Flash & The Pan - Down Among The Dead Men (1978)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1978:

Flash 'n' The Pan's promo-video for the hit single 'Down Among The Dead Men', taken from the 1978 album 'Flash 'n' The Pan'.

Note: George Young and Harry Vanda first rose to international stardom when playing in the Easybeats back in the mid 1960's. When the group disbanded in 1969, Vanda and Young set themselves up as a production/songwriting team with a clientel which included Amen Corner, The Tremeloes, Marmalade, Shocking Blue, Los Bravos, Suzi Quatro and Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Back in Australia and at Albert studios, the duo continued writing and produced hits for Ted Mulry, John Paul Young, Stevie Wright (ex-Easybeat), William Shackespear and many others as well as producing Rose Tattoo, the Angels and AC/DC - a little known hard rock band which featured George's younger brothers Angus and Mallcom Young.

In the later months of 1978, Flash 'n' The Pan released their debut self-titled album. Flash continued charting through out the early to mid 1980s with hits 'Down Among The Dead Men' (1978), 'Media Man' (1981), 'Waiting For The Train' (1983) and 'Midnight Man' (1985).

Band Origin: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Track: Down Among The Dead Men
Album: Flash & The Pan
Composed By: George Young / Harry Vanda (ex- Easybeats)
Produced By: George Young / Harry Vanda (ex - Easybeats)
Label: Alberts Production
Chart Position: # 4 (Australia, 1977) -- # 54 (United Kingdom)
Release Date:
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_%26_the_Pan

Line-up:

George Young - Vocals, Synth, Piano
[ The Easybeats (1963-1969) -- commercial songwriter/producer (1970-present) -- Flash & The Pan (1976-1988) ]

Harry Vanda - Drums
[ The Easybeats (1963-1969) -- commercial songwriter/producer (1970-present) -- Flash & The Pan (1976-1988) ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1978 1978 New Zealand Australia Late Seventies 1970's 1970s 70's 70s

Extended Tags: George Young, Harry Vanda, Easybeats, AC/DC

Musical Terms: New Wave, Rock, Pop, Aussie, Old Australian Band

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[seaeagles64]

nzoz.. evry time I look for a clip mate.. your it... Top quality , gold, Thanks for the 10th time.

[nzoz1978]

@seaeagles64 no worries, and thank you for the encouraging comment.

[Espie1979]

this song is so bad it's great.

[nzoz1978]

@Espie1979 It isn't a bad song... you have got that really wrong... the arrangement is good... the vocals is an early example of white rap and the 'rapper' is no other than Angus and Malcolm Young's big brother George... AC/DC!

[caz4777]

@TheGroovyRecordStore You might like to buy a copy of "Vanda and Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory" written by John Tait, and published by the University of N.S.W. press.

[PeterHBne1]

@Thebirdienumnum I have been OBSESSED with the Titanic thing. The one thing that really sticks with me out of everything I've read is when they said the ship got pretty verticle and the NOISE of the tons of crockery and cutlery breaking and crashing. You can easily imagine that. That is when you KNOW it's serious.

[thirdy1952]

@PeterHBne1 i can tell you exactly where aussie music would be without vanda and young, in the trash. i was only 6 when this came out i discovered it in the 90's when i raided my older brothers record collection. only found out recently that this was vanda and young had heard of them from the easybeats but didn't know this was them. great stuff though.

[Squid603]

1st album I ever owned

[fardaypu]

ive never seen this clip , ty for posting.

[TheMicturation]

genius at work....just look at legendary bands like the stranglers and xtc and they're videos which came after this ...these guys were pioneers...b4 theyre time

[MexicanKola]

Im 30 and didn't hear this song till i was 25, i nearly died when i heard it, so ahead of its time. gives me goosebumps every time.

[grecomic]

4:20 It's not dead, it's only pining for the fjords.

[grecomic]

Does anyone else think that George is trying to impersonate Serge Gainsbourg @ the casino table?

[Mischtchratzer]

in 1978 I was 18... can you imagine my memories.....

[Thebirdienumnum]

Always being a fan of the Titanic history ( not the Jack and Rose story ), I loved this song.

Thanks for sharing.