Stevie Wright- Evie REACTION & REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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I don't think you can understand the history of Australian music without hearing this.
You got it, the third verse, Stevie is singing with anguish in his voice. RIP Stevie. He was only 16 and a half when he became lead singer of the Easybeats, one of the first band to have success outside of Australia, with Friday on my mind.
The Easybeats song, Good Times was later covered by my favourite artist, Jimmy Barnes, and INXS and is on the soundtrack of the movie The Lost Boys. I’ve rewatched the movie this year at an outdoor winery in Margaret River, Western Australia. You can hear Jimmy sing 3 times in the movie…..and most people wouldn’t even know it was him. Such a shame.
PS The Wrights also covered this song. They consist of members of other Australian Bands coming together. It’s great also.
Evie - the Aussie Bohemian Rhapsody
Staggering fact - Malcolm Young plays the solo in part 1
Ah yes.
The primal soup in which AC/DC was born.
This is Aussie Rock royalty. Vanda and Young were an amazing songwriting team and music visionaries. Their band The Easybeats has some fantastic tunes that you should listen to (very much like an Aussie version of The Kinks, with raw guitars and wild riffs and catchy vocals), with Friday On My Mind, She’s So Fine, I’ll Make You Happy, Sorry, Women (Make You Feel Alright), and my personal favourite St Louis as a great set of short but punchy 60s rock tracks, all with Stevie Wright on lead vocals.
As has no doubt been mentioned here, George Young is the older brother of Malcolm and Angus Young, and the three Scottish immigrants along with Harry Vanda (Johannes van den Berg) and Alberts Studios helped define an Aussie rock sound that was unlike any other region in the world.
From that studio was born The Easybeats, The Angels (Angel City in the USA, Rose Tattoo and through osmosis a whole slew of Aussie pub rock icons like Divinyls, Cold Chisel and more.
To get a real picture of that time, check out a fantastic documentary called Blood+Thunder - The Sound Of Alberts. You can find both parts 1 & 2 on UA-cam.
On a separate note, for a great track that I think would blow you away, have a listen to the studio version of Lopsy Lu by Stanley Clarke. He’s a phenomenon on bass and this groove from his self-titled debut album is a superb showcase of his talents alongside the awesome Tony Williams on drums, Jan Hammer (great name) on keyboards, and Bill Connors on guitar. All three are nicely tucked into different spots in the stereo mix so you can hear who is playing what. You won’t be disappointed. (Note also that Stanley’s bass part is played as is - where you hear multiple notes being played he’s doing that in one take.
I'd add Good Times with Steve Marriot guesting.
@@GeoffCB
Steve Marriott makes everything better
As someone who is 59 and Australian, this song has been part of my life for 50 years. It's no surprise to me that only 2 people suggested it. Not saying there's none, but only a small percentage of people outside of Australia would have heard of this. Not many Australian artists who were successful here had the same level of success overseas. Great reaction!
May I suggest an Australian band I grew up with and loved in the 70's, Skyhooks. Start with "Living In The 70's " or "Horror Movie".
I was introduced to Evie by our local rock station, CHOM FM, in Montreal (Canada), at the beginning of the 80s. To this day, it's one of my favorite songs.
Check out the version at the Sydney opera house............ such an iconic song.
Evie part 1 was also covered be Suzie Quatro. Stevie Wright was the lead singer of Australia’s first international rock band. The Easybeats. The 2 guitarist Harry Vanda and George Young wrote all the Easybeats songs as well as Evie and Blackeyed Bruiser and Guitar Band for Stevie. All 3 are really great songs. Vanda and Young were Australia's biggest songwriters and producers producing Bands like The Angels, Rose Tatoo, Ted Mulry Gang, and many more, including George's little brother's band AC/DC first 6 Albums George also played Bass for a short time for AC/DC. Vanda and Young are also mentioned in Dire Straits song Sultanas of Swing they're the guitar George and Harry with the daytime job.
Aussie here. I still have the vinyl single that I bought when this came out, I was 14. Still one of my favourite songs of all time! R.I.P. Stevie, you are still a legend here!! PS that little electric sign behind you says “rooting for you”. We don’t say that in Australia, it has a completely different meaning here eg the horizontal mambo 😂
Lol! Thanks for explaining the other meaning Karen :D Ty for watching as well
yeah that was a monster from down under.
I always enjoy seeing non-Australians finally discover the 'classics'. Without Stevie Wright/The Easybeats and Vanda/Young, there'd be no Australian rock music scene. Or at least it'd be a heck of a lot different.
This song was pretty big in my neck of the woods (Montreal, Canada) back in the mid-to-late 70s. The middle third is quite sappy, but the first and third sections kick some ass. The chorus of the last bit has a definite Motown feel ... like Four Tops or Temptations. I dig it!
"This song was pretty big in my neck of the woods (Montreal, Canada) back in the mid-to-late 70s" CHOM?
@@sylvaindupuis5595 CHOM indeed! 97.7 FM.
@@frankpentangeli7945 LOL!!! Same here!!! When they would play the whole side of an album, live on radio!
Yeah. Great selection. a true Aussie classic. And you got the tragedy of the story. Well done man. Oh, and Malcom Young from AC/DC plays rhythm guitar on it. Not surprising as his brother George co wrote & co produced it.
This is the first reactor I’ve watched who understood the song.
This sounds really good. Almost a fast paced blues type of rock n roll song (The first part). I like it a lot. Time to check out more of Stevie Wright.
Heartbreaking song.great reaction
As a single, at 11 minutes 11 seconds, I think it was the longest track ever to make number 1 in any country...I could be wrong, but maybe I'm not!
Big big thanks JP for this reaction!!! The song is awesome, from beginning to end. It is still, unfortunately, a hidden gem. Thanks again JP!!
One thing I noticed in part 3 is how the song's character is slowly slipping into insanity... The guitar solo is chaotic, rough and gritty, Wright's voice is cracking, moving from singing to crying and shouting and the final piano part, going into chaotic creshendo, as if the character is going over the board.
Oh Evie. (always loved part 2. I know that is the unpopular thing to say.)
It was always my favourite too. I used to hate it when radio stations only played part 1
I recall my friend who was roadying for the support band Cheques in the Mail at our local pub in Seven Hills opened the band room door to pick up some guitars and nearly knocked Stevie's needle nearly too far into his arm.... he staggered around and mumbled something and almost collapsed into a chair close by. This was one of many of Stevie Wright''s comeback tours in the late 80's out here in Australia.... he got a real bum deal from the music industry and some pioneering psych treatment facilities courtesy of the establishment in the early 70's.... very sad story actually.
Ahh! I see!! Pat Travers Band recorded this for their classic Heat in the Street 1977 LP. I never knew it was a cover version. I think, gulp, that it works better here Coz he Stopped when the Rock stopped (I'm writing as I listen). Many thanks for broadening my hurrah zones. PTB SHoulda done part three too Shirley?
I dare not suggest HITS as you've done Hippo Proud this week. (I'll keep SsshTwm for the next two weeks). Chairs!
I remember PTB recorded this and I loved this song and also had this vague thing that I had heard it before. Funny to hear the original finally(again).
Finally someone got around to sample Evie 123! I’m glad it was you JP!!! On of my all time favourites!
If I may suggest Fly at Night by Chilliwack… 💕
Check out his song "Black Eyed Bruiser" an absolute classic song.
This mid-70's song has long been satirized here in Australia. But its also admired for its ambitiousness. Stevie Wright was a larger than life figure who lived a life of Rock and Roll excess. Cheers.
@@Wayner71 satirised by who?
@@stephenanthony6508 By just about everyone I know. We must move in different circles. Cheers.
check out the live version awesome.
Why didn't we suggest that? Well who would have thought you never heard it?
Personally, I reckon the guitar solo in part 3 is full of pain and confusion.
Better than I thought it would be, much better. He reminded me of another Steve, Marriott, if only he was as talented. The vocal break up was a bit wincing but nobody’s perfect, except for Karen.
On a 1968 song "Good Times" by the Easybeats, Steve Marriot does indeed do guest vocals with Stevie Wright! Worth a listen.
@@GeoffCB
Groovy tune! Thx for the tip.
This song's not too bad, though I didn't love it. May I suggest The Groundhogs and their tune, "Sins Of The Father" .😺Cheers.
Great song good Aussie band should check out sum more Aussie music.do your self a favour ☮️🇦🇺🇺🇸 15:09
Very derivative. Maybe it was because some of your recent listening, but I heard bits of Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson and The Temptations (I'm not a huge Motown fan but that was very reminiscent of Get Ready) All the Australian stuff I've heard recently has done nothing to dispel the stereotype of 'copyists because the real thing never toured Australia'. I know that's very unfair so point me to some authentically Australian rock. (Anyone who says Uluru gets a thumbs down) (AC/DC don't count as they're largely Scottish and have the birth certificates to prove it) 😁
Kinda grew on me (this is the first time hearing it). Must say, the castrato vocals at the beginning did turn me off immediately, however, but things picked up as it went along.
Aussie here who studied classical piano for years and performed publicly and took exams at the music Conservatorium. I was 14 when this came out and adored it from start to finish and I still have the 45 that I bought back then. For me, each part is stunning and his voice is excellent. Just a different opinion to yours. This is an Aussie classic and most Australians know this song, of my vintage anyway.
I know Part 1 from somewhere, but don't know where, so have had to go do some "detecting".
It's Australian, so that's the possible reason I know it, just by itself. But then why don't I know Part 2 or Part Disco? And slowly it becomes almost as if I remember, now. A friend of mine brought a compilation album from Canada, and the compiler of the compilation felt that only Part 1 was compatible. Compatibility counts on a compilation album. (Might also be that he didn't like Parts 2 and 3.)
I think there was some Rush on that compilation, but I can't recall what Rush, so maybe I'm not remembering at all? Anyway that's getting boring, so nevermind.
It's a Vanda & Young song. There's a certain kind of listener whose ears prick up upon seeing "Vanda & Young". Because the Young in question is the big brother of Angus and Malcolm (and shame on you if you don't know what that means - OK, poor you, rather, no shame).
They'll sue you right down to the cat's bedding if you do a reaction to it, but this is what Vanda & Young gives expectations of:
*Whole Lotta Rosie* ua-cam.com/video/BL58K-3XGKs/v-deo.html
(or things like that)
or even of Doc Neeson's brilliant *The Angels* (Angel City in the USA, because of some kind name clash, or unintended meaning of the name). ua-cam.com/video/mkzNrIg7Vg0/v-deo.html
"This is it folks! Over the top".
Pat Travers did a cover of part one...
@@HippoYnYGlaw Checked it out, and it's not the one I used to know. But you somehow put me on the right track. It's the *Suzie Quatro* cover I'd heard. (Had a friend who had records but no record player, who would come over and play this, and the "Rasputin" Boney-M album over and over and over and over again. :D Good memories.) ua-cam.com/video/yr5S38iAeLg/v-deo.html
Rrrrraaa, Rrrraaaa, Raaass-Kaaa-Teeen, RrrraaaShaaaz GrrrytUST LuvmAhSheeeen ...
Now for some reason I'm wondering if old Vladolf Putler is a descendant of Rasputin, for some reason. (Just because of the name).
One song, 3 parts, and an odd mix 🤔 Parts 1 & 2 ok, standard-ish R&R, R&B/soul. Part 2, pheeooww, schmaltz aplenty. See what they going for. Brave even, BITD, but all together... not my cup of tea.
So off you toddle. Why comment at all? 🤦♀️
@@karenglenn6707 I commented cos JP asks for comments/peoples opinions... that's how these things work, to open a discussion on the music!?!? If at some point he said 'ONLY comment if you LOVE the track', and I missed it, then tell me the time for that bit on the clip and I'll look at it again. If you're only looking for praise of an artist then you'd be better suited to sticking to their fan websites, and not reaction ones. Just a thought.