The Monitors - Singing In The 80's (1980)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1980:

The Monitors' (featuring Gillian and Gayle Blakeney) promo-video for the hit single 'Singing In the 80's'.

Note: The twins Gillian and Gayle Blakeney model/mime in Kiss-make-up in the promo-video for this hit single. This is a few years before they hosted Wombat and starred in Neighbours in the late '80's/early '90's. The Twins would later make their own hits in the UK during the early '90's.

Band Origin: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Track: Singing In The 80's
Album: non album single
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Label: Festival
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Line-up:

Ricky Fataar -- Drums, Guitar, Synth, Keyboards
[ The Flames (South Africa: 1962-1970) -- The Beach Boys (US: 1972-1974) -- The Rutles (UK: 1978) -- The Monitors (AU: 1978-1982) -- Session Musician/Producer (remaining 1980's) -- Bonnie Raitt (US: 2002-present) ]

Terry McCarthy -- Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards

Mark Moffatt -- Guitar, Bass, Keyboards

Kim Durant -- female vocals

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NZOZ NZOZ1980 1980 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s

Extended Tags: Gillian Blakeney, Gayle Blakeney, Neighbours, The Twins

Musical Terms: New Wave, Disco, Electro, Pop, Aussie, Old Australian Band

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• Wave
• Disco
• Pop
• Monitors
• Blakeny
• Twins
• 1980
• Australia
• Early
• Eighties

[manabrau]

wow - that was a flash back - the twins did stuff after wombat?

[nzoz1980]

Not much... just made a name for themselves in Neighbours during the early nineties and a couple of dance hits in the UK... nothing that holds up to the glorious 'Wombat' years.

[kieran9093]

Always thought the Blakeney twins were hot! Dunno what they were thinking with the kiss makeup tho.

[nzoz1980]

I don't know what the director was thinking...

They're okay... they have bodies of nine-year-old girls and faces of 21 year old women (well, in this video anyway). It's not a great combination... they improved as they got older...

Shame they were such bimbos on Neighbours.

Oh and Gillian, if you're reading this, my friend would like to know if you still want that Monitors video package sent to you... !

[Cheborneck]

Thumbs up if you think the lead singer looks like Damir Dokic!!!

[Thurbane316]

That guitar solo is pretty rockin. I used to have a crush on the Blakeney twins in this clip when I was a kid.

[flash999999999]

@kieran9093 I reckon it was because KISS was seen to be a reliable bridge between the 1970s and the early 1980s. If any big rock act from the 1970s was likely to succeed in the 1980s, it was going to be KISS. Not a bad prediction ... it's well past 2011 and Gene and Paul are still Rocking and Rolling Every Night and Partying Everyday.

[MrAz1963]

catchy tune back then and a catchy tune today

[mickboyes]

Dead set shame that they weren't actually the vocal talent in this clip nor the "Nobody Told Me" clip. That honour goes to Kim Durant

[snapperhead1969]

The Blakeney twins went to my high school. They were 2 years above me...

[b0ban]

Awesome song

[11vec]

I tell you i'm mostly into rock, rock & roll and some of the old 70's disco stuff but this aussie pop song was great in it's day

[taipan185]

Queensland was so much more distinct back in the late 70's and early 80's. For better or worse you really knew when you crossed the line into QLD, it's a bit of a shame that it's more or less like every other state these days.

[missgeri65]

loved this song, loved the 80's allround, it was a good era growing up