MODELS WERE A GREAT BAND TO DO LIGHTING ON. THIS SONG AND MOST OF THEIR SONGS HAD PROJECTION AND ANIMATION . I USED TO STORY BOARD THE WHOLE SHOW . JAMES AND SEAN WERE FRIENDS OF MINE AND OUT OF ALL THE AUSSIE BANDS THEY GAVE ME ALL THE LIGHTING AND FIRST ROBOTIC LIGHTING TO COME INTO AUSTRALIA . I LOVE THEIR SONG ,I HEAR MOTION. THAT SONG I USED CARTOON COG PROJECTION . I MISS MY OLD FRIENDS . R.I.P JAMES . Chris Simmons ,Showlite International
LOL., this is great, I love the way you put lyrics on it when there are only three words! (except for (International Business Machines) said in that strange deep voice. Thanks for putting this up! What a great band they were...I used to go out with a guy called Ian who used to sing Happy Birthday IAN at parties when this came on..))
@tatunkha it's clearly about THE IBM - the one I work for :-) Listen to where the lyric says 'International Business Machines' at 2:57 I loved this band and used to see them live all over Sydney. i have the forst two albums on vinyl and CD now too.
@brismike65 I was grief stricken when I heard. I am also an alcholic (dry for 12 years) and his death really put me in my place more than other sad passings. It is easy to pass judgement on others and their actions. I just thought their sound changed somewhat. He wrote their bigest hits and to have hits you need to be commercial. But I have mellowed my view. I went and saw them on Oxford St a couple of months ago (original line-up) when they supported a book review (wtf).
Can you PLEASE send me Strategic Air Command, Drive And Reflex and Drunk At Home if you have them? I have been looking all over for them but I can't find one place to even purchase the albums here In Canada let alone listen to them...
Great track, lots of good memories listening to this on 4ZZZ and seeing the models at a Joint Effort at Uni of Qld. Does anyone know the origins of this one? Why IBM? Is it a pisstake about a large corporation or just a pop song?
Baggage aside, Models and all the stuff that was seething around Darlinghurst and Bondi, in the early 80's, was, in retrospect, astonishing...even the Evil Star, at Slurry Hills was pretty good, with Distant Locust and The Good Chamber..a case of; 'you had to be there'...rest with the rest James F
Bondi Lifesavers (aka the Swap), Stranded, Hopetoun Hotel, the Piccadilly and the Civic and numerous others when pubs had bands and nobody got thumped by some drunken goose on alcohol and 'roids
Why would it not be about IBM? They are singing to the machine. I like the band because they sang to the machine. Do you not see the irony of singing "Happy Birthday" to the machine? I think that's what it's about.
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MODELS WERE A GREAT BAND TO DO LIGHTING ON. THIS SONG AND MOST OF THEIR SONGS HAD PROJECTION AND ANIMATION . I USED TO STORY BOARD THE WHOLE SHOW . JAMES AND SEAN WERE FRIENDS OF MINE AND OUT OF ALL THE AUSSIE BANDS THEY GAVE ME ALL THE LIGHTING AND FIRST ROBOTIC LIGHTING TO COME INTO AUSTRALIA . I LOVE THEIR SONG ,I HEAR MOTION. THAT SONG I USED CARTOON COG PROJECTION . I MISS MY OLD FRIENDS . R.I.P JAMES . Chris Simmons ,Showlite International
IBM turns 100 today (16th June 2024). Just sayin'. I dig the track. Simple but catchy. Vintage EMS Synthi AKS played by Andrew Duffield.
University days in the 80's, a cerebral time and wonderful music like this.
Tony Coz
LOL., this is great, I love the way you put lyrics on it when there are only three words! (except for (International Business Machines) said in that strange deep voice. Thanks for putting this up! What a great band they were...I used to go out with a guy called Ian who used to sing Happy Birthday IAN at parties when this came on..))
We all LOVE Sean Patrick Kelly...Happy Birthday ! 👏👍
To my friend, Kerri, thank you for the pure joy we had listening to Models, particularly this song.
very awesome to discover their early gems. thank-u for posting.
Thank you for including the lyrics!
@tatunkha it's clearly about THE IBM - the one I work for :-) Listen to where the lyric says 'International Business Machines' at 2:57 I loved this band and used to see them live all over Sydney. i have the forst two albums on vinyl and CD now too.
I have them all on Vinyl. Still love them like when I was a teen. Well the early stuff...
@brismike65 I was grief stricken when I heard. I am also an alcholic (dry for 12 years) and his death really put me in my place more than other sad passings. It is easy to pass judgement on others and their actions. I just thought their sound changed somewhat. He wrote their bigest hits and to have hits you need to be commercial. But I have mellowed my view. I went and saw them on Oxford St a couple of months ago (original line-up) when they supported a book review (wtf).
Can you PLEASE send me Strategic Air Command, Drive And Reflex and Drunk At Home if you have them? I have been looking all over for them but I can't find one place to even purchase the albums here In Canada let alone listen to them...
Models drummer is a genius.
yes there were 3. i think he means this one. Janis Freidenfeils as i recall or something like that. i preferred Buster Stiggs of f the next 2 albums !
ALPHABROVOCHARLIEECHOFOXTROTGOLF...............nice work lads !
@tatunkha it's clearly about THE IBM - the one I work for :-) Listen to where the lyric says 'International Business Machines' at 2:57
Great track, lots of good memories listening to this on 4ZZZ and seeing the models at a Joint Effort at Uni of Qld. Does anyone know the origins of this one? Why IBM? Is it a pisstake about a large corporation or just a pop song?
Baggage aside, Models and all the stuff that was seething around Darlinghurst and Bondi, in the early 80's, was, in retrospect, astonishing...even the Evil Star, at Slurry Hills was pretty good, with Distant Locust and The Good Chamber..a case of; 'you had to be there'...rest with the rest James F
i still wonder what posessed me to waste so much time .....insomnia i think.
Bondi Lifesavers (aka the Swap), Stranded, Hopetoun Hotel, the Piccadilly and the Civic and numerous others when pubs had bands and nobody got thumped by some drunken goose on alcohol and 'roids
It sounds amazing. Can you (or anyone else who was there) please, tell us what it was like?
Why would it not be about IBM? They are singing to the machine. I like the band because they sang to the machine. Do you not see the irony of singing "Happy Birthday" to the machine? I think that's what it's about.
happy birthday myself 56 years young :)
@ozdesmo Happy birthday then. Your lot turned 100 last week.
nice story...I used to play this loud.
Pity Freud came in!
Ferrie was the best. His solo album was interesting too.
16 June 1911
holy shit.
no-one knew ibm's record during ww2 at that stage.