That is history for you, history that will never be forgotten, the more you see John Farnham sing and just talk, you will see why he is an Aussie legend and an all round great person. He's just not our legend because he can sing, he's an Aussie legend because he is the whole package. I made it to the end, and I honestly can't wait for the next one. 👍👍👍❤️🇦🇺
You can see how John is really blown away, when asked to sing with Tom Jones. After this John and Tom did a nationwide sell-out tour together. They were really amazing together.
I saw Tom and John in concert way back in 2004 or 2005 sometime (Can't quite remember the year), at the Domain. They performed this song, it was fantastic! I believe someone has one of the entire concerts uploaded on youtube somewhere. You should look it up, it is awesome ;)
John is like that with every famous person who knows him. It still surprises him and he is humble. They ended up great friends and John did a concert for his 50th Birthday. The back of the stage turned into a screen, it was Tom dropping in from his show in Vegas to sing Happy Birthday because he couldn’t come. It was the same when John got cancer. He was surprised at the love that poured in, he thought we forgot him in two years. Never happen. His Biopic Finding The Voice is on RUclips, you should watch it and see just how hard it was for John to be allowed to sing his music his way, thank you.
Yo, yeah this segment on the show was all about music, and I am glad you saw his personality in this piece, and Tom and he bounce off each other quite well even if only for a minute or two.
Yo. Tom Jones has an amazing voice. I don’t necessarily seek him out to listen to but when I do hear him it’s always great. He does the voice U.K. and he sang I’ll never fall in love again with Peter Donegan, whose the son of Lonnie Donegan ( who wrote the song for Tom) - it was a lovely moment. It made we check out the original and it’s a beautiful, sad song. Tom sang it live on the Dusty Springfield show in 67- and 50 years later his voice was still incredible 💜
Farnsey has always been an extremely nice bloke and humble to a fault. He is loved by all in the industry as well as total adoration by his milions of fans. He is an absolute national treasure ❤.
Yo🎉🎉 it was so funny that they were talking about The Australian made concerts. They were done back in 1986 and 1987. It was a showcase of Aussie talent. The well watched clip oh the INXS and Jimmy Barnes clip of the song Good Times was from this concert. I have seen some behind the scenes videos and some of the live performances too. So great. From a very proud Australian 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Hey hey it's Saturday,is one of the two tv programs that kept him going, when no radio would play him. Sometimes he was a guest, sometimes on the panel. The man sitting next to him was a music promoter, who had his own segment. They have been friends since his teenage years.
They also performed together at the ARIA awards after that singing ACDC’s It’s a Long Way to the Top if you want to Rock and Roll. It is brilliant. Thanks for reacting to our John.
@@Whatiwantedwastaken in your explanation of why you didn’t want to say Yo, you said yo!!! You did it…. Congratulations. In the future don’t doubt your abilities. ✌️
I made it to the end! Check out some of the concert material they did together. A stand out is Long Way to the Top (the AC/DC number). Great reaction as always ❤ 🦘
It's funny that you posted this vid today, as yesterday I watched a whole bunch of reactors react to "I'll never fall in love again". He sang that live on TV in 1967, whilst I was gestating in my mother's womb. Today, I told my Mother that I was listening to it, and she said that I probably heard it 400 times before I was even born coz she bought the 45 and played it over and over with her sisters in Liverpool.
I remember watching this when it first aired. The entire country stopped at 6:30 every Saturday Night to watch HEY HEY, IT'S SATURDAY. It truly was a cultural event for decades.
Yo, although they are likely a bit long for a reaction video, there are quite a few interviews floating around on RUclips with John from back in the day and are a really good insight into why Australia, outside of his phenomenal voice, fell in love with him.
Yo! So much talent right there with John Farnham still singing up into his seventies and Tom Jones belting out songs in his eighties both incredible. Rumours John might tour again but we will wait and see if it happens.
Yo! Hey Hey was such an iconic Aussie show with so many in-jokes going on that leave most non-Aussies baffled, so it’s really cool to see that you could appreciate it for what it was. And how cool was it to see John’s reaction to Tom - both true legends!
John doesn’t even belt he restrains himself he’s so overwhelmed. I remember being a kid watching this and my Auntie saying that Tom Jones could park his slippers under her bed any night and all us kids laughing our heads off!
It's a big clip for a tiny song at the end up but it shows just how spontaneous the situation was. They both sound THAT GOOD all the time. Just fantastic.
I use to go to watch the recording of Hey, hey(as us aussies call it). John Farnham use to date my aunty and I would get into Hey, Hey and Countdown(Molly Meldrums music show) and meet heaps of aussie artists. I even met KM, Farnsey, Tom Johns and heaps more. I use to hit the clubs(In Chapel st/Toorak Rd Sth Yarra, may gay clubs) and dance with Molly. The hat Molly always wears was a gift from Olivia Newton John. Thanks for showcasing such great memories for me.
@@michaelgoyettemusic I referenced some very popular Melbourne places for your Aussie audience. I was very blessed to grow up surrounded by this industry. Love your appreciation for it.💙🙏
I remember watching this episode of Hey Hey when this happened, I would’ve been 10 or 11, massive fan of Farnsey still am, and thinking “this is musical magic happening live”, quite remarkable
I remember this one .saturday night a live show that we all watched while getting ready to go out good times ! It was always mayhem in this show lol maybe check out John farnham with Anthony warlow singing Granada it is great and shows his down to earth personality and how funny he is yo yo
The names etc they are talking about is for a nationwide concert that was held on the same night with top acts in each state - so Angels were performing in Adelaide I think, Ian Moss in Perth and so on. It was a celebration of Australian music where people would come out of retirement for one night to perform and, if I remember correctly, they had video link ups between the venues so you would see some of the bands from the other states. It used to be a huge event 30 odd years ago and it was a fundraiser for - I can't remember the charity.
John and Tom do a fantastic song together It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll It was done for our movie / tv awards. I think there called the aria awards. Brilliant 💕
John has such a versatile voice, he can sing anything. You should check out the live version of “let it out” by John, great song, great belting range and epic guitar solo.
I could see that….Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam mentioned Gord of The Tragically Hip (Canadian treasure) and the Canadian crowd went wild. Australia has an impressive amount of talent that’s for sure.
I’m an old lady and love the memories. In your down time you might like to sample Icehouse featuring Michael Paynter Man of Colours live. A real gem for voice and acoustic
Yes they are talking about a Benefit tour across Australia. Hey Hey was a Saturday morning show that run for years, until it got a bit too risqué and then it went to Saturday Night and was a required watching. I’m pretty sure the show run for over 20 years.🎼❤️🇦🇺
You asked about all of the artists that Molly mentioned - Skyhooks, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss ("Mossy"), The Angels (pretty sure these guys were popular overseas at the time too), "Angry" Anderson from Rose Tattoo, Icehouse, Crowded House (not really Aussie as two of them were from NZ, but we tend to claim them as our own as they moved over many years before - fun fact - I have heard some of their songs played in a few American movies), and Jenny Morris. All of these were bands and artists who were very high on the Aussie music charts back then.
John Farhnam is basically a bloody plumber at heart, it just so happens that he could sing. From what contemporaries have told me, he's a fantastic bloke to tour with. I was a roadie, did a gig with for him in 80/81, the band were not the best from memory, not many punter's at the gig. Then he replaced Glenn Shorrock in LRB, not really him. LRBs manager, Glen Wheatley saw the potential, took out a mortgage on his house to produce the Whispering Jack Album. The rest is history. There talking about bands that are playing on the same ticket. You really should check out The Black Sorrows, also Broderick Smith Russell Morris Jet The Angel's Rose Tattoo Mi Sex The Party Boys ( with Randy Meisner) Randy told the guitar roadie Greg Thompson, that Australian roadies were the craziest bastards he'd ever come across.
The bit you rewound over and missed a couple of times is John calling himself a 'pooftah', a very Australian way of saying 'gay' at the time. The guy in the hat (Ian 'Molly' Meldrum), actually IS gay and smacked him over it. Not sure if he was out at the time.
John Farnham have done concerts together. John Farnham is a lovely and humble person and very well-liked inside and outside the music industry. Molly Meldrum, known for his Aussie hat, was a powerful mover in the music industry here and was a homosexual. John has done quite a number of performances with famous, world-known singers and they always sang his praises. This show was an 2-3 hour institution , from Melbourne, and went for many years. Aussies would watch it before going out for the night. I was one of those glued in every Saturday night. It promoted a lot of the great Aussie talent. One of the Aussie bands mentioned was The Black Sorrows. They were a fantastic Melbourne band. Check out the video clip, beginning with motor-bikes, of them singing, 'Never Let Me Go.' You'll be blown away with the talent ! As for Tom Jones, he grew up in the South Wales valleys in the UK, near where my parents and ancestors came from. The Welsh have music in their hearts. Much of their culture revolved around it.
John Farnham might be unknown by the public in the US but many celebrity singers are great friends with him...he has sung with Stevie Wonder, Tom Jones, Olivia Newton-John, Anthony Warlow, Human Nature, Jimmy Barnes, Queen, Stevie Nicks, Celine Dion and others. He chose 'You're the Voice' over 'We Built This City' which we wll know was picked up by Starship. He didn't want to leave Australia to live in the US to be more famous...he just wanted to stay in Australia with his wife and family while performing locally.
Hi Mike, I'm Ali, an Aussie who grew up hearing John's music and loving it the moment I heard it. I literally just found your channel about 30 minutes ago and clicked on your "Help" reaction spontaneously to see what it's about. I've seen a lot of Farnsy's reactions by people over the last several months and I like yours. Can't wait to check out some more of your videos. Do you share your own music on your channel? :) To give you a little context of some of the conversation in the clip. Ian (Molly) Meldrum is a music "critic". He had his own show called Countdown and used to do the segment, Molly's Melodrama, on Hey Hey, which was a live weekly light entertainment that went for many years. He and the show introduced so many new and incredible artists to Australia that remain well known and loved to this day. If my memory serves me, the reference to concerts in other towns and states (eg, Adelaide, Tassie (Tasmania) etc), were referring to a series of charity concerts that were organised to raise money, probably (similar things were done many times over the years) in response to a natural disaster, such as fires, floods or droughts. John was always willing to get involved in events like that. He really cares for his community and fellow humans. John is an incredible artist and a just as incredible human.
Hey welcome to the channel. Hope to see you around. I love that Australia loves their heroes so much. That’s often lacking here in Canada. I have quite a bit of myself playing on RUclips and a few of my own tunes too. I often put them on my end screens. ✌️ ❤️
I was a huge fan of Icehouse when I was a young teen in the UK. Gonna have to pull them up on Spotify tomorrow and see if they still flick the switch. ETA: also Crowded House
Jill Farnham can be seen in the audience in the last few seconds. She’s wearing a white suit and her smile suggests that, like John, she’s also a fan of Tom Jones.
@5.18 John refers to himself as a "poofta" (gay guy) in which Molly Meldrum (guy in the hat) smacks him with the cd because he is gay and thought John was saying it to Molly.
4:26 BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THEY HAD 1" INCH REEL TO REEL TAPE for broadcast TV ( that's what that guy is running off with in that little box, 1" tape spot reel to lace up 👍) I used to spin that tape in some of Sydney's biggest post production houses. I was watching it LIVE "Hey Hey It's Saturday" that night 34 years ago when Tom Jones came on as a guest and he and John Farnham gave an impromptu capella rendition of Mama. That event resulted in this tour many years later ruclips.net/video/tyfZDPbSktg/видео.htmlsi=yfG-6LBeMfi-kzAM Thanks for the nostalgic trip 🍷
What? In North America the standard was Beta machines and tapes until digital took over. I was in many studios in the 90s and never saw a reel to reel in any of them.
@@michaelgoyettemusic Yes but have the main thing, able to control their breathing which is a big part of music. Both men were never trained. They are both great artists. Apparently Tom Jones is coming to Australia next year. I might give my kids a huge hint about what I want for my birthday next year.
I'm guessing its my age but they were referring to the Australia Made concerts (an awesome concept devised by Michael Gudinski to promote Australian music ). That bloke was a genius who launched Barnesy, INXS and Kylie, just to name a smidgen. I would be here all day if i mentioned all the artists he's influenced and unfortunately i'm on my 8th beer, so i'm shutting up for everyone's sake. Thanks for the reaction.
@@michaelgoyettemusic Cheers mate! I believe it was Dirty Harry who said "Know your limitations!" lol. Have a great day and keep reacting...i love your vibe and attitude.
Hey Michael. Lovin your reactions.. especially the Aussies...coz thats me 😊 id live to see you react to a civer...done live..by one if our country music girls. Kasey Chambers. She did a cover of Eminem Lose yourself last year...live...and its just blown my mind. Hooe i can see you doing that soon. Take care
Watched this at the time. They set John up (and Tom). John was seriously in awe of Tom and at that time Tom was the better singer (slightly 😊) because of all his experience. Off the back of this they ended up touring together. By that time John was in no way inferior.
If you want to hear perfect Tone, please listen to Karise Eden, another Australian her audition on The Voice Australia, 4 chair turn, singing "It's a man's world".
Now wasn't that fun. John was so in awe of Tom Jones. Luckily they became great freinds and even toured together in 2005. And some other cameos they did at a music awards thing in the late 90's Here is a video from when they sang the whole song together on tour m.ruclips.net/video/EWJ_huO5vto/видео.html
Johns always humble and its why internationals visitors always wanted to sing with john Their are others where they sing full songs together He even sang with ray Charles on stage as well The poofter thing was molly he travelled the world as entertainment personality and run music show and promote their music and clips He's as gay as you get never hidden the fact so when john caleed himself a poofter molly wacked him Molly was the but of heaps of jokes on the show As for all the bands they couldve been playing with john Not sure but think it may have been for charity and why tickets where cheap to raise money john and glen arranged many of them John even came out of retirement to sing in them organised by glen last one was hay day for farmers in drough stricken Australia 🇦🇺 The farmers had no money to buy hay not even food for themselves or families some couldn't afford bullets to kill the stock Unfortunately the farmers with the bails had givem away as much as they could afford to So they thrown a concert to raise millions to buy hay for they animals and Aussie's around Australia 🇦🇺 donated food and other stuff for the families to survive it got them through until weather broke and rains We have droughts here that can last 5 / 10 yrs very little rain so not food for animals It was the last time john sang he found out just after that had jaw cancer then lost 2 close friends Oliver Olivia and glen on top of it all
Good luck following along with Aussies brother. lol. We are a people unlike anyone else on this planet. If you can tolerate our behaviour then you're a better man than most.
John Farnham has no ego. He respects and loves listening to other artists.
The mutual respect is so obvious . They are simply two of the best male vocalists of our time and such entertainers as well.
🇭🇲 2024. THE BEST AUSTRALIAN MALE SINGER J.FARNHAM.. THEY WERE PUT ON THE SPOT * LIVE * ON TV 🤗
That is history for you, history that will never be forgotten, the more you see John Farnham sing and just talk, you will see why he is an Aussie legend and an all round great person. He's just not our legend because he can sing, he's an Aussie legend because he is the whole package.
I made it to the end, and I honestly can't wait for the next one.
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I can’t wait for the next one either!! ✌️ ❤️ 🇦🇺
I love the fact that John was so gracious to let Tom finish the song so as not to overshadow the great Tom Jones!
You can see how John is really blown away, when asked to sing with Tom Jones. After this John and Tom did a nationwide sell-out tour together. They were really amazing together.
I watched this live and i will never forget it... brilliant
I saw Tom and John in concert way back in 2004 or 2005 sometime (Can't quite remember the year), at the Domain. They performed this song, it was fantastic! I believe someone has one of the entire concerts uploaded on youtube somewhere. You should look it up, it is awesome ;)
ruclips.net/video/EWJ_huO5vto/видео.html Here you go, this is Tom and John singing the whole song together.
I love this. They just decided to sing there and then, and away they went. Amazing.
John is like that with every famous person who knows him. It still surprises him and he is humble. They ended up great friends and John did a concert for his 50th Birthday. The back of the stage turned into a screen, it was Tom dropping in from his show in Vegas to sing Happy Birthday because he couldn’t come.
It was the same when John got cancer. He was surprised at the love that poured in, he thought we forgot him in two years. Never happen. His Biopic Finding The Voice is on RUclips, you should watch it and see just how hard it was for John to be allowed to sing his music his way, thank you.
Great to see two of my favourites again!
They toured together in Australia and they were both fantastic .
Wow what a bill!!
TommJones said John Farnham has the best voice he ever heard.
I can see why!! ❤️
Yo, yeah this segment on the show was all about music, and I am glad you saw his personality in this piece, and Tom and he bounce off each other quite well even if only for a minute or two.
He does have a lot of personality….that’s easy to see! ✌️ ❤️
What a shame we'll never hear John sing live again! The mouth cancer has destroyed that for him and us forever. He's lucky to even be alive.
I know 😢😢😢
Yo. Tom Jones has an amazing voice. I don’t necessarily seek him out to listen to but when I do hear him it’s always great. He does the voice U.K. and he sang I’ll never fall in love again with Peter Donegan, whose the son of Lonnie Donegan ( who wrote the song for Tom) - it was a lovely moment. It made we check out the original and it’s a beautiful, sad song. Tom sang it live on the Dusty Springfield show in 67- and 50 years later his voice was still incredible 💜
Farnsey has always been an extremely nice bloke and humble to a fault. He is loved by all in the industry as well as total adoration by his milions of fans. He is an absolute national treasure ❤.
All famous Aussie artists that were putting on concerts around Australia.
Ok I wondered if their tours were connected the way they spoke about it.
What they were talking about was a coordinated event across the country . Can't remember what it was for. Probably some fund raiser
@@carolynh8866 it took me a few listens to finally get it. You’re right.
Yo🎉🎉 it was so funny that they were talking about The Australian made concerts. They were done back in 1986 and 1987. It was a showcase of Aussie talent. The well watched clip oh the INXS and Jimmy Barnes clip of the song Good Times was from this concert. I have seen some behind the scenes videos and some of the live performances too. So great. From a very proud Australian 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
There's a clip on RUclips of John doing Chain Reaction a few weeks after this at the concert they're talking about (24/11/90).
Hey hey it's Saturday,is one of the two tv programs that kept him going, when no radio would play him. Sometimes he was a guest, sometimes on the panel. The man sitting next to him was a music promoter, who had his own segment. They have been friends since his teenage years.
Yes, they are talking about guest artists … all Aussie icons !
John Farnham has always been a fan of Tom’s. Tom’s voice is out of this world.
They also performed together at the ARIA awards after that singing ACDC’s It’s a Long Way to the Top if you want to Rock and Roll. It is brilliant. Thanks for reacting to our John.
It’s my pleasure. 🙏 ❤️
The Arias gig was amazing they sang so well definitely worth a listen
Definitely need to see/hear these chaps duet AC/DC (can’t bring myself to preface this with a “yo” as I’m not a North American)
@@Whatiwantedwastaken in your explanation of why you didn’t want to say Yo, you said yo!!! You did it…. Congratulations. In the future don’t doubt your abilities. ✌️
I made it to the end! Check out some of the concert material they did together. A stand out is Long Way to the Top (the AC/DC number). Great reaction as always ❤ 🦘
Hell yeah!! ❤️
Traduccio
It's funny that you posted this vid today, as yesterday I watched a whole bunch of reactors react to "I'll never fall in love again". He sang that live on TV in 1967, whilst I was gestating in my mother's womb. Today, I told my Mother that I was listening to it, and she said that I probably heard it 400 times before I was even born coz she bought the 45 and played it over and over with her sisters in Liverpool.
I remember watching this when it first aired.
The entire country stopped at 6:30 every Saturday Night to watch HEY HEY, IT'S SATURDAY. It truly was a cultural event for decades.
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Yo, although they are likely a bit long for a reaction video, there are quite a few interviews floating around on RUclips with John from back in the day and are a really good insight into why Australia, outside of his phenomenal voice, fell in love with him.
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Yo! So much talent right there with John Farnham still singing up into his seventies and Tom Jones belting out songs in his eighties both incredible. Rumours John might tour again but we will wait and see if it happens.
John Farnham is Australia’s national treasure. His voice is unique & he is so funny too.
btw: It’s Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday.
What did I call it?
Hey Hey It’s Saturday Night - in the title of your video.
Yo! Hey Hey was such an iconic Aussie show with so many in-jokes going on that leave most non-Aussies baffled, so it’s really cool to see that you could appreciate it for what it was. And how cool was it to see John’s reaction to Tom - both true legends!
Our john is a beautiful man. We love him like no other. Hey hey it's Saturday was wonderful silly show. Vhs all the way at this era.
John doesn’t even belt he restrains himself he’s so overwhelmed. I remember being a kid watching this and my Auntie saying that Tom Jones could park his slippers under her bed any night and all us kids laughing our heads off!
Haha my mum said that too. I'd rather have John's slippers under mine 😆 🤣
great memory, loved hey hey its Saturday, i think John did a concert with Tom
That’s the word…. ❤️ 🇦🇺
Hey Hey it's Saturday was a variety show that highlighted comics and music
It's a big clip for a tiny song at the end up but it shows just how spontaneous the situation was. They both sound THAT GOOD all the time. Just fantastic.
I use to go to watch the recording of Hey, hey(as us aussies call it). John Farnham use to date my aunty and I would get into Hey, Hey and Countdown(Molly Meldrums music show) and meet heaps of aussie artists. I even met KM, Farnsey, Tom Johns and heaps more.
I use to hit the clubs(In Chapel st/Toorak Rd Sth Yarra, may gay clubs) and dance with Molly. The hat Molly always wears was a gift from Olivia Newton John. Thanks for showcasing such great memories for me.
I’m not sure what all the references are but your auntie sounds really cool!!! ❤️
@@michaelgoyettemusic I referenced some very popular Melbourne places for your Aussie audience. I was very blessed to grow up surrounded by this industry. Love your appreciation for it.💙🙏
Thanks for that. I had a feeling you'd enjoy it.
Love them both thankyou
Love the look Tom gives John at 11:09
I don’t even need to look it up…I know exactly what you mean. ❤️
Made it to the end twice. Great reaction. Thanks
I remember watching this episode of Hey Hey when this happened, I would’ve been 10 or 11, massive fan of Farnsey still am, and thinking “this is musical magic happening live”, quite remarkable
There is a concert with them that's worth watching.
That could be fun. ❤️
John stepped up!!!!!
That used to be the best show on Australian Tv .
Yo, The Black Sorrows - cracking band, Ian Moss - from Cold Chisel but had success as a solo artist, The Angels - great band etc etc.
I remember this one .saturday night a live show that we all watched while getting ready to go out good times ! It was always mayhem in this show lol maybe check out John farnham with Anthony warlow singing Granada it is great and shows his down to earth personality and how funny he is yo yo
All Aussie bands and singers.
The names etc they are talking about is for a nationwide concert that was held on the same night with top acts in each state - so Angels were performing in Adelaide I think, Ian Moss in Perth and so on. It was a celebration of Australian music where people would come out of retirement for one night to perform and, if I remember correctly, they had video link ups between the venues so you would see some of the bands from the other states. It used to be a huge event 30 odd years ago and it was a fundraiser for - I can't remember the charity.
That’s cool.
John and Tom do a fantastic song together
It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll
It was done for our movie / tv awards. I think there called the aria awards.
Brilliant
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Thankyou for sticking with all the early part of this , with the old video etc - I've never seen all that before 😊
Yo, I agree with you, another 3 minutes would have been nice. That duet with Janis was fire bro, cheers.
Scorching!!! ✌️
At 4m:30s that was a single reel 1" format, I think from a memory that survived the 1960's & 70's. Those names were of iconic Aussie bands.
Hi Michael, I was fortunate enough to attend a concert with Tom and John here in Sydney, it was mind blowing the power of both these artists. Yo
John has such a versatile voice, he can sing anything. You should check out the live version of “let it out” by John, great song, great belting range and epic guitar solo.
If you were an Aussie you would get the jokes. This is why we love Farnsy so much - so modest and so natural.
What i Love about this ..the Look of Respect from Tom!
Lil moment for Tom but Huge for us Oldies
I could see that….Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam mentioned Gord of The Tragically Hip (Canadian treasure) and the Canadian crowd went wild. Australia has an impressive amount of talent that’s for sure.
@@michaelgoyettemusic I'm a huge Jam fan so cheers!, I'll definitely try to find this!
@@karlennis3642 I love PJ too.
Yo. Had to pause & go to listen to Tom Jones & Janis Joplin singing together. Wow - My life is now better for it.
Nice reaction as always!
Tom steals the show from Janis. It’s insane. 🙏
The JVC VCR was a reference to the Australian funniest home videos intro.
I definitely didn’t pick up on that! Cheers. ✌️
I’m an old lady and love the memories. In your down time you might like to sample Icehouse featuring Michael Paynter Man of Colours live. A real gem for voice and acoustic
So, Cold chisel, Icehouse, Rose tattoo, Black Sorrows, Angels, Crowded House (NZ) All Aussie groups from my era, look em up!
Yo, you're right it was way too short.
Definitely
Yes they are talking about a Benefit tour across Australia. Hey Hey was a Saturday morning show that run for years, until it got a bit too risqué and then it went to Saturday Night and was a required watching. I’m pretty sure the show run for over 20 years.🎼❤️🇦🇺
You asked about all of the artists that Molly mentioned - Skyhooks, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss ("Mossy"), The Angels (pretty sure these guys were popular overseas at the time too), "Angry" Anderson from Rose Tattoo, Icehouse, Crowded House (not really Aussie as two of them were from NZ, but we tend to claim them as our own as they moved over many years before - fun fact - I have heard some of their songs played in a few American movies), and Jenny Morris. All of these were bands and artists who were very high on the Aussie music charts back then.
Crowded House was the only band on that list that I would’ve known before starting to look at Aussie bands on RUclips.
John Farhnam is basically a bloody plumber at heart, it just so happens that he could sing. From what contemporaries have told me, he's a fantastic bloke to tour with. I was a roadie, did a gig with for him in 80/81, the band were not the best from memory, not many punter's at the gig. Then he replaced Glenn Shorrock in LRB, not really him. LRBs manager, Glen Wheatley saw the potential, took out a mortgage on his house to produce the Whispering Jack Album. The rest is history. There talking about bands that are playing on the same ticket. You really should check out The Black Sorrows, also
Broderick Smith
Russell Morris
Jet
The Angel's
Rose Tattoo
Mi Sex
The Party Boys ( with Randy Meisner) Randy told the guitar roadie Greg Thompson, that Australian roadies were the craziest bastards he'd ever come across.
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FYI Jet is world famous….it wouldn’t be a first reaction. There’s too much talent….I’m never gonna make it to the bottom of this rabbit hole ! ❤️ ✌️
Yo. Love your work. John is definitely awe struck by Tom.
The bit you rewound over and missed a couple of times is John calling himself a 'pooftah', a very Australian way of saying 'gay' at the time. The guy in the hat (Ian 'Molly' Meldrum), actually IS gay and smacked him over it. Not sure if he was out at the time.
Great reaction mate. Tom and John did a duet at an Australian TV award show covering an ACDC song. Easy to find, so please react to it. Cheers.
John Farnham have done concerts together. John Farnham is a lovely and humble person and very well-liked inside and outside the music industry. Molly Meldrum, known for his Aussie hat, was a powerful mover in the music industry here and was a homosexual. John has done quite a number of performances with famous, world-known singers and they always sang his praises. This show was an 2-3 hour institution , from Melbourne, and went for many years. Aussies would watch it before going out for the night. I was one of those glued in every Saturday night. It promoted a lot of the great Aussie talent. One of the Aussie bands mentioned was The Black Sorrows. They were a fantastic Melbourne band. Check out the video clip, beginning with motor-bikes, of them singing, 'Never Let Me Go.' You'll be blown away with the talent ! As for Tom Jones, he grew up in the South Wales valleys in the UK, near where my parents and ancestors came from. The Welsh have music in their hearts. Much of their culture revolved around it.
Yo! I never get sick of hearing this. You're right, the clip was too short.
John Farnham might be unknown by the public in the US but many celebrity singers are great friends with him...he has sung with Stevie Wonder, Tom Jones, Olivia Newton-John, Anthony Warlow, Human Nature, Jimmy Barnes, Queen, Stevie Nicks, Celine Dion and others.
He chose 'You're the Voice' over 'We Built This City' which we wll know was picked up by Starship.
He didn't want to leave Australia to live in the US to be more famous...he just wanted to stay in Australia with his wife and family while performing locally.
Very Nice reviewed
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Hi Mike, I'm Ali, an Aussie who grew up hearing John's music and loving it the moment I heard it. I literally just found your channel about 30 minutes ago and clicked on your "Help" reaction spontaneously to see what it's about. I've seen a lot of Farnsy's reactions by people over the last several months and I like yours. Can't wait to check out some more of your videos. Do you share your own music on your channel? :)
To give you a little context of some of the conversation in the clip. Ian (Molly) Meldrum is a music "critic". He had his own show called Countdown and used to do the segment, Molly's Melodrama, on Hey Hey, which was a live weekly light entertainment that went for many years. He and the show introduced so many new and incredible artists to Australia that remain well known and loved to this day.
If my memory serves me, the reference to concerts in other towns and states (eg, Adelaide, Tassie (Tasmania) etc), were referring to a series of charity concerts that were organised to raise money, probably (similar things were done many times over the years) in response to a natural disaster, such as fires, floods or droughts. John was always willing to get involved in events like that. He really cares for his community and fellow humans.
John is an incredible artist and a just as incredible human.
Hey welcome to the channel. Hope to see you around. I love that Australia loves their heroes so much. That’s often lacking here in Canada.
I have quite a bit of myself playing on RUclips and a few of my own tunes too. I often put them on my end screens. ✌️ ❤️
I was a huge fan of Icehouse when I was a young teen in the UK. Gonna have to pull them up on Spotify tomorrow and see if they still flick the switch. ETA: also Crowded House
Jill Farnham can be seen in the audience in the last few seconds. She’s wearing a white suit and her smile suggests that, like John, she’s also a fan of Tom Jones.
@5.18 John refers to himself as a "poofta" (gay guy) in which Molly Meldrum (guy in the hat) smacks him with the cd because he is gay and thought John was saying it to Molly.
Different times…. ✌️
All of the names that they were reciting are the name of bands that John was going to appear with in the respective towns.
Oh ok. Cool. ✌️
Yo thrown. Thanks for a trip in the way back machine!
What a trip!
4:26 BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THEY HAD 1" INCH REEL TO REEL TAPE for broadcast TV ( that's what that guy is running off with in that little box, 1" tape spot reel to lace up 👍)
I used to spin that tape in some of Sydney's biggest post production houses.
I was watching it LIVE "Hey Hey It's Saturday" that night 34 years ago when Tom Jones came on as a guest and he and John Farnham gave an impromptu
capella rendition of Mama.
That event resulted in this tour many years later
ruclips.net/video/tyfZDPbSktg/видео.htmlsi=yfG-6LBeMfi-kzAM
Thanks for the nostalgic trip 🍷
What? In North America the standard was Beta machines and tapes until digital took over. I was in many studios in the 90s and never saw a reel to reel in any of them.
Tom Jones ! One of his best songs for me is Without Love. His range and breathing control is amazing. John Farnham has that same natural talent.
Both greats in different ways. ❤️
@@michaelgoyettemusic Yes but have the main thing, able to control their breathing which is a big part of music. Both men were never trained. They are both great artists. Apparently Tom Jones is coming to Australia next year. I might give my kids a huge hint about what I want for my birthday next year.
@@sharyndoyle6362 for sure breathing is everything…isn’t Tom a judge on Aussie The Voice? Or is it Boy George?
It would be a great gift!
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Your comments are Bang on Mate.
I'm guessing its my age but they were referring to the Australia Made concerts (an awesome concept devised by Michael Gudinski to promote Australian music ). That bloke was a genius who launched Barnesy, INXS and Kylie, just to name a smidgen. I would be here all day if i mentioned all the artists he's influenced and unfortunately i'm on my 8th beer, so i'm shutting up for everyone's sake. Thanks for the reaction.
I love the information you shared AND the self awareness! 😂
@@michaelgoyettemusic Cheers mate! I believe it was Dirty Harry who said "Know your limitations!" lol. Have a great day and keep reacting...i love your vibe and attitude.
VHS was dominant in Australia during the 80s and 90s. Beta wasn't used much.
Same as everywhere else…. Beta was superior…..the media used Beta.
@@michaelgoyettemusic Beta had a higher video frequency range. Professional stuff, for sure.
Hey Michael. Lovin your reactions.. especially the Aussies...coz thats me 😊 id live to see you react to a civer...done live..by one if our country music girls. Kasey Chambers. She did a cover of Eminem Lose yourself last year...live...and its just blown my mind. Hooe i can see you doing that soon. Take care
You’re in luck…it’s already done! 😃 ✌️
The list is other Aussie bands and singers.
By the way.. all of them are worthy to listen and react to.
Crowded House ❤
Yo I made it check out John and Tom singing at the Aria awards so good
Watched this at the time. They set John up (and Tom). John was seriously in awe of Tom and at that time Tom was the better singer (slightly 😊) because of all his experience. Off the back of this they ended up touring together. By that time John was in no way inferior.
YO!
If you want to hear perfect Tone, please listen to Karise Eden, another Australian her audition on The Voice Australia, 4 chair turn, singing "It's a man's world".
I’ll try but the Voice blocks my vids half the time.
@@michaelgoyettemusic or check out Karise performing an Adele cover "Easy on me" with other stellar Australian singers - not A Voice performance
Funny when Molly hits John, for screaming Poofta at the screen (Molly was known (even back then) as Bi)
The joke, in Australia a gay man would often be referred to as a poofter, the guy sitting next to John is actually gay.
Yep, a bunch of Aussie bands
Now wasn't that fun. John was so in awe of Tom Jones. Luckily they became great freinds and even toured together in 2005. And some other cameos they did at a music awards thing in the late 90's
Here is a video from when they sang the whole song together on tour
m.ruclips.net/video/EWJ_huO5vto/видео.html
Who wouldn’t be in awe of TJ? ✌️ ❤️
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Here is a video from when they sang the whole song together on tour
m.ruclips.net/video/EWJ_huO5vto/видео.html
Oh and YO
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John was calling him self gay (poofter), molly got offended, because molly thought John was calling him gay( poofter) that why molly hit John for.
Johns always humble and its why internationals visitors always wanted to sing with john
Their are others where they sing full songs together
He even sang with ray Charles on stage as well
The poofter thing was molly he travelled the world as entertainment personality and run music show and promote their music and clips
He's as gay as you get never hidden the fact so when john caleed himself a poofter molly wacked him
Molly was the but of heaps of jokes on the show
As for all the bands they couldve been playing with john
Not sure but think it may have been for charity and why tickets where cheap to raise money john and glen arranged many of them
John even came out of retirement to sing in them organised by glen last one was hay day for farmers in drough stricken Australia 🇦🇺
The farmers had no money to buy hay not even food for themselves or families some couldn't afford bullets to kill the stock
Unfortunately the farmers with the bails had givem away as much as they could afford to
So they thrown a concert to raise millions to buy hay for they animals and Aussie's around Australia 🇦🇺 donated food and other stuff for the families to survive it got them through until weather broke and rains
We have droughts here that can last 5 / 10 yrs very little rain so not food for animals
It was the last time john sang he found out just after that had jaw cancer then lost 2 close friends Oliver Olivia and glen on top of it all
I didn’t know most of that. Thanks.
@@michaelgoyettemusic all good I'm old memory a bit foggy their be others who be able help
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Good luck following along with Aussies brother. lol. We are a people unlike anyone else on this planet. If you can tolerate our behaviour then you're a better man than most.
I’ve stayed in hostels in ski towns with nothing but Aussies….always had a blast.
@@michaelgoyettemusic Haha so you know what I'm talking about. I'm glad that you had a blast.
YO. I did not get a good impression of the Hey etc show.
What do you mean?
It looked like it was poorly organised @@michaelgoyettemusic
@@davidberesford7009 right….the Aussies seem to love it! :)
It was organised mayhem.@@michaelgoyettemusic
The poofter comment John directed at the voice over guy (John Blackman) hit a nerve with Molly Meldrum (cowboy hat) because Molly is gay.
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