I have two copies of that LP with slightly different tracklists....both are great.
The British one was my first copy...got it when it came out...the other is some kind of Malaysian import.....same cover, different label....I found it recently in a second-hand shop.
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Great band..He was from Shirls neibourhood Shame he was killed in a plane accident..RIP..Also cant believe thats redman in all that make up from "Hey Hey is Saturday"....
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have you ever starred in your own personal horror movie? i guess you have. did you know that the foo fighters last 3 albums have been written about what i have discovered? dont believe me? i have proof. read my 2 comments posted below to find out why. i am not lying. honest. regards from cooee tasmania.
i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.
so far i have had eliminations at day 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, 2184, and expect my 7th at day 2520. today is day 2361. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. what i have discovered has gone around the world and many songs have been written about it....the foo fighters last 3 albums..."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil)...coldplays last 2 albums. an elimination is a day when you experience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body.
@MrBlueSkyMrNight This is pretty much what you get here, get a cd (second hand stores), I have albums of this band and its a filth sound, don't need video clips, listen to the words LISTEN TO THIS AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING
I was 12 when this album came out I had to save for ever to get it. still have it to this day on vinyl shame I have nothing to play it on thank god for youtube and nzoz1975
Last I saw this I was babysitting for My neighbors kids who refused to go to sleep. So i threatened to play this for them if they didnt get some shut eye. They were fast asleep in seconds.
Australian music was so far ahead of its time in the 70's... this still sounds edgy even in 2011. Anyone who grew up in Oz or NZ in the 70's and 80's knows. Wonderful wonderful music. Bless your soul Shirley.
skyhooks wear the stuff they do because they had a rule of no denim on stage. so as time went by the stage get ups become more outlandish. red (the guitarist) wins
If you like Skyhooks, it's worthwhile checking out Electric Six. And not just 'gay bar' and 'high voltage'. They have a lot of great songs to offer, very similar humour to Skyhooks.
My mother told me that if I didn't have anything nice to say....... you know the rest. Well, that's okay if you are an azzlicking sheep. The reality is they were good people, the music was ok, but they're really second class. Sherbet at the Drummoyne RSL made me leave the RSL that night. I worked at the Stagedoor Tavern,Sydney Cove Tavern....clubs. There are many incredible Ozzie musicians. Skyhooks were like trying to make a surf board in your garage in the 70's, it didn't go very well. REALITY
I don't know about any one else, but if the a horror movie ever starring the scene from 1:15 to 1:30, I'd probably be gone in about 3 seconds. Just saying.
Think of the era this came out of, most of the bands worked the pubs to try to make a name and get "discovered" and most had to pay to get a record done to try to get them on radio, bugger all was spent on film clips. Countdown was about the only place to get it shown on TV ( no computers then, no U-tube), Check out one of AC/DC's early songs "long way to the top" clip was filmed on the back of a truck, look at early Tv , film sets, not to flash, and about 1 in 4 houses had a stereo
Wow, these great quality vids are a real buzz to watch now that the '70's are so far away now ... This clip comes from the time just before I discovered them and it could be early '75?. The makeup and costumes are what attracted me to them and to be honest the first time I heard the "livin' in the '70's" single I thought that the lead singer was a female ... I still have all my scrapbooks and the 'Hooks mirror I bought from the fan club ...RIP Shirl, Mark Hunter, Steve Gilpin & Harvey James
I was 14 when I 1st saw this BRILLIANT clip on COUNTDOWN@my neighbour's house IN Townsville,Nth Qld.I was already AWESTRUCK@watching TV in COLOUR & this clip was amazing - so "out-there".I was already "in love" with Ted Mulry after seeing TMG perform JUMP IN MY CAR on TV.They were gr8 times2be growing up really.My dad was VERY strict & "religious". I wasn't ALLOWED2watch shows like Countdown or2listen2the radio (I used2hide it under my pillow & listen2 Top 40 stuff etc!) Aaahh - Memories! :-)
R.I.P Shirl Not many classy guys like him anymore. I can't get over how people I know misunderstand the song. They stupidly think they were singing about horror films but as any self respecting hooks fan knew and still knows it was a song about the media and how things were so out of control with murders and crime that watching the 6:30 news was like watching a horror movie as it was always grim news.
Here here. He was such a nice guy. And Skyhooks was one very talented and very creative band. It's only as the years have gone by that I have come to appreciate this band and the incredible writing skills of Greg Mcainsh.
Funny though...the audience at this Countdown gig looks a bit dead. Watch the girl at the front with her arms crossed. She looks like she just had an argument with her boyfriend or something.
We know so much more about the effects of trauma on children today and have censorship. Getting home from school and seeing the evening news in the 70's was a horror movie. We practically saw the body counts and burning napalm children live from the Vietnam war. Skyhooks nailed the times, the spirit and the anguish of Whitlams sacking. They had artistic vision and the satire and wit to pull it off. Thats the problem with subltlety- the dumber and more ignorant you are the harder it is to get it
I remember this being on high rotation on 3XY, the only station for young people at that time (no FM at all). That meant it was played almost every hour - or so it seemed. My friend and I were in the workshop making a bunk bed for our action man figures :) and we heard it at least 3 or 4 times in an afternoon. We thought the lyrics were "horror movie ma terror ma tv". A completely different era to the media saturated one of today. One radio station!
I remember hearing this literally 4 times as many hours on 3XY. My friend and I couldnt understand the lyrics and thought it was "horror movie ma terror ma tv"
Didn't even know it was an Aussie band. When I was 5, which was 10 years ago I was listening to this song oever and over, and doing air guitar to the solo :D
@danielmy08 totally dude! the highway to hell album and guilty till proven insane album were out at roughly the same time both albums were killer no filler!
LOVE IT !!...loved the clothes and everything...bands these days too plain and boring...bring back the sexy glam and frivolity and eccentricity of the 70's and 80's...ie Bowie, Freddie, Elton etc...newcomer Adam Lambert is sensational if you like glamour.
@ikky259 what do you mean the rest of their stuff didnt cut it? Australia had 6 million people, had only just got out of vietnam. GO CHECK OUT THEIR MASSIVE BODY OF WORK. " What ever happened to the revolution? they all got stonned and drifted away" POLEMIC SOCIAL COMMENTARY criticising the hippy movement that wanted a revolution .... but wanted someone else to do the heavy lifting and make the sacrifices. These guys were artists and poets capable of incisive, uncomfortable cultural reflection.
how can I find an interview with that drummer. The one with the Roman helmet on. He looks like a very interesting person and I'd like to know more about him.
@nzoz1975 .. from memory it's Freddy Straucks? isn't it?? Could be mistaking him for Bongo but that seems too obvious.. either way the band members were Shirley Straughan, Red Simmons, Freddy Strauchs? Greg Macanish? and Bongo ... forgive the spelling of surnames .. it was such a long time ago.. And well done NZOZ ... love all these great Aussie clips by the legends of Oz Rock .. keep it up .. Do you have "The Dugites" song "Waiting"?? I think they originally hailed from W.A
@paperchainsaws His name is Freddie Strauks and he lives in Melbourne Australia. He used the name Freddie Kaboodleschnitzer on the EGO album. The helmut is a mock-up WW1 German type.
This flim clip was played by the ABC just after midnight on March 3 1975 when it changed over from black and white to colour television.I didnt see it in colour that night but I sat up and watched it.I think they had monty python on afterwards and hours of tennis.My dad bought a colour television in April 1975 and it lasted until the late 1990s.
you can't tell that its really bothering me. I've given you the response that you deserved - a response I give other self-loathing-pompus trolls - and as far as I am concerned, I am satisfied with the out come. Your 'suck' response works to a tee, because its made you appear childish and has made me look like the bigger dog. Too many 'LMAO's' have appeared in your comments, which indicates that you are not good at giving sharp responses. Plus, I am not a fan of Skyhooks.
The thing that most annoys me about people (and I will avoid isolating MrWJFraser) is that whenever something good comes along (so be it, YouTube), they tend to not only piss in their own garden, but in others... it's like the booters in chatrooms, the trolls on YouTube, the ignorant being ignorant instead of being just that little more enlightened, etc, etc...
I will fight these trolls - put them in their place - and make them feel uncomfortable. It is what's required.
@nzoz1975 All good & well fighting these trolls from behind your keyboard & screen, maybe you all should hook up face to face! Until then your uncomfortable vibes you wanna share are all shit. People like you are the reason other people like doing home invasions, to test how tough you really are.
@RHYSTREVITHICK I have no idea or care about this argument but how and when did skyhooks help ac/dc write anything? The bands had nothing even to do with each other.
Why don't you keep your, rude, arrogant, selfish and obnoxious opinions to yourself! Why do you have to post negative comments. Your just a overomensating bully. PISS OFF PLEASE!!!
And so you fucking well should be! If it isn't your interest nor territory than get the fuck out and leave those who like it to like it. It just makes you troll, especially when you lay out such an ignorant comment about AC/DC being the one Aussie band that is good. If you don't know the subject, fuck off and don't comment. You haven't heard enough of what we have to comment. I am not saying this on the grounds of being biased. I just think that it's pig-headed and ignorant.
@nzoz1975 I totally agree with you man some people just don't understand the quility of this band i mean this music sounds so good and the fact that many other bands wordwide COPIED the costume on stage idea from this band make them even more quility!
Shithouse, embarassed to be Australian. Split Enz killed this guys. Fortunately Red Simons moved onto better things as the bastard judge of a 10 minute "talent quest" novelty segment of Hey Hey it's Saturday
The Angels, Midnight Oil, Rado Birdman, The Saints, The Birthday Party, The Go-Betweeens, The Triffids, Rose Tattoo, You Am I, Wolfmother, Powderfinger, Divinyls, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Easybeats, The Loved ones, Cold Chisel... don't be a Canadian smart arse.
I went from the UK to stay in Australia for 4 months and one of the first things I noticed was how great the music was down under, this was one of the songs that opened my eyes!
OMG!!!There pass a century from the last time I dance this masterpiece!!I was 5 or 6 years old!!thank you whoever you are for this dive in my past!!:-*****
There is absolutely nothing weird about this vid.
Avatar230594 5 days ago
got to love 70's chroma-key
ryanlgy95 6 days ago
first time I heard this song. catchy tune though ,,
bettylynn284 1 week ago
Remember this from that intriguing New Wave compilation album that came out in England in 77. Nice to hear it again.
keddw 3 weeks ago
@keddw
I have two copies of that LP with slightly different tracklists....both are great.
The British one was my first copy...got it when it came out...the other is some kind of Malaysian import.....same cover, different label....I found it recently in a second-hand shop.
dual506 1 hour ago
@dual506 How were the tracklists different, dual?
keddw 56 minutes ago
the worst facial expressions I've ever seen.. i love the 80s...
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@msmotomel That´s from the SEVENTIES,not the 80s.
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hyper cult !!!
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I love Red's face.. Ahah
BirdieWearsGumboots 2 months ago 5
I can still remember the first few times I heard this. Gotta love being exposed to awesome rock before you reach the age of 6.
512kapow 2 months ago
R.I.P SHIRL
vrbr12 2 months ago 6
i love this record didnt realise it was the skyhooks ... grreat
eedensangel 2 months ago
RIP Shirl
MrPig777 2 months ago 4
mega-banger. all time favourite for me and a contender for first dance at our wedding next year. oh yeah.
thehassinator69 3 months ago
HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
HORROR MOVIE.
SMASHING SKYHOOKS.
zorazen2 3 months ago
Great band..He was from Shirls neibourhood Shame he was killed in a plane accident..RIP..Also cant believe thats redman in all that make up from "Hey Hey is Saturday"....
pumkinpatch 3 months ago
@pumkinpatch .It was a helicopter crash pumpkin patch not a plane accident
courierdriver 2 months ago
One of the greatest groups of the 70's to come out of Aussie, and my all-time favourite Skyhooks tunes!
datoobster75 3 months ago
22 people can't watch horror movies :D
MzMirrorz 3 months ago
Miss you Shirl :(
squishilicious 3 months ago 2
Im not a homophobe but are they all gay?
MilitantMovieBuff 3 months ago
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Believe it or not, only 2 of the 5 band member were gay.
oldersox 2 months ago
I can't belive I fell for the old the lead singer is a girl again, this is the second time Ive done this lol but I like this band.
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WeekendattheCabin1 3 months ago
Broady boy skinhead song.
- Mr. Thomas Towne-Sharpe.
creativeengineer 3 months ago
what an iconic band. i saw them many times during the 70s and early 80s.awesome live act
unklebunkle1 3 months ago
I love this song
sambattaglia 3 months ago
Wow, this song is better than I remember
karatebankr0bber 3 months ago
I always felt something when he says towards the end of the song in the chorus 'its the 6:30 news'
latenightlogic 3 months ago
Still true after all these years.. Great Vid
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VonTheEric 4 months ago
nzoz, you almost rock as much as the skyhooks. thanks for filling my friday night with awesomeness!!!
ausBender666 4 months ago
Excellent band.
vanessamcqueen11 4 months ago
Struck By SkyHooks' Seventies Super Songs.
Dig Dazzling Dress.
Vivid Video.
Better n Now.
Thriller Chiller-Horror Movie.
Magnifique Majestic Musique.
Explosive Ending - A.Y..S.M.R.O.O.M.Brain!!
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@figbat1 Dude, how fucking high were you when you wrote those comments?
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@MrDoogleMoogle ..............greetings moogle old bean..................not very high at all..........i dont take drugs or drink alcohol..............everything i stated is the truth believe it or not.............go to "jenny morris she has to be loved nzoz1989" and press "see all".
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have you ever starred in your own personal horror movie? i guess you have. did you know that the foo fighters last 3 albums have been written about what i have discovered? dont believe me? i have proof. read my 2 comments posted below to find out why. i am not lying. honest. regards from cooee tasmania.
figbat1 4 months ago
i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross horne's book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 6 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.
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so far i have had eliminations at day 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, 2184, and expect my 7th at day 2520. today is day 2361. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. what i have discovered has gone around the world and many songs have been written about it....the foo fighters last 3 albums..."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil)...coldplays last 2 albums. an elimination is a day when you experience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body.
figbat1 4 months ago
never heard of skyhooks? me neither red simons is a knob jockey from hell
futureeater 4 months ago
First time I've heard of this song (group). It's great.
But maybe someone can upload another one but with news images.
You can update the news images every month.
There would be plenty to work with in this crazy world.
Right?
MrBlueSkyMrNight 5 months ago 13
@MrBlueSkyMrNight This is pretty much what you get here, get a cd (second hand stores), I have albums of this band and its a filth sound, don't need video clips, listen to the words LISTEN TO THIS AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING
choopyguz 3 months ago
@MrBlueSkyMrNight Great hit in Australia when it was released.
wizardking10 2 months ago
go red.. rip shirl..
sandningga 5 months ago
save your self the horror turn the tv off at 6.30 before and after andrew
maisecret1 5 months ago
Extremely Fantastic music!!!!! The Skyhooks Rock :) Have always loved them!!!!
Now this was good music!!!!!!!
Kym519 5 months ago 2
I was 12 when this album came out I had to save for ever to get it. still have it to this day on vinyl shame I have nothing to play it on thank god for youtube and nzoz1975
Rednator2 6 months ago in playlist Music 1970
RIP shirl, are true australian gentleman
MrBusylooking 6 months ago
1:39 best moment in any music video
monkeybutler20 6 months ago
Last I saw this I was babysitting for My neighbors kids who refused to go to sleep. So i threatened to play this for them if they didnt get some shut eye. They were fast asleep in seconds.
acdeucee 6 months ago 35
@acdeucee but its a good song D:
xXGothicTransistorXx 1 week ago
@acdeucee lol
robynwonder1 11 hours ago
Australian music was so far ahead of its time in the 70's... this still sounds edgy even in 2011. Anyone who grew up in Oz or NZ in the 70's and 80's knows. Wonderful wonderful music. Bless your soul Shirley.
planetpetey 6 months ago 2
This tune keeps comin up reminding me of the good days
20Victoire 6 months ago
skyhooks wear the stuff they do because they had a rule of no denim on stage. so as time went by the stage get ups become more outlandish. red (the guitarist) wins
unklebunkle1 6 months ago
If you like Skyhooks, it's worthwhile checking out Electric Six. And not just 'gay bar' and 'high voltage'. They have a lot of great songs to offer, very similar humour to Skyhooks.
bindoggus 7 months ago
THIS SONG IS AWSOME HORROR MOVIE SHOCKING ME RIGHT OUT OF MY BRAIN
vrbr12 7 months ago
its a pity there isnt any one today with the presence or excitement of these guys
johnmoodymusic 7 months ago
Go Shirley..you good thing.xx
ozdonz 7 months ago
Biggest acid trippers hahah
ruddegh 7 months ago
My mother told me that if I didn't have anything nice to say....... you know the rest. Well, that's okay if you are an azzlicking sheep. The reality is they were good people, the music was ok, but they're really second class. Sherbet at the Drummoyne RSL made me leave the RSL that night. I worked at the Stagedoor Tavern,Sydney Cove Tavern....clubs. There are many incredible Ozzie musicians. Skyhooks were like trying to make a surf board in your garage in the 70's, it didn't go very well. REALITY
CeeJay559 7 months ago
this.is.impeccable
deakyismyboyfriend 8 months ago
Anybody else with they grew up in the 70s? Ah well, at least I had 90s grunge ...
katalizi 8 months ago
Me: I need to report a crime
Police: what!
Me: rape
Police: on who?
me: THE FUCKING REPLAY BUTTON!!!
FrOzEnSkiTtlE15 8 months ago
Shirl. Lost but never forgotten!
duanera75 8 months ago 2
reds a fag
tunastrike11 8 months ago
i love this song ,skyhooks is glam rock,
luigi7630 8 months ago
@luigi7630 borderline psychedalic rock imo
aza4444 7 months ago
@aza4444 hello ,thanks ,great band,great singer ,great song,marvellous video
luigi7630 7 months ago
LOVE THIS SONG!!! ONE OF MY FAVES :)
abskebabs88 8 months ago
haha look at Red Simons!!
MsAngelofdeath95 9 months ago
love this song!!
~ rest in peace Graeme "Shirley" Strachan ~
TeganSarahx 9 months ago
the chick at 2:55 must have been one of the people that thumbs down this AWESOME song :D...
karatechick26 9 months ago
the chich at 2:55 must be one of the people thumbs down this AWESOME song...
karatechick26 9 months ago
I don't know about any one else, but if the a horror movie ever starring the scene from 1:15 to 1:30, I'd probably be gone in about 3 seconds. Just saying.
Kissbeatzbieber321 9 months ago
cannot believe that I work with Shirley Strachan uncle Robbo at the laundrey
VIV292 10 months ago
i love this song cause it tells u about all the stuff people do and all the things we need to fix.
ashleychick11 10 months ago
i love this song cause it tells u about all the stuff people do and all the things we need to fix.
ashleychick11 10 months ago
aaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwssssssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee in my brain
Nickatwar1 10 months ago
Luna park melbourne,and countdown those were the day's..
patrick45sue 10 months ago
They were a great band and much bigger then ACDC or Split Enz were at the time. Pity they never made it overseas.
Maxyshadow 10 months ago
man i swear shirl looks like will farrel wen he lookin in the mirroe
trueblueaussiyacunt 10 months ago
man i swear SHIRL looks loke will farrel wen he lookin in the mirror
trueblueaussiyacunt 10 months ago
Hahah can't believe I was born 17 years after this! ...70's - 80's - 90's rock for life!
roffy101010 10 months ago
Think of the era this came out of, most of the bands worked the pubs to try to make a name and get "discovered" and most had to pay to get a record done to try to get them on radio, bugger all was spent on film clips. Countdown was about the only place to get it shown on TV ( no computers then, no U-tube), Check out one of AC/DC's early songs "long way to the top" clip was filmed on the back of a truck, look at early Tv , film sets, not to flash, and about 1 in 4 houses had a stereo
nwaatnt07 11 months ago
"The fires are a-lightin'..." The clip was partially shot at Luna Park, wasn't it?
Would have been ironic if it was in Sydney's Luna Park.
1nown 11 months ago
Shirley's jumpsuit belongs in the Powerhouse Museum! Love this clip but what's up with the bored Countdown teens??
JACKWOODY100 11 months ago
3:33 great great special effects. at 1975 it was sth really good. great video, brillant track. 10/10 ! :]
bewianin 11 months ago
horror movie
teddie97 1 year ago
omg pause at 00:56 it looks really weird
TheBubblegum8317 1 year ago
Wow, these great quality vids are a real buzz to watch now that the '70's are so far away now ... This clip comes from the time just before I discovered them and it could be early '75?. The makeup and costumes are what attracted me to them and to be honest the first time I heard the "livin' in the '70's" single I thought that the lead singer was a female ... I still have all my scrapbooks and the 'Hooks mirror I bought from the fan club ...RIP Shirl, Mark Hunter, Steve Gilpin & Harvey James
trampismat 1 year ago
Shirl was hot!
archangle81 1 year ago
Never heard of these guys until just now...not to bad. They definitely have an 80's heavy metal sound. Remind me of early Iron Maiden.
FvckIran 1 year ago
I was 14 when I 1st saw this BRILLIANT clip on COUNTDOWN@my neighbour's house IN Townsville,Nth Qld.I was already AWESTRUCK@watching TV in COLOUR & this clip was amazing - so "out-there".I was already "in love" with Ted Mulry after seeing TMG perform JUMP IN MY CAR on TV.They were gr8 times2be growing up really.My dad was VERY strict & "religious". I wasn't ALLOWED2watch shows like Countdown or2listen2the radio (I used2hide it under my pillow & listen2 Top 40 stuff etc!) Aaahh - Memories! :-)
AnnieDelico1 1 year ago
mfw dat squat
spankmofo 1 year ago
R.I.P Shirl Not many classy guys like him anymore. I can't get over how people I know misunderstand the song. They stupidly think they were singing about horror films but as any self respecting hooks fan knew and still knows it was a song about the media and how things were so out of control with murders and crime that watching the 6:30 news was like watching a horror movie as it was always grim news.
flatcapman 1 year ago
am 12 bron in 1998 but think i was ment to be bron in the 60s 70s
icesssnow55 1 year ago
R.I.P Shirl
ljharry75 1 year ago
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Here here. He was such a nice guy. And Skyhooks was one very talented and very creative band. It's only as the years have gone by that I have come to appreciate this band and the incredible writing skills of Greg Mcainsh.
Funny though...the audience at this Countdown gig looks a bit dead. Watch the girl at the front with her arms crossed. She looks like she just had an argument with her boyfriend or something.
Werribeesteve 1 year ago
I got harder all these years later watching this then the crowd did way back then...........long live SHIRL...RIP
KangarooCapt 1 year ago
Oh god I was at Luna Park on the weekend and some of it has not changed since this video was shot. Great song.
brismike65 1 year ago
Good stuff diggers,we lived in Melbourne back then,i was nine and this was thrashed to death by the old lady in the living room at parties.
jimijig336 1 year ago
0:59 makes me lol for some reason
NinjaJedi11 1 year ago
We know so much more about the effects of trauma on children today and have censorship. Getting home from school and seeing the evening news in the 70's was a horror movie. We practically saw the body counts and burning napalm children live from the Vietnam war. Skyhooks nailed the times, the spirit and the anguish of Whitlams sacking. They had artistic vision and the satire and wit to pull it off. Thats the problem with subltlety- the dumber and more ignorant you are the harder it is to get it
euqsabtnatillim 1 year ago
I remember this being on high rotation on 3XY, the only station for young people at that time (no FM at all). That meant it was played almost every hour - or so it seemed. My friend and I were in the workshop making a bunk bed for our action man figures :) and we heard it at least 3 or 4 times in an afternoon. We thought the lyrics were "horror movie ma terror ma tv". A completely different era to the media saturated one of today. One radio station!
AustralianFuzztone 1 year ago
I remember hearing this literally 4 times as many hours on 3XY. My friend and I couldnt understand the lyrics and thought it was "horror movie ma terror ma tv"
AustralianFuzztone 1 year ago
LOVE THIS SONG
ChaoGal 1 year ago
Didn't even know it was an Aussie band. When I was 5, which was 10 years ago I was listening to this song oever and over, and doing air guitar to the solo :D
tattootigerchoc 1 year ago
Is it wrong if the video for this has me making cooing noises? Horror movie! It's scary like! I mean, just 1:39 - 1:45. Hahaha.
Yarg277 1 year ago
So insanely catchy.
VoodooFlintstone 1 year ago
This is absolutely awesome! Skyhooks should be more popular!
Kajzer857 1 year ago
Awesomely talented band...up there with AC/DC in terms of how they rock out.
danielmy08 1 year ago 13
@danielmy08 totally dude! the highway to hell album and guilty till proven insane album were out at roughly the same time both albums were killer no filler!
euqsabtnatillim 1 year ago
LOVE IT !!...loved the clothes and everything...bands these days too plain and boring...bring back the sexy glam and frivolity and eccentricity of the 70's and 80's...ie Bowie, Freddie, Elton etc...newcomer Adam Lambert is sensational if you like glamour.
PinkGuitarWoman 1 year ago
back then cross dressing was cool. cos rockers did it but now
Avatar230594 1 year ago
Brilliant!! Definitely one the better 70s glam rock bands.
orwellwasrite 1 year ago
***** Oi You see! who was the original band to do the dress ups on stage? AUSSIE BANDS!!!!!!!!!!!
MrSelector1 1 year ago 3
This is 35 years old??????? Cant be
Iby4nw8z 1 year ago
These guys were WAY ahead of their time, with this song (at least)!
... the rest of their stuff didn't 'cut' it. : )
ikky259 1 year ago
@ikky259 what do you mean the rest of their stuff didnt cut it? Australia had 6 million people, had only just got out of vietnam. GO CHECK OUT THEIR MASSIVE BODY OF WORK. " What ever happened to the revolution? they all got stonned and drifted away" POLEMIC SOCIAL COMMENTARY criticising the hippy movement that wanted a revolution .... but wanted someone else to do the heavy lifting and make the sacrifices. These guys were artists and poets capable of incisive, uncomfortable cultural reflection.
euqsabtnatillim 1 year ago
well man, I'm 22 and I haven't heard a thing bout this band, but they had a nice concept
DustBloodV2 1 year ago
how can I find an interview with that drummer. The one with the Roman helmet on. He looks like a very interesting person and I'd like to know more about him.
paperchainsaws 1 year ago
@paperchainsaws i have an interview with him, but I wont put it up on youtube...
He joined the Sports in 1981.
nzoz1975 1 year ago
@nzoz1975 .. from memory it's Freddy Straucks? isn't it?? Could be mistaking him for Bongo but that seems too obvious.. either way the band members were Shirley Straughan, Red Simmons, Freddy Strauchs? Greg Macanish? and Bongo ... forgive the spelling of surnames .. it was such a long time ago.. And well done NZOZ ... love all these great Aussie clips by the legends of Oz Rock .. keep it up .. Do you have "The Dugites" song "Waiting"?? I think they originally hailed from W.A
timcarr62 1 year ago
@nzoz1975 so full of shit...u so dont. loser!
MrDragons4life 5 months ago
@MrDragons4life You idiot... I was talking about an inteview on DVD, not conducted by myself ... fool!
nzoz1975 5 months ago
@paperchainsaws His name is Freddie Strauks and he lives in Melbourne Australia. He used the name Freddie Kaboodleschnitzer on the EGO album. The helmut is a mock-up WW1 German type.
edumailjack 1 year ago
@paperchainsaws His name is Freddy Strawks (from memory). Google skyhooks fan page.
I thought it was a prussian army helmet though?
dippywatcher 1 year ago
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ikky259 1 year ago
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ikky259 1 year ago
The 6.30 news IS a horror movie.
AdmiralofU2 1 year ago
This flim clip was played by the ABC just after midnight on March 3 1975 when it changed over from black and white to colour television.I didnt see it in colour that night but I sat up and watched it.I think they had monty python on afterwards and hours of tennis.My dad bought a colour television in April 1975 and it lasted until the late 1990s.
TheGrunge619 1 year ago
Settle down you lot. Old band, good band (in their day), one of my favourites, but certainly no need for this agro.....
ArtieinAus 1 year ago
....and I'm noticing similiar outfits make an appearance in todays Kpop. Ahahha! :D
ViolentReveries 1 year ago
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Yeah,,,ok nzoz1975,,whatever,,,,,,try not to lose too much sleep over this,,,I can tell it's really, really bothering you,,,,LMAO.
P.S. The Skyhooks suck and you suck!
MrWJFraser 1 year ago
@MrWJFraser
you can't tell that its really bothering me. I've given you the response that you deserved - a response I give other self-loathing-pompus trolls - and as far as I am concerned, I am satisfied with the out come. Your 'suck' response works to a tee, because its made you appear childish and has made me look like the bigger dog. Too many 'LMAO's' have appeared in your comments, which indicates that you are not good at giving sharp responses. Plus, I am not a fan of Skyhooks.
nzoz1975 1 year ago 3
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RHYSTREVITHICK 1 year ago
@RHYSTREVITHICK
The thing that most annoys me about people (and I will avoid isolating MrWJFraser) is that whenever something good comes along (so be it, YouTube), they tend to not only piss in their own garden, but in others... it's like the booters in chatrooms, the trolls on YouTube, the ignorant being ignorant instead of being just that little more enlightened, etc, etc...
I will fight these trolls - put them in their place - and make them feel uncomfortable. It is what's required.
nzoz1975 1 year ago 21
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ikky259 1 year ago
@nzoz1975 All good & well fighting these trolls from behind your keyboard & screen, maybe you all should hook up face to face! Until then your uncomfortable vibes you wanna share are all shit. People like you are the reason other people like doing home invasions, to test how tough you really are.
marvalmak 9 months ago
@nzoz1975 they seek attention, fighting fuels them just ignore and mark crappy comments with spam. Peace
Razz000 7 months ago
@nzoz1975 u mad bro? dun b mad bro.
PantaloonsSkates 5 months ago
@nzoz1975 why you so mad bro?
PantaloonsSkates 5 months ago
srsly dun b mad.
PantaloonsSkates 5 months ago
@RHYSTREVITHICK I have no idea or care about this argument but how and when did skyhooks help ac/dc write anything? The bands had nothing even to do with each other.
paintedship 1 year ago
@MrWJFraser
Why don't you keep your, rude, arrogant, selfish and obnoxious opinions to yourself! Why do you have to post negative comments. Your just a overomensating bully. PISS OFF PLEASE!!!
RHYSTREVITHICK 1 year ago
LOL,,,I've been told! ha ha
MrWJFraser 1 year ago
@MrWJFraser
And so you fucking well should be! If it isn't your interest nor territory than get the fuck out and leave those who like it to like it. It just makes you troll, especially when you lay out such an ignorant comment about AC/DC being the one Aussie band that is good. If you don't know the subject, fuck off and don't comment. You haven't heard enough of what we have to comment. I am not saying this on the grounds of being biased. I just think that it's pig-headed and ignorant.
nzoz1975 1 year ago 19
@nzoz1975 I totally agree with you man some people just don't understand the quility of this band i mean this music sounds so good and the fact that many other bands wordwide COPIED the costume on stage idea from this band make them even more quility!
MrSelector1 11 months ago
@nzoz1975
Yo really have to carry on... Seriously there are young people on here. Though I agree, just keep it clean. Make you look silly. Skyhooks Rock.
DJRTMUM 8 months ago
Dear god, the lead singer could so easily be mistaken for a girl. Seeing this film clip has degraded my appreciation for Skyhooks.
Horrible filmclip. Good song. Queer Singer.
thefish1610 1 year ago
Dear god, the lead singer could so easily be mistaken for a girl. Seeing this film clip has degraded my appreciation for Skyhooks.
Horrible filmclip. Good song. Queer Singer.
thefish1610 1 year ago
Classic aussie rock!!! Thanks nzoz1975 for your efforts.
junwhar 1 year ago
Shithouse, embarassed to be Australian. Split Enz killed this guys. Fortunately Red Simons moved onto better things as the bastard judge of a 10 minute "talent quest" novelty segment of Hey Hey it's Saturday
tosgem 1 year ago
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banner74 1 year ago
i loved this band
bsmdtpyo 1 year ago
B grade... Ashamed to be aussie.
noosaslayer 1 year ago
@noosaslayer
over a mild piece of entertainment? you must be one precious little puppy.
nzoz1975 1 year ago
@noosaslayer why be ashamed?? This is quility musica not like the shit from across the NORTH PACIFIC. you should know Just how popular this band was?
MrSelector1 11 months ago
Well, at least one good band came outta Oz,,,,,ac/dc! This band sucks.
MrWJFraser 1 year ago
@MrWJFraser
The Angels, Midnight Oil, Rado Birdman, The Saints, The Birthday Party, The Go-Betweeens, The Triffids, Rose Tattoo, You Am I, Wolfmother, Powderfinger, Divinyls, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Easybeats, The Loved ones, Cold Chisel... don't be a Canadian smart arse.
nzoz1975 1 year ago 3
@MrWJFraser lol, u suck
shortybj40 1 year ago
Pretty gay, the Village People must have stolen their act!
acacia72 1 year ago
I went from the UK to stay in Australia for 4 months and one of the first things I noticed was how great the music was down under, this was one of the songs that opened my eyes!
fridgekin 1 year ago
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Ludicusone 1 year ago
@Ludicusone no worries... i'm glad you've enjoyed it after 35 years.
nzoz1975 1 year ago
OMG!!!There pass a century from the last time I dance this masterpiece!!I was 5 or 6 years old!!thank you whoever you are for this dive in my past!!:-*****
Ludicusone 1 year ago
It was a sad day when shirley crashed his helicopter... RIP Shirley
012cupcakes 1 year ago 2
weirdest music video, but really cool song. Im gonna see if i can get our music class to perform it :)
dromeda13 1 year ago
My daughter has just turned 5 and she walks around singing this song all the time! The choir did it at Mundijong Primary School.
danyapch 1 year ago
we do this song at skool ;)
101popsicle 1 year ago