The Riptides - Hearts & Flowers (1982)

[blasty109]

Shit thats Russell Parkhouse on Keys !! (our old keyboard player !!!!

[traceywilson46]

Love this group my cousin michael is in it may he R.I.P always

[ausphonic]

I don't know if anyone answered, but he was the singer for Gangajang, after the Riptides concluded. His name is Cal Callahan.

[XxStandByMeBeatlesxX]

About half way through the video I realized the little blonde dude wasn't there anymore. Why was he suddenly not in the video till like, the very end?!

[XxStandByMeBeatlesxX]

@JKD2k10 That's so true!!!!

[XxStandByMeBeatlesxX]

Hey, where've I seen this guy before?!

[churchsmith]

nice song

[morrissey1506]

love this song , the lyics are going to give me a lot of racehorse names ........ nothing left to say ....... little left to do........ all classics for the track

[101Volts]

When I first heard this song I didn't pay attention to the lyrics. (I was just here for the sound, Go figure - I was probably still into Nirvana then) Now I can say, This asks the question what kind of a person someone is regardless of religion. This is right up there with XTC's "This World Over" In which the world is a wasteland, All for what.

[martaTFF]

Lets us all rejoice in the church that supports big record labels and sticks it to small independents likes Missing Link, Au Go Go et al as the bald one from Countdown was too busy counting the cheques from the labels he supported + his business in the 1980s which was putting Video Machines into pubs playing the same old crap he pushed on OUR PUBLIC BROADCASTER? The ABC should have asked for the salary back, and the public should know how much money that corrupt prick earned?

[walkkerzeth2]

only you send me hearts and flowers again...

[justgeeks]

Great to hear this again, thanks for the upload, Ryan.

[greenaissance]

One of the best least known songs of its time. One for the soul.

[greenaissance]

@greenaissance Always loved Mark's referencing Robert Mitchum's preacher psychopath in Night of the Hunter. Brilliant film.

[OzzInter]

@greenaissance

Heart and Flowers

Absolutely brilliant song!

Clever lyrics and a beautiful dreamy sound.

[walkkerzeth2]

nice

[columnshift]

This should have been a huge song. Great stuff

[nzoz1982]

The Great Australian Songbook remains untold, even to this day... only a few passages have gotten some kind of national recognition, whilst others remain obscure passages. I hope these channels bring about some sort of awareness.

[walkkarzata]

i would what?

[walkkarzata]

great song! I love Australian bands

[cbappa1]

you would

[nzoz1982]

He would what?  Please give him an answer, coz I'm also quite interested to know what you mean by that remark.

[MrsRhythmNation]

@cbappa1 What is "you would" suppose to mean? You don't even know the person!

And to midnonhenne, INXS is not "shit".

[tonyhic]

Best Riptides song ever, well, maybe after Swept Away.

[ricardolove69]

Thank you for posting this excellent song- now I can try and buy a copy somewhere!

[martaTFF]

As with all decent clips on Countdown, played once and left to gather dust. The Riptides as with many great Australian bands were very talented, articulate and not bogans.Only knucklehead bands such as Cold Chisel, The Radiators and the rest of that drivel were given air time on Countdown and prime time tv. Thank god for cable!

[mignonhenne]

and we got shit like inxs.....

[OzzInter]

@martaTFF

Countdown's playlists tended dominate the charts.

I have heard that if Molly Meldrum liked a band he promoted them like crazy on Countdown; if not he tended to deliberately ignore them.

Personal whim rather talent seem to decide!

[XxStandByMeBeatlesxX]

@OzzInter Do you mean the guy in this video? The one with the hat?

[XxStandByMeBeatlesxX]

@XxStandByMeBeatlesxX Yeah, him! It's like he's been in some movie or something that I've seen...

[shorn70]

used to have this on a CD compilation called "The Hits That Missed"

[kieran9093]

Beautiful song. Thank you.

[drewzelcat]

Thanks for this, I love this band and song.