Russell Morris - The Real Thing (Live)

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  • Опубліковано 23 жов 2024
  • On an evening in early July 2023, music enthusiasts gathered to witness a truly awe-inspiring performance by the legendary Australian singer-songwriter, Russell Morris. The audience was in for an extraordinary treat as Morris took the stage accompanied by the grand 54-piece Southern Cross Symphony & his own 10-piece Band, creating a musical experience that would be etched in their hearts forever.
    Here is your first look at what happened ... Russell performing The Real Thing.
    Russell Morris - The Real Thing (Symphonic Concert) Available now on DVD, 2CD or 2LP!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 93

  • @vickibradley4292
    @vickibradley4292 11 днів тому +2

    FRICKING AWESOME! Showing my age now, GO RUSSELL!

  • @raymondpagerayandlouise3185
    @raymondpagerayandlouise3185 4 місяці тому +9

    Have seen Russel live twice in the last 5 years - easily the best of the ''old'' Australian rockers going around today. Still has it in spades!

  • @lesleymerrett6084
    @lesleymerrett6084 11 місяців тому +24

    What a fabulous experience we had at his concert in Melbourne. The added bonus was the orchestra, added another dimension to the show. Brilliant show Russell, your voice is still amazing.

  • @cherylfrank6468
    @cherylfrank6468 10 місяців тому +15

    For 25 long years , I was not permitted to hear music, in person or even on car radio….. now I am free to finally catch up.
    And it feels like heaven.

  • @Codythewondercat
    @Codythewondercat Місяць тому +3

    There are rare songs that transcend time and space..... This is one. Incredible. What a time to be alive in 1969.... Its like the world suddenly woke from its sleep!!

  • @brittenmusic6923
    @brittenmusic6923 3 дні тому

    An amazing orchestral arrangement to reproduce this one on stage Great sound and well done!

  • @lettylynton1932
    @lettylynton1932 Рік тому +19

    I was there for this show - it was the best!!! Russell Morris is an under -rated Australian performer and song-writer. He was brilliant. 😀😀.

  • @stephenchigwidden7504
    @stephenchigwidden7504 11 місяців тому +12

    I'm 64yo and i remember him on centerspread posters in the TV guide. He always seemed so cool to me. He was always dressed very stylishly. I just love him yes im a fan boy and this performance shows that he's still got it. He was a revelation in the late 60s and early 70s.

  • @MarcelleMurphy
    @MarcelleMurphy 4 місяці тому +8

    It was a fabulous concert. What a voice. What a talent. The orchestra adding another layer of brilliance!

  • @ianclark572
    @ianclark572 10 місяців тому +12

    One of, if not the best of Australian songs.

    • @peterw6227
      @peterw6227 2 місяці тому +1

      Yep, especially in the context and technology of the times.

  • @LikkieAU
    @LikkieAU Рік тому +25

    OMG! That was frickin’ incredible. Way exceeded my expectations… bravo!

  • @richardsully3951
    @richardsully3951 11 місяців тому +5

    Russell Morris you are THE REAL THING.
    Monday night Hamer Hall blew me away, fantastic show that every music lover should go see. The orchestra and your band made for one of the best live concerts I have been to. Thank you so much, memories forever.

  • @KH-rc7tl
    @KH-rc7tl 4 місяці тому +6

    Absolute classic !!! He’s still got it. Fabulous

  • @peterhodges7274
    @peterhodges7274 11 місяців тому +9

    I was 13 when 'The Real Thing's was released in 1969 and I thought it was the best Australian rock song ever.
    Now in November 2023 I'm 67 and I think it's the best rock song ever - Australian or otherwise.
    A great song it caught the feel of the 1960's and still carries that vibe of the era.
    This is the best version I've heard, combining Russell Morris, backing singers, band and orchestra brilliantly.
    Of course I'm not a musician, tone deaf in fact; but I can recognise talent and professionalism perfectly combined. With modern medicine advancing all the time is another 60 years possible.
    Live long and prosper, Russell. 👍🇦🇺🖖

    • @delhidebb1749
      @delhidebb1749 11 місяців тому +2

      I’ve seen him live a few times and he is amazing! An Aussie legend who has never lost the gift!

    • @rossdrayton5476
      @rossdrayton5476 6 місяців тому

      Us old guys rule peter

  • @caroldudgeon50s
    @caroldudgeon50s 3 місяці тому +3

    Fantastic performance! Just a pleasure to listen to still, after all these years. 😊

  • @johnmorris1162
    @johnmorris1162 Рік тому +13

    Some years ago Russell Morris played at my kids Primary School fete. I had no idea it was going to happen, just heard the music playing when I was inside the school hall and was puzzled because it sounded live but was too accurate. So I went outside to see and was amazed to see the man himself playing, thanks Russell.
    I actually found this video because of the current search for a Matilda's chant for the FIFA World Cup and 'The Real Thing' just popped into my head. How about something like "you are the real - thing. Ma ma ma ma ma - ma ma ma ma Ma-tilll-das" or "Come and see the Matildas, come and see,. Come and see the real thing, come and see".

  • @pamelahay6242
    @pamelahay6242 Рік тому +15

    A perfect fusion of Rock, band & orchestra.
    Good one Russell. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 50 years on…😊😎💖

  • @kathyscowen2570
    @kathyscowen2570 Рік тому +13

    You continue to be more brilliant, each time i see you Russell Morris 👏 ❤🎉

  • @ozperl
    @ozperl 2 місяці тому +3

    Wow, he’s still got his beautiful voice 🎤🕺🎸🎻🎼🎶💓👍👩🏻‍🦱🙏👋🏻

  • @glenyceszymkarczuk9241
    @glenyceszymkarczuk9241 7 місяців тому +2

    Wow, Wow, Wow still so bloody fantastic.❤❤

  • @JonNewell
    @JonNewell 8 місяців тому +5

    I saw this show at the Sydney Opera House, absolutely an incredible performance all around, I bought the live recording too, I’m hooked!

    • @rossdrayton5476
      @rossdrayton5476 6 місяців тому +1

      If you could see me you would note that I am absolutely green in envy

    • @rossalynsmith5253
      @rossalynsmith5253 4 дні тому +1

      I also went to see Russell as well

  • @rossalynsmith5253
    @rossalynsmith5253 Місяць тому +1

    I saw this show in Sydney at the Opera house and it was really good and having the Orchestra as well.

  • @wazzazone
    @wazzazone 2 місяці тому +2

    I have always been a fan.

  • @cherylfrank6468
    @cherylfrank6468 10 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely BRILLIANT!
    All class‼️👏👏👏

  • @raymondsommerfeldt2817
    @raymondsommerfeldt2817 10 місяців тому +2

    Russell certainly is the REAL THING! Just as good now as when it was first a hit all those years back. What a legend of Rock.

  • @roseloose1013
    @roseloose1013 Рік тому +5

    Bloody Briliant . Russell Morris is a Legend.

  • @kazz3956
    @kazz3956 4 місяці тому +6

    54 years after this song was released, and it's still 🔥. My goodness, just let that sink in!
    Russell, you are the Real Thing. 🎉🎉🎉

  • @salsmell6815
    @salsmell6815 Рік тому +6

    Takes me back to the 70s!! Come n c the real thing here in Melbourne ❤

  • @niccox100
    @niccox100 Рік тому +2

    Superb effort from Russell … i was a fan back in 1969 … great to hear he still has both voice and timing. Orchestration reaonably faithful to the original complex piece. Excellent.

  • @lyndihodson101
    @lyndihodson101 Рік тому +9

    Oh this is soo awesome..well deserved Russell 👏 🥰🌟

  • @richessem5369
    @richessem5369 7 місяців тому +1

    PURE SYNCRINICITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!! PURE -----TOTALLY PURE !!!!!!!!! A VERY SYQUENTIAL PERFORMANCE---!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS LIVE

  • @markbullock6446
    @markbullock6446 8 місяців тому

    What a great concert, loved every minute thank you Russel.

  • @eugenebolinger5787
    @eugenebolinger5787 Рік тому +5

    Thank Clive Palmer for suggesting to Russell to perform with an orchestra behind him. Apparently Clive Palmer has been a big fan for a long time. He also put his money whre his mouth is and funded the entire project. It has revitalised Russell's career. Hats off to both. great sound.

  • @DeniseCarolB
    @DeniseCarolB 11 місяців тому +4

    He sounds even better than he did 30 years ago excellent.

  • @TWAITAable
    @TWAITAable 9 місяців тому

    Unbelievable! Such a humble Australian icon who has improved with age. Went to Brisbane concert and absolutely adored it.

  • @jenlarge9036
    @jenlarge9036 2 місяці тому +1

    WOW!

  • @marie-louisefryer4783
    @marie-louisefryer4783 Рік тому

    Well done to you Russell Morris. I have loved your music since I was young. I take my hat off to you ❤🎉

  • @robynbateman7002
    @robynbateman7002 11 місяців тому

    Russell Morris Wow incredible, better than ever ! I saw his concert at Hamer Hall 31st October Brilliant

  • @michaelpowell6023
    @michaelpowell6023 Рік тому +3

    all I can say is wow. have scene twice live,and was always amazzing

  • @Aroha016
    @Aroha016 Рік тому +2

    Bloody brilliant!
    Come to NZ Russell Morris
    Please 🙏

  • @shirleyhenriksen2026
    @shirleyhenriksen2026 11 місяців тому

    WOW Russell you have still got it. God love ya.

  • @jumbo6009
    @jumbo6009 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant....thanks Molly.

  • @gailmaree7719
    @gailmaree7719 Рік тому

    Aww Russell still my heartthrob after 50 years.. keep on rocking ❤

  • @rossdrayton5476
    @rossdrayton5476 6 місяців тому

    Thanks Clive. Best investment you have ever made.cheers mate.

  • @elizabethstumpf7708
    @elizabethstumpf7708 11 місяців тому

    Russell still has it!!!! Great performance

  • @MagicThys
    @MagicThys Рік тому +2

    Looking forward to November at the Festival Theatre here in Adelaide

  • @kerrykelaher2607
    @kerrykelaher2607 4 місяці тому +1

    Wow wow and. " wow !" 👌

  • @galbrunfranck9960
    @galbrunfranck9960 8 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic.

  • @redwhiteblack66
    @redwhiteblack66 10 місяців тому +1

    So good.

  • @keithcarter9396
    @keithcarter9396 10 місяців тому

    The Adelaide show was killer, Russell is an amazing singer and seems to improve every time I see him and that is plenty. Great orchestra and I was pleased to see Peter Robinson on guitar again, a great player.

  • @jujufirefly
    @jujufirefly 6 місяців тому +1

    Oh my! He still has it - in spades!

  • @robisa069
    @robisa069 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant , A legend 😎

  • @rogergreen9861
    @rogergreen9861 11 місяців тому

    Saw the Caprettos at Twin Towns and now this is a must. Appropriate that what SHOULD be our Anthem finally received the proper fanfare. Power on, legend.

  • @suzannelolsenau
    @suzannelolsenau 9 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @Bittersweet.Symphony.
    @Bittersweet.Symphony. 8 місяців тому +1

    Excellent

  • @markgurney8556
    @markgurney8556 Рік тому

    Oh far out Russell please realase this on dvd please this be fantastic to always own ,play enjoy please

  • @ellalord9705
    @ellalord9705 Рік тому

    Wow, just wow, this just is the real thing xxx

  • @joalardel
    @joalardel Рік тому +3

    😮 Love this ❤

    • @joalardel
      @joalardel 9 місяців тому

      Still love this song! Way to go Russell!

  • @razsbags
    @razsbags Рік тому

    Fantastic! This is the Real Thing! Come back to Yamba NSW.

  • @tonybarfridge4369
    @tonybarfridge4369 4 місяці тому +1

    I only wish my voice would remain so good with age. I guess training and lots of practice would've helped preserve it and I might be blowing away the videoke audiences. I hope before he goes he will finally tell where he got the inspiration for Bloodstone and why he could not or would not ever do such an album again.

  • @allanwoods4553
    @allanwoods4553 11 місяців тому

    this man is an icon ..proud to be australian go Russell

    • @filboe
      @filboe 10 місяців тому +1

      I'm not even Aussie (tho 6 of my grandkids are) but I know what you mean. This is just as good as it was back in the day.

    • @allanwoods4553
      @allanwoods4553 10 місяців тому

      If you live here and call oz home no matter what colour or race from i reackon you are australian

  • @PeterElla
    @PeterElla Рік тому

    sensational 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @patrickpower6034
    @patrickpower6034 11 місяців тому

    Still got it mate👍👍

  • @Richie.G.String
    @Richie.G.String Рік тому

    I have to admit that I've had little awareness of this tune. I was born in 1971, and so the tune predates that. Yet, I've had recollections of it due to my parents. Listening to it now, and this version performed just recently, feels to me almost magical. Awesome!

    • @Richie.G.String
      @Richie.G.String Рік тому

      I'll bang on for a bit longer. When I grew up, I never got into rock and so on. Despite my parents. I discovered the joys of disco, dark wave, industrial, and various other forms of electronica. This tune, "The Real Thing", would totally fit within any set played by any dropkick DJ in a club spinning psychedelic trance.

  • @bardot111
    @bardot111 9 місяців тому +1

    I can’t believe it’s got only 300 likes!!!

  • @lizreedy5329
    @lizreedy5329 Рік тому

    Was Excellent at The Savannah in the Round on the weekend .
    Please come back and play at the Kuranda Amphitheatre

  • @michaeltaylor8937
    @michaeltaylor8937 Рік тому +2

    So the Live CD is coming out soon, however what about a DVD?

    • @pamelahay6242
      @pamelahay6242 Рік тому

      More likely to be a “ Streamer” than hard DVD product even if a lot of interested people will be from the VHS/DVD era. Lucky to get a CD!

  • @squarejawpublishing
    @squarejawpublishing 11 місяців тому

    I reckon Johnny Young would be chuffed that someone as good as Russell Morris sang his song all those years ago, is still singing it now and doing it such justice

  • @colinwoods5663
    @colinwoods5663 11 місяців тому

    by far the greatest music hit in Australian history. never heard anything like it ever just a all-around classic. Just a shame he stuffed it up with drugs he was on his way .

  • @shirleydowd7102
    @shirleydowd7102 10 місяців тому

    I rember this sureal tune while wagging upwey high school while another friend was getting body painted fair f,,,,,,cks still fabulous

  • @bruwatso9179
    @bruwatso9179 Рік тому +2

    The big question is: Does the concert include the flip side of the original 45 rpm single i.e. 'Part 3 Into Paper Walls?' It was a more than worthy follow-up to The Real Thing with a similar epic quality....ua-cam.com/video/zKHzUHb6g4Q/v-deo.html

    • @PhilBathols
      @PhilBathols Рік тому +1

      You will have to come to find out but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

    • @Bonddm2002
      @Bonddm2002 Рік тому +1

      It was the opening song of the concert.

  • @tombstone7577
    @tombstone7577 Місяць тому

    Russell.. you dated my mum in the 70s

  • @kerrykelaher2607
    @kerrykelaher2607 4 місяці тому

    " song of the ages " ( should have been a world wide hit maybe bad timing with release )

  • @ACDZ123
    @ACDZ123 Рік тому

    At least he made some profit in cairns ..imagine the wage bill with that orchestra

  • @tomsaunders383
    @tomsaunders383 Рік тому +2

    Seen you live with 2 guitars in Cairns. Orchestra doesn't make it better😢

  • @rodneybrewer8797
    @rodneybrewer8797 Місяць тому

    What a lege😂

  • @gazzzza
    @gazzzza 8 місяців тому

    where is greechie? fuck me a symphony for a great aussie song seen russ and co do this for a long time ,, must be a woke thing to do something like this ?

  • @stevec8555
    @stevec8555 11 місяців тому

    Ha ha ha!! Russell exceeded his remarkable 1969 achievement. Who would have thought it possible!
    Russell Morris is indeed, The Real Thing!

  • @stevec8555
    @stevec8555 11 місяців тому

    Unlike Meatloaf and Darryl Braithwaite, Russell has not lost his voice. Rusty Morris smashed The Real Thing out of the park!!