WTF has happened to Aus music. Although a cover it's was a sound that was ours. Like chisel, hunters, oils and Aus crawl were to aus rock, The reels, models, I'm taking etc was our sound. Not thus bullshit re-hashed US dance crap that our Aus kids listen to now. I loved the days of going to Thank his it's over concerts full of Aus acts..,Or when Oils would sell out multi show venues. Thanks American Idol, thanks a friggin lot!
Totally agree. When I heard it first in 1986 I was shocked that it gave a new slant on a great song. Stands up well to this very day. In many ways I like this version better although I know I will be vilified for stating that.
Stoked to have found this song. Brings back vivid emotional memories from my teens. I had a lot of fears and worries back then, but I remember this song, oddly, making me feel that things might be alright anyway. I love the one take film clip as well.
This version of the song has been coming to my mind a fair bit lately. Was wondering where i could hear it again; the reels are an old band of Australia and they where not that popular when they produced this. So i am very surprised and glad that i found this on Utube. I live the tempo of the song and how it is in some parts mournful. It's a classy version for sure.
I never liked cover versions until I heard this when it first came out in 1986. Wow! Another great cover is Led Zepplins whole lotta love by the London philharmonic orchrastra. I thought no one could improve this song but this is one of the rare times that it worked
I'd completely forgotten this version until earlier today when I was in a bottleshop buying some wine and it came over the pa system. Someone in the shop obviously had some taste in music. Thanks for the post!
I saw the Reels at a uni in sydney in 1986. Dynamic Hypnotics were the headline, but I thought the Reels were way better. Was drunk as and did the worm on the floor, not good in white clothing.
it was shot as one take....16 ml film from the back of a one tonner on a long wharf at Botany at about 5 PM just before dusk....all our friends were bussed out from Sydney city........the clip cost $600.00 to make which is $200 more than according to my heart cost 5 years before in New Zealand.............
@bigdog666ish . Wow, seen this clip so many times on Rage and it's always just reminded me so much of Sydney in the 80's, I mean just look at the ppl in the clip. BUT you've answered a quesiton I always had, I always thought it was filmed on the walk from the Opera House that takes you around the Botanical Gardens, near the water. LOL. I had it so wrong but it was around the time i arrived in Australia and this song and the clip just remind me of those times. Very nostalgic. Always loved the son
saw this on rage in 1991, i think, when i was down under. (5 yrs too late!) i was impressed by its mix of creativity and simplicity. (still am, actually)
A little trivia for you - hear that timpani / kettle drum thing at 0:40? thats my music teacher, Cedric. Apparently he was a session musician in the '80s, and when the Reels were recording this ( at a studio in Glebe, i think) they needed an extra pair of hands just for that drum roll. weird that we ever got to talking about a relatively obscure song. weirder that he'd be the dude on the drums.
I had searched for ages to find this, nobody in music shops could understand when I said I wanted the non-guitar, "more musical" version of Bad Moon Rising. Found it at last!!
The first time I heard this I was about ten, and reading a horror anthology - one of the first times I'd read a story where the bad guys won. For the next few years or so, this song gave me the creepy crawlies AND the shivers whenever I heard it.
Very atmospheric though, isn't it? I had no idea this group was Australian.
This song does exactly what a good cover is supposed to do - it re-imagines the original material in a way that is completely different but is every bit as engaging as the original (which, in this case, I happen to enjoy as well). Great song! Very glad someone aimed me at it. I'd never heard of the Reels before that. They definitely sound like they're worth looking into.
They are/were... just type 'The Reels nzoz' to see all my uploads... I recommend "The Reels - Quasimodo's Dream (slow version, 1981)" on my nzoz1981 channel first.
They royally screwed a good original song with Forever Now, though.
Maybe I'd been spoiled by hearing the Chisel version first and perhaps if I had heard their overly sweet country version first then maybe I would have like it ....
....naaah.
But I absolutely adore their Bad Moon Rising. Very ethereal/whimsical.
I agree with an earlier comment. The way his hair bounces is mesmerizing ^^. A glimpse of a moment in time. Very eerie.
I don't mind it,I reckon it sounds more threatening then CCR's.I remember listening to it driving through the mallee country one night and waiting for something to jump out!!
Words like 'better' or 'worse'... hmmm... I mean, what is 'better'? What is better when you speak about music? Is the 'f' chord better than the 'c' chord?
May I ask this: of what value is your comment? It comes in the form of a flat, implacable statement. I can't see where it is that *you* as a person are coming from.
For richer, for poorer, they are some of my thoughts.
I wish you and everyone else all the best.
My view is that I enjoy The Reels' version considerably.
Stating your a bloody teenager wasn't in any way a compliment.
Teenagers should be banned from Youtube. Most of the time all you do is come in and make comments to wank themselves off/be attention-seekers, and in the process they destroy the positive experience youtube generally is.
If you didn't get the gist of the conversation before, referring to someone as a faggot is calling them a homosexual in a negative fashion. YOU were the person making the homosexual comments.
When I was little, I was so fascinated with this video and this version of the song. I always wondered how they did it. Though I never looked at Dave Mason after I saw him in the Ghost of the Civil Dead.
It sure has that childhood connection with me as well. I was gobsmacked and jumping out of my skin at the thrill of finding it here after what.. a quarter century?
This really is a priceless video from my childhood years. It is as if a straight bridge to my past has been built and in the process of seeing the video after all this time, my soul lights up :)
Ahhh awesome, I was hoping you'd have this. Way better than the original, in this one the pacing & tone actually match the lyrics
aliasalpha1 1 week ago
Love this version more than the original. I don't love his feminine hairstyle though. HE looks like a woman in this.
EddieAlda 2 weeks ago
WTF has happened to Aus music. Although a cover it's was a sound that was ours. Like chisel, hunters, oils and Aus crawl were to aus rock, The reels, models, I'm taking etc was our sound. Not thus bullshit re-hashed US dance crap that our Aus kids listen to now. I loved the days of going to Thank his it's over concerts full of Aus acts..,Or when Oils would sell out multi show venues. Thanks American Idol, thanks a friggin lot!
Teyahrose99 1 month ago
Damm they were a fantastic group I miss they weird & wonderful take on music, this guys in love Quasimodo's dream Working Class Man even Skippy theme.
Please come back Guys the world is far better place with Reels music in it.
DKashman 1 month ago
very haunting lovely version
brenton58 1 month ago
Great cover of a great song. Quite clever filming too; would have cost very little to shoot yet still gave a superb effect.
MrGoblin60 2 months ago
Totally agree. When I heard it first in 1986 I was shocked that it gave a new slant on a great song. Stands up well to this very day. In many ways I like this version better although I know I will be vilified for stating that.
Trajan730 2 months ago
Very good version of this song.
kdhvernon 3 months ago
I never really listened and understood this song till I heard this version. Chilling. And amazing.
stuartthefirst 4 months ago
This is fuckin KILAA!
dansnikolayevich 5 months ago
My dog reckons that the Pooch at 38 seconds was her Dad.
I used to go and watch this band when I was half my age...Sunday night sessions at Central District Footy Club....
Dave always looked sad.
MrFlatbagger 6 months ago
Stoked to have found this song. Brings back vivid emotional memories from my teens. I had a lot of fears and worries back then, but I remember this song, oddly, making me feel that things might be alright anyway. I love the one take film clip as well.
toxophilite400 6 months ago
This version of the song has been coming to my mind a fair bit lately. Was wondering where i could hear it again; the reels are an old band of Australia and they where not that popular when they produced this. So i am very surprised and glad that i found this on Utube. I live the tempo of the song and how it is in some parts mournful. It's a classy version for sure.
AdstarAPAD 6 months ago
I like it. Ihave added it to my fb group dedicated to covers it's called "the Guilty Pleasure of the Cover Version"
sonofsilence 6 months ago
I never liked cover versions until I heard this when it first came out in 1986. Wow! Another great cover is Led Zepplins whole lotta love by the London philharmonic orchrastra. I thought no one could improve this song but this is one of the rare times that it worked
luckygen1001 7 months ago
this is a great example of a cover song good work nice song keep up the good work
TheGugBrothers 9 months ago
I stand corrected on my previous post - although I am right about The Reels good songs. NZOZ has Bad Moon Rising! you rule man. 2 thumbs up.
FOX9746 10 months ago
I'd completely forgotten this version until earlier today when I was in a bottleshop buying some wine and it came over the pa system. Someone in the shop obviously had some taste in music. Thanks for the post!
cqsteve1 1 year ago
Very clever cover version. They were a class act.
One of Australia's best bands, very underrated.
munkyfishbones 1 year ago
LOVE this song!!!
ThePSYCHOChannel 1 year ago
I saw the Reels at a uni in sydney in 1986. Dynamic Hypnotics were the headline, but I thought the Reels were way better. Was drunk as and did the worm on the floor, not good in white clothing.
Blissbomb2 1 year ago
understated, underestimated undervalued brilliance.
filthbarrel 1 year ago
it was shot as one take....16 ml film from the back of a one tonner on a long wharf at Botany at about 5 PM just before dusk....all our friends were bussed out from Sydney city........the clip cost $600.00 to make which is $200 more than according to my heart cost 5 years before in New Zealand.............
bigdog666ish 1 year ago 2
@bigdog666ish . Wow, seen this clip so many times on Rage and it's always just reminded me so much of Sydney in the 80's, I mean just look at the ppl in the clip. BUT you've answered a quesiton I always had, I always thought it was filmed on the walk from the Opera House that takes you around the Botanical Gardens, near the water. LOL. I had it so wrong but it was around the time i arrived in Australia and this song and the clip just remind me of those times. Very nostalgic. Always loved the son
TheBoro73 1 year ago
not so
i played the timp part....... on a synth
bigdog666ish 1 year ago
saw this on rage in 1991, i think, when i was down under. (5 yrs too late!) i was impressed by its mix of creativity and simplicity. (still am, actually)
baddmanaz 1 year ago
A little trivia for you - hear that timpani / kettle drum thing at 0:40? thats my music teacher, Cedric. Apparently he was a session musician in the '80s, and when the Reels were recording this ( at a studio in Glebe, i think) they needed an extra pair of hands just for that drum roll. weird that we ever got to talking about a relatively obscure song. weirder that he'd be the dude on the drums.
thanks for posting, nzoz.
coldalexander 1 year ago
I <3 Dubbo
xenos60 1 year ago
I love this so much!
duprie37 1 year ago
A lost classic! Never hear it on the radio! The Reels best known hit was "According to my heart". Cheers!
lancemckellar 1 year ago 2
Thank You!!!
Thank You, Thank you!!!!!
I had searched for ages to find this, nobody in music shops could understand when I said I wanted the non-guitar, "more musical" version of Bad Moon Rising. Found it at last!!
Thanks so much for posting this.
OhSoddit 1 year ago
Love it :) <3
Madamofmercury 1 year ago
does anyone have a version of their 'band of gold' song... plez
tomadami 2 years ago
Any one have a copy of "working class man" ?
flvnow 2 years ago
Best Cover Ever.
Bleeter 2 years ago 2
The first time I heard this I was about ten, and reading a horror anthology - one of the first times I'd read a story where the bad guys won. For the next few years or so, this song gave me the creepy crawlies AND the shivers whenever I heard it.
Very atmospheric though, isn't it? I had no idea this group was Australian.
VanessaTaleWeaver 2 years ago 2
An insightful composition.
newtoolsformonkeys 2 years ago
This song does exactly what a good cover is supposed to do - it re-imagines the original material in a way that is completely different but is every bit as engaging as the original (which, in this case, I happen to enjoy as well). Great song! Very glad someone aimed me at it. I'd never heard of the Reels before that. They definitely sound like they're worth looking into.
crashpix 2 years ago 24
They are/were... just type 'The Reels nzoz' to see all my uploads... I recommend "The Reels - Quasimodo's Dream (slow version, 1981)" on my nzoz1981 channel first.
nzoz1986 2 years ago 2
They royally screwed a good original song with Forever Now, though.
Maybe I'd been spoiled by hearing the Chisel version first and perhaps if I had heard their overly sweet country version first then maybe I would have like it ....
....naaah.
But I absolutely adore their Bad Moon Rising. Very ethereal/whimsical.
I agree with an earlier comment. The way his hair bounces is mesmerizing ^^. A glimpse of a moment in time. Very eerie.
timtamtyrant 2 years ago
@nzoz1986 yap couldnt agree more about the Q-dream. Anyone have a version of 'band of gold'?
tomadami 2 years ago
you have some of the best aussie stuff online nzoz1986 thank you for uploading it. :)
ggbggbggb 2 years ago
@nzoz1986 do you have "working class man"?
flvnow 1 year ago
@crashpix hey guys I kniow thissong i am nearly 50. the reels were one of my bands. what a tribulate to CCR
colbrett1 10 months ago
Let's just stop arguing and listen to this amazing song.. and nice video.. god he's got good hair
jeveuxalice 2 years ago
Was the clip filmed during a sunset or a solar eclipse or something?
timtamtyrant 2 years ago
Wish I was around for the good music, not the no talent sexually explicit imagery shit that sells these days. Art is a dying word.
Zombie325 2 years ago 2
This song isn't original and is really pretty dreary. Just voicing my opinion here
akeliz22 2 years ago
I don't mind it,I reckon it sounds more threatening then CCR's.I remember listening to it driving through the mallee country one night and waiting for something to jump out!!
Westyrulz 2 years ago
I guess the lyrics work better with this sound
akeliz22 2 years ago
Until I heard this, I despised this song. Basically, I'm not a CCR fan at all.
But this version? When I heard it the first time, it stopped me in my tracks. I was mesmerized.
parachuteclubbed 2 years ago 2
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CCR's original is way betta
YummyEnise 2 years ago
YummyEnise,
Words like 'better' or 'worse'... hmmm... I mean, what is 'better'? What is better when you speak about music? Is the 'f' chord better than the 'c' chord?
May I ask this: of what value is your comment? It comes in the form of a flat, implacable statement. I can't see where it is that *you* as a person are coming from.
For richer, for poorer, they are some of my thoughts.
I wish you and everyone else all the best.
My view is that I enjoy The Reels' version considerably.
Regards.
LogicHead 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
geez your a faggot
YummyEnise 2 years ago
Something is going on here. I don't know what it is, but I do know that something is going on.
Have a nice life.
LogicHead 2 years ago
mate ya dont need ta be making homosexual comments ya take youtube to seriously i don't honestly care what you have say bout my comments.
LogicHead is a wanker!!!
YummyEnise 2 years ago
Nothing homosexual about it.
1. You come on to The Reels version saying CCR's is better.
2. You receive a response from me saying that music is different for different people and through it all, you call me a faggot and a wanker.
I've come here because I like this version and the originality of the film clip. Have liked it since it came out.
What you are doing here is beyond me.
I'll let everyone decide for themselves.
Regards.
LogicHead 2 years ago 5
get over yourself he's allowed to have an opinion
akeliz22 2 years ago
YummyEnise is a teenager!!!
timtamtyrant 2 years ago
no shit what did ya reckon
YummyEnise 2 years ago
Stating your a bloody teenager wasn't in any way a compliment.
Teenagers should be banned from Youtube. Most of the time all you do is come in and make comments to wank themselves off/be attention-seekers, and in the process they destroy the positive experience youtube generally is.
If you didn't get the gist of the conversation before, referring to someone as a faggot is calling them a homosexual in a negative fashion. YOU were the person making the homosexual comments.
Wanker teenager.
timtamtyrant 2 years ago
This thing still gives me chills over 20yrs later - love it. Thanks for posting.
mickmac59 2 years ago 19
Beautiful song, very well done! One of my all time favourites.
madge1964 2 years ago
He looks like Martin Bryant!
DiamondSkyLucy 2 years ago
Imagine singing this together with a band of soldiers/ sailors venturing out for what you know would be a hopelessl battle.
mahoganybasswood 2 years ago
Sounds nasty.
All I can really say mahoganybasswood is that its great to be listening to it with you here.
Regards.
LogicHead 2 years ago
When I was little, I was so fascinated with this video and this version of the song. I always wondered how they did it. Though I never looked at Dave Mason after I saw him in the Ghost of the Civil Dead.
treefiddy723 3 years ago
It sure has that childhood connection with me as well. I was gobsmacked and jumping out of my skin at the thrill of finding it here after what.. a quarter century?
Just love it.
LogicHead 2 years ago 2
This really is a priceless video from my childhood years. It is as if a straight bridge to my past has been built and in the process of seeing the video after all this time, my soul lights up :)
Thanks, once again, nzoz1986.
shorn70: yes, it does.
LogicHead 3 years ago
I agree too:)
cheezochka 3 years ago
Timeless... Thanx for the upload
dunross99 3 years ago
I, would send myself to sleep almost ever night to this when I was young. 5 moons rating!
nanotubeX 3 years ago
This version really holds up well today. Anyone agree?
shorn70 3 years ago 33
I agree!
nzoz1986 3 years ago
Yup. Totally.
indevelopment 2 years ago
Yep its a true original idea.. A rare thing these days..
One of m all time fav's
guslingus 2 years ago
Yep, it makes so much more sense sung this way than the original version, which is so strangely upbeat considering the lyrics...
xiphocostal 2 years ago
@shorn70 Yes i agree. Its a graet song.
locomotion60 1 year ago
@shorn70
Yep, one of my favourite covers
thesteveus 1 year ago
@shorn70 .. i agree
rascubulous 1 year ago
@shorn70 Better than the original IMO...shoot me down CCR fans!!! :)
krazynite 1 year ago
I agree totally. It's so spacious not like a lot of stuff from that time.
sonofsilence 7 months ago