Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man || REACTION VIDEO

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @Laraine3
    @Laraine3 2 месяца назад +51

    You don’t babble on, Mike. We Aussies value what you say… that’s why we’re following your channel!
    From his books, Jimmy tells us his first apprenticeship was working in a steel smelter (like the one in the video) making railway line. His family was dirt poor, not helped by alcoholic parents and domestic violence. As a child he lived in fear. His evolution as a human has been nothing short of epic.

    • @HenriHattar
      @HenriHattar 2 месяца назад

      He DOES babale on....he asks for donations, openly, yet with every hit earns money fro u tube as well.....what is wrong with YOU?/ No Brains?

  • @lori3122
    @lori3122 2 месяца назад +16

    This is our unofficial Australian anthem!!🇦🇺

  • @sibertiger1970
    @sibertiger1970 2 месяца назад +31

    Fun fact: the burning sugar cane was hot. Jimmy Barnes was sweating even though he was a safe distance away. In the video, he kept looking back at the fire to make sure it hadn't come closer.

    • @jayjayjase9796
      @jayjayjase9796 2 месяца назад +7

      He was also checking what was coming out. He said when they lit it up every living thing in there was trying to get out. Moths, flies, birds, lizards, snakes ..

    • @xDRAGONSTARx
      @xDRAGONSTARx 2 месяца назад +2

      Jimmy is on record as saying that the amount of snakes that came out of the sugar cane fields was unbelievable 😮

    • @jenniferrosamilia8711
      @jenniferrosamilia8711 15 дней назад

      Saw a story on the making of this video. Amazing as said above.

  • @raffisekzenian2746
    @raffisekzenian2746 2 месяца назад +25

    Another Cold Chisel song about truck drivers is Shipping Steel. A classic.

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 2 месяца назад +1

      And dont forget Driving Wheels mate, loved that song back when I drove for a living in the late 80's/early 90's.

  • @PiersDJackson
    @PiersDJackson 2 месяца назад +11

    If you want a quirky variation - the Australian comedian Adam Hills adapted the Australian National Anthem - Advance Australia Fair - to the tune of Working Class Man.

    • @xDRAGONSTARx
      @xDRAGONSTARx 2 месяца назад

      Hehehe that was a classic. I still repeat the “Come out with your hands up, we have you girt,” 😂😂Lmao I laugh every time!

  • @louislynge
    @louislynge 2 месяца назад +8

    Burning sugar cane fields are iconic in this part of OZ each year.
    It's the definition of "hard yaka"!

  • @SunShine-qk4rb
    @SunShine-qk4rb 18 дней назад +1

    I love so much of Jimmy’s solo songs.❤

  • @sammy_dog
    @sammy_dog 2 месяца назад +17

    Jimmy is known to watch some of these reactions so if he saw this one he would appreciate the best wishes n prayers from whoever n wherever so on Jimmy's behalf thank you

  • @kazz3956
    @kazz3956 2 месяца назад +19

    This song was written for Jimmy by Jonathon Cain of Journey fame. It is one of many songs Jimmy has sung about working class folk. Something that resonates with him. He came to Australia from Scotland as a child. He had a rough childhood. His father worked hard but spent his pay on booze, and the family was hungry a lot. Needless to say his life has not always been a bed of roses and like his father he has had struggles with alcohol. He has beaten those demons now with the help of his lovely wife Jane and beautiful kids and now grandkids. His stories in his books Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing time tells it all.
    Some more working class songs include Shutting Down our town and Driving Wheels.

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 2 месяца назад +1

      Couldn't see Steve Perry or John Waite of the Babys singing this. Suited Barnsey to a tee.

  • @shanealdridge1803
    @shanealdridge1803 2 месяца назад +7

    Jimmy Barnes!! Is our Bruce Springsteen!!! Lots to say, but he's ours!!!

  • @kevintrodd3732
    @kevintrodd3732 2 месяца назад +10

    This was definitely our theme song when I worked at Holden (GMH) Elizabeth plant👍

  • @georgeibrahim7945
    @georgeibrahim7945 2 месяца назад +13

    Probably my favourite Jimmy Barnes song. Always pumps me up. You should check out Jimmy Barnes doing a duet with Tina Turna “simply the best”

    • @Laraine3
      @Laraine3 2 месяца назад +1

      I second this. 🙂

  • @mikeymike1843
    @mikeymike1843 2 месяца назад +10

    I could be classified as working class man. I'm retired now, I've worked from being a concrete layer, on building sites, in mines ( from iron ore to gold ) ending up being a interstate truck driver here in australia. But I've never thought of my self as a working class man.
    My father is what I'd class as a working class man. He'd work 7.30 to 5 monday to friday then do concreting or erect fences Saturday and Sunday to provide for us. When he retired I really noticed how soft his hands got when we shook hands. Tearing up thinking of him. Miss him terribly.

  • @DjDmt
    @DjDmt 2 месяца назад +8

    You should cover "something is wrong with my baby" Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham (another Aussie great), the live version
    Also, I think you will like John Farnham, he does a cover of "help" from the Beatles done with the Melbourne orchestra, it's mind blowing, he's a Aussie legend like Jimmy

  • @peterpiper7951
    @peterpiper7951 2 месяца назад +5

    You're a good man sir. It really comes across on your videos.

  • @teganford7526
    @teganford7526 2 месяца назад +2

    Those Sugarcane fields are my from my home town. No place on earth like Far North Queensland Australia 🌴☀

  • @Spinsaweb
    @Spinsaweb 2 месяца назад +5

    Burning cane fields is so iconic of Queensland, check out The Go-betweens "Cattle and Cane" another anthem from that part of Oz

  • @peterdubois65
    @peterdubois65 2 месяца назад +13

    Well you've got the king of pub rock but now you need the queen. Chrissie Amphlett R.I.P. lead singer of the divinyls check out their debut single Boys in town.

    • @mals4125
      @mals4125 2 месяца назад

      Absolutely.....

    • @guccigasbag2780
      @guccigasbag2780 2 месяца назад

      I second, no third this 😂 love that song from divinyls. Another song from divinyls is Pleasure and Pain. 😊

  • @alicecobb7763
    @alicecobb7763 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for your comments. Much appreciated 🙏🏽
    Cheerio from Down Under 🌺

  • @juliemcaleese5921
    @juliemcaleese5921 Месяц назад +1

    Your doing a excellent job too Mike 👏

  • @kathleenmayhorne3183
    @kathleenmayhorne3183 2 месяца назад +7

    Did you know that an aussie designed the mechanical cane harvester? The cane fire filmed here are done in queensland, not needed for harvesters, but when the cane falls over and hand harvesting is needed, fire chases out the snakes and spiders. Back breaking work with a cane knife, my dad lost a lot of weight, years ago in cane season. He used to cut cane with his brothers.

  • @skullandcrossbones65
    @skullandcrossbones65 2 месяца назад +5

    G'day, Have a listen to his audio book "Working class boy" . He narrates the story of his youth.

  • @BrettWilliams-n1c
    @BrettWilliams-n1c 2 месяца назад +6

    You should come down under to holiday and just have a great holiday, you are so welcome man ❤

  • @r.g.1409
    @r.g.1409 2 месяца назад +5

    Accolades to you for your past and present life and where it has taken you to. No 'luck' involved within for once-upon-a-time countries were built by Working Class people that just did what that did day in and day out and did their best. Grass Roots people. Not just factory workers but also the Military and Police on the front-line of Democracy. Obviously you are part and parcel of this and understand. Thanks for that.
    Ross G. Vietnam Veteran and after that a 21 year Truck Driving career.

  • @baymanaustralia
    @baymanaustralia 2 месяца назад +17

    "He believes in God and Elvis
    He gets out when he can
    He did his time in Vietnam
    Still mad at Uncle Sam"

  • @rosskelly8268
    @rosskelly8268 2 месяца назад +5

    At 1:28 you see the BOS steel "pour" as we called it at Newcastle Steelworks about 43 years back. The steel pours out white hot and everything it touches - even dust in the air - catches fire. I worked there right at the time he's singing that song. It was such a big place it had its own railway system! Not long after this song it started to retrench thousands of the workforce - it had literally THOUSANDS on the payroll. I was one of them. And I can also say I went in to check out the trouble at the Star Hotel on the night of the riot! It's like my life was weaved into these soundtracks. Mike, The Star Hotel is one of their hits - but to be honest I don't think it's as great a song as some of their others. It tells the story of the last night trading for this hundred year old run down pub that connected - if memory serves - the main street of Newcastle (Hunter St) through its long skinny, smelly bars to Scott St out its back door. There was a hard rock band playing there that final night - but it wasn't Chisel - but Chisel related to rough places like that and realized it would make an interesting song that the fans would also relate to. Nobody really knows how it all got so out of hand that even the police cars that responded finished up burning while the pub's crowd danced wildly in the light of the flames.

  • @mals4125
    @mals4125 2 месяца назад +2

    To see Jimmy's versatility check out him covering Sia's 'Chandelier' a few years ago.
    He agreed to do it at the APRA awards at the last minute when Sia had to pull out.
    He threw the arrangement together with his brother-in-law Diesel on guitar in only a day or so, and it is amazing.
    You can see Jimmy singing about all his demons with booze from his youth, and some of the notes he hits are just crazy.

  • @johnurquhart-pv2ed
    @johnurquhart-pv2ed 2 месяца назад +5

    Keep up the good work Mike you are top bloke

  • @baymanaustralia
    @baymanaustralia 2 месяца назад +5

    The next song I'd recommend is "Driving Wheels"

  • @justlinsu
    @justlinsu 2 месяца назад +5

    Thank you Mike...I really enjoyed this reaction and also you very kind words to Jimmy...I'm going to try to get this to Jimmy I know he'll be very thankful for your kind words....as we in Oz are...thanks again. I think what saved Jimmy from going down the same road as his dad was his love for music....and in performing he let all his frustrations and hurt go....because...Music can heal what medication can't. Love from an Aussie fan

  • @GaryNoone-jz3mq
    @GaryNoone-jz3mq 2 месяца назад +2

    Vocally, the truly great never loose it.

  • @rossalynsmith5253
    @rossalynsmith5253 2 месяца назад +1

    Now Jimmy is also an author. He has written a few books and I think there is another being released soon.

  • @bootn13
    @bootn13 2 месяца назад +4

    Thought you might relate too that one the official clip actually shows some of Australia's main industry's first the steel mills then the sugar cane farmers.

  • @jemxs
    @jemxs 2 месяца назад +4

    80s classic Aussie anthem!!!
    You may know it from the Michael Keaton film Working Class Man (called Gung Ho in US)!

  • @markthomas7963
    @markthomas7963 2 месяца назад +4

    The steelworks scene was filmed at the BOS plant at the Port Kembla steelworks ,I was there that day,the Canefield scenes I think was in Tully in Queensland

    • @AndyFNQ84
      @AndyFNQ84 2 месяца назад

      Possibly - although I have also heard Gordonvale. But certainly up my way 😊

  • @JennyMillikan
    @JennyMillikan 2 месяца назад +2

    Get well Jimmy ❤
    Largs Pier hotel 70's Adelaide South Australia
    🌏🌏🦘🦘

  • @mizpahshearer1659
    @mizpahshearer1659 2 месяца назад +2

    The burning sugar cane was so hot they had to keep hosing him down. I heard him talk about this in an interview and how dangerous it was. Not much health and safety involved back then. Love your reactions Mike. Love from Oz❤

  • @vancouver63-p5w
    @vancouver63-p5w 2 месяца назад +2

    Going on to the best pub music ,The Tatts …….Rose Tattoo,

  • @bernadettelanders7306
    @bernadettelanders7306 2 месяца назад +3

    Another great review of Jimmy. Yes his voice hasn’t changed that much as u said. His hair is shorter and greyer, but who’s isn’t since those days lol.
    I was just looking at a pic of Jimmy on his Facebook page, smiling, in hospital with Teddy his grandson in bed with him, both smiling away. Jimmy is one of the few celebs who shares his home life on FB, it’s a happy home 😊

    • @sammy_dog
      @sammy_dog 2 месяца назад +2

      I still havent got my cuppa or custard donut from Kappy how about you

    • @bernadettelanders7306
      @bernadettelanders7306 2 месяца назад +1

      @@sammy_dog
      I’m so weak from hunger I won’t last muchhhh longerrr🥴

  • @BrettWilliams-n1c
    @BrettWilliams-n1c 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you and us from down under are with you. All the way man. Love to ya all from here

  • @badkitty1889
    @badkitty1889 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you, it's a great song. Get well Jim, cheers from Australia ❤

  • @jamesmadden7870
    @jamesmadden7870 2 месяца назад +4

    If you can checkout The Divinyls. Song is I’m Jealous

  • @royferntorp
    @royferntorp 2 месяца назад +2

    Those Sugar-Cane fires were so cool

    • @AndyFNQ84
      @AndyFNQ84 2 месяца назад +1

      Still some people who light them up, although it is uncommon these days as modern harvesting no longer requires it

    • @royferntorp
      @royferntorp 2 месяца назад

      @@AndyFNQ84 Out on the patio we sit

  • @terryallen345
    @terryallen345 2 месяца назад +4

    It ain't luck if you earned it buddy 🇭🇲

  • @Tigers2099
    @Tigers2099 2 месяца назад +4

    Legend ❤
    If you want to see how much this song means to Australia you should react to Adam Hills singing working class man to the music of our national anthem “advance Australia fair”

    • @bigs1546
      @bigs1546 2 месяца назад +3

      Other way 'round - he sings the National Anthem to the music of Working class man. I have the same problem saying thing the wrong way round lol

    • @Tigers2099
      @Tigers2099 Месяц назад

      lol 😂 I just realised that

  • @bobbubevski2719
    @bobbubevski2719 2 месяца назад +1

    🔥🔥🔥 best version Mike

  • @BeatWittwer-x8p
    @BeatWittwer-x8p 2 месяца назад +6

    Given the time this was released, it was a fair comparison to make between Barnes/Cold Chisel and Springsteen/E.Street band ..... what do you think ?

  • @Michael-o5k2c
    @Michael-o5k2c 27 дней назад +1

    Jimmy has a slight Scottish accent

  • @M.B.ChalliesNZ
    @M.B.ChalliesNZ 2 месяца назад +1

    🌿🇳🇿👍🏼

  • @Monkey_Paws
    @Monkey_Paws 2 месяца назад +1

  • @adamparker9765
    @adamparker9765 2 месяца назад

    Aussie version of your Bruce Springsteen. Jimmy is going to be fine .

  • @davidcruse6589
    @davidcruse6589 2 месяца назад +4

    This guy you will like don't let his looks full you
    He's very good writer look up this it got a bit over shadowed by his other song days after
    Tom MacDonald HEROES
    Also done one less then 24 hrs after the attempt on Trump
    He speaks nothing but truth and facts in both of them
    I'm not a big rap fan as just not my wheel house
    But definitely enjoyed these from him all facts and can appreciate that
    You'll need to do Aussie female Casey chambers
    Singing lose yourself it's a rap song that she has changed totally
    No long rap version again great lyrics and her style I believe be right in your wheel house
    All Aussie musicians when doing covers put their own spin on them and make it their own
    You'd think they'd written them
    We have many other's who write and produce their own stuff as well Aussie always sing about what's happening
    Especially their lives and society and why they relate to society in general also normally family friendly very much respectful
    Of our Christian values not many twerkers in Aussie music
    When your ready will give you a few more modern musicians and their stories
    Cheers buddy 🦘🇦🇺👍

  • @shanesalmo1163
    @shanesalmo1163 2 месяца назад +1

    Great stuff from you, hey mate check out cold chisel ,for ever now.

  • @zebedeedoodaah6454
    @zebedeedoodaah6454 2 месяца назад

    Nice one uncle!.👍

  • @DavidPola1961
    @DavidPola1961 2 месяца назад +2

    Jimmy did this in 1985 about a year after the break up of Cold Chisel at Christmas 83' , Jimmy Barnes AKA James Swann ,his birth name

  • @dianaperry1929
    @dianaperry1929 2 месяца назад

    ❤❤ to you🦘🦘🇦🇺

  • @royferntorp
    @royferntorp 2 месяца назад +2

    Busses and trains might be an interesting and different take on Oz music. Dragon was great band but funnily enough managed to cheeze the Texans off. One has to be polite down there.

    • @Laraine3
      @Laraine3 2 месяца назад +2

      Dragon were a Kiwi band.

    • @royferntorp
      @royferntorp 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Laraine3 Oh yeah. Oz takes all the credit for NZ bands. Split Enz, Mi-sex, even those 2 idiots that made a comedy show

  • @jamieclifford3537
    @jamieclifford3537 2 месяца назад

    Do live ones every time !!!

  • @danielleaney6677
    @danielleaney6677 2 месяца назад

    Enjoy your content keep it up check out INXS and midnight oil

  • @bramba1953
    @bramba1953 2 месяца назад +6

    Great song but I am afraid I have to point out a slight prejudice in your opinion of working class men in that are only doing the job because no one would choice to be a blue collar worker. I have been going to the US since 1970 and never understood Americans that look down on blue collar workers such as "You didn't go to college" "Your a plumber so therefore you were not smart/rich enough to get to college" always said in a way to make out that a trade is only what you do when nothing else is left. In Oz they are called Tradies and are highly respected in society. I have no idea when this change in attitudes came about but it is wrong, all work has value and when the US became so elitist about honest work is perhaps a sign that something is wrong in their society. Perhaps because so many migrants did manual work and therefore had to be looked down upon but the same migrants did so here and that did not happen, it is interesting to think about I think. If you want society to collapse just don't fix sewers and water works and within 2 weeks life becomes hell. People forget that even if laying a concrete driveway you can take pride in making it as good a job as you can and feel good about yourself and your work. Sorry for rambling.

  • @davidcruse6589
    @davidcruse6589 2 месяца назад +4

    Hey mate you might be lucky
    But you also worked for it
    You never got it given to you
    Yes your like the rest of us
    Working class go to work
    To pay tax bills to survive another day
    It's not come easy for you if in military no cop
    Like any job has their pros and cons and cons deadly for you
    So your lucky because survived and able to have a decent life with your family hopefully
    Cheers buddy 🦘🇦🇺👍

    • @SonofBuck-f7z
      @SonofBuck-f7z  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks brother!

    • @davidcruse6589
      @davidcruse6589 2 месяца назад +1

      @@SonofBuck-f7z all good mate just facts you earnt it like everyone else who work hard
      Everyone get lucky it's up to them to take the opportunity when it happens
      That's the only difference between us working class and one's who don't we took our opportunity