Cold Chisel - My Turn To Cry: TV Week Rock Awards 1981

[isfckingevil]

Barnes is a fucking hypocrite protesting against others riding the coat tails of popular music. As if he ever did anything for up and coming musicians in the Adelaide music scene once Chisel became big.

[imlay1992]

@isfckingevil actually he does help upcoming musicians.

[anniebabeblues]

Oh come on now, JB is in his 50's, like to see you rock like he does now let alone back in the early 80's... Jimmy is and always will be Australia's number 1 rock legend, only the minority see him now and think he isn't any good. He STILL packs the venues out. I remember this night very well, one of TV's best moments :D

[mateypataty]

@anniebabeblues Number 1 rock legend - better than Bon Scott? He's good, but not in Bon's league!

[FrankCleocuz]

Oh Jimmy, what happened to you? You were a rock GOD and then you turned into a geek joke.

[karenmacca1]

This is awesome. I'm only new at YouTube so can someone please tell me how I can save this clip to my pc? Thanks

[imlay1992]

"... and now you try to use my fame to sell tv week!!"

[imlay1992]

its live, cause the lyrics at the end probably wouldnt have passed through other wise... hehe

[DavidEdwinCarr]

I find it hard to believe this is mimed. Ian Moss never played the same solo twice yet his fingers move to the exact notes and Jimi's lip sync skills are impeccable. I say it's live.

[budrock01]

@DavidEdwinCarr It was live, do you think tv week would have let it air if they new that was about to happen

[DavidEdwinCarr]

@budrock01 Hey Budrock, did you actually send me that message 2 days ago? I never posted the comment above attributed to me- the one saying "I find it hard to believe". That was not me so I don't know how my name became attached. I saw the performance live on TV!! Please respond.

DC

[budrock01]

@DavidEdwinCarr Hey buddy.. i did make a comment, just agreeing it was seriously live.... you cant mime that

[TheAnitamul]

legendary, people still remember that night, i must of been 11 and nearly wet myself with excitement

[NealeinMI]

Thx for posting this clip. My memory was they were signing "You got nothing I want." The best stick up your arse performance ever.

[8150rpm]

I AM 7 YEARS OLD AND THEY ROCKED

[rabbitoh65]

Remember watchin this yrs ago man, fuckin classic. Mossy is a Legend, Barnsey my hero, Don Walker Steve Prestwich & Phil Small poets. CHISEL FOREVER NOW. smash the place boys. CHAMPIONS OF AUSSIE PUB ROCK

[wahcat]

This video brings back so many memories. Great Protest.

[gatekeepercb]

Given how easy it would have been for the band to fuel rock media myth making of animosity, I can remember being very impressed and touched by Don Walker crediting the real relationship between the people in the band and the people in the crew in an interview he gave at the time. At the Warners rock awards after party Jimmy sheepishly asked if I was ok. I gave him a glee hug and said it was the best..it was iconic.

[gatekeepercb]

Anyone who was in the theatre on the night might recall my cross fade from Chisel feedback into a very dirty live version of Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young...better to burn out than it is to rust...idiot rock media of the day criticised Cold Chisel for collaborating with Countdown. No, we just danced nose to nose in deep, intuitive, strategy.

[gatekeepercb]

Now for those who still believe the production crew were unaware of Cold Chisel's intent to protest, consider this: during production run-up, their manager Rod Willis asked for the band to be programmed in the middle of the show. I advised Executive Producer Rob Weekes not to do this because it was predictable they had some kind of protest in mind and that whatever their plan, it would make a great rock finish

Yes, it was very live.

[gatekeepercb]

History is smudged when the ABC doesnt get its own research right- this video is from the TV Week Rock Awards produced by Countdown. And as a direct result of this stand made by Cold Chisel objecting to TV Week riding on the back of contemporary music without contributing in any real or on going way and Countdown's alliance to this situation, Chisel's objection gave me ground as co-producer to negotiate the beginning of the Countdown Awards in the following year.

[SgtStibbo]

It was because TV week used an image of Cold Chisel without their permission

[paulocean]

Mouldytone you need to watch the interview in regards to this performance... it was in fact mimed as they not permitted to perform live as they wanted too so in retaliation they decided to record a live version where they trashed everything so they could reinact the whole thing on the countdown awards & Jimmy sings... EAT THIS!!! what a way to answer back

[Mouldytone]

I wasn`t aware of that paulocean. Thanks for the info.

Mouldy

[clarakapp]

That isn't what barnsey says about it on this...Jimmy Barnes - Chisel Doco - Part 2 of 6 (just put that into a youtube search). It certainly looks live to me. You can hear the feedback when Moss hits that strat into his amp, also you can hear it when he plugs it back in (and why plug it back in if only playing along to a backing track and you are smashing up your gear and don't care what will come out of the PA). If it is mimed then it is astounding lip-syncing and musical choreography.

[paulocean]

You can seriously mime anything if you rehearse it well enough.. & yes it is excellent lip syncing.. thats was the whole point of it.. TV week refused to allow them to play live thats why they went into the studio & recorded a completely new outro to th song to stick it up the big wigs at TV Week..

Cheers

[clarakapp]

In that interview I sent you Barnes said that they wrote the new verse shortly before in a rehersal room; not that they pre-recorded it. I've played in bands for a long time and I am pretty sure that was live. Imagine the practice required to synchronise smashing,dropping then fumbling around to plug back in a guitar to match a long backing track.

Maybe you're right. I don't think so though. I don't want to start a boring and pointless argument as I think we agree what a great band this is.

[paulocean]

Dude take a chill pill who fucken cares & to be honest Barnesy would be hard pressed to remember anything from those days as he spent most of them under the influence of drugs & alcohol....on the last stand they mention that it was recorded before the performance took place & I can tell you if anything wouldve been live it wouldve only been vocal everything else would be pre recorded because thats how tv shows worked in australia right up until the early 90's...

[Chododolina]

@paulocean Nah dude, you're wrong - live performance here.

[budrock01]

@paulocean Actually champ, they wanted chisel to mime but they refused as ant good auusie band would... this for real recorded live, watch any interview with barnesy

[imlay1992]

@paulocean the interview says that the only times they were on there (countdown), Jimmy sang live, but they were pissed off that they wanted to play live.

however, on this occasion. ian's guitar seems too exact with the video to just be mimed (considering no guitarwork of his is ever exactly the same), and also it stops playing when he actually stops playing... so i do think that this one is live...

[wahcat]

@paulocean The vocals were live not mimed. I know as I was in the audience. They fled the building after this laughing their asses off.

[Seans1]

With such a low opinion of them, why bother watching them on youtube?

[thedeathvalleygirl]

i hope you get aids cunt

[supernovae79]

And let me guess, u know all about the reality of the music industry in Australia in the 1980's.  You cock smoker.

[Seans1]

In the words of Jimmy Barnes "fucking classic"

[fossie32]

@Seans1

Yeah! A magic moment!

[mattylaird]

yeah definately a great intro and this version sounds very much like swingshift. listening to circus animals for the past few days and it hasnt help which album is better i cant split any of them!

[rabbitoh65]

Mouldytone mate you are a deadset Legend, I too have been searching for this, fucking classic moment in TV history that was, I remember watching it at home and the old man reckoned I was fucking stupid becasue I had it cranked up, he had to go for a drive to get away from it..CHISEL the best Aussie Band, fuck the rest of todays crap, fuck rap, fuck em all I say. They're gonna Rock that reunion at the Car Race, Will be there man..

[CARNOCKS]

The mighty Chisel . What more can I say.

[stuiec7]

sick song go chisel

[rongatai]

Great!! This harder live sound ended up on most of Circus Animals.

[Phattey123]

i LOOOOOOOOVE that intro :D

[ColdChiselRox]

Go Mossy! I love how Jimmy's creaming into the mic and you just see Mossy smashing the guitar at the wall and the part towards the end when it goes through the screen is awsum!!!!!

[nex2289]

Nice work! Been wanting to hear the full version since I was a young fella. It's a ripper of a video!

[Deadlymover1976]

This is why I love Chisel so much they had balls and stuck up for what they beleived in. How many bands would do this today not many.Chisel never fitted in with these wanks they never helped them while starting off,then they want to cash in on Chisel because they have a colt folowing,while Chisel had news for them. A welcomed releif a band about integrity and looking out for the small fish,thats why they are loved by hard working ausies and kiwis,no band come close to chisel in that respect.

[TaskerStreete]

Couldn't agree more...

[dazzadidja]

thats why midnight oil never appeared on that show, good on ya chisel i'm glad they did what they did...... rip it up...

[tashiii2]

thanks for uploading.

Classic Chisel no band could ever be as good as them!

[iliketoride]

Thanks so much for the upload..

[triggaz77]

remind me never to lend my guitar to ian moss.

[Phattey123]

hahaha

[oldmontabbott]

Never seen this before. But I heard about it.

Wicked.

This band had, and has, maximim integrity

[richard1963c]

At the time I just thought they were ripping off the Who!

[MitchCurnt]

Best Rebel Ever ... haha

Guardy ...

[pandaeyes42]

This, along with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on "Recovery" in the nid-1990's, are two of the greatest musical moments in the history of Australian television broadcasting.

Thanks for uploading-I've been wanting to see this again for years!

[wolffund]

Put my face on the cover of tv week and think you can tell me how to run my business

Love the guitar through the screen at the end

Molly disowned them for years after this

Classic Chisel

[Mouldytone]

Thanks for taking the time to comment on the clip and for clearing up a couple of the associated 'myths'.

Apologies for my misattribution of the performance as being from The 'Countdown Music Awards'. I`ve corrected the error.

Thanks again for the great info.

Cheers Tony

[1530max]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting. I saw that live on TV too but since then only the edited highlights.

[MrBundybear]

Mate that clip takes me back, i remember watching it on tv and talking about it with my mates how they changed the words and smashed thier guitars at school the next day.

[bucketofwater]

I also recall excitedly discussing it at school the next day. We all just thought "How awesome was that!"

[vidpt001]

Awesome. Thanks for adding this. I love this clip. They really show Molly! I've looked everwhere for this footage. Where did you get it?

[Mouldytone]

Thanks for commenting on the clip. It`s a cracker isn`t it! I`ve been looking through my collection of Betamax (remember them?)tapes and this gem was from a "Rock Arena" show that I taped off ABC (Australia) TV in 1983!