In Session: The Drones: Shark Fin Blues

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
  • The Drones performing "Shark Fin Blues" live at Roundhead Studios, Auckland New Zealand.
    Video by Hayden Booth.
    / insessionnz - 95bFM presents In Session, recorded at Roundhead Studios... a weekly series properly showcasing the best & brightest music today. Airs every Friday on 95bFM at 2pm. www.95bfm.com/d...
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  • @sosh45
    @sosh45 Год назад +10

    Isn't it strange how you can hear a song earlier in life and cast it off, then years later (in this case 15+ years), be absolutely floored upon hearing it again, and again, and again...

  • @madd.coconut6820
    @madd.coconut6820 3 года назад +83

    If anyone wants to check more of this guy’s beautiful work he’s now in a band called Tropical Fuck Storm and I guarantee you.... it brings out his full prowess even more

    • @StuartwasDrinkell
      @StuartwasDrinkell 2 года назад +3

      Yourevgodamn right im uk seen em london manchester and barcelona... my new love since old days of sonic youth! Best band right in the moment. And i love im gareths age and still banging my head on the alt rock door! Gives me hope.. wishes and prayers can go get fucked but without hope and hard work whats the fuckin point.

    • @jorgemartinez42069
      @jorgemartinez42069 Год назад +2

      TFS put on one of my favorite live shows I've ever been to. The crowd was going insane for them, definitely a lot of pent up energy from the lockdowns being let out that night.

    • @sirvidia
      @sirvidia Год назад

      I like TFS a lot more than this tbh. I also wish he didn't have that fucking belt tied round his head

    • @Conky769
      @Conky769 11 месяцев назад

      I've seen both and don't agree. Tfs is a bitter pill of political hatred.

  • @Oseanacoceanblue
    @Oseanacoceanblue 4 года назад +22

    Having met Gareth and hung out and was friends with him .....you are on track there ain’t too many poets left they got bought and sold by cheap gags
    , nosy oblivion, manic perfection ...is how I like to remember the drones , the early days at the tote and cobbled stoned paths of Fitzroy the drunken soaked days , where there felt inside there music we could all be the poets and soar to the sun like Icarus ....long live great Australian rock music and I’m so glad to have met Gareth Rui, and Fiona way back in Sunday school 😊👍 it was an education being part of your music .and sobriety has bought me home to sunny white shores..... and what a magnificent dark horse the drones were .

  • @conorgilles81
    @conorgilles81 5 лет назад +56

    That is one of the gnarliest guitar sounds and it is so satisfying to listen to.

    • @jezmez68
      @jezmez68 2 года назад +1

      Totally agree. When this came up in my discover weekly on Spotify, I pulled the car over and made sure I added it to a playlist. That intro guitar and tone is just killer. Got home and messed around on my pedals to get that overdrive tone.

    • @madsen3
      @madsen3 2 года назад

      I totally agree my friend

    • @sirvidia
      @sirvidia Год назад

      it reminds me of Anomoanon

    • @blakestewart7200
      @blakestewart7200 3 месяца назад

      Gareth fucking HAS it.

  • @christopherhall7560
    @christopherhall7560 2 года назад +14

    I love the nod and a wink between Gareth and Mike (Noga) at the start. Partners in a great barrage of raw musical crime. RIP Mike Noga, a great artist in his own write.

  • @peterwdekker
    @peterwdekker 5 лет назад +43

    Why no one ever told me about this band? I discovered them via an review about Tropical Fuck Storm. I am 58 years old and became unfortunately a bit jaded about popmusic, but this song gives me the same feeling as seeing Joe Strummer, Nick Cave, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen for the first time in one person.

    • @danielhughes5250
      @danielhughes5250 3 года назад +1

      me too

    • @StuartwasDrinkell
      @StuartwasDrinkell 2 года назад

      Frickin ace... she's right there on cctv forgettin to tak her medication, and shit aspirin one of my fav songs of all time yet discovered post 21st century... who knew? Ace bands drones and tfs love u ausie c*nts... its ok they talk like that god love em

    • @chinaskibukowski7747
      @chinaskibukowski7747 Год назад

      Give Michael Beach a listen.

  • @aimspader
    @aimspader 8 лет назад +108

    Okay, firstly, I wanna start off by saying I think I'm in love with this Gareth guy. :) He's charismatic and talented as hell. Secondly, I think this is my favorite song in the world--such moving, poetic lyrics. I just discovered these bad-asses tonight because of the Missy Higgins' cover. So I'm a bag of mixed emotions right now; I'm overjoyed that I found The Drones, and I'm also pretty peeved I've been deprived of such wicked talent (Where the hell have I been hiding?) My brother would have loved this song. It makes me a little sad to listen to it without him, actually. He wanted to be eaten by sharks after he died (partly in jest, because he loved that Samuel L. Jackson beer skit on The Chapelle show, where Dave Chapelle, as Samuel L. Jackson, incredulous that the bar patrons didn't recognize him, was reliving his role in Deep Blue Sea. "A shark ate me; a mother-fuckin' shark ate me!!" ) Lol. Well, my poet-musician brother somehow romanticized being eaten by sharks, and wanted a funeral at sea. That's just how he was: completely absurd, at times, but he was charismatic and beautiful enough to make it work. He was just all the more charming and lovely. God, I wish I could have played this at his funeral.

    • @slam0571
      @slam0571 8 лет назад +1

      I don't have a single tattoo, but I want these lyrics tattooed on my dry old parchment coating before I die.

    • @samwestlake7092
      @samwestlake7092 7 лет назад +2

      Get real ? You bleeding Heart ? When I hear this drivel makes me go to the toilet, this is for ice addicts are you one?

    • @shannonlamont
      @shannonlamont 6 лет назад +4

      Bleeding Heart, drivel, ice addict. Andrew Bolt???

    • @krashdown5814
      @krashdown5814 4 года назад +1

      @@samwestlake7092 I know you've waited 3 years for a well earned vote up Sam, I'm off to the can man !

    • @danielhughes5250
      @danielhughes5250 3 года назад +1

      yeah i just discovered this song tnite... how did i not know about this?? brillo

  • @thefreakinhappyfairy
    @thefreakinhappyfairy 4 года назад +16

    It is 6/7/2020, in just over a month I'll be 65 (whoa) I'm FINALLY watching RECTIFY; season 1 episode 2 and I JUST discovered this AWESOME band at the end... so good I had to FIND IT HERE!!! What a GREAT SONG.... thank goodness I was able to track it down! Goes to show you youngsters you're never too old to make great discoveries!! THANKS DRONES!! ❤❤❤

    • @crieverytim
      @crieverytim 4 года назад

      wow, I was thinking about watching that show. I feel like this is kind of a spoiler lol.

  • @Jamesfirth1000
    @Jamesfirth1000 8 лет назад +41

    Love the belt to keep his headphones from falling off!

  • @Alan-gi6ny
    @Alan-gi6ny 23 дня назад

    One of my favourite performances of any song ever

  • @theattentionseekers2579
    @theattentionseekers2579 7 лет назад +135

    I think this is the best Australian song ever recorded.

    • @baudtotears7081
      @baudtotears7081 7 лет назад +4

      "Why Write a Letter That You'll Never Send" and "Tender is the Night (The Long Fidelity)" would like a word with you.

    • @tripppsta9444
      @tripppsta9444 4 года назад

      lol

    • @CRFLAus
      @CRFLAus 4 года назад +6

      You haven't heard "I might be a cunt, but I'm not a fucking cunt" by avant-garde pop techno thrash metal band Tism.

    • @aaronlucas7378
      @aaronlucas7378 3 года назад +2

      @@CRFLAus yeah but TISM are shit

    • @popolbruh8263
      @popolbruh8263 3 года назад +1

      I'd still go with Cattle and Cane. This is up there though. For sure the best one of the 21st century.

  • @wmeche7
    @wmeche7 9 лет назад +23

    This song is so raw and emotionally charged I felt this one. The Drones fucking rock!!!!!!!

  • @MarcinHongKong
    @MarcinHongKong 10 лет назад +20

    Man, what an aching performance. He really attacks the song. Love it!

  • @simoltan
    @simoltan Год назад +3

    This is the best version of possibly the best song ever written

  • @Tanner.Bananner
    @Tanner.Bananner 4 года назад +12

    I love how this whole song is what 7 to 9 beers sounds like, including the intro. Not a slap against the song, it's fucking awesome

    • @aimeef3559
      @aimeef3559 Год назад

      Ha! Yes, I agree! It’s got that good, drunken energy. Isn’t it a great song? Love your screen name, by the way! :)

  • @troynewport4396
    @troynewport4396 7 лет назад +13

    I first heard this song on the Sundance show Rectify. It was immediately one of my favorites ever. And now that I know who the Drones are, I love it even more. A punk band playing the blues........

    • @maxdeangelis5019
      @maxdeangelis5019 4 года назад

      Same here man. I finally found it. The song hit me and became my favorite right away as well.

    • @petenstein247
      @petenstein247 2 года назад

      I only recently watched Rectify. Great show. Was stoked and surprised to see Shark Fin Blues played. A few Oz actors in the show, so maybe they recommended it.

  • @YouTube-tied
    @YouTube-tied 3 года назад +8

    The tv show "Rectify" turned me on to this awesome song about 7 years ago.

    • @godsgurl2231
      @godsgurl2231 3 года назад +2

      Yes thanks to RECTIFY!!
      Quality series that could never be matched imho. And amazing song choices like Shark fin blues👌

  • @MrRourke70
    @MrRourke70 5 лет назад +9

    One of the best songs I've ever heard, and a wonderful, captivating performance. This is fkn pure.

  • @ptklip
    @ptklip 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is amazing.

  • @philh.5066
    @philh.5066 2 года назад +1

    Thank you YT Algo on this Sat. Morning. This is ace.

  • @stevebond4458
    @stevebond4458 9 лет назад +9

    Gold love Australia & the Drones. Gareth Liddiard a man with real passion.

  • @johnsdea
    @johnsdea Год назад +2

    cray cray. up there w the best of AUS, ever

  • @marnieotto5353
    @marnieotto5353 Год назад +1

    i love this dude!!!

  • @oldercloudify
    @oldercloudify 18 дней назад

    I heard that he wrote this song after his mother died. My mother died in July of this year. This song conveys the visceral feeling of loss resulting from the loss of a mother.

  • @bobwehadababyitsaboy1252
    @bobwehadababyitsaboy1252 Год назад +4

    incredible art.

  • @multheman
    @multheman 7 лет назад +18

    Achingly beautiful song about depression.

  • @db23out48
    @db23out48 2 года назад +1

    If I could sing, play music, & had a band. I could only dream it would sound this good. Love these guys

  • @dreamydreamy17
    @dreamydreamy17 Год назад +1

    best song ever

  • @jhalqu8209
    @jhalqu8209 4 года назад +14

    R.I.P. Mike Noga.

    • @geeclatters6121
      @geeclatters6121 4 года назад +2

      😢 I came to this song as it seems poignant right now. RIP Mike.

    • @jhalqu8209
      @jhalqu8209 4 года назад

      OK, but he did play on this performance. Regards.

  • @bonbonjames16
    @bonbonjames16 2 года назад +3

    Damn!! They are even better live!!

  • @stjames3410
    @stjames3410 9 лет назад +5

    Bravo,great fucking tune!
    Love from Philadelphia

  • @StuartwasDrinkell
    @StuartwasDrinkell 2 года назад +1

    You kno hes got those cans strapped to his head cause.... you know .... passion.

  • @sammydennison5550
    @sammydennison5550 4 года назад +2

    love it. so raw and melodic.

  • @PetchyJ
    @PetchyJ 3 года назад +1

    damn they got good at that song over a number of years and wow live is a magic time

  • @maxdeangelis5019
    @maxdeangelis5019 4 года назад +1

    Finally found this song! Really hits me.

  • @craigmoorcroft9601
    @craigmoorcroft9601 3 года назад +1

    This is with me for ever

  • @surfinmuso37
    @surfinmuso37 10 лет назад +6

    Oh Oh Oh my God....I just came. What a performance! This guy puts everything into it... wow. 5:15 to end (lead sounds like bagpipes!) best bit.

  • @AmmoniteDragon
    @AmmoniteDragon 2 года назад +6

    Standing on the deck watching my shadow stretch
    The sun pours my shadow upon the deck
    The waters licking round my ankles now
    There ain't no sunshine way way down
    I see the sharks out in the water like slicks of ink
    Well, there's one there bigger than a submarine
    As he circles I look in his eye
    I see Jonah in his belly by the campfire light
    See the albatross up in the windy lofts
    He gets to beating his wings while he sleeps it off
    I hear the jettisoned cries from his dreams unkind
    Gets to whippin' my ears like a riding crop
    The captain once as able as a fink dandy
    He's now laid up in the galley like a dried out mink
    He's laying dying of thirst and he says or I think
    Well, we're gonna be alone from here on in
    Well you are all my brothers, and you have been kind
    But what were you expecting to find?
    Now your eyes turn inwards, countenance turns blank
    And I'm floating away on a barrel of pain
    It looks like nothing but the sea and sky remain
    A harpoon's shaft is short and wide
    A grappling hook's is cracked and dry
    I said, why don't you get down in the sea
    Turn the water red like you want to be?
    Cause if I cry another tear I'll be turned to dust
    No the sharks won't get me they don't feel loss
    Just keep one eye on the horizon man, you best not blink
    They're coming fin by fin until the whole boat sinks

  • @radsy5821
    @radsy5821 6 лет назад +3

    god *damn*
    just played this about 20 times on repeat

  • @MrBootle
    @MrBootle 9 лет назад +3

    Great version! Always best live

  • @postcardsfrompat8083
    @postcardsfrompat8083 8 лет назад +15

    Who filmed this!? What lenses did you use... The bokeh is gorgeous. I also like the shoulder rig work. Very well filmed!

    • @HaydenBooth
      @HaydenBooth 4 года назад +9

      Cool thanks! I think the main camera did have a good lens, a Zeiss CP.2 85mm on a 5D mkiii, and yep on a shoulder rig. The other 2 were older 5Ds (or maybe a 7D) with just photo lenses.

  • @patricksteinhuber6981
    @patricksteinhuber6981 2 месяца назад

    Wow einfach nur wow 😮

  • @soulcityrocker3799
    @soulcityrocker3799 2 года назад +1

    It's a hard road writing the best song ever written.

  • @salty2667
    @salty2667 4 года назад +1

    Triple Mmm will play this in another 10 years time... it’ll always thrill...

    • @Majigitajog
      @Majigitajog 4 года назад

      Nah way, Murdoch law. Liddiard lore will forever remain underground

  • @dls3939
    @dls3939 3 года назад +1

    AAAAAHHHH Such an awesome song.

  • @DonFucker84
    @DonFucker84 3 года назад +1

    I love that energy ! :o)

  • @decapitatedmonkeypenis9963
    @decapitatedmonkeypenis9963 7 лет назад +1

    when I was down like 10 years ago this was my fucken jam. I'm a happy person now but this still kicks ass.

  • @TheDummbob
    @TheDummbob 5 лет назад +2

    brilliant stuff!
    Thank you thak you thank you! :))

  • @HigzyTeflon
    @HigzyTeflon 5 лет назад +12

    Rectify brought me here. Special thanks to Shazam.

  • @davideverett2263
    @davideverett2263 3 года назад +1

    God I miss them!

  • @benpeacock6354
    @benpeacock6354 4 года назад +1

    so good

  • @AJandWrmyinitials
    @AJandWrmyinitials Год назад +1

    Dude ate on this joint 🍽️

  • @ericmeechglobalnetwork2273
    @ericmeechglobalnetwork2273 Год назад

    Wow!

  • @rocketmanrick
    @rocketmanrick 7 лет назад +7

    He's just like making up brand new chords and appreggios and shit and if I did that it would sound like bolts in blender. Magic.

    • @DefThrone
      @DefThrone 7 лет назад +4

      You should probably get music lessons and learn theory.

    • @MOLLOYALLOY
      @MOLLOYALLOY 7 лет назад +3

      Seriously? That's your response?

    • @DefThrone
      @DefThrone 7 лет назад +3

      A logical one? Yeah.

    • @MOLLOYALLOY
      @MOLLOYALLOY 7 лет назад +1

      Yep, because I know for a fact that Gareth was a star pupil at MIT.

    • @MOLLOYALLOY
      @MOLLOYALLOY 7 лет назад +1

      *GIT

  • @binscabs
    @binscabs 2 года назад

    How good? ❤❤

  • @alanmadec4853
    @alanmadec4853 4 года назад +1

    EXCELLENT !!!

  • @BradleyWallis-st1xs
    @BradleyWallis-st1xs 9 месяцев назад

    Man I got them blues blues blues blue blues

  • @lage1984
    @lage1984 6 лет назад +1

    incredible.

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim 4 года назад

    fantastic.

  • @HarrietBond1
    @HarrietBond1 9 лет назад +1

    did these guys come to NZ and I missed them?????/ wahhhhhh :(

  • @rocketmanrick
    @rocketmanrick 6 лет назад +3

    Firstly this maybe the greatest ever Australian song recorded. The world is truely fucked with 210 dislikes.
    Secondly on a recent online poll I was voted as RUclipss 3rd shittest guitarists but even I can appreciate the guitar work of the lead singer

    • @blakemelhuish1118
      @blakemelhuish1118 5 лет назад

      It’s a downvote bot don’t worry bro I’m sure you’ll get better bro keep you’re head up bro I fucking suck piano just vibe bro

  • @Jlauciusandhislady
    @Jlauciusandhislady 3 года назад +1

    Can't help but think Gang Of Youths Ripped the structure and melodies of this song off with their song Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane. (Chords the same) That saying, the recording of this song is freaking incredible. Dark and expressive about the depths of depression. Damn!

  • @vidabuena3589
    @vidabuena3589 4 года назад +1

    Is it just me thinking that he looks a bit like Pete Townshend?
    Superb song, by the way. The first one to actually send chills down my spine in the last years, the first time I heard it! Insanely intense.

  • @AVAdelonge87
    @AVAdelonge87 5 лет назад +3

    Pezzo stupendo. La parte finale mi ricorda i “band of horses”

  • @stephenfinney3101
    @stephenfinney3101 7 месяцев назад

    Play this song at my funeral

  • @MrMattkorea
    @MrMattkorea 2 года назад

    Holy shit this is better than the recorded version

  • @outerspecies6497
    @outerspecies6497 5 лет назад

    'Shark Fin Blues' and 'I'm Stranded' are the most compatible Desert Island Songs ever..........

  • @carmonnfrench357
    @carmonnfrench357 2 месяца назад

    Fuck yes

  • @sjmoetsie547
    @sjmoetsie547 3 года назад

  • @mindwaterfallakaleroythech75
    @mindwaterfallakaleroythech75 5 лет назад

    Awesomeness. Very punk clash like but BETTER!

  • @briantercero1213
    @briantercero1213 8 лет назад

    "How about a bucket full of kick-ass rock n' roll?" ----- Yes, please.

  • @zurijonsson2085
    @zurijonsson2085 5 лет назад

    Wow. Just wow.

  • @theageofbeinggoodtogether9087
    @theageofbeinggoodtogether9087 6 лет назад +16

    the purpose of my life is to fail while putting up a descent fight?

  • @manonymous4737
    @manonymous4737 3 года назад +1

    Where’s Rui?

  • @igavehimadollar3354
    @igavehimadollar3354 3 года назад

    So Australian so fucking brilliant

  • @jasonthedogcatcher
    @jasonthedogcatcher 8 лет назад +1

    You go Garreth.

  • @robertpatterson6282
    @robertpatterson6282 3 года назад

    Is he still going out with Myth...

  • @thomasthomas8102
    @thomasthomas8102 2 года назад

    Sound remains me of Mott the Hoople

  • @apjordaan1
    @apjordaan1 9 лет назад +5

    Neil Young meets Iggy Pop!!!

    • @Bikewithlove
      @Bikewithlove 5 лет назад

      Or Bob Dylan meets Nicholas Cage.
      But better.

  • @slowfuse
    @slowfuse 3 года назад

    Is this song a bunch of 3/4 with the odd 4/4 bars thrown in on the D? or something else

    • @g33fer94
      @g33fer94 3 года назад

      Absolutely nailed the whole of music, bloke. Let's all pack in now and lets just listen to 'slowfuse' the Messiah.
      (let me know if you're American and you can't understand sarcasm).

    • @slowfuse
      @slowfuse 3 года назад +1

      @@g33fer94 lol

  • @oliverzone
    @oliverzone 9 лет назад

    damn!

  • @yt8co
    @yt8co 3 года назад +1

    Coleridge wishes

  • @yt8co
    @yt8co 3 года назад

    This is what Coleridge wished he could do

  • @crieverytim
    @crieverytim 4 года назад

    lyrics?

  • @ZoomStranger
    @ZoomStranger 3 года назад +1

    Very happy to get involved in more Drones ... absolute gold, but I'm afraid Ben Salter has done a bit of a Johnny Cash on this song - stripped it back and let the lyrics shine as they should. Will check out the Missy Higgins version next.

  • @rustopherhayden
    @rustopherhayden 4 года назад

    Rectify masturbation scene, fuckin epic

  • @mikekennedy6228
    @mikekennedy6228 4 года назад +1

    nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah never sounded so good.

  • @ColeWheeler4Lyfe
    @ColeWheeler4Lyfe Год назад

    Pete Townsend Phenotype

  • @buluiz
    @buluiz 4 года назад

    :)

  • @strokesman
    @strokesman 3 года назад

    Jesus

  • @agpat132
    @agpat132 8 лет назад +1

    He looks like Clive Owen.

    • @1080TJ
      @1080TJ 8 лет назад

      With a touch of Nicolas Cage

    • @youshallbeasgods
      @youshallbeasgods 7 лет назад +2

      I lean more towards a hammered Pete Townshend and Ryan Gosling. The raw emotion feels of Blue Valentine.

  • @ZoomStranger
    @ZoomStranger 3 года назад

    yep, Missy comes second. Gareth Liddiard fourth. Absolutely confident in recommending a go at the Ben Salter cover, sorry Drones.

  • @Conky769
    @Conky769 11 месяцев назад

    The drones were great- before woke happened- before tfs went so hard left they fell off a cliff. It was about life/ history and music- not about a bunch of woke tripe.

    • @nedhammond9782
      @nedhammond9782 3 месяца назад

      Shit for brains alert

    • @yoosh9034
      @yoosh9034 Месяц назад

      bro was listening to the ruthlessness of British colonialism depicted in Sixteen Straws thinking wow they’re just like me fr

  • @jaycharger72
    @jaycharger72 Год назад

    He cant sing but hell the rest of it is so good , he just doesn't have a voice

  • @jyeb001
    @jyeb001 3 года назад

    Came here after listening to Missy Higgins' version. The instrumental is great, but the singer is horrible. Not only is he just shouting, you can't understand a word he's saying - he sounds like he's doing some kind of drunk karaoke. Disappointing ☹️

    • @AdamDodds
      @AdamDodds 3 года назад +1

      Drunk yes, Karaoke, nananananana na

    • @TonyB1950
      @TonyB1950 Год назад

      Well he wrote it so he is entitled to sing it as he wishes 🥴

  • @swirlingfudge
    @swirlingfudge 8 лет назад

    It's too long

    • @knittingnickel
      @knittingnickel 8 лет назад +18

      boo! it's perfect. :-)

    • @MrOvipare
      @MrOvipare 5 лет назад

      it's too long for you ;)

    • @geeclatters6121
      @geeclatters6121 4 года назад +1

      Millennial with a tiny attention span Little Smedley??? Another couple of minutes of that guitar would do me fine.