So called ‘rock critics’ bang on about Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Pinball Wizard et al being the greatest rock songs of all time. I’m dead sure that this Vanda & Young classic should certainly be spoke of in the same breath as those songs. Parts 1, 2 and 3 are as close to the perfect trilogy that we may ever see.
I 110% agree with you, the business side of music is a down right joke and these "journalists" or "critics" wouldn't know their foot for their ass. The Evie trilogy captures the same magic is those songs you mentioned. The Easybeats also didn't get the attention they deserved.
I was there at Wave Aid, watching this live, and it was hands down the greatest ever performance I have ever seen. And I’ve been going to concerts all over the world for the past 30 years. The energy and emotion coming from this set was off the charts.
I have never seen this before. I grew up loving the original and still do, but what a tribute to an incredible song and songwriter, Stevie Wright. Beautifully done!!
@@TWTexasA1 I am fully aware of that! But he wrote other amazing songs during his career, was not just a singer. Harry Young was the older brother of Angus and Malcolm, and Vanda and a Young kick started the careers of people li,e John Paul Young. Stevie Wright was also a very talented man, and what happened to him at that Chelmsford private hospital was disgusting and devastating to him.
@@karenglenn6707 No, it was George Young RIP. He died the same year as younger brother Malcolm Young RIP. Stevie did write in the early years but sadly drugs owned him off and on for the rest.
Chris Cheney is a bloody force of nature! His buzzsaw guitar technique is simply amazing! I went to see The Living End at the The Red Hot Summer Tour in Wodonga last weekend. What an amazing sound from a 3 piece. He sure can make that Gretsch sing!!!!!
The Wrights - singers - Nic Cester (of Jet), Bernard Fanning (of Powderfinger), Phil Jamieson (of Grinspoon),,, drummer - Kram (of Spiderbait),,, guitars - Chris Cheney (of The Living End)and Davey Lane (of You Am I and The Pictures) and bass - Pat Bourke (of Dallas Crane). They are named after Australian music legend and former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright. no wuckers!
Only thing that lets this version down is the backup singers, their voices get lost. Don't mean to be harsh, but I listened to this straight after a Stevie Wright live version with Cheetah singing back up and I guess those 2 ladies are just really hard to beat. Saw Stevie live towards the end of his career and he could still blow an audience away. Met him a few times and he was a very humble, down to earth guy and one of the best vocalists this country has ever produced.
Wow wow wow Stevie, mate, you should be proud, we certainly are, these guys performing know they need to give their best just to get close to you, they did! I saw you live, standing ovation, just the best. Perfect song for Australia to hang it’s hat on.
I think Stevie W. would be proud of this group of talented musicians performing Evie. They did an amazing job but there is no one like Stevie Wright! He would perform all three parts and not even break a sweat. But again, these guys did an awesome job !! RIP Stevie.
I’m sure I saw him play in Springwood civic centre in 1975/6 ish. 👍 I also saw AC/DC at Springwood high school around the same year. What an amazing music scene we had in the 70’s and 80’s…..
They got back together a few years ago for 50 years of Friday on my mind and tex perkins did evie II . I don't think there was a single person in the Audience that wasn't in tears
Such an awesome tribute to Stevie and they did an awesome job. This put the song back into the public conscious which was so deserved for Stevie George and Harry. One of the greatest pieces of rock ever!
+martin w now that Malcolm Young is ill and Steve Wright passed today i would love to see this added into the fold of songs ACDC do at their concerts at least here in australia
Sweet perfection right there. Aussie music doesn't get any better than this. I know this was a cover but this singer took an awesome song and gave it right back to Stevie, may he rest in peace knowing that he still lives on and as long as there is one person that remembers him then he'll never die!! Forgive my memory but was Evie a real person? I'm sure I should remember that but this 64 year old brain is turning to mush over the years!!
i remember this at the time thinking what a great version. So good to see it again as a fitting tribute to little Stevie. Rest Stevie, you laid a mean platform for others to follow/your work is done
There with my younger brother, Calvin; this was the performance of the entire concert, easily. You could see people just transfixed by the energy on the stage. Brilliant! Never get tired of listening to this.
I was on the ground in Sumatra after the wave with Army.... still makes me sad thinking about the loss. This is a great song, sung & performed by great artists. Thanks for the memories.
As an old timer who saw the seminal version by Stevie in 1979, this measures up really well but Stevie, Cheetah and the band were on absolute fire that beautiful November day which will forever make it hard for who ever comes after. Nonetheless thanks for giving it a great go!
Bernard seemed to struggle - I suppose Stevie is a hard act to cover but overall great, 79 or 80 can't remember but saw Stevie do this on Sydney Harbour - that was a crazy day.
Yeah , i new that and I saw them and they were as incredible as I knew they would be . unbelievable wow . Took my son , first concert . Cold Chisel were v. average , I was shocked . Too old maybe
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These dudes done Australia proud!! 🇦🇺 ❤
So called ‘rock critics’ bang on about Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Pinball Wizard et al being the greatest rock songs of all time. I’m dead sure that this Vanda & Young classic should certainly be spoke of in the same breath as those songs. Parts 1, 2 and 3 are as close to the perfect trilogy that we may ever see.
I 110% agree with you, the business side of music is a down right joke and these "journalists" or "critics" wouldn't know their foot for their ass. The Evie trilogy captures the same magic is those songs you mentioned. The Easybeats also didn't get the attention they deserved.
Totally agree.
Yup 200% and these lads do it justice Rip Stevie
Especially if you are an Aussie. Perfection.
Check this one out 👌🏻
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I was there at Wave Aid, watching this live, and it was hands down the greatest ever performance I have ever seen. And I’ve been going to concerts all over the world for the past 30 years. The energy and emotion coming from this set was off the charts.
🤠
That's the best version other than the original live version at the Opera House.
Best outdoor concert I have been to
This makes me proud of Aussie bands and being an Aussie
'ken oaf! 🇦🇺🤘
This makes me love ❤️ 😍 Australia 🇦🇺
❤️🤠🐴
Come Down Under you will love it . Just don’t spend too much time in the big cities, go to the smaller towns and see the best of OZ xxx
3 of our current best to do the job of 1 man. With respect as well
I have never seen this before. I grew up loving the original and still do, but what a tribute to an incredible song and songwriter, Stevie Wright. Beautifully done!!
Evie was actually written by the bass and lead guitarist of the Easybeats George Young & Harry Vanda ✌🏼✌🏼
@@TWTexasA1 I am fully aware of that! But he wrote other amazing songs during his career, was not just a singer. Harry Young was the older brother of Angus and Malcolm, and Vanda and a Young kick started the careers of people li,e John Paul Young. Stevie Wright was also a very talented man, and what happened to him at that Chelmsford private hospital was disgusting and devastating to him.
@@karenglenn6707 No, it was George Young RIP. He died the same year as younger brother Malcolm Young RIP.
Stevie did write in the early years but sadly drugs owned him off and on for the rest.
I bloody love this trilogy. Original and this cover. They all give me goosebumps 👌
So true, music doesn't get much better than this.
@@freeman10000 Vanda & Young at their best.
Absolute Aussie icon
Brings back some great memories
I don't know what makes me feel the way I do
Great version of THE BEST Australian song ever.
Chris Cheney is a bloody force of nature! His buzzsaw guitar technique is simply amazing! I went to see The Living End at the The Red Hot Summer Tour in Wodonga last weekend. What an amazing sound from a 3 piece. He sure can make that Gretsch sing!!!!!
Very UNDERRATED guitarist! His prev band were the support act for the band I was in at the time's 1st gig!
The Wrights - singers - Nic Cester (of Jet), Bernard Fanning (of Powderfinger), Phil Jamieson (of Grinspoon),,, drummer - Kram (of Spiderbait),,, guitars - Chris Cheney (of The Living End)and Davey Lane (of You Am I and The Pictures) and bass - Pat Bourke (of Dallas Crane). They are named after Australian music legend and former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright. no wuckers!
Daniel Vandenberg - piano
HacksRgood funny ..nice one say thanks to the older ones 🤣
Wow it doesn't sound like Bernard at all... Interesting...
thats funny because i knew it was Bernard straight away.....i no my lead singers tho and powder finger were one of my favourite band in the day!!!!
Stevie would of been emotional seeing this . They did this song perfect. Wow
Only thing that lets this version down is the backup singers, their voices get lost. Don't mean to be harsh, but I listened to this straight after a Stevie Wright live version with Cheetah singing back up and I guess those 2 ladies are just really hard to beat. Saw Stevie live towards the end of his career and he could still blow an audience away. Met him a few times and he was a very humble, down to earth guy and one of the best vocalists this country has ever produced.
part one sounds like a real band. tight af. Nic might be one of the great underrated singers we have produced
@ John White agree wholeheartedly.
At least there were plenty of people to see it LIVE. This rendition deserved it.
Wow wow wow
Stevie, mate, you should be proud, we certainly are, these guys performing know they need to give their best just to get close to you, they did!
I saw you live, standing ovation, just the best.
Perfect song for Australia to hang it’s hat on.
It's just so sad that he passed away, a great Aussie rock legend!!
Vocals are a no
@@onyxsh0cks456 You're a no!!
@deni9887 wow. I didn't know the crypt keeper had a youtube account 🤭
@@onyxsh0cks456 😂😂😂😂
Well done boys so cool bringing back a classic Australian song 🎵 Stevie wood be so pound what a great band live
Today Stevie passed away...goodbye old friend - wonderful tribute Bernard, thank you.
AUSSIE ROCK! Simply awesome. One of my favourites as a kid ✌️Man that Nic can belt out a tune!
I think Stevie W. would be proud of this group of talented musicians performing Evie. They did an amazing job but there is no one like Stevie Wright! He would perform all three parts and not even break a sweat. But again, these guys did an awesome job !! RIP Stevie.
Just makes me love this song all over again! Thanks guy's & gals you did a great job, The Wright's would be proud I am sure.
makes you appreciate what a brilliant singer Stevie Wright was.
yes
What great writers Harry and George were!! Are !!
I just love this amazing song and Bernard Fanning sung it good and everyone else evolved .
That was bloody awesome!! I’ve got goosebumps! Nic Cester and Bernard as the absolute bomb!!! So proud to be an Australian!! 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
This is awesome. Can't believe only 2,694 hits?? What's wrong with you people?? Support Aussie Muso Greatness!!
I’m sure I saw him play in Springwood civic centre in 1975/6 ish. 👍 I also saw AC/DC at Springwood high school around the same year. What an amazing music scene we had in the 70’s and 80’s…..
I saw Stevie live back in the day, and by God , he was good. Despite the drugs, he was a legend
Superb cover . Better than any other cover that gets close enough to the original.
They got back together a few years ago for 50 years of Friday on my mind and tex perkins did evie II . I don't think there was a single person in the Audience that wasn't in tears
So close to the original of a superb song and in a live performance 👍
I remember 1974 Stevie Wright Festival Hall Melbourne ....these amazing artists/musicians bring everything back to life..........
It's great just having music like this. Today they have nothing
I think this is a fantastic tribute to stevie wright - awesome clip!
Best ever golden oldie ( no other band in its time come close) R i p S w from sw
As good a bunch of musicians as assembled anywhere in the world.
THE best Australian rock song ever written performed by a kick-arse collaborative.
Great amazing ...went back in 70s and I was young then
Such an awesome tribute to Stevie and they did an awesome job. This put the song back into the public conscious which was so deserved for Stevie George and Harry. One of the greatest pieces of rock ever!
Seen plenty of versions of Evie.This is right up there at the top! Did Stevie and Vanda & Young proud.
martin w Agree with you my friend
+martin w now that Malcolm Young is ill and Steve Wright passed today i would love to see this added into the fold of songs ACDC do at their concerts at least here in australia
You're right Robbie Buck. This is an incredible moment.
So much talent in Australia.
Best live cover version of a song ever. It involves everyone, including the audience.
Still love Bearni 30 yrs later.
Sweet perfection right there.
Aussie music doesn't get any better than this. I know this was a cover but this singer took an awesome song and gave it right back to Stevie, may he rest in peace knowing that he still lives on and as long as there is one person that remembers him then he'll never die!!
Forgive my memory but was Evie a real person?
I'm sure I should remember that but this 64 year old brain is turning to mush over the years!!
To @Chris, who's comment has disappeared from here. Of course it doesn't matter if she was real or not, it was just an innocent question!!!
Evie was Stevie Wrights wife who passed away while giving birth to Stevie's child
@@Watto1981 Thank you!
i remember this at the time thinking what a great version. So good to see it again as a fitting tribute to little Stevie. Rest Stevie, you laid a mean platform for others to follow/your work is done
There with my younger brother, Calvin; this was the performance of the entire concert, easily. You could see people just transfixed by the energy on the stage. Brilliant! Never get tired of listening to this.
I was on the ground in Sumatra after the wave with Army.... still makes me sad thinking about the loss.
This is a great song, sung & performed by great artists.
Thanks for the memories.
Nic Chester is stand out awesome!!! Talk about doing a song justice!! 👍
I knew. Stevie Wright love. This 💕
As an old timer who saw the seminal version by Stevie in 1979, this measures up really well but Stevie, Cheetah and the band were on absolute fire that beautiful November day which will forever make it hard for who ever comes after.
Nonetheless thanks for giving it a great go!
I saw easybeats at 2sm concert of the decade in 1970 something. Mi sex etc. Never realised what I was witnessing at the time.
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This audience doesn't know shit!
Stevie sings this song the best and always will.
Best Australian song ever?
2nd best.
Best for me. 3 parts, all different...all brilliant. Vanda and Young, Stevie Wrights vocals.... Just a masterpiece.
Definitely the best mini rock opera!
definetely
I don’t know but a totally badass song
Nice cover of an Aussie rock classic.
Great ode to Stevie Wright. Nice to see it remembered.
Wow. 1st time i seen this. Gr8 job all. Really good work and version of an aussie classic. Love the energy. Well driven by kram. ty 4 vid
Why aren't we hearing this song today?! It's so amazing!!!!!
What a highlight just perfect so much talent on that stage wish I was there
So, so glad I was there to witness this in person. Epic.
There I am.. In the middle.. Awesome! :-)
Awesome job its impossible for anyone to be as good as Stevie wright but at least there paying respect to one of Australia's best songs from the vault
Great cover. .well done ! Stevie would have loved you re tribute 😉
I think this is a fantastic tribute to stevie wright - awesome clip!
See Stevie Wright live at the Sydney Opera House
Just cannot beat the ORIGINAL singers, Great music still a good try great beat of old,, Love Stevie
I was there x EPIC shit
Got myself a couple tickets to see a rock n roll band
What a blend of old and new (for then!). What a treasure!
Love this song from when i was a kid. Brilliant tribute to a great song and muso in stevie wright
still relistening to this version
Yes one of the greatest rock and roll songs, and a fantastic version! Steve Wright...........Salutations to a rock and roll genius!
Incredible! What a tribute to the greatest in Stevie! We all loved him.
Chris Cheney, one of the greatest guitarists Australia has ever known. Amazing!!!!
Actually one of the greatest guitarists the WORLD has ever known!!!!
Ian Moss No. 1. Chris Cheney a close second.
Yep gotta agree he’s pretty damn good .Kram’s drumming aren’t that bad either 😎
Bernard fanning brilliant!!
Nic Chester, Chris Cheney, Bernard Fanning, Phil Jamieson and Kram? How have I not seen this before?
That piano work in part two 😎 hats off to you dude
Evie I named you after these songs
They rocked the shit out of it
Totally in love still! The song, the tune and this performance. Where is all the talent today? God I love!
The Evie part 1 group should have done an album together of original music... such a killer group.
See Stevie Wright live at the Sydney Opera House
Gareth Koch greatest live performance ever.
Possibly the greatest live rock performance ever recorded. Captured something that won't be captured again I think. such an emotional energy.
The original and the best. The Hammond sisters backing vocals( Cheetah) are amazing!
The love i only know with you
Bernard seemed to struggle - I suppose Stevie is a hard act to cover but overall great, 79 or 80 can't remember but saw Stevie do this on Sydney Harbour - that was a crazy day.
Love this song from when i was a kid. Brilliant tribute to a great song and muso in stevie write.
i love stevie wright
this is awesome, thanks for the upload dude
My gd buddy and legend tony curetti playd drums on the orginal evie part 3 for stevie wright
Great song good to see so many great musician's performing one great song
This needs more likes.. what grand rendition
awesome evie one has a mississippi queen feel to it..i love it..glad i found this
OMG this Is absolutly brilliant. Part 1 is amazing. Great cover I love it.... One of my all Time favorite song.
Love it so much. Bernie brings tears to my eyes.
Nice 👍
This is great and I am super loving the singer!
Vanda and Young would be proud. Rip snorting version.
Awesome 😍
Fantastic
To Rich!! 🎸🎵 awesom memories- love pt 2 more than ever x
brilliant
Fantastic tribute !!
Love this song
I'm going to see the guy with the white guitar in
2+ weeks and I can't wait .God I can't wait
+Drew Baby Drew Chris Cheney is his name
Yeah , i new that and I saw them and they were as incredible as I knew they would be . unbelievable wow . Took my son , first concert . Cold Chisel were v. average , I was shocked . Too old maybe
Fucking amazing, what can I say?
Rock can NEVER die, nuff said!
Best of classic Ozzie rock music
Andy smith ~ your spot on
I actually thought that rocked!
Agree