Gordons - Adults and Children

[georgeseaton]

I gotta agree with Claybomb, saw them in Dunedin but best time was at Warners Christchurch, an amazing wall of sound totally blew me away.

[AngelRock42]

Yeah!!High Energy!!!Probably more high energy than the sex pistols.

[wallystarlin]

Brent rocks with or without hair. I married him because the only word he says is "drums." -wife of Brent, Lizzy

[msg2urudy]

I seen these guy's quite a lot in the early 80's. They were f**kin loud :)) I'm sure my ears are still ringing. Always a good nite out at there shows

[chrisrakete]

does anyone have the lyrics to this? would be cool to cover

[wtpodys]

@chrisrakete

If you want the lyrics, why don't you just read the side of a box of Tylenol?

[chrisrakete]

@wtpodys are you serious? is that what the lyrics are?

[wtpodys]

@chrisrakete As far as I know. I read about it, somewhere, that they came up with the words off the side of some type of medicine. I don't think it was actually Tylenol (though it could have been), but you'd get the general gist, anyway.

I guess it's one of those, "music is everywhere" kind of things.

[chrisrakete]

@wtpodys hehehe. thanks for that :) was interesting

[Slammerworm1]

@chrisrakete Ahem. "Adults and Children/Over 12/Take your tablets/Every four hours/Read the schedule/See the plan/Read the schedule/And use the bathroom/You're sweet friends now/That's what you are/You're kitsets now/I know I know." Sorry it took so long to get back, hope they're still useful.

[chrisrakete]

@Slammerworm1 cheers mate :)

[FOOFTR]

@crawburger - Very cool - I must have seen this video 10 times when I was a teenager

[TheAstroman61]

Totally awesome

[FOOFTR]

Great - what sort of guitar is he playing? The neck looks to be 1.5 mtrs long !

[CRAWBURGER]

@FOOFTR They used to make their own instruments! Was chatting to John Halverson the bassist and he confirmed this! He laughed when I said ''youse were like the Bo Diddley's of Ashburton then''

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

Excellent

[splitenzfreak1980]

A sound so heavy it probably set off a few of the Christchurch earthquake aftershocks.

[toppa777]

Awesome Shit!

[casinodelonge]

mind you, the drummer looks like their dad, a classic example of "if you cant beat them, join em"!

[msg2urudy]

seen these guys at various halls around Christchurch and at the Gladstone & Hillsborough pubs in early 80's the thing i remember most was the sheer power these 3 dudes could create, fckn awesome

[nikagandofacho]

holy shit

[alastairjr40]

So cool..

[alastairjr40]

Awesome bass guitar sound.

[weta2000nz]

Heard them at the Hillsborough,ChCh, 1984, nearly deafened me....

[powertrust71]

@weta2000nz lucky man

[duanamite]

if only you knew - i wish i did!

[torpeligneB]

C'est bon ça !!

[PottyEsq]

Yep ... Was there then, love these guys, and their kind.

[killerontherun0]

So good, yes live, Gladstone, used their old practice room, underground, Leitchfeild St..great times

[EmpressBoobuPoppy]

woohoo

[slexmachine0]

these guys are so raw!!! dang, where do you get a band like this now, recorded an album in 22 hours!!! jeez, gotta love these, guys pity they are so hard to find around!

[keironphillips1]

bloody amazing, the poor folk of Enniscorthy have t o absord thi sby osmosis from my car windows at the moment...

[wiremu]

Fantastic mate!

[Claybomb33]

Im From Ashburton and so was the drummer.They were great to party with and were as bent as the wicked sound they produced.Yes live they were amazing ,loud distorted and intense.I remember two outstanding gigs,one at the Star and Garter and one at the Hillsborough.Sore them so many times and to this day they are still the best live NZ band iv seen.oi oi

[Ginasong]

I just wish there was something in this kind of music that could actually help someone. Anybody can go around screaming self-righteously about the shape of the world. Give us some answers.

[Slammerworm1]

What people often miss about punk rock is that the words are one thing, but much of the message is actually in the powerful, invigorating and life-affirming music. Moreover, one person's 'answer' is very often another person's 'preaching'. I saw them live back in the day and they made me and my friends feel very good indeed. That's all the 'answer' we needed.

[Ginasong]

Very intelligent answer. You make a good point.

[jpdkiwi]

Especially since the lyrics in this song were inspired by the directions on a bottle of aspirin tablets

[progcunt]

There are no fucking answers, grasshopper.

[Ginasong]

Yeah, that's what a lot of people want to think who don't want to be held accountable. The trouble is this: If there are answers and there is a God who made them available--no amount of denial will change that fact. It's amazing that all of the people who respond that there are not answers are the kind who curse others and seem to have no hope in anything. Gee. I think I'd rather search for the answers because obviously....somebody is at the helm of this ship and it is going somewhere.

[meinLiebsterFeind]

@Slammerworm1

k....

[snozz75]

Saw the Gordons in Dunedin in 1981,at the venue there was myself and 2 mates and the door bouncer and i think one girl and they say NZ punk come out of Dunedin what a crock of shit.

anyway awesome night and what a great poster the Gordons made, have still got it.

[leecoleman]

why not ? where else did it come from ?

[boogieblunt]

sick shit i seen hip hop crew 'misfits of science' do a version of this

[splitenzfreak1980]

Yeah and it's a big mofo steaming pile of dog turd!

[splitenzfreak1980]

Anyone who thinks New Zealand rock bands are soft needs to hear this. This is heavier than a tonne of lead.

[stonerose5]

The Gordons at the Gladstone.... what a great band. Still think of them fondly every time the tinnitus flares up.

[vaspers]

congratulations. today this video was selected by the NYC Punk Rock Evolution Foundation. way to go!

[CrokiChips]

superb!

[quine63]

Saw them in courtenay place Wellington, a little venue called "The Last Resort"... I was about 17 I think. They played this, and the lighting was basically the same... then approximately 20 years later, I saw Bailterspace at St James in Wellington - brilliant.

[wiremu]

Yeah, I was at one of those Courtney Place gigs, the police turned up and pulled us all out and took many punks away, I got away back inside. Or maybe that was Flesh D Vice.

[scissorkicks]

Magnificent. Too young and from the wrong side of the world to have seen Gordons, but was lucky enough to see Bailter Space do "Machine Song" in the basement of a pub in Hampstead, London in the early 90s. Wonderful stuff.

[Slammerworm1]

Used to see these guys in 1981. Still the closest thing to a natural cataclysmic event I've ever seen. All that power, smarts and skill, yet the critics still invariably choose Split-Bloody-Enz as NZ's greatest 'rock' moment. Those guys rocked like your grannie's bridge club in comparison with the Gordons.

[crewzr]

Yup, LOVED THE GORDONS and remember the Gladstone too - I was only 15!!! One of the best NZ rock bands ever. I think they did an EP, black/white/yellow cover from memory

[warrensson]

I saw the Gordons at the Gladstone. I've met the band on a couple of occasions. Gifted.

[josoaring]

Back in the day....I remember pub-goers leaving the Gordons gig with their ears bleeding.!!!!

This band was truly up there amongst the best in NZ music. A night at the Cabana in Napier was never quite the same after the Gordaons left town. The band I was in played support for them on a tour which included Napier ....very scary cause we all knew how fantasic they were going to be!

The after party at out flat was wicked Im sure......if I could remember that part!

[bananatwink2]

best new zealand band

[sf964]

Bailterspace

AUGUST 23

BOWERY BALLROOM NEW YORK CITY

[mikelfukelikel]

sounds as good now as it did then...the sign of quality.

[pablovanz]

Wow, this brings back memories of hot, drunken nights at the Gladstone Hotel in Christchurch 1981. These guys were the kings of the punk scene. Spic and Span etc. I still have their record - aweseome music. They were amazing live - loud, bass and full on!

[neocoders]

I remember all those posters of the diving suit all over Christchurch when I was a kid. thanks to YouTube I can find out what they actually sounded like, and I reckon i'd have gone to their gigs, no worries

[Chernolapkin]

One of THE greatest NZ songs from of THE greatest NZ bands.

[yeahproductions]

I think Sonic Youth said, that they were influenced by this band.

[rgrant]

wow!

[leecoleman]

glory to god ... in the highest . LEE COLEMAN .

[SaintGordie]

Oh what great memories, 100 or so people

crushed against the back wall of the Gladstone

by the sheer noise coming out of the stacks.

Nothing quite like a Gordons Gig, I feel privilaged to have seen them. Bailter Space never quite the same somehow.

[laurencephoenix]

aah - never was there a more honest gig than a Gordon's concert at some obscure venue or another just off Cuba St

and then there was those children in who lived in the fridge

[MrPink0088]

Frick, the Gordons were great. DId they ever make a video for Coalminers Song? Thats my favourite

[warrensson]

Machine Song changed my life...I've just been playing it with my 8 year old son playing drums...

[r8diobirdman]

Compliment, fresh after 27 years like more of this.

get anyone videos of the henchmen??

[francisteardrop]

Is this from 81/82? Fantastic.

[Bigyawner]

Great!!  Is there a vid for Spic and Span?

[TongueKungFu]

Thanks for posting this - will you post the Hasselhof Experiment - Dragracer vid? Thanks