If you were an outsider or a misfit in the 70s/80s ( marginalised in today’s jargon) as I was, there was only one band that wrote songs that dealt with those experiences. Chisel of course. Misfits, Standing on the Outside, Tomorrow, Four Walls, Star Hotel , all songs for the “ uncontrolled youth in Asia “. Thanks Don.
I bought the Cold Chisel compilation CD that this song came with in 1991 on its release.. I was 16 at the time and had lived a hard life up till that point having lived on the streets for a short period of time. I was living in a boys home in adelaide during that time, trying to get a foothold in this world and i never forget the first time i heard Misfits as it really spoke to me and reflected my life. I changed direction and made changes towards a better a future because i knew then i didn't want to end up like so many of those young teens in those days either dead or in prison and i knew both. Just like our parents let us down, so did the government and places like those boys homes, it was survival of the fittest. An interesting tidbit, a relative of the Barnes family had also ended up in that boys home a year or 2 before i ended up there.
Think i read somewhere that this song was recorded for a doco about street kids for the ABC, but it was classed as just a little "too real" and was never screened........ anyway yep, it's a top song.......... thanks for posting it.
@mckackie1 : wasn't the film done by the NSW government (childrens' services?) but was canned as it was too contreversial? Late 1980s or early 1990s for memory...
This stuff is pure gold, cigarette smoke ( let’s say 👌🏽😆) wafting up while singing. Can you imagine all the little whiners of today needing the rest of the year off to rest their gay little auto tuned voices. Jimmy is a true rock and roller. Btw, his audio books “Working class boy and Working class man” are absolutely fantastic. Made me understand and like him a while lot more.
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This is by far my favourite Chisel song. It's vastly underrated.
It's definitely a good one.
100% agreed….
One of the most underrated bands in history.
Imagine being that good that a song like this is a throw away/B side
And it's got a video!
Cold Chisel was truly a band for the common people of Australia & great representatives for our country & youth.
If you were an outsider or a misfit in the 70s/80s ( marginalised in today’s jargon) as I was, there was only one band that wrote songs that dealt with those experiences. Chisel of course. Misfits, Standing on the Outside, Tomorrow, Four Walls, Star Hotel , all songs for the “ uncontrolled youth in Asia “. Thanks Don.
Cripes, I forgot this one. So good.
"Last long weekend we were hooning around. Had a party round at Michael's place."
1 of the best b sides in australian history ty guys
'My Baby'. Phils' major contribution to the play list. I love MISFITS. Shouldn't do it, but often replay this when playing the album.
Don Walker is arguably the finest songwriter this country has produced
I bought the Cold Chisel compilation CD that this song came with in 1991 on its release.. I was 16 at the time and had lived a hard life up till that point having lived on the streets for a short period of time. I was living in a boys home in adelaide during that time, trying to get a foothold in this world and i never forget the first time i heard Misfits as it really spoke to me and reflected my life.
I changed direction and made changes towards a better a future because i knew then i didn't want to end up like so many of those young teens in those days either dead or in prison and i knew both. Just like our parents let us down, so did the government and places like those boys homes, it was survival of the fittest.
An interesting tidbit, a relative of the Barnes family had also ended up in that boys home a year or 2 before i ended up there.
Adelaide can be a nasty place... I spent a bit of time there around Mile End. Good news for you pal. Take care 👍
Where was the boys home in Adelaide?
@@jamesmason1347 It was in north adelaide, a place called Stuart house, i heard it got shut down in the mid 90's for allegations of child abuse.
@@9sunskungfu right ok.... god bless mate 👍
@@jamesmason1347 You too mate, Thankyou !
Still my favourite Chisel song ever....pure magic.
One of my Chisel favourites. Really captures a mood.
One word: atmospheric. Don Walker is a legend at it
'When the world is being measured for a uniform, its my luxury to be ignored'. Amen to that
This and The Sunnyboys ‘You Need. A Friend’ music video have the most amazing archival footage of my teenage Sydney
much underated song, great drum work. Really miss those days.
Words can not describe the emotional roller coaster that is Cold Chisel!!!!!!!!
Cold Chisel makes me weep for my youth ❤😢 but then cheers me up 🇦🇺👍😃😂
This clip reminds me of my first visit to Sydney in early 80's. Mainly street kids hanging around the cross. Eye opener for me.
One of my favourite tunes from the group love the lyrics reminds me so much of my youth
Best song by Australia's best rock band!
Another classic that most people have never heard
only fans known and that is enough
Chisel saying it, as only, Chisel can do! Brilliant!!
Been my favourite Chisel song from the moment I first heard it.
Love cold chisel Jimmy Barnes lovely bloke too.brilliant band.legends.
One of the epic classics of Home grown R&R music....
Don Walker is an amazing poet
Growing up in Australia, drinking at the pubs, Chisel were a staple. Probably still are.
Fantastic band. Ian Moss 🤘🤘🤘
Absolute Classic capture of the youth feeling
amazing, timeless would be a word I'd use, Don Walker knmew how to write something we ALL connect to
At 3.48, NOW that's a Mullet!! Awesome tune, and clip!!!
Haven't heard this for awhile. Moody and brilliant!
Sometimes they are the best ones. One of my fav's.
My favourite Chisel song 💖💖💖💖💖💖
cold chisel for ever
Love this, and know I can finally see the lyrics!! My version I sang along too is very different
Should be more than 371 Likes! Jimmy & Cold Chisel perfection!
IT'S A classic .. PERIOD ! :)
yep, best chisel song x
She'd give 20 years off the end of her life just to be 16 again. Wouldn't we all.
Brilliant 💯 percent 👍😴
Great song...........was released as the b side to My Baby way back in 1980!!
All hail Don Walker
Yes..🖤
Deserves a Nobel prize for outstanding contribution to cultural legacy
Reminds me of what Sydney would've been like in the 70's/80's.
The best!
Think i read somewhere that this song was recorded for a doco about street kids for the ABC, but it was classed as just a little "too real" and was never screened........ anyway yep, it's a top song.......... thanks for posting it.
porkhunt the lost boys
If I turned back time knowing what I know /am fully aware of Now,who Knows, I might be alive instead of dead
All Hail Cold Chisel. News Flash New tour announced for late 2011, Must see I reckon tickets on sale from 4th august go and get them .
CHISEL ROCKS.
I always thought it was Manly's surfing events
Very Young Jim.
YUP LOVE MISFITS MYSELF.
great song, first released in 1980....flip side of My baby single from East
Ulbre De Folie bought my copy in CC Records TTP Modbury SA in about 81
spent 7 years in Adelaide in the 80's.....virtually all the 80's......great times
Vale comrades, time flies. On course #4019 SUA🧭🏴☠️🙏❤
a shame that the documentary that the non Chisel footage was shot for has never been released (to my knowledge)
Craig's song R.I.P. my friend xxc
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!
Sleeping in a clothing bin its actually kind of warm in there with the spiders and roaches in the bottom
@E1109 yeah i've heard this too...... apparantly it was just too real....
@mckackie1 : wasn't the film done by the NSW government (childrens' services?) but was canned as it was too contreversial? Late 1980s or early 1990s for memory...
Yes you are right !
Remember the single My baby on Vinyl.Turn it over.
knew I knew it from somewhere
This stuff is pure gold, cigarette smoke ( let’s say 👌🏽😆) wafting up while singing. Can you imagine all the little whiners of today needing the rest of the year off to rest their gay little auto tuned voices. Jimmy is a true rock and roller.
Btw, his audio books “Working class boy and Working class man” are absolutely fantastic. Made me understand and like him a while lot more.
If you think music today is just "gay little auto tuned voices" you're missing out on great music
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