Many years later, I still come back to this cover. It's so beautiful. That Wii theramin-like instrument and backing vocals add so much texture to the song.
had such low expectations for this and 10 seconds into the song they were gone. Amazing is an understatement, even the vocals destroyed the originals and thats not an easy task. 10/10 will rewatch over and over
+Andy's Edit "even the vocals destroyed the originals" is a little bit over the top isn't it? Totally agree on how good it is, Tuka, Plum n band sound effin amazing!! but a&j still smash it out of the park! I think comparing the two is like comparing a peach to a ............Plum 😂 haha but for real, raw talent= top notch tunes!
I can't stop watching this. It's been over a year since I found it and it's still just as amazing. It's hard to believe this is live and not a studio recording.
This gives me goosebumps every time I listen!! Their voices compliment so well, the smooth rapping, the emotional female vocal, the instrumentals, so divine! AWESOME LAV!!!
I had to pull over the car yesterday to take this song in completely. Thanks to the internet I can listen to it over and over. This would have to be one of the best LAV covers ever. Truly beautiful and rich. Makes one appreciate being alive when you hear music like this. Thanks JJJ.
Lmao I love how they have these dramatic zoom ins of everyone playing their instruments and singing and then there's the guy playing the drum theremin and he looks like he's wii fit boxing.
Lol the best!!!! Instrument that doesn't even exist yet!! 3d instrument! Totally awesome!!!! I want one too.. awesome. I LOVE TRIPLE J!!!!!! SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AT A TIME THIS EXISTS ON EARTH XXXX 🎶❤☮🎤🎧🎷🎸✌🎹🎵✌😍
Jeez thanks triple j Like A Version definitely got to know Tuka through these videos, what a gift. With Thelma Plum who’s voice will make you cry in 30 seconds, recordings don’t do her justice. Down a Like A Version rabbit hole tonight, falling in love song by song over again.
Not gonna lie, i have no clue about the Aussie Hip hop scene. I was raised in Canada and the only Aussie artist I've gone out of my was to listen to is 360 and Nature Boy. But i gotta say, there's something refreshing about hearing artists perform and not change their accents.. Mad cover tho!
+TheBarryLogic Something as an Australian singer I've always done eventhough I sing American songs. It has to do with personal honesty and musical integrity. Most Australian singers, of all genres, sing in embarrassingly lame take-offs of American accents. So, I agree, it is refreshing to hear these artists not change their accents.
+TheBarryLogic Thundamentals, Dielectrix, One day, Jackie Onassis, Spit Syndicate, Seth Sentry and Horrorshow is a must! check out these guys. solid starter kit for ya if you dig it
how underrated is tripple j, and how underrated are the thundamentals. To start of with, tripple j do so much for emerging artists, they find the best Australian artists who truly have a lot to give, and how good is Tuka, him, along with his music group Thundamentals, deserve more publicity. Truly incredible.
This song. Wow. It sums up all my feelings for escaping the crazy world that we know. We aren't meant to live like we do. We are nomadic. We long for the big wide world. So get aboard that big jet plane and go somewhere you've never been before
This is gold. What you all are doing is incredible and Surpasses my expectations of the human race, yeah, that deep. From Tuka, to Thelma, to strings, to the innovative jaw dropping beat. Keep it going, for all of us.
1 I grew up at the end of a long dirt road No street lights just a couple trees You could probably see the wallabies Bounding around in their brown fur coats Most days walk the whole way home With a jig in my step, nothing but the air in my lungs Feeling my breath, singing my songs that i wrote in my head Every now and then when I look up at the sky I could see a kookaburra fly, I'd begin to daydream Think about my wingspan, chase the sun around the globe So everywhere I go it’s summertime I wonder why people get stuck in the same place Probably thinking ‘bout what they say But fuck it, take a bite of humble pie Don’t you worry bout what they think, hey He grew up in the land of the red dirt Where the yellow sand meets the fresh surf Where the black history can respect earth But the politicians only think about it’s net worth From east Sydney to west Perth Top end down to Cape bay You put the leg work in but you get burnt out That’s why you sink piss every payday Hey, have you ever gone away? Do you ever think about a holiday? Are you in the business of making money If you haven’t got a dollar then I guess you've gotta wait Maybe we can win the lottery Get high by the beach Lana Del Ray Maybe you could follow my lead and Fly like a kite in the breeze and yo
"You grew up in the land of the red dirt, where the yellow sand meets the fresh surf. Where the black history respect earth but the politicians only think about its net worth" #closethegap
The best version ever of 'Big Jet Plane'! No doubt! Also, it's the best song I've heard in this quarantine. Theses guys had such creativity to changed all music atmosphere. Tuka brought more context and feeling into it. Love this version. Like a version, for real ! haha xD. As we say in Brazil: "não sai da cabeça" (Can't take out off my head xD) Thanks to Tuka and Triple J for share this!
Many years later, I still come back to this cover. It's so beautiful. That Wii theramin-like instrument and backing vocals add so much texture to the song.
had such low expectations for this and 10 seconds into the song they were gone. Amazing is an understatement, even the vocals destroyed the originals and thats not an easy task. 10/10 will rewatch over and over
+Andy's Edit why did you have low expectations
have a soft spot for A&J and didn't think they would be able to improve on the original
+Andy's Edit "even the vocals destroyed the originals" is a little bit over the top isn't it?
Totally agree on how good it is, Tuka, Plum n band sound effin amazing!!
but a&j still smash it out of the park!
I think comparing the two is like comparing a peach to a ............Plum 😂
haha but for real, raw talent= top notch tunes!
***** or of anything involving tuka
KnivesAndFaulks pp
That drum theremin is amazing. I badly wan't one of them in my life.
+jooosha If you ever get a chance check out Robert Delong, his done a few things with xbox and wii controllers before like this
haha same man!
+Winston Cavallo leave the man alone, it's short for wall nut..
Same
Fuck. I thought there was hair on my screen and it turns out it was just your profile picture. Well played! Hahaha
Tuka along with Thundamentals have done some of the best Like A Versions ever recorded
+Amy Louise +1, "Brother" has been at the top of my LAV playlist for the longest time, and now this piece of brilliance added to it. :)
Yeah, I'm not AS a fan of his originals but his covers are pure gold
Amy Louise hell yeah
So true
Amen❤
I can't stop watching this. It's been over a year since I found it and it's still just as amazing. It's hard to believe this is live and not a studio recording.
still listen to this today.. very nostalgic song especially the lyrics. love it
Thelma's voice is so beautiful! I could listen to her sing all day long.
This gives me goosebumps every time I listen!! Their voices compliment so well, the smooth rapping, the emotional female vocal, the instrumentals, so divine! AWESOME LAV!!!
best LAV of the year in my opinion.
I agreed... Until Urthboy came along..
Billy Bongster Both are so good!!! It's hard to pick between the two.
One of the best. Listen also to "I sat by the Ocean" by Mark Ronson
Jake Howden 100% the best LAV
Ricky West Thundamentals brother LAV I reckon is better
Hands down the best like a version ever. So amazing.
wow her voice is so lovely
and the rest
Im obsessed with her vibratto giving me chills everytime that mystical waVver comes out 😮😮
Tuka and Thelma Plum amazing combo. Tuka pure talent and nothing less!!
I had to pull over the car yesterday to take this song in completely. Thanks to the internet I can listen to it over and over. This would have to be one of the best LAV covers ever. Truly beautiful and rich. Makes one appreciate being alive when you hear music like this. Thanks JJJ.
This is incredible. Tuka did this song justice and honestly I would not mind getting a mastered version of this.
Im 19. I've been living in rural Australia most my life, cant believe I havnt heard this. Touches my heart.
Australian music is so fucking awesome.....we are killing it atm
Tuka should just do LAV every Friday. Always delivers!
+Keif Sea Yep. But I think he puts a lot into them, too
+Keif Sea should call him the mail man
OAFFFFf
H Sea tuka version!!
Lmao I love how they have these dramatic zoom ins of everyone playing their instruments and singing and then there's the guy playing the drum theremin and he looks like he's wii fit boxing.
CarltheGiraffe You almost made me wake up my girlfriend from laughing with that one, but I held it in. Wasn't easy, Fieri out.
CarltheGiraffe 🤣
CarltheGiraffe now I can’t unsee it.... hahaha
LOL!!
Yeah it does things to artists when they've got their heart and soul invested.
Will always have a special place in my life for Tuks.. 😍😍
Tuka,absolutely brilliant lyrics, Thelma fantastic,air drums unbelievable .loved it
Quite possibly the best vocals for any like a version from Thelma, mesmerizing
Had me in the first 3 seconds. Tuka does is right.
Combines pretty much everything I love in music... It beats through me and it is just amazing.
I listen to this a lot. I love the words, the vocals and the backing. I actually like it better than the original :)
Tuka and Thelma. Can't get any better really tbh :D
+Jess R chet faker? 🤔
+Michael Bush Well there is Chet... Tuka's version of 'I'm into you' is pretty awesome :)
Check out Angus and Julia Stone "For you" live, it does getter better :)
+Brandon Beard Roger that will have a look! Thank ya :D
+Jess R dude that the realest thing iv heard all day
#preach
This must be one of my most favourites like a versions - the words are awesome, Thelma Plum, Tucka - love it too much
This brought me allllll the way back to 2010
Loved it!
I love this song
Lol the best!!!! Instrument that doesn't even exist yet!! 3d instrument!
Totally awesome!!!!
I want one too.. awesome. I LOVE TRIPLE J!!!!!!
SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AT A TIME THIS EXISTS ON EARTH XXXX 🎶❤☮🎤🎧🎷🎸✌🎹🎵✌😍
Jeez thanks triple j Like A Version definitely got to know Tuka through these videos, what a gift. With Thelma Plum who’s voice will make you cry in 30 seconds, recordings don’t do her justice. Down a Like A Version rabbit hole tonight, falling in love song by song over again.
Unreal! Lyrics on point! Such a dope beat as well :D one of my faves for sure
This song introduced me to Tuka! I'm now a fan of this man..
1:42 repeat button
I'd like to request a cover of this song from Thelma Plum alone. Tuka nails it but her voice is like a damn lullaby..can't get enough of it!
Heard this in the car on my way to work and it was instant love!
gotta love Tuka!
inlove with this song so much. #respect guys
I feel like this is one of the best covers there is chemistry with those to
Not gonna lie, i have no clue about the Aussie Hip hop scene. I was raised in Canada and the only Aussie artist I've gone out of my was to listen to is 360 and Nature Boy. But i gotta say, there's something refreshing about hearing artists perform and not change their accents.. Mad cover tho!
+TheBarryLogic Something as an Australian singer I've always done eventhough I sing American songs. It has to do with personal honesty and musical integrity. Most Australian singers, of all genres, sing in embarrassingly lame take-offs of American accents. So, I agree, it is refreshing to hear these artists not change their accents.
+TheBarryLogic Thundamentals, Dielectrix, One day, Jackie Onassis, Spit Syndicate, Seth Sentry and Horrorshow is a must!
check out these guys.
solid starter kit for ya if you dig it
You should check out Friendly Fires and The Presets... both Australian and awesome!
+TheBarryLogic Can believe people left out Hill Top Hoods if you want to listen to Australian Hip Hop
+TheBarryLogic - why would they change their accents? they are covering an Aussie song
I don't know how many tines this has happened.. But yet day made again with random like a version,,!!! ❤️❤️❤️
how underrated is tripple j, and how underrated are the thundamentals. To start of with, tripple j do so much for emerging artists, they find the best Australian artists who truly have a lot to give, and how good is Tuka, him, along with his music group Thundamentals, deserve more publicity. Truly incredible.
This song. Wow. It sums up all my feelings for escaping the crazy world that we know. We aren't meant to live like we do. We are nomadic. We long for the big wide world. So get aboard that big jet plane and go somewhere you've never been before
Loved this version Thanks. Great Band😍
Can never watch this only once !! probably the best Like a Version since The Herd's "i was only 19", love it !
I love this song because its so Australian and i am Australian. best LAV
Tuka and guests, Triple J production and original air beats. What more needs to be said. One of the best Like a Versions for the year.
The best and the most unusual cover of my favourite song 👏 👏 👏 👏 wow
Reminds me of a great mate that passed away, I Miss you Sammy C. I will see you when i see you.
This fantastic... I cannot stop listening to this song , literally listen to 50 times a day since is came out 🌚👌🏽
Tops, just beautiful! Thelma's voice is hypnotic.
Love this song have a mate who is an aussi from Perth who plays this when he gets home sick.
Though I have heard and always fallen in love with the original version, THIS gives me goosebumps.
This is basically now a new song! 100/10.
Kite String Tangle you've done it yet again!
The more i listen to this the more beautiful it sounds!
This is something else, and those air drums. Bloody hell. Insane.
the thundmentals boys are the kings of like a version
This keeps on bangingly being a banger
Still love love loving this.......
Awesome. Anzac 2016. My new mantra. Lest we forget. But awesome.
Love the creativity in this.
Can't get over how a cover song could get so many views Julia Stone melts my heart. Well done guys :)
This is gold. What you all are doing is incredible and Surpasses my expectations of the human race, yeah, that deep. From Tuka, to Thelma, to strings, to the innovative jaw dropping beat. Keep it going, for all of us.
Absolutely lovely version, really enveloped me as if all that mattered at that point in time was the music... Thankyou guys!
And it's been done, best Like A Version this year! Good on ya guys
this is just... magical..
Totes love those air drums. Looks me dancing in the backyard when i pumpn the earphones... id buy a pair for shOw
Man, I wish I could like this again every time I hear this!
This made me cry because my dad used to play this to me but now i barely get to see him and when i do see him he plays this song 😥
1
I grew up at the end of a long dirt road
No street lights just a couple trees
You could probably see the wallabies
Bounding around in their brown fur coats
Most days walk the
whole way home
With a jig in my step, nothing but the air in my lungs
Feeling my breath, singing my songs that i wrote in my head
Every now and then when I look up at the sky
I could see a kookaburra fly, I'd begin to daydream
Think about my wingspan, chase the sun around the globe
So everywhere I go it’s summertime
I wonder why people get stuck in the same place
Probably thinking ‘bout what they say
But fuck it, take a bite of humble pie
Don’t you worry bout what they think, hey
He grew up in the land of the red dirt
Where the yellow sand meets the fresh surf
Where the black history can respect earth
But the politicians only think about it’s net worth
From east Sydney to west Perth
Top end down to Cape bay
You put the leg work in but you get burnt out
That’s why you sink piss every payday
Hey, have you ever gone away?
Do you ever think about a holiday?
Are you in the business of making money
If you haven’t got a dollar then I guess you've gotta wait
Maybe we can win the lottery
Get high by the beach Lana Del Ray
Maybe you could follow my lead and
Fly like a kite in the breeze and yo
This better make the Hottest 100.
Edit: HELL YEAH!
The best "Like a Version" of the year!!! Congrats guys!!!
I'm totally in love with this cover.
Crazy how a song can change your mood. I would marry that girl because of her voice
This cover is one i keep coming back too! Bloody awesome
Beautiful version
what a beautiful cover
This is truly incredible.
sound amazing together
shhhitt that was so fabulous. I absolutely loved tukas take on the song ☺👏👏 and thelma plum of course!
WOOOOWWWWW what a verison!!!! one of the best!!!!!!! loving life!!!
This is one of the best things I've ever heard
Awesome awesome awesome.
Good to see the big studio working with these guys crushing it!
A1 artist + A1 sound eng = epic electric JJJ ecosystem
4:27 every time I hear that line he raps it has given me goosebumps, hard to explain how well it fits
So good hey, I think it's how well his vocal accents in that line sync up with the snare hits
3:18 to 3:33 best 15 seconds of my life
Love this so much!!
Thank you for your music!
Cheers Simon and Graciela!
I can't decide if I like the original or this better. they are both great. this one of the best LAVs of the year.
5 plus years later still a epic cover
Amazing. Everything about this is so powerful. Love the lyrics
Holy shit YES
"You grew up in the land of the red dirt, where the yellow sand meets the fresh surf.
Where the black history respect earth but the politicians only think about its net worth"
#closethegap
beautiful! love tuka 😘
the thundmentals boys are the kings of like a version
Australian music is so fucking awesome.....we are killing it atm
wow her voice is so lovely
I love the drummer!
OMG that's awesome! I gasped as it started... perfect!
The best version ever of 'Big Jet Plane'!
No doubt!
Also, it's the best song I've heard in this quarantine.
Theses guys had such creativity to changed all music atmosphere.
Tuka brought more context and feeling into it.
Love this version.
Like a version, for real ! haha xD.
As we say in Brazil: "não sai da cabeça"
(Can't take out off my head xD)
Thanks to Tuka and Triple J for share this!
I really loved this ❤
This could be the national anthem... Amazing !
i still want to know...how do you take an amazing song like that..and make it better?!?!?! cheers mate!!! AMAZING!!!!
It's kind of easier , creating something is far harder than putting your own twist on it.