Australian Crawl - Boys Light Up (1981)
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2007
- Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1981:
Australian Crawl performing on Countdown the hit single 'Boys Light Up' taken from the 1980 album 'Boys Light Up'.
Note: This single was originally banned from being performed on Countdown and played on national radio due to the lyrical content of the song. However, the song eventually gotten mainstream exposure, thus becoming one of the most played songs on Australian commercial radio.
Lyrics:
I wanna tell you about my mountain home
Where all the ladies names are Joan
Where husbands works back late at night
He's hopes are up for his trousers down
With hostess on a business flight
Taxi in a Mercedes drive
I hope that driver's coming out alive
The garden is a dorsetted
That lady - she's so corseted
She's got 15 ways to lead that boy astray
He thinks he's one and only
But that lovely she's so lonely
She pumps him full of breakfast and
she sends him on his way
What a sing song dance
What a performance
What a cheap tent show
Oh no no no no no
CHORUS
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up X2
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up - light up - light up
Silently she opens the drawer
Mothers litte helper is coming out for more
Strategically positioned before the midday show
Her back is arched, those lips are parched
Repeated blow by blow
And later at the party where all the MPs rave
About the hummers she's been giving and the money that they save
To her it is skin lotion
For his promotion too
That flat in Surfers Paradise with the ocean view
What a sing song dance
What a performance
What a cheap tent show
Oh no no no no no
CHORUS
Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1981:
Australian Crawl performing on Countdown the hit single 'Oh No, Not Your Again' (December, 1981), taken from the 1981 album 'Sirocco'.
Note: New recruit Guy McDonough (brother of drummer Bill) does the lead vocals for the band's sixth hit single. He had also done the lead singing on the band's previous hit single 'Errol' (September, 1981). Guy McDonough died of viral pneumonia in 1984.
Band Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Track: Boys Light Up
Album: Boys Light Up
Composed By:
Produced By:
Label: EMI
Chart Position: # 22 (Australia)
Release Date:
Links:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australi...
- www.australianmusichistory.com...
- www.howlspace.com.au/en/australiancrawl/australiancrawl.htm
Line-up:
Simon Binks - Lead Guitar
[ Australian Crawl (1978-1986) ]
James Reyne - Vocals
[ Australian Crawl (1978-1986) -- solo (1987-present) -- Company Of Strangers (1993) ]
Brad Robinson -- Guitar
Paul Williams -- Bass
Bill McDonough -- Drums
Guy McDonough -- Guitar, Vocals
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NZOZ NZOZ1981 1981 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s
Extended Tags: Guy McDonough, James Reyne, Brad Robinson
Musical Terms: New Wave, Rock, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Country-tinged, Aussie, Old Australian Band
43 years old this song is. And still rocks 2024
Australian rock-bands are great. I have nothing to say more. Best regards from "Great northern land" called Russia
This gave me life you Slav lovely 😘😘😘
Check out dune rats, king stingray, kallidad and wharves for current aus rock
Vodka
@@richie8722 контрвзбзднуть
О, товарищ русский
О, comrade Russian
Australian Crawl, lcehouse, Crowded House, Men at Work....amazing Aussie bands
Thumbs up for Aussies
You forgot INXS and the Bee Gees
@@TheSilentWalkerz Crowded House is from Nu Zulland not Australia
I didn't see Silverchair mentioned
The Jawbone of an Ass aha dumb skippy dog us kiwis make everything you lads just take it and claim it. enjoy your pavalova sweety ;)
I Maori and use to live in nz not realising I grew up listening to Aussies greats bands of all time did not realise when I moved to Australia love every band and songs of aussies rock bands thanks to my dad we still go hard listening to them thank you nextdoor cuzzies
Kia ora Bro.
Maoris are good 💯 3:25
Not many, if any can rock like them bro 3:48
I know some great 💯 men. 4:37
This was a massive hit in 1981 now 40 odd years later it's still outstanding and much better listening to than any modern day crap
As a 15 year old I agree. 80 Aussie rock is my favourite. I despise most modern music. few exceptions.
@iweigh34stone do yourself an even bigger favour and don't overlook the 70's.
@@harrycallahan9069 when I said 60s I meant America and for 70s I meant both
@@iweigh34stone when you say america, do you mean mexico? Canada? Or the united states?
Or is it south america?
Playing the harmonica and then singing 😍
80's Aussie music is the best
What about Bon Scott playing the bagpipes on the back of a truck for "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock'n'roll" and singing?
They only mimed on countdown. Did he even have a harmonica in his hand?
Aussie TV lip syncing at its best.
@@russellwalton1108 bro we literally watched that today in class
Bon wasn’t actually playing the bagpipes. He made a great job of pretending he was though .
The gorgeous and talented Brad Robinson, died aged 38, in 1996. Way too young! R.I.P. ❤️
If this song doesn’t give you goosebumps you’re not Aussie
I'm kiwi and it still gives me goosebumps :-)
Aussie I'm not but this still gives me goosebumps..as well as a feeling that I'm old!
I am 55 and l went for a run this morning with this song in my ears. Goosebumps all the time yes sir
I'm from Zimbabawe and farkin love it!!!
@@davimai2977 same bro
After hearing this song in passing about a month ago but not able to remember the name of the band or lyrics, I have since been on an epic search to track it down. After querying multiple friends, youtube and google - it was finally my mother who was rocking the 80s who referred me here. Such relief!
We had them LIVE at the Castle Hotel in the 80s followed by a group called MYSEX
In Adelaide where Castle Plaza is now.
Australian crawl
I heard this song about 8 years ago too at a party in the rocky mountains, my Australian friend's band was playing it while I was tripping on mushrooms and it was the coolest song I ever heard. I couldnt tell what they were singing and couldnt find the lyrics anywhere and my searches came up with nothing until a couple weeks ago this song popped into my youtube feed and the name struck me "THATS THE SONG". And now this gem will always be in my musical rotation
@@Tanner.Bananner Must be a cool mum :)
2020 and this stilllll rocks. Prays for Australia as it burns..
Plenty of rain about since your prayers and with buckets load more predicted for the next 9 days. Cheers.
Heard it on the radio today
Thanks for the prayer, we feel it. But rest assured, nothin will get us down (just look at our flora and fauna 😳🤣) We are a special kinda stupid living here but it just makes us stronger.
Love from Aus and keep fighting the good fight 🤠
Pray for us again this week, Mildura's gettin to 45degrees today. The bush fire season has come around again 😢🇦🇺
@Liam H I kept praying for rain, so there would be lots of mushies growing this year 🥳🥳
One of our greatest bands. They smell of the sun, the surf and the sand. No one sang about the 'normal' Australia better..."The Crawl"
simple man
Oh my god. When I was really young, me and my family would go to this beach in Wollongong every Australia Day and this song would play every single time on the radio for every single Australia Day. I love this song, so nostalgic.
Im on Wollongong beach now listing to it hows that for a crazy world seriously portkembla home town
One of, if not the best, things to come out of Australia since the Hills Hoist
blakesabbath1 smartie wins.
Fuck yea Hills Hoist.
blakesabbath1 um acdc
+Thomas D. The old hills hoist.....hahaha but go the boys
Come out of Australia? I don't think they ever toured anywhere like the US or anything.
My neighbours in the retirement village listen to this full volume, whether they want to or not !!!
Hearing James Reyne singing this song makes me proud to be Australian and have grown up through the 80's in Australia and listening to this on a cassette tape and on the Radio at Home and in my Holden Commodore, I still love this song after almost 40 years since it was released and think the sound ofit has never aged.
so proud if you can understand wtf he is trying to say. good for you
@@VINvIN344 your not aussie are you mate hahaha.
Pra vc ter uma ideia ...aqui no Brasil ja fazia sucesso nos anos oitenta ate hoje eu cresci ouvindo
Why this song did not hit #1 in Australia charts - is beyond me...Such an absolutely FANTASTIC SONG!!!
AUSTRALIA HAS SOME OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE WORLD WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY SIMPLY THE BEST
"mother's little helper is coming out for more". Wonderful!
Strategically positioned before the midday show
Her back is arched, those lips are parched
Repeated blow by blow... pmsl
Exactly mate. Everyone gets one chance to be a top bloke. Everyone gets a fair go, and after that ya on your own.
Proud to be Aussie.
Thumbs up you Aussies.👍👍👍👍 2019 and always
🇦🇺🤠🦘
rock australiano anos 80 , melhor safra , só banda boa
Last memories of 2 friends of mine. Walking out of one of there house, 3 of us together jumping in his xd falcon, starting the car and him putting the australian crawl cassette in the stereo and this song on.... Driving up the street together with this blaring, not long later, i never seen them again..... Talk about mixed feeling, sad, but at the same time what great last momemt memories with such a cool cool song to remember them by
Good thought provoking comment. Tnx for sharing your experience.
What happened to them?
King_Eusebio probably died in a car accident unfortunately..
@@jackmasterdick suicide. He struggled with his weight his whole life, bullied etc
@@achach5055 😦😓 how terribly tragic. I'm so sorry
Spent 3 weeks looking for this song. Wasn't until I typed miss heard lyrics haha boys night out turned out to be boys light up
Tive o prazer de vê-los tocando em Atlântida, uma praia do RS, nos idos dos aos 80, bem na auge desses caras. Inesquecível !!!!
Imagino que loucura...
Marcelo, eles fizeram um show em torno dos anos 2000 lá também. Inesquecível...
Marcelo Nitschke nunca mais teremos som assim ! Isso que atormenta
Que privilégio amigo!!!
Que sorte a sua! Isto sim era som!!!
astonishing to look back on these outrageous lyrics played on TV for children to sing along and memorize while their parents watched on with not a clue
this band, "the crawl" could have been as big as any Aussie rock band of their time.
some of their music is still unmatched today (listen to Reckless and consider the lyrics, consider the unconventional confidence of unfinished lyrics
"don't be so..."
me and the boys anthem every weekend
even tho the only action u got was from the circle jerk you n the boys had
LMFAO! Kain Thomos
Like youre style bro! When can we hang?
@Codoft Thanks big boy upload some more
Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺
"I was heading for my mountain home where all the ladies names are Joan." James Rayne was singing about the suburb he grew up in, Mt. Eliza in Victoria. A very posh part of Melbourne these days.
I saw Crawl at a concert in about '83/4.
I had a whole ounce of primo MJ rolled up and ready to go. Every couple of minutes I'd fire one up, take a huge hit, then pass it to the crowd. Used up the whole ounce with time to spare.
Those were the days.
Sure..... coolest story.
They surely were! Whooo!
🤙
I went to a Redgum show, at the QIT Campus Club. I can't remember the song, but at the strategic moment a toaster in front of Schumann popped up two huge doobies. He flamed them and chucked them to the crowd. Good times...
I saw them around then on the Gold Coast.....in a big space...somewhere........very stoned.......whole lot of bands......oh the memories ( or part memories...lol )
Para mim uma das melhores banda do mundo
God bless, 2024 still listening
How could this not have been number 1 all around the globe??? Best lyrics by an Aus band. Well James Reyne actually. The guy's a genius.
Que som!Que saudades!
Love Aussie Crawl. Always thought James was a spunk!
fevereiro 2022 ______ Good Vibe Australian, Crow Perfect!!!!
In 81 i was 10 and a little to young to see Aussie Crawl back in the day but i remember watching countdown and loooove it. If I could turn back time i would be right there right now reliving the 80's. Best years of my life. Miss my Bmx bike and pretending to be and play Dr Who and the daleks with the local kids.
Sonzeira anos 80,muito legalllllllllllllll!(From Brazil RS)
I always loved the line "That flat in Surfers Paradise with the ocean view!"
I love this band and song! :)
2019 and still rocks👌
I have always loved this band.
This song is excellent, one of their best.....
Meh.. I never liked the Crawl, especially Reyne himself. He always seemed like a sleaze to me and certainly couldn't actually sing.
I met him in the mid 90s about a half dozen times and I can tell you he is very bright. He was, at least to me, down to earth and had a strong social awareness.
A leftie if you like. It kinda makes sense - the lyrics to his songs are very clever. I liked him.
@ROMAnski I was , then, do not hold it against everyone.
Kerensa Birch are you deaf? He could more than sing, pronounce words he can not
Doesn't get any more classic than this!
Great song from the boys in ITALY.
YEAH THE BOYSSS
Slap_My_ Elbow YTB
Yeah the fuckin boys
Conheci esse som aos 13 anos!!!
Desde então curto ....
saw this band twice live would still pay to see them
I was 5 when this came out and I can tell you, this song still kicks some ass in 2019!
A brilliant band to see live
+Jacqueline Lucas Got to see their farewell gig at Melbourne Showgrounds; they were indeed fantastic live.
+Jacqueline Lucas
Really! I made the mistake of seeing them live when they first came out... utterly awful.
many bands are. pseudo echo made it relatively big in melbourne thanks to hte help of countdown. saw them live and an they were so crap its not funny, electric drummer couldn't even control his drumsticks. dance floor was abandoned, and people flocked back to dance floor for dj lol
The first popular band I ever did see live, at the Ararat Town Hall in country Victoria!
Quando eu for conhecer a Australia 🙏🙌 esse pais magnifico, da vontade de rodar toda a superficie ouvindo surf music para aproveitar bem toda a viagem.
E pegar altas ondas mate ;)
Escutando esse clássico em 2023. Meu Deus, o tempo está passando rápido demais, sem falar nas mudanças
Meu 2023 ja e o futuro daquela gente mais antiga .
So cool to hear this music from the days of my youth ❤
muito show! Época formidável!
Caramba peguei muita onda escutando esses caras !!!! Bons Tempos !!!!
Classic Aussie music! Thanks for posting this live clip I haven't seen this one before.
Saw James Reyne In Townsville Live at the Dalyrmple Hotel on Saturday night & he was Excellent! His Encore was " Boys Light Up" I think he gets better with age! I saw him at the Play Room on the Gold Coast as Aussie Crawl in the early 80's he was good then & better with age.
Essa música foi muito tocada adoro demais muito show lembranças boas me recordo
im here for the boys, where u at?
Henry Saegenschnitter gone fishing
Henry Saegenschnitter I'm lookin for work boss,just applied at BCF bro,
I AM THE 🎆🎇✨ I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
Yes a classic and still is now 61 look back at those times with heaps of love , unfortunately now 61 , michael in melbourne australia
For you to WARNIE THANKYOU GOD BLESS michael in melbourne australia
Far out man I love this song use 2 listen 2 this wen I lived in aussie still listening w it now back home in newzealand in 2024
show de bola , baita som !!
eu amo essa banda...
ahhhh minha adolescência...saudades daquele tempo!!!
Danced to this with great friends for my twenty first birthday which my wonderful mum and dad payed for . Im now 61 and its as great as ever
michael in melbourne australia
faz parte da minha vida essa banda.
No, it is Dorsetted, after a hotel called 'Dorset Gardens' in Croydon, Melbounre
Love it. The new generation are missing the point.
The best era of Aussie music. If you don't like it, you can bugger off somewhere else.
2020 e escutando ainda , muito bommm
Muito top demais essa banda adoro suas músicas
Im Aussie and this song is a classic, but who else hears I WANNNT IT ALLLL by Queen? Hahah maybe just me?
Came out the year I was born and remember this song from about 4 yrs old waiting in a dusty carpark in the Mt Isa mines for my dad to finish work. So yeah you could say it brings back memories.
yeah the boys!
Lyrics:
Let me tell you about my mountain home
Where all the ladies names are Joan
Where husbands work back late at night
Hopes are up for trousers down
With hostess on a business flight
Taxi in a Mercedes drive
I hope that driver's coming out alive
The garden is a dorsetted
That lady she's so corseted
She's got 15 ways to lead that boy astray
He thinks he's one and only
But that lovely she's so lonely
She pumps him full of breakfast and she sends him on his way
What a sing song dance
What a performance
What a cheap tent show
Oh no no no no no
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up light up light up
Silently she opens the drawer
Mothers little helper is coming out for more
Strategically positioned before the midday show
Her back is arched those lips are parched
Repeated blow by blow
Later at the party all the mps rave
About the hummers she's been giving
And the money that they save
To her it is skin lotion
For his promotion to
That flat in surfers paradise with the ocean view
What a sing song dance
What a performance
What a cheap ten show
Oh no no no no no
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up
Then the boys light up light up light up
Thank you for sharing the lyrics. That's where I was headed after hearing this song, to see the lyrics. What an amazing sound they have. I will be listening to a lot more!
Wow. You googled the words . Brainiac .
@@gusm5128 who are you talking to
@@gusm5128 something wrong with wanting to know the lyrics to a song?
Gus is a fuckwit.
AWESOME!! many great memories from that year.
Thumbs up you Aussies.👍👍👍👍 2019 and always
One of, if not the best, things to come out of Australia since the Hills Hoist
Still listening in 2018
Great song!!
High school what memories thankyou
The only best thing to come from Australia, love from a Kiwi 😁
simplesmente a melhor de todas ...the best of
i always get dirty looks at the pub when this song comes on and i act out and sing the "silenty she opens the draw' part
Aussie crawl most Underrated Australian band ever don't get the credit they deserved.
My uncle had a ss holden and he pump this all the time and it rock the felling of cruising in Australia is real freedom
🏄Caralho mano.. Esses caras sao d mais... Musica q lhe tira do chao...🌊
ISSO É MUITO SOM..... SHOWWWWW DE BOLA
The best exports of Australian music 🎶
not even close
This song is that good, it will always be remembered. GREAT!
adoro esta banda
Legal gata!!!
Eu sou de 86 ,mais esse só eu amo muito.
Been in the states for a while but I used to love seeing bands at the Playroom. That brings back some good memories.
The good old days❤❤❤❤
Bloody brill. song ... Makes me Hmmm
The difference between Aussie surf music & American surf music (besides the 2 decades of passed time) is interesting.
Yeah, ours (Australian) seems more party oriented, could've been because the 70's and 80's were very different than the 50's and 60's.
Warming up for another Saturday night across the ditch and yah knows she's gonna be a good one when this anthem is played 😂🍻
Australian Crawl are an Amazing Rock Band !!! 🌟💗🌟
Yeah the boys
Yeah the boys!
Great song
Love Australian Crawl songs