Dance” scene comes up in, “Footloose”.
I always saw one of the lines was we were “hand-in-hand in Miller.” Which made me think as an 11-year-old that they were drinking beer.
Ya, what a great song. Good interview too. Thanks for doing this one, Adam!
Great memory. We were lucky enough to see LRB and Boz, at MacMahn Stadium. The simpler times.
Way to cool !!! Love "Reminiscing " just great to learn the backstory. Thank you!
Actually this is EXACTLY the song and band I thought it would be.
Love Little River Band. So many great memories. A real Aussie icon.
I really enjoyed the interview. Thank you. I found Graeham Goble's humility and restraint very refreshing. There are more than a few artists out there who should take note of what professionalism looks like.
One of my very favorite bands of all times. Cheers !
As a kid growing up in the 70's, I loved this band. My parents were huge big band fans, along with Sinatra, Martin, Porter, and many others. To them, the words and melodies meant something that gave the songs life. So of course, I was a big band fan also. I also was into hard rock, then punk and alternative music in the 80's. Now I enjoy all music from classical to thrash, country to r&B and hip hop.
What I want to ask is why you've never done an episode on another Aussie band that was huge in the 70's and 80's? Air Supply?