For us Australians of a certain age, yes us oldies, this song is always a part of a road trip playlist. The 70's and 80' were a golden age of pub rock, seeing bands like ACDC, INXS, Mentals, Hunters and Collectors etc playing in a local pub was awesome.
Mike a lot of bands like Chiorboys came through the Aussie pub rock scene. I am your age and I think I was pretty fortunate to have grown up in an era where you could go and see the top Aussie bands performing in te local pubs and clubs pretty much very week.
Your thoughts are correct, Sydney and Melbourne had the largest concentration of pub bands, radio stations, recording studios and producers! Often the musicians would move around due to artistic differences or helping mates out! There used to be a pub with a live band on every corner, now there's just too many fussy neighbours! 😄
For a song about heroin addiction this is surprisingly upbeat, but it does shown that the Aussie pub rock bands were still serious about their music and the topics it covered...
I remember seeing them at the Tivoli before they tore it down...around the time of Big Bad Noise...one of the best shows ever...up there with INXS The Swing at Heathcote Oval, December '84.
This song always hits me. I had no idea when I initially heard it that I would be "running to paradise" 10 years later for the best part of the next 20 years. The relief and sorrow those years gave to me was somehow exactly what I needed, but I would never wish that kind of addiction upon even my worst enemy.
In the late 60’s and early 70’s a sydney radio stations used to put on free Aussie concerts free train fare included. Those were the days I got to see AC/DC 7/9/1975 for free and other groups 🇦🇺
I saw these guys when they supported Deep Purple at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in ‘85. The singer/ guitarist had his leg in a cast and started the set sitting on a chair; didn’t take too long before he was up dancing on his broken leg! A night that I’ll never forget 👏👏👏
Your a cool bloke honest and wears his heart on his sleeve Australia is probably the most alike country to the USA in the world don't get me wrong there are differences but we have come from very similar back grounds take care bud
I grew up listening to the music of the 70's and 80's especially. Australia and New Zealand had some great bands in those days which you are now getting exposed to. No internet or youtube back then so we were relatively isolated down here and most of these bands weren't known of much outside of Australia and New Zealand.
American music industry was and still is closed to outsiders, and the UK and Europe were already saturated with hundreds of worthy bands from multiple countries, making it hard to get a start, and even harder to get noticed.
i was 13, did the same thing when on holidays, we would hit up shelly beach golf club, we would end up diving the water traps, end up with hundreds of balls for the old man. good times.
All the talent had a unique Aussie sound. For some reason I always could pick a Aussie band from the first few chords. It's sad the pub scene has disappeared 😢. Thank god I grew up in the 60s, 70s, 80s and was able to enjoy the quality talent of the day 👌🤗. I don't listen to the car radio anymore either 😊.
These and other Aussie bands that started off in the pub and club scene back in the 80’s when live music in pubs was popular were great and went on to form some great careers, atleast here in Australia. I miss the 80’s and 90’s.
We extremely spoiled with quality bands in the 80’s, there was an always a great band on somewhere, I can remembering watching INXS one week, Jimmy Barnes the next, what a time.
Haha, my car has a setting where you can limit the volume when you start the car so you don't blow your eardrums out after cranking music the night before! Genius feature! 🤣
'Run to paradise'. There's a hidden dark side to the meaning of this song. An unfortunate deadly paradise so many found. The paradise they ran to was drugs over friends and life.
When I was in New Zealand, I helped a man off the street to my friends flat, when my friend got home he said you were very lucky! He's not interested in assaulting you because his fix is giving him peace and joy, I thought he was just hungry! I learned a lot from that young life lesson, it's certainly not my kind of paradise, it's another kind of place!
@@jenniferharrison8915 So many I grew up with chose paradise in a needle and so few of them are still here today. I saw the damage done around me at a young enough age to put me off even considering going that way. I often get criticized for this opinion but I believe you know what the consequences are before you use so really, hard as it may be they really have no one to blame but themselves. Sorry if this upsets some but that's my opinion from experience.
Mike this song was 1987….from their Second Album…. Big Bad Noise…. This album was really big in Australia…. And had Run To Paradise, Boys will be Boys, and Struggletown released as singles……they are still together playing all over Australia…. They are from Sydney…. They have many great songs…. Never gonna die, Talk Big ,Carrie ( Big Boys Now)….Rendevous, Place with no love , Fireworks…. Enjoy.
The bands you have heard so far have been from all over Australia. Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and a few from regional cities, not just one area. 70's and 80's Australia was a great time for developing great bands. Just about every pub had a live band, Friday,Saturday and Sunday. New bands would start in a small venue and either got good quick... or went home! When they got better, they would progress to bigger and better venues. All the time honing their skill and getting paid better as they grew. "It's a long way to the top, if you want to rock n roll" by AC/DC tells the whole story. As time went on, and noise restrictions became a thing, live music was slowly taken over by a DJ and set play list 🤬🤬🤬. ABC TV also had "COUNTDOWN" on Sunday night long before MTV was even thought of. This was the next step on the way to a record deal. Good pub bands had the chance to play live on TV and be known all over the country, not just be well known in their home city. Shit we were lucky 🎉🎉
Such a great song! We've been spoiled with great bands down here - Australia as usual punching above its weight. I think you should have a second crack at Matt Corby, this time with his band. The live performance I'm thinking of is "Trick of the Light (Live on The Resolution Tour)".
My go to for the drive to and from work include - Jimmy Barnes 1984 at the Playroom on Casey Cooper’s page. Cold Chisel 1982 in Germany at the Rockapalast, full concert on Casey’s page again, and Andy Durant Memorial concert, also from Casey’s page. However, on other occasions, I’ll put on Spotify for a lot of Australian music. And it’s always loud when I’m by myself 😂😂 I keep telling myself that one day I’ll be able to drive to work without roadworks….. but it’s going to be a while as they are building a bypass near me (within 3 km). It’s only when the other half is with me that the volume is turned down.
For us Australians of a certain age, yes us oldies, this song is always a part of a road trip playlist. The 70's and 80' were a golden age of pub rock, seeing bands like ACDC, INXS, Mentals, Hunters and Collectors etc playing in a local pub was awesome.
We keep coming back because you are real, you're reactions are real too.
If it's not already in your catalogue give Eagle Rock--- Daddy Cool a spin. An Aussie legend.
Cool Daddy Cool! 😄
Now you listen,who is stepping out......Daddy Cool❤
Nah crappy song.
@@geofftottenperthcoys9944 But so fun! Elton John did like it and it inspired his Crocodile Rock!
Mike a lot of bands like Chiorboys came through the Aussie pub rock scene. I am your age and I think I was pretty fortunate to have grown up in an era where you could go and see the top Aussie bands performing in te local pubs and clubs pretty much very week.
Your thoughts are correct, Sydney and Melbourne had the largest concentration of pub bands, radio stations, recording studios and producers! Often the musicians would move around due to artistic differences or helping mates out! There used to be a pub with a live band on every corner, now there's just too many fussy neighbours! 😄
you only need to listen to it for 30 seconds to know its aussie pub rock
You're doing a great job dude. I enjoy the posts. Keep on rocking.
These songs from 70s bring back all fun times of my youth.😂🐨🇦🇺🦘
Released in 1988
For a song about heroin addiction this is surprisingly upbeat, but it does shown that the Aussie pub rock bands were still serious about their music and the topics it covered...
A Classic From the 1980s
80's was the time for music like this, big music time for us here.
And a pub with a Live Band on every corner! 😪
@jenniferharrison8915 it's good time them
I love this song - it STILL goes off when it’s played at pubs or parties.
I remember seeing them at the Tivoli before they tore it down...around the time of Big Bad Noise...one of the best shows ever...up there with INXS The Swing at Heathcote Oval, December '84.
This song always hits me. I had no idea when I initially heard it that I would be "running to paradise" 10 years later for the best part of the next 20 years. The relief and sorrow those years gave to me was somehow exactly what I needed, but I would never wish that kind of addiction upon even my worst enemy.
I still love this song after all these years
In the late 60’s and early 70’s a sydney radio stations used to put on free Aussie concerts free train fare included. Those were the days I got to see AC/DC 7/9/1975 for free and other groups 🇦🇺
I forgot about those! I lived near wollongong and went by free train to the Opera house to see a heap of bands. Great time to be a teenager.
I saw these guys when they supported Deep Purple at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in ‘85. The singer/ guitarist had his leg in a cast and started the set sitting on a chair; didn’t take too long before he was up dancing on his broken leg! A night that I’ll never forget 👏👏👏
Good old Aussie rock!
Your a cool bloke honest and wears his heart on his sleeve Australia is probably the most alike country to the USA in the world don't get me wrong there are differences but we have come from very similar back grounds take care bud
These guys are still doing a great live gig. Saw them a few years ago and will be again in 3 weeks in Sydney where they formed in 1979
I grew up listening to the music of the 70's and 80's especially. Australia and New Zealand had some great bands in those days which you are now getting exposed to. No internet or youtube back then so we were relatively isolated down here and most of these bands weren't known of much outside of Australia and New Zealand.
American music industry was and still is closed to outsiders, and the UK and Europe were already saturated with hundreds of worthy bands from multiple countries, making it hard to get a start, and even harder to get noticed.
Good Aussie rock
The acoustic version of this song is also great.
I was 11yrs old when this song came out and we used to sing this on golf course looking for golf balls.....great times
i was 13, did the same thing when on holidays, we would hit up shelly beach golf club, we would end up diving the water traps, end up with hundreds of balls for the old man. good times.
@@OzSkitzo for sure, we did Manly golf course in Sydney, how time flies hey,....on ya mate
All the talent had a unique Aussie sound. For some reason I always could pick a Aussie band from the first few chords. It's sad the pub scene has disappeared 😢. Thank god I grew up in the 60s, 70s, 80s and was able to enjoy the quality talent of the day 👌🤗. I don't listen to the car radio anymore either 😊.
The pokies killed the scene didn’t it.
@@CorpsCulture yes definitely along with other things 😢
Being a police officer you will find “I’m just waiting for a mate” funny as. It is a funny police arrest a few yrs back.
Absolutely 😂
These and other Aussie bands that started off in the pub and club scene back in the 80’s when live music in pubs was popular were great and went on to form some great careers, atleast here in Australia. I miss the 80’s and 90’s.
We extremely spoiled with quality bands in the 80’s, there was an always a great band on somewhere, I can remembering watching INXS one week, Jimmy Barnes the next, what a time.
Me and a few mates helped the band set up for a gig in our town back in the 90's.
Haha, my car has a setting where you can limit the volume when you start the car so you don't blow your eardrums out after cranking music the night before! Genius feature! 🤣
Thx Peter..good pick
This is one of my fav’s thank you❤️
'Run to paradise'. There's a hidden dark side to the meaning of this song. An unfortunate deadly paradise so many found.
The paradise they ran to was drugs over friends and life.
When I was in New Zealand, I helped a man off the street to my friends flat, when my friend got home he said you were very lucky! He's not interested in assaulting you because his fix is giving him peace and joy, I thought he was just hungry! I learned a lot from that young life lesson, it's certainly not my kind of paradise, it's another kind of place!
@@jenniferharrison8915 So many I grew up with chose paradise in a needle and so few of them are still here today. I saw the damage done around me at a young enough age to put me off even considering going that way. I often get criticized for this opinion but I believe you know what the consequences are before you use so really, hard as it may be they really have no one to blame but themselves. Sorry if this upsets some but that's my opinion from experience.
@@FromTheGong Yes it's a choice, it's not like information isn't available, and help! 👍
Getting close to 4k 👏👏
This is 87/88, other minor hit for them was “ Boys will be Boys”...
A twin turbo V6 !! It had better be well put together or the engine will start rattling before too long lol
Mike this song was 1987….from their Second Album…. Big Bad Noise…. This album was really big in Australia…. And had Run To Paradise, Boys will be Boys, and Struggletown released as singles……they are still together playing all over Australia…. They are from Sydney…. They have many great songs…. Never gonna die, Talk Big ,Carrie ( Big Boys Now)….Rendevous, Place with no love , Fireworks…. Enjoy.
You'd like "Never gunna die" by the same band
What about me moving pictures l know you will love this take care man
The bands you have heard so far have been from all over Australia. Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and a few from regional cities, not just one area.
70's and 80's Australia was a great time for developing great bands.
Just about every pub had a live band, Friday,Saturday and Sunday.
New bands would start in a small venue and either got good quick... or went home! When they got better, they would progress to bigger and better venues. All the time honing their skill and getting paid better as they grew.
"It's a long way to the top, if you want to rock n roll" by AC/DC tells the whole story.
As time went on, and noise restrictions became a thing, live music was slowly taken over by a DJ and set play list 🤬🤬🤬.
ABC TV also had "COUNTDOWN" on Sunday night long before MTV was even thought of. This was the next step on the way to a record deal. Good pub bands had the chance to play live on TV and be known all over the country, not just be well known in their home city.
Shit we were lucky 🎉🎉
I saw this group years ago in outback QLD they were good 😊
Such a great song! We've been spoiled with great bands down here - Australia as usual punching above its weight. I think you should have a second crack at Matt Corby, this time with his band. The live performance I'm thinking of is "Trick of the Light (Live on The Resolution Tour)".
If you haven’t already, check out another legendary Aussie band The Angels. Their best song is Take a Long Line.
My go to for the drive to and from work include -
Jimmy Barnes 1984 at the Playroom on Casey Cooper’s page.
Cold Chisel 1982 in Germany at the Rockapalast, full concert on Casey’s page again, and
Andy Durant Memorial concert, also from Casey’s page.
However, on other occasions, I’ll put on Spotify for a lot of Australian music.
And it’s always loud when I’m by myself 😂😂
I keep telling myself that one day I’ll be able to drive to work without roadworks….. but it’s going to be a while as they are building a bypass near me (within 3 km).
It’s only when the other half is with me that the volume is turned down.
Listen to John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes and Diesel any of their music. Inxs, many bands
Mike has done many John and Jimmy 👍.