To those who did not grow up in this era. Just imagine, being able to go to a pub or club any night of the week and hear live music as good or better than this. Every night. The Sydney music scene was just amazing at that time.
Vale Andrew Smith. The night before deploying to Malaysia with the Australian Army in 1979. Civic Hotel Sydney. The Mentals rock! Arrive in Malaysia later the next day - the teenage Australian girls at Butterworth Air Base love The Mentals on the juke box at the pool, but have a totally different meaning for the song. Bwahahahaa!
It’s hard only being 22 and feeling like I’m the only one from my generation to properly appreciate the music of the 50s-80s, mentals are definitely up there in my all time favourites, aussie legends for sure
You are only one of the many silent appreciators! I used to think the same thing as a twenty something. Simple fact is that we know good music when we here it. As you get older, the appreciators of that sort of music, come out of the woodwork. 😂 true! Keep thinking for yourself and don’t follow the trend.
One of my best memories: Narara festival “84, the cream of Australian music was there (and Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Pretenders, Eurythmics...), most of the 31,000 crowd had gone to bed, around 200 of us danced on to the Mentals on a balmy summer night til 3a.m. - magic
I was there also as an 8 year old kid with my parents. We stayed in a tent for a couple of days. I wandered around and saw a lot of interesting things that an 8 year old shouldn't see but what fun it was. If only I could go back.
Indeed...got there midnight Friday night...light rain..Talking Heads just started...Take Me To the River...next day round midday...Dynamic Hepnotics ...history in the making...great to be there...and remember...something ...precious...✌
1980s Lismore nsw my Sister and I tried to make Martin plaza smile when they played at rsl club,if you knew mental as anything you know Martin never smiled...nope he didn’t crack..Rip Greedy we loved you all🙏💙🇦🇺🐨✊🏻
Yep they went off loved it. I seen Greedy and the mentals at Yass just before Covid hit as usual the place went off managed to have a chat with greedy after the gig etc very grateful. Rest in music Greedy.
Does anyone think it’s strange how from the mid 70s until the early 90s there was a healthy... no, a BOOMING Australia music scene? Well you can thank Gough Whitlam and the Labor government. In 74 they began seriously funding Aussie cultural arts. They introduced FM radio to Australia and required stations play at least 10% Aussie content! Not only did it boost Aussie pride, but it generated vast amounts of international money for our country! Many of those bands, including the ones that achieved international recognition would not have stood a chance if not for Gough and Labor. It’s no coincidence that our music and cultural influence then died in the arse in the mid 90s when the Howard Liberal government removed the 10% Aussie content regulation and slashed funding.
The boom in Rap music and Rap like music ended the Aussie music boom.. White Aussie guys and girls looked and sounded ridiculous when they tried to adopt the New music..
Rubbish, it was a continuance of brilliant, world recognised music from the 50s and 60s, and continues to this day. Nothing to do with Gough but their incredible hard work playing upto 200 pub gigs a year! Gough Whitlam, what a joke! Tell them their dreaming!
Saw these guys in 79 at a club in Brisbane, they were awesome, stage act was brilliant & funny, music was awesome, the whole place was rocking & couldn’t get enough of them.. RIP Greedy.
Vale Greedy. You kept it going all these years. The band can never get back together, even if Martin well. Thanks for 1977, tiny crowds, Get Wet and everything since. Plenty of great bands came and went, but never had as much fun as at your gigs. And it was your antics and smile that kept us all laughing. Lots of love and sadness pouring out today. Condolences to your family and the boys.
While several of The Mentals’ songs featured drinking as part of the subject matter, Most people misunderstood this and wrongly assumed they were simlplistic songs about carefree binge drinking . This song is about a guy struggling with coping since he lost someone , and he is drinking to wipe out the pain. ‘Too Many Times’ has similar subject matter in its lyrics, while Apocalypso is about nuclear Armageddon and Santa Claus hitting the bottle is a metaphor for society’s failures.
"Sometimes I wonder what all these chemicals are doing to my brain / doesn't worry me enough / to stop doing it again." One of my favourite lyrics of all time. 😂
Now, does he mean: 1) The drinks are getting fuller? 2) The Japanese are getting fatter? 3) The areolae are becoming more substantial? 4) The pinches to his botty are becoming more painful? 5) The kids are getting older? 6) The Nipponese are invading?
To those who did not grow up in this era. Just imagine, being able to go to a pub or club any night of the week and hear live music as good or better than this. Every night. The Sydney music scene was just amazing at that time.
If only
Sounds incredible. Shame it was traded for the pokies
AUSTRALIAS MUSIC SCENE MY FRIEND!
We saw them at the Stagedoor Tavern in Sydney....absolutely awesome venue....awesome bands...great times
@@rippi37 great 👍🏻 times
Aussies...we know this is a legendary song. Ageless.
Absobloodylutely !
My Dad recently passed away and i remember singing along to this song as a kid with him.
Great song, so many memories.
RIP 'Greedy' Smith, 3 December 2019
RIP Greedy! Rock on in heaven! You will be always missed! Thankyou for your best era of music! Heart goes out to your family and band members! 👼💕
Vale Andrew Smith.
The night before deploying to Malaysia with the Australian Army in 1979. Civic Hotel Sydney. The Mentals rock!
Arrive in Malaysia later the next day - the teenage Australian girls at Butterworth Air Base love The Mentals on the juke box at the pool, but have a totally different meaning for the song. Bwahahahaa!
R.I.P Greedy Smith, a funny bugga who will be missed
Martin is an arrogant turd, Greedy was a legend
My own good taste in music brought me here.
And what good taste you have ;-)
Superb taste in music.
Thats cool man ...i love ausie rock
Same
Mmmmmm Roger that.
40 years on Nips is still A Classic & Still The Mighty Mentals Best Song
It’s hard only being 22 and feeling like I’m the only one from my generation to properly appreciate the music of the 50s-80s, mentals are definitely up there in my all time favourites, aussie legends for sure
Your not alone bud 50-80s are under appreciated so fucking much 👌
I’m 32 btw
Not alone mate 23 💪🏽🇦🇺
28 🤙🏻 🇦🇺
You are only one of the many silent appreciators! I used to think the same thing as a twenty something. Simple fact is that we know good music when we here it. As you get older, the appreciators of that sort of music, come out of the woodwork. 😂 true! Keep thinking for yourself and don’t follow the trend.
LEGEND 💯💯 Percent 🧞👍
RIP Mr🎹😎 Greedy Smith
Mr.Inbetween brought me here, great tune.
Saaaaaaaame
Great tune, great lyrics, awesome band, ROCK ON
One of my best memories: Narara festival “84, the cream of Australian music was there (and Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Pretenders, Eurythmics...), most of the 31,000 crowd had gone to bed, around 200 of us danced on to the Mentals on a balmy summer night til 3a.m. - magic
I was there also as an 8 year old kid with my parents. We stayed in a tent for a couple of days. I wandered around and saw a lot of interesting things that an 8 year old shouldn't see but what fun it was.
If only I could go back.
Fukn hell!
I was there !
Indeed...got there midnight Friday night...light rain..Talking Heads just started...Take Me To the River...next day round midday...Dynamic Hepnotics ...history in the making...great to be there...and remember...something ...precious...✌
Aww gawd i was there,off my chomp😂😂
1980s Lismore nsw my Sister and I tried to make Martin plaza smile when they played at rsl club,if you knew mental as anything you know Martin never smiled...nope he didn’t crack..Rip Greedy we loved you all🙏💙🇦🇺🐨✊🏻
He did smile... just not so much on stage :)
@@milambathanks for answering,I just found my message😍🎶
Loved the 80s north coast nsw🤟🏻🎶
Nothing can beat late 70 early 80's
demi smith ESPECIALLY THE AUSIE BANDS!!!
The sixtees?
You are absolutely correct. That 3-5 year period spawned very talented bands.
Gotta love a band who pretty much just wrote songs about getting pissed.
"Believe me when I tell you
It was nothin' to do with the letter"
I think his girlfriend left him, again. (see "If you leave me")
pretty much Aussie music. Either being pissed, or getting there.
@@groadoswaggins *latter* you fucking fool
@@funtimefreddie9637 Well that makes more sense than the online lyrics I checked. Thanks fvknuckles
@@groadoswaggins fuck off
RIP Greedy....your legacy will live on in your fabulous music ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Love it when seeing Mentals live! Nips is the last song(before encores)And the Crowd goes mad as soon as the hear the Martin Reg & Petes Riff
R.I.P Greedy Smith. I remember rocking out to The Mental's in Karratha 1997 Those boys toured far and wide.
Thanks for the memories
Good k Town lad! I'm hedland crew, 80's and 90's!
Yep they went off loved it. I seen Greedy and the mentals at Yass just before Covid hit as usual the place went off managed to have a chat with greedy after the gig etc very grateful. Rest in music Greedy.
Whatever they're on, I want some. Rock on Aussie music.
Does anyone think it’s strange how from the mid 70s until the early 90s there was a healthy... no, a BOOMING Australia music scene?
Well you can thank Gough Whitlam and the Labor government. In 74 they began seriously funding Aussie cultural arts. They introduced FM radio to Australia and required stations play at least 10% Aussie content! Not only did it boost Aussie pride, but it generated vast amounts of international money for our country!
Many of those bands, including the ones that achieved international recognition would not have stood a chance if not for Gough and Labor.
It’s no coincidence that our music and cultural influence then died in the arse in the mid 90s when the Howard Liberal government removed the 10% Aussie content regulation and slashed funding.
Simplistic, Ben. A good argument, but nowhere near reality.
The boom in Rap music and Rap like music ended the Aussie music boom.. White Aussie guys and girls looked and sounded ridiculous when they tried to adopt the New music..
There is a booming Australian music scene now too, spearheaded by Triple J. Like them or love them they have really helped establish Australian acts.
@@craigflanigan9926 Well who would you pick as the best 3 current Australian music groups / acts ?
Rubbish, it was a continuance of brilliant, world recognised music from the 50s and 60s, and continues to this day. Nothing to do with Gough but their incredible hard work playing upto 200 pub gigs a year! Gough Whitlam, what a joke! Tell them their dreaming!
What a prolific band! Shame how few people have heard of them,least here jn the states.
one of the most amazing people I have ever met. we had a 3 hour conversation and he wanted us to hang around for more. no joke, the essence of life
You lucky basterd heck I wish I was there mate.
Very cool xxx
One of the best songs ever!! Fantastic song.
Hey good are the Mentals it's a shame we grow old excellent memories
first line "Started out just drinking beer" ... this song should be our national anthem.
Saw these guys in 79 at a club in Brisbane, they were awesome, stage act was brilliant & funny, music was awesome, the whole place was rocking & couldn’t get enough of them.. RIP Greedy.
Great great band... seen them heaps live and still have the vinyls... 👍👍👍👍👍
Vale Greedy. You kept it going all these years. The band can never get back together, even if Martin well. Thanks for 1977, tiny crowds, Get Wet and everything since. Plenty of great bands came and went, but never had as much fun as at your gigs. And it was your antics and smile that kept us all laughing. Lots of love and sadness pouring out today. Condolences to your family and the boys.
This is a perfect debut single. I have suffered from alcoholism myself. And I dig this.
soulminer 1970 my brother died 7 yrs ago he was a musician and an alcoholic,this song he played 🙏💙
Aussie friend turned me onto this song, and now I can't stop playing it!
I had a disruptely disturbed childhood Rock'n'roll bought ME 🧞 calmness 💯💯 Percent 🧞👍
Thankyou Mentals for making my life that bit better having this music. Legends ❤
Such a great song......still on my playlist in 2021
Same with all of us here, a timeless banger
Love this band...
While several of The Mentals’ songs featured drinking as part of the subject matter, Most people misunderstood this and wrongly assumed they were simlplistic songs about carefree binge drinking . This song is about a guy struggling with coping since he lost someone , and he is drinking to wipe out the pain. ‘Too Many Times’ has similar subject matter in its lyrics, while Apocalypso is about nuclear Armageddon and Santa Claus hitting the bottle is a metaphor for society’s failures.
For me the best Australian group
What a classic from a classic band.
So good...simple, fun rock'n'roll.
And RIP Greedy.
Great drinking song
Jason Mitchell it’s about alcoholism.
Love this song and wanted to hear it again and just remembered Greedy's gone. Thanks for everything, matey!
hah, what a coincidence, I'm here with Pat Malone myself right now...small world.
Heard many of these guys song's in movies now I can finally put it on my playlist
So many great Mentals songs, but this is proably my favourite...Vale Greedy.
Love this song. The memories. Priceless
Always loved seeing the mentals live
one of fav aussie bands......fun bunch of guys these mental boys.
They had a lot of fun just a bunch of Aussie art students you liked beer and making some noice
RIP Andrew “Greedy” Smith
R.I.P Greedy..what a wonderful human who will be sadly missed..thanks buddy
"Sometimes I wonder what all these chemicals are doing to my brain / doesn't worry me enough / to stop doing it again."
One of my favourite lyrics of all time. 😂
Wow haven’t heard these guys since 1982 lmao, still awesome.
Thank you greedy for helping me through the 80’s.
My parents raised me on such great music, thsts something im proper grateful for 🙌
Wo ho the nip are getting bigger alright,great band,great song ❤️✌️
Rest in peace !! True legend ❤️
One of the best Australian songs ever written.
Yes I agree!!!
Love that Bass Riff!
Cool drumming and Martin singing is sensational. Best rock and roll clip eva!
Love this song.
This is such a great song.
Me and my now ex saw them in kalgoorlie (2003) such a great nite..
I love this song
RIP Greedy. Love Martin and this song
Love you guys.. r.i.p greedy 💔
The Nips was the first Song as it turned out to be the greatest period for Aussie(And the worlds) Music The 80's #Awesome Song & Band
They will live forever.
So good.
Absolute Classic
Love it
Just a couple more to feel a little better.
First saw them as 3rd support band at the Stagedoor. Watched them move up the ranks over the next few months.
Thx for the memorable food time vibes...RIP 'Greedy'🎼🎶🎹
Now, does he mean:
1) The drinks are getting fuller?
2) The Japanese are getting fatter?
3) The areolae are becoming more substantial?
4) The pinches to his botty are becoming more painful?
5) The kids are getting older?
6) The Nipponese are invading?
These are all the right questions. I need answers!!!
Listening to this classic just reminds me of my 21st and the lyrics sum it up. Such a great song
I bet you got drunk on your twenty first hahaha 😁
I’m American, and only heard this recently in an episode of Mr. Inbetween. Catchy as fuck!
another great aussie band !!
Ahh Pat Malone,friend to everyone.
Such a cool bass line
r.i.p greedy smith.you will be missed.
Classic 4am song
Love this song
Pinocchio's backstage in Perth. Bands used to play after their gigs. Best ever venue,
2022 still love it
"me and Pat Malone drinking on our own" Love it.
Saw MAA live at the Mallacoota Golf club in 2003. What a night!
‘It started out just drinking beer. ‘
Yes, yes it did. Here’s to the mates who couldn’t stop there. Still miss you, Doug.
Love this. I really think all lead singers should wear suit and tie
Absoloutely classic song in aus. Before my Era but have played it plenty of times at parties!!
Lismore 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻The 80s every band playing a cover this🙌🏻🙌🏻
Saw Mental at Lismore workers club🙌🏻🙌🏻💖💖🎶🎶🎶🎶💖💖
Thank you! I'm so broken hearted I didn't grow up in this era
RIP "Greedy" Smith ... So Cool dudes!
RIP Greedy Smith ...
Love their whole albums
Our national song. 🍻🥂🍷🥃🍸🍸🍸🍸
One of their best if not their best
Australian bands in the 1980s , there was so many. Try & name 5 these days.
From a fantastic Album - Get Wet - classic
Great Aussie Music
there was something about them all....beyond so many things. yet so much about here...and beyond
Love these guys, sad they didn't get a bigger following in the USA. Also, Greedy sounds like Doug from the Canadian band Doug And The Slugs
Mine always do listening to this ..
Nips,sips or flaps.... ozzies love their humour as always 😆❤️😊👍🏾
🍻
Great song ,Great group
Only ever knew the one song from Croc Dundee, this is a revelation to and I'm liking it.