Love that delay on the clap right at the start, and the reverb effect on the vocals is awesome for 1971. What a song! Thanks for uploading it. cheers..
love it. Im only 28 but i reckon the music from the early 1970's was so much better. Just in Australia you had Spectrum, Axiom, Masters, and Billy Thorpe. Also funny when the mini moke splshes them with water, probably the only wash the hippies had that year haha
GREAT TIMES ,WHEN THEY PLAYED AT MY SCHOOL CONCERT IT WAS THE 1ST TIME I HAD MY COLOURED BALLS FONDLED BY A GIRL, COINCEDENTLY WHEN LOBBY LLOYD PLAYED AT MY SCHOOL CONCERT IT WAS THE 1ST TIME I HAD MY SPECTRUM KISSED BY A GIRL , JEESE I LOVED & MISS MY SCHOOL CONCERTS !
RIP
LOBBY LLOYD
TED MULRY
ANDY DURANT
MARC HUNTER
& ALL THE DEAR DEPARTED AUSSIE/NZ ROCKERS THAT MADE MY TEENAGE YEARS SO SPECIAL , YOU MAY BE GONE BUT YOURE STILL IN MY HEART.
I grew up with this music, and 40 years later I am working on a project and happened to meet Mike Rudd online. Nice bloke, but how sad that I had to go back and research him on Wikipedia to remember and get up to speed. Great music is an understatement. Some kids think music videos were invented recently!
Usually the term "one hit wonder" implies that the artist or group had a short career. Spectrum were far from that. They had several albums & played concerts and gigs even in small suburban hotels and halls. One of their albums, Milesago, was a triple disc set with a lot of long and experimental songs. They also created a 2nd band , Murtceps, to play more progressive music. You can read about them on wiki
I imagine the short answer to your question is that 1) most younger people, esp, those who are loving youtube, weren't even alive when Spectrum were famous, so they never heard anything by them apart from that one clip - on Rage perhaps? - and 2) because Spectrum didn't do 3 minute love songs for music shows like Countdown, they didn't have 'hits". One-hit-wonders don't normally have long and critically - if not commerically - successful careers, as far as I know.
@possessivetoast For me, we certainly can be proud of the Spectrum part. I never had albums or heard Murtceps. Weren't they playing more commercial material? In which case, it would explain why I didn't listen to them. As for Spectrum, they had a unique sound and that is to be applauded. So many other Aussie bands showed their Brit or US influences. I thought of another one hit wonder. Remember "My Sharona" by the Knack?
Murtceps were 'commercial' in the sense that they were designed to get bread-and-better pub gigs, not necessarily to get on the radio. So their music was more straight-forward and rocky than Spectrum, but their songs had titles like "Blue Movies Make Me Cry" - not really what you'd call commercial. They had a minor hit with a song called "Esmeralda", about a sex worker. I prefer Spectrum, but Murtceps are still entertaining.
@possessivetoast Because progressive music doesn't get played on the radio - when was the last time you heard King Crimson or Yes on Classic Rock FM? They would also be 'one-hit wonders' by this definition.
Yep, Australia in the 70's. I was just starting High School at Caulfield High. Shit school, great song. Tried to learn this on the harmonica. Rock on Mike Rudd...
Ahhhh.......the"Mini Moke" decked out with hot sheilas ! Mike Rudd with a timeless & memorable harmonica riff..........1971....final year @ High School......life was good......thanx for the post nzoz71........love your work !
is that Mt Buller in the background
rbr83619music 5 days ago
NZOZ.. Picked another winner.. :) everyday......
seaeagles64 4 weeks ago
Love that delay on the clap right at the start, and the reverb effect on the vocals is awesome for 1971. What a song! Thanks for uploading it. cheers..
VintageSunbeamMixers 1 month ago
reminds me that i still like men with beards and denim jackets.. oh and the music!
badimiagirl1 2 months ago
BEARDS!
bongo155 2 months ago
The best harmonica riff in music history.
THESM1THS 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Great Aussie music from my generation,takes me back and makes me proud to be from this era.
gypsydog24 2 months ago
@gypsydog24 good call mate, nothing like living those days again.
petere1959 2 months ago
They don't make music videos like they used to. LOL
EddieAlda 2 months ago
i'm so proud to be aussie having grown up with aussie talent which is still the best today ;
aussiejule 3 months ago 2
@aussiejule - too right - seeing those bush tracks almost makes me teary, the old story of a bloke alone, but free...
rohawa11 2 months ago
this is great, really good
dofane 3 months ago
love it. Im only 28 but i reckon the music from the early 1970's was so much better. Just in Australia you had Spectrum, Axiom, Masters, and Billy Thorpe. Also funny when the mini moke splshes them with water, probably the only wash the hippies had that year haha
rowdeh83 3 months ago 2
Simpler and happier times really (apart from Vietnam and the Cold war... assassinations... apartheid.... OK forget the last part) GREAT MUSIC! :-)
vk8nat 3 months ago
Tops mate. Love it.
Kingmick58 3 months ago
17 years before i was damn well born and this is easily..my favorite song.
Respect to anyone around back then..you got to live a real era - a Valuable era...
Dad got me into these fella's and practically all the bands around in the 60's n 70's.. live at the sunbury rock festival n stuff..thank fuck.
EclecticStranger 3 months ago
THE Greatest intro ever made to a Aussie Song
DaquiriSippa 3 months ago
ACCURACY , IT WAS THE IDELIBLE MURTCEPS !
GREAT TIMES ,WHEN THEY PLAYED AT MY SCHOOL CONCERT IT WAS THE 1ST TIME I HAD MY COLOURED BALLS FONDLED BY A GIRL, COINCEDENTLY WHEN LOBBY LLOYD PLAYED AT MY SCHOOL CONCERT IT WAS THE 1ST TIME I HAD MY SPECTRUM KISSED BY A GIRL , JEESE I LOVED & MISS MY SCHOOL CONCERTS !
RIP
LOBBY LLOYD
TED MULRY
ANDY DURANT
MARC HUNTER
& ALL THE DEAR DEPARTED AUSSIE/NZ ROCKERS THAT MADE MY TEENAGE YEARS SO SPECIAL , YOU MAY BE GONE BUT YOURE STILL IN MY HEART.
loglog29 3 months ago
I wonder where in Australia the rural footage of Mike Rudd wandering through the countryside was taken?
kurvapicsa 3 months ago
It's actually Mark Kennedy playing drums on this record (even though Ray Arnott's in the video)
sl1975sl 4 months ago
Bad baby was cutting a big bad boogie (sic) before you knew baby was bad...
Or knew how to move... (?????)
spacelizardlaw 4 months ago
Whatever happened to Aussie music? - we had it so good........now??
Dutchy1965 4 months ago in playlist More videos from nzoz1971
M.I.N.T.
mmtour 4 months ago
Bloody brilliant!
garykelly1944 4 months ago
oh yea
blinkbills69 4 months ago
nzoz1971 thanks for this & your other videos. Mate I always loved the music, but to see the clips bring way more back.
Seems like yesterday, damn I never thought I would get old!
unreal22000 5 months ago 9
@unreal22000 .. yeah who'd have thought
goldenzelle 4 months ago in playlist goldenzelle's favorites
@unreal22000 So who was the cute girl in the Mini-Moke?
lostraxx 1 month ago
bring back the mini moke
cmloz 5 months ago
I grew up with this music, and 40 years later I am working on a project and happened to meet Mike Rudd online. Nice bloke, but how sad that I had to go back and research him on Wikipedia to remember and get up to speed. Great music is an understatement. Some kids think music videos were invented recently!
lostraxx 5 months ago
Top tune - sounds good.
Zedthirtyone 6 months ago
Shit tonight im in a time warp, take me back there to stay.
peacetrain60 6 months ago 8
it sounds better now than when it first came out. classic aussie blues rock
rossstothard 7 months ago
any chance of a clip featuring the song "Some good advice"?
fryzie20 7 months ago
such an awesome song!!
ookalongbangbang 7 months ago in playlist Top 20 Hits from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1971
Ahh those were the days,great song
patinhiselement 8 months ago
Mike Rudd made an appearance on Rockwiz (on S.B.S.) last Saturday night, singing and playing his harmonica, and very well too.
caz4777 8 months ago
Great Memories of a great OZ music revolution
GoldenWattle1 8 months ago
One of the all time great all time songs- still rings true. Timeless classic. One day I'll have money (I hope!).
Gav1959 9 months ago
So easy .. So free .. So simple .. So Brilliant ♥
jdandcoke4meplz 10 months ago
Melbourne ... the late 60s and early 70s....what a life!!!!
TheFranjy 11 months ago 2
Some stuff just never gets old. Awesome.
dj00197 11 months ago
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does somebody know in which key the harmonica is???, if you do, please tell me
davyjones2001 11 months ago
does somebody know in which key the harmonica is???, if you do, please tell me
davyjones2001 11 months ago
shame this band was a one hit wonder!..
Terrilliser 11 months ago
@Terrilliser
Usually the term "one hit wonder" implies that the artist or group had a short career. Spectrum were far from that. They had several albums & played concerts and gigs even in small suburban hotels and halls. One of their albums, Milesago, was a triple disc set with a lot of long and experimental songs. They also created a 2nd band , Murtceps, to play more progressive music. You can read about them on wiki
Alexov54 10 months ago
@Alexov54 Then why is it that most people only know them for this song?
possessivetoast 8 months ago
I imagine the short answer to your question is that 1) most younger people, esp, those who are loving youtube, weren't even alive when Spectrum were famous, so they never heard anything by them apart from that one clip - on Rage perhaps? - and 2) because Spectrum didn't do 3 minute love songs for music shows like Countdown, they didn't have 'hits". One-hit-wonders don't normally have long and critically - if not commerically - successful careers, as far as I know.
Alexov54 8 months ago
@Alexov54 Someone asked me recently, "Is Spectrum/Murtceps a band we (Aussies) can be proud of?"
possessivetoast 7 months ago
@possessivetoast For me, we certainly can be proud of the Spectrum part. I never had albums or heard Murtceps. Weren't they playing more commercial material? In which case, it would explain why I didn't listen to them. As for Spectrum, they had a unique sound and that is to be applauded. So many other Aussie bands showed their Brit or US influences. I thought of another one hit wonder. Remember "My Sharona" by the Knack?
Alexov54 7 months ago
Murtceps were 'commercial' in the sense that they were designed to get bread-and-better pub gigs, not necessarily to get on the radio. So their music was more straight-forward and rocky than Spectrum, but their songs had titles like "Blue Movies Make Me Cry" - not really what you'd call commercial. They had a minor hit with a song called "Esmeralda", about a sex worker. I prefer Spectrum, but Murtceps are still entertaining.
sl1975sl 4 months ago
that should have been 'bread-and-butter' pub gigs
sl1975sl 2 months ago
@possessivetoast Because progressive music doesn't get played on the radio - when was the last time you heard King Crimson or Yes on Classic Rock FM? They would also be 'one-hit wonders' by this definition.
sl1975sl 4 months ago
Yep, Australia in the 70's. I was just starting High School at Caulfield High. Shit school, great song. Tried to learn this on the harmonica. Rock on Mike Rudd...
yossl 1 year ago
Classic! Love the Moke. They'd never pass safety standards these days.
Biggus63 1 year ago
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
mitch366 1 year ago
does anyone know were they filmed this at..
The18Angus 1 year ago
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Top song.
Freakiest thing about this is in the lyrics, I'll sing my song and I'll be gone.....
Where are they now?
TheSpoonsTube 1 year ago
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TheSpoonsTube 1 year ago
Ahhhh.......the"Mini Moke" decked out with hot sheilas ! Mike Rudd with a timeless & memorable harmonica riff..........1971....final year @ High School......life was good......thanx for the post nzoz71........love your work !
ReedBender1 1 year ago
Great song........
jeffthrow6892 1 year ago
thanks for putting it back up
Arioch44 1 year ago
how good is this. love it
b0b55bob 1 year ago