I Get a Kick - Gary Shearston

[computerrage]

Pity it's mimed, I'd like to see the violinist. Does anyone know who he is?

[futurethinker123]

With regard to my above comment I should said 40 years !

It just goes to show somethings are more than worth waiting for no matter how long it takes !

[TheLilia333]

why is it in black and white? it used to be in colour

[computerrage]

@TheLilia333 Life used to be in colour!

[futurethinker123]

It took 30 years for this song to be done full justice by Gary Shearstone . In other words the definitive version bar none before or since!

[OneHitWonderGuy]

It's really hard to stop listening to this! Shearston was a U.K. One-Hit Wonder from October of 1974, the song reaching #7. Most in North America probably weren't aware of it as it never charted there, and in Australia, the highest charted position was in Adelaide (#11). But keep your eye on the young man to Shearston's far right at 3:07.  He is totally rockin' out to this song!!!

[OneHitWonderGuy]

Could I please set the record straight for everyone on what Gary sings at 3:04? I've been wondering about this for over 35 years myself! I finally found the answer on the Pop Archives website out of Australia, it's in a quote from Phil Chapman, who worked in the production of Shearston's album: "...for spontanaeity I left in the end ad-lib mentioning the name of his girlfriend, KRISTIANA MARIA KONCHEVSKY..."

[teebee1984]

@OneHitWonderGuy I now know that its true about it being KRISTIANA MARIA KONCHEVSKY. It makes sense, but for years I thought it was crispy onion rings and chips, because thats what it sounded like :)

[LivBird8]

Sounds like Tonetta's "Pressure Zone" - google it :-P

[Kilchattan7]

I heard this when it first came out and have always loved this highly idiosyncratic take on this Porter classic. Little did I realise nearly 40 yrs later it would acquire an additional layer of meaning.....

[kaffymaria]

3.04 Christine eleanor rainbow gypsy

[JimmyRiccard]

what a FAG!!!!!!!

[TUBBS694U]

Does anyone what in the name of CHRIST on a bike he actually says at the end the song, about 3:02.........I've wondered what he has being singing for 30 years... and FAIR PLAY TO TeeBee...makes no sense, but magically funny...........crispy onion rings and chips..........superb!!!!

[teebee1984]

PLEASE explain what he says at 3:04. It SOUNDS like 'crispy onion rings and chips"

[lodgegalen]

I love this Cole Porter classic but Gary Shearston is a brilliant song writer who has written many hits for so many artists. What could be better than his song Sometime Lovin made famous by Peter Paul and Mary. His latest CD The Best of All Trades 2009 has so many wonderful Shearston songs. He is Australia's Leonard Cohen and still writing new material of tremendous quality.



[lodgegalen]

I love this Cole Porter classic but Gary Shearston is a brilliant song writer who has written many hits for so many artists. What could be better than his song Sometime Lovin made famous by Peter Paul and Mary. His latest CD The Best of All Trades 2009 has so many wonderful Shearston songs. He is Australia's Leonard Cohen and still writing new material of tremendous quality.

[lilynick1]

I get a kick out of you BILLY! xxxx

[RobertoMarameo]

Grande canzone di Cole Porter, forse la più bella del novecento. Famoso cavallo di battaglia di Franck Sinatra trasformato in una melodia più gradevole e surreale da Gary Sheraston, un vero capolavoro di arrangiamento.

[SouthCoastMackem]

I remember when this first came out in the UK in the Autumn of '74, me and my mate Jim Woods were having a few convivial sherbets in the Pack Horse opposite the Engineering block at Leeds Uni. We were talking footy with two Scots blokes (one of whom was from Coatbridge, birthplace of SAFC's Billy Hughes) and this was played constantly on the jukebox. An underrated single, well done for posting it. It brings back happy memories.

[Davidindigitaland]

Ishe really wearing shorts?



[philwear]

@rogoldomedomfors - maybe that's because Brian Ferry had many more hits

[falconoilcompany]

Absolutely brilliant. Luckily i have the CD and can enjoy Garys voice in all its beauty. If your learning the guitar, this is a good one to start with because its basically C, Amin, F and G7 (with a few other chords thrown in) Good Luck to you and Gary of course, well done mate what a blinder!!

[rwasmyfirstlove]

@falconoilcompany Hey, I entered your channel, and it looks like we have many songs in common, this one is beautiful too :-) Hugs from Uruguay, South America

[swift12y]

A belter! I could cry when I look back at these classics!!! Had no money, a bad haircut, a b/w tv, but man was I happy!!

[Glamking1]

It was also used at the end of The Rotters' Club episode 1, The Chick and The Hairy when Lois's boyfriend Malcolm was trying to propose to her before the bomb had been exploded as they was going to this pub for their night out and this was the year this single came out - i remember the rotters' club episode lol.

[rogoldomedonfors]

Its a pity that when bryan ferry performs a great re-interpretation of "smoke gets in your eyes", he is popularly acclaimed as a genius, yet when gary shearston works an equally inspired (and in my view, definitive) version of "i get a kick out out of you" he is consigned to the history books. Oh well, maybe if gary had made mroe more hits .. still, better a one hit wonder than a manufactured record-company toerag ...

[MegaGravyboy]

Simply beautiful! Sing on Gary!!

[BarnsleyTimelord]

Yes the violin player was Grahame Smith from a band called String Driven Thing.

[marcosromanojujuy]

this song, so beatiful, was my special song when i was ending university in buenos aires, 1974?, still remains deep inside of me with all the youth, joy and excitment i had then.... many thanks

[elamang18]

An all-time Aussie classic.  Good on you Gazza.

[7bowden7]

bought this on a 45 long gone but not the memory

[cragsmonster]

anyone know who plays violin on this - sounds good

[lawlers69]

Grahame Smith according to liner notes on greatest hits cd

[229bruce]

What are the lyrics at 3:04 ? It's been bugging me for years.

[raysueful]

kristiana maria konchevsky---- it's the name of his girlfriend!

[raysueful]

------answer for 229bruce

[thebigg72]

@raysueful

thanks - you've just solved one of lifes mysteries for me

[jocksmen]

@raysueful VERY SMART MAN.

YES AND AS A KID IN ENGLAND

I THOUGHT IT WAS

CRISTIANA AND WRINKLED CHIPS.

LOL.

UK/USABOY.

[jsalisbury56]

I always thought it was : "crispy onion rings and chips and.." but it cant be, can it..?

[kryckeestrooff]

Notice how all the negros in the audience are enjoying this more than the white folk! Just an Amusing observation nothing more!

[wheelnut059]

Top quality rendition

[ufothe3]

This is a Classic Version of a "Timeless" Song that has Great Lyrics "thrown into the bargain"(!) It's one of those "Melodies" that is hard not to Like & Mr. Gary Shearston's Vocals, give it a Distinctive Character all of it's own. Cheerful & Singalong-able, are futher Qualities of this, Endearingly, "old-fashioned" Tune! A Beauty!!!

[zapkvr]

I heard this on the wireless back in the seventies I used to listen to the top 40 on Sunday afternoon on 3KZ in Melbourne. 3XY would never play this it was too uncool. Gary did a real fine job on this. Okay, he's not Frankie but he has a unique intereptation. I love it to tell you the honest truth. I just wish he could have got more recognition.

[acertainblue]

Thank you - I have always loved this!

[nastynigel]

one of the best oz recordings ever ...god bless ya gary

[sjd1975]

the dogs bollocks

[dennisnoone]

great song. at least he sings the orginal lyricks, not like franky

[roryjepson]

Bless him, he's a vicar of sorts now in the backwoods of NSW ... probably all the happier for it

[agreenslade49]

Thank goodness miming stopped!

[torquemadagb]

LOL Er yeah right what planet is that on? - at least he sang his own song. The people today very often don't even do that and then mime to take all the credit. The difference is today - people are better at miming because it is taken as part of the act these days.

[agreenslade49]

Well, I am obviously too old to know, but it was a good song and interesting to read all the background to the Noel Coward song in you look it up.

[torquemadagb]

I think it was a great version too.

[maxspaccapietre]

Secondo me una delle migliori versioni di questa bellissima canzone.

[rogoldomedonfors]

Sehr Schön, aber why did he not record any more? This is fantastic stuff, surely more ideas there?

[Tomatensalat007]

Schön, einfach schön. Erinnert mich an Nov. 1974 wo ich meinen großen Schwarm, meine große - leider nicht erwiederte Liebe - kennengelernt habe.

Kinder wie die Zeit vergeht...

[irishbogman]

Just heard this on the radio after a long time, this version is brilliant

[snapshotsid]

Great version. But was he dealing devil's dandruff to those kids next to him!