This song has such a 'clean sound', too cool... love it, am loving it. Most "refreshing" to hear this again. Thanks Thamesmen! Regards from Sydney. P.S. Aussie Wedge-tail eagles are massive critters.
Good reaction guys. One of Australia’s greatest rock classics ever. When any wedding reception, dance hall, pub or nightclub dj puts this on the turntable, people just invade the dance floor en masse. It’s a great party song and creates good vibes whenever you hear it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. And yes, I still have my 45 of Crocodile Rock by Elton John too. Cheers 🍺 👍🏼
Your take on Aussie Rock; particularly that which derives from the 70's and 80's, is interesting. Yes there are similarities between our music of the time and what came out of the UK and US, because that was what was playing on our radios and we drew influence from there. What was different in Australia though, was the "Pub Rock" scene from that time, where Australian Bands cut their teeth in small, loud, smoke filled, alcohol fueled pubs and had to be musically tight and innovative to cut through. Also, our cultural differences (slight though they are) from what you experienced in the UK and US, were concentrated by our relative isolation at the time and our willingness to take on so many influences from Europe and other locales, following WW2. Daddy Cool, as you noted, drew much inspiration from southern US blues and be bop, but were also uniquely Australian with a self deprecating humour similar to the English. Glad that you are appreciating some of the music of my youth which I believe, is still relevant today.
There is absolutely something about Australian music that sets it apart and that is a good thing. Absolutely fascinating week for us week number two soon we hope
I agree with your good analysis of Aussie Rock Music. What I've never ever been able to fathom out is why the likes of AC/DC & INXS became recognised internationally but The Angels, Cold Chisel and so on didn't. I know The Angels tried to make it big in the States but the story goes because they were getting a bigger reaction than The Kinks, who were headlining the US tour, The Kinks messed around with The Angels' sound and lighting so as to affect their performance. Sad if that's true because I have a lot of respect for Ray Davies
@@JohnWalker-vs5rz I think sometimes it's just a matter of right place, right time and dare I say it...marketing. I know Cold Chisel in particular, weren't partial to the big business side of the recording industry in the US in particular (one their songs, 'You Got Nothing I Want" is actually about this), so that may have been part of the reason why they never broke big there. Having said that though, If you think about the music scene in the US in the 80's, I think it was more of a "sanitized" version of rock than what we had here in Australia at the time. Our music may have had a little too hard an edge for their tastes at the time?
@@philipsmith5088 I thought Chisel did try to make it in Europe but with no success. Indeed I thought at the end of their European tour the band split up for a while. I'm a pom and have lived through all of the rock eras from the 50s onwards. There really is something very special about Classic Aussie Rock but it's not that far removed from the Rock music played by US & UK popular bands of their times so as to make it unlistenable. In my humble opinion bands like Chisel, The Angels , Oil, Skyhook, Powderfinger and so on are/were just as good as The Who, The Stones, Free, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynrd, Radiohead, Def Leppard, and so on.
I was in Alice Springs when I heard a local band playing this song. I fell in love with it and bought the Daddy Cool album. That was the beginning of my love affair with Aussie classic rock music. Great great music rarely heard outside Australia...what a shame.
Great video, was fun to watch. As an Aussie Im still so shocked that many of our bands aren't more well known world wide. I cant imagine not growing up with their music.
I met Ross Wilson back in 78 when I went to a Mondo Rock New Yrs party in Sydney. Great guy- whole band were great guys. What a party…quite the education for a naive 20 yr old
Yes, Skyhooks had 6 songs from their Debut album " Living in the 70's " banned from radio airplay due to the lyrical content. On the 19th of January, 1975, the first song that Sydney radio station JJ 1540am played to launch its inauguration was " You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed " " Living in the 70's " is the first Australian album to achieve Gold status sales. Fun Fact is that the Leader of Daddy Cool, the Singer and Guitarist, Ross " The Boss " Wilson, is the Producer of " Living in the 70's " by Skyhooks.
And sherbet (aka “the Sherbs”) now they were freakin good. Look up “howzat” “Magazine Madonna”, the classic “Summer Love”.. lads check them out a band in the 70’s who went big then went to America changed their name to F’g “Highway” (ffsake) in any case they sorta dissolved not long after .. lead singer Daryl Braitheaite went solo years later & did reasonably well, though it petered-out somewhat.
It's the absolute best R&R song of all time, and I saw them play it live. The number of things going on with guitars puts everyone to shame; Hannaford's little cliches over that glorious chord vamp are wonderful. I've been a professional musician for over 50 years and this song never gets old. They had a side project called The Sons of The Vegetable Mothers, a more experimental band that I never saw. PS: Sorry for doubting you guys, I'm late to the party. RIP: Mr Hannaford you were one of my inspirations a 15 yo kid.
A good mate of mine went to school with Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford (the lead guitarist) and remembers their first band the Pink Finks playing at their school dances in Melbourne.
That footage has to be from the Sunbury Rock Festival early seventies. They were an incredibly talented band! Here in Australia, my sister was lucky enough to have them play at their Year 12 Camberwell High School (end of year) in 1972/3. You need to hear Come Back Again to really get the voice of Ross Wilson. And Ross Hannaford had this incredibly deep bass voice.
Thanks guys for paying a bit of homage to this classic Aussie rock song. I grew up with this iconic song, and I don't think there's many Aussie's over the age of 20 that don't know this song.
That was a great start to Aussie Week Guys and I can't wait to see where Chris takes you on this journey. As a very Proud Aussie I have to say that the options are a-plenty!
Great reaction! There is a tradition in Queensland (and maybe other parts of Australia) that when this comes on at a bar/party/wedding all the guys drop their trousers and dance in their underwear. It’s quite shocking if you don’t know about the tradition 😂
Elton John loved this song so much during a trip to Australia that he and Bernie were inspired to write Crocodile Rock. Bernie can be seen in old photos wearing a Daddy Cool tshirt and hat!
Hey lads ! Classic Aussie band with their own Aussie sound, and they came just at the right time ! Another ripper song from them is often left aside, its titled Hi Honey Ho ! It has a unusual time signature ! This band just had the classic Aussie lay back chill rock sound of the time. Keep up the good work \m/\m/
The difference is the Singer, Ross Wilson is the most superb song-writer, and a fabulous performer! And this song burst onto the Australian radio decades ago and was an instant hit and Aussie iconic song. It has tge Ozzie (Aussie) joy of life, fun, and sense of humour. For a great contrast try another Ross Wilson written song “ Touch of Paradise” sung by Australia’s genius of voice and performance - John Farnham with the Melbourne SymphonyOrchestra.
The Go-Between’s an Aussie must! They even named a road bridge after them in Brisbane…. ‘Karen’ would be a good one to react to! But they’ve so many great songs. Forster & McLennan…. The Australian Lennon and McCartney!!
Hi 27Finnbarr, agree wholeheartedly, devastated the day Grant left us suddenly. Love so many of their songs. Cattle and Cane is reportedly one of Bono's top 5 songs of all time. I also love Clark Sisters and Bachelor Kisses. Yes a Brisbane girl here also
My nephew born in 2002 as like a 2 or 3 year old this was his favourite song. Some music in Oz is just part of our psyche as soon as you hear it, it’s like your heart beat calms.
The eagle is the famous Wedge Tail Eagle ...The wedgie is one of the world's biggest raptors and has a particular way it walks on the ground and prompted the song . Majestic bird in flight too ...The dance became nearly as famous as the song itself ..
Eagle Rock was No.1 on the Charts for 12 weeks with the Double A-side called BOM BOM. I love their songs " Hi Honey Ho " " Come Back Again " " The Teenage Blues " Daddy Cool had a huge impact on Australian music in a short space of time. You'll hear this song played at my beloved Sea Eagle's Rugby League games.
I bought the single of Eagle Rock back in 1971 and played it endlessly. It was very exciting to listen to each time. The song really does build which is a very clever thing to achieve. Daddy Cool put out an EP soon after which was pretty good too. They were such a cool band, so unaffected.
It's a real feel good song - kind of humourous. They were a strongly 50's influenced band. A whole lot of their stuff harkened back to American 50's rock and roll. Hopefully there'll be at least one Divinyls in the week...
Eagle Rock is an Aussie classic. It's one of our unofficial anthems. I'm sitting here on the lounge grooving because I can't Help it. Any time any Australian of a certain age hears this song we can't help but dance. This is definitely my generation of music and I remember my sisters and I dancing around the loungeroom to this. In 1971 I was 10. 🙂 🦅🇦🇺
Grew up in NZ listening to this. They played it a lot during PE in primary school.😂 Love it to this day, but never could understand what the hell they're singing.😂😂
The Sound was classic Fender Guitars and Fender Amps plus some footage from Sunbury Victoria (Australia's Woodstock) 72 to 75 and Ross Wilson was the producer of Skyhooks ( Living In The Seventies ) and he formed Mondo Rock and he is still alive as well
This is one of those songs that was played to death on the radio at the time. Since then I have come to like it more as not heard very often, now. ❤️🤘🎸🇦🇺 Mondo Rock is a great group as well.
Elton John was in Australia when Eagle Rock was released. It spent 12 weeks at number 1, and Elton was so inspired by the song that when he returned to the UK he wrote Crocodile Rock where he was trying to recreate the hit song qualities of Eagle Rock. Did you do any Easybeats clips from the 60's during Australian week? Easybeats grew out of Swedish and British migrants and was the first hit making band centered around the Young family in Sydney. Ten years later the younger Young brothers became the core of AC/DC. The rhythm guitar played by Malcolm Young in AC/DC is the same guitar his older brother, George played in The Easybeats. Easybeats are legendary here, and there are Easybeats cover bands that are popular on the club circuit.
It was Dutch and Scottish migrants mate. Harry Vanda is Dutch and George Young was Scottish mate. The Easybeats Band members met at The Villawood Migrant Detention Centre mate. Harry Vanda's real name is Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg.
@@alanstrom2221 It would appear to be news to you that all Scots are British and what I said is correct, that it was Dutch and British immigrants. The British Isles consists of Great Britain, Ireland, and many other smaller islands. Great Britain is the largest of the islands and the countries of England, Wales, and Scotland are all located on it. British does not mean English, All Scots, Welsh, and English are collectively British.
This reminded me of the Rolling Stones earlier tunes. But as you say with a new twist to it. An alternate take on American blues in the neighborhood of the Stones. You guys are great and you have a bunch of "different" reaction videos to the standard stuff, which is mostly music I love. Will be fun to explore all of it. Does a TTB week sound like a good idea? ;)
Great song and a true Aussie classic - brings back fond memories for me of growing up in the 70s. As for the eagles, those are wedge tailed eagles, one of the largest around with a wingspan just under 3 meters - so that hopping gait to the rhythm of the song is pretty much how they get around on the ground.
Ross Wilson is a legend in the Australian Music Scene. One of the early genres of Australian music is "Garage Rock" - Ross Wilson and Ross Hanaford where in a band called The Pink Finks in the 60's before moving on/evolving into Daddy Cool. Pink Finks had a hit with a cover of Louie Louie. Would love to give you guys a run down on the Garage Rock music and how important it was to Australian music development!.
The education of australian muso's of that era came from growing up with John Peel in one ear and Wolfman Jack in the other. We got all the current brit and u.s tunes at the same time. Bloody fantastic for us. This enabled Oz music to develop a nursery , mostly in pubs, of both sets of influences mixed with our own. The pub band circuit in Oz in those days ,was probably the best performance school on the planet. Forget your Berkley's and whatever, this was get in the fucking trenches and perform your way out ! Even myself , doing 3 gigs a day , nothing unusual in the 70's.
Really don't know how true this is, but according to local legend, Elton John heard the song Eagle Rock in 1971, and inspired him to write Crocodile Rock.
The lead guitarist with Daddy Cool, Ross Hannaford, went on to become a much sort after session man and joined groups like Goanna of Solid Rock fame (it’s his guitar work on that track). A fabulous rock guitarist who is, sadly, no longer with us. Ross Wilson’s first group,as a teenager, he called The Pink Finks which had local success with the song Louie Louie. He went on to international success with his group Mondo Rock. He is still, to this day, writing and performing.(in his 70s)
Hullo my two favourite toadsuckers! I'm so glad you stumbled across Ross Wilson. He has long been one of the best songwriters in Australia; with his bands Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock & his many solo hits. He is brilliant. Have a listen to 'Come Said the Boy', 'Cool World', 'State of the Heart'. 'Chemistry', 'Summer of 81'. Those songs are masterfully written & you won't be let down. I Promise. You two love all the music I love. so gar'n I dare ya. xx Linda / LindyLu from Oz
That’s a huge dive into my past good old ‘Eagle Rock ‘ lots of radio play in its day It’s a song a lot of Aussies would have heard some time in there lives great Australian Classic
@@TheThamesmen Great news. I should point out I'm a pom and I run The Countdown Disco in the UK. I believe I'm the only DJ in the UK that promotes classic Aussie Rock.
The way us Aussies dance to eagle rock now a days is as soon as it come on no matter where you are you take your pants of (leave your underwear on) and just dance around 🤣🤣🤣
Daddy Cool was a very popular live act in the U.S. Especially on the west coast. They do the best version (live) of Duke Of Earl. They started out as The Party Machine in Melbourne. Their drummer was conscripted into the army. They got a new drummer and changed their name to Daddy Cool.
Chris Anderson was the drummer for the Party Machine. Met him while serving in the Royal Australian Air Force at Butterworth, Malaysia in '73. He was a cook and he enlisted full time after his two years National Service. Ross Wilson went on to form Mondo Rock and was the producer for Skyhooks.
Ross Wilson came up with the riff and he was convinced he must had heard it somewhere and unwittingly copied it. He kept asking everyone have you heard this before as he was sure he had stolen it. Eagles a Wedge tail eagles and they jump around like that in captivity
Another great reaction, I've caught up on the whole Aussie week now so waiting for the last one..I'm thinking it will be Midnight Oil! Time will tell! Edit: ok that was great hearing the Prisoner theme at the end..nice touch!
one of the truly GREAT Australian bands 1965-72 (first incarnation) is The Master's Apprentices. Jim Keays, the lead singer, had one of the best rock voices and I put him along side James Dewar (Robin Trower) and that's saying something. These magnificent voices could sing anything. The Master's Apprentices - It's Because I Love You is a great place to start.
Funny when you started the track right off the bat I felt that I had heard this band before because of the vocal just at the end it clicked the vocal sounded like Van Morrison in his early years with them. Again 1971 growth of great music.
the video was record at the old Blue Dolphin Fish and chip shop in Clarendon Street Sth Melbourne. That shop was featured on the back of one of the LRB albums too. Armstrong's record studios was just around the corner and many big bands in the day would go there during record sessions to get their chips
Aussie guitarists of the 60's and 70's had something going on that was never heard anywhere else in the world. It was like an interpretation unique to us. Black Feather were genius at the other end of the scale.
I was listening to Daddy Cool just the other day 😂😂 When I went to the UK as a teenager I came back a huge Adam & the Ants fan & Sex Pistals fan because they sounded different to Aussie music
Daddy Cool. A 70s band playing 50s music in a 70s way. A bit of an American 50s send up.. They were loved by teens, old people and children because of their stage antics.
Got to play that with Ross Wilson just before the dreaded Covid kicked in and he plugged his Les Paul Junior into his Gibson amp and it definitely sounded fresh. He still performs it like he wrote it yesterday which is great.
Ross Wilson the singer is a legend of Aussie rock. His next group Mondo Rock was even better with many hits. Come said the boy is a killer. Hope you catch that song one day. He still has that classic dance..lol
I'm sorry for the world that it has gone without hearing Eagle Rock. It's one of the joys in life.
Doing our best to share it here!
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Who remembers this guy if you are aussie hahaha
Possible my favourite Aussie song. Bloody amazing I say. Cheers.
Yes, they also did a song called "Daddy Cool"! 😁👍 The great riffs, dancing, uniqueness, easy lyrics, magic! Yeah Ross Wilson! 😍👍
This came out at a time when Australian pop music was getting steadily more serious, deep and significant. It was a real breath of fresh air.
This song has such a 'clean sound', too cool... love it, am loving it. Most "refreshing" to hear this again. Thanks Thamesmen! Regards from Sydney. P.S. Aussie Wedge-tail eagles are massive critters.
This fantastic song was HUGE in Australia 👏🏻👏🏻
Number 1 on the Australian Charts for 10 weeks in 1971. R.I.P Guitarist Ross Hannaford and Bassist Wayne Duncan.
We had no idea existed but we are so glad we found it
Good reaction guys. One of Australia’s greatest rock classics ever. When any wedding reception, dance hall, pub or nightclub dj puts this on the turntable, people just invade the dance floor en masse. It’s a great party song and creates good vibes whenever you hear it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. And yes, I still have my 45 of Crocodile Rock by Elton John too. Cheers 🍺 👍🏼
Well we have to thank our friend Chris who is a true Aussie and has pointed us in the right direction!
Your take on Aussie Rock; particularly that which derives from the 70's and 80's, is interesting. Yes there are similarities between our music of the time and what came out of the UK and US, because that was what was playing on our radios and we drew influence from there. What was different in Australia though, was the "Pub Rock" scene from that time, where Australian Bands cut their teeth in small, loud, smoke filled, alcohol fueled pubs and had to be musically tight and innovative to cut through. Also, our cultural differences (slight though they are) from what you experienced in the UK and US, were concentrated by our relative isolation at the time and our willingness to take on so many influences from Europe and other locales, following WW2. Daddy Cool, as you noted, drew much inspiration from southern US blues and be bop, but were also uniquely Australian with a self deprecating humour similar to the English.
Glad that you are appreciating some of the music of my youth which I believe, is still relevant today.
There is absolutely something about Australian music that sets it apart and that is a good thing. Absolutely fascinating week for us week number two soon we hope
I agree with your good analysis of Aussie Rock Music. What I've never ever been able to fathom out is why the likes of AC/DC & INXS became recognised internationally but The Angels, Cold Chisel and so on didn't. I know The Angels tried to make it big in the States but the story goes because they were getting a bigger reaction than The Kinks, who were headlining the US tour, The Kinks messed around with The Angels' sound and lighting so as to affect their performance. Sad if that's true because I have a lot of respect for Ray Davies
@@JohnWalker-vs5rz I think sometimes it's just a matter of right place, right time and dare I say it...marketing. I know Cold Chisel in particular, weren't partial to the big business side of the recording industry in the US in particular (one their songs, 'You Got Nothing I Want" is actually about this), so that may have been part of the reason why they never broke big there. Having said that though, If you think about the music scene in the US in the 80's, I think it was more of a "sanitized" version of rock than what we had here in Australia at the time. Our music may have had a little too hard an edge for their tastes at the time?
@@philipsmith5088 I thought Chisel did try to make it in Europe but with no success. Indeed I thought at the end of their European tour the band split up for a while. I'm a pom and have lived through all of the rock eras from the 50s onwards. There really is something very special about Classic Aussie Rock but it's not that far removed from the Rock music played by US & UK popular bands of their times so as to make it unlistenable. In my humble opinion bands like Chisel, The Angels , Oil, Skyhook, Powderfinger and so on are/were just as good as The Who, The Stones, Free, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynrd, Radiohead, Def Leppard, and so on.
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STILL A HUGE PUB BANGER ALERT HERE
I was in Alice Springs when I heard a local band playing this song. I fell in love with it and bought the Daddy Cool album. That was the beginning of my love affair with Aussie classic rock music. Great great music rarely heard outside Australia...what a shame.
Many thanks for being here and more super soon!
Lead Singer Ross Wilson went onto to create another Iconic Aussie Band Mondo Rock who were huge in the 80s
I saw Mondo Rock at the Townsville Sound Shell in about 85. It was an awesome concert.
Huge may be a exaggeration
@@matthewashman1406 Agreed
COME SAID THE BOY!
Wonderful. For me, it captured a moment and feeling in time.
I loved it James.... adored that 71 feeling in my bones
Great video, was fun to watch.
As an Aussie Im still so shocked that many of our bands aren't more well known world wide. I cant imagine not growing up with their music.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I met Ross Wilson back in 78 when I went to a Mondo Rock New Yrs party in Sydney. Great guy- whole band were great guys. What a party…quite the education for a naive 20 yr old
Sky hooks album "living in the 70s" is another classic, l remember the look of horror on mums face when she actually listened to the lyrics.
Ross Wilson produced Living In The Seventies album.
Yes, Skyhooks had 6 songs from their Debut album " Living in the 70's " banned from radio airplay due to the lyrical content.
On the 19th of January, 1975, the first song that Sydney radio station JJ 1540am played to launch its inauguration was " You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed "
" Living in the 70's " is the first Australian album to achieve Gold status sales.
Fun Fact is that the Leader of Daddy Cool, the Singer and Guitarist, Ross " The Boss " Wilson, is the Producer of " Living in the 70's " by Skyhooks.
And sherbet (aka “the Sherbs”) now they were freakin good. Look up “howzat” “Magazine Madonna”, the classic “Summer Love”.. lads check them out a band in the 70’s who went big then went to America changed their name to F’g “Highway” (ffsake) in any case they sorta dissolved not long after .. lead singer Daryl Braitheaite went solo years later & did reasonably well, though it petered-out somewhat.
@@jimdavid7710 Daryl is currently on tour across Australia :)
For some context here gents, Daddy Cool lead singer Ross Wilson also produced the seminal Skyhooks album Living in the 70s
It's the absolute best R&R song of all time, and I saw them play it live. The number of things going on with guitars puts everyone to shame; Hannaford's little cliches over that glorious chord vamp are wonderful. I've been a professional musician for over 50 years and this song never gets old.
They had a side project called The Sons of The Vegetable Mothers, a more experimental band that I never saw.
PS: Sorry for doubting you guys, I'm late to the party.
RIP: Mr Hannaford you were one of my inspirations a 15 yo kid.
This song was the catalyst for Elton John and Crocodile Rock.
Think we mentioned that! Thank you for your support
A good mate of mine went to school with Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford (the lead guitarist) and remembers their first band the Pink Finks playing at their school dances in Melbourne.
Ha wow.... cool!
That footage has to be from the Sunbury Rock Festival early seventies. They were an incredibly talented band! Here in Australia, my sister was lucky enough to have them play at their Year 12 Camberwell High School (end of year) in 1972/3. You need to hear Come Back Again to really get the voice of Ross Wilson. And Ross Hannaford had this incredibly deep bass voice.
Thanks guys for paying a bit of homage to this classic Aussie rock song. I grew up with this iconic song, and I don't think there's many Aussie's over the age of 20 that don't know this song.
Great place to start our journey for sure. Thanks Australia for sharing
I loved this as a kid. Yeah this is a classic. Clever Aussie music
That was a great start to Aussie Week Guys and I can't wait to see where Chris takes you on this journey. As a very Proud Aussie I have to say that the options are a-plenty!
Fingers crossed!
That was terrific. Looking forward to the rest of Aussie week!
Thank you
Great reaction! There is a tradition in Queensland (and maybe other parts of Australia) that when this comes on at a bar/party/wedding all the guys drop their trousers and dance in their underwear. It’s quite shocking if you don’t know about the tradition 😂
That sounds completely typical Australian behavior and God bless you for it!
Saw that in Queensland a couple of years ago. It's not a tradition I'll be adopting...
Can confirm its done in South Australia too
This was done at my eldest sons wedding
@@jomiiller6297 brilliant!
I had no idea this wasn’t a worldwide hit
Elton John loved this song so much during a trip to Australia that he and Bernie were inspired to write Crocodile Rock. Bernie can be seen in old photos wearing a Daddy Cool tshirt and hat!
Nice detail thank you for sharing
Loved Daddy Cool. (Ross wrote a huge song for John Farnham. )This is still played and anybody from Manly NRL would know this song. Go the Sea Eagles
I loved this track!
Go The Mighty Manly Warringah Sea Eagles!!!!!!!
The song is called " Burn for You "
@@alanstrom2221 no it wasn't. That was written by Farnham. I was thinking of Touch of Paradise.
@@rickandersen2284 it was age of reason
Hey lads !
Classic Aussie band with their own Aussie sound, and they came just at the right time !
Another ripper song from them is often left aside, its titled Hi Honey Ho ! It has a unusual time signature !
This band just had the classic Aussie lay back chill rock sound of the time.
Keep up the good work \m/\m/
The difference is the Singer, Ross Wilson is the most superb song-writer, and a fabulous performer! And this song burst onto the Australian radio decades ago and was an instant hit and Aussie iconic song. It has tge Ozzie (Aussie) joy of life, fun, and sense of humour. For a great contrast try another Ross Wilson written song “ Touch of Paradise” sung by Australia’s genius of voice and performance - John Farnham with the Melbourne SymphonyOrchestra.
The Go-Between’s an Aussie must! They even named a road bridge after them in Brisbane…. ‘Karen’ would be a good one to react to! But they’ve so many great songs. Forster & McLennan…. The Australian Lennon and McCartney!!
Hi 27Finnbarr, agree wholeheartedly, devastated the day Grant left us suddenly. Love so many of their songs. Cattle and Cane is reportedly one of Bono's top 5 songs of all time. I also love Clark Sisters and Bachelor Kisses. Yes a Brisbane girl here also
Eagle Rock was an anthem at every BACKYARD BARBIE. In Australia 🇦🇺
you need lots of room to dance the Eagle Rock
Great band to see at the Sunbury Rock Festival
glory to those HAPPY TIMES.
My nephew born in 2002 as like a 2 or 3 year old this was his favourite song. Some music in Oz is just part of our psyche as soon as you hear it, it’s like your heart beat calms.
Thanks for being here and checking our channel out. More soon!! Thanks G&A
"Come Back Again" off the same album is the other huge hit of theirs. Ross Hanaford is a BEAST on lead guitar! The best of Australia right there!
The eagle is the famous Wedge Tail Eagle ...The wedgie is one of the world's biggest raptors and has a particular way it walks on the ground and prompted the song . Majestic bird in flight too ...The dance became nearly as famous as the song itself ..
That should be a dance. Be well and thanks for the comment. Cheers G&A
Eagle Rock was No.1 on the Charts for 12 weeks with the Double A-side called BOM BOM.
I love their songs " Hi Honey Ho " " Come Back Again " " The Teenage Blues "
Daddy Cool had a huge impact on Australian music in a short space of time.
You'll hear this song played at my beloved Sea Eagle's Rugby League games.
Daddy Cool have the distinction of being the first ever band booked directly into American shows from Australia.
Well it was a good place to start our journey as well
I had the good fortune to see Ross Wilson perform that about 10 years ago. My English colleague know of him but not that he was Daddy Cool.
Timeless Aussie rock. A classic IMO.
We loved it
I bought the single of Eagle Rock back in 1971 and played it endlessly. It was very exciting to listen to each time. The song really does build which is a very clever thing to achieve.
Daddy Cool put out an EP soon after which was pretty good too.
They were such a cool band, so unaffected.
It's a real feel good song - kind of humourous. They were a strongly 50's influenced band. A whole lot of their stuff harkened back to American 50's rock and roll.
Hopefully there'll be at least one Divinyls in the week...
So many choices of Australian bands! We suspect that we’re gonna have to have a part two week at some point in the future
Eagle Rock is an Aussie classic. It's one of our unofficial anthems.
I'm sitting here on the lounge grooving because I can't Help it.
Any time any Australian of a certain age hears this song we can't help but dance. This is definitely my generation of music and I remember my sisters and I dancing around the loungeroom to this. In 1971 I was 10. 🙂
🦅🇦🇺
Great memories. Thanks for sharing
Grew up in NZ listening to this. They played it a lot during PE in primary school.😂 Love it to this day, but never could understand what the hell they're singing.😂😂
Fair point but gray song! Thanks for the support
First heard this in a Wiggles animation my kids were watching. Frigging love it.
The Sound was classic Fender Guitars and Fender Amps plus some footage from Sunbury Victoria (Australia's Woodstock) 72 to 75 and Ross Wilson was the producer of Skyhooks ( Living In The Seventies ) and he formed Mondo Rock and he is still alive as well
Try their follow up hit Come Back Again. Really special song
That song was massive here in 71. Another song of theirs is my favourite though....Hi Honey Ho.
This is one of those songs that was played to death on the radio at the time. Since then I have come to like it more as not heard very often, now. ❤️🤘🎸🇦🇺 Mondo Rock is a great group as well.
CooL!!!!!!
Last song played at every disco for decades, oh the memories. A forerunner to Aussie blues/soul.
That is so cool that it is such a common cultural reference for all Australians. Brilliant
Keep going mates the Aussie well is deep & rich.
We are now seeing that with hundreds of great suggestions!
You need to react to Daryl Braithwaite ‘Horses’. It’s such a classic Aussie song!
Elton John was in Australia when Eagle Rock was released. It spent 12 weeks at number 1, and Elton was so inspired by the song that when he returned to the UK he wrote Crocodile Rock where he was trying to recreate the hit song qualities of Eagle Rock.
Did you do any Easybeats clips from the 60's during Australian week? Easybeats grew out of Swedish and British migrants and was the first hit making band centered around the Young family in Sydney. Ten years later the younger Young brothers became the core of AC/DC. The rhythm guitar played by Malcolm Young in AC/DC is the same guitar his older brother, George played in The Easybeats. Easybeats are legendary here, and there are Easybeats cover bands that are popular on the club circuit.
It was Dutch and Scottish migrants mate.
Harry Vanda is Dutch and George Young was Scottish mate.
The Easybeats Band members met at The Villawood Migrant Detention Centre mate.
Harry Vanda's real name is Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg.
@@alanstrom2221 It would appear to be news to you that all Scots are British and what I said is correct, that it was Dutch and British immigrants. The British Isles consists of Great Britain, Ireland, and many other smaller islands. Great Britain is the largest of the islands and the countries of England, Wales, and Scotland are all located on it. British does not mean English, All Scots, Welsh, and English are collectively British.
This reminded me of the Rolling Stones earlier tunes. But as you say with a new twist to it. An alternate take on American blues in the neighborhood of the Stones.
You guys are great and you have a bunch of "different" reaction videos to the standard stuff, which is mostly music I love. Will be fun to explore all of it. Does a TTB week sound like a good idea? ;)
Anywhere, anytime, if you play this and there are Aussies in the house watch the reaction.
Even the bald eagles run like that, too. We had great music back then miss it
Those eagles are our wedge tail eagles. That's why l love this song. ❤
Ross Wilson formed Mondo Rock after this and they were huge in the 80s here.
Will have to explore more. Thanks for the support
Great song and a true Aussie classic - brings back fond memories for me of growing up in the 70s. As for the eagles, those are wedge tailed eagles, one of the largest around with a wingspan just under 3 meters - so that hopping gait to the rhythm of the song is pretty much how they get around on the ground.
Glad you enjoyed it
My high school favorite!!!!!
When i first heard this in the 70s i knew then that i wanted to play guitar & have done ever since.. Brilliant song..
Ross Wilson is a legend in the Australian Music Scene. One of the early genres of Australian music is "Garage Rock" - Ross Wilson and Ross Hanaford where in a band called The Pink Finks in the 60's before moving on/evolving into Daddy Cool. Pink Finks had a hit with a cover of Louie Louie. Would love to give you guys a run down on the Garage Rock music and how important it was to Australian music development!.
It's a great song, grew up with it 💜
I grew up on Daddy Cool, Dad went and saw them at Sunbury when he was a teen :D
KOOL!!!
You gotta play
DADDY COOL
BY Daddy Cool. His VOICE
I knew the bass player Wayne Duncan very well as we were friends for over 30 years. Real nice people this band.
Very very cool
The education of australian muso's of that era came from growing up with John Peel in one ear and Wolfman Jack in the other. We got all the current brit and u.s tunes at the same time. Bloody fantastic for us. This enabled Oz music to develop a nursery , mostly in pubs, of both sets of influences mixed with our own. The pub band circuit in Oz in those days ,was probably the best performance school on the planet. Forget your Berkley's and whatever, this was get in the fucking trenches and perform your way out ! Even myself , doing 3 gigs a day , nothing unusual in the 70's.
Good call on the guitar work, Ross Hannaford was brilliant. Died too young.
Really was excellent. Thank you for your support
Really don't know how true this is, but according to local legend, Elton John heard the song Eagle Rock in 1971, and inspired him to write Crocodile Rock.
The lead guitarist with Daddy Cool, Ross Hannaford, went on to become a much sort after session man and joined groups like Goanna of Solid Rock fame (it’s his guitar work on that track). A fabulous rock guitarist who is, sadly, no longer with us. Ross Wilson’s first group,as a teenager, he called The Pink Finks which had local success with the song Louie Louie. He went on to international success with his group Mondo Rock. He is still, to this day, writing and performing.(in his 70s)
Hullo my two favourite toadsuckers! I'm so glad you stumbled across Ross Wilson.
He has long been one of the best songwriters in Australia; with his bands Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock & his many solo hits. He is brilliant.
Have a listen to 'Come Said the Boy', 'Cool World', 'State of the Heart'. 'Chemistry', 'Summer of 81'. Those songs are masterfully written & you won't be let down. I Promise.
You two love all the music I love. so gar'n I dare ya.
xx
Linda / LindyLu from Oz
Cool!
That’s a huge dive into my past good old ‘Eagle Rock ‘ lots of radio play in its day It’s a song a lot of Aussies would have heard some time in there lives great Australian Classic
I blooming loved it!!
great memories of our end of school party in year 4....
Good fun mates! I was cruisin the 'Tube, and just had to stop and watch. Cheers!!!
Thank you for the support and look around and see what you like!
If there was only one song............Always fresh... .Yeah..!!
Great track by a classic Aussie band....pre-dating Eagle Rock was another fantastic song...have a listen to Honey Hi
Please watch Daddy Cool singing “Come Back Again”. It is BRILLIANT!!!!
Thanks for being here and checking our channel out. More soon!! Thanks G&A
Another you guys may not have heard a band called the triffids wide open road great song worth a listen
What a pleasant surprise. Cant wait for the other songs and hoping that "Chris" has nominated "The real thing" by Russell Morris.
All to play for .....
I think you guys should set up a UA-cam channel dedicated to Aussie Rock. I think over time it would develop a huge following
We have already decided to do Australia week 2
@@TheThamesmen Great news. I should point out I'm a pom and I run The Countdown Disco in the UK. I believe I'm the only DJ in the UK that promotes classic Aussie Rock.
*Aussie & Kiwi. It would be absolutely killer.😁✌️💕
@@Prismatic_Truth well we are heading to Aussie week three!
@@TheThamesmen Great news. Look forward to it.
It has an Australian beat, you can tell Australian music anywhere.
The way us Aussies dance to eagle rock now a days is as soon as it come on no matter where you are you take your pants of (leave your underwear on) and just dance around 🤣🤣🤣
Daddy Cool was a very popular live act in the U.S. Especially on the west coast. They do the best version (live) of Duke Of Earl.
They started out as The Party Machine in Melbourne. Their drummer was conscripted into the army. They got a new drummer and changed their name to Daddy Cool.
Now that’s information
Chris Anderson was the drummer for the Party Machine. Met him while serving in the Royal Australian Air Force at Butterworth, Malaysia in '73.
He was a cook and he enlisted full time after his two years National Service. Ross Wilson went on to form Mondo Rock and was the producer for Skyhooks.
1 of my fave songs
It's true .timeless Classic for us Aussies as even to this day ,if a band starts playing this at a gig the crowd still go's wild !
Ross Wilson came up with the riff and he was convinced he must had heard it somewhere and unwittingly copied it.
He kept asking everyone have you heard this before as he was sure he had stolen it.
Eagles a Wedge tail eagles and they jump around like that in captivity
Another great reaction, I've caught up on the whole Aussie week now so waiting for the last one..I'm thinking it will be Midnight Oil! Time will tell!
Edit: ok that was great hearing the Prisoner theme at the end..nice touch!
We might have to do an Australian week two
Daddy Cool’s “Baby Let Me Bang Your Box”. Best song Ross Wilson ever wrote. And it’s about playing a piano
Off course it is!
Ross did not write BLMBYB. It was a old R&B song from around 1954 from the Toppers.
one of the truly GREAT Australian bands 1965-72 (first incarnation) is The Master's Apprentices. Jim Keays, the lead singer, had one of the best rock voices and I put him along side James Dewar (Robin Trower) and that's saying something. These magnificent voices could sing anything. The Master's Apprentices - It's Because I Love You is a great place to start.
Yes, another great Aussie 60s band to come out south Oz but an earlier genre.
Wow another band we have never heard of. Thanks for the recommendation as we love learning all this new stuff.
Funny when you started the track right off the bat I felt that I had heard this band before because of the vocal just at the end it clicked the vocal sounded like Van Morrison in his early years with them. Again 1971 growth of great music.
God rick... take us back to 71!
Gazza such a great drummer
the video was record at the old Blue Dolphin Fish and chip shop in Clarendon Street Sth Melbourne.
That shop was featured on the back of one of the LRB albums too.
Armstrong's record studios was just around the corner and many big bands in the day would go there during record sessions to get their chips
Is it still there?
@@TheThamesmen
There is South Melbourne Fish n Chips 300 Clarendon Street, no sure if it is the same locatiom. Very unlikely after more than 50 years.
Aussie guitarists of the 60's and 70's had something going on that was never heard anywhere else in the world. It was like an interpretation unique to us. Black Feather were genius at the other end of the scale.
There is absolutely something unique going on. We love exploring the Aussie scene
Worlds first music video I'm told
I was listening to Daddy Cool just the other day 😂😂
When I went to the UK as a teenager I came back a huge Adam & the Ants fan & Sex Pistals fan because they sounded different to Aussie music
Daddy Cool. A 70s band playing 50s music in a 70s way. A bit of an American 50s send up.. They were loved by teens, old people and children because of their stage antics.
Thanks for being here and supporting the channel. Hope you enjoyed the vid and more super soon!! See ya
Got to play that with Ross Wilson just before the dreaded Covid kicked in and he plugged his Les Paul Junior into his Gibson amp and it definitely sounded fresh. He still performs it like he wrote it yesterday which is great.
Many thanks for being here and more super soon!
Ross Wilson the singer is a legend of Aussie rock. His next group Mondo Rock was even better with many hits. Come said the boy is a killer. Hope you catch that song one day. He still has that classic dance..lol
Thanks for the message. Cheers for being here and have a fab weekend G&A ✌️
Daddy Cool were wildly popular and to a certain extent Skyhooks inherited that mantle …..quirky Melbourne pop bands !
Unique Australian sound..
It really is. So good
Try "Come Back Again" by Daddy Cool as well