Sunnyboys - Happy Man Reaction
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- In this video we're listening to another one from Sunnyboys. This group really intrigued us on our first listen, so we're eager to continue with them. Let's see what they've got. Enjoy!
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Reputedly Jeremy Oxley wrote this from the viewpoint of his brother Pete, the bass player.
Another thought: when Jeremy wrote this and Alone With You, he was a teenager. Incredible.
The beach feel is very much on point: the brothers were from Kingscliff, a beach town.
Great songs great times
Yes more sunnyboys,Aussie surf rock
The song I'm Shakin'. Classic.
Great read on the song and feel of this band amazing 👌
Jeremy was only 18 when this was released. The band's name was not a misnomer.
I just google Jeremy Oxley and up pops a picture of him - young with a massive grin. That was the boy I met way back in the 70's. He had a really big smile. That's why this song threw me off when I first heard it. I thought ''Happy Man'' was going to be a brag song about how happy he is with his life.
I also got to see that smile before he became famous.
@@kaitlynbatt_ It was a smile you never forget. I avoided all the weird shit that I heard. I saw the Sunnyboys during their popular period and I saw them play with The Church. Once I started hearing the bad stories I just gave up attending their gigs because I don't like seeing bad stuff happen to people I like.
@@Robbo766 Yeah, that's life..
Love The Sunnies! It was quite thrilling to see this video for the first time on Coundown back in 1981. The Sunnies played around Sydney for a year prior to releasing this single. I'm with Gillian on her suggestion for ''You Need A Friend''. The beach-surf feel of the band's sound is due to them being surfers prior to being a band. They were more a beach band than The Beach Boys.
I do like how the Hanier couple picked up on the beach feel of the music. I knew Jeremy and Pete briefly in the mid 70's and they were like golden kids. They were talented and happy and absolute killer surfers. I wasn't surprised by their band's name because they seemed bright and sunny. It was the lyrics that threw me off because they didn't match the boys I met a few years earlier. I didn't know Jeremy the winner had those types of lyrics in him.
@@Robbo766 I got to hang out with them in the late 70's/early 80's. A friend of mine did some work for Lipstick Killers (remember them?) and I got to hang out with them on their days off. I didn't take Jeremy's lyrics seriously until he began showing his dark side. They're a bit of a bittersweet band for me.
@@kaitlynbatt_ I took those lyrics seriously as soon as I heard them. Grinning Jeremy singing about hanging up and not communicating, made me wonder what was going on. Why he sing such angst ridden lyrics and call your song ''Happy Man''? I took it very seriously.And yes, I do remember Lipstick Killers. I used to see them along with Dropbears and probably Hitmen. I'm sure you and I being Sydneysiders and seeing the same groups probably crossed these bands before. By the way, have you checked out 'Gioia'? She's a youtuber that talks about the live music scene in Sydney in the 70's and 80's. She goes to where old venues were located and speaks of their history. I'm guessing you're probably a bit like her. You really need to check out Gioia. I've watched so much of her content and the memories are flying back. I just have make comment.
I love Gillian and Hayley, love ladies, but their Melbourne people and they don't get us Sydney people and our amazing live scene. You agree?
@@Robbo766 lol @ your question about the Countdown sisters not understanding Sydney people. Hey, I like Gillian. She's a right laugh! My eyes are always drawn to anything posted by LiveitUp. She makes me laugh when she's being blunt. I had to laugh when she said Sekret Sekret were boring.
I think they would have been going to gigs around Melbourne in the mid 80's, and not the late 70's like we were. I don't know if they would be aware of what was going on in Sydney.
I have watched Gioia's channel a few times and it does feel like going down memory lane. I am not really like her personality wise. She seems like the grounded type. I was a bit of a scaredy-cat in those days. People thought I was on something because I was so wide eyed and alert. Always looking for some trouble and then getting upset when I found it.
I'll post my memories on her videos if ever I remember something.
@@kaitlynbatt_ You told me you were a bit of a lanky awkward person.. and I read about your incident with Marc Hunter and Divinyls and that bloke getting stabbed in Kings Cross. So you were this scared lanky girl getting lectured by Marc Hunter and having Divinyls ask you for a cigarette after some poor scum got stabbed in Kings X.
That was you back then. Love it Kaitlyn, love it. I don't love Gillian's sister Hayley.
Thanx for watching. Great band with a lot of fun and sadness to share. Sad that the Sunnies have this weird copyright thing going on.
We agree. We just want people to remember them. We don't even get to keep the money we earn putting the videos up.
@@hanierfamily You two do so much! Not only for our entertainment and fulfilment, but for the artists themselves. Thanks for checking out one of my favourite early 80's bands. I loved Jeremy Oxley. His brother wasn't so bad either. 😊
@@hanierfamily It's good seeing the video, even if it is on Patreon. Thanks for putting it up!
You probably by now know the situation with Jeremy- (Songwriter, lead vocalist, lead guitar)
@@glenwilkie1331 All I know is The Sunnyboys have called it a day and that Jeremy lives with schizophrenia.
*sigh* Shame about the blocking and the blur.
Jeremy Oxley was the first guy that my sister and I agreed was cute. We loved their first two albums, s/t and _Individuals,_ and we got to see them live in concert around 1982. Jeremy claimed this song was about his brother and Sunnyboys' bass guitarist, Pete. He didn't understand why his brother was so happy and content with life. I believe the song might have been about Jeremy and not his brother.
There's a beautiful documentary about Jeremy called _The Sunnyboy,_ which details Jeremy's struggles with schizophrenia after the collapse of the Sunnyboys. He was in the wilderness for over 20 years, and was helped out of the rut by a nurse who had tracked him down after seeing him on an old episode of Countdown. There's also a good book titled _'Here Comes the Sun - Jeremy Oxley and Mary Oxley Griffiths',_ where they both tell their respective stories.
They married and she became his carerer, and the Sunnyboys reformed and got back to playing and touring in the 2010's. I believe they've broken up now because of Jeremy's need to slow down.
You Need A Friend is worth checking out.
Was Mary Griffiths a Countdown kid? It sounds similar to the story of Keith Lamb of Hush. He fell into some mental decline and homelessness before a onetime Countdown kid dragged him out of the hole and married him. I heard about Countdown kids seeking out old popstars and marrying them or something?
@@kaitlynbatt_ I don't know if Mary was a Countdown kid. She speaks about attending gigs in the early 80's including Sunnyboys. From what I picked up, she seemed to be a Countdown viewer rather than a member. I know that Keith Lamb's wife (or ex-wife?) was a Countdown kid, and like Mary, she too became a nurse. She did for Keith what Mary did for Jeremy. I don't know if Keith and Louise are still married.
I do know of a few old friends from the Countdown days that seeked out old Countdown performers and helped get their lives back on track, and I have one old Countdown friend that got an ex-performer off the streets. So, it's possible that Mary was a Countdown kid, but I can't say for sure...
@@liveitup67 Perhaps a little less dramatic, but the story reminds me of Gary Numan's career being saved by a loyal fan and future wife. So, did you or Hayley ever seek out any down-and-out rockstars and help them out of a funk? lol
@@kaitlynbatt_ No.. That wasn't our thing.
Countdown started to feel like a job by the time I quit the show. Hayley and I steadfastly left Countdown behind us when we turned 18. We both hit clubs and parties and forgot all about Countdown by the late 80's - with the exception of me dancing on Countdown Revolution. But I do know of other Countdown kids that seeked and helped out ex-Countdown performers and has-beens. Other Countdown kids became producers and organisers of Countdown events like the Countdown Spectacular, and there's a lot of media people who were once Countdown kids. You'd be shocked by how many people involved with the ABC that were once Countdown kids. A lot of them started careers by just being regular studio attendees. I became an interior designer, and I did do some work for the ABC. I also did some work with Noel Crombie of Split Enz and he groaned about me being the 20th ex-Countdown kid that he had to ''deal'' with. Ha, ha
But Hayley and I never seeked out ex-rockstars.. We just got on with our own lives. I do commend people that help out those that have hit hard times.
@@kaitlynbatt_ I don't think she was a Countdown kid.
I was a little surprised by this song and video when I first saw it on tele. I knew the Oxley brothers (Jeremy and Pete) as surfer boys from Newcastle. Just a couple of blonde boys that always smiled and made the girls blush. They were killers out on the surf. Years later, I see this video and here's Jeremy looking like a young Paul Simon and singing an angsty song about being a happy man? What was going on? What happened to the Oxleys that kicked my butt out in the surf in the mid 70's. For some of us, the 70's becoming the 80's felt grim.
It's very interesting how differently people see things. I didn't see the 70's becoming the 80's as being grim. I thought it was a very exciting time, and I didn't see Jeremy resembling a young Paul Simon. I can see what you mean now, but I would have strongly disagreed with you at the time. Gillian and I just loved Jeremy's big puppy dog eyes and boyish looks. We didn't get to see him as a blonde surfer boy like you had, so perspectives would be quite different.
@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83 My sister also had a thing for Jeremy during the Sunnyboys heyday. It's hard to explain the late 70's/early 80's to people that didn't experience life as young adults in those days. No disrespect, but you and Gillian were just children. I was in my late teens/early 20's, and the end of the 70's meant the closure of my teen years. I've seen a bit of Gillian in the audience in some Countdown clip on UA-cam, and she looks no older than 10. You and Gillian were in a very different world to what I was in, so naturally perspectives are going to be different. We're all adults now and we can talk like grown ups, but you're exciting early 80's as a kid was my bleak early 80's as a young man, and obviously Jeremy Oxley had his own darkness to deal with.
Believe me Hayley, I would love to have known what it was like to be a little Countdown kid in those days, but I was a young man surfing the mean Bondi waves and seeing real live rock bands like Midnight Oil and Cold Chisel live. I wasn't clapping my hand of time while Split Enz performed on Countdown to some audio track.
@@Robbo766 There's something in your reply that's rubbed me the wrong way. Can't quite say what it is, but the tone doesn't sit well with me.
@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83 Alright, let me have a look through what I said that rubbed you the wrong way.
NO DISRESPECT! I think that's a pretty clear. I'll rephrase my reply.
I would much rather the innocence that you and Gillian had during your Countdown years. I much rather have been a little Countdown kid than be some bloke that was surfing waves and smoking pot and whatever else I was doing during those lost years. I might have been seeing groups live, but being a kid on Countdown with all her friends looked like a better deal. That's all I was saying. I didn't mean there to be a tone or any negative thing.
I have said a lot of things to Gillian and she never takes issue with it. Okay, you're the less playful of the two. Got it Hayley! We need to walk around eggshells with you. That's your vibe. You're not even sure what it is that I said that's rubbed you the wrong way... I'll just stick to talking to Gillian for now one. Don't bother replying to any of my future posts.
For now on***
This sounds early 80s? They have a nice sound.
This is a great song. Does anyone else think they sound like The Jam?
Anyway, doesn't matter who they sound like this is a fantastic track. 😊😊
They _might_ have had a bit of The Jam in their influence. It's not dismissible. The opening of this song does sound like ''This Is The Modern World''. The Jam weren't big in Australia, but they were revered in certain circles in Sydney.
My boyfriend at the time was in a shambolic mod revival group called The Quadromods, and they loved The Jam. There was also a Melbourne band called Serious Young Insects, and they couldn't deny The Jam as an influence.
The Sunnyboys leaned towards a surf-powerpop style, and Jeremy's lyrics were mostly based on his personal struggles. I had followed The Sunnies for 18 months prior to ''Happy Man'' being released. I think there's a lot of surf and salt in their music, and maybe a bit of Jam for fine measure.
@@kaitlynbatt_ That explains it
Yeah I hear it mate, the Jam's "Town like malice"would have come out around the same time 1981/82, that was my favourite track for many years. The Sunny Boys was also a favourite band for me as well so I guess thats the type of music I listened to at 17/18 years old. There are some similarities, transitioning from the 70's punk in to what was to become pub rock here in OZ. Pretty sad that the singer suffered so many problems later on.
@@iankearns774 I witnessed some pretty awful Sunnyboys gigs around 83/84 where Jeremy's condition was very apparent. It forced the rest of the band to form a new group called Sparklers. Pete and Jeremy's sister, Melanie Oxley, took up vocals and they released some decent records in the late 80's. The Sparklers ''Merry Go Round'' is might be worth a listen/view. Very beachy song with a beachy video.
@@iankearns774 I think Sunnyboys ''Happy Man'' was released in June 1981, and ''Town Called Malice'' was released around March 1982.
I am a Happy man because I got a mention at the start!
You requested this one too! Very cool!
@@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83 I am nothing if not cool. LOL
@@iankearns774 lol, I won't argue with that.
Is it the first time your name gets mention?
@@liveitup67 I think so, first time I heard it anyway. Pronunciation was a little off but most people get it wrong, its Kearns as in Learns.
Just for something a little odd, why not try the cast of Zulu, singing Men of Harlech during the battle scene. It's one of those stand out things about a movie. Very touching.
Heres another one from the early 80's. A bit more obcsure that was a great song that was a minor hit in 1982. Hop, Skip, Jump by the Orphans. ua-cam.com/video/tQS_nnT5q9Y/v-deo.html
Hmmm.. Hitwave 82!
@@liveitup67 Yes I had that on cassette but also saw them on Countdown. Very good song.
@@iankearns774 I had Hitwave 82 on vinyl. I have to admit to not being too hot for The Orphans. I remember a lot of my Countdown friends being very keen to push ''Hop Skin Jump'' and I think I requested the song on 3XY as a duty. I might have seen Orphans perform the song in the Countdown studios. It's a fun song, but at the time I thought they were just Countdown chancers rather than a real band. lol