Dear Enemy - Good Life
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2013
- Dear Enemy were named from a Ginger Meggs comic strip--the hero receives letters from his rival which are always addressed to 'Dear Enemy'.[1][3] The Melbourne band formed in 1982, with an original lineup of vocalist Ron Martini, guitarists Chris Langford and Les Barker (ex-Benders), keyboardist Martin Fisher (ex-Little Heroes), bassist Peter Leslie (ex-Little Heroes) and drummer Ian Morrison.[1] Prior to taking the name Dear Enemy, they had played together as a covers band called Stonewall.[4]
The band picked up a strong following on the live circuit and in 1983 signed a recording contract with the American label EMI/Capitol - one of the first Australian bands signed direct to an overseas label.[4] They recorded their debut album Ransom Note in the United States under the guidance of producer Peter McIan (Men at Work, Mondo Rock) - in fact the band were signed with the condition that Peter McIan oversee the recording sessions.[4] The impressive album generated three quality singles, the first of which "Computer One" (which was written in America by Langford and Fisher) proved to be Dear Enemy's one and only major hit, peaking at No. 5 on the Australian charts in late 1983.[2] The follow-up single "The Good Life" stalled at No. 39 a few months later,[2] whilst the slide continued with the third single "Kids On The Street" failing to chart. Ransom Note sold more than 25,000 units and reached No. 15 on the national album charts.[2]
Dear Enemy released a new single a few months later with "New Hero", which featured on the soundtrack to the Australian motion picture Street Hero.[5] The single however only reached No. 93 on the charts.[2] A couple of lineup changes, with Joey Amenta replacing Barker in April, 1985, and two more flop singles, "Stay" and "You're Right, You're Right", followed over the next four years before Dear Enemy's system crashed and they called it a day at the end of 1988. Dear Enemy did record tracks for a second album during this period but due to contract and legal problems the album didn't see the light of day.[4] Ron Martini also released a CD entitled Big Night Out in 1996 with backing band The Missiles Of Love. Ian Morrison went onto perform with Goanna.
In 2000 EMI released a CD Best of Dear Enemy (Ransom Note and Beyond) which was a compilation of all the band's releases, this was followed in 2004 by a Best of, which was basically Ransom Note and the inclusion of the single "New Hero".
I was Dear Enemy's Sound Engineer in the early 80s a great band very under rated.
@EdChiarini Hi Ed they were a great band and I loved working with them, we had everything in the truck all the backline all the lighting rig and pa it was some of the best days of my life I still have their
original backdrop, look up Billy Boy on youtube the sound was recorded buy me from the foh desk take care, frank
Hi frank,,,,
Frank can you tell me any of the location details for the Good Life video clip - location etc
I was a big fan when this group played in the 1980s and still love it in my late 50's
Great work mate thanks very much
What are the band up to now?
I remember playing this song over and over in 1983.The good times (sigh)
Loved the whole album when it came out, especially this song.
Still have the single ! ... The Good Life and Computer One were 2 classic songs by this Aussie band .. Wayne
100%👍
You have to be an Aussie to know this one..Personally I think this song is underrated.
Same ..though this film clip couldve been so much better done, its so awkward lol
He must hate seeing this now :/
I am Canadian found it thanks to Discogs:)
Welsh lad here just discovering this track for the first time. Loving it. I related instantly to your comment! I dont know how it rated at the time but since I've never heard it, guessing not so well? Its really good though.... kinda reminds me of another under rated Aussie act... Cold Chisel.
Ive loved this song for years. Why cant i buy it on itunes or Spotify? I want to add it to my play lists. I dont know why it was never number 1 on the charts. I think this song was ahead of its time.
How good was the music in the 80’s! The Australian and New Zealand bands were amazing - and the vast majority were brilliant live as they cut their teeth playing at pubs etc. Hearing songs like this - which from memory was not that big a hit - shows how spoilt we were at that time.
ron was a great singer, the whole band just worked i still love them.
Still play this song all the time. One of my favourite Aussie bands. I got dumped by a guy because I played this too much when it was first released. His loss lol 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Trish, I also played this song and the rest of the album to the death too, back then i had it on vinyl , but i mainly played it on cassette in my 1974 Toyota Celica. I installed twin 6 x 9 inch Clarion speakers mounted in woodern boxes behind the bucket seats with a big amplifier and my god did i play it loud until eventually the speakers blew up. Great album Ransom Note, not easy to find anymore.
@@geoffrowdon . Hahaha sounds awesome
Hah, Chris Langford is my current geography teacher !!
Thought Chris Langford played for HAW and SYD ?
i remember this track on hits huge 84 what a great track
I remember it being on 1984 The Beat
I like this song.. but LOVE Computer One:) that's my song...
Top Song I didn't know it at the time...just stumbled across it here...why wasn't this a big hit!
I saw this band a few times and bought their album. They had a fantastic sound. I was sure they'd take off to greater heights. Anyway I loved them.
Awesome melb band & definitely underrated... so sad!
This brings back a lot of great memories, just introduced this to my 2 daughter's aged 11 & 12, well worth the wait
A classic for me still think of 1983 with this song in mind love it!
I loved this band and this album! I wish I still had the LP!
Who ever thought he was a teacher by day and a hit musician in his spare time awesome who would ever have known love it !!
I love this song too!
Love this Album. Remember them on, hey hey its Saturday as well.
Ransom Note was a LP that I played so much. Very underrated band, which I had of seen them live.
I saw them live a lot
Had some get nights
(Originally called Stone wall)
Fan Club was wait for it FRIENDS OF THE ENEMY
This song is the bomb!!
Fantastic track🤟
🤸♀️🤸♂️🤹♀️🤹♂️🎈🎉🎊🎡💈🎢🎠
Dancing in my chair 🤩
Great track
loved this band
They got a good promo spot on hey hey it's saturday live with Ransom Note Album back in the 80's with Computer one when Commodore 64 was around then!
this is great
I love this song.what can I say,it's the story of my last relationship.
How RARE! Thank You for this video!!!!!!!!!!!
Great song............great album!
Go dear enemy
Bought the album at the time, this single was even better than "Computer one" to my ears, but if i recall correctly the radio never really played it?
While not quite as good as Computer One, it's still a solid 80s pop song. Well done.
It's better than Computer One.
Cool track...just needed a blistering 80s, over the top solo to really sell it 😉
I don't know why the hell this song flopped. 48K hits; that's disgraceful. Maybe we should do this song in the band. Great stuff. Where are all the great Aussie bands? All we have now is shit on the radio... and no more Countdown. Those were the days.
It still made the top 40
Ordinal name (Stonewall)
I don’t believe this name was thought to be appropriate
When they we’re about to record
They had a great pub following!
Computer one was a great song and their best success. Ut I'd say his voice sounds better in this song...
Dear enemy should have made it big time? How come thay did not?
One of life’s great mysteries
Fun fact: my old man was the sound engineer for the boys and also worked with bad company
That's hilarious. Chris Langford was home room and history teacher. I remember watching them play on "Hey Hey It's Saturday" and we all gave him shit because "they" made him wear a hat because he was bald.
Hats Rule For those challenged with that infliction !!
Just shave it off like I did.
I've always thought this is better than Computer One. Undercurrent of angst makes it more edgy.
Ron Martini has a great voice. Anyone know what he did after this?
Believe he was washing cars in Fitzroy at one stage ...
@@rubiconnz1754 that's bloody sad. Fantastic voice.
Playing solo gigs in Kensington
He was a bit stressed out at one stage. Shaken, but not stirred!
dear enemy should have made it,
Steven Cundy They did. Kind of
They did.