River Of Tears

[pixiescam]

It's 7am and my gf is still asleep! I feel naughty!! The Drones kick musical arse :D

[mussman717word]

Holy shit, Gareth Liddiard is like 1/2 Joe Strumer, 1/2 Thom Yorke, in the best way imaginable.

[lyons403]

SEEING THE DRONES ON FRIDAY!!

[MrBTwizzy]

@lyons403 me too! let's meet and be friends! haha

[hmshable]

fucking eric clapton in the bar at the side fuck off and die

[lfolkard]

@hmshable absolutely!!...had no idea of his hard racist attitudes until lately...Clapton can definitely F'O'&D'!!

[Staffyishere]

The Drones: Simply brilliant as always.

[drinky1992]

Garreth Liddiard does not give a fuck what anyone thinks, and that is fucking cool haha

[NotBadYeah]

How are these guys not bigger? Best band I've heard in a long time.

[MeliaTheAzedarach]

haunting..moving...sublime...

[RojoJet]

I can't help but tear up to this song. It's so well done. This is in the top 10 Australian song performances of all time for my mind. I could listen to this 10 times a day.

[iamLizardJohnny]

I swear i just hold my breath through out this entire song. Fucking amazing.

[impillow]

I saw them live a few years ago in North Carolina, they opened for Band of Horses and it was fucking incredible! Best live band I've ever seen.

[shaolinkin]

is this on any of their releases?

[daalig]

@shaolinkin Live at the Hi-Fi, can get it on Itunes

[Timshel6]

@shaolinkin

its on a Kev Carmody tribute album - very much worth buying.

[sday20]

wow.

I dream to see them live!

[bandroomspace]

i feel sorry for the one person who missed the like button..

[MissSuperstardafunk]

@bandroomspace yeah... hate to be that guy. Must have been an accident. Happens to everyone at some point in their life I'm sure.

[munckomagic]

""River of Tears", preformed byt he Drones, tells the story of David Gundy, a 32-year-old Aboriginal man who died after being shot by police when he was woken from his sleep during an unlawful raid on his home in Marrickville on April 27, 1989. The police were looking for another man. The police had no legal right to be in his home. A coronial inquest found that Gundy had died accidentally... " from green left weekly review of Cannont buy my soul

[lfolkard]

@munckomagic I lived two streets away as a kid on Neville St...he was friends with my fam'...horrible.

[Phus11]

can anyone send a link with lyrics ?

[pbell259]

would swap half of my live music experiences over 10 years to have been there when this was recorded!

[bowlow2]

Can someone tell me why this song is so critically awesome?

Not to say I don't like it, I love it, but I love lots of other music considered crap by most "Music Critics".

[MsSissy076]

The absolute BEST live performance anyone could ever pay to see, regardless of cost, these guys are the custodians of cultural integrity. Thank god for the smart, arty people!!!

[showreelfinder]

i was part of the camera crew that filmed the show at the State...this was ^#^ing unbelievable...one of the most intense live performances i've ever witnessed

[LittleRoomJack]

@showreelfinder The camera work is beautiful man - Good job

[MsSissy076]

Proud to be an Aussie looking forward...

[joeleof]

Best. Band. In. The. World.

[museumofdirt]

fark!

Fukn goosebumps.

[cordedpoodle]

Not much going on musically. Nothing new here since the 60s. Just old music rehashed. Most people like music because it reinforces their already established world view. The more popular the world view the more popular the music. This is vamp with crescendo. Australia has absolutely nothing to do with it. But if you like it fine.

[sday20]

Amazing song, by an amazing band.

[Dronesification]

This is just amazing. Drones are one of the best live bands out there. Gareth is unbelievable.

[yvettemadelaine]

only just heard this on JJJ the other morning. Wowow, amazing

[NiteShok]

unreal. their version at the Riverstage Carmody tribute was even better.

[BrisJamin]

Saw them play this last night in Brisbane at the Cannot Buy My Soul gig. Amazingly powerful.

[vhsvek]

One of the greatest things ever captured on video.

[AUSlanceboy]

Kev Carmody put it best when he said "This song peeled the paint off the walls when they played it at the State Theatre". Fucking Unreal. They rocked the corner hotel last week and there gonna light it up at 'groovin' the moo'

[orangebeads23]

Yep, that concert was amazing- one of the best I went to! Really moving!

[rabbitohh]

Been a big Kev Carmody fan for a long time. Discovered the Drones after the Cannot Buy my SOul CD.

This performance is unbelievable - the real standout from the show

[funkonthehill]

totally brilliant

[snumbledore]

This is around the 400th time I've watched this. =.= yes I'm OCD.

This song is amazing.

[chillmonster]

Never seen them before now. Fifteenth time I've watched this since last night.

[therubberfactory]

*clicks favorite*

[tempokate]

Fucking amazing.

[afterbirf]

i have watched this 5 times in a row. its brilliant.

[ramselaj]

This is almost as atmospheric as The End by The Doors. Maybe even more. Intense.

[CrniPivac]

Silly! fkn silly

[hornraiser]

stunning. one of my all time favorite bands.

[chirnover]

I cant think of an aussie band that has ever been as good as this

[BurnTheArtGallery]

@chirnover Oh come on man. This is fucking brilliant, but you can't say there's no better Aussie stuff.

[chirnover]

@BurnTheArtGallery Just my opinion mate

[theghostofchristmasp]

@chirnover I can think of a hell of a lot myself: The Triffids; Hoodoo Gurus; Crime and the City Solution; The Go-Betweens.. I mean seriously man, are you taking the piss with a comment like that?!?!

[chirnover]

@theghostofchristmasp haha nah mate, they're all great aussie bands but still don't match the creativity and originality of the Drones. Again, just my opinion.

[kylevorton]

@chirnover i don't know....ever heard of a little outfit called the birthday party?

[wbgoaf]

@kylevorton

Definitely - also, I just noticed Gareth has Neubauten's cave logo tattoo'd on his arm!

[surely0418]

Aussie music at its best. I,hope these guys have along and productive career uneffected by commercial concerns.

[sofarat]

Finally this tracks made it to youtube.... What a gripping performance.

[indraeek]

Intense.

[Moridin55]

Shit yea... awesome

[Maruwati]

fucking excellent!!