@@officialWWM Most definitely mate, saw Ian in concert a few weeks ago, he was AMAZING and we got to meet him before the concert and he is an absolute gentleman.
Everyone needs more Cold Chisel in their lives and there are many shades of Chisel- There's Anarchic High Energy Chisel - Wild Thing, Star Hotel; There's wistful sentimental Chisel - Flame Trees, Forever Now There's Angry Chisel - You Got Nothing I Want, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye There's Contemplative Chisel - 4 Walls, Breakfast at Sweethearts, Saturday Night There's tribute Chisel- When the War is Over, Khe Sanh, Ita Do yourself a favour and check out the many moods of Cold Chisel - live versions are best of course
Mossy is like wine, he's only gotten better with age. I saw him 2 months ago at the red hot summer tour..... bloody sensational! Especially singing Tuckers Daughter as always!!!!
Ian moss is also lead vocalist on “My Baby”, “Saturday Night”, and “When the war is over”. All great songs. You should also checkout some of his solo material from the albums “Matchbook”, “Soul on west 53rd”, and the acoustic album “Six strings “. I have seen him live many times. His voice is so smooth. He is definitely an underrated vocalist.
I love the 2003 version, but this is still awesome. Jimmy Barnes is great lead vocalist, but also an AMAZING second fiddle. Adding plenty without stealing the limelight - Its Mossy"s song and Barnsey gives him and the song ALL due respect
One thing to understand about Chisel and lots of Aussie bands of the late 70s and early eighties is that they came up through a very strong Pub Rock circuit. I used to go to the pubs and get off my face (what I think you young ones might called “leathered”) and Cold Chisel made their bones on this. Long Live Pub Rock n Roll 🎸
Mossy is one of the greatest singers to ever walk on a stage. I have been lucky enough to have worked with him and he’s one of the most humble human beings I’ve ever met. I actually asked him why he wasn’t the lead singer right from the start. His answer “when you stand on a stage next to Jimmy, screaming his head off, you know why” :)
So glad you checked out Ian Moss' signature Cold Chisel song. He's a terrific singer as well as a formidable guitarist 😊 All four members of the classic line-up wrote songs for the band, though keyboard player Don Walker did most of them. Can't remember if you've reacted to Forever Now or When the War is Over, but they were co-written by Don Walker and the late Steve Prestwich, and they're masterful 😊
Phil Small wrote "My Baby" and a few other songs, so all five not four wrote for the band. Also, Steve Prestwich wrote "When The War Is Over" and "Forever Now" solo, "Flame Trees" was co-written with Don Walker. Get your facts right before you attack the keyboard.☹
My favourite Australian band. They have so many epic songs. Ian Moss wrote Bow River and Jimmy Barnes back him up. Beth, can you do other Cold Chisel songs?
Such a great band. Should check out the 2003 version Ringside the Harmonica in that one is on another level. Love you how also love the voice of Ian Moss, not only a great singer but awesome guitarist
Mossy's guitar playing is so easily recognizable.. The tone, the style, the way he bends notes.. I can pick him a mile away.. Then add to that his voice which goes with his guitar playing style, they compliment each other.. Mossy is an amazing musician.. UA-cam has opened the world to who Mossy is & people love him..
Spot on, we were spoiled to have a rock band with two world class lead male singers. Whatever went on behind the scenes to break up the band, their on stage performances were the most fantastic blend of consummate professionals supporting each other all the way. Barnsley and Mossy traded off leads on entire songs, within songs, and duetted voices or voice with guitar spectacularly. My favourite duet of theirs is Barne’s voice with Moss’ guitar for Wild Thing (live, The Last Stand). Barnes went on to duet with so many people, and you can see the foundation here singing with Moss where he pulls back his belting power so he’s never overpowering and drowning out the other singer/s… until it’s his turn to take solo. The sweetness of their voices together, soaring smoothly in flight is all the more precious and unexpected in contrast to Barnsey’s usual raw rasp, and Ian’s solo blues
Thank you for doing a reaction to this song. Ian Moss is deserves a lot of the credit for the success of Cold Chisel as he is not only an incredibly talented vocalist and guitarist but a songwriter as well!!!
With Mossy you have so much more to explore with Cold Chisel and without. One Long Day is a fabulous early Cold Chisel classic that really shows his blues talent. Tucker's Daughter is Ian at his best. Out of the Fire is great too
You just discovered the real genius of Cold Chisel. When Mossy and Barnesy harmonise, it's unbeatable. Highly recommend having a listen to Rosaline (Mossy kills it on vocals), One Long Day, and Just How Many Times from Cold Chisel's first album for more great bluesy sounds. The whole album is great but these 3 tracks alone should have propelled them to international stardom imho.
Ian Moss is so incredibly underrated - he is a phenomenal guitarist who gets very distinct tones and a lot of variety in the notes, has a great feel for the overall music and how the guitar fits in with it plus his voice in terms of both the tone and his control and delivery are also incredible as you've seen here. This song is just the tip of the iceberg for Ian Moss by the way - the more cold chisel you hear the more you'll suddenly realise his voice is often at the fore or a big part of a mix of both guys in a lot of their songs. Super talented guy, and on top of all that a great entertainer. He's equally at home with just his voice and an acoustic guitar as well.
Love seeing people discover & appreciate music that's given me decades' worth of joy, we really are blessed to have had Chisel, with one of Australia's best songwriters (Don Walker) plus Jimmy & Mossy, two incredible singers, in the one band for all this time. Thank you so much for your review.
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This song's lyrics are pure Moss. In Europe you get excited by spring. In The Territory during winter the skies are cloudless and unchanging. The landscape is hot brown and seemingly dead. Then the Buildup happens along with a magic that has to be experienced. Huge thunderstorms with mind blowing lightning dropping massive amounts of rain. Then the country explodes. Green everywhere in shades you can only imagine. Everyone has a knowing smile on their faces as the birds change and the frogs sing while the creeks, waterholes and rivers swell and overflow. The wet season just arrives and fucking roars. Northern hemisphere spring? I've experienced it and it's like some pre packaged item from a shop....😉
Fun fact - in Cold Chisel’s hey day they would play small venues under the alias of the ‘Barking Spiders’; just for the fun of it 😎 - an EP called ‘The Barking Spiders’ was released - this EP, has all their best songs on it, played in a tiny venue and perfectly captures the essence of their music 💚
I bought that album when it first came out. Unfortunately it was summer and the album melted and warped in my sister’s car before we got home. I still have it. Never been played.
Ian Moss the smooth resonance voice and songwriting and epic guitar riffs, Steve Pestwitch song writing and freestyle drumming & Jimmy Barnes the rough high voice. Plus the lyrical value of true to work class hearts is what made Cold Chisel the embodiment of Australian rock
So now, you really need to watch the reunion 2003 live performance of this song. The maturity and brilliance is jaw dropping. MUST go down as one of the greatest live performances of all time !...........Hint..........they drop the tempo !
A once in a lifetime band. Two epic singers, both unique but complimenting each other perfectly, one of them also a guitar legend. You’ve got the genius songwriter Don Walker on keyboards, the powerful, driving Steve Prestwich on drums and Phil Small on bass and there you have it. AC/DC might be more famous but it’s fair to say Chisel is equally the best band to ever come out of Australia.
Seen them live a few times but I'll never forget Mossy singing Georgia about 10 years ago. His voice is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard, I think I cried haha
I get excited when I see reactions to Bow River...but once again... the wrong video was used. 2003 Ringside Concert is the video you need. They are more mature, seasoned musicians and the video and sound quality is so much better....and the harmonica is just insane.
One of my favourite Chisel songs.. Loved both Him and Jimmy...hearing this live was something else.. Lucky to see them live at my local 3-4 times in their early years.
By far one of their best songs in my opinion. The thing I love about this band is the fact that they tell a story in every song. Great albums and loads of brilliant material is what makes Cold Chisel such a great band and thats why they are still as popular today as they were 40-50 years ago. Barnesy is an Australian icon and one of the most successful male artists this country has ever produced but I think its fair to say that Mossy is one of the most underrated guitarists the country has ever produced as well.
I agree that there is a special magic when Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss sing together. The contrasts and harmonies of their particular vocal styles work amazingly well. Have you listened to “When the War is Over”? That’s another Cold Chisel song that showcases the two of them brilliantly.
Mossy and Barnsey actually compliment each other really, one of my all time favourite groups, Mossy imo is underrated unless you’re Australian or Kiwi and he is a National treasure downunder, great group of bands and artists came out of both countries during the 70s and 80s and still continues though this was the go,den era for both imo, listen to When the War is over my fav CC song long with this, we would cruise the country roads to the rivers and lakes on the 80s and 90s with this belting out on the cassette and then 6 disc stacker, still have this on my playlist on my iPod today. Chisel will never die and I actually prefer Mossy to Barnsey, but both are great, the whole group was is. If you haven’t you need to deep dive down under, Dragon, Mi Sex, LRB, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, The Angels, Men At Work, Hoodoo Gurus, Australian Crawl, awesome too, Hunters and Collectors, Sherbert, Chopper, Rodney Rude might surprise ya
Such a great band. 4 musical geniuses and a bass player who wrote their biggest selling single. They cross so many genres but for me, its the two lead singers and their chemistry that works for me, not to mention the songwriting genius of each band member and their brilliant live performances. Love watching people discover Chisel. I've been listening to them for over 40 years and their songs never get stale and they don't have a bad song. For some fun, you should check out their version of Wild Thing from their Last Stand concerts...it's another level.
I've seen Cold Chisel a number of times throughout their career (I remember a fantastic concert with The Divinyls as the opening band at Long Jetty community hall) *but* I have also seen Ian Moss solo in a pub environment (Great Northern Hotel for any Sydneysiders). Absolutely magical with his singing style, his guitar work and of course; his lyrics.
I would see them at my favourite pub in Geelong Australia , INXS and all the other Aussie bands played local, i didnt know it , i was having the best time but now i know how good was my life!
I (along with other Jimmy/Mossy/Chisel fans) had the huge privilege of seeing Jimmy and Mossy performing Bow River, When the War is Over and lots of other classic songs in a series of sunset concerts on a beach at Kandooma in the Maldives in Sept 22. One of the best weeks of my life
A Must See is the version which is under Ringside Bow River, where they have all really got it all together even better and even more dynamically polished and have wowed the world of UA-cam.
Nothing like the great Aussie pub bands of the 70s,80s and 90s. The bands went hard the punters went hard and always one hell of a night with ears ringing for days. Albert records and produces recorded and managed alot of the hard rocking bands with Vander snd Young the writer's and produces of the Aussie sound track. Bringing bands in straight after their pub gigs to rocord that raw sound with all the recording needles in the red bouncing like the true pub sound. Bands like The Angles, Rose Tattoo, ACDC, Cold Chisel ,Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, glam bands Sky Hook's snd the list goes on. And the grand daddy of rock and roll Johnny O'Keefe starting in the 1950s launching Rock and Roll in Australia with Col Joy and the Joy boys. Then Billy Thorpe and the Original Aztecs playing in Kings Cross Sydney NSW in places like Surf City Checkers in the 1960s. Raw unashamed hard driving Aussie pub music. Bring it.
hi mike btw i saw jok at whisky he was booed off stage, i was never a fan of his but yeah so many gr8 aussie bands i seen most. back in the day the battle of the bands. my bro in law lost out to lrb. they were called the other ends. liv has gone , judith gone , michael gone , shirley gone, marc gone , chrissy gone. jf soon to go. most of the world has not seen aussie rock at its finest i have. billy thorpe , rene geyer, sherbet, inxs, lrb with glen then with jf, richard clapton. and many more. ted mulray, the list gets bigger..
thorpie was english , so was jf , the easybeats english. acdc scots, jb scots, stevie wright gave my sis in law a son , andrew, conceived in a hostel. oh yeah jon english was english. sebastion hardy croation. tanum shud mixed, but then we had daryl , daddy cool . ross wilson, paul kelly , guy sebastion n many more , powderfinger, tina arena, and so many more . the pond of oz music is deep. the brits brought music to oz then they got their own.
Mossy a legend, great singer, and a 8:21 monster on the guitar, and a pretty good bloke too. And Georgia is simply brilliant and then a change down to The Party's Over.
I play this song with my Gen X Band, with a harmonica player.. It goes OFF.. Cold Chisel started in my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia (where Jim Barnes grew up, hes a Scot, and where Johnny Farnham started). Ian Moss is AMERICAN (hence the slight accent), grew up in the MIDDLE of Australia at a US Air Base.. The harmonica player is David Blight, who still plays around town in Blues clubs.. and a really nice guy, and this is possibly the greatest harp solo ever. Jim calls out, just before the harp solo 4:46 "Come On David".. Harmonica solo time!!!
All this amazing Aussie talent and all we got was the bloody Bee Gees ? You sound amazing Beth but how much can you learn from these guys . Flame trees makes me cry every time i hear it. i have noticed that Jimmy has a beautiful harmonizing voice and the rasp is on call.
I saw Chisel for the first time at Armidale Uni - UNE not in the big concert room but the Uni Bar with the upstairs mezzanine - they didn't have their first eponymous album out yet - maybe '78 - they were a revelation. Back then Mossy and Barnsey had their long curley hair - we got hit with songs we had never heard before - like Khe Sahn - Home and Broken Hearted - Shippin's Steel - Mona and Preacher and the absolutely transcendant - One Long Day - Iv'e never seen a live performance eclipse them....They were also the coolest looking band in the country. And oh yea. Mossy and Barnsey sure could sing.
This song is being used as the theme song to the latest season of "Outback Truckers" "The money I save won't buy my youth again..." - what a great line!
The harmonica player is Dave Blight, awesome he was the 1st Sth Aussie to compete in Blues Challenge Memphis duo with Mick Kidd. Unrelated but I do hop you check out Kasey Chambers cover of Lose Yourself but Jimmy and Johnny and more raise the bar high live, she reached it.
So glad you did some Chisel. Yours are the best reactions Beth. I would love you to cover my fave Chisel 'One Long Day' off the live 'Swingshift' album. Great bluesy/soulful piece, where Mossy shines both with his guitar and vocals. I have seen both Chisel and the Ian Moss band and they were awesome!
If anyone, including Beth, wants to listen to Mossy singing One Long Day, the live version from Swingshift is the best. Great harmonica from Dave : m.ua-cam.com/video/T7n2Rzm_dHM/v-deo.html&pp=ygUYb25lIGxvbmcgZGF5IHN3aW5nIHNoaWZ0
Slight correction. Mossy wrote the song about his birthplace Alice Springs on the river Todd. Back in Todd river just doesn’t have the same ring to it ..!
I'd be interested to hear what you think of the 2003 live version, when they are older and the version is slightly longer and better. Please analyse that version!! From the Ringside Tour!
The songs where they switched between Mossy and Barnesy on vocals were really epic. Someone once said that while Ian Moss was technically a better singer, Jimmy Barnes was the guy that got the crowd fired up. What a band, every member was a song writer in their own right but Don Walker was a song writing genius.
Great song, heard Ian sing the same song about a month ago in Perth WA. That song takes me back to that country like no other. Bow River is in Western Australia, not far from the NT though. The river is fed from Lake Argyle. They run cattle up there, it’s a little too far north (tropical) for sheep - by a thousand kilometres or more 😊. I used to work a bit to the east (NT side of the border) in the ‘90’s and a mate of mine built the bridge over the river on the highway.
Need to do a reaction to When the War is Over, from the 2003 concert. Just beautiful. From their Last Stand concert (1983), Moss did a cover of Georgia. Brilliant.
You mention it being B-side. It's only in the last decade that people have started to revisit it and appreciate it. I had this version on my walkman, and wore it out, but nobody else knew it at the time.
The vocal tag team of Ian Moss and Jimmy Barnes is sensational. Mossy has that soulful, bluesey delivery and Jimmy has the ability to take it to a whole step beyond. One common thing the guys did, as demonstrated here, was for Ian to establish the melody in the first couple of verses and then Jimmy would take a third verse up into a harmony of it as lead vocal. It was a 1-2 punch combo that most other bands couldn’t match. @Beth, I would highly recommend for your own pleasure just listening to the studio versions of Bow River, When The War Is Over, Janelle, and Saturday Night by Cold Chisel for just a few examples of how they work as a vocal team. Additionally, as I’m sure many people would have suggested, check out their superb cover of Wild Thing from their Last Stand concert back in the 80s. They broke up after five albums due in no small part to Jimmy and the drummer Steve Prestwich having full on fist fights. The Last Stand was the band giving one last tour as a team, although they did reform decades later.
You would really love listening to Jimmy Barnes sing with his son David Campbell. One song they sing is *You’ll Never Walk Alone* during a Christmas event called Candles By Candlelight in Australia. Jimmy is getting dead serious with his son singing without the rasp. David is so much like his father (spitting image I think) and like many in the family they are all professional singers in their own right. A must watch for you, you will not be disappointed. They also did a cover of *You've Lost That Loving Feeling* .
Sorry but despite being called the "official live" version, the 2003 Ringside concert performance is far superior. Still glad that you reacted though, it is a very easy mistake to make. Glad you enjoyed it
@Rod's Pinball Videos not from my perspective, but that isn't to say either of us are right or wrong, we're just hearing slightly different perspectives
@@markwinstanley9901 Sorry mate, I thought I replied to the original comment. I agree with you that the barking spiders version is better. 2003 version has issues that I mentioned :)
Love your reactions Beth. I can highly recommend "When the war is over live" on the official Cold Chisel channel. It's a stripped down acoustic version with Jimmy doing falsetto harmonies through the song showing a range many didn't know he had. From memory it was filmed around 2003
The thing with this band is that they can all sing very well with Jimmy and Mossy both being absolute world class. I honestly rate Cold Chisel one of the best bands in history *without* Jimmy Barnes and then when you add Jimmy's iconic voice and stage presence to the mix, it pushes them into the stratosphere. You should do "When The War Is Over" and "Flame Trees" next, preferably the 2003 Ringside versions.
I've seen a few reactors on You Tube that are quite surprised at how GOOD Ian Moss sings. They all seem to believe that Cold Chisel has Jimmy Barnes, you can't have anyone else singing lead. The drummer Steve Prestwich is also a great singer in his own right, and has released a solo album. To REALLY hear Ian Moss sing, you MUST listen to "Georgia" in Cold Chisel's "Last Stand" concert. Astonishing.
Bow River is a great song and having both Ian and Jimmy singing is a real treat, but David Blight (I believe) on the harp is what everyone wants to hear. His relentless playing throughout nearly the entirity of the song was/is mind numbingly brilliant!
I think I might have suggested this in the comments of one of your jimmy barnes videos (I'm sure I wasn't the only one!), I'm so glad you liked their blending voices!
Currently on tour in the UK (June 2023). He was incredible in London on Saturday 3rd June and he is in Newcastle (7th), Manchester (9th) and finishing in Glasgow Saturday 10th June.
I grew up in the Southern Highlands of NSW and worked at a woolies pushing trolleys close to the bottle shop Jimmy went to so i saw him a few times in his convertible. He was oretty much a god to me. That said i grew up wanting to sing luke Ian Moss.
“only six days separates me from the red top end” lyric in this song - I love it, & as many might already know it refers to the Northern Territory, poetically in this case xxxx
I have a suggestion for you that’s a bit obscure for non-Canadians, but well worth it, if you value Elton John’s opinion. Amanda Marshall, a soul/rock artist from the 90s in Canada. Elton shouted her out 25 years ago on the Rosie O’Donnell show. “Let It Rain,” “Dark Horse,” “Fall From Grace,” and “Believe In You” are all excellent. She has a really powerful voice that gets a little raspy at times, almost like Janice Joplin. She had an issue with her record company and couldn’t release music for about 15 years. But her early work was lauded by some of the greats. She’s half-Trinidadian Canadian. Incredible voice, especially live. If you can find something from 1996-2002, she’s really in her element.
Mossy is the real deal Beth, so talented in so many ways
And one of the nicest blokes you’ll ever meet!
Yep, people like Mossy and Shane Howard flew under the radar for so many people
Went to an Ian Moss gig that was acoustic. Unreal. One man. One stool. Two guitars. Nuts!!!
@@officialWWM Most definitely mate, saw Ian in concert a few weeks ago, he was AMAZING and we got to meet him before the concert and he is an absolute gentleman.
@@lync1505 I worked as a tour manager for him a few years ago. He’s a real gentleman.
You need to hear Ian Moss sing the American classic, 'Georgia'. He sings it with such passion!
Love this version. Stunning vocals
The concert version was brilliant.
Massively underrated.
I saw Cold Chisel regularly back in the day - Georgia was always a highlight.
Yep, that was my first thought too. Here 'tis ua-cam.com/video/NhFXjzRRv4w/v-deo.html
The band actually had two singers in Ian and Jimmy. They would swap back and forth, support each other and were just magic!
Everyone needs more Cold Chisel in their lives and there are many shades of Chisel-
There's Anarchic High Energy Chisel - Wild Thing, Star Hotel;
There's wistful sentimental Chisel - Flame Trees, Forever Now
There's Angry Chisel - You Got Nothing I Want, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye
There's Contemplative Chisel - 4 Walls, Breakfast at Sweethearts, Saturday Night
There's tribute Chisel- When the War is Over, Khe Sanh, Ita
Do yourself a favour and check out the many moods of Cold Chisel - live versions are best of course
And then for something completely different in arrangement and sort of slots into all of the categories, there is Tomorrow.
Brilliantly put !
what about the album tracks
@@roostersbays95 They're a treat too. Not much skippable on a Chisel album
Four Walls
Mossy is like wine, he's only gotten better with age. I saw him 2 months ago at the red hot summer tour..... bloody sensational! Especially singing Tuckers Daughter as always!!!!
Couldnt agree more as saw Mossy on Red Hot Summer at Lake Wendouree..
@Allen Jones I ventured over to Bendigo to see the RHS tour. Bloody good day. First time I've been to a festival style gig.
2003 version for you next
We saw him at the Wodonga show. Mossy was in fine form
Ian moss is also lead vocalist on “My Baby”, “Saturday Night”, and “When the war is over”. All great songs. You should also checkout some of his solo material from the albums “Matchbook”, “Soul on west 53rd”, and the acoustic album “Six strings “. I have seen him live many times. His voice is so smooth. He is definitely an underrated vocalist.
One of the greatest rock bands ever.
Try “When The War Is Over” from the 2003 Ringside concert.
I love the 2003 version, but this is still awesome. Jimmy Barnes is great lead vocalist, but also an AMAZING second fiddle. Adding plenty without stealing the limelight - Its Mossy"s song and Barnsey gives him and the song ALL due respect
Ringside version is killer! Shows it just got better with age for sure
Oh, the Ringside version is also wonderful...the harmonies, guitar solo, and harmonica solo are all amazing. Aged like fine whiskey.
It's my go to version as well.
Ringside is my fav!
Absolutely! My fave too. ❤
When the war is over is probably the best change over of voices with chisel - so deep , so soulful- such a beautiful song .
Vale Steve Prestwich
One thing to understand about Chisel and lots of Aussie bands of the late 70s and early eighties is that they came up through a very strong Pub Rock circuit. I used to go to the pubs and get off my face (what I think you young ones might called “leathered”) and Cold Chisel made their bones on this. Long Live Pub Rock n Roll 🎸
Australia needs that pub rock circuit back, desperately.
I think Jimmy Barnes was equally of his face at those gigs. I am frankly surprised he made it through those days.
@Earlofmar1 he wonders too, but then he found his wife
Good old days for sure. Never to return.
Mossy is one of the greatest singers to ever walk on a stage. I have been lucky enough to have worked with him and he’s one of the most humble human beings I’ve ever met. I actually asked him why he wasn’t the lead singer right from the start. His answer “when you stand on a stage next to Jimmy, screaming his head off, you know why” :)
Poor bastard. In any other band (ie, one without Jimmy), he would have been the lead singer. I do love them both singing together though.
@@MariaBM1 lol, yes, you’re right!
Give yourself a bad rap Mate, you sound great.
@@simonpaterson9648 Thanks mate :)
So glad you checked out Ian Moss' signature Cold Chisel song. He's a terrific singer as well as a formidable guitarist 😊 All four members of the classic line-up wrote songs for the band, though keyboard player Don Walker did most of them. Can't remember if you've reacted to Forever Now or When the War is Over, but they were co-written by Don Walker and the late Steve Prestwich, and they're masterful 😊
don't you mean all five members wrote hit songs Jimmy Barnes Ian Moss Don Walker Steve Prestwich and Phil Small
Ian moss is one of the world's great guitar players, both on acoustic and especially electric.
Phil Small wrote "My Baby" and a few other songs, so all five not four wrote for the band. Also, Steve Prestwich wrote "When The War Is Over" and "Forever Now" solo, "Flame Trees" was co-written with Don Walker. Get your facts right before you attack the keyboard.☹
My favourite Australian band. They have so many epic songs. Ian Moss wrote Bow River and Jimmy Barnes back him up. Beth, can you do other Cold Chisel songs?
Khe Sanh would be sweet!
Flame Trees
Such a great band. Should check out the 2003 version Ringside the Harmonica in that one is on another level. Love you how also love the voice of Ian Moss, not only a great singer but awesome guitarist
Yep. I love Beth's reactions but I was so disappointed when I saw the wrong video being used.
@@RaffaPed I found the compilation distracting. Ringside was so much better.
Their vocals compliment each other. Love Chisel!
Me too!
I hitchhiked to see this band. Amazing live. And Ian Moss is an immense talent
Mossy's guitar playing is so easily recognizable.. The tone, the style, the way he bends notes.. I can pick him a mile away.. Then add to that his voice which goes with his guitar playing style, they compliment each other.. Mossy is an amazing musician.. UA-cam has opened the world to who Mossy is & people love him..
Spot on, we were spoiled to have a rock band with two world class lead male singers. Whatever went on behind the scenes to break up the band, their on stage performances were the most fantastic blend of consummate professionals supporting each other all the way. Barnsley and Mossy traded off leads on entire songs, within songs, and duetted voices or voice with guitar spectacularly. My favourite duet of theirs is Barne’s voice with Moss’ guitar for Wild Thing (live, The Last Stand). Barnes went on to duet with so many people, and you can see the foundation here singing with Moss where he pulls back his belting power so he’s never overpowering and drowning out the other singer/s… until it’s his turn to take solo.
The sweetness of their voices together, soaring smoothly in flight is all the more precious and unexpected in contrast to Barnsey’s usual raw rasp, and Ian’s solo blues
Thank you for doing a reaction to this song. Ian Moss is deserves a lot of the credit for the success of Cold Chisel as he is not only an incredibly talented vocalist and guitarist but a songwriter as well!!!
With Mossy you have so much more to explore with Cold Chisel and without. One Long Day is a fabulous early Cold Chisel classic that really shows his blues talent. Tucker's Daughter is Ian at his best. Out of the Fire is great too
You just discovered the real genius of Cold Chisel. When Mossy and Barnesy harmonise, it's unbeatable. Highly recommend having a listen to Rosaline (Mossy kills it on vocals), One Long Day, and Just How Many Times from Cold Chisel's first album for more great bluesy sounds. The whole album is great but these 3 tracks alone should have propelled them to international stardom imho.
Would add Georgia to that along with his cover of Stars "Solitaire" are absolute musts
Rosaline is great. They were almost jazzy in those early days.
Ian Moss is so incredibly underrated - he is a phenomenal guitarist who gets very distinct tones and a lot of variety in the notes, has a great feel for the overall music and how the guitar fits in with it plus his voice in terms of both the tone and his control and delivery are also incredible as you've seen here. This song is just the tip of the iceberg for Ian Moss by the way - the more cold chisel you hear the more you'll suddenly realise his voice is often at the fore or a big part of a mix of both guys in a lot of their songs. Super talented guy, and on top of all that a great entertainer. He's equally at home with just his voice and an acoustic guitar as well.
Love seeing people discover & appreciate music that's given me decades' worth of joy, we really are blessed to have had Chisel, with one of Australia's best songwriters (Don Walker) plus Jimmy & Mossy, two incredible singers, in the one band for all this time. Thank you so much for your review.
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Oh my universe, I’m blown away. Totally blown away with beauty of your voice and version of this favourite of mine.
Such a beautiful voice Beth I hope to hear more songs from you best wishes from Mick Australia
@@ariadnepyanfar1048 Thank you so much!
@@michaelverkerk9449 Thank you so much. There will definitely be more! x
Did that. Loved it. Beautifully sung. Congrats.
One of the most underrated bands on the planet!
This song's lyrics are pure Moss. In Europe you get excited by spring. In The Territory during winter the skies are cloudless and unchanging. The landscape is hot brown and seemingly dead. Then the Buildup happens along with a magic that has to be experienced. Huge thunderstorms with mind blowing lightning dropping massive amounts of rain. Then the country explodes. Green everywhere in shades you can only imagine. Everyone has a knowing smile on their faces as the birds change and the frogs sing while the creeks, waterholes and rivers swell and overflow. The wet season just arrives and fucking roars. Northern hemisphere spring? I've experienced it and it's like some pre packaged item from a shop....😉
Fun fact - in Cold Chisel’s hey day they would play small venues under the alias of the ‘Barking Spiders’; just for the fun of it 😎 - an EP called ‘The Barking Spiders’ was released - this EP, has all their best songs on it, played in a tiny venue and perfectly captures the essence of their music 💚
I bought that album when it first came out. Unfortunately it was summer and the album melted and warped in my sister’s car before we got home. I still have it. Never been played.
Spy Vs spy used to play as the drug grannies. How lucky were we to grow up in OZ back then.
OMG, OMG, OMG! So excited you've gotten to Chisel!!
the start of this song is some of the best vocal harmonies you will ever hear. as a boy from the bush this song always made me feel all emotional.
Ian Moss the smooth resonance voice and songwriting and epic guitar riffs, Steve Pestwitch song writing and freestyle drumming & Jimmy Barnes the rough high voice. Plus the lyrical value of true to work class hearts is what made Cold Chisel the embodiment of Australian rock
One of the best bands I’ve ever seen live!
I agree with everything that you said. Ian and Jimmy together make musical magic 😊 Ian is one smooth dude
So now, you really need to watch the reunion 2003 live performance of this song. The maturity and brilliance is jaw dropping. MUST go down as one of the greatest live performances of all time !...........Hint..........they drop the tempo !
Agree - this version sounds a bit rushed
Harmonica used as a Lead Instrument is SO Aussie Pub Rock.
We were Blessed.
A once in a lifetime band. Two epic singers, both unique but complimenting each other perfectly, one of them also a guitar legend. You’ve got the genius songwriter Don Walker on keyboards, the powerful, driving Steve Prestwich on drums and Phil Small on bass and there you have it. AC/DC might be more famous but it’s fair to say Chisel is equally the best band to ever come out of Australia.
As a guitarist myself, I have to say Mossy is up there as one of Australia’s top rock blues guitarist and such a great voice..
Mossy is such a gift ❤
Seen them live a few times but I'll never forget Mossy singing Georgia about 10 years ago. His voice is one of the most beautiful I've ever heard, I think I cried haha
I get excited when I see reactions to Bow River...but once again... the wrong video was used. 2003 Ringside Concert is the video you need. They are more mature, seasoned musicians and the video and sound quality is so much better....and the harmonica is just insane.
I know right 😔
One of my favourite Chisel songs.. Loved both Him and Jimmy...hearing this live was something else.. Lucky to see them live at my local 3-4 times in their early years.
For more Ian and Jimmy trading lead vocals, look for “When The War Is Over” from the 2003 concert. The best version of that song.
By far one of their best songs in my opinion. The thing I love about this band is the fact that they tell a story in every song. Great albums and loads of brilliant material is what makes Cold Chisel such a great band and thats why they are still as popular today as they were 40-50 years ago. Barnesy is an Australian icon and one of the most successful male artists this country has ever produced but I think its fair to say that Mossy is one of the most underrated guitarists the country has ever produced as well.
I agree that there is a special magic when Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss sing together. The contrasts and harmonies of their particular vocal styles work amazingly well. Have you listened to “When the War is Over”? That’s another Cold Chisel song that showcases the two of them brilliantly.
Mossy and Barnsey actually compliment each other really, one of my all time favourite groups, Mossy imo is underrated unless you’re Australian or Kiwi and he is a National treasure downunder, great group of bands and artists came out of both countries during the 70s and 80s and still continues though this was the go,den era for both imo, listen to When the War is over my fav CC song long with this, we would cruise the country roads to the rivers and lakes on the 80s and 90s with this belting out on the cassette and then 6 disc stacker, still have this on my playlist on my iPod today. Chisel will never die and I actually prefer Mossy to Barnsey, but both are great, the whole group was is. If you haven’t you need to deep dive down under, Dragon, Mi Sex, LRB, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, The Angels, Men At Work, Hoodoo Gurus, Australian Crawl, awesome too, Hunters and Collectors, Sherbert, Chopper, Rodney Rude might surprise ya
Ian moss is touring England this year, you should try and get along to one of the shows, he’s still got it.
A great band with two lead singers who gel well through the duet phases.
Such a great band. 4 musical geniuses and a bass player who wrote their biggest selling single. They cross so many genres but for me, its the two lead singers and their chemistry that works for me, not to mention the songwriting genius of each band member and their brilliant live performances. Love watching people discover Chisel. I've been listening to them for over 40 years and their songs never get stale and they don't have a bad song. For some fun, you should check out their version of Wild Thing from their Last Stand concerts...it's another level.
I've seen Cold Chisel a number of times throughout their career (I remember a fantastic concert with The Divinyls as the opening band at Long Jetty community hall) *but* I have also seen Ian Moss solo in a pub environment (Great Northern Hotel for any Sydneysiders). Absolutely magical with his singing style, his guitar work and of course; his lyrics.
I would see them at my favourite pub in Geelong Australia , INXS and all the other Aussie bands played local, i didnt know it , i was having the best time but now i know how good was my life!
I (along with other Jimmy/Mossy/Chisel fans) had the huge privilege of seeing Jimmy and Mossy performing Bow River, When the War is Over and lots of other classic songs in a series of sunset concerts on a beach at Kandooma in the Maldives in Sept 22. One of the best weeks of my life
"Pick up a fast car and burn my name in the road" always loved that line!!
I promise you when you get to heaven the first thing you’ll here is Ian and Jimmy’s harmonies….because that sound could only be from heaven 🎶💚👌
I grew up listening to Cold Chisel (🇦🇺) and this is one of my faves
Thank you Beth for introducing me to a new and woderful rock group 🎶❤🎶🌹
A Must See is the version which is under Ringside Bow River, where they have all really got it all together even better and even more dynamically polished and have wowed the world of UA-cam.
Nothing like the great Aussie pub bands of the 70s,80s and 90s. The bands went hard the punters went hard and always one hell of a night with ears ringing for days. Albert records and produces recorded and managed alot of the hard rocking bands with Vander snd Young the writer's and produces of the Aussie sound track. Bringing bands in straight after their pub gigs to rocord that raw sound with all the recording needles in the red bouncing like the true pub sound. Bands like The Angles, Rose Tattoo, ACDC, Cold Chisel ,Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, glam bands Sky Hook's snd the list goes on. And the grand daddy of rock and roll Johnny O'Keefe starting in the 1950s launching Rock and Roll in Australia with Col Joy and the Joy boys. Then Billy Thorpe and the Original Aztecs playing in Kings Cross Sydney NSW in places like Surf City Checkers in the 1960s. Raw unashamed hard driving Aussie pub music. Bring it.
And that's just out of Sydney NSW then the Melbourne Victoria pub bands and music seen a whole story in its self.
hi mike btw i saw jok at whisky he was booed off stage, i was never a fan of his but yeah so many gr8 aussie bands i seen most. back in the day the battle of the bands. my bro in law lost out to lrb. they were called the other ends. liv has gone , judith gone , michael gone , shirley gone, marc gone , chrissy gone. jf soon to go. most of the world has not seen aussie rock at its finest i have. billy thorpe , rene geyer, sherbet, inxs, lrb with glen then with jf, richard clapton. and many more. ted mulray, the list gets bigger..
thorpie was english , so was jf , the easybeats english. acdc scots, jb scots, stevie wright gave my sis in law a son , andrew, conceived in a hostel. oh yeah jon english was english. sebastion hardy croation. tanum shud mixed, but then we had daryl , daddy cool . ross wilson, paul kelly , guy sebastion n many more , powderfinger, tina arena, and so many more . the pond of oz music is deep. the brits brought music to oz then they got their own.
@@stephenhoward4191 and good migrates to Australia who weaved the sound track of that period of time. And we can't forget the Bee Gees.
Smooth and soulful describes Ian Moss's voice so well
Mossy a legend, great singer, and a 8:21 monster on the guitar, and a pretty good bloke too. And Georgia is simply brilliant and then a change down to The Party's Over.
I play this song with my Gen X Band, with a harmonica player.. It goes OFF..
Cold Chisel started in my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia (where Jim Barnes grew up, hes a Scot, and where Johnny Farnham started). Ian Moss is AMERICAN (hence the slight accent), grew up in the MIDDLE of Australia at a US Air Base..
The harmonica player is David Blight, who still plays around town in Blues clubs.. and a really nice guy, and this is possibly the greatest harp solo ever.
Jim calls out, just before the harp solo 4:46 "Come On David".. Harmonica solo time!!!
Chalk and cheese singers that compliment each other perfectly!
All this amazing Aussie talent and all we got was the bloody Bee Gees ? You sound amazing Beth but how much can you learn from these guys . Flame trees makes me cry every time i hear it. i have noticed that Jimmy has a beautiful harmonizing voice and the rasp is on call.
Ummm, INXS, ACDC and Olivia Newton John. The problem being our bands tried but an insular population and record company’s didn’t take them seriously.
@@davidnelson7786 Too many communists in government mate .
This is the best version to l8sten to. You even get to hear the crowd at the start singing along.
What you said about how the two voices work together about sums up what takes Cold Chisel to the next level.
I saw Chisel for the first time at Armidale Uni - UNE not in the big concert room but the Uni Bar with the upstairs mezzanine - they didn't have their first eponymous album out yet - maybe '78 - they were a revelation. Back then Mossy and Barnsey had their long curley hair - we got hit with songs we had never heard before - like Khe Sahn - Home and Broken Hearted - Shippin's Steel - Mona and Preacher and the absolutely transcendant - One Long Day - Iv'e never seen a live performance eclipse them....They were also the coolest looking band in the country. And oh yea. Mossy and Barnsey sure could sing.
This song is being used as the theme song to the latest season of "Outback Truckers"
"The money I save won't buy my youth again..." - what a great line!
''body art'' lol..
The harmonica player is Dave Blight, awesome he was the 1st Sth Aussie to compete in Blues Challenge Memphis duo with Mick Kidd.
Unrelated but I do hop you check out Kasey Chambers cover of Lose Yourself but Jimmy and Johnny and more raise the bar high live, she reached it.
So glad you did some Chisel. Yours are the best reactions Beth. I would love you to cover my fave Chisel 'One Long Day' off the live 'Swingshift' album. Great bluesy/soulful piece, where Mossy shines both with his guitar and vocals. I have seen both Chisel and the Ian Moss band and they were awesome!
If anyone, including Beth, wants to listen to Mossy singing One Long Day, the live version from Swingshift is the best. Great harmonica from Dave : m.ua-cam.com/video/T7n2Rzm_dHM/v-deo.html&pp=ygUYb25lIGxvbmcgZGF5IHN3aW5nIHNoaWZ0
Mossy sings quite a few songs in Chisel, as well as his own songs. I love them both and have seen them live many times.
Slight correction.
Mossy wrote the song about his birthplace Alice Springs on the river Todd.
Back in Todd river just doesn’t have the same ring to it ..!
I'd be interested to hear what you think of the 2003 live version, when they are older and the version is slightly longer and better. Please analyse that version!! From the Ringside Tour!
Another great one for highlighting Mossy on lead with Jimmy's harmonys you need to check out 'Saturday Night". It's an absolute ripper!
The songs where they switched between Mossy and Barnesy on vocals were really epic. Someone once said that while Ian Moss was technically a better singer, Jimmy Barnes was the guy that got the crowd fired up. What a band, every member was a song writer in their own right but Don Walker was a song writing genius.
Try the 2003 version.
Great song, heard Ian sing the same song about a month ago in Perth WA. That song takes me back to that country like no other. Bow River is in Western Australia, not far from the NT though. The river is fed from Lake Argyle. They run cattle up there, it’s a little too far north (tropical) for sheep - by a thousand kilometres or more 😊. I used to work a bit to the east (NT side of the border) in the ‘90’s and a mate of mine built the bridge over the river on the highway.
I was so lucky to grow up when I did in Australia. Cold Chisel , The Angels , Rose Tattoo and AC/DC.
Need to do a reaction to When the War is Over, from the 2003 concert. Just beautiful.
From their Last Stand concert (1983), Moss did a cover of Georgia. Brilliant.
You mention it being B-side. It's only in the last decade that people have started to revisit it and appreciate it. I had this version on my walkman, and wore it out, but nobody else knew it at the time.
The vocal tag team of Ian Moss and Jimmy Barnes is sensational.
Mossy has that soulful, bluesey delivery and Jimmy has the ability to take it to a whole step beyond.
One common thing the guys did, as demonstrated here, was for Ian to establish the melody in the first couple of verses and then Jimmy would take a third verse up into a harmony of it as lead vocal. It was a 1-2 punch combo that most other bands couldn’t match.
@Beth, I would highly recommend for your own pleasure just listening to the studio versions of Bow River, When The War Is Over, Janelle, and Saturday Night by Cold Chisel for just a few examples of how they work as a vocal team.
Additionally, as I’m sure many people would have suggested, check out their superb cover of Wild Thing from their Last Stand concert back in the 80s. They broke up after five albums due in no small part to Jimmy and the drummer Steve Prestwich having full on fist fights. The Last Stand was the band giving one last tour as a team, although they did reform decades later.
When Jimmy & Mossy sang harmonies.. It was magical..
You would really love listening to Jimmy Barnes sing with his son David Campbell.
One song they sing is *You’ll Never Walk Alone* during a Christmas event called Candles By Candlelight in Australia.
Jimmy is getting dead serious with his son singing without the rasp.
David is so much like his father (spitting image I think) and like many in the family they are all professional singers in their own right.
A must watch for you, you will not be disappointed.
They also did a cover of *You've Lost That Loving Feeling* .
Sorry but despite being called the "official live" version, the 2003 Ringside concert performance is far superior. Still glad that you reacted though, it is a very easy mistake to make. Glad you enjoyed it
Ringside is great, but in every way, the Barking Spiders version is better
Is it though? If I remember correct, Jimmy's voice is blown out, and Mossy fumbles his way through the guitar solo.
@Rod's Pinball Videos not from my perspective, but that isn't to say either of us are right or wrong, we're just hearing slightly different perspectives
@@markwinstanley9901 Sorry mate, I thought I replied to the original comment. I agree with you that the barking spiders version is better. 2003 version has issues that I mentioned :)
@Rod's Pinball Videos it's all good mate, I'm not sweating it.
If people are listening to Chisel...
It's good enough for me :)
Love your reactions Beth. I can highly recommend "When the war is over live" on the official Cold Chisel channel. It's a stripped down acoustic version with Jimmy doing falsetto harmonies through the song showing a range many didn't know he had. From memory it was filmed around 2003
Hi Beth! It's always awesome to view your reactions, it's precisely why i comment inorder to encourage you to keep it up. Be blessed.
As soon you discover Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss is never going to be too far away from making an appearance.
The thing with this band is that they can all sing very well with Jimmy and Mossy both being absolute world class. I honestly rate Cold Chisel one of the best bands in history *without* Jimmy Barnes and then when you add Jimmy's iconic voice and stage presence to the mix, it pushes them into the stratosphere. You should do "When The War Is Over" and "Flame Trees" next, preferably the 2003 Ringside versions.
Love Mossy. Absolutely hilarious bloke to have a beer with, too.
I've seen a few reactors on You Tube that are quite surprised at how GOOD Ian Moss sings. They all seem to believe that Cold Chisel has Jimmy Barnes, you can't have anyone else singing lead. The drummer Steve Prestwich is also a great singer in his own right, and has released a solo album. To REALLY hear Ian Moss sing, you MUST listen to "Georgia" in Cold Chisel's "Last Stand" concert. Astonishing.
Good to see you react to a song by the best singer in Cold Chisel.
Bow River is a great song and having both Ian and Jimmy singing is a real treat, but David Blight (I believe) on the harp is what everyone wants to hear. His relentless playing throughout nearly the entirity of the song was/is mind numbingly brilliant!
I think I might have suggested this in the comments of one of your jimmy barnes videos (I'm sure I wasn't the only one!), I'm so glad you liked their blending voices!
Mossys vocals on "when the war is over " ate brilliant. 2003 version is the best
Currently on tour in the UK (June 2023). He was incredible in London on Saturday 3rd June and he is in Newcastle (7th), Manchester (9th) and finishing in Glasgow Saturday 10th June.
I grew up in the Southern Highlands of NSW and worked at a woolies pushing trolleys close to the bottle shop Jimmy went to so i saw him a few times in his convertible. He was oretty much a god to me. That said i grew up wanting to sing luke Ian Moss.
His voice is incredible. Killer song to. You should here him sing Georgia on my mind
My favourite song of all time!
Hi Beth. Two artists i'd recommend. Chris Rea - Tell me there's a heaven, and Colin Hay - Waiting for my real life to begin.
Good choices!
“only six days separates me from the red top end” lyric in this song - I love it, & as many might already know it refers to the Northern Territory, poetically in this case xxxx
*Beg pardon, I believe it's "...great top end" and refers to Western Australia, but 'top end' of Australia. 🌸
I have a suggestion for you that’s a bit obscure for non-Canadians, but well worth it, if you value Elton John’s opinion. Amanda Marshall, a soul/rock artist from the 90s in Canada. Elton shouted her out 25 years ago on the Rosie O’Donnell show. “Let It Rain,” “Dark Horse,” “Fall From Grace,” and “Believe In You” are all excellent. She has a really powerful voice that gets a little raspy at times, almost like Janice Joplin. She had an issue with her record company and couldn’t release music for about 15 years. But her early work was lauded by some of the greats. She’s half-Trinidadian Canadian. Incredible voice, especially live. If you can find something from 1996-2002, she’s really in her element.
Ian Moss is my fave in Cold Chisel. I love his voice ❤
It is beautiful!
Great song but the 2003 Ringside Tour version is the one to see/hear.