Big record companies cannot see past what sells millions of records. Look how many clones we have of Brittany and her ilk. There is plenty of talent out there but most of it is put in the corporate package and dumbed down to sell to eighth graders and the like.
Honest and powerful ... I adore the Divinyls ... how I wish we had more music from them ... but we have tons of pop glam finger fuck britney shit ... which isn't music ... just audio masturbation for sparkle sluts who wish they had half of Chrissy's raw charm.
I never fully appreciated this when it first came out. I always knew when they played it live, it meant "show's over folks" and the crowd slowly, begrudgingly & unwillingingly headed for the doors. Your adrenaline high for the night ebbed as the song reached its inevitable conclusion. But many times I stayed behind until the very last note was played, not wanting yet another brilliant performance to end. Watching this clip sends a chill up my spine as I re-live the brilliant band, The Divinyls.
Saw Chrissie and Mark many times in small Perth pubs like the Nookenburra, she was a very naughty girl indeed and their live act is well represented by this effing awesome video..... Oh for the days of live Aussie pub rock.. INXS, Cold Chisel, Angels, Baby Animals, Innocent Bystanders, Midnight Oil, Divinyls, Goanna, Jimmy Barnes, The Church (saw em all) etc were all at the top of their games...
This was pretty exciting music back in the day... and it's still exciting! This version of the Divinyls was very original and they were much different from the popular rock bands of the early 1980's. They weren't metal and they weren't new wave. I'd say they were a very unique hard rock band during this time. When I first heard Amphlett singing way back then it was like WOW - what the hell is this! I'm afraid a lot of people took this music for granted. Now we get the winners of American Idol...
this performance of a classic song just blew me away..what a woman..what a band ,ive never seen this before..if i dont get off you tube i will go bankrupt i keep finding gems like this.
@ERDFERKEL i've known the song for years.....from the monkey grip album i believe and this is the first time i have seen this video. like you, i am totally blown away by chrissy's performance. the last part where she has the lipstick..........powerful and disturbing. it's actually quite emotional. i 100% agree with your thoughts!
@glebe3047 I only saw them once and that was in 89 at Manly beach in Sydney I was 19 at the time and partying like there was no tomorrow. Just wish I hadn't been drinking quite as much on that day then maybe my memory would be a little clearer.
@dank1j that was one of the great things about divinyls. You don't really "experience" them unless you got to see them live. However, it has been said numerous times. Divinyls can recreate that studio sound live and they did it very very often. they were so underrated, it should have been a crime.
Saw the band live in a club gig here in Melbourne Australia in the late 70's early '80s from memory -great power sound, then the main act Cold Chisel came on and blew them out of the water..a great period in Australian rock music
@sunjy5: Never-mind how we went from this to Lady Gaga. What I'm wondering is how we went from this to "I Touch Myself." Chrissy the ogre was thoroughly original. Chrissy the sexpot was comparatively pedestrian; though predictably more commercially lucrative. Just like Gaga. I'll take the ogre any day.
F.Y.I. nchantedinoz...In the U.S. when it was released the Desperate album did indeed have Elsie on it...Also on the re-issue C.D. i purchased on Amazon 5 years ago,,peace
Its strange cause i remember back in the early 80s i wore out ( got eaten ya know ) the Desperate cassette tape. I loved it & it gave me chills. Seemed i was the only one around who listened to it or even wanted too. It was like others didnt " get it " ya know..of course im in a little podunk Oklahoma shit town then,,lol,,allways jammed to the unique, dark & different such as Iggy & Lou Reed though,,anyways how in the hell this didnt then or even now explode cause its so awesome !..
I remember watching this exact performance on TV when I was a kid back in'84 it was on late for my bedtime, but i snuck into the TV room to watch it, I was about 12-13yrs old
Oh what a beautiful deep creepy song! It's like.. how do I put it: Like she was the left behind daughter of Eleanor Rigby - and this song is about where Elsie ended up 20 years later...
I totally agree! Americans are too wimpy to appreciate anything "too" hard-edged for the most part-and I'M American!! Christina is one of a kind-so charismatic, original and SO captivating onstage. Plus, an AMAZING voice! It's so sad that I've heard she's suffering from MS! Is that really true? That truly sucks!!
Yeah...I agree space but I also think its all about marketing -or lack of it, I mean I look around and see kids buying whatever is crammed down their throats without understanding they are being manipulated -this music took a simular path that Black Sabbath went through a decade earlier -basically very little (if any) airplay with any fame happening through word of mouth
uh...spaceboy54...speak for yourself, bud. i know you want to think you're the "special" american who was the only one to "get" this kind of stuff, but stop flattering yourself. there were plenty of other americans who appreciated divinyls, including myself, from all the back in '83. face it, they were an underground band, they were never big anywhere, and i bet even the average australian would would say "huh?" if you asked if he/she knew what divinyls are/were.
If I am understanding your post you want to know what Chrissy is saying during the time you mention - If so it is "Never had a chance from the beginning" Cheers
when i first heard "i'm only happy when it rains" by garbage, i liked it becuase it sounded like it was influenced by Christina Amphlett and the divinyls.
After seeing this, I have to believe that women like PJ Harvey, Courtney Love and even Kristin Hersh owe a lot to this woman. Before her time, for sure....
It is too bad that the music scene critics here in the states pretty much shot this band in the foot when they hit the airwaves here.. i reall love Chrissy and this band.. She is my all time fave Feamle Singer!!!!
For all u melbournites, this EP is the soundtrack for the movie Monkey
Grip starring nonie hazelhurst. If i remeember theres footage of the fiztroy swimming pool. I must watch it again. I absolutey love this song, and have played it so many times. Thanks for that mitch547.
These F'ing video's should have 5 million views. It's a tragedy. I just discovered them by accident and my mind is totally blown. Some of the GREATEST performances of all time ! By this highly under-appreciated Band !
Watching an Inxs video and this video came up on the sidebar. Once I picked my jaw and self off the floor...after passing out for around 10 minutes I watched the rest of their video's. : )
HAHAHA nice, i can't get this song as in like a real song, so if any one is able to some how send it to me much appreciated . and i also can't get the song 'Gonna get U', i've looked everywhere for the album aswell.
fredstreisand: This was filmed at the Raymond Theatre (aka Perkins Palace) in Pasadena, California. The 88-year-old theatre (which was once owned by the father of Van Halen singer David Lee Roth!) is currently slated to be replaced by a condominium and retail space. There's a move on to save it, organized by concert promoter Gina Zamparelli, who operated the theatre during the period this Divinyls concert took place. Search "raymondtheatre" (friends of) at myspace for more details.
FUCK I so missed this whole thing.... people put the Pixies up on this HUGE Pedestal. And Rightly So... But no one... I mean NO ONE mentions the Divinyls..... Its like discovering the Pyramids and realizing there was utter greatness before you were even thought of.
Pete Townsend slammed axes into amps; Jimi screwed his strat and burned it up; Chrissy jumps on an invisible pogo and puts on warpaint. What's the difference?
So you're saying...what? That Chrissy follows in the tradition of greats and thus deserves equal respect? Or perhaps your suggesting that Chrissy lacks originality by engaging in such antics? Whatever. Just as there's a lot more to Townshend and Hendrix than smashing, burning and humping guitars, there's likewise a lot more to the Divinyls than jumping up and down in warpaint.
Great, Great band!! - truly under-appreciated as others have noted! - Chrissy A. wasn't afraid to go into some very dark areas! - and they were a good 10 years before 'grunge'- ahead of their time!- should be in the R&R hall of fame! - let's all blitz them to include them!!!
Some people wondered why chrissy was moaning and groaning in this song. Elsie is a sad song and chrissy's aim was to feel and show the sadness and misery Elsie was experiencing in her life. And when she say's " open the door wally, " it's how Elsie feels locked out of society and alone. Chrissy and Mark are brilliant songwriters and performers.
self mutilation... the head banging wonder how her neck feels now? and POGo without a POGO she got the power and handled it way better than Kurt cobain. She didn't blow her brains out. Too much of this day in day out can't be good. But once in awhile it is FUN!
Christina Amphlett: what a woman! This clip is astonishing and shows Divinyls at what must be their peak. When she bangs her head and pogos she is genuinely eerie -- is more like performance art than a rock gig. And then after she scrawls all over herself with lipstick it's like she's channelling Linda Blair in the Excorcist!
THE WORLD'S A HARD PLACE TO LAND ON The Divinyls are an extremely underated band.If you look beyond Chrissy's stage persona and read and listen to their songs,there is great richness.Their songs are raw,real and go way below the surface.Chrissy and Mark are up there with the very best singer/songwriters.
Yes Chrissy has been living with MS for some years now. On a brighter note Charley (Chrissy's husband and Divinyls drummer) has posted a message on the Divinyls Facebook page to say that something is bound to happen, although he is not sure what, and a brief message from Chrissy to say stay tuned for 2009!
I'm not about sure about the current details of her condition bashue69, but I saw a recent photo of her and Mark McEntry at an award show, and she was walking with a cane. Perhaps many of us could send her letters of support and encouragement.
Sadly, Chrissy has been suffering from M.S. for some time now. She has only recently gone public about it. It seems likely that the reason she was using a cane at the awards show was because her condition is getting progressively worse. Perhaps some of us could send her letters of support and encouragement.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been looking for this song for forever! I used to have this album, then, like an idiot, I sold it. This was the song that first turned me on to this fantastic vocalist back in the day.
This CD has recently been re released and lovingly remastered! I live in America, so I had to order it from Amazon. Hopefully they'll do the same with there entire catalog soon.
Yes, they sure did. She sung it with alot of gusto, Mark's guitar work was as blistering as ever too. This song really stands out as the most enduring memory I take from that gig.
I just love this, you can see by the look on some of the audiences faces that they are scared when Chrissy starts roaring towards the end - Fantastic and thanks again!
I love her but she dances like a monkey XD
BrenTheGorgeous 2 days ago
LOL, Ozzy Osbourne totally ripped her stage act off.
TheWitchOvAgnesi 2 weeks ago
Big record companies cannot see past what sells millions of records. Look how many clones we have of Brittany and her ilk. There is plenty of talent out there but most of it is put in the corporate package and dumbed down to sell to eighth graders and the like.
faarfromit 1 month ago
@faarfromit I never thought of it that way ... YOUR RIGHT!
zR750gUY 1 month ago
Honest and powerful ... I adore the Divinyls ... how I wish we had more music from them ... but we have tons of pop glam finger fuck britney shit ... which isn't music ... just audio masturbation for sparkle sluts who wish they had half of Chrissy's raw charm.
zR750gUY 1 month ago
I NAMED MY FIRST BORN CHILD ELSIE AFTER THIS SONG
iloveknitting1 1 month ago
JESUS, LIFE IS A FUCKEN BITCH WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT
iloveknitting1 1 month ago
I remember seeing this on late night tv back in 84 and was blown away by Christine. I bought their album the next day.
13thdog 2 months ago
I never fully appreciated this when it first came out. I always knew when they played it live, it meant "show's over folks" and the crowd slowly, begrudgingly & unwillingingly headed for the doors. Your adrenaline high for the night ebbed as the song reached its inevitable conclusion. But many times I stayed behind until the very last note was played, not wanting yet another brilliant performance to end. Watching this clip sends a chill up my spine as I re-live the brilliant band, The Divinyls.
SuperRoosters65 2 months ago
Divinyls are so awesome.
wesleydenver 2 months ago
This is one of my ten favourite songs of all time. Thank you Divinyls.
DancesWithJoy 3 months ago in playlist Fun mark 2
This chick's got a screw loose!
forgetdogs 3 months ago in playlist More videos from mitch547
Fave LP in 1980,,,still is...Nobody seemed to get it. What a show it would be her & Iggy doing a duet
wichititty1 5 months ago
@wichititty1
If you're refering to Divinyls' debut album, "Desperate", the year of release was 1983, not 1980.
VlogKing 4 months ago
Lady Gaga? yeah and that Spears chick from the Mickey Mouse show...Christina and Chrissie are 2 gems from days gone by..
mallair 5 months ago in playlist Liked
Thanks for bringing back the memories of seeing them in '83.
A spine tingling show.
PRIVATEAYEIEYE 6 months ago
Saw Chrissie and Mark many times in small Perth pubs like the Nookenburra, she was a very naughty girl indeed and their live act is well represented by this effing awesome video..... Oh for the days of live Aussie pub rock.. INXS, Cold Chisel, Angels, Baby Animals, Innocent Bystanders, Midnight Oil, Divinyls, Goanna, Jimmy Barnes, The Church (saw em all) etc were all at the top of their games...
dogsbrekky 7 months ago
Great Aussie talent! Johnny & Molly wld b so proud!
AMYKATHLEENHEGARTY 7 months ago
Saw them in KC in 1986. I had such a crush on her. Incredible entertainer.
63gump 8 months ago
This was pretty exciting music back in the day... and it's still exciting! This version of the Divinyls was very original and they were much different from the popular rock bands of the early 1980's. They weren't metal and they weren't new wave. I'd say they were a very unique hard rock band during this time. When I first heard Amphlett singing way back then it was like WOW - what the hell is this! I'm afraid a lot of people took this music for granted. Now we get the winners of American Idol...
situationmoney 8 months ago
this performance of a classic song just blew me away..what a woman..what a band ,ive never seen this before..if i dont get off you tube i will go bankrupt i keep finding gems like this.
manurewa59 8 months ago
WOW!
I remember this night like it was yesterday!
I haven't seen this in 27 years!
I loved Rock "N Roll Tonite and The Divinyls!
Thanks for posting!
studmufinn 8 months ago
Perhaps punk, new wave, or and early example of grunge. Great performance
starchasre 9 months ago
Is it punk, new wave, or an early example of grunge? Damn good rock n roll from a bygone era.
starchasre 9 months ago
The LOOK is coming, but Chrissie's not quite there yet. By the time of "I Touch Myself" and "I'm On Your Side", she has it.
cosg9531 10 months ago
spine tingling, awsome, what can you say. As a live act you cant or wont go past the DIVINYLS
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The impact..... incredible! Gives me the chills and a total mood swing!
bisocial08 1 year ago
The impact..... incredible! Gives me the chills and a total moodswing!
bisocial08 1 year ago
can this video/dvd be purchased at all?
npg68 1 year ago
There will never be another Chrissy Amphlette.
elderberry9 1 year ago 2
Chrissy, what a horn husky voice..
Top aussie rock, bring back the 80's and all our great bands! Bring back $1.50 schooners, and the ability to go see 4 bands for $10
truespyfan 1 year ago
I like her dress. This song is gorgeous too.
DollfaceK 1 year ago
Incredible!!!! This is one the best PERFORMANCES I've ever seen .. more than that ... totally UNDERRATED!!!!
ERDFERKEL 1 year ago 3
@ERDFERKEL i've known the song for years.....from the monkey grip album i believe and this is the first time i have seen this video. like you, i am totally blown away by chrissy's performance. the last part where she has the lipstick..........powerful and disturbing. it's actually quite emotional. i 100% agree with your thoughts!
npg68 1 year ago 3
Devastating. Could beat Godzilla in a cage match. LOVE this band.
Babaziba 1 year ago 3
The Divinyls are the real deal, everyone else are shit. They tie it all together like nobody else. Chrissy just kicks ass!!!!!
bUzZkiLla65 1 year ago 2
My favorite song of they !
VisualKeiSekai 1 year ago
From 82-89 ish I saw them 40 times. Always up the front. One of my great childhood memories. Always loved Elsie.
glebe3047 1 year ago
@glebe3047 I only saw them once and that was in 89 at Manly beach in Sydney I was 19 at the time and partying like there was no tomorrow. Just wish I hadn't been drinking quite as much on that day then maybe my memory would be a little clearer.
taipan185 1 year ago
@taipan185
i was there too....
mark was rocking the white steinberger guitar, ill never forget it, my first rock n roll gig....
lukaas0073 11 months ago
Thank you Mich for posting this... I have wanted to see this live forever! Brilliant!!
MiamiMase 1 year ago
What a powerful vocal performance as well as stage presence by Chrissy......were people blind to greatness back then?
naturaltoby 1 year ago
This is one chick.......that if you were married to her. You had better not piss her off or she will fuck you up very bad.
n2motocross 1 year ago
sounds close to the studio version. If I didn't hear a little waver in the vocal
I'd bet it wasn't live.
dank1j 1 year ago
@dank1j that was one of the great things about divinyls. You don't really "experience" them unless you got to see them live. However, it has been said numerous times. Divinyls can recreate that studio sound live and they did it very very often. they were so underrated, it should have been a crime.
Kneph1 1 year ago
@Kneph1 great band live in the EARLY DAYS.
porterhouse56 1 year ago
Best damn dark rock song of the 1980's. Chrissy's unique vocals and the blistering guitar. Cant get better than this folks
Kneph1 1 year ago
aSOME CD AND SONG
01moonlily 1 year ago
This song is so haunting. Shannam138
shannam138 1 year ago
favorite Friday afternoon song right here. I envy anyone who had the chance to see this awesome band back in the day when they were up and coming.
porterhouse56 1 year ago 2
I can't tell you how much I love this song. It's one of about 3 or 4 guaranteed to make me cry when I hear it. It always has.
Thanks for putting all this Divinyls stuff up mitch547! Particularly the stuff from Desperate.
AnoleComputer 1 year ago
Awesome saw chrissy live a few times this really takes me back
myself23455 1 year ago
how utterly hypnotic
blechtman 1 year ago
I fuckin' love the howling @ 3:26!!! Always did and always will
MOJOMANSON1964 1 year ago
That's Rock!
Thanks for posting this.
chevapi 1 year ago
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chevapi 1 year ago
Jeez What crap we're being fed today.
yoyopa52 1 year ago 13
@yoyopa52
For real. Makes me sick.
TheWitchOvAgnesi 1 year ago
How did we go from this to Lady Gaga? What happened???
sunjy5 2 years ago 56
Saw the band live in a club gig here in Melbourne Australia in the late 70's early '80s from memory -great power sound, then the main act Cold Chisel came on and blew them out of the water..a great period in Australian rock music
SPCPvids 2 years ago
ya i know. . . This is WAY better!!!!!!!!!
ThePurplepanda1 2 years ago 2
@sunjy5 kids started getting fed trash and told that was their music and they didn't know any different
djskum2002 2 years ago
@sunjy5 De-Evolution happened.
elderberry9 1 year ago
@sunjy5: Never-mind how we went from this to Lady Gaga. What I'm wondering is how we went from this to "I Touch Myself." Chrissy the ogre was thoroughly original. Chrissy the sexpot was comparatively pedestrian; though predictably more commercially lucrative. Just like Gaga. I'll take the ogre any day.
staonp 1 year ago
@sunjy5 It's a real kick in the balls isn't it :(
We really do need a few more women in the rock world like Chrissy.
taipan185 1 year ago
@sunjy5 Amen, my friend. What happened indeed.
pupwinder 1 year ago
F.Y.I. nchantedinoz...In the U.S. when it was released the Desperate album did indeed have Elsie on it...Also on the re-issue C.D. i purchased on Amazon 5 years ago,,peace
wichititty1 2 years ago
Its strange cause i remember back in the early 80s i wore out ( got eaten ya know ) the Desperate cassette tape. I loved it & it gave me chills. Seemed i was the only one around who listened to it or even wanted too. It was like others didnt " get it " ya know..of course im in a little podunk Oklahoma shit town then,,lol,,allways jammed to the unique, dark & different such as Iggy & Lou Reed though,,anyways how in the hell this didnt then or even now explode cause its so awesome !..
wichititty1 2 years ago
I was just thinking what it would have been like if Chrissy had done something with Bon Scott
daven58100 2 years ago
she looks so pretty with the dry hair.
Sherkan1992 2 years ago
what a great fucking SONG!!!
aaronquy1968 2 years ago 3
I remember watching this exact performance on TV when I was a kid back in'84 it was on late for my bedtime, but i snuck into the TV room to watch it, I was about 12-13yrs old
aaronquy1968 2 years ago
OPEN THE DOOR WALLY, OPEN THE DOOR!!!
dakotarider74 2 years ago 2
who is wally???
Sherkan1992 2 years ago
Thank you so much for this video.
Elsie was actually on the Monkey Grip soundtrack... not Desperate .. In Australia that is..
nchantedinoz 2 years ago
BEST!!!!
billycorgan1969 2 years ago
Oh what a beautiful deep creepy song! It's like.. how do I put it: Like she was the left behind daughter of Eleanor Rigby - and this song is about where Elsie ended up 20 years later...
beefpiebear 2 years ago 4
Nice little summation beefy!!! lol
wha65 2 years ago
well said
aaronquy1968 2 years ago
No wonder Divinyls never made it big in the US: too hard-edged, too punk, too sincerely anguished for USians to take -
I always loved them, myself --
two amazing albums of the 80's were the first Pretenders LP and Desperate -
SupernalOne 2 years ago
I totally agree! Americans are too wimpy to appreciate anything "too" hard-edged for the most part-and I'M American!! Christina is one of a kind-so charismatic, original and SO captivating onstage. Plus, an AMAZING voice! It's so sad that I've heard she's suffering from MS! Is that really true? That truly sucks!!
spaceboy54 2 years ago 3
Yeah...I agree space but I also think its all about marketing -or lack of it, I mean I look around and see kids buying whatever is crammed down their throats without understanding they are being manipulated -this music took a simular path that Black Sabbath went through a decade earlier -basically very little (if any) airplay with any fame happening through word of mouth
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equin0xia 2 years ago
Yep, no offence but America is the land of easy listening.
Warthogfan 2 years ago
no offense, but didn't you give the world olivia newton-john and little river band? he who lives in glass houses...
equin0xia 2 years ago
We are allowed a few slip ups.
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uh...spaceboy54...speak for yourself, bud. i know you want to think you're the "special" american who was the only one to "get" this kind of stuff, but stop flattering yourself. there were plenty of other americans who appreciated divinyls, including myself, from all the back in '83. face it, they were an underground band, they were never big anywhere, and i bet even the average australian would would say "huh?" if you asked if he/she knew what divinyls are/were.
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supernal, you are an asshole.
jas22 2 years ago
Never saw them live. Really enjoyed this and the guitar work.
cammbs123 2 years ago
I do not speak very good English but he says in a minute 1:09 - 1:13
if I can post please
thanks
SpectreTom 2 years ago
If I am understanding your post you want to know what Chrissy is saying during the time you mention - If so it is "Never had a chance from the beginning" Cheers
BoysInTown 2 years ago
Thank you very much
SpectreTom 2 years ago
Still WOW ! Totally Mesmerizing !
AUBSisere 2 years ago
Mesmerizing ! wow
AUBSisere 2 years ago
when i first heard "i'm only happy when it rains" by garbage, i liked it becuase it sounded like it was influenced by Christina Amphlett and the divinyls.
codebyjoe 2 years ago
my favorite song of all time. i love this band.
codebyjoe 2 years ago
After seeing this, I have to believe that women like PJ Harvey, Courtney Love and even Kristin Hersh owe a lot to this woman. Before her time, for sure....
AngelaBaldi 2 years ago 2
It is too bad that the music scene critics here in the states pretty much shot this band in the foot when they hit the airwaves here.. i reall love Chrissy and this band.. She is my all time fave Feamle Singer!!!!
FroggyOne2 2 years ago 3
what does it mean for a critic to shoot a band in the foot? lol show me the reviews you're talking about, please.
equin0xia 2 years ago
For all u melbournites, this EP is the soundtrack for the movie Monkey
Grip starring nonie hazelhurst. If i remeember theres footage of the fiztroy swimming pool. I must watch it again. I absolutey love this song, and have played it so many times. Thanks for that mitch547.
dwb61 2 years ago
I have the soundtrack. Great album. Much of it was used for Desperate but the version of Elsie was rawer on Monkey Grip.
Also, I don't call that Christine going crazy, that's her doing yet another awesome over the top performance
eschborn317 2 years ago
yup very true .. "Elsie" was also the flip side of the single "Siren". still have that one and still play it
wonsworld 2 years ago
this it it!
christina amphlete is genius!
fredstreisand 2 years ago 3
Oh my gosh, 2:20 gave me a stiffie.
x2bnex2me 2 years ago
These F'ing video's should have 5 million views. It's a tragedy. I just discovered them by accident and my mind is totally blown. Some of the GREATEST performances of all time ! By this highly under-appreciated Band !
MediaPointEnt 2 years ago 21
how did u accidently discover them?
x.chantelle.
chantelle1811 2 years ago
Watching an Inxs video and this video came up on the sidebar. Once I picked my jaw and self off the floor...after passing out for around 10 minutes I watched the rest of their video's. : )
MediaPointEnt 2 years ago
HAHAHA nice, i can't get this song as in like a real song, so if any one is able to some how send it to me much appreciated . and i also can't get the song 'Gonna get U', i've looked everywhere for the album aswell.
thank you
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equin0xia 2 years ago
hey MediaPointEnt...i seem to remember you picking your jaw up in another post, too. better have it reattached lest you lose it.
equin0xia 2 years ago
he normally listens to r&b casset tapes then accidentally listened to JJJ and heard this.... clearly it was a accident...
BadB0Ydaddy 2 years ago
Linda Blair + Marilyn Manson + Tori Amos = HOT
ultradeformed 2 years ago
way scarier than P.J. Harvey, in a totally awesome way
Dubnacious 2 years ago
i think i saw this at the riv in chicago?
fredstreisand 2 years ago
fredstreisand: This was filmed at the Raymond Theatre (aka Perkins Palace) in Pasadena, California. The 88-year-old theatre (which was once owned by the father of Van Halen singer David Lee Roth!) is currently slated to be replaced by a condominium and retail space. There's a move on to save it, organized by concert promoter Gina Zamparelli, who operated the theatre during the period this Divinyls concert took place. Search "raymondtheatre" (friends of) at myspace for more details.
mitch547 2 years ago
Thank You
fredstreisand 2 years ago
FUCK I so missed this whole thing.... people put the Pixies up on this HUGE Pedestal. And Rightly So... But no one... I mean NO ONE mentions the Divinyls..... Its like discovering the Pyramids and realizing there was utter greatness before you were even thought of.
Runepriest442 2 years ago 2
Well put bro. That's how I feel !
MediaPointEnt 2 years ago
absolutely brilliant.............
lovejoyb 2 years ago
Pete Townsend slammed axes into amps; Jimi screwed his strat and burned it up; Chrissy jumps on an invisible pogo and puts on warpaint. What's the difference?
SumnerMurrayRedstone 2 years ago
So you're saying...what? That Chrissy follows in the tradition of greats and thus deserves equal respect? Or perhaps your suggesting that Chrissy lacks originality by engaging in such antics? Whatever. Just as there's a lot more to Townshend and Hendrix than smashing, burning and humping guitars, there's likewise a lot more to the Divinyls than jumping up and down in warpaint.
b88l2 2 years ago
Great, Great band!! - truly under-appreciated as others have noted! - Chrissy A. wasn't afraid to go into some very dark areas! - and they were a good 10 years before 'grunge'- ahead of their time!- should be in the R&R hall of fame! - let's all blitz them to include them!!!
sirdoug3 2 years ago 2
I agree !!!! thank you sirdoug3 for sharing !
christophe76382 2 years ago
They were inducted by Hugh Jackman three years ago. Try reading the news. ;)
SumnerMurrayRedstone 2 years ago
Fucking awesome :) This song gives me shivers.
noituudenaika1 2 years ago 3
this is sad but true explains me to a t with love 31573
btaber74 3 years ago
Some people wondered why chrissy was moaning and groaning in this song. Elsie is a sad song and chrissy's aim was to feel and show the sadness and misery Elsie was experiencing in her life. And when she say's " open the door wally, " it's how Elsie feels locked out of society and alone. Chrissy and Mark are brilliant songwriters and performers.
wha65 3 years ago
This band was so underated.
pechinrules 3 years ago 7
self mutilation... the head banging wonder how her neck feels now? and POGo without a POGO she got the power and handled it way better than Kurt cobain. She didn't blow her brains out. Too much of this day in day out can't be good. But once in awhile it is FUN!
cybervisionstar 3 years ago 2
Christina Amphlett: what a woman! This clip is astonishing and shows Divinyls at what must be their peak. When she bangs her head and pogos she is genuinely eerie -- is more like performance art than a rock gig. And then after she scrawls all over herself with lipstick it's like she's channelling Linda Blair in the Excorcist!
bitter69uk 3 years ago 5
Ditto you said exactly what I was thinking. Gotta love her. I like it. alot
cybervisionstar 3 years ago 3
A True Australian rock band ,Only a very few Aussie bands will be remembered for ever and The Divinyls will most definatly be one of them !
snowmann4snow 3 years ago 4
SHE NEVER HAD AN EDUCATION
SHE USES LIFE AS HER VOCATION
STANDING ON LEDGES,CLINGING TO THE EDGES
THE WORLD'S A HARD PLACE TO LAND ON The Divinyls are an extremely underated band.If you look beyond Chrissy's stage persona and read and listen to their songs,there is great richness.Their songs are raw,real and go way below the surface.Chrissy and Mark are up there with the very best singer/songwriters.
wha65 3 years ago 5
God Bless You, Mitch! My younger friends don't even know about Divinyls-- your posts are a fantastic introduction!!!
WooHoooo!!!
whirlspinner 3 years ago 17
Yes Chrissy has been living with MS for some years now. On a brighter note Charley (Chrissy's husband and Divinyls drummer) has posted a message on the Divinyls Facebook page to say that something is bound to happen, although he is not sure what, and a brief message from Chrissy to say stay tuned for 2009!
BoysInTown 3 years ago
She could always be hot at times but I hate it when she walks like a scarecrow.
allusernamestaken3 3 years ago
Thank you - This is still tops..
flintstonesteve 3 years ago
This band deserved a lot more attention in the US than they got. Christine has one of the most unique powerful female voices in Rock.
Jeffredo729 3 years ago 3
I wish that this show was on DVD!
FroggyOne2 3 years ago 9
You and me both mate. I heard a rumour last year there was going to be a Divinyls DVD released called "Greatest Gigs" but have heard nothing since.
BoysInTown 3 years ago 2
my favorite band of all time. i want their new album. i live in south carolina anybody know how i can get i, please let me know.
cowboysfansc 3 years ago 2
i love this song and my name is Elsie
OHMYPANIC14 3 years ago
Love the old stuff especially Elsie any body know how chissys MS is doing?
bashue69 3 years ago
I'm not about sure about the current details of her condition bashue69, but I saw a recent photo of her and Mark McEntry at an award show, and she was walking with a cane. Perhaps many of us could send her letters of support and encouragement.
elderberry9 3 years ago
what is the cause of Chris' using a cane?
jas22 3 years ago
Sadly, Chrissy has been suffering from M.S. for some time now. She has only recently gone public about it. It seems likely that the reason she was using a cane at the awards show was because her condition is getting progressively worse. Perhaps some of us could send her letters of support and encouragement.
elderberry9 3 years ago
My absolute favorite band of my 20's.. Thanks so much for this, thought it was all lost forever :)
annesash 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this.. it was this show that got me hooked on the band and Chrissie! It truly brings back some memories.
FroggyOne2 3 years ago
Absolute classic. Monkey Grip EP still one of my favs. I remember seeing this lot at a local hotel in front of 50 people. Thanks for the memories.
dwb61 3 years ago
this woman can drink my ass under the table.
jas22 3 years ago 2
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been looking for this song for forever! I used to have this album, then, like an idiot, I sold it. This was the song that first turned me on to this fantastic vocalist back in the day.
ClayOgre 3 years ago 2
same here! i had heard boys in town on the radio, but hearing elsie on the radio broadcast of their US Festival performance had me hooked!
elsandoval 3 years ago 2
This CD has recently been re released and lovingly remastered! I live in America, so I had to order it from Amazon. Hopefully they'll do the same with there entire catalog soon.
elderberry9 3 years ago 3
This song never fails to shock and captivate, even at last years gigs it was the same timeless sad, lonely, dark and harrowing tale of Elsie.
westozrocker 3 years ago 3
Wow, they still did Elsie at last years gigs? I wish I could have seen them!
BoysInTown 3 years ago
Yes, they sure did. She sung it with alot of gusto, Mark's guitar work was as blistering as ever too. This song really stands out as the most enduring memory I take from that gig.
westozrocker 3 years ago 2
I just love this, you can see by the look on some of the audiences faces that they are scared when Chrissy starts roaring towards the end - Fantastic and thanks again!
BoysInTown 3 years ago 2
Thanks once again, I am sure Chrissy scares the crap out of some of the audience when she roars - LOL
BoysInTown 3 years ago 2