Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors

Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors.
Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1981, led by principal songwriter Mark Seymour. They were noted for songs such as "Throw Your Arms Around Me", "Talking to a Stranger", "Holy Grail", and "Say Goodbye", and were renowned as one of the best live acts in Australia until they disbanded in 1998.

The band took its name from "Hunters & Collectors", a song by the German band Can on the album Landed. As that suggests, the original band was influenced by the Krautrock genre and the productions of Conny Plank, featuring strong percussive influences, noisy guitar, and driving bass lines. The sound was in the vein of Remain in Light, the Talking Heads album of 1980.

The band was also noted for its distinctive logo, a H & C symbol, where the "&" was twin snakes entwined around a hunting knife, a variation of the Caduceus which first featured on the Human Frailty album.
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[Comley3]

U Gota love it, great band great song, I personally beleive it's one of, if not, the alltime best songs ever

[deanski17]

thanks mate this is a classic

[colliric]

@evilsmurf82

It's also naturally about the crusader knights, and in particular references the epic Arthurian legend of the search for the Holy Grail which ended in failure(as the grail was taken up to heaven when the knights discovered it).

[WellHowdyThere]

and no one wonders why this song has only 53.3 thousand views? i mean at some point denial has to cave in to the fact that no one likes this song. @comley3 @deanski17

[iareplay]

'rage' - in that girl voice

[carnthemightroos4eva]

Love this song. It's totally awesome and I also love the band.

[evilsmurf82]

It's funny when people think this one is about the AFL. It's actually using Napoleon's march on Russia in 1812 as a metaphor for Hunters & Collectors failed attempts to crack the U.S. market.

[kiltsonfire164]

Whenever i hear this, I think of West Coast Eagles' grand final victory against Geelong back in 1992. Despite i'm not from Perth, I do support the Eagles (as well as the Swannies) and i am hoping they'll win the 2011 Grand Final!

[skicraze112]

@daviddancer

rage in australia

LLate night TV on the ABC friday and Saturday night

[poss4gordy]

How could anyone not like this song I really love the song i think it is a feel good song

[daviddancer]

Is that from Rage tv (Boston???)

[predalien33]

@accuristau I am.. Anyone who hates this song has somthing wrong with them.. Because this is one of the best songs i myself don't listen to it everyday but this song is amazing :]