Australian Crawl | Boys Light Up ( 1981 ) Reaction

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[@noelleggett5368]

If you like Aussie Crawl, you’ll love their most beautiful ballad: Reckless! Australian Crawl was part of the soundtrack of growing up in Australia in the late 70s and 80s. The lead singer with the appalling diction is Mr James Reyne, who also had a decent career as a solo artist and an actor. (He played the bad guy guy on the iconic TV mini-series ‘Return to Eden’.) Seriously, check out ‘Reckless’… such a beautiful ballad. Very much a song of Sydney.

[@Tully_23_32]

Yeah nah mate , Reckless is brilliant it's on my playlist

[@darrenmac6146]

Guy McDonough also sang lead for the band, it’s a shame that he passed so young

[@reg171reg]

Not to be confused with “breakfast” by Mr Floppy

[@godnnat]

@@darrenmac6146 oh no not you again .. RIP GUY!

[@artemisxw8708]

As the Manly ferry...makes it way into Circular Quay...

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

"Reckless" and" Oh Errol", two of their best. They were an exciting band to see live in the days when Bands played at every Pub.

[@christophernicola9293]

Aussie pub bands were the best back in the day.. chisel, acdc, the angels, Aussie crawl, inxs, Rose tatoo .. too many to mention . I'm glad you're getting to experience it for yourself

[@hollygranger3734]

Wow this song reminds me of summer in the 80’s in the back seat of Mums Kingswood with all 5 kids packed in the car and this song blaring while we eat sunnyboys! Thanks for another great reaction, this song really doesn’t portray how beautiful James’ voice is, I love his song Reckless

[@christophernicola9293]

I miss sunny boys ❤❤❤

[@jessicahudswell14]

Wow I’d forgotten all about sunny boys! Best part was drinking the melted bit outta the triangle at the end 🤣🤣

[@hollygranger3734]

@@jessicahudswell14 such an awkward shape to eat but so much joy!

[@hollygranger3734]

@@christophernicola9293 I know, such a shame!

[@blacksorrento4719]

@@hollygranger3734 yes they were so cheap and lasted for ages. Probably took themselves off the market, because they were such good value, especially on a long Australian summer car trip. Kept us quiet in the back…….

[@carolynmck6046]

Midnight oil are another great Aussie band in this era, they sang about a lot of indigenous issues , so many great songs .... beds are burning is one and my fav blue sky mine :-)

[@adamcooper1898]

Very true! My first ever concert was age 14 front row at the Tennis Center in Melbourne 1990 Midnight Oil. What great memories.

[@paulcooper5748]

He might be freaked out by peter garrets dancing.

[@joanneo5013]

You would love Dynamic Hepnotics singing Soul Kind Of Feeling!

[@barnowl5774]

Yes, yes, yes!!! I love this song and there is a video to go with it. It's such a great song to dance to. After searching for it for some time I finally found it on a mix of artists CD.

[@emilymcpaul4204]

YESSSSSSS

[@Sunnygirl01]

Australian Crawl, another iconic Aussie band. James Reyne is an amazing entertainer, but maaaan no one could ever understand what he was singing 😂 he was the subject of many comedy sketches 😂 Shut Down is another great song of theirs. One of my favourite songs, thanks for reacting to it 😊

[@iancremmins4727]

haha even now i need subtitles

[@kylies6822]

😂😂 Straight away I'm thinking D Generation with the subtitles..."Rising damp" "You're the best audience we've ever had" "Goodnight woah"

[@olivercameron399]

They Have An Overwhelming Amount Of Good Songs That I Can't Even Name Them All.

[@wendymorrison5803]

The whole band grew up in an an affluent suburb near the best beaches in the state. They surfed, sang, got a local following. The huge live music scene was their playground. This song, is a satire on the lifestyle they saw around them as teens. The artificiality and materialism.

[@bluecloudrevs6383]

Thanks for covering Australia ❤

[@jgsheehan8810]

Ohhh, those were the days. i was 19 in 1981, happy days. i went to see Australian Crawl on their last tour in the late 1980s the last wave i think the tour was called. You should react to the singer's solo stuff, I recommend "Fall of Rome" it's a blast.

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

James Reyne on vocals n Brad Robinson on lead guitar , Simon Bnks on guitar, Guy McDonough on guitar, , Paul Williams on bass, John Watson on drums , David Reyne , James’s brother also played drums for a time

[@aussiekat6379]

Aww! Love that you loved it. It’s a iconic song here in Australia from a great Aussie Band. They were a huge part of my teenage years saw them with they came to town love all our Aussie band from the 70s and 80s pub rock ruled back then with live rock 🥰🇦🇺

[@pricey6177]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Didn't think you would watch Aussie Crawl after i recommended them in one of your Farnzy clips. Good stuff mate

[@delilahparnell8285]

Aaah 1981. That was the year I saw Aussie Crawl in my home town and was sitting in their ‘Lucky Seat’ in the theatre. So they gave me a surfboard. 🏄🏻‍♀️ I sold that and bought a new wardrobe of shiny disco clothes to hit the dance floor in. Thanks so much, Aussie Crawl. I still love you guys. 💚

[@leemackie8434]

One of the best of Australia 🇦🇺 they used to play at our Pub💗💗💗🇦🇺👏👏👏💗

[@mcgoondianaruth2187]

G'day from Australia!❤️🌺 Awesome reaction, much appreciated brother! 👌

[@Zaknyfein]

I saw Crawl in Coffs Harbour, when they played this song, it seemed like an instant blue haze of smoke appeared over the crowd!

[@podlettte]

So many cultural references in 70's and 80's Aussie songs. 'Strategically positioned before the midday show" was a reference to "The Midday show", which yes started at midday and was a long running chat show, strategically timed for nap time (so I was told by a friend's dad who worked in TV at the time). Stay at home mum's were the audience.

[@baird55aus]

Just to explain some lyrics. 'the garden it is dorseted' is a play on words in reference to a hotel nightspot called the Dorset gardens.

[@mista2621]

I had their song 'Oh No not you again ' stuck in my head the last few days

[@jockmcque3018]

When I came to Australia from Scotland I didn't know this guy was speaking English. Took a lot of beers and a CD left behind from a party for me to realise. HE IS SPEAKING ENGLISH.

[@gracemarino7374]

Part of the soundtrack of my 20s, sweet,sweet memories ❤️❤️❤️

[@FionaEm]

Australian Crawl were a huge band locally, but I don't think they made it in the US (or even tried, for that matter). They'd only been together for a couple of years in 1981, but they wrote some amazing songs. The mid-70s to mid-80s was an incredibly creative time in Aussie music. Band toured relentlessly and became very polished performers, whether or not they made it big overseas. James Reyne, the singer in Aussie Crawl, still performs solo today.

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

Saw them play about half a dozen times , always a great party

[@crazycatllady3675]

the phrase ` boys light up` refers to they`ve had a few drinks and get a bit noisy or sometimes fight. lead singer, james reyne, went on to have a solo career. check out songs, motors to fast, hammerhead, one more river and slave. he also did a duet with aussie country singer ,james blundell, singing a cover version of the . DINGOES, way out west - highly recommend that song.

[@NaomiNunya]

We still play this song at barbecues, can’t beat good Aussie pub music to set the tone

[@jasonandbelindajordan5044]

Great Aussie band, grew up loving them, thanks for the reaction, love your work👍

[@kristidewar6296]

I’m 39. As a kid this was legitimately my FAVOURITE band. I don’t know why, I just love how James is someone who one minute is legible then other moments (Indisposed, Beautiful People) completely gibberish - to the point that their videos had to have subtitles hahaha 😝

[@brettbridger362]

FYI Australian Crawl is the name of a swim stroke. Basically a variation on what we would call today 'Freestyle'.

[@debaffleck443]

Errol ( air-rol) was about an old Hollywood acting legend Errol Flyn who originally came from Australia (Tassie I think) ...enjoy if you watch it

[@Lantern66]

My fave Aussie band and song. I also love their songs Shut Down and Reckless - please react to them when you get the time 🙂

[@bossdog1480]

Australian Crawl is a swimming stroke which everybody uses now.

[@annstar4306]

This is my life !!! 70s,80's !!!!!

[@christinakato1963]

I had unforgettable New Year's eve party 1981/82 Chervon hotel Melbourne Australia Crawl live rocked the place

[@rickpratchett2986]

By the way, the phrase Australian Crawl comes from a term used for a style of swimming used in sports competitions Down Under.

[@13illyxmaze]

“Shout out to him for having a normal haircut in 1981” 😂😂

[@Tinkerbellstune]

Ahhh the memories. Aussie Crawl were one of our most iconic rock bands in the 80’s

[@philmurdoch1203]

Dude doesn’t have clue that mother’s little helper comes with batteries.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@blackstarboys4719]

As a 77 kid this song and the rest were a daily. Still a regular for me and the lads having a session and/or a barbie. Cracking band. Australian rock was awesome from the 60’s til nearly 2000, just my opinion

[@daleireland]

Australian CLASSIC 🤌

[@scottjohnstone5551]

Here in oz we get all U.S music I grew up singing American pie and ray Charles songs and my dad was an Elvis impersonator.

[@dean24372]

“Unpublished Critics” by Australian Crawl might sound familiar... A big band had a hit a few years later with similar music.

[@MsDean1710]

Very suggestive song this one..... "mama's little helper " = vibrator .... you will get the rest of it when you read the lyrics ;) ... well done with this Nick

[@goomtoob9606]

as this is sung in my language i will translate one section. translating the rest is half the fun. "Silently she open's the draw, Mumma's little helper is coming out for more, Strategically positioned before the mid day show, The back is arched those lip's apart, And beat it low vibe low." have fun decoding the rest people .

[@kane29842]

There is allegedly a tape recording of me singing this when I was about 5. I deny all knowledge.

[@flyingdutch9818]

Man! Grew up on these guys. Kinda confronting that this came out in 81

[@Nina-rj4nu]

My friends and I used to sing this all the time when we were young. I can't imagine what our parents thought of the sexual lyrics. But my son now loves it and he does not have a clue what the song is about either. 😀

[@leandabee]

Ahh, James baby🤗. James Reyne lead singer, gone solo and is still getting around doing gigs. Australian Crawl got there name from a swimming stroke like freestyle🤗. Reckless is one of their Ballards, such a good song💕

[@debaffleck443]

The Boys Light Up to me, is a song that encapsulates the late 70's/early 80's partying on the glittering social scene of Australia's Gold Coast & Sudney as well...virtually every phrase is code and innuendo ... stuff usually hidden behind the party doors, spoken from a viewpoint of young guys (and girls) being the playthings of bored housewives and their businessmen husbands

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

Sung this a bazillion times but for some reason this seems slower and for some reason its allowing me to listen to the lyrics haha

[@ladylynnmaree]

Beautiful people is a great one by them

[@thisisme7587]

Originally was the boys line up but considering it's a song about a womans promiscuity they were asked to change it. So many people still have no idea 😂

[@shareemallia9660]

Keep looking up their songs, so many great hits and james reyne still singing today. Look out for James reyne acoustic versions too.

[@spinnymathingy3149]

Brilliant, I’ve got this album on my turntable as you speak, a classic album

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

''and later at the party where all the MP's rave about the hummers she's been giving, and the money that they saved. To her it's skin lotion for his promotion too.....'' It took me to the age of 30 to pick up what they meant be ''skin lotion''. The song was banned in Australia upon release, but can now be heard in any supermarket across the country... The band had a few chances to make it overseas but spent most of their time in Australia and didn't take full advantage of opportunities presented to them. Men At Work were more palatable than Crawl, so they got enjoy overseas success..... INXS, AC/DC, Little River Band and Midnight Oil were determined to break through.

[@danielarmour3320]

You're about to go on a journey mate. They didn't miss.

[@kerryhamilton1968]

I bought James Reyne's album back in 1991. Great album. Still don't know the words though. LOL

[@lynmar77]

Takes me back 🙏👍🏻

[@garyhollingworth8510]

Check out one of the best Aussie bands ever , The Divinyls ('The boys in town'. ' Pleasure and pain' )

[@russellgarvey4924]

Yes ozzie crawl grew up on this magic in Aus,, try indisposed or, hammerhead with Olivia Newton John, thanks for the reaction :=)

[@robby1816]

It is so hard to "break into the U.S. charts". I don't know why, but some of the most iconic Australian & British singers & bands just never got a foot-hold in the U.S.

[@christyzeeaquarianated2600]

Iconiiiiiiiiiic!!!!!!

[@teresaharvey9447]

You need someone to talk you through Austrailian bands. There is a whole history waiting for you

[@robertobrien914]

Top band sound off my teens

[@Sunflower.aussie]

His voice is so much better then this song! His voice is beautiful!

[@perla5921]

Lol...haha. your reaction was groovy🙊

[@zebedeedoodaah6454]

Gotta do "reckless".👍

[@nicolaj3294]

They were an iconic Aussie pub band in the 80s so probably was drunk lol

[@southeastswell]

wonder what his reaction would be if he read the lyrics

[@tollo004]

Whatever happened to the revolution skyhooks. Album: Living in the 70's

[@MsDean1710]

if you like Aussie Crawl... check out 'Reckless' and 'Oh no not you again' ...

[@joeharris2892]

still lighting up

[@Ozgipsy]

Yeah, great song. This blokes legendarily hard to understand.

[@got-to-wonder]

Unfortunately, America was only all about itself, and didn't let too much external stuff upset the apple cart, we in Australia always were looking out and seeing what the world was doing, and we grabbed style's and developed our own interpretation

[@duncanmccrae422]

mate, have a look at the lyrics.... you might be a little surprised.

[@julietigermoon9572]

👍Classic

[@godfroi10991]

I was only 3 when this came out so I grew up with it on the Radio a lot. Took me until I was 17 to realize what it was really about & how sexual it actually was! "Her back is arched, those lips are parched Repeated blow by blow Later at the party all the MP's rave About the hummers she's been giving And the money that they save To her it is skin lotion For him promotion"

[@rohanwood5968]

If you were not hammered in the 80s , you weren't enjoying the 80's

[@susanstavrou4232]

James Reyne!!!!

[@yorumsfield556]

There wasn't a pub or backyard Barby that you wouldn't have this playing. Brings back so many memories. 👍

[@feelthafunk4548]

100%

[@Phallistinian55]

Its an Aussie institution

[@Illdoitsure._.]

Happened

[@bibsp3556]

Still to this day, this is gonna be on all over this country on the 26th

[@Jaesdiyhut]

Facts ❤

[@80sOGRE]

The golden era of Aussie pop / rock ( late 70s -mid 80s ) is a treasure trove of quality bands. AC DC / ROSE TATTOO / MIDNIGHT OIL / INXS / COLD CHISEL / THE ANGELS / DIVINYLS / MEN AT WORK / MONDO ROCK / ICEHOUSE / HOODOO GURUS / THE SWINGERS / AUSTRALIAN CRAWL / EUROGLIDERS / MENTAL AS ANYTHING / DRAGON / SPLIT ENZ / LITTLE HEROES / LITTLE RIVER BAND / AIR SUPPLY / RICHARD CLAPTON / THE MODELS / REAL LIFE / MI SEX Etc. a couple of them are New Zealand bands but were just as much a part of the Aussie music scene.

[@Notric]

Great list mate, just gotta add The Drones, Hunters& Collectors, Baby Animals, Skyhooks, Ted Mulrey Gang, Regugitator, Renee Geyer, John Paul Young, Mondo Rock and a few others......

[@80sOGRE]

@@Notric haha yes, i just got tired of typing

[@moshly64]

+ Sky Hooks / Kate Ceberano / Do-Re-Mi / Pseudo Echo / Daryl Braithwaite (Sherbet) / Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons / Paul Kelly / Nick Cave

[@ozzietinman]

Don't forget late 80s early 90s like The Screaming Jets and The Living End.

[@mitchellbeston1033]

I would also throw in Sunny Boys, a very underrated band.

[@johnwhear9600]

Very iconic Aussie band of the 80s. One the best misheard\misunderstood lyrics ever...

[@kristidewar6296]

100% haha

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@kruleworld they are a bit cryptic in places "dorseted" refers to the Dorset Gardens Hotel

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Totally true! 😂

[@gamortie]

Oooh - forgot Aussie Crawl’s absolute belter! If you can understand more than 50% of the lyrics from Beautiful People, you’re better than most of Australia!

[@clarkbarryj]

For years I wondered why you've been hangin with the mutt-eset people then I googled it..

[@kristidewar6296]

Yesssss!! Boo ti pul peep ol 😅

[@glenod]

hahah!! never a truer word spoken...

[@kristidewar6296]

“The garden’s full of furniture, the house is full of plants”

[@starlightshimmery]

Got these lyrics wrong for years 😂 Great songs

[@vonwilson668]

“Shout out for him having a normal haircut in 1981” 😂😂😂

[@sklag1]

James was famous for his lack of diction. One of the local radio stations played part of a Aussie Crawl track and asked if anyone could decipher the words. James actually heard the broadcast and phoned in and admitted he had to get out the lyric sheets to see what he was singing!

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

Yea few comedy sketches done about him and his singing :)

[@daxriley8195]

Back in the 90's in Sydney the Andrew Denton breakfast radio show paired up artists with songs for the 'musical challenge'. James sung the Kate Bush hit Wuthering Heights, and his diction was excellent, I was finally able to understand the lyrics from Kate's song! If you can find a copy of the song it's well worth listening to. Actually they released a couple of CDs of some of the songs for charity. If you can find the first CD it has some amazing renditions on it including Jimmy Barnes singing ABBA's Dancing Queen and Tina Arena singing Cheap Wine :) Do yourself a favour and check it out!

[@bibsp3556]

He also made up some words for this song i think.

[@sklag1]

@@Areyousayingidontknowmyname Yes. the James Reyne school of elocution and the Peter Garret dance school :)

[@andrewgray153]

The lyrics and meaning for this song are amazing. How did they get away with this on national tv?. I think back in the day the producers did not understand what the lyrics meant.

[@bradleyedwards9244]

Mammas little helper,Strategically positioned before the midday show, repeated blow by blow... indeed they had no idea

[@fugawiaus]

The hummers she’d given

[@completehealthgeelong6809]

I was about to ask if anyone wants to explain to him what the lyrics mean hahaha

[@ianmontgomery7534]

If it was on the ABC then they were not subject to the same censorship as the commercial stations.

[@Lolliegoth]

Well...every Mum needs a little humdinger help right?

[@purple2275]

Australian rock music had its own sound. You could always tell the difference between Aussie and American guitarists. Privilege to have grown up listening to one of our iconic bands 🥰

[@funvidman]

Since you're on an Aussie music trek, try some Goanna- Solid Rock, INXS - Never Tear Us Apart, Noiseworks - Touch or R.I.P. Millie, Diesel - Come to Me or Cry In Shame, Crowded House - Don't Dream it's Over or Into Temptation or Better Be Home Soon, Powderfinger - These Days or Sunsets, or really any of their songs. Skunkhour - Up to Our Necks in it, The Divinyls - Jealous. LOL, that should do you for a bit.

[@Slapfunk79]

I didn't think anyone remembered Skunkhour! I saw them opening for Cypress Hill and Ice Cube in Perth '93.

[@melissadinning6614]

He has done cry in shame by diesel I think already

[@funvidman]

@@melissadinning6614 Oh nice, I searched and found he's done 3 Diesel songs. Including the 2 I mentioned.

[@onlymelbourne2842]

this song is full of double entendre's like mothers kittle helper, strategically positioned before the midday show the back is arched those lips are parched repeated blow by blow, hopes are up for trousers down with the hostess on the business flight, boys light up australian crawl means a swimming stroke

[@megankeil5228]

Love watching this guy but don’t think he picked up the metaphors, is it an Aus thing? I don’t know?

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Thanks.. I asked you a while back if you had listened to them and you said no. I already recommended a few others but here are my recommendations, 1 Errol 2 oh No,not you again 3 Reckless

[@ThatSingerReactions]

Was that you who requested that?

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

@@ThatSingerReactions only on here as a comment

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

Yep agreed .'Oh no not you again' is a fantastic track to hit up soon as you get time👍✌️♥️🇦🇺 So many others,but that's a great second one! James Reyne(the lead singer) is still touring relentlessly & his voice is still fantastic...tho many find the way he sings,hard to decipher the lyrics😁 Footnote: James actually doesn't sing lead on 'oh no not you again'. Guy McDonough does. Rip

[@80sOGRE]

I'd throw Downhearted in there too. that guitar breakdown in it is so iconic.

[@elizabetholiver1970]

Reckless is my favourite

[@patyoh724]

Errol...same band...song about Errol Flynn the famous Australian actor in 60S

[@TCM215]

30s and 40s he was well and truly dead by the 60s. Born in Hobart Tasmania 1909 died 1959 at age 50. First ever aussie Hollywood Star

[@NathanAshe-pumpkinpizza]

Gotta pay attention to the lyrics with that one! The Boys Light Up Song by Australian Crawl Thumbnail image OverviewLyricsListen Let me tell you about my mountain home Where all the ladies names are Joan Where husband works back late at night Hopes are up for trousers down With hostess on a business flight Taxi in a Mercedes drive I hope that driver's coming out alive The garden it is dorsetted That lady she's so corseted She's got 15 ways to lead that boy astray He thinks he's one and only But that lovely she's so lonely She pumps him full of breakfast and she sends him on his way What a sing song dance What a performance What a cheap tent show Oh no no no no no Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Silently she opens the drawer Mother's little helper is coming out for more Strategically positioned before the midday show Her back is arched, those lips are parched Repeated blow by blow Later at the party all the MP's rave About the hummers she's been giving And the money that they save To her it is skin lotion For him promotion to That flat in surfers paradise with the ocean view What a sing song dance What a performance What a cheap ten show Oh no no no no no Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up, light up, light up Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up (then the boys light up) Then the boys light up (then the boys light up)

[@L3onOfKings]

Thanks! I had never seen the lyrics before and when they are laid out like this.... ohhhh boy.

[@CellarDoorAU]

@ThatSingerReactions Hopefully the lyrics help you here! Alot of double entendre too

[@dougkercher102]

"Let me tell you about my mountain home" is Mount Eliza, Victoria

[@iankearns774]

Aussie Crawl ? My god, I am surprised you reacted to them. Probably my favourite band circa 1980. Them, Mental as Anything and the Sports. I reckon their best album was Sirocco from 1981. They were very popular around the late 70's and early 80's.

[@paulrodsted3905]

Yeah sirocco was my fav too

[@velvetandchester]

You would be hard pressed to find an aussie who hasn't seen Mentals live.

[@velvetandchester]

@Dee Pee I haven't seen a single reaction to The Radiators and have requested them a few times. I think they may have a block because of content being too rauchy for americans 🤣🤣🤣 probably need only fans reactions.🤣🤣🤣can you imagine if gimme head was on only fans how many people would be agro at the actually content🤣🤣🤣

[@kane29842]

James Reyne (lead singer here) and Daryl Braithwaite (whom you did a reaction to as well) combined to form a group called 'Company of Strangers', and their song 'Motor City' absolutely slaps. I heard it on the radio briefly in the shops a few years ago and it drove me crazy for months trying to figure our what it was. Searching for any lyric you think James is singing is basically impossible so eventually I just put on the oldies radio station on the drive to and from work, and about three weeks later, on it came, and by the end of the year it was #1 most played on spotify. Anyway

[@leandabee]

I mentioned about Company Of Strangers when Nick did a react to DB. Loved Company Of Strangers 💕

[@danielflack7902]

James is still awesome to go see live, he can play a 2 hour set and every song has been a radio hit song. Between his solo and Aussie crawl albums, his song list is huge.

[@parmaunited]

Saw him live a couple of weeks ago. He played that 2 hour set which included all his hit songs (from both Australian Crawl and his solo career). Even at 64 he is still a phenomenal singer.

[@Lena-vl4iv]

@@parmaunited I love me some Hammer Head. ❤

[@waynetozer3881]

Epic Australian band. Lead singer James Reyne also has many great songs and solo albums after the band broke up. Unusual and unique voice and always sensational live in concert.

[@ozzietinman]

Classic Aussie rock, killer..... if you want a true linguistic cultural experience look for The Angels - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (live in Melbourne 1988), you won't be disappointed.

[@ozzietinman]

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[@lynneperry7454]

Totally has to be the live version. Who hast had the fun of being in a pub singing the audience section of the chorus.

[@lynnebryan6443]

Check out Reckless by Aussie Crawl. Absolutely Legend-ary!

[@divinebovineholycow]

I’m 52, and these guys got me through my teens, love Aussie Crawl, and cried like a baby when Guy Donough died and when Brad Robinson did as well.