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  • @jojet1980
    @jojet1980 2 года назад +201

    Play this song in a traditional Aussie pub and watch everyone start singing to it, classic Aussie song known by generation

    • @samarakiely2733
      @samarakiely2733 Год назад +6

      It’s pub rock!!! I would love more ppl around the world to understand and know the genre, Pub Rock

    • @aussieginger1960
      @aussieginger1960 9 месяцев назад +1

      If it wasn't 1am right now and I wasn't worried about waking people I'd be singing now.

  • @TheCaptainbeefylog
    @TheCaptainbeefylog 2 года назад +25

    When you're in a pub and Working Class Man comes on you MUST scream it at full bellow - there is NO humming along.

  • @TheStabbyGinger
    @TheStabbyGinger 2 года назад +420

    In Australia we've taken our National Anthem and put the words to this tune ... there's a video of a comedian Adam Hills doing it and it's perfection! lol If you put this song on anywhere is Australia EVERYONE knows every single word xx

    • @TheRealMrCods
      @TheRealMrCods 2 года назад +4

      Not everyone 👍

    • @kristyholden2947
      @kristyholden2947 2 года назад +5

      I have not heard this version ever! Might have to look for it!

    • @carolcarol3938
      @carolcarol3938 2 года назад +3

      @@TheRealMrCods 99%

    • @TheStabbyGinger
      @TheStabbyGinger 2 года назад +8

      @@kristyholden2947 It's Ah-Mazing! Changed how I sing the national anthem! lol

    • @TheRealMrCods
      @TheRealMrCods 2 года назад +2

      @@carolcarol3938 BS!

  • @michellebarry9617
    @michellebarry9617 2 года назад +73

    This song is best appreciated in a packed Aussie pub with the whole crowd going OFF! Not an Aussie that doesn't know this song - an anthem for our country.

  • @DaniellaBreen
    @DaniellaBreen 2 года назад +40

    He started as a rocker but when he was a little kid, he heard Mahalia Jackson sing and was so blown away by her blues voice, he swore he'd name his daughter after her, and he did. And as you know, his daughter Mahalia belts it out seriously brilliantly!!

  • @stevious7278
    @stevious7278 Год назад +11

    This song cemented Jimmy Barnes as a solo artist. Before that he was the frontman of Cold Chisel - one of the hardest drinking, drugging and rocking bands in the country.
    Jimmy was raised listening to Motown and blues. It runs in his veins.

  • @claird6477
    @claird6477 2 года назад +178

    this and Flames Trees...still to this day give me chills.

    • @karengreen4087
      @karengreen4087 2 года назад +15

      This flame trees and khe San for me..

    • @claird6477
      @claird6477 2 года назад +4

      @@karengreen4087 yeah should have said that one too!

    • @alibabaoofandangle
      @alibabaoofandangle 2 года назад +1

      *Flame Trees*

    • @gfox431
      @gfox431 2 года назад +3

      Flame trees is my favourite

    • @linnightl9277
      @linnightl9277 2 года назад +3

      @@karengreen4087 I tell ya playing keys in a cover band in Aus hotels from the 80s and beyond - FUCK not another Khe Sanh request 🤣 - I would wait until the end of the set and as the other band members left the stage I would start up playing the first verse - instantly the crowd would start singing and I would then walk off stage after half a verse - they would obliviously continue singing.

  • @gibosixx
    @gibosixx 2 года назад +89

    An interesting fact for you. Jimmy Barnes is so good, that back in 85, just as this album was coming out, EDDIE VAN HALEN has asked Jimmy to join Van Halen after David Lee Roth has left. Jimmy declined as he wanted to concentrate on his solo career. It means something when a legendary guitarist knocks on your door and wants you to sing in his band. One of the greatest rock bands ever....

    • @charlesfritz7327
      @charlesfritz7327 Год назад +2

      He should’ve joined AC/DC

    • @Allannah_Of_Rome
      @Allannah_Of_Rome Год назад +8

      Yeah and just like Farmsey, he wanted to keep his family in Australia and stay true to themselves! 😍

    • @moonshaddow55
      @moonshaddow55 Год назад +3

      So glad he didn't, we wouldn't have Jimmy and he would have to be second fiddle in any other band.

  • @Sunnygirl01
    @Sunnygirl01 2 года назад +96

    We Aussies just here knowing what was about to come 😁 I was wondering how long it would be before someone recommended this one. One of my favourite songs ♥️
    We always knew him as a rocker, the soul singing was a pleasant surprise. Our boy Jimmy is certainly versatile.

    • @fionaward4275
      @fionaward4275 2 года назад +2

      Chisel's 1st hit. Breakfast at Sweethearts definitely soul/blues....

  • @axle2327
    @axle2327 2 года назад +104

    Jimmy is the man, Every Aussie knows this song and every time I hear it, it brings a tear to my eye thinking of every "working class man" in my family, specifically my grandfather

    • @theghost6412
      @theghost6412 2 года назад +4

      The song to every Blue Blooded Aussie who is either a White or mostly Blue Collar worker.
      And it covers all Aussies, no matter what race, colour or creed. This is a song to every aussie that works their backside off and fingers to the bone.

    • @kelvinherbener4639
      @kelvinherbener4639 2 года назад +1

      Bloody oath mate same my family was a truely hard working class same with a lot of the other families where I grew up we didn't have much but we always had just enough and that was fine with me

  • @davidhandson2429
    @davidhandson2429 2 года назад +161

    Jimmy started out as the front man for Cold Chisel at the age of 17. He was a rocker until about 1995 he then released Soul deep his first soul/Blues album then Soul Deap 2 followed by Rythem and Blues. Check out his Album 30/30 hindsight he does his hits over a 30 year period but he collaborates with other singer's like Tina Arena, Mahalia Barnes, The living end his son David Campbell and others.

    • @jackiebarry9328
      @jackiebarry9328 2 года назад +3

      I think Soul Deep was around '91 or '92.

    • @jiptravolta1
      @jiptravolta1 2 года назад +6

      My mum remembers Jimmy playing a concert at Wagga Wagga in the very late 70's, where he walked on stage with a half full bottle of whiskey, downed that, then drank another good serve from a bottle of Vodka, and couldnt sing a word straight. This was before Cold Chisel were as big as they got. She still to this day says Jimmy Barnes is the best Aussie singer, second to John Farnham, with Ian Moss a close third

    • @stevefavell2533
      @stevefavell2533 2 года назад +2

      Probably been mentioned but I'm on my phone and it's hard to search. Fareham, Barnes and I'm pretty sure Diesle was on guitar.. when something is wrong with my baby.
      It's pretty much the song you've been asking for.

    • @stevefavell2533
      @stevefavell2533 2 года назад +1

      @@jackiebarry9328 91 yeah

    • @NoplacelikeNarnia
      @NoplacelikeNarnia 2 года назад +2

      @@stevefavell2533 He's reacted ruclips.net/video/g_aXzPsG2wc/видео.html and there's also his reaction to a live version. :) It's my favourite reaction.

  • @toddjames7
    @toddjames7 2 года назад +44

    Jimmy Barnes is a legend. This is one of my mum's favourite songs. When she listens to it her neighbor's listen as well.

  • @julianaFinn
    @julianaFinn 2 года назад +15

    Not one person in Australia that doesn't know this song. It's the Australian anthem for the blue collar working man and woman. Classic and legendary. Khe Sahn is another great song.

  • @ralphricart3177
    @ralphricart3177 Год назад +3

    I grew up in Australia and have been living in Spain for over 30 yrs, but l can't shake this song out of my mind.

  • @lifeasrini
    @lifeasrini Год назад +17

    I've seen Jimmy so many times in concert I forget sometimes that the world doesn't love him like we do ... What an icon ❣️🇦🇺💐

    • @Mark-fd3mg
      @Mark-fd3mg Год назад

      Chisel didn't break into the USA because they wouldn't go along with something that was asked of them there. They came back to Australia, furious at how they were treated and wrote 'You Got Nothing I Want'.

    • @lifeasrini
      @lifeasrini Год назад

      @@Mark-fd3mg oh wow I've never heard that story before, I had no idea! I've heard artists forever say "it's hard to make it in America" and maybe this is why ... Also, I love that song it's in my head now 👍

  • @robertwalters7882
    @robertwalters7882 Год назад +10

    At an NRL Grand Final on live tv Jimmy sang this song & changed the last verse to "well he loved a little woman, but just don't tell his wife, cause she'll cut his balls off with a 6" carving knife". Classic Jimmy Barnes.

  • @hopsta5628
    @hopsta5628 2 года назад +14

    This song came out when I became a Dad for the first time, I spent endless hours dancing around my loungeroom to this song while holding my new boy.
    The song reminded me of my Dad, who died too young, and it always inspired me to be a man like he was.

  • @jgsheehan8810
    @jgsheehan8810 2 года назад +23

    Amusing that this Aussie Anthem was written by an American. Jimmy had to pull out all stops to convince Jonathan Cain (Journey) to allow him to release his version first. So great that he did.
    In later years Jimmy replaced the lyric “Mid Western” with “Australian”

    • @richardj225
      @richardj225 2 года назад +1

      good point that I think is lost in a lot of cases, however, it is pretty much Jimmy's song now!

    • @kelljA
      @kelljA 2 года назад

      Happy to 'cancel" that tidbit.. hahahaha

  • @shazzymapatazzie3117
    @shazzymapatazzie3117 2 года назад +20

    As a DJ, this song still goes off when I play it (which is at the end of every gig) Jimmy's voice is so amazing! I wonder, have you heard 'Good Times' with Jimmy and INXS? Also, a very underated song by Cold Chisel is 'Breakfast at Sweethearts'. I was a singer before I was a DJ and I won a lot of comps by singing Jimmy or John! I owe these guys A LOY of money lol

  • @artistjoh
    @artistjoh 2 года назад +69

    As a former cane cutter at the time this song was released, I love the big emphasis on Queensland sugar cane harvesting. It reminds me of the only time I saw Jimmy out in public with his wife was somewhere around Cairns in North Queensland. That was back in the mid 80’s, and it only just occurred to me - I wonder if he was up there because of filming for this video? BTW, they did look good together as a couple and were obviously very much in love.

    • @curiouscath7629
      @curiouscath7629 2 года назад +1

      Awesome ✌️🍷🖤

    • @jarodthompson1011
      @jarodthompson1011 2 года назад +8

      One of kids next to cane bins is my dad

    • @fistovuzi
      @fistovuzi 11 месяцев назад +1

      sugar cane harvesting is perfect for this song. not only can you get in footage of the hard yakka of the cut, you can also use the burn as a great dramatic backdrop. especially a night burn.

  • @dashamanstevo5326
    @dashamanstevo5326 Год назад +4

    Another one of those songs that comes on in an Australian Pub.... and EVERYONE breaks out in song at the same time!

  • @heidicoyle7953
    @heidicoyle7953 2 года назад +47

    For sure Jimmy is known as a rocker. But like you said he has soul too. His album souldeep is great.
    Jimmy has a few anthems I think, working class man, khan San, flame trees, cheap wine. Just off the top of my head.

    • @gavvisser2176
      @gavvisser2176 2 года назад

      Last Frontier, Walk On

    • @craigcourtney4209
      @craigcourtney4209 2 года назад

      Don’t forget you got nothing I want you got nothing I need , it is a big middle finger by cold chisel to the American music industry bosses at the time , about the things that were happening and what they wanted

  • @ScooterK64
    @ScooterK64 2 года назад +83

    I was lucky enough to see him sing this live last night.Along with all of his other classic hits. He was amazing!!

    • @Kazeemi2810
      @Kazeemi2810 2 года назад +1

      Where? I'm jealous!

    • @ScooterK64
      @ScooterK64 2 года назад +5

      @@Kazeemi2810 He is the headline act along with John Stephens & Diesel for Red Hot Summer Tour. It was at Roach Estate in the Hunter Valley Vineyards.

    • @Kazeemi2810
      @Kazeemi2810 2 года назад

      @@ScooterK64 Oh wow! Lucky you!! I'm in Adelaide... Hopefully stupid cvd bug will iss poff and travelling becomes easier this year... Cheers mate!

    • @janenehewitt6031
      @janenehewitt6031 2 года назад +1

      I saw him at red hot summer in Bendigo last weekend! Soooooo good

    • @tezzrterry7485
      @tezzrterry7485 2 года назад +1

      Being in a small club when Jimmy belts it out, is a shock to your system!

  • @bigoz1977
    @bigoz1977 2 года назад +56

    This was Jimmy’s anthem for me, I was 8 when this came out. This and Driving wheels are my favourites, and throw in Last frontier of the Barnstorming album. And yeah your right about him being a rocker. Just happens to have a shit load of soul too 😉😊👍🏻

  • @garypeterson8394
    @garypeterson8394 2 года назад +22

    Definitely jimmy's signature track and an anthem for us in Australia.

    • @JOVONO
      @JOVONO 2 года назад +2

      The song is so American
      I’m Australian and it’s so American
      Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam
      It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American)
      And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry
      And not to mention the singer is also Scottish

    • @elizabethpilarski1076
      @elizabethpilarski1076 2 года назад

      @@JOVONO you couldn't get more Australian with the line about Uncle Sam! We lost men in a war that was not ours. When this was written many were still suffering and their children and grandchildren can still be suffering. He wasn't praising Uncle Sam he was mad at him.

    • @tezzrterry7485
      @tezzrterry7485 2 года назад

      @@JOVONO I always thought it was a cover of an American song. Applies to Oz though.

  • @hudsonsled454
    @hudsonsled454 2 года назад +16

    This takes me back to my teenage year's, rocking the cassette tape on my Sony double tape player WITH detachable speakers 😂 so good 👍🇦🇺

  • @jenniferharrison8915
    @jenniferharrison8915 Год назад +5

    Every tradie on the road in the 80s had this song blaring out of his car!! Thumbs up for the working class man, and the hard childhood that shaped Jimmy (Swan) Barnes and made him our Australian! 🥰👍

  • @jimcottee9187
    @jimcottee9187 2 года назад +7

    Years ago in the 70's, up in Darwin rebuilding after Cyclone Tracy, Cold Chisel came to town and rocked our world. Working Class Man became our anthem that very night. On ya Jimmy.

  • @rhondanieborak5829
    @rhondanieborak5829 3 месяца назад +1

    He grips his attention with his fans being relatable with his lyrics. The power of his voice is unique and music is enjoyed throughout decades. Love love love

  • @Human1living
    @Human1living 11 месяцев назад +1

    With this song.i pray for one boy.i meet to day living on the street without familly. I told myself why i am not rich enought.Thanks Jimmy with your energy and your voice

  • @lizbrown2686
    @lizbrown2686 2 года назад +62

    Yes this is an Aussie anthem, everyone knows it & has grown up with it - can't believe you've never heard it before now ❤🇦🇺🇦🇺

    • @JOVONO
      @JOVONO 2 года назад +9

      The song is so American
      I’m Australian and it’s so American
      Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam
      It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American)
      And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry
      And not to mention the singer is also Scottish

    • @ThatSingerReactions
      @ThatSingerReactions  2 года назад +3

      Nah I haven't but im glad I did now

    • @jj-if6it
      @jj-if6it 2 года назад +11

      @@JOVONO the 'mad at uncle Sam' line makes sense because Australians were sent to Vietnam because of the Americans. Also Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland but he's Australian thank you very much.

    • @AussieGirl235
      @AussieGirl235 2 года назад +7

      JOVONO 1551 - Aussies were in Vietnam because of Uncle Sam. And Elvis was loved worldwide long before he died. So what if the song got used in a movie. More of his songs should’ve been used in movies

    • @elizabethpilarski1076
      @elizabethpilarski1076 2 года назад +1

      @@AussieGirl235 'Flame Trees' in 'Little Fish' was an awesome cover by a children's choir. Suited the movie so much!

  • @kallimoore3817
    @kallimoore3817 2 года назад +15

    I'm so glad you got to Working class Man. The film clip is filmed mostly in Cairns Queensland. Love your reactions. 💞

    • @its_Today_
      @its_Today_ 2 года назад +5

      Steel workers, burning Sugar cane, farmers, family,
      Sweat 😅
      Rocking heart of Oz, vid’s as iconic as song
      Love TSR finally got this up,
      Love how he just dies when Jimmy’s Vocal Power hits him
      Big smiles
      Hopefully soon more Chisels,

  • @lancearn7332
    @lancearn7332 Год назад +2

    I was born into a poor working class family. My father worked in the bush clearing mallee scrub for the farmers before he headed off to the gold mines of New Guinea.. .. .. I finished school and headed off to the Iron Ore mines of the Pilbara for a decade before I started work in the foundries.. .. .. My step-son went off and became a chef before he headed off to the gold mines of Kalgoorlie...
    We are of the ''Working Class''... and this song is our anthem..

  • @onlymelbourne2842
    @onlymelbourne2842 2 года назад +15

    jonathon cain from journey wrote this and Stevie Van Zandt wrote Ride the night away another great song from jimmy barnes He began singing circa 1973-4 with a band called Fraternity replacing Bon Scott from ACDC fame

    • @sammy_dog
      @sammy_dog 2 года назад

      i thought he replaced his brother swanee who replaced Bon

    • @allymayful
      @allymayful 2 года назад

      Wow! Never heard that before.

  • @andyc9431
    @andyc9431 2 года назад +1

    This is one of those songs when I get pissed at the pub and find the juke box and put this song on and crank the living shit of it! And belt it out along with Jimmy “He’s a working class maaaaaaaaaan!”

  • @craigalden9416
    @craigalden9416 2 года назад +4

    Jimmy started singing with Cold Chisel at Age 16…. Before they even had a record deal…. Left and joined Fraternity… for a short time… then recorded 5 Studio Albums with Chisel until 1984…. Then started his solo career and since 1998.. has been releasing Cold Chisel albums again in between His own solo material… Blood Moon ( Cold Chisel 2019) …. Flesh and Blood ( Jimmy Barnes 2021)….Soul Deep 30( 2022) his last two releases.

  • @flyingmuso
    @flyingmuso 2 года назад +4

    Barnesy started singing prior to Cold Chisel, but quickly assimilated into the band.
    Jim has been producing a phenomenal vocal output for 48 year now (that I know of.....)

  • @judem1359
    @judem1359 2 года назад +1

    Everyone knows every word to ‘working class man’ - genius!!😁😁😁

  • @SandCoffeeRocks
    @SandCoffeeRocks 2 года назад +6

    I remember an interview about this with Jimmy talking about the end of the music video with the burning cane field… he was screaming for the song, yes, but also mostly screaming because the fire was making all these snakes and creepy crawlies rush out of the field at him! Apparently quite scary!

    • @lindsaywestcott369
      @lindsaywestcott369 9 месяцев назад +2

      When your at the end of the field during a burn and wild pigs run out it definitely scares the pants off you

  • @Larissa_aus316
    @Larissa_aus316 2 года назад +3

    What I love about this video is that at the end when the sugarcane is being burnt off Jimmy once shared that there where thousands of bugs and rats running out of the fire. So he is singing and having rats run over his feet!

  • @grievousangel7742
    @grievousangel7742 2 года назад +17

    This was my introduction to Jimmy Barnes about a gazillion years ago. His voice blew me away and l just kept coming back for more. Him and Gary Moore constitute my youthful soundtrack.

    • @gavvisser2176
      @gavvisser2176 2 года назад +2

      Jimmy and Gary are beyond gods. I have every Jimmy Vinyl and every Gary Vinyl. My 2 all time music heroes.

    • @eviekelpie1
      @eviekelpie1 2 года назад +1

      You're not that old then 😁 I remember Cold Chisels first songs 😂

  • @lizbrown2686
    @lizbrown2686 2 года назад +80

    Listen too to Khe San - EVERY Aussie Knows it. Working Class Man, epitomises everything Australian & his first solo hit. Khe San a Chisel Classic - it was (& maybe still is) the Australian Cricket teams anthem.

    • @lizbrown2686
      @lizbrown2686 2 года назад +4

      This film clip was shot, in the Queensland sugar cane fields 😍

    • @emmagriffioen7534
      @emmagriffioen7534 2 года назад +5

      Yeah Khe Sahn another brilliant song!

    • @LadyFranW
      @LadyFranW 2 года назад +5

      It's one of those things every Aussie knows; Khe San is the last song of the night. When Khe San is played in the pub it's time for last drinks and staggering home.

  • @RolandjHearn
    @RolandjHearn 2 года назад +5

    So yes, Jimmy Barnes started out as a gritty hard driving rocker fronting the legendary Cold Chisel. Some time you will probably get around to reviewing Khe Sahn - the song that brought the horror of being a returned Vietnam vet to the Australian conscience and was probably their biggest hit, Flame Tree is another that put on anywhere anytime everyone will start singing along, as they do with Working Class Man. While this may well be called Jimmy's anthem song it probably is not the only one. One of the really cool features of the video is the use of iconic imagery. The steel mill, which I am guessing is in New Castle and the sugar cane fields, probably in Northern Queensland (but could be anywhere along the northern east coast of New South Wales up through large portions of sub tropical and tropical Queensland) scream working class. The fires that rage in both settings speak to the struggle, difficulty and majesty of the life. It really is a great video. BTW they no longer do cane fires which use to be necessary prior to harvesting but there are few more spectacular sights than to pull up on the side of the road and watch. Words cannot do the scene justice.

  • @andapickle7947
    @andapickle7947 2 года назад +2

    I met Jimmy Barnes and his wife not long after he suffered from some serious financial issues. He was making his comeback and I worked in the music industry, went to his launch party. It was very intimate, not very many people there. Lovely man and family, it makes me so happy watching you react.

    • @elizabethpilarski1076
      @elizabethpilarski1076 2 года назад

      I love his humilty! 💗 Have you seen the episode with him on Ahn Do?

  • @sherronburns9409
    @sherronburns9409 10 месяцев назад +1

    You are spot on. Jimmy was a rocker. It wasn't until Soul Deep album that had Stone Cold on it that I heard the soul in his voice. This is absolutely Jimmy's anthem, as You're the voice is to John Farnham. I was 8 years old when this came out, it's in my DNA. Like other people have commented here, every single Aussie knows every single word. Love your reactions!

  • @dazzamack3523
    @dazzamack3523 2 года назад +3

    This song was the theme song to the Michael Keaton movie "Gung Ho" aka "Working Class Man"

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM 2 года назад +4

    This song was actually written by an American, Johnathan Cain. He was the keyboard player for awesome yacht rockers Journey.

    • @gavvisser2176
      @gavvisser2176 2 года назад

      Jonathan wrote this as a ballad. But jimmy convinced him it should be a rock song. katching royalty checks for forever

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM 2 года назад

      @@gavvisser2176 ironically, I’ve heard Jimmy sing it as a ballad on many occasions.

  • @WillowAelfin
    @WillowAelfin 2 года назад +5

    It's hard to overstate just how legendary this song is in Australia. Literally everyone knows it and most would be able to sing it.
    Cant wait to get to see him live again in march ❤️

  • @NZLatic
    @NZLatic 2 года назад +4

    I saw Jimmy when he just released the Working Class album album over here in New Zealand. He was young, mean and lean and he sounded fantastic! Still one of the most enjoyable concerts I’ve ever been to.

  • @helenvann3506
    @helenvann3506 11 месяцев назад +1

    Barnes has done an whole album of soul songs and it’s pretty good

  • @LG-db8cu
    @LG-db8cu 2 года назад +4

    Watching your first time reaction and enthusiasm for something we Aussie's are so familiar with put's a smile on my face. Cheers mate, keep up the good work

  • @way2dumb
    @way2dumb Год назад

    Jimmy Barnes grew up in a working class town, in South Australia, in the Town of Elizabeth on the outskirts of the SA capitol City of Adaide. The main industry in Elizabeth (named after Queen Elizabeth II) was the Holden′s car factory, with smaller industrial company's. So Jimmy knew the working class men( and women) very well. His family was working class. In the 1990's one a friend of a friend who had the house Jimmy's family lived in showed us the shed-turned-studio in the backyard where Jimmy and friends played the new music coming out of Britain and wrote their own stuff. Adelaide was a nursery for music due to the influx of British migrants with their music obsessed kids. It still is a breeding ground for the arts, including music. Jimmy earned the right to sing this masterpiece because he lived it as a kid.

  • @georgeibrahim7945
    @georgeibrahim7945 2 года назад +12

    This is a classic, love this song

  • @squeakynips
    @squeakynips 2 года назад +2

    Being Aussie and working class was a badge of PRIDE and honour when I was growing up (1980’s). Jimmy is God Tier for me 😭🦘❤️🔥

    • @shanefraser7764
      @shanefraser7764 Год назад +1

      Absolute GOD TIER🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🤘🇳🇿

  • @josephineoliver291
    @josephineoliver291 6 месяцев назад

    My father was a typical Aussie working class man, he could do every labouring job that he put his hand too..and I could remember him going to burn the sugarcane in the afternoon and then they'd go and cut the cane not long after, this was before the harvester came along..so this song touches my heart so much ❤ thanks Jimmy, you're a legend!

  • @nolimitsgolf
    @nolimitsgolf 2 года назад +2

    Jimmy Barnes is an Australian legend. Through Covid Jimmy and his wife played together putting it on RUclips bring some sweet music to sooth our souls. Jimmy's songs will live on forever.

    • @allymayful
      @allymayful 2 года назад

      Songs of all genres which l found really interesting. Very versatile.

  • @DiscoTimelordASD
    @DiscoTimelordASD Год назад +1

    He's sung everything from blues to rock to R&B.
    Jimmy has a wide vocal range.

  • @Vicky_C87
    @Vicky_C87 2 года назад +2

    Jimmy Barnes started singing in Cold Chisel in 1973. He went solo in the 1980s and since then he's done a bunch of other stuff. He collaborated with The Wiggles on a Scottish themed album (Jimmy Barnes was born in Scotland). He has released his autobiography also titled Working Class Man. During covid lockdowns he did a lot of acoustic stuff with his family. And he has collaborated with a bunch of other artists, like his son David Campbell who is a swing singer.

  • @sarahthompson8702
    @sarahthompson8702 2 года назад +3

    Yes yes yes Aussie make amazing anthem songs

    • @JOVONO
      @JOVONO 2 года назад

      The song is so American
      I’m Australian and it’s so American
      Talking about Elvis and Uncle Sam
      It was written by Jonathan Cain who was the keyboardist for Journey (an American)
      And even featured in the American film ‘Gung Ho’ also called ‘Working Class Man’ (directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton) which is about Japanese workers in the American manufacturing industry
      And not to mention the singer is also Scottish

  • @mariagrant2072
    @mariagrant2072 2 года назад +1

    Remember, you said you weren’t born when Jimmy Barnes sang this- love you say this should be an Anthem 👍🏿 he was in my time line sweets - love your appreciation of our adopted Scottish family member who came here when he was young - he’s a brilliant music artist and family man - so glad he’s still being appreciated for his music way back 👍🏿❤️🇦🇺

  • @sandgroper1970
    @sandgroper1970 2 года назад +1

    The amazing fact is that he is still around and was performing at least pre Covid-19, cause he definitely had lived the wild rock and roll lifestyle , alcohol and drugs etc. Now he has sobered up and is the grandfather to several children…

  • @Aussie00
    @Aussie00 3 месяца назад

    Jimmy has an amazing, raw, honest 1 man show (sitting on stage talking) called 'Working class Man". If you get the chance it really is worth watching. His life was pretty rough and sad growing up. His family immigrated from Scotland to Sth Australia in a migrant hostel, those Hostels gave Australia and the world some of the best musicians including AC/DC. Jimmy played in his brothers band at 16 then joined CC in 1973 @ 17yrs old.

  • @tanyagill8110
    @tanyagill8110 2 года назад +1

    Last weekend here in the Hunter Valley, Australia we had what is called The Red Hot Summer Tour. The line-up goes like this.... Jimmy Barnes, The Hoodoo Gurus, Vikka & Linda Bull (Vikka was sick so we had the pleasure of Mihalia Barnes), Diesel Jon Stevens & Chris Cheney. I was sitting there thinking you would have been in heaven. Amazing concert.

  • @saltlight5689
    @saltlight5689 Год назад +1

    Love how you love Jimmy!!!! Honorary Aussie!!!!

  • @trickytrish3626
    @trickytrish3626 8 месяцев назад

    Real Aussie Rock... Always has Soul.... Jimmy was one of the best....

  • @MsDean1710
    @MsDean1710 2 года назад +6

    THANK GOD.... it had to come.... glad you reacted to this......we have some great rock anthems here in Australia.... and Cold Chisel sang more than a few of them.

  • @dannivizion
    @dannivizion 2 года назад +5

    The issue of the sound of soul & blues type elements incorporated into the Aussie rock music, if you look at the personal history of AC/DC's Bon Scott, you sort of find the key as to why that is. When Rock n Roll music was first introduced to Australia it was introduced at the same time, to the same places, as the blues and soul music, but also, possibly what you're hearing as well, is that the only musicians able to play it were Australian Folk musicians (their modern day equivalents, would be artists like John Butler Trio, or Matt Corby). Bon Scott is a great example as he began his career as a folk singer, and one of his last recordings with AC/DC, Ride On, is very much more Australian Folk than it is Rock when you play it. Yet, it was released as Rock.
    Australian Folk Music genre, because of the similar situation of the people who first invented that genre (convicts over here), will have similarities to Blues and Soul.

  • @Melbournelost66
    @Melbournelost66 2 года назад

    The Australian music industry of the 70s and 80s was our golden era. There were also some gems in the 60s but it’s a whole world to discover for those who don’t know...

  • @user-wv3dk1tg5q
    @user-wv3dk1tg5q 2 года назад +1

    I feel like there’s “rock” then there’s “Aussie Rock” which consists of a mixture of different genres including country, soul, rock etc
    Love your work mate!

  • @Zaknyfein
    @Zaknyfein Год назад +2

    Fun fact. For what ever reason, Chisel used to set up pub gigs calling themselves the Barking Spiders just to see if people like them for their music...Ten minutes after someone recognised them, the pub would be overflowing!

  • @JudeAussie
    @JudeAussie 2 года назад +3

    My favourite all time Barnesy song 👍❤️🇦🇺

  • @berniceanne4959
    @berniceanne4959 2 года назад +2

    You are spot on with this being an anthem for Jimmy, just as Your the Voice is for John.
    Every Aussie knows and in most cases have grown up listening to these brilliant, talented and very humble artists.......how lucky are we! 💕

  • @scottsoltani8389
    @scottsoltani8389 6 месяцев назад

    This song is played at the end of the 1985 movie Gung Ho with Michael Keaton. The song plays at the end of the movie, it’s one of my new favorite older songs! He’s got a fantastic voice.

  • @hollygranger3734
    @hollygranger3734 2 года назад +1

    You are correct sir, he’s a rocker who has soul and blues running through his veins. This is Jimmy’s anthem. Aussie anthem

  • @samuelvernancius7229
    @samuelvernancius7229 Год назад +2

    This song is about us honest working hard yakka gents.....Jimmy mate you are a legend🇦🇺👏

  • @lisablundell8715
    @lisablundell8715 2 года назад +3

    He has so much soul. ❤

  • @RolandDeschain1
    @RolandDeschain1 2 года назад +2

    'Ain't No Second Prize' may be my favourite song of his from this era.

    • @peteb4148
      @peteb4148 2 года назад

      lots better than this song

  • @doreenscott4654
    @doreenscott4654 Год назад

    I have had the pleasure of seeing Jimmy in the local pubs as Cold Chisel...his voice is famous here😊

  • @MetaHead
    @MetaHead 5 месяцев назад

    I met Jimmy when he was finishing a book signing at a mall I had no idea he was even at. Shook my hand and was so humble! Wish I had the balls to ask for a photo but I couldn’t 😆 absolute legend though!

  • @eviekelpie1
    @eviekelpie1 2 года назад

    James Dixon Barnes, began singing in 1973, with Cold Chisel. He was just 16!!!
    He's only 65 now!
    Yes, he's predominantly known as a rock singer

  • @weasel73
    @weasel73 2 года назад +4

    You need to do Cold Chisel Forever Now, one of their greatest songs with Jimmy singing a little "softer".

  • @simonflower3081
    @simonflower3081 22 дня назад

    One of the greatest Australian rock anthems of all time

  • @biglukey6
    @biglukey6 2 года назад

    Jimmy Barnes original name was James Swan, his brother John was considered an unbelievable front man who had his own band Fraternity. John was actually asked to be the Cold Chisel front man before Jimmy but knocked it back, Jimmy was then asked and the rest was history.

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM 2 года назад +1

    1985…I wasn’t born yet 😂😂 dude, you make me feel so old 😂😂

  • @smashleafinch8733
    @smashleafinch8733 2 года назад

    This song is like the unofficial Australia anthem with out a doubt every time you go to the pub(bar) this song will come on at least twice a night and every one sings along to it.

  • @AnnGilbert-be4wg
    @AnnGilbert-be4wg Месяц назад

    Jimmy was actually singing in front of a cane field fire here. (They used to burn off the foliage before harvesting sugar cane.) Jimmy's hair was ringing wet from sweat due to the heat of the flames. All the time snakes, lizards, mice, rats and other creatures skittered out around him to escape the flames and heat.

  • @eastcoasthoney
    @eastcoasthoney Год назад

    Extraordinary man lived an extraordinary life! ..he has a documentary about his life that just makes him even more extraordinary. He started singing live with his wife through covid lockdown and still love hearing his voice...along with Jimmy Farnham.. they don't make them like this anymore I say...

    • @CarrieUnderwoodOfficial_
      @CarrieUnderwoodOfficial_ Год назад

      Thank you for your comment ❤️
      How are you doing?
      It’s nice meeting you here.

  • @Beckaboo3397
    @Beckaboo3397 2 года назад +3

    Jimmy Barnes and Tina Turner are like the opposite sex versions of each other.
    Absolutely adore them both absolute legends in music.

  • @davemcdonald10
    @davemcdonald10 Год назад

    We love Jimmy and even today in any pub or club u can guarantee if the DJ plays khe sahn the whole building is up singing along and anyone who doesn't is unaustralian

  • @kdavies3105
    @kdavies3105 Год назад

    Jimmy made his name as the lead singer of Cold Chisel, which was classed as a rock band, but i would say even when signing rock with Chisel, there was soul and blues. He's a great storyteller, and vocalist with amazing power, but a really nice person & a great family man along with it. If you asked me, I would say he's a soul singer, because he always sings with so much felling in his voice...you always feel it.
    If you listen to a Chisel track like "Four Walls" you can here the soul & blues feeling behind it...a really short track that always grabs me emotionally or listen to "All For You"...

  • @peternielsen4260
    @peternielsen4260 2 года назад +1

    This is our heritage

  • @blueray8146
    @blueray8146 2 года назад +1

    I have to tell you while filming this they were burning cane fields as they did . When you burn cane snakes come out everywhere and he always tells the story when he was looking behind it was because of snakes lol

  • @lgh2052
    @lgh2052 2 года назад +3

    I loved East, amazing album, Cheap Wine is still my favourite Cold Chisel track. I saw them live a few times, epic concerts. Jimmy was the first performer I ever saw crowdsurf. The bouncers were freaking out! 😀

  • @its_Today_
    @its_Today_ 2 года назад +4

    Love your Timing, this song you’re about to get Full-Throttle Jimmy!! 🤣🤣👍
    Absolutely agree btw, Barnsy can and does, tone it down BUT Sheer Power when he Lets Loose!
    Has layers on layers on layers when you start stripping down his voice, you hear the lot 🥳❤️

  • @leannemayor5755
    @leannemayor5755 2 года назад +2

    I love that you know our boys and yes it was an anthem .people either love or hate jimmy , personally I love him xoxo

  • @tippa8282
    @tippa8282 9 месяцев назад

    My favourite all time song back in Australia
    Powerful working class song👍👍👍👍

  • @cappaman73
    @cappaman73 2 года назад +2

    The song was also used in an American movie titled Gung Ho (released in Australia as Working class man) directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton (the best Batman.....lol). The story is about a takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation.

  • @dianne-bi2el
    @dianne-bi2el 4 месяца назад

    Cold Chisel was my favourite band when I was a teenager. Loved Jimmy - he was a wild man.

  • @MsOzigal
    @MsOzigal 2 года назад

    you are a natural Aussie!! we love our powerhouse singers.... thank you for showing the world xx

  • @Shannon-Smith
    @Shannon-Smith 17 дней назад

    Man, you can definately sing this song. All of us Aussies do whenever it comes on in the pub.