My two year old daughter was introduced to this song on a family road trip back in the 90’s. i looked in the mirror and saw her going absolutely postal in her child seat. Waving her arms and shaking her head to the music. She also had a mane of curly red hair. I was so proud!
Just saw Jimmy live last night here in Sydney and, while he now hydrates with peppermint tea instead of vodka and beer, his voice is as good as ever. Just outstanding!
@@TheThamesmen his voice is as good as ever!! He’s touring Australia at present doing his Soul 30 tour (30 years since Soul Deep was released)- its debuted at number 1 again.. There were 8,000 people there Friday night.
Chisel absolutely smashed all the live music festivals of the 1980s in Oz and NZ to pieces and were a powerhouse.. such a privilege to have them around .. I’ll love them forever
Aussies love you blokes so much because your reactions remind us of when we heard Chisel for the first time , we were blown away just like you. its no secret that music is a time reference for our lives & Chisel for us is the 70’s & 80’s and the Thamesmen take us straight back there every time .. a outstanding channel lads.
I,m a Thamesman who has been living in Australia for over 40 years. I was at the concert before this one and have seen many bands that have come to Perth. There isn’t any band on the planet that has put on anything that comes close to Chisel live in their hay day.
Well my first listen to COLD CHISEL. What's not to like singer could walk into any metal band on the planet & kill it. The guitar work is EPIC . Another rabbit hole to go down lol
One of the greatest vocal performances, just incredible. Mossy holds this together SO well while Jimmy is off doing his antics and utterly pissed. Awesomeness!
As I always say the Ozzie have consistently produced world class Rock music, most of which has never been heard outside Australia. Can you imagine how Cold Chisel would have gone down at Glastonbury..they would have stole the show!!!
One of the Cold Chisel concerts I went to (outdoor at Sidney Myer Music Bowl) Jimmy was a full bottle in and went under the stage to have a leak (singing all the while) and then climbed the full stack of speakers (about 20 feet) with a security guard ready to grab his belt if he nose dived. Performing perfectly at all times.
Wow watching that powerhouse performance it’s hard to comprehend that Jimmy is still with us today and absolutely thriving both in his career and personal life. 17 number 1 albums later, been married to Jane for the last 43 years and the author of several books ranging from his memoirs which were best sellers to cookbooks to a children’s book, still touring and collaborating with great artists around the world, and still so very relevant.
I was at this concert and there was no band who could compare live. They did go to US but US record executives pissed them off trying to tell them how to do it so they gave them the finger and came home. We were blessed to have them all to ourselves.
Hot summer nights, surf crashing hard, amber beers with icy rivers melting down the glass, crochet bikini tops and denim skirts and we're at Tallebudgera. Listening to Cold Chisel playing the iconic surf venue Playroom on the Gold Coast. Eat ya hearts out grandkids. Absolutely nothing correct. Absolutely everything you now piously lecture us about! Thanks Barnsey. Glad you stayed local. But often wonder how we are all still here!!
Omggggg... yessssss!!! The Playroom... iconic & awesome venue for live bands back in the day. Wow the memories are flooding back. Those were the days. Great f'kn days! The Patch wasn't a bad venue for live bands either. 👍
😳😳😳😳where the hell has this been all my life??? And I'm a CC fan!!??? This was fabulous 👌. And to anyone who says JB can't sing, just screams... well sod off to them lol.
I'm in my mid sixties and I so remember gigs with AC/DC and Cold Chisel in our local town hall. Certainly blew the doors off but it's all we knew. Thank goodness we grew up on this kind of stuff. Everything else was tame. LoL
Same -Back in the early to mid 70's AC/DC would come up to Ballarat, do a gig on a Saturday night. The next morning they'd stop off at my Uncles Milk bar to buy meat pies on their way back to Melbourne.
I've been to many a Cold Chisel concert back in the day. Jimmy climbing up speaker stacks like a mountain goat and never losing tune was wild. Always a true rock out enjoy the frack out of life experience.
I went to a chisel concert and that was all I saw of him when he was on top of the speakers! Mind you I was sitting on the floor at the back by then..... yes alcohol may of been involved 🤣🤣🤣
I’ll watch this shortly when I have a good moment to enjoy it. This is one of the best live performances of a rock band you’re gonna see. Just guys who live and breathe their trade in sync with each other and showing how it’s done. Jimmy often used to head out into the crowd, which was a nightmare for security sometimes.
@@erlsuni2337 I dare say Jimmy would never have had a problem with anyone trying to fight him, but if he did I think he’d have been a tough little scrapper.
Yes.Their song ''You got nothing I want'' was wrote about their attempt to break into the American market but got rejected .I am pretty sure that is the story on what happened.First album release East was in 1978..40 years rocking with these guys...my favourite band in the world
The story is that Cold Chisel refused to be tamed down by the American recording companies who wished to shape them to suit an American market not they they were rejected. Cold Chisel just wouldn’t play ball.
@@Laraine3 Ok thanks,new something happened .Jimmy was raised in the same neighbourhood as I was,saw them very early days in pubs and they liked a good time,lol glad they didn't tone it down for the Americans and kept their wild persona for us Australians,it is why I love them so much.....
the story behind America is that there agent was meant to bring the big wigs to there gig but instead went to a top producers dogs birthday party instead so hence missed the gig his agent tried to make it up with a bag of cocaine but Jimmy apparently just threw it in the crowd
Their 3rd studio album "East" was released in Australia in 1980 after their self-titled debut album in 1978 and "Breakfast At Sweethearts" in 1979. The lead single in America from the album "East" was "My Baby" written by bass player Phil Small. When the band arrived in America, they discovered that the promotional copies of the single were wrapped in baby nappies, which didn't go down well with the band obviously. The executive of the record company who was supposed to meet them and see them perform live was called away to a DJ's dog's birthday party. As Barnesy sarcastically explains it in the Cold Chisel movie "Last Stand", it was very very important for him to attend that party. They came back from America and vowed never to go back there. Thank god for that 😄 The song "You Got Nothing I Want", written by Barnesy from their 1982 album "Circus Animals", was indeed about their American experience. At least they got a great song out of their American trip.
Wow...Moss' ability to accompany, or echo, voice, with his guitar, seemingly in real time, because Jimmy seemed to be orchestrating in some unique sense of the word, is just...fckn lovely. And can anyone name a performance in which a lead singer and guitarist fed off of and synchronized so we'll, in what seemed to be pretty much a jam?
What Mossy is doing in that part is called "singing your lead", which obviously means that he's singing the notes he's playing in his solo. He's great at it.
Big thanks guys for doing 'Wild Thing'. If there is a definition for what great rock music sounds and looks like, you only need to look at this rendition by Cold Chisel. Huge kudos to you guys for all you do for music!
This song should have been written for Jimmy Barnes. It tells his story to a tee. He totally was a Wild Thing. And Mossy is also a legend he doesn't even miss a beat. Picking up on and playing sounds and screams coming from the audience even. The whole band just jamming while Jimmy runs amok.
It comes from a sense of survival… they,especially Barnsey were dragged up through life, their resilience was rock solid as long as they had each other. Often Steve ( drummer) and Jimmy would be left hooking and brawling backstage while the others are warming up..their amazing ability as a band to constantly butt each other to go faster, harder was bred through their hard experiences. They are the iconic Aussie pub band. US executives didn’t get them and still couldn’t hack them.
Finally! You've discovered the best version of wild thing I ever heard. 💗🔥 Jimmy really makes those roadies earn their keep, lol. And I love the way Mossy imitates those girls squeals on the guitar, then later with Jimmy.
@@TheThamesmen They did go to America, were stuffed around by promoters and came home and wrote the song You got nothing I want. If you can get it, the full video of The last stand concerts, there's interviews in between the songs, where Jimmy explains it. This clip is from the last stand video. 😘
Much thanks for Wild Thing yes the best version by far. Like what you did for Kate Bush you could spend a week on Cold Chisel. When you get to "When the war is over " do a double as John Farnham does a version do a comparison both versions will blow you away. Jimmy and John both great mates. If you do a CC week some suggestions when the war is over, Saturday night, Flame trees, Choir girls, Breakfast at sweethearts, keh sanh and forever now. Thanks again for your channel I am looking forward to the next Aussie week.
@@TheThamesmen As you might already know, this version is part of Cold Chisel's movie "Last Stand", which showcased their last two concerts in December 1983 (when they originally split up). The movie was shown in cinemas sometime in the following year. The tag line is "The last ten years... the last great concert". I've got one of the original (I think) posters on a hard board backing on my wall. You should check the whole movie out, it's fantastic. I've listened to this version of "Wild Thing" so many times that I can literally (and I literally mean literally) play the song in my head from start to finish, word for word, chord for chord, note for note. Being a guitar player myself might help a little bit with that though. It's a great song to play loud in the car. It still gets the hairs on the back of my next raised. Thanks for highlighting it 👍
@@TheThamesmen My pleasure. Cheers for doing these vids and being awesome! 😁 P.S some great Australian bands are: Powderfinger - ‘90s-‘00s rock ‘n’ roll and grunge GANGgajang - ‘80s pop Australian Crawl - late ‘70s-early ‘80s pub rock with their own little twists.
I don't know how I ended up at the dregs-of-a-barrel reaction channel (😂), but I'm glad I did. You guys are absolutely great. Keep up the good work! And, oh yeah, that was an epic performance of "Wild Thing."
They were wild back in the day. A wonder some survived. As you can see amazing live. Luckily Jimmy has calmed down and is still going strong. You should look,at some of the stuff he did in lock,down. He can sing a wide range of styles for sure, and his voice is only getting better.
He certainly took Wild Thing to a higher level, far more than The Troggs did. It was great to see Jimmy’s improvisations and what he and Ian Moss did together. I’m so glad that he made the lifestyle changes he did and took his talent onwards and upwards with RnB/soul. His version of When Something Is Wrong with My Baby, with John Farnham and Diesel, is a testament to him making a very wise decision. His duets with his son David Campbell also show this. Good on them all!
Cold Chisel was looking to going to America but Jimmy Barnes was told he was too loud and they were to colloquial, Jimmy Barnes answer to that was the song "you've got nothing I want" Cold Chisel is my ultimate band 😄
Okay this is my second attempt of my drivel. You need to have a Cold Chisel week like Kate Bush. Five tracks a must When the war is over, Saturday night, Keh sanh, Breakfast at sweethearts, Flame trees and oh of course Choir girls. That's six when you do when the war is over do a comparison with John farnham version both out of this world. Thanks for your channel really enjoying Thamesman humour.
Finally!!! "Last Stand" Cold Chisel! The only thing available on this forum. Just buy the DVD. It is the Alpha and the Omega and everything in between. Legends.
Just brilliant and completely wild! 😳 Poor Mossy (Ian Moss) getting strangled and dragged to the ground and still smashed his performance and looking like the coolest guitarist eva! PS is it too late to send you suggestions for Aussie Week 3? Nice one guys🔥👏🏽
while the rest of the world had pop.. we had a real rock scene in Australia. So privileged to have seen Chisel and all the other bands of the time Live.
Pretty rare a cover is better but Chisel nail this. Spiderbait have a pretty diverse back catalogue but they do a cover of Black Betty that rocks and is better than the original. Keep up the great reacts guys.
The definition of rock’n’roll passion especially when seeing Barnsie & Mossy together bloody unreal…. Barnsie may have drank a bottle of vodka but what a performance & let’s not forget the band Mossy, Don Walker, Phil Small & Steve Prestwich (RIP) wOW!!!
You guys should have seen them perform this live at Albert Park, Melbourne 1981 I think, Jimmy climbed the speaker stack at least 7M high while performing Wild Thing then stood on top and rocked the stack back & forwards at least two meters! been a fan for over 40 years seen them many times.
Thank you so much for that, Chisel are from my hometown Adelaide and they are Australian music royalty, forgot how bloody good that Wild Thing cover was!
The last song of their final gig before they broke up (for the first time)... As an Aussie, I'm glad you enjoyed it :) and I would personally just like to say to the Thamesman with the moustache and long hair .... I just want to thank you for all the work you did, drumming for Uriah Heep. :)
You’re absolutely right. Us Aussies were rocking our arses off to Cold Chisel through the 70’s & 80’s and still now. Every party you every went to we all rocked to Cold Chisel. Probably the most legendary band in Australia.
best ever stage entry - Barnsey slung on the pole under a motor bike riding up the highwire over the audience (before OH&S was invented) with a microphone in one hand and most of a bottle of vodka in the other, all under a Bullens Circus tent. wentworth park, sydney, i think 1983. opening support act was the actual circus - even the elephants must have been stoned on the fumes.
Ahh such great memories of the early Chisel, they once trashed the set on Countdown (a top rating music show here) when asked to mime instead of performing live they refused and at the end of their song they completely trashed the set LOL This was a great memory of why working as a roadie or stage hand for Chisel required a black belt in crowd control and keeping the microphone cable free for Barnsey LOL.. Keep safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🎶🎶🎶🎶
"How do you make Wild Thing better than the original" I was just thinking the same thing, and back in the day I'd absolutely LOVED The Troggs' version. Jimmy, Mossy & the lads did it again. Awesome.
Some countries can say their bands made so much money us Aussies can do that with ACDC but can also say we went to the pub on a Friday night and seen the angels cold chisel inxs just at the local
This was either last song or last before encores in their final days of the Last Stand tour. They’d already broken up, but went out with an absolute bang. It’s at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, which if I remember rightly was about a 10,000 seat venue, but you can tell from the stage floor, they treat it as another pub gig. Black painted stage floor, gaffer tape and the rest, all set up to be nothing flash. The spectacle was the band, stripped down to instruments, amps, mics, and speakers, a riser for the drums (and maybe Don on keys, t-shirts, jeans, sneakers, singlets and copious amounts of sweat. It could have been in a rehearsal room for all the ‘trimmings’ they had on stage. But the crowd sang every song, and the band once again gave them every ounce. As much as I love them, and as much as people love to say Jimmy sounds just as good nowadays, it’s not strictly true. He had a better range of soul to scream back then, probably peaking around the East and Circus Animals albums. But you can’t take away from him the fact that he’s got a voice like no other. It was born for flat out rock and roll. Australia has done well with Scottish immigrants. AC/DC has been full of them, Jimmy Barnes and his brother John Swan (Swanee). Colin Hays from Men At Work, George Young from The Easybeats. There seemed to be something magical that happened when these kids from Scotland grew up here.
The song was done by an American band, and nobody noticed. Then a British band, The Troggs did a cover in 1966 that was a world wide hit. There have been lots of covers but it wasn't until Cold Chisel unleashed their version that we really saw the WILD really put into the song. Jimmy with half a bottle of scotch under his belt, and the poor stage hands who had to make sure that mic cable never disconnected, the Chisel version makes The Troggs version look tame.
I think that this was released on their New Boots And Panties EP. Also contains a fantastic version of As Long As I Can See The Light. Very entertaining reaction guys.
The EP was titled “you’re 13, you’re beautiful and you’re mine.. Only 5000 produced in the original pressing.. This version though was on their “last stand” live album
Everyone needs more Cold Chisel in their lives and there are many shades of Chisel- There's Anarchic High Energy Chisel - Wild Thing, Star Hotel; There's wistful sentimental Chisel - Flame Trees, Forever Now There's Angry Chisel - You Got Nothing I Want, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye There's Contemplative Chisel - 4 Walls, Breakfast at Sweethearts, Saturday Night There's tribute Chisel- When the War is Over, Khe Sanh, Ita Do yourself a favour and check out the many moods of Cold Chisel - live versions are best of course
Let's see Ian Gillan rock a wild thing like that after a litre of vodka! Jokes, thanks for listening with us, you guys are the best. Cheers from Far North Qld
As a born and bred Aussie, who still lives in Australia, I grew up on Chisel. I'm 52 years old now and I've been listening to them since I was 12 years old. It was my cousin who introduced me to them, which I'll be forever grateful to him for. I met Barnesy and his wife Jane a couple of years ago and they are the nicest, friendliest people you could meet. I've also met Ian Moss and Phil Small quite a few years ago as well. Also 2 very decent blokes. So I'm biased when I say that Cold Chisel are the best band in history, in my humble, yet subjective, opinion. I play guitar purely because of Mossy. In my opinion, he is the 2nd best guitarist in history, behind only Jimi Hendrix. I've seen them live about half a dozen times and needless to say, they were fantastic everytime. Everyone should check out their whole catalogue. There isn't one bad song in there!
Went to see a Rod Stewart concert in Melbourne,a number of years ago, and Ian Moss was the warm up act. As you can imagine 25000 people all talking, laughing, yelling etc wait for Sir Rod, all of a sudden this one guy walks on stage with a stool and guitar, plugs in and just starts playing. Man, the arena just went deathly quite as Mossy started to play and then sing, one guy, an amazing guitarist and superb voice! It’s hard to describe, but it felt like you were in an intimate blues club, not a 25k arena. I know Rod was good but damn I remember every minute of Ian moss being amazing.
@@rvl360 So cool - Actually as I have got older I have realized how amazing Rod is... I on;l knew him as a creepy old man but his early work. Wow. be well
Chisel are the best Aussie rock band ever. Sadly I was just a bit too young to see them back then but have seen them live when they made a comeback 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Aaah, young Jimmy. He was generally a little 'off balance' by this end of the show. The rest of the band just dealt with it on stage, but as you say, the crew really earned their money. His performance didn't suffer though, and we were all young then so we didn't give a shit, we were all drunk anyway, lol.
Ain't that the truth... I remember going to Hungry Jacks, before seeing them at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, buying the biggest coke, emptying it out and filling it with vodka 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This track is from the 80’s by the look of the lineup - specifically Steve Prestwich (RIP) on drums who was with the band from the outset until 1983. Always a live favourite, this track was available on the live EP ‘You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine’, which I still have.
Very well done guys. I've watched a quite a few different channels do these reaction videos and what I love most about yours is that you play the whole song without stopping it......fair dinkum, that is how they all should do it! It made me smile the "headies" tale. I worked for a British company for 8 years and, as an Aussie, you blokes would say some stuff that would make us cringe.....such as "I'm ducking outside for a fag" or "I really need a fag" or "I need to be sucking on a fag". Yes, smoking is filthy. Those 8 years were bloody great, the banter between Brits and Aussies was brilliant. Cheers.
You've heard of the caramel and cigar voice of Sean Connery? Now you've heard the vodka and cocaine voice of Jimmy Barnes. He eventually gave up drinking and drugs. Kudos to the man. Truly well done. But I still prefer Cold Chisel. Was never fond of his work after that, except for his River Deep Mountain High. My favourite rendition of that song. Albeit a man known for screaming at the floor onstage, simultaneously his voice had a powerful smooth depth and a sweetness, sometimes a melancholy sweetness to it, that was irresistible.
@@TheThamesmen Jimmy Barnes 8 December 2022 · I saw these two guys watching Cold Chisel on their ‘reactions’ show and it made me laugh. It’s great, they obviously like to rock. Makes me want to wish you all a Wild Christmas
Yours is a question we Aussies always ask. Why aren’t they one of the biggest bands in the world? I think it has something to do with an early disagreement with a US record label. They came home & recorded “You Got Nothing I Want” as a FU! Love these guys.
its a warm night in sydney, a bit humid , i did my trumpet practice , now a couple of small shots of chivas then to top off the night i will watch cold chisel doing bow river. cant beat that.
There is a great special on 60mins Australia and they talk about how they regret not making it in the States. At the time they didn’t want to do the 3-5 years of the small clubs slog in the States.... They were already huge in Australia. Anyway as someone else had posted before, “we gave the world AC/DC and kept the best for ourselves”... 😂
I saw them during the Last Stand concert series in Newcastle NSW and it was outstanding. Wild Thing really rocked the place, the atmosphere was electric. Great times! Saw them again two years ago, still outstanding.
You guys should try and arrange an interview with Jimmy Barnes for your channel. I think you will find him accommodating. Especially how you have only just discovered Cold Chisel and his mate John Farnham along with other Aussie rock music, and you are about to do a 3rd Aussie Week. With you guys on the West Coast makes the time zone difference to Aust. East Coast that little bit easier.
If they made it overseas, we wouldn't have been able to go down the pub to see them live. THINK it through boys!
Lol so true
what a top comment
Lads, the world wasn't ready for Chisel back then.
My two year old daughter was introduced to this song on a family road trip back in the 90’s. i looked in the mirror and saw her going absolutely postal in her child seat. Waving her arms and shaking her head to the music. She also had a mane of curly red hair. I was so proud!
Just saw Jimmy live last night here in Sydney and, while he now hydrates with peppermint tea instead of vodka and beer, his voice is as good as ever. Just outstanding!
wow. That is amazing he still can perform!
@@TheThamesmen his voice is as good as ever!! He’s touring Australia at present doing his Soul 30 tour (30 years since Soul Deep was released)- its debuted at number 1 again.. There were 8,000 people there Friday night.
@@Dr_KAP damn!
Chisel absolutely smashed all the live music festivals of the 1980s in Oz and NZ to pieces and were a powerhouse.. such a privilege to have them around .. I’ll love them forever
@@donbrashsux we definitely missed out
And that my friends is what makes my heart sing…. never gets old👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Aussies love you blokes so much because your reactions remind us
of when we heard Chisel for the first time , we were blown away just like you.
its no secret that music is a time reference for our lives & Chisel for us is the 70’s & 80’s
and the Thamesmen take us straight back there every time .. a outstanding channel lads.
Aussie pub rock we had it soooo good then... greetings from 🇦🇺
So, just your average Aussie pub rock gig then 😂. Haha that was GREAT - wooo the Aussies are back in the house LET’S GO! 🎉 🎸
Well we are enjoying the path for sure!
I,m a Thamesman who has been living in Australia for over 40 years. I was at the concert before this one and have seen many bands that have come to Perth. There isn’t any band on the planet that has put on anything that comes close to Chisel live in their hay day.
Hail Fellow Thamesperson! Welcome
Thanks Fellers. If you get a chance please react to the whole Last Stand concert video.It’s Chisel at their Best!
Well my first listen to COLD CHISEL.
What's not to like singer could walk into any metal band on the planet & kill it. The guitar work is EPIC .
Another rabbit hole to go down lol
first album self titled .....grunty rockabilly, blues,metal
Not kidding.... joining you
Try Shipping Steel live.
You will love them...they don't have a bad song and cover so many different genres
Goodbye Astrid (Goodbye)
One of the greatest vocal performances, just incredible.
Mossy holds this together SO well while Jimmy is off doing his antics and utterly pissed. Awesomeness!
As I always say the Ozzie have consistently produced world class Rock music, most of which has never been heard outside Australia. Can you imagine how Cold Chisel would have gone down at Glastonbury..they would have stole the show!!!
Actually listening to this now in SF / CA on Radio 6
And in their heyday drunk the profits too.
Most underrated band ever.. they had it all .. epic live
Well rates in Oz. Just not visible in same way here to our detriment
It honestly sounds like they are Jammin', but they are so in-synch. I can't understand how they did this !
YOU TWO ARE keeping Aussie rock alive. BIG THANK YOU FROM THE BIG BROWN LAND.
One of the Cold Chisel concerts I went to (outdoor at Sidney Myer Music Bowl) Jimmy was a full bottle in and went under the stage to have a leak (singing all the while) and then climbed the full stack of speakers (about 20 feet) with a security guard ready to grab his belt if he nose dived. Performing perfectly at all times.
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Wow watching that powerhouse performance it’s hard to comprehend that Jimmy is still with us today and absolutely thriving both in his career and personal life. 17 number 1 albums later, been married to Jane for the last 43 years and the author of several books ranging from his memoirs which were best sellers to cookbooks to a children’s book, still touring and collaborating with great artists around the world, and still so very relevant.
and the foundations of a clan....lovely
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I was at this concert and there was no band who could compare live. They did go to US but US record executives pissed them off trying to tell them how to do it so they gave them the finger and came home. We were blessed to have them all to ourselves.
I would love to have been at that show. How epic!
Hot summer nights, surf crashing hard, amber beers with icy rivers melting down the glass, crochet bikini tops and denim skirts and we're at Tallebudgera. Listening to Cold Chisel playing the iconic surf venue Playroom on the Gold Coast. Eat ya hearts out grandkids. Absolutely nothing correct. Absolutely everything you now piously lecture us about! Thanks Barnsey. Glad you stayed local. But often wonder how we are all still here!!
Omggggg... yessssss!!!
The Playroom... iconic & awesome venue for live bands back in the day. Wow the memories are flooding back. Those were the days. Great f'kn days! The Patch wasn't a bad venue for live bands either. 👍
😳😳😳😳where the hell has this been all my life??? And I'm a CC fan!!??? This was fabulous 👌. And to anyone who says JB can't sing, just screams... well sod off to them lol.
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Excuse me... he screams IN TUNE! Thank you!
You guy's are brilliant! I may not listen to all the songs but i watch all the Intros just for the laughs.
Entertaining lads
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I'm in my mid sixties and I so remember gigs with AC/DC and Cold Chisel in our local town hall. Certainly blew the doors off but it's all we knew. Thank goodness we grew up on this kind of stuff. Everything else was tame. LoL
Same -Back in the early to mid 70's AC/DC would come up to Ballarat, do a gig on a Saturday night. The next morning they'd stop off at my Uncles Milk bar to buy meat pies on their way back to Melbourne.
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I've been to many a Cold Chisel concert back in the day. Jimmy climbing up speaker stacks like a mountain goat and never losing tune was wild. Always a true rock out enjoy the frack out of life experience.
He was once a part time cat burglar so no surprise really that he can climb. 🤷♀️ True story - he wrote about in his books.
I went to a chisel concert and that was all I saw of him when he was on top of the speakers! Mind you I was sitting on the floor at the back by then..... yes alcohol may of been involved 🤣🤣🤣
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I’ll watch this shortly when I have a good moment to enjoy it.
This is one of the best live performances of a rock band you’re gonna see.
Just guys who live and breathe their trade in sync with each other and showing how it’s done.
Jimmy often used to head out into the crowd, which was a nightmare for security sometimes.
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@@erlsuni2337 😂
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I dare say Jimmy would never have had a problem with anyone trying to fight him, but if he did I think he’d have been a tough little scrapper.
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Yes.Their song ''You got nothing I want'' was wrote about their attempt to break into the American market but got rejected .I am pretty sure that is the story on what happened.First album release East was in 1978..40 years rocking with these guys...my favourite band in the world
The story is that Cold Chisel refused to be tamed down by the American recording companies who wished to shape them to suit an American market not they they were rejected. Cold Chisel just wouldn’t play ball.
@@Laraine3 Ok thanks,new something happened .Jimmy was raised in the same neighbourhood as I was,saw them very early days in pubs and they liked a good time,lol glad they didn't tone it down for the Americans and kept their wild persona for us Australians,it is why I love them so much.....
We did a reaction to that Track too. loved it!
the story behind America is that there agent was meant to bring the big wigs to there gig but instead went to a top producers dogs birthday party instead so hence missed the gig his agent tried to make it up with a bag of cocaine but Jimmy apparently just threw it in the crowd
Their 3rd studio album "East" was released in Australia in 1980 after their self-titled debut album in 1978 and "Breakfast At Sweethearts" in 1979.
The lead single in America from the album "East" was "My Baby" written by bass player Phil Small. When the band arrived in America, they discovered that the promotional copies of the single were wrapped in baby nappies, which didn't go down well with the band obviously. The executive of the record company who was supposed to meet them and see them perform live was called away to a DJ's dog's birthday party. As Barnesy sarcastically explains it in the Cold Chisel movie "Last Stand", it was very very important for him to attend that party. They came back from America and vowed never to go back there. Thank god for that 😄 The song "You Got Nothing I Want", written by Barnesy from their 1982 album "Circus Animals", was indeed about their American experience. At least they got a great song out of their American trip.
Wow...Moss' ability to accompany, or echo, voice, with his guitar, seemingly in real time, because Jimmy seemed to be orchestrating in some unique sense of the word, is just...fckn lovely. And can anyone name a performance in which a lead singer and guitarist fed off of and synchronized so we'll, in what seemed to be pretty much a jam?
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What Mossy is doing in that part is called "singing your lead", which obviously means that he's singing the notes he's playing in his solo. He's great at it.
Big thanks guys for doing 'Wild Thing'. If there is a definition for what great rock music sounds and looks like, you only need to look at this rendition by Cold Chisel. Huge kudos to you guys for all you do for music!
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This song should have been written for Jimmy Barnes. It tells his story to a tee. He totally was a Wild Thing. And Mossy is also a legend he doesn't even miss a beat. Picking up on and playing sounds and screams coming from the audience even. The whole band just jamming while Jimmy runs amok.
It was astounding that despite how messy it looked they did not miss a beat!
It comes from a sense of survival… they,especially Barnsey were dragged up through life, their resilience was rock solid as long as they had each other. Often Steve ( drummer) and Jimmy would be left hooking and brawling backstage while the others are warming up..their amazing ability as a band to constantly butt each other to go faster, harder was bred through their hard experiences. They are the iconic Aussie pub band. US executives didn’t get them and still couldn’t hack them.
Finally! You've discovered the best version of wild thing I ever heard. 💗🔥
Jimmy really makes those roadies earn their keep, lol.
And I love the way Mossy imitates those girls squeals on the guitar, then later with Jimmy.
Ha ha. Finally!!!!
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They did go to America, were stuffed around by promoters and came home and wrote the song You got nothing I want.
If you can get it, the full video of The last stand concerts, there's interviews in between the songs, where Jimmy explains it. This clip is from the last stand video. 😘
How many people did he take out with that mike cord 😂
Much thanks for Wild Thing yes the best version by far. Like what you did for Kate Bush you could spend a week on Cold Chisel. When you get to "When the war is over " do a double as John Farnham does a version do a comparison both versions will blow you away. Jimmy and John both great mates. If you do a CC week some suggestions when the war is over, Saturday night, Flame trees, Choir girls, Breakfast at sweethearts, keh sanh and forever now. Thanks again for your channel I am looking forward to the next Aussie week.
rockpalast Germany 1982 chisel wild thing just as good
Oh I hadn't heard this version before and it's fantastic. Just love it. Can't wait for Aussie week 3🙂
Amazing version. Aussie week 3 in progress will take a couple of weeks to get it slotted in
@@TheThamesmen As you might already know, this version is part of Cold Chisel's movie "Last Stand", which showcased their last two concerts in December 1983 (when they originally split up). The movie was shown in cinemas sometime in the following year. The tag line is "The last ten years... the last great concert". I've got one of the original (I think) posters on a hard board backing on my wall. You should check the whole movie out, it's fantastic. I've listened to this version of "Wild Thing" so many times that I can literally (and I literally mean literally) play the song in my head from start to finish, word for word, chord for chord, note for note. Being a guitar player myself might help a little bit with that though. It's a great song to play loud in the car. It still gets the hairs on the back of my next raised. Thanks for highlighting it 👍
@@Ernie19701 thanks for the info. Always welcome
@@TheThamesmen You're welcome. After listening to them for 40 years, I've come to know a fair bit about them.
Thanks for the awesome reaction guys. Jimmy’s voice is Wild with so much power. He also looks wild lol coming into perform like that drunk
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If you have not yet heard them doing "Saturday Night" or "Breakfast at Sweethearts" you really need to add them to your Chisel list.
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Saturday Night is my favourite
@@tubbyk9127 Mine too, it's so catchy.
we keep the best bands to our selves
The Wiggles. Keto em.
This is definitely my favourite version of this song!
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@@TheThamesmen My pleasure. Cheers for doing these vids and being awesome! 😁
P.S some great Australian bands are:
Powderfinger - ‘90s-‘00s rock ‘n’ roll and grunge
GANGgajang - ‘80s pop
Australian Crawl - late ‘70s-early ‘80s pub rock with their own little twists.
@@devonlord99 so many choices!
Don’t forget Midnight Oil and Divinyls
I don't know how I ended up at the dregs-of-a-barrel reaction channel (😂), but I'm glad I did. You guys are absolutely great. Keep up the good work! And, oh yeah, that was an epic performance of "Wild Thing."
Thanks Cliff.....
I reckon The Troggs would certainly approve. Pure brilliance! Thanks Gents. 🎤🎸✌
I agree
So emotional… this band… Jimmy… saw them at the middle pub in FTG so long ago . Such a brilliant night lots of things happened 🙌 Was the best 🎉
“You’ve got nothing I want” is the band’s reaction to an American music executive 😂
most rock n roll thing i ever saw
Two words.... Spinal Tap
They were wild back in the day. A wonder some survived. As you can see amazing live. Luckily Jimmy has calmed down and is still going strong. You should look,at some of the stuff he did in lock,down. He can sing a wide range of styles for sure, and his voice is only getting better.
That is incredible!
He certainly took Wild Thing to a higher level, far more than The Troggs did. It was great to see Jimmy’s improvisations and what he and Ian Moss did together. I’m so glad that he made the lifestyle changes he did and took his talent onwards and upwards with RnB/soul. His version of When Something Is Wrong with My Baby, with John Farnham and Diesel, is a testament to him making a very wise decision. His duets with his son David Campbell also show this. Good on them all!
Cold Chisel was looking to going to America but Jimmy Barnes was told he was too loud and they were to colloquial, Jimmy Barnes answer to that was the song "you've got nothing I want" Cold Chisel is my ultimate band 😄
Okay this is my second attempt of my drivel. You need to have a Cold Chisel week like Kate Bush. Five tracks a must When the war is over, Saturday night, Keh sanh, Breakfast at sweethearts, Flame trees and oh of course Choir girls. That's six when you do when the war is over do a comparison with John farnham version both out of this world. Thanks for your channel really enjoying Thamesman humour.
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Finally!!! "Last Stand" Cold Chisel! The only thing available on this forum. Just buy the DVD. It is the Alpha and the Omega and everything in between. Legends.
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Just brilliant and completely wild! 😳 Poor Mossy (Ian Moss) getting strangled and dragged to the ground and still smashed his performance and looking like the coolest guitarist eva!
PS is it too late to send you suggestions for Aussie Week 3?
Nice one guys🔥👏🏽
Glad you enjoyed it (yes it is)
@@TheThamesmen oh damn 😫 I had some fun ones to suggest too!
another reason why this band is / was and always will be just quintessential us! farking unfreakingbelievable
Simply rock n roll at its best. COLD CHISEL greatest aussie rock band.
Lordy I love this one! Absolutely epic. Well done 👏🏼
Thanks Renee
Jimmy Barnes posted this UA-cam on his Facebook page today. That’s how I found you
Thanks Debbie for leaving this. We had no idea.be well.
while the rest of the world had pop.. we had a real rock scene in Australia. So privileged to have seen Chisel and all the other bands of the time Live.
Pretty rare a cover is better but Chisel nail this. Spiderbait have a pretty diverse back catalogue but they do a cover of Black Betty that rocks and is better than the original. Keep up the great reacts guys.
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i watched them live at the Playroom at Tallebudgera bloody years ago , best live pub band ever💖💖👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😎
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One of life’s greatest Saturday nights. The Playroom by the sea. 🏄♂️🏄♂️🎸
is that the 'come as you are ', saturday night club?....early 90's
@@roostersbays95 Come as you are and leave as " whatever." 🌞
Omg.... Yesssss, the Playroom.. Spent many a Saturday nights seeing bands there.. Great venue back in the day! 👍
Best band ever, especially live.
Hard to find anything to top this performance, absolutely amazing
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The definition of rock’n’roll passion especially when seeing Barnsie & Mossy together bloody unreal…. Barnsie may have drank a bottle of vodka but what a performance & let’s not forget the band Mossy, Don Walker, Phil Small & Steve Prestwich (RIP) wOW!!!
You guys should have seen them perform this live at Albert Park, Melbourne 1981 I think, Jimmy climbed the speaker stack at least 7M high while performing Wild Thing then stood on top and rocked the stack back & forwards at least two meters! been a fan for over 40 years seen them many times.
Thank you so much for that, Chisel are from my hometown Adelaide and they are Australian music royalty, forgot how bloody good that Wild Thing cover was!
Such a good cover and completely rock ‘n’ roll. So much fun to watch. You may be glad to hear we are planning on doing a chisel week!
Back in the day of the largs pier hotel, if they went into the crowd it was not to say gday 😂
The last song of their final gig before they broke up (for the first time)... As an Aussie, I'm glad you enjoyed it :) and I would personally just like to say to the Thamesman with the moustache and long hair .... I just want to thank you for all the work you did, drumming for Uriah Heep. :)
HA HA
Heartfelt gratitude. You guys reassure me that my second and third decades weren't wasted at all.
Ha! Community service we offer
You’re absolutely right. Us Aussies were rocking our arses off to Cold Chisel through the 70’s & 80’s and still now. Every party you every went to we all rocked to Cold Chisel. Probably the most legendary band in Australia.
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best ever stage entry - Barnsey slung on the pole under a motor bike riding up the highwire over the audience (before OH&S was invented) with a microphone in one hand and most of a bottle of vodka in the other, all under a Bullens Circus tent. wentworth park, sydney, i think 1983. opening support act was the actual circus - even the elephants must have been stoned on the fumes.
Epic!!!
Never seen stagehands and engineers work so hard. And the poor security guard who couldn't peel Jimmy out of the crowd.
The best you can get to cover this 🔥🔥🔥
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We had a blast here with cold chisel🇦🇺
Guys totally loved your reaction....love all of chisel✌️👍😁🇦🇺
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Ahh such great memories of the early Chisel, they once trashed the set on Countdown (a top rating music show here) when asked to mime instead of performing live they refused and at the end of their song they completely trashed the set LOL This was a great memory of why working as a roadie or stage hand for Chisel required a black belt in crowd control and keeping the microphone cable free for Barnsey LOL..
Keep safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🎶🎶🎶🎶
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kaafromoz That was the TV Week Awards. They changed the lyrics to dis TV WEEK.
"How do you make Wild Thing better than the original"
I was just thinking the same thing, and back in the day I'd absolutely LOVED The Troggs' version.
Jimmy, Mossy & the lads did it again. Awesome.
Couldn't agree more
That's our Barnsey!! Great reaction guys. And very happy to hear there's an Aussie week three coming up. Can't wait.
Can't wait!
Some countries can say their bands made so much money us Aussies can do that with ACDC but can also say we went to the pub on a Friday night and seen the angels cold chisel inxs just at the local
Awesome band I’ve loved my whole life - wish they had made it overseas 😥
This was either last song or last before encores in their final days of the Last Stand tour. They’d already broken up, but went out with an absolute bang.
It’s at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, which if I remember rightly was about a 10,000 seat venue, but you can tell from the stage floor, they treat it as another pub gig. Black painted stage floor, gaffer tape and the rest, all set up to be nothing flash. The spectacle was the band, stripped down to instruments, amps, mics, and speakers, a riser for the drums (and maybe Don on keys, t-shirts, jeans, sneakers, singlets and copious amounts of sweat. It could have been in a rehearsal room for all the ‘trimmings’ they had on stage.
But the crowd sang every song, and the band once again gave them every ounce.
As much as I love them, and as much as people love to say Jimmy sounds just as good nowadays, it’s not strictly true. He had a better range of soul to scream back then, probably peaking around the East and Circus Animals albums. But you can’t take away from him the fact that he’s got a voice like no other. It was born for flat out rock and roll.
Australia has done well with Scottish immigrants. AC/DC has been full of them, Jimmy Barnes and his brother John Swan (Swanee). Colin Hays from Men At Work, George Young from The Easybeats. There seemed to be something magical that happened when these kids from Scotland grew up here.
Yes, they were exposed to the Aussie culture of a fair go!
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Strewth! You’re right!
😂😂
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The song was done by an American band, and nobody noticed. Then a British band, The Troggs did a cover in 1966 that was a world wide hit. There have been lots of covers but it wasn't until Cold Chisel unleashed their version that we really saw the WILD really put into the song. Jimmy with half a bottle of scotch under his belt, and the poor stage hands who had to make sure that mic cable never disconnected, the Chisel version makes The Troggs version look tame.
I think that this was released on their New Boots And Panties EP. Also contains a fantastic version of As Long As I Can See The Light. Very entertaining reaction guys.
Will check
The EP was titled “you’re 13, you’re beautiful and you’re mine..
Only 5000 produced in the original pressing..
This version though was on their “last stand” live album
New Boots and Panties was Ian Dury...
I bought all their albums in the day. They were huge in Australia.
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Everyone needs more Cold Chisel in their lives and there are many shades of Chisel-
There's Anarchic High Energy Chisel - Wild Thing, Star Hotel;
There's wistful sentimental Chisel - Flame Trees, Forever Now
There's Angry Chisel - You Got Nothing I Want, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye
There's Contemplative Chisel - 4 Walls, Breakfast at Sweethearts, Saturday Night
There's tribute Chisel- When the War is Over, Khe Sanh, Ita
Do yourself a favour and check out the many moods of Cold Chisel - live versions are best of course
Unfortunately you don't get shows like this anymore. Everything is so managed and the the bands are more health orientated. This was a banger.
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Let's see Ian Gillan rock a wild thing like that after a litre of vodka! Jokes, thanks for listening with us, you guys are the best. Cheers from Far North Qld
Challenge accepted
As a born and bred Aussie, who still lives in Australia, I grew up on Chisel. I'm 52 years old now and I've been listening to them since I was 12 years old. It was my cousin who introduced me to them, which I'll be forever grateful to him for.
I met Barnesy and his wife Jane a couple of years ago and they are the nicest, friendliest people you could meet. I've also met Ian Moss and Phil Small quite a few years ago as well. Also 2 very decent blokes.
So I'm biased when I say that Cold Chisel are the best band in history, in my humble, yet subjective, opinion. I play guitar purely because of Mossy. In my opinion, he is the 2nd best guitarist in history, behind only Jimi Hendrix. I've seen them live about half a dozen times and needless to say, they were fantastic everytime. Everyone should check out their whole catalogue. There isn't one bad song in there!
Ah, just another normal Saturday night out in Australia in the 80s haha. Wild times!
They had to make this arena an open-air after this gig because Chisel literally blew the roof off...true story.. really
HA HA
Ian Moss is brilliant!
Not kidding
Mossy had it all, the voice, the song writing AAANNNNDDD next level guitar playing.
He'd be a superstar if born in the US.
Went to see a Rod Stewart concert in Melbourne,a number of years ago, and Ian Moss was the warm up act. As you can imagine 25000 people all talking, laughing, yelling etc wait for Sir Rod, all of a sudden this one guy walks on stage with a stool and guitar, plugs in and just starts playing. Man, the arena just went deathly quite as Mossy started to play and then sing, one guy, an amazing guitarist and superb voice! It’s hard to describe, but it felt like you were in an intimate blues club, not a 25k arena. I know Rod was good but damn I remember every minute of Ian moss being amazing.
@@rvl360 So cool - Actually as I have got older I have realized how amazing Rod is... I on;l knew him as a creepy old man but his early work. Wow. be well
@@rvl360 Yes!
Chisel are the best Aussie rock band ever. Sadly I was just a bit too young to see them back then but have seen them live when they made a comeback 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The Energy and Love for Cold Chisel in Australia is Mind Blowing. Note the bottle of vodka Jimmy is necking at the beginning of the song 🤣
And that is how it’s done ❤
Aaah, young Jimmy. He was generally a little 'off balance' by this end of the show. The rest of the band just dealt with it on stage, but as you say, the crew really earned their money. His performance didn't suffer though, and we were all young then so we didn't give a shit, we were all drunk anyway, lol.
Ain't that the truth... I remember going to Hungry Jacks, before seeing them at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, buying the biggest coke, emptying it out and filling it with vodka 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@quiltygal6981 Lol. Good times.
@@quiltygal6981 Good plan!
@@TheThamesmen it was one of many. Goon sack in the handbag lining was a favourite 😉
@@taniaPBear they sure were 😉
This track is from the 80’s by the look of the lineup - specifically Steve Prestwich (RIP) on drums who was with the band from the outset until 1983. Always a live favourite, this track was available on the live EP ‘You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and You're Mine’, which I still have.
Very well done guys.
I've watched a quite a few different channels do these reaction videos and what I love most about yours is that you play the whole song without stopping it......fair dinkum, that is how they all should do it!
It made me smile the "headies" tale.
I worked for a British company for 8 years and, as an Aussie, you blokes would say some stuff that would make us cringe.....such as "I'm ducking outside for a fag" or "I really need a fag" or "I need to be sucking on a fag". Yes, smoking is filthy.
Those 8 years were bloody great, the banter between Brits and Aussies was brilliant.
Cheers.
Barnsey's just posted this video on Face book. I think you're gonna have to do another Chisel week!!
Thanks boys - it’s a joy to drop in on your conversations.
Thanks you for kind words and support. Means a lot to us
You've heard of the caramel and cigar voice of Sean Connery? Now you've heard the vodka and cocaine voice of Jimmy Barnes. He eventually gave up drinking and drugs. Kudos to the man. Truly well done. But I still prefer Cold Chisel. Was never fond of his work after that, except for his River Deep Mountain High. My favourite rendition of that song. Albeit a man known for screaming at the floor onstage, simultaneously his voice had a powerful smooth depth and a sweetness, sometimes a melancholy sweetness to it, that was irresistible.
I saw this reaction clip on Jimmy Barnes Face Book page :)
And for that we are hugely honored! What a guy
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I saw these two guys watching Cold Chisel on their ‘reactions’ show and it made me laugh. It’s great, they obviously like to rock. Makes me want to wish you all a Wild Christmas
Not sure who wrote Wild Thing or who they wrote it for, but whether they knew it or not, they were writing it for Barnes and Chisel! 😎
Yours is a question we Aussies always ask. Why aren’t they one of the biggest bands in the world? I think it has something to do with an early disagreement with a US record label. They came home & recorded “You Got Nothing I Want” as a FU! Love these guys.
its a warm night in sydney, a bit humid , i did my trumpet practice , now a couple of small shots of chivas then to top off the night i will watch
cold chisel doing bow river. cant beat that.
Sounds perfect
Ian Moss is regarded alongside Malcolm Young in Oz.
I can see why. Just amazing
There is a great special on 60mins Australia and they talk about how they regret not making it in the States. At the time they didn’t want to do the 3-5 years of the small clubs slog in the States.... They were already huge in Australia. Anyway as someone else had posted before, “we gave the world AC/DC and kept the best for ourselves”... 😂
You sure did!
Hey boys there getting back together again. Right now inside info ! Keep watch.
Tour kicks off soon I hear
I saw them during the Last Stand concert series in Newcastle NSW and it was outstanding. Wild Thing really rocked the place, the atmosphere was electric. Great times! Saw them again two years ago, still outstanding.
Couldn't agree more!
You guys should try and arrange an interview with Jimmy Barnes for your channel. I think you will find him accommodating. Especially how you have only just discovered Cold Chisel and his mate John Farnham along with other Aussie rock music, and you are about to do a 3rd Aussie Week. With you guys on the West Coast makes the time zone difference to Aust. East Coast that little bit easier.
Totally agree
Can you help arrange?
Just had to pull the old mullet backhander out didn't ya! 😆👏👏
Another top reaction boys👍 🍻
HA HA
Cold Chisel Singer Jimmy Barnes is making good progress after being moved to an intensive care unit following open-heart surgery.
Heard about this and we wish him a speedy recovery