Moving Pictures - What About Me (1982)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1982:

Moving Pictures' promo-video for the hit single 'What About Me' (January, 1982), taken from the 1982 album 'Days of Innocence'.

Band Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Track: What About Me?
Album: Days Of Innocence
Composed By: Garry Frost, Frances Swan
Produced By: Charles Fisher
Label: Wheatley
Chart Position: # 1 (Australia) - # 29 (US Billboard Hot 100) - # 46 (US Billboard Hot 100, 1989 re-release)
Release Date:: January, 1982
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_P...)

Line-up:

Alex Smith - Vocals
[ Bilgola Bop Band - This Side Up - Moving Pictures (1980-1987) - Alex Smith & The Volunteers / Alex Smith and DBM (1988-1989) - The Blues Liners (1991) ]

Garry Frost - Guitar, Keyboards
[ The Harp - Moving Pictures (1980-1984) - 1927 (1987-1993) ]

Andrew Thompson - Saxophone
[ Bilgola Bop Band - Moving Pictures (1980-1987) - session/touring musician (Dire Straits, Australian Crawl, Cold Chisel, Jenny Morris) ]

Charlie Cole - Keyboards, Trumpet
[ Moving Pictures (1980-1987) - 1927 (1990) - The Shuffle Kings (1999) ]

Ian Lees - Bass
[ This Side Up - Moving Pictures (1980-1987) - Chasin' The Train - session/touring musician ]

Paul Freeland - Drums

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NZOZ NZOZ1982 1982 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s

Extended Tags: Alex Smith, Shannon Noll

Musical Terms: Rock, Power, Ballad, Aussie, Old Australian Band

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[GaryYOfficial]

What ever happened to them? This is a great song. I wonder why they didn't have more POPULAR hits. I'm sure they had other hits, I just don't know of any other song by them except this one. He has a killer voice too.

[nzoz1982]

'Busting Loose' and 'Winner' were minor hits on the Aussie charts. They were also on the Footloose soundtrack and I believe some other US films used their music. Aside from that, they are a one hit wonder. No other

[Noel Perez]

hey nzoz1982 do you think that 1983 had better bands

[nzoz1982]

no.. you can always go to my nzoz1983 channel and think for yourself.

[cpsgondar]

love the original artist , wonder where is the group now?

[nzoz1982]

one of them formed 1927... check 'if i could'.

[Mark Guest]

Bit of history with the music clip. I lived directly across the road where this was filmed. It was in the suburb of Coburg (Melbourne) on the corner of Sheffield and Chambers St. The shop was demolished some time after and is now a house. If you look closely when Alex Smith is next to the wooden pole there is the words WOG written. That was engraved by the owner of the shop's son Con who was greek.

[deano7010]

The original, the best and the only version to listen too

loved this song in 1982 when i was 12 and still love it now

thanks

[Baxter Peacock]

whiny, whingey, crap. hated it in '82 and still hate it.

[Doobie1975]

Is it just me or does the intro sound very similar to Hall & Oates' "Did It In A Minute"?

[GitarStu]

They had 3 albums and a best of.

..Ish

1927

Other Side

The Very Best Of was pretty much a reissue of ish with a few songs off the two albums. The Other Side has some great songs on it though. Worth grabbing if you can find it.

[GitarStu]

And he's still touring. Saw him late last year. Still a very good guitarist and singer.

[GianLuca DiMaio]

i like this song

[Robert Burns]

the young lady in the video is very pretty!

[Marisa Wyatt]

Dudes The 80's Was Music.

[Baskerville22]

a Socialist dirge...