Ray Burgess - The Happy Hour Brigade

Recorded in LA Jan 1977 with Daryl Cotton,Steve Kipner,Billy Thorpe,Brian Cadd,Russell Morris and Rick Springfield. A lament for all the Aussie expats.The song was never released

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Music

Tags:

• 70's
• retro
• Pop/rock
• LA
• Ray
• Burgess
• Daryl
• Cotton
• Steve
• Kipner
• Billy
• Thorpe
• Brian
• Cadd
• Russel
• Morris
• Rick
• Springfield

[gimmewatugot]

Great for Australia Day !

[S16JeremyYMC]

Does anyone know all the lyrics or where to find them, there's just a few lines i can't quite hear! Please help!!?

[gimmewatugot]

@S16JeremyYMC

Type them in and I'll fill in the blanks

[S16JeremyYMC]

@gimmewatugot

Well we flew in from australia, we were aussie one and all, and we thought that we were poets so we wrote it on the wall.

Now all of us expatriates, we thought we'd form this club, cause los angeles is a long long way from the ettamogah pub...

well it seems that in america, it is the thing to do, go drinking in the afternoon, although that's nothing new!

But they do it with a difference, and they do it with some class ............................kn­ock you on your ass

[gimmewatugot]

@S16JeremyYMC

Here you go...

and they do it with some class, but the drinks are cheap from 4 till 6,

and they'll knock you on your ass!

[wellsy1954]

I taped this song in 1977 off a T.V.show(was it Flashez?) Still have the tape and it is just so great to see the video again after all these years.

[gimmewatugot]

@wellsy1954

Hello Wellsy,

It's Ray Burgess , host of Flashez way back in 1977. If you have any video tapes of "Flashez' or Countdown I would love to see them. There is not much footage available now and I can get them transferred to DVD at the ABC for you. If so call me on 0425 393 555, cheers, Ray

[donkey1888]

Wow Rick Springfield has a Aussie accent

[petiteone51]

What a bloody ripper :-) woohoo! All Aussie

[kangarob]

This is so 'Aussie'...I love it...I think it should be 'the expats' national anthem : ) oi, oi, oi...

[billdot5960]

up the aussies woohoo

[S16JeremyYMC]

@S16JeremyYMC the bit "yeah they do it with a difference and they do it with class..............knock you on your ass"

and pretty much the second verse and bridge