Skyhooks - Million Dollar Riff (1975)

[elminxo]

take me home to the 70's - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan I miss you

[huypham1996]

I'm 15 years old and can't stand the music on the radio today, instead i'm here listening to songs written almost 30 years before i was born

[uumina]

amazing song. dont make em like that anymore. shirl rip. such a talent. you too red.great rifs 1;40+

[myempathy1]

"Horror Movie" theme at 1:41.

[flamethroa]

@daddyknobling "Meanwhile im still thinking" from Little Queenie, Horror movie,Satisfaction, Smoke on the water,Sunshine of your love,Ticket to ride, Gloria, Johnny B Good. Very cleverly put together.

[aussieokie]

So cool to see this. . .I saw them 2 or 3 times in the 70's including Miami Great Hall and the Playroom on the Gold Coast. Thanks for posting.

[trampismat]

Great 'hooks song ... shirl's voice is brilliant in this song ... terrific stuff!

[dracsspago]

God bless you, Shirl...

[anniebabeblues]

RIP SHIRL

[trampismat]

I was so lucky to see Skyhooks at a few Uni gigs which were quite intimate with the band right there before you and the sound just amazing ... to hear all the hits was one of the best thrills for me. Even though Red wasn't there I got to hear all the tracks from "Guilty Until Proven Insane" ... I was in 7th Heaven being a 'Hooks fan from way back. This is another brilliant tune ... great riffs, great everything the band in just pumpin' it out ... nzoz1975 you deserve a beer from all of us!

[flamethroa]

thanks nzoz .Every time i watch your vids its like getting in a time machine and travelling back to my youth. Ah oz in the 70s .........memories.

[nzoz1975]

@flamethroa to me its like going back to a time before i was born.. thank you!

[goldwingman1500]

@flamethroa Sunberry what a hoot make love not war ///??????????????

[philster61]

Amazing voice Shirl had.

[micki405129]

one of my favourites. Go Bongo and Red you rock R.I.P Shirl

[loyalroyal]

Boronia High School 74 or 75, first band i ever saw [ seen maybe 1000 now], still awesome, and i live in England where nobodie's heard of them!!

[staticbear76]

i love this song it has that awesome sound and beat you just cant resist and being very fun to listen too it make syou happy when you hear it

[KnobRot]

These guys are timeless. Even when I was listening to them as a 10 year old in the mid-70s I knew there was something different about them. For a start, they're actually real musicians - bit of a rarity these days.

[MazterGuitarz]

Ahead of your time, child, I was just a few years older than you and got the same feeling, this is something else..

And I still enjoy to listen to them 'cause ther're so special and unique,

not so many are nowadays, are they???

[hankrango]

an absolutely brilliant live band, even after shirl left and tony williams replaced him. regardless of the theatrics and nonsense, the hooks were totally shithot on even their bad nights. must've seen 'em fifteen times (at least). brilliant.

[ace69er]

@hankrango I saw them only once sadly, in 90, Jukebox Tour!

1 of THE best Aussie bands i had EVER seen! They were so tight, you couldnt put a razorblade between them!

The closest i got previously was an incarnation of The Party Boys which was 4/5 Skyhooks! Shirl on vox, Bongo on guitar, Kev Borich in Guitar, McAinsh on Bass and Strauks on drums!

People kept asking for Hooks songs, Shirl kept telling them to Fuck off, saying' we may almost BE Skyhooks but we arent doing ANY hooks songs!'

[trampismat]

@ace69er What a great experience that must have been albeit a lil' frustrating. But you can understand that the guys had to keep strictly to the Party Boys theme ... surely tho' one 'Hooks track would have kept the party goin'?

[ace69er]

@trampismat it sure WOULD have! After all, the Party Boys WERE strictly a cover band, made up of known, pro musos!

[REDINKMUSICGROUP]

my dad talks of seeing them play at frankston high school before they were anybody... he and his friends were so freaked out they tried to fight them.. now he's a massive fan.. how funny.

[changingnames83]

@REDINKMUSICGROUP Typical Frankston thugs.

[wangdangdoddle]

@REDINKMUSICGROUP

Your dad is/was a c**t and so are you

[Dannyscape]

anybody got guitar tabs to this song?

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

These guys must have been a riot onstage.

[bootzen33]

They were one of the greatest in a time of many greats.

[RooForce]

Man, you better believe it. Nobody gave concert like the 'hooks, they would play anywhere, and they had no BS about them. Great days indeed.

[saltycandy]

Great quality, thanks for uploading these I'm starting to wish I was around back then to see them play live!

[RoshMyster]

0:38... You Beauty!

[HymieDelWeen]

Thanks for the better sync Noz

[squirrelnut]

i've never heard of this band but this is totally going to be stuck in my head for weeks now.

[staffslad1]

Hi NOZ, nice to see the Skyhooks again, it's been a long time. Last seen them back in 1977 when i used to live in Adelaide, I was 16 then and a 10 Pound Pom. Now back living in England. I forgot how good Skyhooks where really enjoyed watching all the Blogs.

Thanks Terry (England)

[Green28142814]

R.I.P Shirl.

[sherbetgirl]

Great upload as usual nzoz!

[nzoz1975]

thank you ;)