Skyhooks - This Is My City (1976)

[johnnoflem128]

Only the good ones

[newellgirl]

imagine a cop picking you up in a blue Kingswood 0:54

[newellgirl]

i get spooked by the height & openness of the rooftop..hehe always remembered Shirl "jumping off" they look so close to edge and when Bongo stands atop his amp in bloody diving flippers he looks like he could fall off the edge! great clip..from a legendary band Oh how Melbourne has changed ..for the worst..architecturally

[absolutelyfree1963]

@newellgirl Melbourne has changed for the worse in many other ways. I would never live there. But yeah, great band. I know a guy who ran the Bombay Rock in the 70's and 80's. He is a character. Met a lot of bands. Said Guddinski ripped the "flying Chooks" off but then I dunno...

Skyhooks, the thinking man's Oz glam/boogie/punk/new wave band...

[absolutelyfree1963]

@newellgirl Oh yeah... it's a long way down.... (!)

[southernraven1969]

Awesome song!

[MsChooky69]

miss shirl. rip. :(



[zorazen2]

35 Years Ago-Changing City.

Rooftop Rhapsody.

No Eureka!

CBC MLC

Musically Marvellous.

Belting Beat. Hot Hit.

[gta427]

Shirl could belt 'em out as good as any.  RIP Shirl.

[TheMichaelseymour]

Its now : PIE and SAUCE .....and tofu.

[krazynite]

"Back in the land of Pie and Sauce".......wonderful line. Just love it!!! :)

[trampismat]

Excellent! I heard the famous Fred Strauks cowbell in there ... I really liked hearing the cowbell as not too many drummers seemed to use it back then? This was the new stuff that came out after they returned from the US if I remember correctly ... really good stuff ... strong rhythm and great guitar interplay ... I recall there was another single around about that time ... "Somewhere In Sydney"? That too was fantastic. I've still got my 5 'Hooks scrappies will never throw them out!

[swanstoon]

@trampismat Jack Kreemers of Madder Lake used the cowbell to great effect too. This was part of The Brats Are Back tour when they returned from the U.S. I saw the them at the Horden on their Sydney leg.

[absolutelyfree1963]

@swanstoon I had Madder Lakes greatest hits CD and it was stolen along with all my other music. I miss their music. Would be nice 2 C more up here. Slack Alice is ne track someone should upload... ;-P

Can you ever have too muh cow bell?

[Manowar1349]

Wonder why they're not famous out of Australia. I only met them through Iron Maiden.

[genericgeorge]

I was a big fan of the hooks but I was disapoointed when this came out as I thought it was step down. I like it a lot more now even though it's more style over substance. There;s lot going on musically but the song itself is very child-like basic. Still it's a kickass rock song. Thumbs up!

[bullisabakodaitchy]

R.I.P Shirl. You were a real talent mate.

[flamethroa]

ah wagon wheels, do they still make em?

[ace69er]

So GOOD to see this again. I have REAL trouble watching old Hooks vids now when Shirl was young. Since losing him, i get real emotional. He was a cousin of mine so it makes it doubly hard!

RIP Shirl!

[stavford]

red simons always believed he should be the lead singer of the sky hook's,,, what did you do to shirl's chopper,?

[micki405129]

My all time favourite Skyhooks song look at what Melbourne looks like now lol

[bjs1958]

Someone gave this song the thumbs down. WTF!?

[MrLESLEYBLOOD]

first year of high school for me.....great clip.

Interesting Federation Square....remember when the "Yellow Peril " was in there?...it cost more to move it than it did to commission

[vinylman4533]

I remember Melbourne when it looked like this in '76!

[SaintTony1968]

St KILDA FOREVER

[sailtheseaofcheese]

Great song from a Great Album

[goldxperience]

Anyone spot where Federation Square is now??

[ConceptualMadness]

Melbourne looks so different these days and they are on the roof of where 101 colins st is now!

[toasterbot84]

this is my favi song by the skyhooks...apart for horror movie = ]

[jon1156]

Do all Aussie bands go in for wacky outfits?

[nzoz1976]

yes

[OzPedro123]

@nzoz1976

Ha ha

[evilmushroom100]

@jon1156 It's a reflection of who we are

[krazynite]

@jon1156 sure did!!

[eppeywonder]

@jon1156 . Yes - we are in gren and gold tutus  practising to send off the Olympic Games Team net year. Want to join?

[happysingerinoz]

lol ....

when he sings Mars Bars at 0:36 the kid's eating what looks like a good old Westerns Wagon Wheel not a Mars Bar :)

[TW458]

mmm wagon wheels lol

[admanhawks]

Your spot on!!! The wagon wheel, The wagon wheel. Gold!

[MikVoodoo]

WOW!!!! Love it.... brings me back to my early Melb days! This is my city, wouldn't live anywhere else.

[wildwombat]

I can remember going to the "Brats are Back" concert, @ the Princess theatre in Melbourne.

Because in this song Greg wrote about "Mars bars...& roadside tips"...well the company that produced this chocolate bar, gave away one-free-bar to everyone who attended on the night.... but i went back a 3rd time and held hands out.

Great to see this clip again, and how, as sherbetgirl said, looks a whole lot different thesedays.

[sherbetgirl]

Melbourne looks a little different these days.

Thanks again Nzoz!

[Movbot]

@sherbetgirl

LOL @2.50Min see the old Gas and Fuel Corp building

I was 6 years old when this came out. My first memory of redevelopment of Melb would have been the Concert hall and the demolition of the Allens building where Southbank is.

Great Aussie band