I like that she didn't mute our great accent. Love the way Chrissie always sang in an Aussie accent. No Holds Barred. Such high quality audio for a 1984 vid too
Saw them at Tas Uni around 1990. (Chrissie may have pee’d on the front row of the mosh pit). Crazy good. Just reminded me, Spy V Spy played around that time. Heh heh. Good times
If you were ever lucky enough to see them perform this song... they took it to a whole new level, it was like a sonic assault on your senses, an assault on everything "establishment" It makes me want to throw up when i see the people that are revered as "stars" these days. Divinyls were real. Chrissie did whatever she wanted, she was truly talented and creative, an artist of the highest order, Mark was a fantastic guitarist, im lovin his hair do in this clip, a handsome man
About 6 times I saw them in Melbourne. NOTHING, nobody compares. I do love Magic Dirt and The Superjesus, maybe it's time and age, but Divinyls on stage - the atmosphere - wow!
Everything about Chrissie Amphlett was awesome. She looked amazing, She sang amazing, She performed amazing, she was amazing! Never gonna be another like her and Australians were blessed enough to call her ours!!!!
This was the coolest band in Australia in the 80s, no doubt about it. I'm on a nostalgia trip at the moment, listening to and watching all their stuff every few weeks. I'm 53 and I really miss those days.
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett... My mum had me when she was 19. A never was that always has been. LOVE RIP CHRISSY YOU ROCKED In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett...
I have loved the Divinyls since I was a a kid. I am now passing it on to my 7yr old daughter who also thinks that Chrissy Amphlett is the greatest rock chick ever to grace the stage with her presence, no-one will come close. RIP
Classic song and video... What a performer and vocal stylist Chrissie was. So sassy and charismatic. Sadly missed. I think this just might be my very favourite pop song from the Eighties. The song's lyric partly borrows from Dickens' classic novel 'Hard Times' ... "Hard-headed, solid fisted, hard times... A few facts of facts ~ Such advantages!" .. You tell it girl.
Such high quality audio for a 1984 vid too In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett... Bombay Rock, Brunswick, Chrissy, you were the best, respect.
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett... Tough song done OH so good Thank You Chrissy/Thank You Mark & THANK YOU!!!!! I like that she didn't mute our great accent.
Yep...That was part of their appeal. Another Aussie star who was under-publicised and under-appreciated ! Also a very very brave woman ! RIP Chrissie. Only the "good die young"
I'd just started in radio when this song came out as a B side. I was actually put onto it by a listener. One of those "role reversal" moments that I will forever be thankful for! Anna Agius from Melton Victoria, wherever you are, thank you!
I was 17 at the Coggee bay hotel in 1984 girls dancing in cages slung from the roof Chrissy just rockin it on stage didn't realise how special it was at the time just clad I was there
Glad you were clad too: Getting naked in front of Chrissy woulda been a bit weird.. Hey we all dreamed about it but you couldn't really do it.. She'd kick you in the balls.
How'dya get this far Let's go!! Chrissy and Johnette Neapolitano...2 of the greatest frontwomen of rock . Have been a fan of Chrissy's since the 80's. Rock In Peace,chicky💜
@Warren552011 I never saw the picture at the airport. I only saw the one of them together at the gym in Chrissy's autobiography. Yes, I remember she also mentioned the Go-Gos in her book. They toured with Joan Jett but she doesn't offer any opinions on her music. She says, like everyone, Debby Harry and Blondie were influential ,and also says Donna Summer was great.
@Warren552011 Oh nice👌🏻. Some awesome taste you have there. I was a MASSIVE fan of hers when I was younger to the point of having my hair like hers and using her singing technique. I'm still a big fan and still have the same ol' hairstyle etc so I guess I'll never grow out of it🙃. All of my Divinyls collection's on tape though so I can't crank them in the car unless it's via RUclips. These days I cruise more to the sounds of Alice In Chains,Tool etc. I'll be a headbanging 80 year old granny before too long😆😃🤔☹️😞😢
@Warren552011 I've never heard of them. I don't think I have anyway. With a name like that I should've remembered them though. It's cool they're from WA👌🏻. I've always been into metal and rock. As a primary school aged kid I'd be listening to Faith No More while everyone else liked shit like Madonna etc. I've always been the "bogan/goth" of the group apparently😏. I have Tool's 'Undertow' and still listen to it. It's actually on rotation in the car stereo atm.. along with Alice In Chains' 'Dirt', Nirvana's 'Icon/Greatest Hits' and a couple of Queens of the Stone Age CDs. I crank Tool's Eulogy, Stinkfist, Opiate etc from my RUclips playlist alot though. Very talented band and can't wait to hear the fullnew album of theirs when released
Chrissy was nothing short of brilliant in her use of accent to add depth and charm to a lyric. One of my favourites is the beautifully powerful ''I'm Jealous''....She was remarkable in many ways.
Lyrics 🙃 How did you get this far?! Let's go! How did you get this far?! Let's go! 🎶 I'm gonna get things I'm gonna get things right 'Cause in my memory I've seen changes overnight Hey, I been in my life Nothing much happening, nothing much happening In my life Hey, it might change so I still remain So I still stuck it in my life I might think of something When life becomes a fight Or take relief in What I think is right Hey, I been in my life, etcetera I was born and brought up wrong And I don't know where I come from Mum had me when she was nineteen 🌙A never was that always has been When I grew up, I went to school They tried to make me a bloody fool I woke up, and I left that place Now I run that long rat race Hey, I been in…
They were amazing. I like Mark's German Airmarshall unifom (is it?) in this clip, They are like Australia's Pretenders Chrissie Amplett and Chrissie Hinde, great women of rock.
I love this lady and her music, such a loss to Australian music RIP Chrissy, can't wait to be in the pearly gates with you and hear your great voice again muah xoxo.
Im with Warren552011 Grossman over Paul. Desperate is still my favorite album/cd OY!!! "I grew up and I went to school, they tried to make me a bloody fool. I woke up and I left that place....." LoL Sooooo True! I went to a British school in Nicosia, Cyprus, complete with uniforms (Like Chrissy wore in the early 80's on stage) When we moved to the USA, the school administration in California wanted to put me 1 or 2 grades ahead. My parents said no, they wanted me to be with kids my own age, but later on they realized that that decision had been a mistake.
@ chris williams.......Absolutely, well said. As much as I love their albums, the Divinyls were something else live. Great musicians coupled with Chrissy's manic performances, and her unique voice made for a concert to remember.
Amazing Band, incredible stage presence and should have been a staple in US but side tracked (like so many artists) by record company and songwriting team hired for band. They pushed song written by a team that wrote songs for Madonna, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper and other pop staples. Once they recorded and toured no one knew who the heck they were anymore. Pop fans would come to hear "when I touch myself" and were assaulted by a powerful rock band. Longtime fans looking to get blown of their feet by this powerful band heard "touch myself" and said WTF...Happened to a band I was working at same time.. Tried to push pop candy songs and change them too. When they resisted they were cast to the curb. "Not mainstream enough".
Está buenísimo este tema,y tiene muy buen sonido, que pena que no haya un vídeooficial,la amo Christy en paz descanse,🙏🇦🇷🇦🇷 pero era por el tema take chance
How did you get this far? Let's go How did you get this far? Let's go I'm gonna get things I'm gonna get things right 'Cause in my memory I've seen changes overnight Hey, I been in my life Nothing much happening, nothing much happening In my life Hey, it might change so I still remain So I still stuck it in my life I might think of something When life becomes a fight Or take relief in What I think is right Hey, I been in my life, etcetera I was born and brought up wrong And I don't know where I come from Mum had me when she was nineteen A never was that always has been When I grew up, I went to school They tried to make me a bloody fool I woke up, and I left that place Now I run that long rat race Hey, I been in…
I recently saw a compendium of Divinyls video clips put together by Mark McEntee on Rage music program. I hadn't seen it before but it's now my favourite.
@PartesClasicas In that part she says "are there any advantages, oi". She sings with a strong Australian accent. I also find some parts hard to understand!
Chrissie's "rat race" run/dance is the greatest thing of all time
Pretty sure TISM ripped it off in at least 2 stage performances:)
Agreed.
J Hutch Kate Bush did it before Chrissy ("Suspended In Gaffa" 1982), although Kate's wasn't quite as entertaining.
She’s still a gem in my memory
She will ever be the Queen ❤🎉
Been blown away for 41 years by this incredible band. Makes candy asses out of todays so called artists !
How the fuck did music go from this to today's garbage? That's what I want to know.
Wow memories. Didn’t sound right on medium vol.
Sure does
You got that straight, brother.
The BEST what a beautifully wild trailblazing chick
I like that she didn't mute our great accent.
Love the way Chrissie always sang in an Aussie accent. No Holds Barred.
Such high quality audio for a 1984 vid too
Nobody could ever possibly fill her shoes ... love and respect from Kalamazoo Michigan.
Wow no kidding, I got a gal in Kalamazoo!
Love the way Chrissie always sang in an Aussie accent. No Holds Barred.
absolutely one of Australasia best
What a beautiful woman!
Saw them at Tas Uni around 1990. (Chrissie may have pee’d on the front row of the mosh pit). Crazy good. Just reminded me, Spy V Spy played around that time. Heh heh. Good times
2023 still hearing them ......im 52 grew up in Sydney all my life and Divinyls in my life for sure
If you were ever lucky enough to see them perform this song... they took it to a whole new level, it was like a sonic assault on your senses, an assault on everything "establishment"
It makes me want to throw up when i see the people that are revered as "stars" these days. Divinyls were real. Chrissie did whatever she wanted, she was truly talented and creative, an artist of the highest order, Mark was a fantastic guitarist, im lovin his hair do in this clip, a handsome man
About 6 times I saw them in Melbourne. NOTHING, nobody compares. I do love Magic Dirt and The Superjesus, maybe it's time and age, but Divinyls on stage - the atmosphere - wow!
She was amazing
i meet her and the band very early in their career and off stage always had time to talk
Tough lyrics with a dash of honest intensity, gritty, working class voice and killer guitars. Man, they were a great band.
Hell yes
She stuck it in her life and we will never forget the powerful and passionate Chrissy and her Divinyls. Magic.
Miss this lady so much..we were so lucky!
The best frontman/woman of any rock band in Australia....the good die young alright.
any rock band anywhere!
Everything about Chrissie Amphlett was awesome.
She looked amazing, She sang amazing, She performed amazing, she was amazing! Never gonna be another like her and Australians were blessed enough to call her ours!!!!
YEP! Spot on my friend
@@garyspeed8961 Darn Tootin'.
A rock legend. Awsome voice.
This was the coolest band in Australia in the 80s, no doubt about it. I'm on a nostalgia trip at the moment, listening to and watching all their stuff every few weeks. I'm 53 and I really miss those days.
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett...
True that
And never ever will be
She's brilliant!
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett...
My mum had me when she was 19. A never was that always has been. LOVE
RIP CHRISSY YOU ROCKED
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett...
I have loved the Divinyls since I was a a kid. I am now passing it on to my 7yr old daughter who also thinks that Chrissy Amphlett is the greatest rock chick ever to grace the stage with her presence, no-one will come close. RIP
Who else is Aussie???
wish chrissy sang like this more often, i love when she sounds agressive
Well, she left this astral plane 11 years ago, so that's gonna be difficult.
She was, without a doubt, the greatest frontwoman in rock band... ever.
My mum had me when she was 19. A never was that always has been. LOVE
Love the way Chrissie always sang in an Aussie accent. No Holds Barred.
Classic song and video... What a performer and vocal stylist Chrissie was. So sassy and charismatic. Sadly missed. I think this just might be my very favourite pop song from the Eighties. The song's lyric partly borrows from Dickens' classic novel 'Hard Times' ...
"Hard-headed, solid fisted, hard times... A few facts of facts ~ Such advantages!" .. You tell it girl.
Such high quality audio for a 1984 vid too
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett...
Bombay Rock, Brunswick, Chrissy, you were the best, respect.
Ladies and gentlemen born after 1990, this is called music.
brython14-Right on!:)
One of the original Oz Rock chics , i will always miss and remember you Chrissie , nothing but love and light xoxoxox
In all of music, there has never been another Christina Amphlett...
Tough song done OH so good Thank You Chrissy/Thank You Mark & THANK YOU!!!!!
I like that she didn't mute our great accent.
If you're here in 22 you're in the right place
Still listening in 2020, always in my heart!
2021
Yep 2021 here. Love this song and this clip.
NYE 2021 and still listening to this..
Thanks for the great spirit you brought to your performances. RIP
Easily one of the best Divinyls songs ever!!!
Yep...That was part of their appeal. Another Aussie star who was under-publicised and under-appreciated !
Also a very very brave woman !
RIP Chrissie. Only the "good die young"
I'd just started in radio when this song came out as a B side. I was actually put onto it by a listener. One of those "role reversal" moments that I will forever be thankful for! Anna Agius from Melton Victoria, wherever you are, thank you!
I was 17 at the Coggee bay hotel in 1984 girls dancing in cages slung from the roof Chrissy just rockin it on stage didn't realise how special it was at the time just clad I was there
Was there too
I was 26 we went there on a regular we drove down on a Friday night after work and partied all weekend arrrrrr those were the days a
Glad you were clad too: Getting naked in front of Chrissy woulda been a bit weird.. Hey we all dreamed about it but you couldn't really do it.. She'd kick you in the balls.
Selinas
I WAS THERE TOO
Her transformation to mega babe was stunning.
Meeting Chrissy was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
RIP beautiful lady
She looks completely bat-shit crazy.I love it.
Forgetcats
Same lol
How'dya get this far
Let's go!!
Chrissy and Johnette Neapolitano...2 of the greatest frontwomen of rock . Have been a fan of Chrissy's since the 80's. Rock In Peace,chicky💜
Chrissy wrote in her autobio that she liked Concrete Blonde,and there is a little picture of her and Johnette at the gym in the book.
@Warren552011 I never saw the picture at the airport. I only saw the one of them together at the gym in Chrissy's autobiography. Yes, I remember she also mentioned the Go-Gos in her book. They toured with Joan Jett but she doesn't offer any opinions on her music. She says, like everyone, Debby Harry and Blondie were influential ,and also says Donna Summer was great.
Mum had Chrissy's autobiography so hopefully she still has it. I'd love to see the photos of her and Johnette 😍
@Warren552011 Oh nice👌🏻. Some awesome taste you have there. I was a MASSIVE fan of hers when I was younger to the point of having my hair like hers and using her singing technique. I'm still a big fan and still have the same ol' hairstyle etc so I guess I'll never grow out of it🙃. All of my Divinyls collection's on tape though so I can't crank them in the car unless it's via RUclips. These days I cruise more to the sounds of Alice In Chains,Tool etc. I'll be a headbanging 80 year old granny before too long😆😃🤔☹️😞😢
@Warren552011 I've never heard of them. I don't think I have anyway. With a name like that I should've remembered them though. It's cool they're from WA👌🏻.
I've always been into metal and rock. As a primary school aged kid I'd be listening to Faith No More while everyone else liked shit like Madonna etc. I've always been the "bogan/goth" of the group apparently😏.
I have Tool's 'Undertow' and still listen to it. It's actually on rotation in the car stereo atm.. along with Alice In Chains' 'Dirt', Nirvana's 'Icon/Greatest Hits' and a couple of Queens of the Stone Age CDs. I crank Tool's Eulogy, Stinkfist, Opiate etc from my RUclips playlist alot though. Very talented band and can't wait to hear the fullnew album of theirs when released
Thank you Chrissie... dug and dig your energy .. thank you!!!
Love the guitars ... what a little ripper song!!
RIP CHRISSY YOU ROCKED
Miss you beautiful girl. Spunk central. R.I.P Chrissy xxx
What a great Sydney band with a classic thumping Sydney sound.
I like that she didn't mute our great accent.
Chrissy was nothing short of brilliant in her use of accent to add depth and charm to a lyric. One of my favourites is the beautifully powerful ''I'm Jealous''....She was remarkable in many ways.
john king yes and those who could see it at the time must boi bliiiind
The Divinyls Rocked!! on this song!
rip gorgeous Chrissie
a TRUE legend of Aussie rock
God, she's beautiful. All heart. Flawed and wonderful.
Lyrics 🙃
How did you get this far?! Let's go!
How did you get this far?! Let's go!
🎶
I'm gonna get things
I'm gonna get things right
'Cause in my memory
I've seen changes overnight
Hey, I been in my life
Nothing much happening, nothing much happening
In my life
Hey, it might change so I still remain
So I still stuck it in my life
I might think of something
When life becomes a fight
Or take relief in
What I think is right
Hey, I been in my life, etcetera
I was born and brought up wrong
And I don't know where I come from
Mum had me when she was nineteen
🌙A never was that always has been
When I grew up, I went to school
They tried to make me a bloody fool
I woke up, and I left that place
Now I run that long rat race
Hey, I been in…
The best legendary Australian rock band man. All agree huh!
Before Richard Harvey left. The drummer who first made me sit up and notice drumming!
I'm from Newcastle, England. This just makes me want to travel to Australia and see what it's like 😃
About 30 years too late . The pub band scene was the best in the world in the 80/90s but its only poker machines these days
They were amazing. I like Mark's German Airmarshall unifom (is it?) in this clip,
They are like Australia's Pretenders
Chrissie Amplett and Chrissie Hinde, great women of rock.
one of the sexiest suptalented biotches to ever appear on stage -- damn i miss her !!
Chrissie....bloody love you....my high school years.... Aussie music, underrated....had that timeless unique sound.....
This song. Still pops up in my head as a sign something's about to develop, fast!
I love this lady and her music, such a loss to Australian music RIP Chrissy, can't wait to be in the pearly gates with you and hear your great voice again muah xoxo.
Im with Warren552011 Grossman over Paul. Desperate is still my favorite album/cd OY!!!
"I grew up and I went to school, they tried to make me a bloody fool. I woke up and I left that place....." LoL Sooooo True!
I went to a British school in Nicosia, Cyprus, complete with uniforms (Like Chrissy wore in the early 80's on stage) When we moved to the USA, the school administration in California wanted to put me 1 or 2 grades ahead. My parents said no, they wanted me to be with kids my own age, but later on they realized that that decision had been a mistake.
I love this song and video!!
@ chris williams.......Absolutely, well said. As much as I love their albums, the Divinyls were something else live. Great musicians coupled with Chrissy's manic performances, and her unique voice made for a concert to remember.
What a life! RIP...and thanks for the music.
Such high quality audio for a 1984 vid too
It was a fully fledged track, same as anything really of time from States or UK. wasn't the 30s bud.
What a great band !😊
They were excellent to see live 😔
I saw them many times
Masterful
fantastic song... middle 8 is awesome and leads into epic solo and 'the run'.... this is perfect...
Go Chrissy If I could meet her it would be a distinct honour! I have so much respect for what she has achieved in her career!
Amazing Band, incredible stage presence and should have been a staple in US but side tracked (like so many artists) by record company and songwriting team hired for band. They pushed song written by a team that wrote songs for Madonna, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper and other pop staples. Once they recorded and toured no one knew who the heck they were anymore. Pop fans would come to hear "when I touch myself" and were assaulted by a powerful rock band. Longtime fans looking to get blown of their feet by this powerful band heard "touch myself" and said WTF...Happened to a band I was working at same time.. Tried to push pop candy songs and change them too. When they resisted they were cast to the curb. "Not mainstream enough".
I had not heard this song for 40 years until I saw Simply Divinyls the other night at the Bridge Hotel in Rozelle. Fantastic!
Unforgettable Chrissy, you will always be in my heart
Está buenísimo este tema,y tiene muy buen sonido, que pena que no haya un vídeooficial,la amo Christy en paz descanse,🙏🇦🇷🇦🇷 pero era por el tema take chance
What a f....g banshee !!! great band !
My mum had me when she was 19. A never was that always has been. LOVE
Lyrics with attitude and imagery that paint a dynamic picture....Love Divinyls
Masterpiece classic.
ahhhh.. I needed a little hit of Divinyls.. perfect
The first two albums that group released were simply dynamite!!👍👍
I’ve always loved her music oooo
Tough song done OH so good Thank You Chrissy/Thank You Mark & THANK YOU!!!!!
How did you get this far? Let's go
How did you get this far? Let's go
I'm gonna get things
I'm gonna get things right
'Cause in my memory
I've seen changes overnight
Hey, I been in my life
Nothing much happening, nothing much happening
In my life
Hey, it might change so I still remain
So I still stuck it in my life
I might think of something
When life becomes a fight
Or take relief in
What I think is right
Hey, I been in my life, etcetera
I was born and brought up wrong
And I don't know where I come from
Mum had me when she was nineteen
A never was that always has been
When I grew up, I went to school
They tried to make me a bloody fool
I woke up, and I left that place
Now I run that long rat race
Hey, I been in…
LOVE IT!!!
Sublime… timeless… cool as faaaark 😉
Great song one of there best
Awesome song... Great loss... RIP Chrissy
I recently saw a compendium of Divinyls video clips put together by Mark McEntee on Rage music program. I hadn't seen it before but it's now my favourite.
R.I.P, Chrissie - we will miss you! Thanks for the memories - you ROCK!
I am so going to miss you, thank for everything, love you RIP.
Saw them countless times, Selinas mainly.... And every other Sydney haunt... Golden era! F&cking awesome!
This was the first song I every heard from them,R.I.P. lady
@PartesClasicas
In that part she says "are there any advantages, oi". She sings with a strong Australian accent. I also find some parts hard to understand!
it is my fave Divinyls song
Oh fuck it.. Grouse song.. Chrissy is shit hot.. Mark kicks arse.. Band cooks..
Hard headed solid fisted .. A few facts of life!!
And I bet in her day she WAS solid fisted more than once, too! I say that with the utmost love and respect for Chrissie, of course.
This is will be forever
Bombay Rock, Brunswick, Chrissy, you were the best, respect.
Seven years on and I still come back to listen to the one and only Christina Joy Amphlett, best Aussie band frontwoman ever, sadly missed.
Damn. You gave everything, Chrissy x
Happy Birthday Chrissy. You are greatly missed.xo
Legend...R.I.P you beautiful lady..
Holy shit. I've heard this in 30 years.
1984 - listening, 2021 rockin
"Such Advantages"....."And I stuck it in my life". 🎸🙏
RIP chrissie you legend always in my Life
makes Australia's Got Talent look like the Mickey Mouse Club
She is fuckin lovin it! Genuinely havin a ball... I can't stop watching this & grinning from ear to ear
Such advantages! I stuck it in!
Passing of a great - saw them at Tas Uni - so good
Les aussies ont une coche de plus que les usa...et cette voix si sexy !!!
I have made comment before, but Chrissie I will see and hang out with you upstairs some day, I can't Wait...!!!! Crazy fun.