Reaction - Johnny O'Keefe - Wild One - A Top 20 Hit In 1958 Australia Covered By Many A Big Rocker
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- This is a reaction video to Johnny O'Keefe singing his first big hit "Wild One". Johnny wrote the song with Johnny Greenan and Dave Owens. The song has the Jerry Lee Lewis 50's rock feel to it. Johnny's vocals are fun to listen to with a rocking instrumental break of guitar fighting for first place against a saxophone. The recording technic feels primitive as many recordings from that era do yet that is what ads to the mystic of the song. The mixing engineer is thinking during the recording, "How do I fit all of those instruments and vocals into one channel". The true mono era, very fun indeed! Enjoy ...
Link to the video: • wild one johnny o'keefe
Link to the channel that uploaded the video: / @mrmetropoll
Thanks for the review. It was great fun!
One of the true legends of Aussie rock that died young at age 43 in the late 70's. He has a lot of hits and did great things for the Aussie scene. I think he discovered Olivia Newton John or was behind her becoming a success in Australia first.
Old Time Rock n Roll!
I once heard that some of his recordings were made in a bathroom just to get that raw sound... they were the early days of rock in Oz. He was number one... and had a reputation for being the "Wild One" for sure. Parents did not approve 🙂 He had a hit with "SHOUT".
I saw JOK back in the 70's. He looked 60, but he tore the house down once he got into the rockin' groove.
A well and truly tortured man. He carried on performing right through the 60's and 70's and struggled with health and mental problems. He died at 43 but look 20 years older. He holds a fascinating story in the rock 'n' roll music canon.
Johnny O'Keefe went to America in 1959 where he recorded She's My Baby in Los Angeles with producer Snuff Garrett. He returned to the US in 1960 in an endeavour to get into the American market, where he was promoted as The Boomerang Boy. He once again attempted another unsuccessful tour in 1961.
You're right Todd Jerry Lee and Johnny okeefe similar rockers my two favourite s of all time Michael 14:34
Wow, what do you know? I'm seeing a few familiar faces in the comments here.
Todd, I lived in Sydney's Potts Point which is situated next to Sydney's redlight district, Kings Cross. I used to see Johnny O'Keefe, as well as, many other Aussie rockers around town in the day. Johnny O'Keefe was a right sad case. He seemed to carry a cloud over his head, and I don't think the guy was healthy either. He had an enormous head and a small body. What surprised me about his death wasn't that his passing was unexpected, but that he was only 43. Even at 15 I knew he looked much older than a man of his age.
I've noticed somebody has made a request for an Easybeats versus Divinyls with ''I'll Make You Happy''. I not only got to see both Stevie Wright and Easybeats live in concert, but I had personal run-ins with both Stevie Wright and Divinyls' singer, Christina Amphlette, on a few occassions. When I was a teenager in the late 70's/early 80's, I got to see numerous up and coming local bands, including The Angels, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, The Saints, Radio Birdman, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, etc. It was cathartic seeing these bands cut their teeth in the live music scene in Sydney. These bands were often hungry and played with a lot of energy. One of the groups I regularly saw livewas Divinyls. A good decade before ''I Touch Myself'', Chrissy Amphlette (singer of Divnyls) would tear the roof off any venue and terrorize anybody that misbehaved at her gig. I've seen her fly and punch at men that got into fights during her performance. That's what she was like. She wasn't anything like the person that sings ''I Touch Myself''. Not in 1981!
I think it would be great if you do an Easybeats versus Divinyls reaction.
Reactors find this video useful: The Easybeats vs. Divinyls - I'll Make You Happy (Audio + Video merge 2024)
Thank you very much for this. I can tell you put effort in your videos. Not only do you honour the requests, but you also maintain the enthusiasm and honesty. It's great!
I understand where you're coming from with the 50's. However, you are most likely going to get other requests for songs from this time, particular from Australians who are viewing this JOK reaction video.
There are a lot of 50's and early 60's Rock 'n' Roll names from Australia and New Zealand. Personally, I would like to step forward into the mid 60's and leave the 50's/60's to other people.
Next request is to make a comparison between two versions of same song:
*The Easybeats vs. Divinyls - I'll Make You Happy (Audio + Video merge 2024)*
The Easybeats were a Sydney band made up of migrants from England, Scotland and Holland and would become a phenomenon in Australia in the mid 60's. After accumilating a number of hits domestically, the band would break through internationally with ''Friday On My Mind'' in 1966. Guitarists, George Young and Harry Vanda, were the band's principal songwriters and the charismatic, Stevie Wright, was their lead vocalist. After the Easybeats disbanded in 1969, Vanda and Young would become major players in the Australian music field - writing and producing hits for a number of local and international artists, including George Young's younger brothers, Angus and Malcolm, and their band AC/DC. George Young and Harry Vanda would also record very interesting music under the moniker Flash & The Pan. In time, I will ask you to check out the hits that were produced by Harry Vanda and George Young, and will include a few AC/DC landmark songs in this mix.
The Easybeats attracted many wide-eyed and excited girls in their time, and one of them was Chrissy Amphlette. After spending her time in the 70's as a wayward teenager, Chrissy would kick start the 80's with her own band, Divinyls. A lot had changed since the Easybeats heyday in the 60's, and Divinyls' version reflects those changes. Chrissy came from the Australian rock 'n' roll school of hard knocks and played the same traps that shaped rockers like Billy Thorpe, Lobby Loydd, Bon Scott, Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC, Cold Chisel, The Angels, etc.
I look forward to seeing your reaction to both groups. please note that ''I'll Make You Happy'' was written by George Young and Stevie Wright.
*The Easybeats vs. Divinyls - I'll Make You Happy (Audio + Video merge 2024)*
May 29th..Liliac...OMV...Delusion..will be dropped...a NEW, Original song....Listen for Justin's keys on this one..."Tick, Tock..."
I saw the guy a few times and the poor bastard just kept looking more and more unhealthy and older than his age by each concert. I saw him get booed by a younger audience until he hit back and won them over, which was admirable.
During his 1960 tour of the USA his record company promoted him as ‘The Boomerang Kid’ and arranged a boomerang throwing competition in New York’s Central Park as a publicity stunt. The idea was that anyone who could beat ‘The Boomerang Kid’ was given $5. Unfortunately, Johnny arrived drunk and as a result, he beat only two of the hundreds of people who had turned up. The stunt cost Liberty Records thousands of dollars. _Quote from Nostalgia Central._
I agree with the fella. You must do the Easybeats vs. Divinyls.
Iggy Pop did a cover.