Billy Field - Bad Habits (1981)

[Chaserpeach]

I have this song playing whenever I a) go into a casino or b) go on a spending spree :P

[garryscott651]

TOTAL CLASS.WHAT A GREAT ARTIST.

[Sydney2for2]

Great song. Takes me back to pre-1st marriage and pre-kids !!! Happy days :)

[timjackelton]

Yeah fantastic stuff, I knew Billy, great time for the live Sydney music scene, took me back. Many thanks for the upload

[FionnMarr]

Ah man... this just swings along and takes me right back to my childhood. Great vid! Thanks for posting it!

[flydi61]

@MrDUTCH Many thanx

[flydi61]

Does anyone know if it is possible to get the album Bad Habits on CD. I have searched on-line but have yet to track anything down. I would get my vinyl copy converted but it has a small scratch on the title track :-(

Thank you so much for posting; one of my all time favourites!

[MrDUTCH57]

@flydi61 Bad habits is available through aztec music australia jb hi fi should have it in stock by the way aztec music has released a heap of early australian albums on cd , aztec is owned by former drummer of billy thorpe and the aztecs

[Aqene1000]

Bless you nzoz for posting these Gems from our youthful years !

I remember when this came out, some people were kind of against Billy Field cos they thought he was just a lucky,privileged guy with the money to make it big, unlike say your working class rocker. Anyhow, Billy did a great job on this one ! I wouldve thought the sinatra set wouldve adored this song - its got Swing !

[mixdmsgs]

My Mum may have been a little older than you (or a lot) it was a postgrad. Born 1950. Brisbane tho' UQ :) We both love/d this song so much. She's passed now so it's a really nice memory. Thanks so much for sharing!

[nzoz1981]

@mixdmsgs no worries.

[mixdmsgs]

It's quite embarrassing, I don't really remember what i wrote and removed, possibly another version of what I wrote? Then thought of another thing... so I think I deleted both and put it in one. I didn't realise the site logs it all and send copies to the relavent ppl! I'm a writer and a serial deleter of comments... trying to edit or be clearer. Gah so sorry - now I know. It's a 'bad habit' anyway :p

[nzoz1981]

@mixdmsgs how come you removed the comment? did your mum go to sydney uni? we're the same age!

[petergyi]

dig my this track and my website gyigyi.com

[BabyClara07]

Me and Tom "bollocks the ragman" Marshall....... those were the days!

[wassupmalby]

do yourself a favour and listen to his whole bad habits album, its great

[MrDeucelow]

Brilliant.

[mofosixx]

looks like a young kevin rudd

[georgewashingmachine]

Yeah Billy!!

[roadappleband]

euq150, `Deefeecult for you easy for me`

was performed by Senor Wences, a spanish american ventriloquist. He toured Australia in the 70`s, he had a death in the family ( a child i think) while on tour here, and he never came back, very funny man.

[JoTheSnoop]

Every time I hear 'Bad Habits', I instantly think of the 2nd series of Underbelly. The scene in particular was the one where the corrupt detectives received their backhander money in paper sandwich bags at their desks.

[Danehill]

Spot on, brother. That is exactly the reason why I came looking for this song. :-)

[JoTheSnoop]

Umm, I like to correct you on one thing Danehill...

I'm female. :-)

[Danehill]

My apologies, Snoops :-)

[NoPlaceForLoafers]

@JoTheSnoop Underbelly is for women and bogans.

I ain't sayin' nuttin', I'm just sayin...

[JoTheSnoop]

@NoPlaceForLoafers I have a bit of an interest in stuff based on true crime. Mind you, I prefer Blue Murder.

[Zuhairi941210]

touche'

[PhillipJames100]

Ultra GREAT

[napnapnorm]

sorry I forgot you Billy we all had bad habits at College

col s

[euq150]

Who sang 'Difficult for you easy for me'.

Was it Billy Fields????

[lonekiwi08]

Ah, yes. The Velcro Fog. What a voice.

[joeninetyjoe]

I can't help but think that Jamie Callum has studied Billy Field long and hard - but he's not as good.

[artfuldancer99]

can anyone help.. i am looking for the song of Billys bad habits album... since i found out about you .. i think that was the name of it

[Barsopen1970]

ok, sending you an " IM " containing a d/l link

[goodlukeing]

Haha 1:36, video looks nothing like the sound

[deanogigalo]

Your comment is very childish , that of a low IQ , but downt worry you may one day you will get yourselfe a life . Ibet you downt like anyone .

[gregb1120]

boy!! this brings back memories!! i never thought I would see the clip of this again!!

[Wendy53Hill]

I have been looking for this song for weeks and finally a friend put me onto YouTube & there he was singing this song "Bad Habits" just love the song...love YouTube..thankyou ..

[Intersounds]

Great song! He was a great performer! Thanks for posting, Bob x 5 and favorited

[Mattlangston]

Great! David Lee Roth covered this on his last solo cd!

[tgunawan42]

OH golly me !!!!!!! Billy field fantastic

[jarrodsplace]

You weren't in love with me is an amazing song, but not the one i'm after. He also had a song called Everything to me. Thats is the one i'm after, but thanks.

[jarrodsplace]

I'm looking for the balad billy did called everything to me..

does anyone have a copy of this.

BTW my trumpet teacher played trombone on this recording. I just love it. I also had a few lessons with the guy on lead trumpet. (not the bad actors. lol)

[pawnshops]

Wasn't it called "You weren't in love with me" and it's on Youtube.

[Barsopen1970]

" everything to me " is on his recent - Bad Habits/Try Biology - Album.

be lucky if that tune come's on youtube as video ! ... i'm not gonna touch wood on this though, as i hope i'm wrong lol

[ladydawn1973]

ahh so lovely song..I want to hear mroe of them :)

[idasputem]

If I close my eyes he could be an old blues man. Yeah MAN! Cheers Bigeeezy :-D

[gugulia]

wonderful song, brilliant orchestra and singer. billy has something 'black' in his voice. great piece, thanks...5 bad habits to it!...;))

[MariaDeLisboa]

The Jazz I like !

Thank You !

:-)

Kisses

And

Hugs

MariaLisboa

[shoulder1989]

I now own the old Paradise Recording studio where this video was shot, i cant believe how different it looks. Love Billy and his music, What an absolute legend!!!!!

[nasyboy45]

Attention Billy Field fans. For anyone living in Australia, Billy performs live every Friday night in restaurant in Baulkham Hills called Jimenez. Plays for a couple of hours, originals and covers and 100% free. Check it out.

[shoulder1989]

Cool see you there!

[civilwheels]

Hey guys if ya like Billy Feilds,,he had 2 hits and the other one was called,,You wernt in love with me,,check it out if ya havnt yet,,i just seen it on the list,,i think its a better song,,but thats just a personal opinion,,Pete

[BuddyEatsGanymeade]

I was nine when this song was released. I loved it then and it sounds even better now.

[mrz982000]

My thoughts are exactly like 80skiwi. The song sort of grows on you. I've always found the obsession with the green and red arrows used in the clip quite interesting.

[callan133]

i love this song

[kiwipipinghot]

If anyone has the sheet music for piano please reply as I'd love a copy of it.

[valvetrom]

I have, but have to locate it. I also have an LP with very similar songs of his. The Bb Dm Fm G7 sequence 2 bars each is really persuading

[valvetrom]

Its in the Mail!

[Barsopen1970]

dont mind the ol' Billy Field...not that many cd's though..i got 5 so far

[uncommonophoto]

I was in grad school in Massey when this came out. Brings back a lot of fond memories of NZ listening to this. Thanks for posting!

[nzoz1981]

I remember this playing on my dad's (or was it grandmother's) car radio as he was driving through Kings Cross. I must have been three, but I remember having a strange feeling that I was listening to 'old people's music'.

[StreetHypnosisOz]

@nzoz1981 that's interesting. kinda ironic that 'bad habits' was playing when u drove through the one street in australia that is the home of bad habits

[nzoz1981]

@StreetHypnosisOz

I never thought about the irony until you raised it. What's also interesting is that it was on weekends when I'd see my grandmother, who lived around there. I always placed songs like this being the music of her era - obviously due to the old fashion style of music. This tune and the theme song for 'Welcome Back, Kotter' takes me back to that time and place.

[roseanne74]

@nzoz1981 Actually if you noticed, this was on Countdown on 31 May 1981 - so it's actually an 80's song ... not so far back as you thought?? Same with "You Weren't In Love With Me" also by Field.

[nzoz1981]

@roseanne74 it was a new song during the time i visited my nan's... and it would have gotten the constant play like new hits often do....

[Biggus63]

@nzoz1981 - Yep, it was a bit of a throwback even then, but it's a classic bit of swing, take it from me, I'm a jazz fan. Incidentally, love your channel. Some great memories there.

[80skiwi]

I was 13 when this song hit the NZ charts back in 1982. It went to No1 and stayed there for what seemed like ages. I couldn't stand the song at the time, but now that I'm older and wiser I've grown fond of it.

[sap5270]

I have always loved this song from the first time I heard it when I was seven years, old thirty years later I realize billy field was exceptionally clued in. True quality.