The Church - Almost with you

[mistersmith6000]

I loved the way SK plays the bass and along with wall-of-chiming guitars and the voice. The bass seems to something like I'd never heard before. While everyone was doing funky tricks with the bass at the time and slappin and poppin was all cool, the way he slips and slides kinda oily but still pulsing, way cool, especially under the much loved guitar lead part towards the end of the song

[chains992]

DIOS¡¡ AMO ESTA GRAN TALENTOSA BANDA,BANDAS QUE NUNCA JAMAS EN EL MUNDO VOLVERAN A EXISTIR¡¡¡

[RICHNEL100]

totally agree re the guitar solo (classical even) - brilliant. However they let me down - in New York in late 90's I raved to American friends to come and see them at the Bowery - great Aussie band etc, etc ...waited, waited for them to come on stage, finally Steve didn't show - got arrested trying to score on the 'A' train ... rest of the band tried, for while ...shocker.

[jamcofec]

Arguably the best guitar piece in an Australian song ever at 2:40 (better in acoustic for mine)..

[anderzom]

BESTTTTTTTTTT FUCKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG BAND EVER!!!!!!! I LOVEEEEEEEEE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU CHURCH

[bourquebuilt]

YAY! they made the Hall Of Fame.oh they SO deserve it ,they made into my hall of fame decades ago!!Woot woot!

[61SGman]

Rickenbacker's are so tinny!

[friginhell123]

congratulations the church for making it into the australian rock & roll hall of fame great fucking speech steve

[Criddington]

@beepollen1 I know, the States is the gateway to the rest of the world in terms of music I think :)

Check out the Sleepy Jackson definitely - they're a glam/psychedelic/country band, great stuff.

The Church seem to be getting more recognition now than ever before - we have a magazine here in the UK called 'Classic Rock', and they're always really well reviewed in there!

[Criddington]

@beepollen1 They deserve it more than most of the others - that said, Australia has produced so many fantastic, yet underrated bands - The Church, Hoodoo Gurus, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, Sunnyboys and more recently, the Sleepy Jackson - I'm doing my best to plug them in England :)

I'll always spin a Church number on my uni radio show too!

Steve Kilbey = Genial :D

[Criddington]

@beepollen1 Yeah he is, Richard Ploog - he sports a horrendous mullet on the Heyday cover :)

[wolffund]

Saw them live in the early 80s in Perth pubs like the Nookenbuster a few times, brilliant band

[caiofons]

@beepollen1 Thnx!

[dsm171]

great band

[drstevie]

fantastic band.even the solo Lps are amazing !!

[areyoucallingmeauser]

thats a fantastic mullet on the drummer

[stevabus]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tidepoolbay]

Great song!

[Nigelxman]

This sounds really good but I'm pretty sure they're just a wee bit ...........erm....stoned here. Hey, just a hunch. :-)

[natluvscards]

oh those eyes yummmmm

[tarquinazzo]

quintessential church

[mymrmojo]

I bought that exact Rickenbacker that Marty is playing after seeing this video in 1989. Some years later, a bandmate of mine "borrowed" it and sold it for drugs.

[caiofons]

Bad trade!

[sundaygirl2105]

@caiofons

beyond that... what can you say? Great song... perfect sentiments x

[Westyrulz]

Did you kill the prick?

[godstar69]

Oh that hurts!!!! Sorry to hear that.

[glabpat]

@mymrmojo Gee! what a sad story.

[Gav671]

That Strat sounds timeless. Wonder if he still has it

[putridsneakers]

Yes - and Willson-Piper's 12 string Rickenbacker sound is awesome too.

[badintentions2]

spot on

[JoeChrisMorris]

he probably sold it

see the recent book on the Church

just posted some covers from the first 6-7 Church albusm

[Gollat]

This is taken from a swedish Tv-show called Casablanca autumn-82 or spring-83....

[EarlGreyIII]

Great song, universally bad 80's hair

[sadlsore]

I like the hair, and the song!!! :) Great number, and especially cool live version!

[MrDunco999]

hey, i''ve still got the lead singers hair style.... good taste never dates! lol

[muzztehfuzz]

Another top ageless song by these under rated leglends. The Church rule OK. Song is pretty spot on too. I am almost with you...you know who..Muzthefuzz

[Vpmatt]

What a beautiful chimey Rickenbacker tone.

[friginhell123]

one of the greatest aussie bands of the 80's

[bidrr]

the churches parallel universe has got to be one of the strangest albums with the weirdest songs on it

[snailhairdune]

Yeah the chiming jangle of the 12-string Rickenbacker is what makes this track, this live version is awesome! MWP cuts an iconic image - a fine-looking man with a great guitar!

[gjrwm1964]

Great version - this must be 20+ years old!

[EVERTONIC]

wilson piper puts the jangle scouse revolver feel,i love them shudve been huge.....they are anyway

[EVERTONIC]

sounds like everyone plus

[EVERTONIC]

tremendous, i love the church

[regelmakaren]

it's funny cus they sound just like modern english, or at least their song i melt with you

[aussieingreece]

One of the GREATEST BANDS EVER, saw these guys so many times live in concert back in melbourne. Marty and richard( ex-drummer) were two of the coolest guys i met in this industry very cool and down to earth. Got photos,autographs. Love this band.

[BrianApocalypse]

the warped tape really adds to the song. Good job.

[ilovecarting]

never noticed that, but you're right!

makes it sound a bit old but it brings back memories.

[ianmcculloch87]

the definitive Church song!!!!!!!!

Kilbey is so young...

[Georgie17xx]

yay! I love The Church

[CasUalNtT]

These guys were as close to the perfect band as you can get.

[royalbadness1984]

blurred crusade is a great album, also has a great b-side called "life speeds up", one of the best church songs.

[Dillboy]

My absolute favourite band from Aussie, lived in Sydney and the East coast from 84 - 85 I saw these guys twice once in coogiebay beach and at a festival in Sydney with split Enz headlining, anyone else there?

[yambaok]

EXCELLENT! Australia had so many great bands around the early 80's. The Church was just one of many, as well as being one of my favourites.

[2degucitas]

Kilbey looks so young a pretty with makeup! Love this band.

[Georgie17xx]

lol...really???

[thepanwithin]

Got to be one of their best songs. Where do I get a shirt like Steve's please?

[dirtycreature]

In the 80s.

[ropetherapy]

Having seen the church 12 times in the last 20 years I can honestly say I have never been disappointed.

[velmaanne]

cuando la corazon tiene un amor que dificil a decir, solamente tiene tiempo ~ y toma tiempo, toma todo tiempo necessita ~ porque no es verdad si es amor no ensena alli cuando dame y toma

[leodresselli]

Sighs! This song brought me memories in high school when i was in love with this girl in my dreams....and I was "Almost with her!!"

[Snett111]

That´s the advantage you have when you´re 50 like me. I have everything ever done by The Church.

[torvald]

Just for the record. This is not from east european tv, well not the classic definition of east europe anyway. It´s from Swedish Tv, 1982, lifted of a show called Casablanca, which showed lots of great bands and videos in the early 80´s. The Church performed the Unguarded Moment as well..

[panamapax]

The Eastern Europeans didn't have access to this kind of hip entertainment in the eighties. If they were lucky they might have been offered some televised Alla Pugatjova every now and then.

[LukeSlawomirski]

One of the truly great songs in the aussie rock canon. you all should check out the 'acoustic' version on the more recent 'el momento descuidado'

[mrnickb]

i scored 'the blurred crusade' for 5 bucks yew!

[spacejockeycyrano]

Blurred Crusade - best album ever. Everyone a winner. I've trawled record shops everywhere to find their back cat and even the mighty Virgin and HMV hold up their hands in surrender.

[RoMMeL516]

Thanks a whole lot caifons!!! Can't believe i'm hearing and SEEING The Church sing.  This is one of my favorite songs they have.

[MrKnoxville351]

These bastards are more Aussie than the original Arnotts motherfuckin SAO's invented in 1890!?!?!!? I remember drag racing my mate in my '78 XC 351 Falcon against his Valiant Pacer in the back streets of Melbourne with this song blasting through the stereo in the early 80's. Ahhh those were the days.....

[Nigelxman]

Funny that you say that Knoxville. Marty is English and Steve was born in England too.

[Andromeda0Kite]

caiofons, you rule dude! Thanks for all the great Church videos.

[PARAGhostRider]

A classic !!!!!

[ScottishSnareBear]

No Not A Classic,A F**king Classic Old Pal!!!

[Brakawolf]

Thank you. I hadn't seen a live clip of this; only the 'official' version. Here Kilbey swaps vocal registers - almost snarling - whereas the studio version is all in a dreamy lower key, and that gorgeous solo - 12-string acoustic on the album, is electric here. Nobody was doing anything else like this in Australia in 1982.

[formula602]

Nice hair on Steve! LOL

I saw them for free on June 20th,1990 in Grand Rapids,Michigan with the Blue Aeroplanes.

I still have my ticket stub!

[camska]

Great Clip!! Yeah, its funny to see them that young.

[Novacoma]

I cant get into their later stuff but i like Of Skins and Hearts and The Blurred Crusade. Although their best song for my taste is probably Reptile.

[mab31347]

Wow! It is funny to see this current vital Band in their young days. I didn't pick up on The Chruch until the mid-90's

[TigerlilyLoamsdown]

Absolute brilliance. I love the Church, one of my fave 80s bands, and I saw them at a club in Orlando, FL in 1988. Thank you for these videos, I have been doing so much catching up. More please!!!! :)

[WarnerWebmaster]

Complete and utter Aussie legends