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.
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.
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 ..
Jimmy is back singing, currently touring Australia / New Zealand doing a 50th reunion with his old band Cold Chisel. He's not 100% but you can't keep him down! Check out some old songs of theirs - When The War Is Over, Bow River, Khe Sanh
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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❤
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 😊
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.
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.
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.
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
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”
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 🦘🇦🇺👍
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.
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.
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 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
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Jimmys concerts were absolute dynamite.....
Even now in 2024...play this in a pub and EVERYONE knows the words and belts it out ❤❤❤❤
This is our unofficial Australian anthem!!🇦🇺
One of them by Chisel and Jimmy lol
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.
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?
Burning sugar cane fields are iconic in this part of OZ each year.
It's the definition of "hard yaka"!
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.
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 ..
Jimmy is on record as saying that the amount of snakes that came out of the sugar cane fields was unbelievable 😮
Saw a story on the making of this video. Amazing as said above.
Jimmy is back singing, currently touring Australia / New Zealand doing a 50th reunion with his old band Cold Chisel. He's not 100% but you can't keep him down!
Check out some old songs of theirs - When The War Is Over, Bow River, Khe Sanh
I love so much of Jimmy’s solo songs.❤
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.
Hehehe that was a classic. I still repeat the “Come out with your hands up, we have you girt,” 😂😂Lmao I laugh every time!
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
Another Cold Chisel song about truck drivers is Shipping Steel. A classic.
And dont forget Driving Wheels mate, loved that song back when I drove for a living in the late 80's/early 90's.
Jimmy Barnes!! Is our Bruce Springsteen!!! Lots to say, but he's ours!!!
Those Sugarcane fields are my from my home town. No place on earth like Far North Queensland Australia 🌴☀
You're a good man sir. It really comes across on your videos.
Thank you sir
Absolutely ✌️
Your doing a excellent job too Mike 👏
This was definitely our theme song when I worked at Holden (GMH) Elizabeth plant👍
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.
Couldn't see Steve Perry or John Waite of the Babys singing this. Suited Barnsey to a tee.
Burning cane fields is so iconic of Queensland, check out The Go-betweens "Cattle and Cane" another anthem from that part of Oz
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”
I second this. 🙂
Keep up the good work Mike you are top bloke
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
definitely need to do this one!
Vocally, the truly great never loose it.
You should come down under to holiday and just have a great holiday, you are so welcome man ❤
Maybe one day!
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.
Thank you for your comments. Much appreciated 🙏🏽
Cheerio from Down Under 🌺
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
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.
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.
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.
dang, hell of a story brother
Thank you and us from down under are with you. All the way man. Love to ya all from here
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❤
The next song I'd recommend is "Driving Wheels"
G'day, Have a listen to his audio book "Working class boy" . He narrates the story of his youth.
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 😊
I still havent got my cuppa or custard donut from Kappy how about you
@@sammy_dog
I’m so weak from hunger I won’t last muchhhh longerrr🥴
Thank you, it's a great song. Get well Jim, cheers from Australia ❤
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.
80s classic Aussie anthem!!!
You may know it from the Michael Keaton film Working Class Man (called Gung Ho in US)!
"He believes in God and Elvis
He gets out when he can
He did his time in Vietnam
Still mad at Uncle Sam"
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.
Absolutely.....
I second, no third this 😂 love that song from divinyls. Another song from divinyls is Pleasure and Pain. 😊
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.
Now Jimmy is also an author. He has written a few books and I think there is another being released soon.
Get well Jimmy ❤
Largs Pier hotel 70's Adelaide South Australia
🌏🌏🦘🦘
Those Sugar-Cane fires were so cool
Still some people who light them up, although it is uncommon these days as modern harvesting no longer requires it
@@AndyFNQ84 Out on the patio we sit
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
Possibly - although I have also heard Gordonvale. But certainly up my way 😊
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🔥🔥🔥 best version Mike
It ain't luck if you earned it buddy 🇭🇲
Going on to the best pub music ,The Tatts …….Rose Tattoo,
🌿🇳🇿👍🏼
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”
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
lol 😂 I just realised that
If you can checkout The Divinyls. Song is I’m Jealous
❤❤ to you🦘🦘🇦🇺
Great stuff from you, hey mate check out cold chisel ,for ever now.
Nice one uncle!.👍
Jimmy has a slight Scottish accent
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 ?
Aussie version of your Bruce Springsteen. Jimmy is going to be fine .
Do live ones every time !!!
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 🦘🇦🇺👍
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
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.
Dragon were a Kiwi band.
@@Laraine3 Oh yeah. Oz takes all the credit for NZ bands. Split Enz, Mi-sex, even those 2 idiots that made a comedy show
Enjoy your content keep it up check out INXS and midnight oil
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.
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 🦘🇦🇺👍
Thanks brother!
@@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