This song is just so brilliant. Don Walker is a dead set genius. Listen to the boys, singing in vague harmony at the start. The pensive coldness of the morning in the verse. The drunken euphoria of the chorus. Walking past the Golden Sheaf tonight (Saturday), absolutely nothing has changed in nearly 30 years. The song is spot on. And the is art, no? To illuminate the human experience - our own experience - so that we may see it in all its beauty and heartache.
As an Aussie of a certain age, this song gets me in the guts and brings tears to my eyes. Memories of nights out, getting drunk, getting rejected by girls, but hanging with your mates (who didn't get rejected by girls). It was a great circus.
@@honneybubble1114 Can’t believe my daughter when she worked at apartment building in Perth city served this Sir a beer and charged him, I said what, she said mum I couldn’t or I’d get the sack ,I said give him a kiss on the cheek from me then 🇦🇺❤️🌹😝
Myself and 2 mates all just turned 17 in 84 , left Tassie on a $90 dole cheque , one way airfare was $45 to Melb. Then hitch hiked up the Hume to Sydney , got a place to stay and jobs, lived there for 3 months , we used to catch a red rattler from Granville to Liverpool and score a foil from the Bikies at the Railway Hotel , jump on another rattler smoking spliffs on the trip to the cross , fucking loved the 80's
@tradie 4theladies 100% true mate , looking back that was one of the memorable years in my life and everytime i hear a song from that year it takes me back.
I am jealous. I truly am. I'm 64 and have NEVER experienced that reckless adventure of youth. No use going through that "coulda/shoulda/woulda" thing but still I envy. Too old now and frankly Australia has changed in many ways for that to happen these days unless you're willing to be a roustabout somewhere in the bush. Seriously. Kudos to you.
"Well if ya don't like it, then why ya standing there for twenty minutes..." For you Bairdy, will miss having a laugh with you over this line. R.I.P. Brother. Lest We Forget
Nightlife in Australia in the 80's was amazing. Of course I was too young at the time but I remember the sights as young kids as we passed by. There was so much atmosphere. It was raw, unadulterated. Wish I could have been old enough to be part of it. Sydney was the place to be.
I was legal age at 18 in 1986.It was like a whole new world opened for me.It was awesome and the feeling i had at the time i can never relive.I am glad i lived and survived the 1980`s.
Sydney night-life (specially rhe cross) was banging through the 90s and early 2000s. I remember heading out with friends to the cross and getting there around 4am, nightclubs would start shutting around 7am and the day-clubs would take over and the 24hr bars would never stop
Same here I was 18 too . Wouldn't trade my fun youth growing up in Sydney for anything . It was just such a vibe . Oh to do it again . The cauldron, Jameson street , Springfield's, rouges . Ahhhhhhh life !!!!!
saterday night started when hey hey its saterday finished. then we hit the streets and didnt get home till daylight or later...outnabout cruising the streets having a ball..how times have changed
The saxophone sums up the aftermath of a big Saturday night on the streets of Sydney. You came out worse for wear, but you know deep inside that you'll do it again next weekend.
Great Aussie song by a great Aussie band. I was part of a group of High School students from rural NZ that visited Australia in the early 80s. We stayed two nights in a dingy hotel in Kings Cross. This song & video bring back images and impressions that I recall from my time there. Sydney - amazing city...
Why dont we have great Aussie bands like this and great, classic Aussie songs like this anymore? Seems that the 80's was the one decade where Aussie bands were just doing amazing things.
Thanks for your love and support all your kind wishes and encouragement for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post. Am so fortunate to have you as one of my fan here I want to use this special opportunity to say a very big thanks to you for been a fan here, And always make sure you support my career kindly message me via Hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it's you cause I don't answer unnecessarily messages. Hangouts mail Ianrechardmoss@gmail.com
Again proving the best Chisel songs are the ones Ian Moss sings. Certainly gives a real feeling of what Sydney was like in the 80's with the video clip.
+zane duffy Mate i said the Song is underated not the band. I was simply saying i think it's one of their best songs and it's not as well known as some of their other songs.
Not just an awesome song, but the video is one of the most evocative of a specific time & place ever. If you weren't around back then, it makes you feel like you were there in a prev. life.
100% I used to watch the parades in the 80s, they were wild and raw, unlike the "event" it has become for social media content. I went to lots of the MG parties at the Hordern then & it was almost impossible to get a ticket, but fantastic to be in there & party on with a great crowd.
nei miei anni giovanili trascorsi nella terra degli aussi ho scoperto la loro rinnovata musica. I Cold Chesel sono stati artefici della mia felicita, in quel periodo e porterò sempre con me i concerti ai quali ho assistito con grande gioia
I'm a Russian 27 year old girl living in Madrid, who can tell why I'm ready to cry when I see Sydney at the dawn at the end of the video, like around 4:21?
Truly , a bloody legend, Barnes and Ian Mossi, a truly incredible band , bloody proud to be in this country , proud to be a guest and an Aussie !!!!!!!!!
Thanks for your love and support all your kind wishes and encouragement for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post. Am so fortunate to have you as one of my fan here I want to use this special opportunity to say a very big thanks to you for been a fan here, And always make sure you support my career kindly message me via Hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it's you cause I don't answer unnecessarily messages. Hangouts mail Ianrechardmoss@gmail.com
Saturday night ... Radio grab pulled from 3KZ late at night many years ago ... and sped up a bit so my very good friend Henry doesn't get any money for it ... BUT - it's only in the video version ... And Chris Hulme ... lives in the best State of Australia - Queensland !
I worked in a souvenir place from 89 to 90 in KX, this song captures the real mood of the Cross, it wasn't hyped up but captured the lost souls perfectly, druggos, boozers, party crowd always on the look out for something more. Once I graduated Uni I was outta there never to return, it sucks you in but never satisfys. I like the song more now I know Barnes didn't sing it, the Moss guy is much better.
tetsuan25 wrote: "Once I graduated Uni I was outta there never to return, it sucks you in but never satisfys." How on earth did you graduate when you can't read or write properly? It's "satisfies". You don't "graduated Uni", you graduate from Uni (or University).
@@fashionbeauty3067 Not really. People are selfish and self-involved. One can only join groups like a tennis club or Mens/Community Sheds and hope for the best. Life has passed me by not by my choice. Thanks for your empathy and message though.
If this is the only song of Chisel's that you don't tire of then you're pretty clearly a radio airplay fan and don't actually own any albums because almost every _unreleased_ track from Chisel is better than the singles.
I've loved this song since it came out, it was the farewell song from when they announced their break up in 1983. But reading Jimmy Barnes' books, I learned that several people had told him that the Mardi Gras footage held images of friends of theirs who'd died of aids. Makes me see the video with fresh eyes. :)
Thanks for your love and support all your kind wishes and encouragement for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post. Am so fortunate to have you as one of my fan here I want to use this special opportunity to say a very big thanks to you for been a fan here, And always make sure you support my career kindly message me via Hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it's you cause I don't answer unnecessarily messages. Hangouts mail Ianrechardmoss@gmail.com
Yeah. You go through the Cross late at night loving it in the 80's but feeling totally desolate. And I loved the Cross. This song captures that feeling of WTF are you doing with your life, but it is what it is for now.
Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night Saturday night’s already old Walking into Sunday, and I find All desires are cold I could walk forever, I don’t mind Show me a light, your company Goes a little way to help me see The path on which I’m bound Rather than the things I leave behind I’ve got the keys to the city Baby I can feel my luck I got two days’ money If you light me up This heart will shine on “L’esclavage D’amour It will be ours forevermore” Words we both recall Either from a lover, or the law Saturday night, my steps have shown I can walk away from all I’ve know Goodnight, my friend, goodbye Remember what they say, When you’re alone, laugh or die
I love the old Cross...Iwas there when they were filming this.....so much ...FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song is so underrated! saw chisel last night was absolutely awesome!
When I first heard this on Countdown, I thought ' what crap, just saying Saturday Night '. Then I listened to this great complex song and 'got it'. And there is no finer line in it than "If you don't like it why are you standing there for 20 minutes"! An atmospheric song.
Hey hey it's Saturday ❤😂
Mossy and Barnsy's voices blend so well. Classic combo!!
Its hard to believe this era will never be repeated..all sweet memories within the songs now i reminisce in high definition and full surround sound
The songs captured the essence of the times so well
Believe it or not...a birdie brought me here 😂 he actually learned the song & sings, "Doo Doo Doo, Saturday Night" 🎶 lol
That is frikin adorable, what kind of birb...? :)
I believe it. 😊
Bloody brilliant! As good in 2022 as it was originally. Great songwriting, vocals, and production. Cold Chisel - a brilliant band! 👏
You got it right😂
2023 👍
2024 WILL ALWAYS BE GREAT
Brings back memories
This song is just so brilliant. Don Walker is a dead set genius. Listen to the boys, singing in vague harmony at the start. The pensive coldness of the morning in the verse. The drunken euphoria of the chorus. Walking past the Golden Sheaf tonight (Saturday), absolutely nothing has changed in nearly 30 years. The song is spot on. And the is art, no? To illuminate the human experience - our own experience - so that we may see it in all its beauty and heartache.
That's another reason - and there are plenty of them - why we love this band the way we do. The talent just oozes.
8 years 1 reply. The world is crazy. This song is top shelf
@@TheHahashishi Looks like you and I are the only non-crazies left!!
@@aus80srockradio94 nice to meet you non-crazies!
@@aus80srockradio94 haha good to know there's at least 2 other non-crazies in this crazy world 😆
No phones anywhere…the best years these were. What a great song and time to be young
fuk yeah
"Well if you don't like it, why you been standin' there for 20 minutes???" Good point.
typical aussie reply to any intelligent question.
I always wondered what they story behind that was.
Awesome
the video goes for 4 minutes sooooo its kinda impossible to be listening to this for 20 minutes
my favourite reply !
As an Aussie of a certain age, this song gets me in the guts and brings tears to my eyes. Memories of nights out, getting drunk, getting rejected by girls, but hanging with your mates (who didn't get rejected by girls). It was a great circus.
take me back
I hear ya mate , days of Oz glory , it was pretty amazing
Same here mate, brings back good memories. So many good Aussie bands back then. Never get tired of hearing this and other classics.
Cheers 🍺
Yeah till yous start crying 😂😂huggin people n shit
i remember , cheerin days in the 80's for young fellas, rootin , fightin , it was all good FUN
Great days . I was 20 , going out in kings cross on a Saturday night . My youth ......aaahhhhhhhh take me back
00:55 "Well if ya don't like it why are ya standing there for twenty minutes watchin it for?"
Know more gay hey day on another planet?
Love Love LOVE this Song ! Even after all this time , Ian Moss , Jimmy and the Band STILL show WHY this is a Classic ! 👊😎
Ahhh the 80's ....when life was awesome!
Time capsule, a Sydney that will never be again.
Who's listening to this in 2020 ? Such a classic and that voice mossy..You still got it now mate
Here for 2020....good tunes....😀😀✌✌
2021 as well
@@honneybubble1114 Can’t believe my daughter when she worked at apartment building in Perth city served this Sir a beer and charged him, I said what, she said mum I couldn’t or I’d get the sack ,I said give him a kiss on the cheek from me then 🇦🇺❤️🌹😝
I’m still listening to it 2022
@@xthurstonfn581 hahaha same mate same 2022
Myself and 2 mates all just turned 17 in 84 , left Tassie on a $90 dole cheque , one way airfare was $45 to Melb. Then hitch hiked up the Hume to Sydney , got a place to stay and jobs, lived there for 3 months , we used to catch a red rattler from Granville to Liverpool and score a foil from the Bikies at the Railway Hotel , jump on another rattler smoking spliffs on the trip to the cross , fucking loved the 80's
Pinkenba Weighbridge HA!!Thats Awesome!!
@tradie 4theladies 100% true mate , looking back that was one of the memorable years in my life and everytime i hear a song from that year it takes me back.
I am jealous. I truly am. I'm 64 and have NEVER experienced that reckless adventure of youth. No use going through that "coulda/shoulda/woulda" thing but still I envy. Too old now and frankly Australia has changed in many ways for that to happen these days unless you're willing to be a roustabout somewhere in the bush.
Seriously. Kudos to you.
"Well if ya don't like it, then why ya standing there for twenty minutes..."
For you Bairdy, will miss having a laugh with you over this line.
R.I.P. Brother. Lest We Forget
I remember Hey Hey It's Saturday used to use this song going in and out of commercial breaks.
Nightlife in Australia in the 80's was amazing. Of course I was too young at the time but I remember the sights as young kids as we passed by. There was so much atmosphere. It was raw, unadulterated. Wish I could have been old enough to be part of it.
Sydney was the place to be.
I was legal age at 18 in 1986.It was like a whole new world opened for me.It was awesome and the feeling i had at the time i can never relive.I am glad i lived and survived the 1980`s.
You right it was raw and it was totally adulterated. Surface enticing but underneath dead and corrupt, lost and meaningless.
Sydney night-life (specially rhe cross) was banging through the 90s and early 2000s. I remember heading out with friends to the cross and getting there around 4am, nightclubs would start shutting around 7am and the day-clubs would take over and the 24hr bars would never stop
Same here I was 18 too . Wouldn't trade my fun youth growing up in Sydney for anything . It was just such a vibe . Oh to do it again . The cauldron, Jameson street , Springfield's, rouges . Ahhhhhhh life !!!!!
This never ages. Such a well crafted song in every way.
Love the part where Mossy and Barnesy are wandering through the crowd together. Harmonising. Man what a band. What a song.
The combination of these 2 great voices is phenomenal
Early 80's Sydney in all its glory!
Did you notice the police on a mobile phone. I don't remember them in the early 80's. Maybe very late 80's
1984
Radio.
veteran2000 Correct
@@leokimvideo LOL ... dude, they had walkie talkies and hand held radios or whatever you want to call them.
one of the best Chisel numbers
Ian Moss is the genius ❤🥂🇦🇺🍾😀
🤝 I agree 👍 🐦 🕊 ♥ 🌌 🚀 🛳 🌟 ☰
If any song can capture late night Sydney(Kings Cross,Darlinghurst,Central etc) in the Eighties...THIS IS IT !!!
saterday night started when hey hey its saterday finished. then we hit the streets and didnt get home till daylight or later...outnabout cruising the streets having a ball..how times have changed
Plucka Duck :D
@@kaylenepetersen758 Wow, we have actually seen Aussie culture at its finest..Too bad it is gone.
Yes Greg, totally agree, the landscape is changing to something unlike we have seen before.
Burkie Turkey siiikkkkk
most of this was filmed on oxford street
❤Happy Birthday Mandy,remembering when I heard this song for the first time on your cassette❤
The saxophone sums up the aftermath of a big Saturday night on the streets of Sydney.
You came out worse for wear, but you know deep inside that you'll do it again next weekend.
Their best film clip ❤
The build up to the chorus is almost euphoric
Good old days
Great Aussie song by a great Aussie band. I was part of a group of High School students from rural NZ that visited Australia in the early 80s. We stayed two nights in a dingy hotel in Kings Cross. This song & video bring back images and impressions that I recall from my time there. Sydney - amazing city...
+Peter Wilkie great insightful comment!
+Peter Wilkie wasnt the astoria per chance lol
Why dont we have great Aussie bands like this and great, classic Aussie songs like this anymore?
Seems that the 80's was the one decade where Aussie bands were just doing amazing things.
If you think that I'm tipping you missed the 70s
No one lets you play live music anymore
The drugs hit different back then
technology made everyone lazy and dumb!
U godda luv the HORDAN PAVILION YEAH!! AM I RIGHT THOSE DAYS NEVER FORGET THE BEST MEMORIES FOR EVERYONE THANKS.! MACKA , LIVERPOOL , SYDNEY.
a True Awesome Classic! One of THE BEST EVER SONGS made!
Thanks for your love and support all your kind wishes and encouragement for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post.
Am so fortunate to have you as one of my fan here I want to use this special opportunity to say a very big thanks to you for been a fan here, And always make sure you support my career
kindly message me via Hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it's you cause I don't answer unnecessarily messages.
Hangouts mail
Ianrechardmoss@gmail.com
Too Dealy,Yeah😄
Best song ever written!
Makes me remember my youth. Beautiful song brilliant band. Part of the fabric of Australiana.
100% well put!
Again proving the best Chisel songs are the ones Ian Moss sings. Certainly gives a real feeling of what Sydney was like in the 80's with the video clip.
The best songs are about Kings' X
Barnsey sings the bridge. Duo effort.
Ian Moss has the soulful voice, but Barnesy brings the rock element. They both have their merit and I’m a big fan of both. Greetings from Portugal
🤦♂️
This song is so underrated! saw chisel last night was absolutely awesome!
+Brendan Clarke under rated by who?cold chisel have 1 of the best die hard followings of all austalian rock bands
+zane duffy Mate i said the Song is underated not the band. I was simply saying i think it's one of their best songs and it's not as well known as some of their other songs.
sorry mate
it brings me home evry time i listen to it :)
The best Aussie song !
The cross was the cross back then and everyone loved it for what it was regardless of what went on !!
I love this i love sydney i love australia 🙏💕
Ian Moss is a Legend and a fine human being at that.
I was never a big fan of this song, until I heard Chisel do it live ( now one of my favourites). They were, are and always will be a LIVE band!!!
Not just an awesome song, but the video is one of the most evocative of a specific time & place ever. If you weren't around back then, it makes you feel like you were there in a prev. life.
I couldn't agree more.
100% I used to watch the parades in the 80s, they were wild and raw, unlike the "event" it has become for social media content. I went to lots of the MG parties at the Hordern then & it was almost impossible to get a ticket, but fantastic to be in there & party on with a great crowd.
nei miei anni giovanili trascorsi nella terra degli aussi ho scoperto la loro rinnovata musica. I Cold Chesel sono stati artefici della mia felicita, in quel periodo e porterò sempre con me i concerti ai quali ho assistito con grande gioia
Dont you just Love that tone change at 1.15 as the song starts ?
just listen at 1:25 to the subtle keyboard notes emulating bacground street noise
Don Walker is a genius
Nothing better than classic Aussie Rock 😁👍💯
3.59 thats me next to the bikes hahaha back in the day omg
never noticed b4 lol
Immortalised! Good spot :)
In the day it was me on my bike "BMX" lol.
@tradie 4theladies did you not get your weeties this morning? Go have a sandwich you grumpy 😡
tradie 4theladies wtf
Good song
I'm a Russian 27 year old girl living in Madrid, who can tell why I'm ready to cry when I see Sydney at the dawn at the end of the video, like around 4:21?
One of the great songs of its time. So raw.
captures that era perfectly
OF ALL TIME!!!! :)
I love the old Cross...Iwas there when they were filming this.....so much ...FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes me glad I live in suburbia with a wife and a lawnmower and living the lifestyle I once despised.
Classic.. still live for Saturday nights. Enjoy
Mossy, smooth as Lindt Chocolate 😋
Truly , a bloody legend, Barnes and Ian Mossi, a truly incredible band , bloody proud to be in this country , proud to be a guest and an Aussie !!!!!!!!!
Absolutely love cold chisel, classic timeless music that every generation can enjoy :)
Thanks for your love and support all your kind wishes and encouragement for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post.
Am so fortunate to have you as one of my fan here I want to use this special opportunity to say a very big thanks to you for been a fan here, And always make sure you support my career
kindly message me via Hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it's you cause I don't answer unnecessarily messages.
Hangouts mail
Ianrechardmoss@gmail.com
Love this born in the 80s the cross was great back then
That saxophone solo just gets me every time!!
"Well, if you don't like it why are you standin' for twenty minutes watching it?!"
Ye gods, that saxophone solo!
Great song gets you in the vibe
chisels classics love them all...
😮so good singer
Such a great song.
Saturday night ... Radio grab pulled from 3KZ late at night many years ago ... and sped up a bit so my very good friend Henry doesn't get any money for it ... BUT - it's only in the video version ... And Chris Hulme ... lives in the best State of Australia - Queensland !
The Cross and Oxford Street were so much fun in those days, its all over now baby blue!
Great singing
Amen, and l'm not religious, except when it comes to these blokes!
I worked in a souvenir place from 89 to 90 in KX, this song captures the real mood of the Cross, it wasn't hyped up but captured the lost souls perfectly, druggos, boozers, party crowd always on the look out for something more. Once I graduated Uni I was outta there never to return, it sucks you in but never satisfys. I like the song more now I know Barnes didn't sing it, the Moss guy is much better.
tetsuan25 wrote: "Once I graduated Uni I was outta there never to return, it sucks you in but never satisfys." How on earth did you graduate when you can't read or write properly? It's "satisfies". You don't "graduated Uni", you graduate from Uni (or University).
Kings Cross and all its glory. Already old Walking into Sunday...................This Heart will shine on!!!!!!!
Saturday night here in Perth. Here I sit before a screen pondering the loneliness of this wretched life.
I hope your life has improved since then and today Saturday 24/8/2024 you are happy wherever you are.
@@fashionbeauty3067 Not really. People are selfish and self-involved. One can only join groups like a tennis club or Mens/Community Sheds and hope for the best. Life has passed me by not by my choice. Thanks for your empathy and message though.
Only song from them that I don't tire from. Love it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If this is the only song of Chisel's that you don't tire of then you're pretty clearly a radio airplay fan and don't actually own any albums because almost every _unreleased_ track from Chisel is better than the singles.
im watching this Saturday night.
Fanbloodytastic
Reminiscent of early Tom Waits, Small Change era -- and man, whata voice! Fantastico!
My fave Chisel tune!
Yewwww !
It was a amazing time brings back so many memories a free for all just b a street smart kid and the world was your oyster!
One of my favs from Cold Chisel, so good! Love playing it on a Saturday night 😉
I've loved this song since it came out, it was the farewell song from when they announced their break up in 1983. But reading Jimmy Barnes' books, I learned that several people had told him that the Mardi Gras footage held images of friends of theirs who'd died of aids. Makes me see the video with fresh eyes. :)
Thanks for your love and support all your kind wishes and encouragement for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post.
Am so fortunate to have you as one of my fan here I want to use this special opportunity to say a very big thanks to you for been a fan here, And always make sure you support my career
kindly message me via Hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it's you cause I don't answer unnecessarily messages.
Hangouts mail
Ianrechardmoss@gmail.com
I love this song ❤🤗👍up there😊
R.I.p Cold chisel................ We will all miss your songs.......
Early 80's Sydney in all its glory!
I think that bloke sitting outside Kings Cross Station is still there :)
Yeah. You go through the Cross late at night loving it in the 80's but feeling totally desolate. And I loved the Cross. This song captures that feeling of WTF are you doing with your life, but it is what it is for now.
best chisel song
Classic Oz rock.
Best Australian band ever.
Really 12:15am got it Saturday night
I love this song.. every time i hear it... My steps have shown, I could walk away from all i'v known..
Best of the best and more
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night’s already old
Walking into Sunday, and I find
All desires are cold
I could walk forever, I don’t mind
Show me a light, your company
Goes a little way to help me see
The path on which I’m bound
Rather than the things I leave behind
I’ve got the keys to the city
Baby
I can feel my luck
I got two days’ money
If you light me up
This heart will shine on
“L’esclavage D’amour
It will be ours forevermore”
Words we both recall
Either from a lover, or the law
Saturday night, my steps have shown
I can walk away from all I’ve know
Goodnight, my friend, goodbye
Remember what they say,
When you’re alone, laugh or die
Colin you're a fuckin legend
Easily the best Chisel song.
Saturday night what happened to going to the pub listening to Aussie bands doing sum dope no one getting shot they where the days
I love the old Cross...Iwas there when they were filming this.....so much ...FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This song is so underrated! saw chisel last night was absolutely awesome!
Encapsulated perfectly for the time. Simpler times. Mossy still underated as hell.
When I first heard this on Countdown, I thought ' what crap, just saying Saturday Night '. Then I listened to this great complex song and 'got it'. And there is no finer line in it than "If you don't like it why are you standing there for 20 minutes"! An atmospheric song.