The song is Reckless & the Band is Australian Crawl. I see you’re listening to a whole lot of classic Aussie songs & performers & seem to be enjoying discovering them. For a country of population around 26,000,000 I think we “ punch well above weight” on the music side, particularly back in the 80’s / 90’s when the population was about 18,000,000 & Live Music was everywhere & Bands were all quite unique with their various “sounds”. A great era! 🙂
Australian Crawl are legends of Australian 80's rock, which led him to a great long career, and he still is going today. James Reyne, fantastic guitarist vocalist and song writer, which led Australian Crawl to alot of big hits in Australia, especially Reckless as no.1. He lives on as does the 80's music, best music still today, where young people and foreigners love this era of music and of Australian music.
Aussie pub rock Aussie crawl is a term used as a type of way of swimming stroke like how a dog paddles. James Reyne became the main vocalist after the death of Guy McDonough (d. 1984) - vocals, guitar (1980-1984) They have some great songs Oh no not you again Downhearted The boys light up Errol (Errol Flynn) Beautiful people Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama Just to name a few
G'day Mike. Here is another history lesson and a bit of context for the song. I found this and it is better written than I could do. by CorgiKid, from about 13y ago. Lead singer James Reyne is not from Sydney, but on face value, this song is an obvious reference to the morning ferry commute from the northern seaside suburb of Manly across the harbor (Oz "harbour") south to Circular Quay, where watercraft of all shapes and sizes dock. It's adjacent to the city center and business areas. The subtext of this song deals with Robert Falcon Scott, known as "Scott of the Antarctic," and his tragic expedition, actually reaching the South Pole only to discover that Roald Amundsen had just beaten him and then dying on the return. In a similar vein, Irish/English explorers Burke and Wills were the first to cross Australia from south to north only to starve, too weak to move, a few miles from salvation. They were actually camped by a tree that had buried provisions, but misunderstood the markings on the base camp tree. Thus, the underlying meaning of this song could be: He has spent an unspecified time alone ( "So long she's been away...") and is now waiting to meet his girlfriend who is arriving on the Manly ferry. The references to Scott/Antarctic, Burke & Wills, and a Russian sub beneath the Arctic are telling us how alone he felt, presumably during previous nights; dramatizing the feeling of utter isolation. While waiting, he is also warning himself, soliloquizing, not to be reckless or unnecessarily boisterous in front of her when she arrives, because she hates that behavior and may leave him again. The line, "Throw down your guns" means don't show traits such as recklessness, aggressiveness, or extreme independence popularly associated with cowboys. For many a jilted lover, the song contains a hint of cosmic irony.
@@turdferguson400 HaHaHa .......the band was very successful, but afterwards, James Reyne became a superstar.......with all of his fans complaining that they never knew the words because of his poor diction. Don't think it was his diction per se, but more his sliding the vocal notes like sliding a guitar note.
Aussie Crawl were huge through the 80’s . I seen them live many times . The singer is James Reyne, he is still touring today. They come from a place called MtEliza in Victoria which is only a stone throw from where I live.😊
The lead singer is James Reyne. He’s still around as a solo artist. Australian Crawl is a swimming style as well as the band name. If you can’t understand all the lyrics, don’t worry about it. It’s the way James sings that causes it because he changes the shape of his mouth during the notes, but the music is so engulfing, we don’t mind. I just sing the misheard version. I think a lot of us do, less so with this song but especially with “Hammerhead”. 😃👍😜🇦🇺
I grew up listening to Aussie Crawl as a teenager and young adult. But I once attended a big 10 for 10 concert in Canberra as a 16 year old.. and their performance was totally wonderful!
I love my Australian crawl. You should listen to the complete albums so many fantastic songs. G'day from Australia. His name is James Reyne. Youshould listen to his solo albums as well.
Australian crawl were big over here and had a lot of big hits. As you get into further into Aussie crawl you’ll get to hear why James was not known for his clarity in his lyrics but the music was great.
This is part of the framework of my childhood. Love me some Aussie Crawl. Thanks Kimmy. I’ve always thought of their sound as pub rock but I’ve heard others call it Yacht rock by others. James Reyne, pronounced Rain, lead singer, may have been known for being hard to understand, but he has a brilliant voice. Another member of this band, that we lost way too soon, Guy McDonough, RIP 🕊️ also sings some of their songs. So many guitarist in the band’s makeup, but it works.
Nice old Thunderbird in this video. Until this song, Aussie Crawl had only ever been background music. I never could understand what I liked about this song I just did but that's what music is all about for me. Nice one Miss Kim.
Australian Crawl have a unique sound, they are brilliant. It is hard to get what the song is about because the lyrics are really just a capturing of concepts, there is no way you are going to know what "Burke and Wills and Camels, initials in the trees" means, probably neither "Scott in the Antarctic, base camp too far away." Scott was a British explorer of the Antarctic who led the second expedition to reach the south pole and a screw up on following instructions from his support team meant he and his team died trying to reach their base camp. Burke and Wills were Australian explorers trying to be the first to travel a north south interior journey from coast to coast. It is a complicated story but the up shot is they died at the abandoned base camp which they dragged themselves into hours after the stores party had left. There were initials carved into the tree. The song is exploring what it means to be desperately alone.
Another great song by Australian Crawl is Hoochi Gucci Fiorucci Mama. Another song i think is a listening must is Disturbeds cover of Sounds Of Silence never get sick of hearing it
Best band that I have seen live. I have seen The Rolling Stones The Kinks, Manfred Mann, Slade Jethro Tull and dozens more, AC the best. Unique: sound, James's delivery and song subjects.
@@turdferguson400 Had a really good one, kids, their partners, grandkids and as usual my Mrs. cooked way too much. How about you? Great pick btw, very emotional. See you in the new year.
I do not think this is either. I think it a very unusual song and musically I would describe it as hypnotic. It one of those songs that grow on you over the years and just love it more as you hear it more, probably because it is musically hypnotic and the singing fits with that feel.
Throw down your metaphorical guns, don’t go in hot - stay a bit chill, cause she don’t like that kind of behaviour. Australian Crawl are usually a little more uptempo, I’d say this is their ballad. Ford Thunderbird, im guessing early 60s era. We didn’t get those as official releases but there have been private imports over the years. In the 60s some may have come in new or near new by dealers who would have converted them to RHD. That certainly happened with new Camaros, Firebirds, Buicks etc up to the early 70s.
Its a ballard.their faster 80s more commercial rock songs you will have trouble understanding the words. its his unique style beach pub rock.even us Australians have trouble understanding some of the words...the song .buitifull people. Very hard to understand him.
The song is Reckless & the Band is Australian Crawl.
I see you’re listening to a whole lot of classic Aussie songs & performers & seem to be enjoying discovering them. For a country of population around 26,000,000 I think we “ punch well above weight” on the music side, particularly back in the 80’s / 90’s when the population was about 18,000,000 & Live Music was everywhere & Bands were all quite unique with their various “sounds”. A great era! 🙂
Australian Crawl are legends of Australian 80's rock, which led him to a great long career, and he still is going today. James Reyne, fantastic guitarist vocalist and song writer, which led Australian Crawl to alot of big hits in Australia, especially Reckless as no.1. He lives on as does the 80's music, best music still today, where young people and foreigners love this era of music and of Australian music.
Aussie pub rock
Aussie crawl is a term used as a type of way of swimming stroke like how a dog paddles.
James Reyne became the main vocalist after the death of Guy McDonough (d. 1984) - vocals, guitar (1980-1984)
They have some great songs
Oh no not you again
Downhearted
The boys light up
Errol (Errol Flynn)
Beautiful people
Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama
Just to name a few
This is such a great song. The drumbeat, guitar, strings, vocals are all great.
The Thunderbird is cool as well.
G'day Mike. Here is another history lesson and a bit of context for the song. I found this and it is better written than I could do.
by CorgiKid, from about 13y ago.
Lead singer James Reyne is not from Sydney, but on face value, this song is an obvious reference to the morning ferry commute from the northern seaside suburb of Manly across the harbor (Oz "harbour") south to Circular Quay, where watercraft of all shapes and sizes dock. It's adjacent to the city center and business areas.
The subtext of this song deals with Robert Falcon Scott, known as "Scott of the Antarctic," and his tragic expedition, actually reaching the South Pole only to discover that Roald Amundsen had just beaten him and then dying on the return. In a similar vein, Irish/English explorers Burke and Wills were the first to cross Australia from south to north only to starve, too weak to move, a few miles from salvation. They were actually camped by a tree that had buried provisions, but misunderstood the markings on the base camp tree.
Thus, the underlying meaning of this song could be:
He has spent an unspecified time alone ( "So long she's been away...") and is now waiting to meet his girlfriend who is arriving on the Manly ferry. The references to Scott/Antarctic, Burke & Wills, and a Russian sub beneath the Arctic are telling us how alone he felt, presumably during previous nights; dramatizing the feeling of utter isolation. While waiting, he is also warning himself, soliloquizing, not to be reckless or unnecessarily boisterous in front of her when she arrives, because she hates that behavior and may leave him again.
The line, "Throw down your guns" means don't show traits such as recklessness, aggressiveness, or extreme independence popularly associated with cowboys. For many a jilted lover, the song contains a hint of cosmic irony.
Brilliant!
Surprised you understand his diction.
Here in Ozz we liked the music and his vocals, but we could never understand his diction. lol
@@Rassskle ❤😂 It’s funny you should say that, because I picked up a few more lyrics on this viewing that I didn’t know 40 years ago. 🤔😅❤️🇦🇺👍
@@turdferguson400
HaHaHa .......the band was very successful, but afterwards, James Reyne became a superstar.......with all of his fans complaining that they never knew the words because of his poor diction.
Don't think it was his diction per se, but more his sliding the vocal notes like sliding a guitar note.
Aussie Crawl were huge through the 80’s . I seen them live many times . The singer is James Reyne, he is still touring today. They come from a place called MtEliza in Victoria which is only a stone throw from where I live.😊
Morning everyone! Gotta love the bass work on this song. ❤ They were great live back in the ‘80’s, too. ❤🇦🇺👍
@@turdferguson400 never had the pleasure. They didn't come to The Pilbara 😭
The lead singer is James Reyne. He’s still around as a solo artist. Australian Crawl is a swimming style as well as the band name. If you can’t understand all the lyrics, don’t worry about it. It’s the way James sings that causes it because he changes the shape of his mouth during the notes, but the music is so engulfing, we don’t mind. I just sing the misheard version. I think a lot of us do, less so with this song but especially with “Hammerhead”. 😃👍😜🇦🇺
James Reyne is an excellent song writer. There is a song Oh Errol about early Hollywood action hero Errol Flynn who happened to come from Australia.
❤ That’s a beauty! ❤️🇦🇺👍
1 of the best songs ever made imo I'm a kiwi
Always liked this song, and the group. James Reyne has a very unique voice.
I grew up listening to Aussie Crawl as a teenager and young adult. But I once attended a big 10 for 10 concert in Canberra as a 16 year old.. and their performance was totally wonderful!
I love my Australian crawl. You should listen to the complete albums so many fantastic songs. G'day from Australia.
His name is James Reyne. Youshould listen to his solo albums as well.
The Bowie song was "Space Oddity"
PUB RICK
Hope you had a great Christmas, love Australian music we have amazing bands and singers.
Thank you! You too!
Band Australian Crawl song Reckless
Australian crawl were big over here and had a lot of big hits. As you get into further into Aussie crawl you’ll get to hear why James was not known for his clarity in his lyrics but the music was great.
Thanks mate, all the the best for the future after the 31st. Enjoy 🍻
Thanks, you
Another number one song from Aussie Crawl....oh of course, we shortened the name too!!
This is part of the framework of my childhood. Love me some Aussie Crawl. Thanks Kimmy. I’ve always thought of their sound as pub rock but I’ve heard others call it Yacht rock by others.
James Reyne, pronounced Rain, lead singer, may have been known for being hard to understand, but he has a brilliant voice. Another member of this band, that we lost way too soon, Guy McDonough, RIP 🕊️ also sings some of their songs. So many guitarist in the band’s makeup, but it works.
@@kazz3956 Also RIP - Brad Robinson
@ Definitely RIP Brad
Thanks Kimmy. Love this song.
Nice old Thunderbird in this video. Until this song, Aussie Crawl had only ever been background music. I never could understand what I liked about this song I just did but that's what music is all about for me. Nice one Miss Kim.
Australian Crawl have a unique sound, they are brilliant. It is hard to get what the song is about because the lyrics are really just a capturing of concepts, there is no way you are going to know what "Burke and Wills and Camels, initials in the trees" means, probably neither "Scott in the Antarctic, base camp too far away." Scott was a British explorer of the Antarctic who led the second expedition to reach the south pole and a screw up on following instructions from his support team meant he and his team died trying to reach their base camp. Burke and Wills were Australian explorers trying to be the first to travel a north south interior journey from coast to coast. It is a complicated story but the up shot is they died at the abandoned base camp which they dragged themselves into hours after the stores party had left. There were initials carved into the tree. The song is exploring what it means to be desperately alone.
Another great song by Australian Crawl is Hoochi Gucci Fiorucci Mama. Another song i think is a listening must is Disturbeds cover of Sounds Of Silence never get sick of hearing it
Best band that I have seen live. I have seen The Rolling Stones The Kinks, Manfred Mann, Slade Jethro Tull and dozens more, AC the best. Unique: sound, James's delivery and song subjects.
@@56music64 apart from Manfred Mann I’ve seen those bands as well 😊
it was a Thunderbird
It looked like a 1960 thunderbird
My freind had a thunderbird .in Melbourne it was still left hand drive.not converted over yet.he sold it.
Going to see James Reyne in two weeks' time in Adelaide, he is doing the songs from Australian Crawl. Can't wait.
Saw him doing this exact gig in Brissy last year. Great experience.
Morning Mike
Another great pick Mike.
Hey Ned! Did have a good Christmas? ❤🇦🇺👍
@@turdferguson400 Had a really good one, kids, their partners, grandkids and as usual my Mrs. cooked way too much.
How about you?
Great pick btw, very emotional.
See you in the new year.
❤ Thanks, Ned. Just a very quiet one here, but lovely nonetheless. And not too stinking hot, thankfully! 😂 Happy New Year! ❤🇦🇺👍
I see this as easy listening soft rock it could also be referred to as a ballad maybe
I do not think this is either. I think it a very unusual song and musically I would describe it as hypnotic. It one of those songs that grow on you over the years and just love it more as you hear it more, probably because it is musically hypnotic and the singing fits with that feel.
The singer .James rayne his song ..harvest moon.. is good.
My brain is always foggy lately 🤣😂🤣
Morning Gilly! Mine too. 😢
@turdferguson400 time to retire i 🤔
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Throw down your metaphorical guns, don’t go in hot - stay a bit chill, cause she don’t like that kind of behaviour.
Australian Crawl are usually a little more uptempo, I’d say this is their ballad.
Ford Thunderbird, im guessing early 60s era. We didn’t get those as official releases but there have been private imports over the years. In the 60s some may have come in new or near new by dealers who would have converted them to RHD. That certainly happened with new Camaros, Firebirds, Buicks etc up to the early 70s.
Its a ballard.their faster 80s more commercial rock songs you will have trouble understanding the words. its his unique style beach pub rock.even us Australians have trouble understanding some of the words...the song .buitifull people. Very hard to understand him.
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Yes Mike i dont know a song by Australian crawl that was not a great song ,Look into James Reynes Albums all great music