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[@Kirra.M]

When Ryan mentioned the movie "Grease" and then a few minutes later said that he had never heard of/seen Olivia Newton John 😂😂

[@dianacourt377]

Yeah that was a face palm moment

[@GregM0577]

I literally came here to say that 😂😂

[@kathmc30]

I'm yelling grease, and the kids are wondering what's happening LOL

[@MomoSimone22]

Yicks! Literally thought everyone over a certain age knew her because of Grease! Hahah

[@trisharnott7846]

@@GregM0577Likewise

[@agnesregards2286]

Nobody listened to Jason Donovan, so I cant believe he made the list even once, let alone so often.

[@73lurch]

I did 😂....I was young 😂😂

[@vanessaelvins5821]

Same

[@ianharkin2691]

As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm pretty sure this list is based more on artists who were popular overseas, like US & UK. He was huge in the UK. Even so, yes, too many mentions.

[@bf2840]

He was on German television a lot.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

He was like sprouts. Bland, tasteless, and shoved down your throat. He rode on Minogue's coat-tails from their relationship on Neighbours.

[@theaveragefly9335]

Late to the party here but this missed the best of Aussie Rock from the 80's. Screaming Jets, Paul Kelly, Hoodoo Gurus, The Church, GangGajang, Yothu Yindi... to name a few. I was glad to see Slim Dusty included. Cant get anymore iconic than him. ❤

[@mariaadam1047]

GangGajang one of my favourites. All their songs are fab. Spy Vs Spy another cracker of a band ❤

[@Mhor]

I was really hoping that The Go-Betweens (specifically Streets of Your Town) would be on there as well.

[@MrMuel1205]

My Dad and I were once in a steakhouse (parrilla) in Buenos Aires. Our waiter asked us where we were from. I said Australia and he tells us to wait. A few moments later he reappears wearing an AC/DC t-shirt over his uniform.

[@jillieesdaile-watts5939]

I thought he was going to say "I'll make you a Vegemite sandwich!"

[@lindanicholemusic1731]

One of their biggest concerts was in Argentina

[@lynneperry7454]

Similar thing happened to me in Paris - I got chatting to some guy I’d asked directions from. (My French is hit and miss). H when he heard I was Australian he immediately asked if I knew of Midnight Oil. It made his day, when I told him that I had seen them perform, and I had danced all night in the mosh pit.

[@joannedickie7863]

As an Australian, I am slightly embarrassed that we have claimed some New Zealand bands & artists as Aussies. Dragon is a Kiwi band as was Split Enz. As Split Enz morphed in Crowded House it became an ANZAC band with a mixture of Kiwis & Aussies. Both Australia & New Zealand punch above their weight in both music & acting given our small populations.

[@vtbn53]

Na the video clearly states Australian and New Zealand right at the beginning

[@geoffkeeys6946]

@@vtbn53 Meh, anything from New Zealand that does well is naturally Australian. When it fails, we give it back, Split Enz, The Swingers, Russell Crowe. Dragon. Hell, we'd claim the All Blacks if we didn't keep beating them.

[@mickcain2203]

Yeah so what, Jimmy Barnes was Scottish and so was AC/DC’s Bon Scott, but they were in total legends…..except Jason Donovan 🤣🤣🤣

[@vtbn53]

@@geoffkeeys6946 😅

[@geoffkeeys6946]

@@mickcain2203 Barnsey and Bon, total legends, thus Australian. Jason Donovan, a bad actor who couldn't sing who got a free ride on Kylie's coattails.

[@_alifeallmine_]

Not to have ‘The Angels’ all over that Clip is absolutely criminal, at one stage through the 80s they were bigger in Oz than Label mates AC/DC. They’re an Iconic band from the Era. Also Nothing by ‘The Church’ or ‘The Radiators’, either, who were all over the 80s.

[@belindaweber7999]

Am I ever gonna see your face again?! - you fill in the response phrase here 😂😂😂

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

No way get F’d F off

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@belindaweber7999 No way, get f#cked, f#ck off 😂🤣 Those were the days, when we all had fun, without the bs of violence and drugs

[@colboquilts109]

And hunters and collectors, so many good bands and artists were missed for a lot of Kylie and Jason who weren't that big here and did better in Europe.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@belindaweber7999 I tried but kept getting deleted lmao. Comment sections in all socials are racist against aussie language lol

[@ricdanger2]

I love how he laughs at Jason Donovan just like we do!

[@susie9893]

And I still cringe at the Kylie clips (altho it was kinda funny hearing massacre her name over and over 😅). Don't get me wrong, I'm pleased she made such a big name for herself in the UK (warms my feminist ❤) but I just never liked her music (and this video reminded me just how much 😏) Edit: but omg, he was so right about Jason being the Aussie Justin Beiber of that generation. He did NOTHING for me but I remember some of the girls at school going on and on....🤢

[@utbronell]

And called him the Justin Bieber of the 80s. So true! He was a product, not a musician.

[@someguy2972]

@@susie9893 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKjElpyZbLFlodU

[@evilelfholubecki5978]

😂 so funny. Jason Donavon did The Rocky Horror show With Red when I first got to Perth. Rocked up at The Bug Breakfast with a beanie and backpack 😂

[@katedaniels9020]

Jason is NO singer!

[@RDPproject]

The last one on that list...John Farnham, Your the voice....was the biggest selling single of all times in oz.

[@shaniamartinez1703]

Still goes hard at the pub on a Friday night after a few beers

[@robertwilliams2959]

INXS were considered at one time to be the best rock band in the world.

[@MaryRaine929]

If only Michael Hutchence didn‘t die over his kinks… 😳

[@navs485]

No they were not lmao

[@robertwilliams2959]

They sold out Wembley stadium & were the biggest on MTV at one point. In parts of the world they were coveted more than U2.

[@dickwilliam3793]

you're joking right.

[@peterdunn5910]

Olivia Newton John starred in Grease as Sandy Olsson opposite John Travolta

[@davidknipe3536]

Saying the Aussie accent comes through in Men at Work is hilarious, Colin Hay is Scottish, and has a Scottish accent 😂

[@AndrewJens]

At least that's not a problem for Brian Johnson. 😁

[@davidknipe3536]

@@AndrewJens most 60’s and 70’s Aussie bands had Scottish or English born members, in the 80’s they were all from NZ

[@burnbrae6948]

Beat me to it 😉

[@richardanderson5424]

I love that lyric in “Down Under” The line says “Do you come from a land DownUnder? Where beer does flow and men chunder? “Chunder is an Australian word for vomit. The character in the video is drunk and opening cans and spilling beer everywhere.

[@davidknipe3536]

@@richardanderson5424 I’m Australian, so I have chundered many a time… though I don’t really drink beer. Chunder is particularly associated with a hangover more so than just being sick.. “how’s the hangover?” “Yeah much better, had a chunder” incidentally Vegemite toast is a great hangover remedy

[@gemmalow6515]

Another three honorable mentions that are iconic and timeless are Goanna's 'Solid Rock' , 'Sounds of Then' by Gang Gajang and 'Home among the gumtrees' by John Williamson. if we gonna do this list, let's do it right lets go full aussie.

[@BigFatHarry76]

The Gang Gajang song is called "Sounds of Then".

[@DoHi37]

​@@BigFatHarry76cheers for that. I get it wrong too sometimes.

[@gemmalow6515]

@@BigFatHarry76 oh sorry I will edit my comment to fix it

[@karenclemson343]

Solid rock absolutely.

[@bdbowkertube]

Loved the comment 'Australia's Justin Beiber' loved it As an aussie that spent their teenage years in the 80s I can't believe Jason Donovan made the list so many times, yet other more deserving bands were not included So many missed - The Church, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, Hoodoo Gurus, Hunters and Collectors, Nick Cave, Noiseworks.... so many bands worthy of the list Also it may have taken the US 40yrs - but thanks to Padam Padam Kylie Minogue is hot news right now and is doing a Vegas residency with sold out shows

[@ianmontgomery7534]

probably either copyright problems or it was from one or two record labels.

[@jaxr2958]

@@ianmontgomery7534 With the amount of times Donovan was up, has to be international sales.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@jaxr2958 I don't know how popular he was in England but that may be the answer of where the video originated.

[@jaxr2958]

@@ianmontgomery7534 Has to be UK sales, we didn't even see him as a singer, Kylie as well, she had a few popular songs here but not that many. Also I'd guess a lot of Rick Springfield was maybe US sales. AC/DC, LRB, Men at Work, ONJ great artists, popular here, but their success overseas is helping them dominate this list.

[@lynneperry7454]

Totally 💯 % agree

[@derekclements5682]

You just mentioned the cast of "Grease" Olivia was the leading lady opposite John Travolta.

[@lazyfrogonalog]

Ryan made me laugh so much :)

[@goaway2803]

I was thinking how embarrassed will he be when he realises she was Sandy XD

[@tinawise5478]

Haha I Was dying when he didn’t know after mentioning Grease. And can you get Kylie’s name right man.

[@craigc5345]

I thought the same when he said “Olivia Newton John, never heard of her” 🤦‍♂️. Only moments after he mentioned Grease. Otherwise this took me back to High School and better times watching Count Down!

[@Aussie1968]

@@craigc5345 yep, I'm 54 this month.... and I still miss Countdown!!

[@tarshnottrash1483]

You: I don’t know that ….every Aussie watching : oh the nostalgia

[@Defensive_Wounds]

about 20% of these even I didn't know, especially obscure B sides from the early 80s stuff.

[@user-qr5mx1fe8p]

Too True mate, except the jason songs...! lol

[@linmal2242]

oh the nostalgia; SPOT ON

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

Great selection of music, but another pointless 'nobody person reacts to stuff' video. I'd rather watch the originals uninterrupted than hear a nobody go 'wow, I never knew that ...'. Like all 'react' videos, there's nothing added, just some random talking head nodding or adding pointless commentary. We don't care.

[@adrianaustin7153]

That, and Stock, Aitken and Waterman have a LOT to answer for!!

[@monster10ify]

Some of these are from New Zealand. Neill Finn, a New Zealander, also wrote Crowded House songs. We are not the same countries although a lot of our bands do go to Australia for more exposure.

[@METurtleSHELL-ri4he]

The swingers are nz❤

[@margarets9502]

John Farnham was also in Little River Band. I love that the list played one of his clips, then one of LRB’s.

[@shmick6079]

How on earth is Cold Chisel in this video only once? They probably should have 10 songs in this.

[@indiasky]

Fr like where is Bow River

[@peterlangford4479]

Khe Sahn

[@peterlangford4479]

Jason Donovan , really ?

[@shmick6079]

@@peterlangford4479 yeah some absolute no-hoper made that video

[@freeman10000]

​@@peterlangford4479 Khe Sahn is a Seventies song.

[@susanrogers2761]

I was only 19...a moving song about the Vietnam war..I recommend you listen to it

[@joeblack1652]

Gets me every time.

[@sp00kyg1rl]

Such a sad yet beautiful song.

[@yvonnecaldwell6088]

Sad😪 Great song

[@atemisk90]

Every time...😢

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Every time . Mandatory listening around Anzac day

[@JulieIelasi-lt7yp]

I loved Dragon from new Zealand but mived to Sydney we loved that band still do, the kead singer died if throat cancer poor guy sad 😔 really nice guy too. R. I. P Mark hunter !❤🎉😢

[@ellenfaulkner5070]

Some personal faves growing up in Oz in the 80's but not listed here are Daddy Cool, The Cockroaches, The Angels, The Church, Hunters & Collectors and Hoodoo Gurus. Of course there are others to add but I'm glad you got to experience a bit of what Oz exported during those years. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, cheers 😎✌

[@suegibson8914]

If you’re around a lot of people anywhere in the world just play Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel & you’ll see & hear who the Australians are immediately. 🦘🇦🇺😂

[@Laconic-ws4bz]

Yep, them and the Oils.

[@Nalianna]

The ones shouting "turn off this rubbish!" ? I"m Aussie.. but can't handle screaming man.

[@adamh8517]

@@Naliannaagreed, there’s so much good music out there that doesn’t have insane screaming

[@Mrhasbarafree]

The lyrics of khe sanh are just stunning. I too can do without the screaming but it's an amazing piece of song writing.

[@katedaniels9020]

That would be me. 🙋‍♀️ love, love Jimmy Barnes. Even his screaming

[@bradleyedwards9244]

What made me laugh was that you couldn't understand THE LAND DOWN UNDER singers "aussie" accent....BUT THE FRONT MAN WAS SCOTTISH🤣

[@nolasyeila6261]

I chuckled at that also... !

[@r.fairlie7186]

What he doesn’t know and I think many others also may not know is that our singing voice in English doesn’t usually give away our accent. It only becomes recognisable when we speak. This doesn’t always happen when a foreigner sings in English, e.g. a native French speaker. Colin Hay definitely loses his Scottish accent when he’s singing.

[@DropBearAntix]

Not to mention that AC/DC were/are made up of scottish and english dudes, and of course, BARNESY is scottish.

[@flamestergirl]

@@DropBearAntixMost white Australians are from somewhere else. To be born in a country is one thing then to live and grow up in another intrenches the fabric of that culture within you.

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Same with ACDC.

[@PS-Straya_M8]

FYI even though very popular in Australia .. Spit Enz was from New Zealand

[@brettbridger362]

Which was why the original title of the video was 'top 80's hits from Australia & NZ'. Would also explain 'slice of heaven' being in there.

[@boojak87]

Fun fact, the lead singer of 1927 was signed up following a performance on a Red Faces segment on Hey Hey It's Saturday!

[@katedaniels9020]

And Eric Weideman was the source of many a girls crush 😜😍

[@dangermouse3619]

You're opening a Pandora's Box of Aussie greatness with music. There's still a lot more you don't know or don't realise it's Aussie talent.

[@AdrianCuyubambaDiaz]

Im a peruvian who grew up listening to these songs. I'm so happy to be living in Australia now! My favourite Aussie bands are INXS, Icehouse, Men at Work, , Midight Oil, and The Church 😊

[@tasticola]

The church! Yep, great yet underrated band!

[@lynneperry7454]

Well you pass the Citizenship Test right there!

[@AdrianCuyubambaDiaz]

@@lynneperry7454 lol it's funny you say that. A few weeks ago he reacted to reddit post I made when I tried Vegemite for the first time, jokingly asking if that made me a citizen. He said I should be the prime minister 😂

[@daleviker5884]

That's a great list of bands, but I'd urge you to check out Cold Chisel, the Angels, and the Divinyls. Plenty of others, but Cold Chisel were the biggest band in Australia in the early 1980s. For some reason they never made it overseas.

[@AdrianCuyubambaDiaz]

@@daleviker5884 I will. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@urshy7453]

As a kid growing up over here in Australia in the 80's, this entire video took me back to my childhood. Best era ever! Thank you Ryan

[@KevinHandes]

Split Enz was a New Zealand Band. The song "I Got You" was sung by Tim Finn's brother Neil Finn, Tim Finn, being an original member of the band. Crowded House's lead singer is Neil Finn. There could be more New Zealand bands in there as well but we Australian's are happy to claim them anyway. Man how young are you? The movie Grease starred John Travolta and... Olivia Newton-John. Dave Dobbyn, definitely KIwi as well and that song was the theme song for the movie "Footrot Flats" from the comic books. Watch it if you can and have a look at those comic books. That will help you understand Australian and Kiwi humour better. The original singer for AC/DC was Bon Scott, who was born in Scotland. Worth looking them up when he was the front man, died young unfortunately.

[@bblake5116]

You need to listen to them in full. Brilliant songs

[@scottgordon4360]

especially redgum. What a song.

[@jackhammer_au9961]

Fun Fact: - In the clip of the song Bop Girl the redheaded girl floating in the pool is none other than Nicole Kidman. She appears throughout the video clip.

[@davinagurl6032]

was written by Ross wilson from daddy cool, the singers husband

[@janemacintyre9801]

Wow - just had too go and watch it!

[@pixie3760]

Oh, I didn't know that. I must go and watch it again. Very cool fact thanks 😊

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@pixie3760It was before Nicole started her movie career. I think it was her first role of any type.

[@traceywolf2154]

I really don't think that the songs were played too briefly for anyone... and since when was Jason Donavon ever so popular!!! I can't believe he didn't know of all the bands that AC/DC was Australian! 😂😂😂

[@miarobloxgamer9030]

I was only 19 is one of those songs that sends chills down your spine ,like no other song I have heard

[@jennym007]

As an Australian who grew up in the eighties, I was singing along to (nearly) all of these songs. 😁. Love them ❤❤❤ The only ones I didn't know the words to was Jason Donovan. He was big as an actor in Neighbours, then went to London where we never really heard of him again. The rest...ICONIC Australian LEGENDS!!❤❤ 🇦🇺

[@Jillybeans140]

Me too!! ❤️

[@Jovixgal]

Dragon, Split Enz, and the founding half of Crowded House are New Zealand legends. You have enough iconic bands, you can't go claiming ours too! (obviously I'm joking and playing off the trans-Tasman rivalry)

[@rjswas]

Jason Donavan, not missing much lol

[@timp7090]

"Australia's Justin Bieber" (of the 80s) is pretty bang on, though. :D

[@davewaterworth8846]

I just saw Jason Donovan in The Rocky Horror Show in Sydney!

[@huggledemon32]

I laughed so much when he mentioned “Grease” and then later on didn’t know Olivia Newton-John, who was the FEMALE LEAD in “Grease”! Lol

[@bobbinsinc1]

She's english anyway and sounds like a screating cat!

[@huggledemon32]

@@bobbinsinc1 actually she’s Australian🤷‍♀️👍🏻 but fair enough!- every one’s entitled to their opinions👍🏻

[@bobbinsinc1]

@huggledemon32 Born in Cambridge England and given title of Dame...may have lived here for a while but is definitely British Australian, if you want to say that!

[@alisonshaw643]

@@bobbinsinc1 you silly bum bum :)

[@bobbinsinc1]

@@alisonshaw643 hugh?

[@buckinbronc21]

SO much great music in Australia, in the eighties. So many fabulous solo artists and incredible bands. We have given great gifts to the world, for sure.

[@AngelaCoustley]

I love how John Farnham is singing in his own videos and then the time he was with Little River Band come through too

[@kontrast4361]

Remember the days when Aussies pioneered pub rock and we were in hot demand at one point AC/DC, Midnight oil, INXS, Australian Crawl, cold chisel, ice house, crowded house the fkn list goes on and on

[@TheHandymanQld]

i saw all of them at my local pubs, cost only a few bucks to get in, drinks were cheap, crowds were probably a couple of hundred if that, no trouble and you'd most likely end up with a "friend" until the sunrise.

[@commodorenut]

And you could sit just a few feet away from these awesome musicians. No security guards or fences either.

[@susie9893]

I still remember a few pubs you could still get great bands at and that whole great easy vibe well into the 00's but then suddenly nothing. That era was over. Now they have terrible music and I guess bands who have truly great talent have nowhere to make a start

[@TheHandymanQld]

@@susie9893 Yes, no good pub venues for bands to play these days. If a band does play in such a setting it'd most likely be in a "Tavern" that allows children, the music'd be rubbish and people would be having their lunch or playing the pokies. Anyway, if there was a good pub to watch a great band of a night time my guess the patrons would be misbehaving, high on pills and not really there for the music but to be seen..

[@susie9893]

@@TheHandymanQld although, I'm speaking for the Sydney scene. I believe the old pub scene held on longer in other places - so maybe there are still some hold out places somewhere 🤞🤞

[@bryndaldwyre3099]

Olivia Newton John played Sandy in Grease. The movie you mentioned near the start of your video.

[@judithstrachan9399]

She was definitely in her 30s, 33 or 35, I think.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

You don't need to react, just to listen? Xanadu was a movie too.

[@35manning]

​@@kathleenmayhorne3183decades later and I still don't understand what the movie Xanadu was about.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

@@35manning greek mythology.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

@@judithstrachan9399 at 27 she thought she was too old, John Travolta convinced her with his blue blue eyes.

[@stephenrafter1980]

Music is universal. It transcends through time, race, and country to everybody.

[@tweakintrax6097]

Cold Chisel were one of Australia's tough rock acts there are some legendary stories from their time on the Australian pub touring scene .

[@roslynjonsson2383]

Yep, AC/DC sure are Australian. In 2001, I won $500 USD in a pub in Beardstown Illinois, from a loud mouthed American who refused to believe it. He never argued with me again after that 😂🤣😂🤣

[@doraexplora9046]

If I'm right. Blacktown, Sydney?

[@tanyiabailey4792]

That is cool 😂

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@tanyiabailey4792 I thought so at the time 🤣🤣. I don't know any traveler who says no to extra spending money lol

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@doraexplora9046 Nah mate, I'm a West Aussie.

[@lindaadams5030]

😂😂😂😂

[@TenOrbital]

Divinyls were amazing. They were the Australian Chrissie Hynde / Pretenders.

[@susie9893]

Had totally forgotten about the Divinyls - and my sister would be appalled at me, they were her fav!

[@lesflynn4455]

Divinyls were a real quality band. Their music stands the test of time, and they still have a following internationally, despite Chrissie Amphlett's passing, RIP. There are many serious musicians all over the world who admire the Divinyls.

[@jennyt7612]

If you like this Aus music from the 80's then you'll love the songs from the 1970's - it was a magic time for music. Best wishes from Sydney Australia

[@donnapearman7295]

Yes, I wish the 70's music scene got as much attention as the 80's!

[@Mary.Quantum426]

Yep, I was a kiwi Skyhooks fan. Still love their music.😄

[@metalhorse3788]

As an American expat in Oz , check out more bands. One of the many reasons I love Australia . Rose tattoo, the angels and goanna are awesome. And Australian people tend to claim talented folks from other countries when they become stars. A few of those songs are covers as well! When Olivia passed it was pretty much a day of mourning. She was a national treasure . Rock on dude!

[@nighttrainfm7451]

How can Noiseworks - Touch, Take Me Back or Home not be on this list - insane!!

[@09EvoX]

I suppose Jason Donovan pushed them out 😂

[@christygentz7332]

Noiseworks are Kiwi, aren’t they?

[@stanleybayou3826]

Agree! Touch is iconic.

[@davidlp3019]

Saw John Stevens down at Cronulla on Australia Day. Bloody Brilliant. Nothing like a massive crowd singing take me back.

[@jmilne5751]

They are Kiwis....

[@frank4792]

Kylie is still going strong today and won a Grammy this year for Padam Padam, check it out the best song of the year in my opinion. Love Kylie

[@adanianking]

YES

[@richardharrison284]

She got a lifetime achievement award at the brit awards this past Saturday

[@cameronsmith5968]

She has had a #1 album in every single decade since the 80s. That's 5 decades in a row with a #1 album

[@user-bn4jk8gn1k]

jeez, what a terrible song though, the songwriting is bleugh, did she have 8 other songwriters coming up with that genuis ? I was a Kylie fan in the 80s. edit: only 2 people wrote that drivel, and Kylie was NOT one of them.

[@amattes1960]

Song of the summer!

[@marealanham2900]

Jason and Kylie both started out as soap opera stars and then moved to England. Jason became a musical theatre West End performer and Kylie became very popular as a singer, she is now known worldwide and is still putting out new material. Her sister, Danni, also went to England and was very successful there. I don't know who compiled this list but Dragon and Crowded House/Split Enz are from New Zealand. Also Jason Donovan and Rick Springfield didn't have a huge number of hits in Australia, there are so many other performers who were better and more successful. Can't believe you had never heard of Olivia Newton John, she was big here, the UK and the US. She starred in Xanadu with Gene Kelly and she was Sandy in Grease.

[@dancollins8338]

Aussie music ruled in the 80's and 90's. Great time to be alive!!

[@zwieseler]

Bon Scott, the original singer with ACCADACCA is buried in Fremantle cemetery. They installed a gate near his grave for easy access. There's also a statue of him in Fremantle. Yes, you should def check out "I Was Only 19".

[@mjr320]

Dave Evans was actually AC/DC first lead vocalist

[@zwieseler]

@@mjr320 Yep, and Dennis Loughlin from Sherbet occasionally did lead vocals as well. But let’s face it, they didn’t take off until Bon arrived and they recorded High Voltage (the album).

[@mariecarr5813]

I saw AC/DC play with Bon Scott at a local Western Australian beachside hotel back in 1973. Saw quite a few of these bands in pub sessions back in the 1970s, including Icehouse (the guy singing "you must be crazy...") and Slim Dusty back in 1971. Cost .50c to get in to see him. That was in Esperance, WA

[@dontbeasheeple5883]

Yeah nah, he's not buried in Freo cemetery but there is a memorial to him in there. He's actually buried in a private location known only to his family.

[@jeanwilson717]

As another poster had said, Bon is not buried in Freo cemetary. He has a plaque in the lawn section, there is a memorial gate from the main road into that part of the cemetary, and his family donated a seat nearby for people to sit. I visit it often as parents and in-laws are in the same cemetary. There's always little tokens left behind - cans and bottles. There's a new movie bio being made in Australia about him. Should be great.

[@coraliemoller3896]

The singer of ‘Great Southern Land’ with short hair is the same one with the long curly mullet hairstyle in two earlier songs. The band is Icehouse.

[@mamajojo70]

Iva Davies - brilliant singer

[@duncangreig1]

@@MissCuddlyKoala Icehouse played a lunchtime gig at our high school in the early 80s - as the flowers. Iva was going out with one of our English teachers at the time.

[@biancanagy3342]

And they were awesome 👌

[@pauldixon1766]

I actually preferred them as Flowers

[@kirra72]

Played at my mate's 21st when they were known as Flowers.

[@SydneyAstrologySchool]

I cant believe Ryan doesn't know these people. Olivia is huge in America as well as Australia and Kylie is too now. Its wonderful to see what amazing talent and songwriting has come from Australia. Truly Iconic songs!!!

[@ythomitnellum]

There are some interconnections between these: Kylie, who is one of the biggest global superstars for 30+ years, dated Michael Hutchence, the lead vocalist of INXS, and starred with (and married on-screen) in Neighbours, arguably Australia’s biggest TV export, and they both broke through musically with the British writer/producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman who had a veritable conveyor belt of cheesy pop hits in the 80’s.

[@MikMech]

In 1986 *INXS* were probably the biggest band in the world!

[@vinsgraphics]

My first concert, seeing them in Mackay, Q. “The Swing” is their best album, IMO.

[@thrusta100]

1987, Kick

[@Aaron_the_amazing]

I mean there biggest point was in 1988

[@pezozpezoz]

And the Yanks referred to them as the INKS. Were shocked when they learnt what it meant.

[@JOVONO]

More like 1988 and if you want to stretch it out maybe 1988 to 1991 Their career defining album came out in 1987 with the singles off that album mostly being released the following year with the band relentlessly touring during that year

[@joandsarah77]

Olivia Newton John was an icon. She was the female star in Greece. She died Aug 2022 of breast cancer. Same year and month that Judith Durham passed away, Australia was in a bit of shock.

[@makeitwithalex4483]

Grease

[@darrenboney124]

We was devastated... you will never get us back again.. unless you request us... from brother D❤❤❤😊

[@darrenboney124]

FROM AUSTRALIA

[@minnihapy2722]

Nobody knows who Judith Durham is....

[@jodiehovenden315]

​@minnihapy2722 they were worldwide in the 60s

[@angelacannington1402]

I wish 1927 continued… the lead singers voice was sensational… “That’s when I think of you” and “If I could” are still my all time faves

[@LR-ww9du]

Not the first American to not know that ACDC are Australian ..!

[@coraliemoller3896]

Vogue. Rogue. Minogue.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Yanks cant handle spelling of even Smith

[@wendykaplar8428]

He got it right once lol...made some weird pronouncements though

[@worldofrach2027]

How does he not know who she is!?

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Jason Donovan took the ride with Kylie because they were costars in an Aussie soap BUT none of us took him seriously😂

[@feralpossum6529]

Or her. Neighbours launched them both. Work ethic is what has persevered Kylie and the lack of addiction to substances.

[@linmal2242]

@@feralpossum6529Yes, v well said. !

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@linmal2242The main thing with Kylie was she broke away from the teeny bopper music and adapted. Her music grew as her audience did. So she is doing different stuff now to the beginning, and you don't feel embarrassed if you listen to her now or followed her then. Very clever marketing. Many artists are too stubborn to change for their audience but Kylie did.

[@tracyr400]

I don't think many took either of them seriously lol

[@MsSassyjazz]

Pseudo Echo's Funky Town was a cover of the song by Lipps Inc (lip-sync, get it?), Kylie's Loco Motion was a cover of Carole King's song, that's why you recognised the songs. Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan were young soapie stars who turned to pop. Kylie has done really well and is still big in the UK today. Your comment that she's Australia's Madonna is pretty spot on. 😊 Jason Donovan went on to theatre and didn't really make it in music.

[@ingridalexandrovics3819]

Thanks Ryan for a trip down memory lane. I went to a lot of these bands concerts and/or more likely pubs when they were little known and therefore happened to know some of them personally. There was a huge jump in live music in Australia when start ups could play 'anywhere and everywhere' and I was there. Then they became famous! The late 70's and early 80's was a place to be back then. It was a phenomenal time to be involved in the the music scene! It was probably the most exciting time of my life...

[@KezzaG-dj8ed]

Ryan, ryan, ryan - of course you know Olivia! You mentioned Grease, she played Sandy, the main character. PS if you like rock, listen to more Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel, should be right up your alley.

[@SB-yl1mt]

"The beer does flow and men chunder 😅" Thats the line in Men at Works Down Under

[@judithstrachan9399]

No. I think that line might have been “where women blow & men thunder” “Where women throw & men chunder” came later. Typical Ozzie attitude: use a song about bodily functions to stick it to Americas Cup.

[@vtbn53]

Of course he won't know what "chunder" means...

[@nelsondawson9706]

@@judithstrachan9399 it's where women glow and men plunder in the first and third chorus

[@annewilson8454]

Traveling in a fried-out Kombi On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said "Do you come from a land down under Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover" Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was six-foot-four and full of muscle I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich And he said "I come from a land down under Where beer does flow and men chunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover, yeah" Lying in a den in Bombay With a slack jaw and not much to say I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me? Because I come from the land of plenty" And he said Oh, "Do you come from a land down under? (Oh, yeah-yeah) Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover", 'cause we are Living in a land down under Where women glow and men plunder (yeah) Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (Thunder) You better-better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under Where women glow and men plunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? Ooh, yeah You better run, you better take cover Where women glow and men plunder Can't you, can't you hear the thunder? (Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?) You better run, you better take cover Living in a land down under (living in a land down under) Where women glow and men plunder Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?

[@judithstrachan9399]

@@annewilson8454 I hope you listened to the song & heard all the words yourself, and aren’t just relying on a Yank- or AI- generated web page. I’ve read some of those that just don’t ‘get’ Aussie words.

[@commodorenut]

Every week in the 80s the top 40 was full of great Aussie bands - many of them still iconic to this day. When new songs were released, we all knew who the band was before we knew the title. They all had a unique sound, real talent (ok, questionable on actors turned pop stars) and no auto-tune. You could read the top 40 list and instantly know 90% of the songs. In recent times (the last 2 decades) there’s barely an Aussie in the top 10, let alone top 40, and most people wouldn’t have a clue about 70% of the songs in the top 10. Thank god for small independent labels pumping out real talent, because all the big labels are simply doing manufactured pop tart rubbish that all follow the same terrible recipe.

[@SarahBramham]

Loved watching this as an Aussie from the ‘80’s!!

[@caltravels9454]

After Olivia Newton-John passed, Foo Fighters had custom bass kick drum skins made in her honor, not many people noticed that.

[@goodgame3374]

They made her into drum skins!? That's terrible

[@IanM-id8or]

It's quite interesting that the Australian accent comes through so well in Men at Work's songs - the lead singer was Scottish :-)

[@rossbrumby1957]

They had an aussie theme going though.

[@MattBlack6]

The Australian accent comes through quite well with Cold Chisel as well.

[@daviddempsey8721]

Kylie Minogue (Min-o-g) and Jason Donovan were actors in the soap opera "Neighbours" before singing careers took off. And yes, I thought you'd know ONJ when she sang Physical. "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "I was only 19" are two war protest songs you should review some time - it helps explain the spirit of the Anzac soldiers sent off from a tiny, fledgling country to WWI and then the Vietnam war.

[@fordmangtho351]

Had to have a chuckle when you said the Aussie accent came through in Down Under. Colin Hay was born in Scotland and moved to Australia when he was 14. He still has his Scottish accent

[@trig1900]

Crazy facts: AC/DC used to play the Sunday afternoon session at my local pub [Leederville Hotel] in Perth, Western Australia. The music was just as iconic then as it is now; the session was always packed. The 'Highway to Hell' song is about a stretch of the Canning Highway between one pub they played at [the Raffles Hotel, Applecross] and another pub in Fremantle. They would drive from one to the other between gigs and usually 'downing a few' beers... hence, highway to hell.

[@RoxanneScourfield]

My dad worked at the family hotel as a barman in the late 70s and 80s in Sydney. He got to know all the bands before they were big. We had an autograph book with a lot of the lead singers signatures in it. It's long gone now

[@helenlesley5456]

And Russel the lead singer from Air Supply worked at Radio Rentals in Artarmon in Sydney doing office work.. he was so quiet… he played in a local band and eventually got noticed when he applied for a part in a stage play which is where he met the tall blond American … they clicked and formed the group Air Supply and the rest is history

[@linmal2242]

@@RoxanneScourfield Sad

[@KazToohey]

You have no idea about the brilliance of Australian musicians.

[@rossmcnab7181]

Pity Colin Hay, Bon Scott, Angus and Malcolm Young are all Scottish

[@childrensorg856]

That's the bubble they (Americans) live in.

[@helensadeik400]

@@rossmcnab7181 Yep i grew up next to Jimmy Barnes and all you mentioned are great Scots as i am a Scottish Australian. These singers are brilliant Aussies

[@fordmangtho351]

@@rossmcnab7181all great Scots, who emigrated to Australia when they were young

[@elcardil]

Holy guacamole! I did not realise Rick Springfield was an Australian born rock icon. I mean Jessie's Girl.!? How iconic is that?

[@robchisholm2697]

What an epic play list. . . Love it😊😊😊

[@lindyroberts4174]

You know Olivia Newton-John, she was Sandy, the female lead in Grease. Check out John Farnham with the Melbourne symphony orchestra doing 'Help'. You can use the song, comment/react with stopping the song a couple of times. I have observed other channels who react to songs. Australia has some fantastic musicians, song writers and bands in the world.

[@kennethsuico2335]

He even mentioned Grease when Cold Chisel came on

[@andrewholliday251]

ONJ's 'Physical' was a US number 1 for weeks. I call Ryan's bluff. He's bullshitting.

[@Jeni10]

John Farnham has retired but he’s a living legend here at home. We all love him to bits! He’s the best example of an Aussie Larrikin you’ll find anywhere! 🇦🇺❤️❤️❤️. There are many reactions to his songs on YT and since you seem not to know who he is, (he’s remained loyal to Australia since the late sixties), you should look for everything you can find, learn his songs and enjoy them for the rest of your life! He has an amazing vocal range and a voice that can handle any genre. Jimmy Barnes, former lead singer of Cold Chisel, and John have sung together a few times and their voices merge into a phenomenon! Read comments on videos so you can learn even more from fans who know and love these guys, especially John! Watch lots of interviews with John too, so you get to know who he is as a human being! 🥰🥰🥰🇦🇺

[@mariettew-b9629]

He’s all that & so much more. His sense of humour & the fact he always acknowledges others, back up vocals, solo guitar etc ♥️♥️♥️

[@Jeni10]

@@mariettew-b9629 Yes! Plus he’s always been willing to share the stage with other artists or take a step back to let them shine! John has humility. I remember many years ago, I attended one of his concerts and after the show ended, everyone made their way to the carpark out the back of the venue, a multi-storey carpark, but not many left, most of us stayed and waited for John to exit the building because we wanted to cheer for him one last time. We waited, and waited, and finally, out he came, and the entire carpark erupted with cheers, whistles and applause. John stood there and accepted it all, for a couple of minutes, and then he began to signal us so we would stop. His finger went up to his lips 🤫🤫 and he kept lowering his hands until there was absolute silence. At the top of his lungs, he shouted, “THANK YOU!!!” And we all cheered again! I think everyone’s heart was on fire, I know mine was! This guy had just spent the last couple of hours singing, joking and interacting with us from the stage, and we wanted to love him! He allowed us to do that and then thanked us sincerely! I pray for his full recovery and a blessed retirement. God bless you, John! 🙏🥰🇦🇺

[@annhaworth4514]

@@Jeni10 He also was the lead singer of LRB for a time as well. Awesome guy

[@kristyholden2947]

Yep, John's vocal of "Help" with the Melbourne symphony orchestra is one of my favourite performances ever. It changed that song for me, it was so raw.

[@jodiehovenden315]

​@@kristyholden2947just thinking about it gave me chills!

[@RoscoeM1974]

The video for Bop Girl by Pat Wilson featured a young Nicole Kidman. The song was written by her then husband, Ross Wilson, lead singer of Mondo Rock.

[@buckinbronc21]

Air Supply, Icehouse, Crowded House, AC/DC, Cold Chisel, INXS, Kylie, Olivia, John Farnham. LOVE YOU ALL!

[@kirk5152]

Kylie Minogue just won a Grammy last month for padam padam. She also had a number 1 single in the US in the early 2000s with "can't get you out of my head"

[@andreamackander3044]

I thought he would have known that too, about Kylie just winning a Grammy.

[@coraliemoller3896]

The first song you mentioned “The Age of Reason” was sung by John Farnham, ‘The Voice’, a legendary Aussie who had a hit with another song “You’re The Voice. He had many hits in several decades in Oz. He was also the last singer. “You’re The Voice.

[@judithstrachan9399]

He revived his career in the last 70s/early 80s. He’d been a heartthrob in the early 70s, kept performing but didn’t have a BIG hit for quite a while. Still going, still loved.

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

Never liked "The Voice". The line 'with the power to be powerful' - just awful, and deeply naïve. Power always means the power to make other people do as you say, powerfulness always means powerlessness for someone else, and cannot mean anything else. I prefer "Age of Reason".

[@coraliemoller3896]

@@PaulMurrayCanberra He sang it but didn’t write it.

[@r.fairlie7186]

@@PaulMurrayCanberra The lyrics obviously meant a lot more to the Germans in the mid-1980s when John Farnham sang “You’re The Voice” to them. It was a big hit there and all throughout Europe and became a catalyst for the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Germany in 1989. Just as well we don’t all have the same taste in music.

[@parramaniac6155]

@@PaulMurrayCanberra you're so confidently wrong lol Look up what the song is about. It's literally nothing like what you've assumed, hell you might like the song again if you understand the meaning of it.

[@raechellecremer5120]

Jason Donavan was Kylie Minogue's acting partner in Neighbours. They were young lovers who got married. They both then left Neighbours, and Kylie's career skyrocketed, while Jason's still around, but nowhere near as well known.

[@showbag4041]

OMG Olivia Newton-John and Kylie MinoGoo🤣, ACDC... As an Aussie it just goes to show how many of our international icons are either presumed to be American or not known by Americans under 40🤦‍♂

[@allisongrattidge4154]

Slang for AC/DC is Akkadakka, Aussie music institution. I highly recommend checking out INXS, full songs. All these songs are awesome, and way better than the music being produced today.

[@Donna-C]

Live from Wembley 😊

[@AFinOz]

Loved that!!! Joe Dolce's "Shaduppa you face" brings back memories. "It's a not so bad, it's a nice a place, Ahh shaduppa you face!!" 😂😂 Split Enz and Dave Dobbyn aren't Aussie - gotta credit our NZ cousins.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Joe Dolce was born in Ohio America of Italian parents. Came to Aus um, he wasn’t young. Must look it up.

[@lindaadams5030]

The best laugh.

[@user-bn4jk8gn1k]

@@bernadettelanders7306 somehow I can't see "shaddupya face" going down in the USA. it was such a classic in australia though.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@user-bn4jk8gn1k Neither can I lol He’s still here in Aus. He’s related to a friend of mine. I’ve never met him though. He’s aged of course, totally bald now. He’s here to stay.

[@AnneDowson-vp8lg]

I never knew Joe Dolce could be counted as Australian. He played an Italian in a British sitcom called 'Mind Your Language ' about a class of adults learning English as a second language. Shaddap Your Face famously kept Vienna by Ultravox off the number one spot in the British Top Ten.

[@lynnnicholas5832]

Ryan I highly recommend you listen to these in full

[@suebailey4263]

Have you googled the lyrics of Land Down Under? Split Enz were from New Zealand, so they can be called 'Down Under', as some of us call NZ the seventh state (as a joke). Rick Springfield is an Aussie/US singer/actor. ONJ - 'Grease', Koala Blue was one of her brands. Jason Donovan was also 'Joseph' in ALW's Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, and Jason & Kyle were in the early days of Neighbours. The Locomotion was a big hit in 1962 by Little Evie.

[@jurgentreue1200]

The 1980s were the golden years of Australian music. Iva Davies from Icehouse is an incredibly talented musician. Classically trained oboist. David Bowie once said, if he didn't have his own voice, he'd have Iva Davies' voice.

[@commodorenut]

I think Iva’s version of Bowie’s “heroes” is one of the best cover songs ever done. Iva is an amazing composer too.

[@Jeni10]

Kylie Minogue (rhymes with vogue) moved to England where her career took off. She’s still there, working and visiting home occasionally. Her successful sister is Dannii Minogue, who lives and works in Australia.

[@ralsharp6013]

😂 clearly not gay if he doesn't know who Kylie Minogue is😂😂

[@LawrenceAkers]

Kylie actually moved her central home back to Australia a couple of years back... she's just rarely in it since she spends a lot of time in Vegas lately for her residency.

[@johntaylor6654]

Where woman glow and men plunder, also where beer flows and men chunder. The lyrics to this song sum up an Aussie travelling overseas, I love it.

[@thisismetoday]

You sound like you’ve never heard the name Kylie Minogue

[@nolasyeila6261]

Ryan - when you watched the video about Eurovision, you saw Olivia Newton-John and said she looked like the girl that played Sandy in Grease - only to realise that was because she WAS the girl who played Sandy in Grease. Now you say she looks iconic but you don't know her? Oh dear.... 😂

[@dangermouse3619]

I was only 19 by Red Gum you should really do a vid on and more of these. You can play the songs just stop once or twice during it and talk about it. Then you won't get demonetised.

[@interestedparty5]

I can't listen to "I was only 19" without getting a tear in my eye. An interesting hip hop version by "The Herd" is also worth a listen.

[@seabreeze3906]

Many of the actors in Grease WERE either side of 30, you weren’t imagining things. Kylie Minogue has been having hit albums since late 80’s, she’s currently doing a residency in Vegas.

[@kevintilley5487]

This was fun to watch. Love most of those bands!!

[@perryschafer5996]

I went to high school with the Young brothers from AC/DC. Their older brother George was in a band called the Easybeats. They had a couple of hits as well.

[@stuartmcquade3407]

Don't forget George was in Flash and the Pan with his old easybeats bandmate Harry Vanda who had a couple of hits ..Hey St Peter..Down amongst the Dead Men and song that was later covered by Grace Jones...Walking in the Rain

[@nolajoy7759]

Easybeats were great! They had lots of hits...I still rate "Friday on my Mind" as one of the top ten Aussie songs. The collective skill set of the Young brothers was amazing. Angus is a dead set LEGEND. RIP George and Malcolm. 😢

[@perryschafer5996]

@@nolajoy7759 Yeah. I was understating the Easybeats achievements. Come and see her was a favourite. I remember the story about Paul McCartney ringing a London radio station and requesting them to play Friday on my mind.

[@warrenbridges1891]

@perryschafer5996 My brother also went to Ashfield Boys High. I went to Homebush.

[@warrenbridges1891]

@@stuartmcquade3407 Angus and Malcolm also played with George in his studio project Marcus Hook Roll Band.

[@dougcox3990]

"Is AC/DC from Australia?" We would describe most of our artists as 'Australian made, from imported ingredients.' Many of our biggest stars were born in England, Scotland, New Zealand, etc, and immigrated here when they were young.

[@7thlittleleopard7]

True, but to be fair, most Australians are also "Australian made, from imported ingredients" in some capacity. XD

[@jamesfrench7299]

Not born and bred aussies. Same with much of the acting fraternity even a couple of recent PMs. Home grown talent?

[@7thlittleleopard7]

@@jamesfrench7299 Born and bred with extra ingredients from other countries. Unless you're fully Aboriginal or Torres Straight, which I'm about 84% you ain't.

[@jamesfrench7299]

How do you know they wouldn't have become a bigger phenomenon if they were based in the Northern hemisphere? Their location is irrelevant.

[@AnnaMno1]

​@@7thlittleleopard7Those of us who are Aboriginal don't do 'part' or 'fully' you either are or you aren't, and I believe the same would be true for the Torres Straight Islander people

[@davidschembri5315]

I love how he says Colin Hay's Australian accent comes through...... Man's Scottish!

[@roguesprinter]

How about the strong Australian accent from Cold Chisel, though..? 💁‍♂️

[@TheBaconeaterz]

Accents don't come out when singing Grow a brain

[@sarahross1150]

I was a 90's kid so my mum played so much 80's aussie rock in our house. It feels like the soundtrack to my childhood

[@kenmccall3226]

Ryan, Kylie Monogue is still huge in the UK and has been a big hit artist for the last 30plus years. If the USA weren't so preoccupied in promoting only their own artists, they would discover a wealth of good music from alot of other countries around the world. The internet thankfully, has opened the world to alot of ignorant Americans on lots of topics.

[@waynedwyer6509]

Yeh but I bet the Poms still watch Neighbours

[@yvonnegill2155]

Except Tina Turner. The US refused to play her on the radio and when she toured aussie they loved her. The aussies still have Nutbush events. Gotta love em for that.

[@susie9893]

​@@yvonnegill2155yup, we loved Tina Turner - I think it was the rawness of her music. We tend not to go for really high gloss stuff

[@WizardsLore]

This comment hasnt aged well...she jsut won a grammy for BDUMM BDUMM best dance song of the year

[@SpoonsInDaHouse]

​​@@yvonnegill2155 did you know that the nutbush dance in only an aussie thing? If you go to the states and do it, even in the town of Nutbush itself, people will look at you like you're a weirdo. Edit: I just realised, you're not from down here so you probably have no idea what I'm talking about re, the nutbush dance 🤣

[@MaryRaine929]

🇦🇺Thanks Australia! So many cool songs. I love AC/DC, John Farnham‘s „The Voice“ and Rick Springfield‘s „Celebrate Youth“! But what really killed me is that cringy Kylie+Jason „Especially For You“ duet: I learned the whole lyrics of the Kylie part by heart as a kid in Germany🇩🇪 with almost no knowledge of English back then. Listening to the song right now, it brings me close to tears to realize I still know every single word! 🥲😂 „And all the love I have is especially for you…“

[@RDPproject]

Pat Wilson - Bop Girl. If you look at where you paused the video. The tall girl in the background with frizzy red hair. That's *Nicole Kidman.* She was a DOLLY magazine covergirl, did small bits here and there and then did BMX Bandits which basically launched her career.

[@patchfortyfour8119]

As an Aussie, I love how we claim all the great bands from New Zealand as our own....close enough.. lol , its like "oh, there from Canada...it still America right?"