Chrissy was called "Angus Young's (from ACDC) psycho little sister" back in the day. Saw them play live in Lithgow NSW in 1980, it was a mining town known for it's agro and fighting at gigs, every time Chrissy moved to the front of the stage, the miners all moved back, they were terrified of her!
Love Chrissie. When she passed she left the song I Touch Myself to the Breast Cancer Foundation to raise money for research. She was battling breast cancer when she passed. An incredible woman.
"not the vomit sound",,,,,, that sound is scary as hell. Love this band.....She is one of a kind. i have been chasing that - in the zone - type of performance forever.
I knew Chrissy and Elsie. We all lived in the same appartment block in Darlinghurst back in the 80's. Elise was an elderly lady, she was quiet the character.
I was introduced to the Divinyls on a Midnight Special mini concert around 1980.They blew me away and I was already blown away. I was infatuated by Chrissy's wild stage performance and she was built like a brick shit house. She could sing with the angels and then growl with the devil all in one lyric. I bought their albums as fast as they released them, they recorded to few. They never recorded a dud song. Guitar player Mark McNee was the perfect accompaniment for Chrissy and was a constant through all their lineup changes. I LOVE THIS BAND and couldn't plug my earbuds in fast enough when I saw you were reacting to them. Thanks Nick.
If that was the show they did with the Plimsouls, this clip is from that show. They got hired for the US festival the next weekend because Steve Wozniak saw them and hired them immediately. They were so good at the US festival they got 3 songs in the US festival movie. The only other band who got 3 songs was Triumph, another new band who absolutely killed it at that show. Even the headliners didn't get 3 songs.
Just to add Chrissy was dark, raw and different in a time where 80s pop was dominating I had the pleasure of seeing her live a couple of times and she and the band were incredible.
I remember she had such an edge and a reputation for being wild ,so when we saw her live ,I felt the audience was actually scared lol which only added to her mystery..They where absolutely a phenomenonal band .Her voice was one of a kind.
Ahhhh, Now this is Divinyls best work. Well done on discovering this, it is usually hidden under their more commercial work. This however, is the pearl in the clam. It was a story. About a destitute woman, going mad (as depicted by the make-up on her face, and giving in to self mutilation (as depicted by all the red make-up on her arms) Chrissy was an accomplished actress. You need to go to acting school to understand fully what is being depicted here, unless you just have a good eye for art.
Hey loved reading your first 7 words here 👍 I requested Nick to play this (I’m so excited about that still!) But I love your little review there. I often think I’m the only one who loves this song madly. I’m not alone and it feels good 😃
She's a story teller and told the stories no one else was telling back in the '80's. She's a legend. Thanks so much for noticing how amazing she is. xx
Chrissy was a phenomenon,she truely was one of the best singers i've ever seen grace a stage.Yes she was fierce and in your face but also passionate she sang with so much emotion and feeling.And she was totally gorgeous both inside and outside.I had the absolute honor of talking to her a couple of times over the years and I treasure her memory.She was taken from the world way to soon,she will live on in everyones memory....RIP Chrissy
I’ve not heard someone appreciate Christie as much as you, I truly appreciate it, she was phenomenal. Damn cancer and damn multiple sclerosis. But she didn’t on her terms and l just LOVE her so much. Subbed❤️
I remember when I touch myself came out I loved it so much for Christmas I got the album but they bought me the wrong one I didn't listen to it at first one day popped it in I fail in love with it listen to it everyday over and over ELSIE was BAD FUCKIN ASS one of a kind love the whole album
I have never heard that song before and I am an Aussie who has seen them live. That song is so dark but Chrissy just nails it. Not what I was expecting
Nick Maguire Depends on when you saw them. It was originally off their first album in 1982 "Monkey Grip". They performed it often back then. The latest performance I've ever seen was around 1988.
@@warrenbridges1891 yeah it might have been just before then, 80/81 maybe at the famous old Sylvania Hotel in Sydney. It was a great gig, turned up there not knowing anything was on and got a bonus!
My neighbour/tenant was /is the lead singer of the official Divinyls tribute band she's brilliant, she got an email from Chrissy just before she died, they still tour well worth getting a ticket, the tribute band is brilliant.
Elsie was a neglected child Chrissy is acting out Elsie some of the lines are "She just sleeps all day In her squalid little slum And takes little white pills To make her body feel numb And it's dark and dirty And there's nothing left to eat And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat Smells of bus and fornication And a bottle of cheat scent Should she stick around If this is all that life meant" . Peace out
Not true friend. I Knew both Chrissy and Elsie. Elsie lived in an apartment across the hall from Chrissy. I lived in the appartment underneath Chrissy. Elsie was an elderly lady who would get quite intoxicated at night and had the biggest potty mouth I've ever heard and she'd yell out all kind of profanities throughout the night until the sun came up. But in the day time, she was the sweetest little old lady you'd ever met.
At the end of the song. Chrissy is saying "open the door Wally". I never met Wally, but he lived nextdoor and him and Elise were "friends". When Elsie was drunk, she'd call out for him all the time.
I'm not sure about that. Elsie had no family or friends. When Chrissy sings the part about "she has this one way conversation" that's about Elsoe yelling out all night long when she was drunk. I use to see Elsie walking towards Oxford Street where she'd go to a pub and sit all afternoon drinking scooners.
When Elsie found out Chrissy wrote a sing about her, she became quite hostile towards Chrissy and would say things like.. "how dare you write a song about me your fucking cunt". It would go on and on all night long until she passed out. Then the same thing day in day out.
I went to see the divinyls everytime they were in town and usually went to every show. Chrissie Amplett was from another galaxy...truly a ⭐ when she stepped onto the stage you were transfixed and somehow belonged to her and that moment forever. She was wild untamed and provocative more than any other woman on stage. ❤ RIP 😇🙏
I'm so glad I watched this. I had several albums and used to listen to them when I was a teenager and saw them live in a club when I was 18 but I don't think I've ever heard this one! (I mean surely I would remember this wouldn't I).
Hi bro I'm a new subscriber, and your the only one who has put my favourite female singer on Divinyls. I've asked other UA-camrs to react to The late great Crissie. Ampthlet. She died of breast cancer. R. I. P. Crissie. Criss
TO HELP YOU:Christine Joy Amphlett (/æmflət/; 25 October 1959 - 21 April 2013)[1] was an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. She was best known as the frontwoman of the Australian rock band Divinyls. Amphlett was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive humour in lyrics, performances and media interviews. Amphlett, Jeremy Paul, and guitarist Mark McEntee formed Divinyls in Sydney in 1980. With Amphlett and McEntee as its core members, the band underwent various lineup changes before dissolving in 1996. The band's biggest-selling single, "I Touch Myself" (1990), achieved a No. 1 ranking in Australia, No. 4 in the United States, and No. 10 in the United Kingdom (UK). The band was inducted into the Australian RecoChristine Joy Amphlett (/æmflət/; 25 October 1959 - 21 April 2013)[1] was an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. She was best known as the frontwoman of the Australian rock band Divinyls. Amphlett was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive humour in lyrics, performances and media interviews. Please react to the other Aussie acts I've begged you to. Remember what I said before: don't always react to an act that someone has given you money a body that asks you to react to artists to have already paid you or are about to alterantaively you could get of your arse and react to many or more videos that you did earlier in your UA-cam experiece. I don't know if you have to work your job more shifts but from a man who said he would consider stopping if he could make money via UA-cam. Chrissie ua-cam.com/video/99V3I4L2kf8/v-deo.html Jeff St John Teach me how to Fly ua-cam.com/video/4Jf7TJkrSI4/v-deo.html He was the resident singer at the Whiskey Ago Ago in the early 70's and he used to dance in his chair
Chrissie like Peter Garrett from Midnight oil are the Contemporary dancers of music :). Elsie was apparently a old woman that Chrissie would see around where she lived. Lonely old lady. The lipstick i am guessing strikes me as suicidal and the hand yapping gestures would i guess depict everything going on around Elsie. People talking but ignoring her. That is how i see it.
Saw Divinyls live maybe 15, 20 times. Every gig, either smoky pub or stadium was electric. Owned all their albums & still listen to them all. Chrissie had a remarkable stage presence, you're right, unique. Chrissie could make you feel like you were the only person in a room full of hundreds of people. Her on stage persona was very different to her reality. "Elsie" was a commentary on drugs & mental health issues. You will find many brilliant Divinyls songs to check out. I'd highly recommend "Hey Little Boy," or "Siren," or "Temperamental," outside of the obvious popular songs like "Science Fiction" or "Only Lonely," or "I Touch Myself."
The 53-year-old Divinyls singer died in New York after a long battle with breast cancer. As the first anniversary of her death approaches, 10 of Australia's leading female artists feature in a new music video for the Cancer Council NSW's I Touch Myself Project. Peace out.
Yes Nick you got my name right! Thank you for playing my song. To the fans of Divinyls I’m trying to find “Old Radios” but can’t find it 🤷♀️ anyone got it?
Her performance for this is a lot closer to Ozzie Osborne than Tina Arena. If you think of how a lot of male frontmen were on stage in the 70's and 80's, particularly with the hard rock and early punk & metal bands there was a raw performance nature that went beyond any vocal performing, and not in a manufactured boy band synchronised dancing way. The arms up, shoulders hunched and guttural "huh" sounds reminds me of some people on the fringes of society and how they might try to posture or threaten "normal" people as a fear response, to try and be left alone. Arms like raised hackles to appear bigger and warning grunts to scare school kids or office drones. Thanks for checking out this song. I recommend having the lyrics with you when you next watch or listen to this song. Edit: wanted to add, the band went off! So glad to see them rocking out.
Bwaaaaahhaaaa I was waiting for your reaction to Chrissy's out the gate moments 😂 I have to laugh. I love your reactions Bruv. Much love from New Zealand xo
So in her book she says she was high during this performance and found the lipstick on the stage and decided to put it into her act. And you are right… she is her actress. Check out the movie Monkey Grip.
Try The Divinyl's "Back to the Wall"... When it was broadcast that "The Divinyl's" were coming to town all hell would break loose in the pubs that night. They would ALWAYS have fights at the end of the night I my area, Caringbah Hotel and Miranda hotel...
The movie is "Monkey Grip" and this is the song about the female lead. This is their best song IMO and there is no speaker loud enough to play out the last half of this song...check out "Good Die Young"...
Elsie was the singer Chrisy Amplet's mentally ill neighbor . In this live preformance she takes on her mannerisms to bring the plight of mentally ill women to the consciousness of people. True preformance art.
The fact that your interested in Australian music is awesome. There is superior material of the band available. Keep up the great work. New Aussie subscriber.
The Crown Jewel of the Divinyls discography - this song is so full of isolation and separateness - in many ways it's like a parallel of The Beatles Eleanor Rigby. This is Chrissy at her finest! It wasn't a hit, but this song is a Masterpiece.
Chrissy was the real deal brah! No posing or trying to look pretty. She embodied the emotions of her songs. Never been anyone like her before or since!
This is Chrissie at her early badass best! I think some of her phrasing and “vocal technique” you’re picking up on is her strong Australian accent, which she really owned and used in her performance. Often singers will try to lose their accent when singing, or put on a fake American accent, but not Chrissie Amphlett! You can also really hear it in songs like Pleasure and Pain, or I’m Jealous. By the way, the story about “Elsie” in this song was inspired by a sad elderly neighbor of Chrissie’s when she was living in some run down flat at some stage.
Hi mate you should check out a young lady called Fatai. Song is called Your Grace Still Amazes Me. She has lots more. She is so talented I think you will love it.
"Elsie" She never had an education She uses life as her vocation Standing on ledges clinging to the edges The world's a hard place to land on She has this one way conversation Trying to avoid a confrontation Memories of the kind she'd rather leave behind The worlds' a hard place to land on Life can be lonely can be very sad Can be something you wish you never had She never had any affection So she relates well to rejection No stories wait discovery Dreams have passed recovery The worlds a hard place to land on She just sleeps all day In her squalid little slum And takes little white pills To make her body feel numb And it's dark and dirty And there's nothing left to eat And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat Smells of bugs and fornication And a bottle of cheap scent Should she stick around If this is all that life meant Life can be lonely can be very sad Can be something you wish you never had Open the door wally, open the door This is a very dark song but Chrissie's performance is stellar.
Great Reaction, it's easy to be mesmerized by her singing and performance but you missed the whole point of this song. The lyrics Dude, the freaking lyrics! IMHO this song "Elsie" was and is the Divinyls "Masterpiece" not that B.S. song I Touch Myself, sorry girls and boys. You can find the lyrics online but they're completely wrong. I spent some time listening over and over again until they were as close to perfect as I could get them. Brace yourself, her words, story and message might break your heart. Just wanted to help you out and BTW these lyrics are from their album release not this video. In another life I saw them live at Graham Central in Albuquerque, NM while in their prime around 1980. I'll never forget Chrissy or the band, I was 6 feet from the front of the stage, who could forget that? Please take a moment to read the lyrics it'll be worth your time. All the Best., Anthony Elsie By the Divinyls She never had an education She uses life as her vocation Standing on ledges clinging to the edges The world's a hard place to land on She has this one way conversation Trying to avoid a-con-fron-ta-tion Memories of the kind that she'd rather leave behind A worlds' a hard place to land on Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad Life can be something that you wish you never had Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad Life can be something you, you wish you never Woah . . . No . . . Oh . . . No She never had any affection So she relates well to rejection No stories worth discovering Dreams have passed recovering Never had a chance from the beginning She just sleeps all day In her squalid little slum And takes little white pills To make her body feel all numb And it's dark and dirty And there's nothing left to eat And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat Smells of bugs and fornication And a bottle of cheap Zenith Should she stick around If this is all that life meant Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad Life can be something that you, wish you never had Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad Life can be something that we, wish you never Woh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Open the door Wally, open the door Open the door Wally, open the door Open the door Wally, open the door Ah! Ah! Ah!
Contrast Chrissie with her cousin Patricia (Little Pattie) ua-cam.com/video/d07UbwwtZ4Y/v-deo.html Different time for Patricia ua-cam.com/video/YGFvtN11Daw/v-deo.html
Chrissy was called "Angus Young's (from ACDC) psycho little sister" back in the day. Saw them play live in Lithgow NSW in 1980, it was a mining town known for it's agro and fighting at gigs, every time Chrissy moved to the front of the stage, the miners all moved back, they were terrified of her!
Hahahhahaa
I met Chrissy a couple of times at Lithgow as i helped out with lights some times. She was a really nice person had time for most people
Yet a super intelligent woman. ❤
@@kerryeva Absolutely!
So funny
Divinyls "Pleasure and Pain" was something of an Aussie Rock Anthem in the '80s
Chrissie owned the stage... and marched to her own drum.
RIP Chrissy was every young Australian males quintessential wet dream Rock Goddess back in the 80's I really miss her so much. Peace out.
Sorry to hear that she’s dead.
And knowledgeable American males as well bro!
It's those little "yodels" at the end of words/phrases, along with her dynamic delivery, that made her vocals so distinctive. Good review, Big Man.
Yes, yodels, they were her signature.
Love Chrissie. When she passed she left the song I Touch Myself to the Breast Cancer Foundation to raise money for research. She was battling breast cancer when she passed. An incredible woman.
Chrissie was phenomenal. Thank you for showing her the respect she deserves.
Signature...Yes! Not many artists have one. She's one of a kind.
Lol... Your face ! ✅ When Chrissy goes off on her typical Theactrical Tangent !!
🔥" Not the Vommit Sound ! "
You crack me mate !!🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
"not the vomit sound",,,,,, that sound is scary as hell. Love this band.....She is one of a kind. i have been chasing that - in the zone - type of performance forever.
She was a great singer and also portrayed Judy Garland in A Boy From Oz, musical stage show
I knew Chrissy and Elsie. We all lived in the same appartment block in Darlinghurst back in the 80's. Elise was an elderly lady, she was quiet the character.
I was introduced to the Divinyls on a Midnight Special mini concert around 1980.They blew me away and I was already blown away. I was infatuated by Chrissy's wild stage performance and she was built like a brick shit house. She could sing with the angels and then growl with the devil all in one lyric. I bought their albums as fast as they released them, they recorded to few. They never recorded a dud song. Guitar player Mark McNee was the perfect accompaniment for Chrissy and was a constant through all their lineup changes. I LOVE THIS BAND and couldn't plug my earbuds in fast enough when I saw you were reacting to them. Thanks Nick.
If that was the show they did with the Plimsouls, this clip is from that show. They got hired for the US festival the next weekend because Steve Wozniak saw them and hired them immediately. They were so good at the US festival they got 3 songs in the US festival movie. The only other band who got 3 songs was Triumph, another new band who absolutely killed it at that show. Even the headliners didn't get 3 songs.
Just to add Chrissy was dark, raw and different in a time where 80s pop was dominating I had the pleasure of seeing her live a couple of times and she and the band were incredible.
I remember she had such an edge and a reputation for being wild ,so when we saw her live ,I felt the audience was actually scared lol which only added to her mystery..They where absolutely a phenomenonal band .Her voice was one of a kind.
Ahhhh, Now this is Divinyls best work. Well done on discovering this, it is usually hidden under their more commercial work. This however, is the pearl in the clam. It was a story. About a destitute woman, going mad (as depicted by the make-up on her face, and giving in to self mutilation (as depicted by all the red make-up on her arms) Chrissy was an accomplished actress. You need to go to acting school to understand fully what is being depicted here, unless you just have a good eye for art.
Hey loved reading your first 7 words here 👍 I requested Nick to play this (I’m so excited about that still!) But I love your little review there. I often think I’m the only one who loves this song madly. I’m not alone and it feels good 😃
I have never seen this so thank you for reacting, Chrissy is always unique and yeah she is different. Love her. Rest In Peace Chrissy
I listen to the Divinyls many times a week , I love. Love LOVE THEM
She had the most eloquent speaking voice , her stage presence was phenomenal
She's a story teller and told the stories no one else was telling back in the '80's.
She's a legend. Thanks so much for noticing how amazing she is. xx
Chrissy was a phenomenon,she truely was one of the best singers i've ever seen grace a stage.Yes she was fierce and in your face but also passionate she sang with so much emotion and feeling.And she was totally gorgeous both inside and outside.I had the absolute honor of talking to her a couple of times over the years and I treasure her memory.She was taken from the world way to soon,she will live on in everyones memory....RIP Chrissy
I’ve not heard someone appreciate Christie as much as you, I truly appreciate it, she was phenomenal. Damn cancer and damn multiple sclerosis. But she didn’t on her terms and l just LOVE her so much. Subbed❤️
I remember when I touch myself came out I loved it so much for Christmas I got the album but they bought me the wrong one I didn't listen to it at first one day popped it in I fail in love with it listen to it everyday over and over ELSIE was BAD FUCKIN ASS one of a kind love the whole album
I touch myself is the only Divynals song I can’t stand. But I’m glad it took you to a great album 😊👍
I have never heard that song before and I am an Aussie who has seen them live. That song is so dark but Chrissy just nails it. Not what I was expecting
Nick Maguire Depends on when you saw them. It was originally off their first album in 1982 "Monkey Grip". They performed it often back then. The latest performance I've ever seen was around 1988.
@@warrenbridges1891 yeah it might have been just before then, 80/81 maybe at the famous old Sylvania Hotel in Sydney. It was a great gig, turned up there not knowing anything was on and got a bonus!
My neighbour/tenant was /is the lead singer of the official Divinyls tribute band she's brilliant, she got an email from Chrissy just before she died, they still tour well worth getting a ticket, the tribute band is brilliant.
My favorite song of hers! 👍
Chrissy was her own entity onstage. Very theatrical. ..& a great actress too.
A Brilliant live band.
RIP Chrissy 🌹❤️
One of my favourite Aussie bands. Saw them at least 25 times and never disappointed. She was so entertaining, entrancing & mesmerizing.
So glad to finally see someone react to this. Love this band, song and live performance.
Elsie was a neglected child Chrissy is acting out Elsie some of the lines are "She just sleeps all day In her squalid little slum
And takes little white pills
To make her body feel numb
And it's dark and dirty
And there's nothing left to eat
And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat
Smells of bus and fornication
And a bottle of cheat scent
Should she stick around
If this is all that life meant" . Peace out
Not true friend. I Knew both Chrissy and Elsie. Elsie lived in an apartment across the hall from Chrissy. I lived in the appartment underneath Chrissy. Elsie was an elderly lady who would get quite intoxicated at night and had the biggest potty mouth I've ever heard and she'd yell out all kind of profanities throughout the night until the sun came up. But in the day time, she was the sweetest little old lady you'd ever met.
At the end of the song. Chrissy is saying "open the door Wally". I never met Wally, but he lived nextdoor and him and Elise were "friends". When Elsie was drunk, she'd call out for him all the time.
@@lukegray1961 Thanks for that So she never had a education I would classify that as a neglected childhood.
I'm not sure about that. Elsie had no family or friends. When Chrissy sings the part about "she has this one way conversation" that's about Elsoe yelling out all night long when she was drunk. I use to see Elsie walking towards Oxford Street where she'd go to a pub and sit all afternoon drinking scooners.
When Elsie found out Chrissy wrote a sing about her, she became quite hostile towards Chrissy and would say things like.. "how dare you write a song about me your fucking cunt". It would go on and on all night long until she passed out. Then the same thing day in day out.
I went to see the divinyls everytime they were in town and usually went to every show. Chrissie Amplett was from another galaxy...truly a ⭐ when she stepped onto the stage you were transfixed and somehow belonged to her and that moment forever. She was wild untamed and provocative more than any other woman on stage. ❤ RIP 😇🙏
I'm so glad I watched this. I had several albums and used to listen to them when I was a teenager and saw them live in a club when I was 18 but I don't think I've ever heard this one! (I mean surely I would remember this wouldn't I).
Check out the album version
My all time favourite Divinyls song!!!
Hi bro I'm a new subscriber, and your the only one who has put my favourite female singer on Divinyls. I've asked other UA-camrs to react to The late great Crissie. Ampthlet. She died of breast cancer. R. I. P. Crissie. Criss
I miss you, Chrissy. You star.
This is one of their very best raw confrontational songs ever!! Sadly i related to this song abit too closely when i was 13. RIP Chrissy!!
She was doing like metal growls toward the end. Wow, I’m really interested in her.
Rosannasfriend This version is off "Desperate". On the original "Monkey Grip" EP (Aus only release), she screams "OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!!!!"
Love Chrissy. Saw them then toured with a whole bunch of bands. Played jammed loved 70s 80s pub crawl bands.
She was brilliant. So raw and authentic . yess RIP and rise again Chrissie Amplhett😘
When Chrissy performed, she went into a different world so deep and dark Brilliant talent and is so missed 😥💔
Could only be an Aussie to think of wearing a school uniform, Angus Young rocks his too.... ✌👍
That was certainly unique. A bit crazy for sure, but absolutely captivating. I have to watch that again. .
I've seen them preform several times many years ago great times.
Man I do appreciate you breaking this down. The divinyls were quite a rocking group, and she did stuff you just don't see girls do. RIP Chrissy A.
George I love that you love it too ❤️
TO HELP YOU:Christine Joy Amphlett (/æmflət/; 25 October 1959 - 21 April 2013)[1] was an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. She was best known as the frontwoman of the Australian rock band Divinyls. Amphlett was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive humour in lyrics, performances and media interviews.
Amphlett, Jeremy Paul, and guitarist Mark McEntee formed Divinyls in Sydney in 1980. With Amphlett and McEntee as its core members, the band underwent various lineup changes before dissolving in 1996. The band's biggest-selling single, "I Touch Myself" (1990), achieved a No. 1 ranking in Australia, No. 4 in the United States, and No. 10 in the United Kingdom (UK). The band was inducted into the Australian RecoChristine Joy Amphlett (/æmflət/; 25 October 1959 - 21 April 2013)[1] was an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. She was best known as the frontwoman of the Australian rock band Divinyls. Amphlett was notable for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive humour in lyrics, performances and media interviews.
Please react to the other Aussie acts I've begged you to. Remember what I said before: don't always react to an act that someone has given you money a body that asks you to react to artists to have already paid you or are about to alterantaively you could get of your arse and react to many or more videos that you did earlier in your UA-cam experiece. I don't know if you have to work your job more shifts but from a man who said he would consider stopping if he could make money via UA-cam. Chrissie ua-cam.com/video/99V3I4L2kf8/v-deo.html Jeff St John Teach me how to Fly ua-cam.com/video/4Jf7TJkrSI4/v-deo.html He was the resident singer at the Whiskey Ago Ago in the early 70's and he used to dance in his chair
Chrissy Amphlett, always respected, still loved, never forgotten.
Divinyls are awesome. So many great songs.
Chrissie like Peter Garrett from Midnight oil are the Contemporary dancers of music :). Elsie was apparently a old woman that Chrissie would see around where she lived. Lonely old lady. The lipstick i am guessing strikes me as suicidal and the hand yapping gestures would i guess depict everything going on around Elsie. People talking but ignoring her. That is how i see it.
She's definitely a performance artist in terms of acting concepts, and such a unique voice - really smooth, but also capable of drama.
Saw Divinyls live maybe 15, 20 times. Every gig, either smoky pub or stadium was electric. Owned all their albums & still listen to them all.
Chrissie had a remarkable stage presence, you're right, unique.
Chrissie could make you feel like you were the only person in a room full of hundreds of people.
Her on stage persona was very different to her reality.
"Elsie" was a commentary on drugs & mental health issues.
You will find many brilliant Divinyls songs to check out. I'd highly recommend "Hey Little Boy," or "Siren," or "Temperamental," outside of the obvious popular songs like "Science Fiction" or "Only Lonely," or "I Touch Myself."
I'm "Jealous" I only got to see her and the band once . . . but it was amazing!
PS and what people might not know, she was a trained dancer too, she was her OWN girl❤️
The 53-year-old Divinyls singer died in New York after a long battle with breast cancer. As the first anniversary of her death approaches, 10 of Australia's leading female artists feature in a new music video for the Cancer Council NSW's I Touch Myself Project. Peace out.
Dirty! Funny that you say that ,she had a real reputation for that. But Chrissy Amphlett is an Australian legend. I love her doing I'm Jealous
Seen them live few time in the early 80s
This is such an incredible tune. It was for a film called Monkey Grip
Very interesting singer. I didn’t remember the band, but I know their song “I touch myself” was very popular in North America. RIP to her.
That was their worst song. Do yourself a favour and listen to her album(s).
Yes Nick you got my name right! Thank you for playing my song. To the fans of Divinyls I’m trying to find “Old Radios” but can’t find it 🤷♀️ anyone got it?
I have it, also Rubellan Remasters have remastered the What a Life! album and it is on there too, should be available online 👍🏻
Her performance for this is a lot closer to Ozzie Osborne than Tina Arena.
If you think of how a lot of male frontmen were on stage in the 70's and 80's, particularly with the hard rock and early punk & metal bands there was a raw performance nature that went beyond any vocal performing, and not in a manufactured boy band synchronised dancing way.
The arms up, shoulders hunched and guttural "huh" sounds reminds me of some people on the fringes of society and how they might try to posture or threaten "normal" people as a fear response, to try and be left alone. Arms like raised hackles to appear bigger and warning grunts to scare school kids or office drones.
Thanks for checking out this song. I recommend having the lyrics with you when you next watch or listen to this song.
Edit: wanted to add, the band went off! So glad to see them rocking out.
I love this band. New Wave Punk Band
This was from the soundtrack of a movie called Monkey Grip. Very dark movie about drugs, poverty etc
Chrissie was amazing live. Sometimes I forget she passed away and it makes me sad again all over ☹️
Such charisma
Bwaaaaahhaaaa I was waiting for your reaction to Chrissy's out the gate moments 😂 I have to laugh. I love your reactions Bruv. Much love from New Zealand xo
Chrissy's marking of her face and arms also carried through to the following song in that concert. I can't remember the song which followed.
Totally awesome - great review
So in her book she says she was high during this performance and found the lipstick on the stage and decided to put it into her act. And you are right… she is her actress. Check out the movie Monkey Grip.
Try The Divinyl's "Back to the Wall"...
When it was broadcast that "The Divinyl's" were coming to town all hell would break loose in the pubs that night. They would ALWAYS have fights at the end of the night I my area, Caringbah Hotel and Miranda hotel...
The movie is "Monkey Grip" and this is the song about the female lead. This is their best song IMO and there is no speaker loud enough to play out the last half of this song...check out "Good Die Young"...
Elsie was the singer Chrisy Amplet's mentally ill neighbor . In this live preformance she takes on her mannerisms to bring the plight of mentally ill women to the consciousness of people. True preformance art.
Incredibly unique and its such a loss to the music world that she is no longer here thanks for covering her. 🙂
There'll never be another Chrissy Amplett. R.I.P
You should check out "only lonely" and "siren" 2 of my favorite divinyls songs
The fact that your interested in Australian music is awesome. There is superior material of the band available. Keep up the great work. New Aussie subscriber.
This song is #243 on Gods top 666 list of best songs
So powerful
Rest in peace Chrissy
Our "First lady"
Chrissy Hind and Divinyls legendary 🔥🔥😎❤️
So unique and like you she had us all in a trance!❤️
Chrissy Amphlett
Wasn't Chrissy Hind with The Pretenders?
sleeping beauty - a classic
Ozzie pub band from the eighties were so good….the party boys, Aussie crawl, mental as anything, the saints and MUCH more
Should listen to PLEASURE AND PAIN by them. Was and still is very big in Australia
Your description of her voice is perfect!
My fave frontwoman !! Amazing 🌠🦋 A reaction to Divinyls song "Jealous " please 😊
The Crown Jewel of the Divinyls discography - this song is so full of isolation and separateness - in many ways it's like a parallel of The Beatles Eleanor Rigby. This is Chrissy at her finest! It wasn't a hit, but this song is a Masterpiece.
I’m so happy to read your comment ❤
Chrissy could sing with the angels and the devil in the same breath. I love her and miss her.
Chrissy Amphlett 🤘
Try "Jealous", if you haven't already. An older Chrissy. Still amazing. The first line of the song is a gut punch.
America is a baby compared to what went down in Australia in the day.
So sad that we lost such a great talent. Chrissy could rock with the best of them, and she gave the men a run for their money.
Chrissy could rock it out with the best if them. RIP Chrissy.
Chrissy was the real deal brah! No posing or trying to look pretty. She embodied the emotions of her songs. Never been anyone like her before or since!
Real deal rock chic
RIP CHRISSIE AMPHLETT
Shit, I actually didn't know that Chrissy did Screamo. Love it 🖤
River Tam On the original "Monkey Grip" version she screams "OPEN THE F@#$&% DOOR!!!"
when He finds Darryl Braithwaite or Sherbet he will find a voice with range as well- Chrissy is awsome too
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This is Chrissie at her early badass best! I think some of her phrasing and “vocal technique” you’re picking up on is her strong Australian accent, which she really owned and used in her performance. Often singers will try to lose their accent when singing, or put on a fake American accent, but not Chrissie Amphlett! You can also really hear it in songs like Pleasure and Pain, or I’m Jealous.
By the way, the story about “Elsie” in this song was inspired by a sad elderly neighbor of Chrissie’s when she was living in some run down flat at some stage.
Hi mate you should check out a young lady called Fatai. Song is called Your Grace Still Amazes Me. She has lots more. She is so talented I think you will love it.
Have never heard that before.. it was certainly different. The vomit sound haha..
"Elsie"
She never had an education
She uses life as her vocation
Standing on ledges clinging to the edges
The world's a hard place to land on
She has this one way conversation
Trying to avoid a confrontation
Memories of the kind she'd rather leave behind
The worlds' a hard place to land on
Life can be lonely can be very sad
Can be something you wish you never had
She never had any affection
So she relates well to rejection
No stories wait discovery
Dreams have passed recovery
The worlds a hard place to land on
She just sleeps all day
In her squalid little slum
And takes little white pills
To make her body feel numb
And it's dark and dirty
And there's nothing left to eat
And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat
Smells of bugs and fornication
And a bottle of cheap scent
Should she stick around
If this is all that life meant
Life can be lonely can be very sad
Can be something you wish you never had
Open the door wally, open the door
This is a very dark song but Chrissie's performance is stellar.
Your lyrics are close . . . but no cigar!
Great Reaction, it's easy to be mesmerized by her singing and performance but you missed the whole point of this song. The lyrics Dude, the freaking lyrics! IMHO this song "Elsie" was and is the Divinyls "Masterpiece" not that B.S. song I Touch Myself, sorry girls and boys. You can find the lyrics online but they're completely wrong. I spent some time listening over and over again until they were as close to perfect as I could get them. Brace yourself, her words, story and message might break your heart. Just wanted to help you out and BTW these lyrics are from their album release not this video. In another life I saw them live at Graham Central in Albuquerque, NM while in their prime around 1980. I'll never forget Chrissy or the band, I was 6 feet from the front of the stage, who could forget that? Please take a moment to read the lyrics it'll be worth your time. All the Best., Anthony
Elsie
By the Divinyls
She never had an education
She uses life as her vocation
Standing on ledges clinging to the edges
The world's a hard place to land on
She has this one way conversation
Trying to avoid a-con-fron-ta-tion
Memories of the kind that she'd rather leave behind
A worlds' a hard place to land on
Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad
Life can be something that you wish you never had
Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad
Life can be something you, you wish you never
Woah . . . No . . . Oh . . . No
She never had any affection
So she relates well to rejection
No stories worth discovering
Dreams have passed recovering
Never had a chance from the beginning
She just sleeps all day
In her squalid little slum
And takes little white pills
To make her body feel all numb
And it's dark and dirty
And there's nothing left to eat
And in her heart there's a feeling of defeat
Smells of bugs and fornication
And a bottle of cheap Zenith
Should she stick around
If this is all that life meant
Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad
Life can be something that you, wish you never had
Life can be lonely, Life can be very sad
Life can be something that we, wish you never
Woh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Open the door Wally, open the door
Open the door Wally, open the door
Open the door Wally, open the door
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Contrast Chrissie with her cousin Patricia (Little Pattie) ua-cam.com/video/d07UbwwtZ4Y/v-deo.html Different time for Patricia ua-cam.com/video/YGFvtN11Daw/v-deo.html