Australian Crawl - Daughters Of The Northern Coast (1982)

[@dougodyssey50]

Dragging the line for big red. What does that even mean? FANTASTIC song anyway! I'm born in Sydney 1979 and didn't even acknowledge this music until my teens. So sad to think i was musically illiterate until then and missed all the best music.

[@Robbieschristianchannel]

Wow this band just get better every time I hear them. First time hearing this I love this song.

[@Harrygreen111]

Memories , wish l was that age again

[@robbieh1899]

This is sad for me... So many, many memories as I face my final lap. Going for a surf is a distant memory. Ghosts of days and lives in a past... RIP Robbo and Guy. Bloody awesome fella's.

[@jaiforstersaunders]

Gee mate sounds like you lived a good one! All the best

[@patkelly6349]

I’m with you also bud

[@vaughanvandabilt6709]

Crawl music cheer up out any black dog moment ,yeah I now comn from ,good at craft ,making ya listen words ,all songwriter wants from ya ,,you take as much as little off it want ,,

[@pufdadie]

they were grat times-we were fortunate to live then.Nothing can take that away from us

[@brendanbunting6956]

Probably one of my favourite añzac surfing NSW tribute songs.h ha ha ha h h ha fella's.

[@lealand423]

Thanks for the great music Australian crawl.

[@didymostruespeal]

I'm 61 this was a big hit when I was 20 maybe 18. North San Diego coastal resident for 50 years. Got a new act called Papa Lolo going to throw this song in it rearrange the words a little bit to kind of go with where I live now... Great memories McCoy's surfboards Shane Horan. And other Aussie Legends

[@regisbrasil4082]

Australian Crawl were big where I live back in mid-80s.

[@stevenvankoutrik992]

Cheyne

[@stevenvankoutrik992]

Horan

[@LillyTighe]

I was born on the north coast grew up listening to australian crawl in my dads blue station wagon that had holes in floor and no seatbelts! They were the days!

[@seanmachin7305]

Ditto!

[@knowtheway7354]

lill tighe YEP They were the DAYSSSSS LUCKY U LUCKY ME!!

[@LillyTighe]

@@AustralianCrawl they dont make cars like that anymore, i dont remember what my dads was but i loved that car took a few beating but still went as good as new.

[@gingersnaps7186]

Married yet?

[@richardvale6576]

😘😎😘😎

[@moonzy5401]

Aussie in the 80s must of been a ball i can only imagine

[@doobiedanable]

It was simply amazing. I am 56 now and have a great life but I would go back in a heartbeat.

[@denniswoodley8905]

2024 and I'm still loving this song and the album Sons of Beaches and Holy Hodad I'm 77.

[@AdrianHepburn-vz9yr]

Good music never gets old.

[@antonioeustaquiolara]

Holy shit, Nirvada stole the riff badly

[@mirkomedjed9845]

First smashing pumpkins-godzila

[@SirLeDoux]

I heard this as a kid when it came out (13 years old) I don’t know how I was lucky enough to see it on in local video channel in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. I had totally forgotten about this band! What a group- what sound! Enjoy

[@goldy6831]

Aussie 80's culture was so cool and authentic...

[@jasonjordan3663]

This was and always will be the real Australia.....

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

@@jasonjordan3663 based

[@dougodyssey50]

It was a more innocent time, with a lot more trust and appreciation of the good things. I remember it so well. I still remember walking into the corner shop to get paddle pops, and smelling that wonderful smell of lollies and milk. Man I miss being little in the 80s.

[@jamesmcdermott9275]

Just the best, with my old memories of some really great times. I love you Australian Crawl.

[@charcoalblues.6121]

I spent my mid teens and twenties in the 80's when Oz music was in its peak and this album was one of THE best..not a single weak track..great memories.

[@kerrierobarts9709]

Dire straits

[@keiranwatts3159]

I remember going to the coast when I was 18 in my FE wagon, boards on the top, beers in the coolite esky, looking for the girls of the southern coast.

[@tuppy]

Love Aussie Crawl takes me back to my high school days when the future was an open sky ❤

[@deangawler9727]

Thanks Spotify, I just rediscovered this song after not hearing it for 20-30 years. I don't know why this song isn't rated more highly - has to be one of the most authentic, awesome Aussie songs. Love that guitar intro. It's on my most listened to playlist now...

[@joaopequeno6317]

"Love that guitar intro" Smells like, nine years later, also on pacific coast, someone did very similar, didn't?

[@joaopequeno6317]

More northern

[@iankearns774]

@@joaopequeno6317 No doubt a lot of US bands would have pilfered a few Aussie riffs knowing that no one in the US would have heard those tracks. Very similar I agree.

[@bondoqbn7318]

Best Australian grass smoking song ! So good man.

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

seem to be a lot of them. Pub Rock is not unlike Acid Rock in its sense of time and composure,probably not knowingly but still.

[@Emptyrockpoolfishing]

Ok three paper?

[@65alphonso]

These guys are legends. Their music is at par with the greatest bands ever! This song is well produced; can hear it a million times! The guitars!!!

Australian Crawl congrats from Brazil , listen and apreciate in 2018 , very good song for surf in my opinion !

[@H3avyHaul3r]

amazing....i’m blown away at the 2 crawl song similarities

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

@@H3avyHaul3r what song similarities?

[@H3avyHaul3r]

@@Без_трусиков-ф1ф the intro is teen spirit along with the melody of the song.....theres also another Australian Crawl song that is GnRs Sweet Child of Mine ....

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

@@H3avyHaul3r yeah, i agree. But have you listened to “Butterfly queen” 1980?

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

1. Smells like teen spirit is a rip off “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins” 1990 BOC cover (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pavWXn6AiJJqh7M ). Therefore, the members of nirvana didn’t like their hit and did not want to play it, because they stole it completely 2. Come as you are is a rip off of “22 faces - Garden of Delight 1984” (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJXEq3ymeamlhZo). 3. Polly is a rip off of The 4 skins on the streets 1983 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6GbY3yugtKVe8k) 4. Heart shaped box is a rip off of (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJS1ipKXgr2tjc0). 1983 Butthole surfers Bar b q. They even copied the vocal part «HEY WAIT” 5. About a girl is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmGQlp6Fgp6Ljs0 It’s a croatian band. Krist Novoselic is from Croatia 1979 6. Been a son is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV7HnJ6unalpjJI 1983 Zebra don’t walk away 7. Aneurysm is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/bISmYpWtjMicmtE Fang an invitation 1989 8. Breed - wipes potential suicide kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGe2d3mmidV2bZY 1980 9. Mr moustache riff is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGTEnH2heZJpe5Y on 0:55 min 1966 10. Spank thru is a rip off of El clavo, TV show 1. Milk it - melvins it’s shoved 1991 11. Rape me - mudhoney need. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnqwqpluhbh8i7M 1988

[@strategicviewpoint6672]

Up there as one of the best music videos that Australia has ever produced.....

[@philipferguson8570]

Im a NZer. My fav songs by them are "daughters of the northen coast" and "grinning bellhops". Cool stuff.

[@mattscott8800]

Who’s listening in 2021? Love this song.... timeless

[@peterolsen9131]

i was 17 when this came out, lived on the northern coast, and the heads were insane...... the true austraila, we must get this freedom back.........

[@peterfielding1594]

our freedoms gone forever mate , the good old days will never return

[@peterolsen9131]

@@peterfielding1594 never say never , i have hope, but not much faith..

[@Neilcampbell-gu7uz]

One of the great Australian Crawl songs. I remember walking across this Trestle railway Bridge at Kilcunda on the old disused Wonthaggi Rail line.

[@sehkra13]

I always wondered where this was, thank you

[@michaelt825]

Back in the days Australian crawl got a great 👍 thumping on triple m. Greatest Aussie band of all time.

[@sergiopinho3680]

Paguei uma fortuna nesse LP nos anos 80 e guardo ele até hoje. Muito bom!!!

[@gikku3]

Love the opening with the HG screaming down the road...

so did Nirvana

[@robbieh1899]

Only $79k now too. Bargain days...

[@jimhaut480]

Yea, the ole HG, eh, gee they were the days huh >? Driving out to cooltong to see ya !

[@robbieh1899]

Yep, my HT Monaro...only $150k these days...

[@emanuelmifsud6754]

@@robbieh1899 Paid $700 for HT panel van in 1981. No heater , no radio.

[@sax7380]

Still sound this good in my 90's.No doubt.

[@ferrro123]

Saw James play Townsville 2019,, he still Rock's, .......

[@lucymaguire29]

Gosh how I love this song!! :)

[@grahamallen934]

Legend Aussie Voice.. James Reyne... 👍

[@TheDrewtho]

....take a listen to motor city with James and Daryl Braithwaite ....classic kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYOyZGhrndyioNE

[@grahamallen934]

@@TheDrewtho Good One.. Nice work mate.. 😎... 👍

[@bluecent]

And Guy McDonough !

[@grahamallen934]

@@bluecentThanks ..yes of course...😎👍

[@bondoqbn7318]

So good. Takes me back man.

[@jorgedangelo3331]

Buenas, hermosa voz, hermosa cancion! excelente sonido gracias por compartir!

Only band in history who can say they were ripped-off by Nirvana and Guns N Roses......Aussie legends.

[@julianotimm07]

BR. Marcou toda nossa geração. Só lembranças boas!

[@brendanbunting6956]

My Aussie Crawl favourite nsw north coasT, 1⁹70’s what a blast bro's.

[@jamesgray7576]

I simply don’t understand why this song isn’t remembered more fondly or why it didn’t do better on the charts. Does anyone have any theories?

[@pufdadie]

they were great times. Hols at Port Macquarie and Coffs And seeing the Crawl at North Narabeen Hotel back in 1982-3

[@brianhoffman1499]

From China... love you long time

[@Qwerty-zj3rk]

So this was the original melody for "Teen Spirit" huh? Awesome!

[@richardhowle4871]

@Merduh Yurass with no credit what so ever given. Those songs made those bands famous internationally. Pisses me off.

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

nirvana ripped off everyone huh?

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

Smells like teen spirit 1991 is a rip off of “Godzilla The smashing pumpkins 1990 cover”

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

1. Smells like teen spirit is a rip off “Godzilla - The smashing pumpkins” 1990 BOC cover (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pavWXn6AiJJqh7M ). Therefore, the members of nirvana didn’t like their hit and did not want to play it, because they stole it completely 2. Come as you are is a rip off of “22 faces - Garden of Delight 1984” (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJXEq3ymeamlhZo). 3. Polly is a rip off of The 4 skins on the streets 1983 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6GbY3yugtKVe8k) 4. Heart shaped box is a rip off of (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJS1ipKXgr2tjc0). 1983 Butthole surfers Bar b q. They even copied the vocal part «HEY WAIT” 5. About a girl is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmGQlp6Fgp6Ljs0 It’s a croatian band. Krist Novoselic is from Croatia 1979 6. Been a son is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV7HnJ6unalpjJI 1983 Zebra don’t walk away 7. Aneurysm is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/bISmYpWtjMicmtE Fang an invitation 1989 8. Breed - wipes potential suicide kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGe2d3mmidV2bZY 1980 9. Mr moustache riff is a rip off of kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGTEnH2heZJpe5Y on 0:55 min 1966 10. Spank thru is a rip off of El clavo, TV show 1. Milk it - melvins it’s shoved 1991 11. Rape me - mudhoney need. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnqwqpluhbh8i7M 1988

[@callanoconnor9928]

Well there’s also wild thing and more than a feeling before it. And also holy grail after

[@brianwoodrow395]

Reading Bill's book at the moment " Sons of Beaches" the film clip is actually in Victoria not Nth Queensland which inspired Guy to write the song, absolutely freezing apparently that's why there's only 3 of them at the end the others took off !

[@dustysgarden2254]

Nothing like a windy city Where the station-wagon died Where the wild dogs meet the fences And the horsemen, fences ride Where the flatlands become flatlands And the caravans collide I'm just sitting 'neath the mango Running a tide Took a ride on a bin-train 50 cars or more They say the heads are just insane But it's too risky to score Sittin' on the lawn with Andrea Draggin' the line for big red Everyone looks better with a suntan Easier to get you into bed Daughters of the northern coast Sons of beaches, don't deliver the post You know the post is a ghost Lee Marlin went lookin' for a marvin While we were looking for a line at the pub Hey, and still the black man's starvin' No wonder nobody wants a job Helicopter over homestead Stirring all the young blades at night They're steppin' out there in the sultry summer evening Their pistols all packed And their badges so bright Daughters of the northern coast Sons of beaches, don't deliver the post You know the post is a ghost Took a ride on a bin-train 50 cars or more They say the heads are just insane But it's too risky to score Andrea's been giving me a towel down Standing on a palm beach shore If 'n'those girls keep a doin' that thing I can't wait for next year I'm gonna come back for more Daughters of the northern coast Sons of beaches, don't deliver the post You know the post is a ghost

[@goldy6831]

Kate Sassenach Thanks for the lyrics Kate., I just love Australian Crawl.,they bring back so many great memories of my childhood going to see them at local Melbourne pub gigs.,

[@sayntz1]

awesome song. lovin' the meat n' 2 veg as well.......ahahaha go boyz!!

[@danielbonotto3243]

Nostalgia pura 🤜 som que trás ótimas lembranças 🤟

[@tonybrady3244]

Man late 70's surfin no mobile phones no internet no facebook had to go to a phone box to ring and press A put your money in then B when they answered . fuck we only beer and weed back then just righting off going to see awesome aussie bands The Angels, Aussie crawl midnight oil Ted Mulry gang at the local pub. Man to be 17 again

[@garrybuckley1503]

James was easily the best vocalist after the best vocalist and song writer

[@its4it]

I first saw this on my HMV B&W TV back in 1984, which is fitting when you consider that the parent company of HMV was EMI (Aussie Crawl's record company.)

[@dougodyssey50]

HMV was controlled by Rank NEC as well by then. What a mess.

[@its4it]

True that. Mind you, Thorn EMI’s home video division did have the rights to Rank movies. So it seems both companies licensed their trademarks and logos out to each other.

[@MagicThys]

Probably their hardest, guitar-wise, but the lyrics are of reflective thinking from a Sydneysider wishing he could get back to cruising up the northern coast of NSWi to Queensland and keep going into the tropics

[@emanuelmifsud6754]

Had the panel van of the HT cost $700, they were the days

[@MrPete1966]

I had a car that was VERY similar to the one featured in the clip - a HT Belmont. Mine was white, too!

[@steved3702]

@@MrPete1966 Ah, but was it upgraded to HQ hubcaps? ;-)

[@emif841]

At 1.20 Bill takes a swing at Paul. It looks like Paul was niggling Bill. A bit of friction between the two perhaps.

[@Emptyrockpoolfishing]

Kilcundra tressle bridge there in Vic

[@yorkemar]

nice hg kingswood wagon...

[@jamesl4721]

This is the Australia my dad grew up in.. almost feels like a different place now

[@jimfletcher789]

It is a vastly different place, sadly

[@MoiAussie1]

We’re trying to turn things around, not anti-vax, anti being forced to do ‘it’

[@rogertemple7193]

"Australian Crawl was the best of Australian rock music bands, they had a more cooler sound the Little River Band did whose music was played on American Radio a lot, I'm just now starting to listen more to Australian Crawl who I'd never heard of until I got you tube and discovered them and other bands from down under that never made it in the U.S.,thanks."-🤗. 🌐🎤🎸🎹🌐🌐.

I came here to comment on Reyne's voice...it was quality, technically great at this point in his young life. Look at the lyrics - hardly harmonic and melodic, in fact rather difficult, but you wouldn't tell. Btw, the video clip is so friggin Australian, so Northern coast - those babes in the bikins, damn, to be young again. "Where the flatland's become flatlands".....awesome

[@raresaturn]

it was filmed on the South Coast of Victoria

[@ianslow1234]

looked a lot like the rail bridge at kilcunda

[@Mail-man_admirer]

my dad always plays this one right after we listen to the gravy recipie

[@lozarok]

lets havee a beer and rip it up Aussie style - cheers

[@Natbmval88]

Its so good ❤ 2022 listening

[@seahag100]

there most underrated album and my fav

[@jshillkiller2262]

So cruisy..nostalgic overload goin on

[@danielwagner5547]

Anos 80 foram muito loucos...

[@LOSS444]

I've watched this clip a lot of times and I only just noticed that there is a rifle pointed at James at 3:00.

[@dizzydog5483]

Binks :)

[@packratnz]

Looks more like a 12 gauge bolt action shotgun. That's the adjustable choke on the muzzle end.

[@emanuelmifsud6754]

lNear the start ook at the punchup between Guy and Paul

[@sehkra13]

@@dizzydog5483 🤣🤣🤣

[@bondoqbn7318]

The best dope smoking music ever man.

[@rods6405]

I thought thats what the song was about

[@philipferguson8570]

Oh, i liked Australian Crawl and Icehouse.

[@isaacjaac]

Listen to "I can't help myself" by the flowers (who are ice house)

[@joaopequeno6317]

Opening guitar riff Smells Like...

[@joaopequeno6317]

and the drum loop too

[@kylestiller1035]

Aussie Crawl prime time news !😮

[@pedrobambi2503]

OLD TIMES BUDDY.

[@Spaconace99-fd6ko]

Austrália, melhor país do mundo.

[@AJWRAJWR]

Too right, cobber. 🇦🇺

[@arthsilva8036]

Essa banda influenciou Nirvana e Guns Roses!! Deveria ter mais reconhecimento!!!

[@nebogipfell]

6 closet geniuses with one idea - sons of a beaches !

[@littleozlorel4395]

Wish I understood the lyrics I think there is a great story behind this song.

[@stevenguegens7047]

You're a GRONK 💯💯 Percent 😴

[@l.nogueira2439]

Sonzera d+

[@brianhoffman4861]

179... with a turbo..... nice

[@dougodyssey50]

What? No.

[@richardhowle4871]

Smells like teen spirit.

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

smells like teen spirit 1991 is a rip off of “Godzilla The smashing pumpkins 1990”

[@jamesgray7576]

This song was released years earlier.

[@adz929]

Is that the bridge at Kilkunda?

[@richardcamp2362]

Start of Smells Like Teen Spirit being played here. Apparently same record label. Mmmmmmm

[@bikepacker9850]

Oz music was amazing 70's/80's... No so much now... We look to overseas like we do for everything else....

[@apfelprincess45]

Peninsula Boys @ their finest :)

[@goldy6831]

apfelprincess45 Yep,so true.,he still plays down this way pretty much every year at the local pubs. I was so blessed to grow up on the Peninsula listening to these guys.,Thank you JR .,and all the Australian Crawl band..🇦🇺☀️🏄‍♀️

[@johnellison1635]

Nice HR

[@trainerdavidYT]

I had to find this. Kurt Cobain explained while Smells Like Teen Spirit was influenced by Mudhoney and the Pixies, he also said this song did it to him too.

[@vaughanvandabilt6709]

Just hate how nirvana ripped intro riffs make biggest hit 90 ,s player side by side

[@3aw77]

Kilcunda Trestle Bridge

[@alphasixfive1658]

True Oz - before the Kiwis arrived !

[@H3avyHaul3r]

fuck yeah…it must really suck over there…

[@danielavaca4414]

The intro was a like a Smell like a teen spirit? Anyone can hear the similarity?

[@brendo69rock92]

Now you know where Nirvana got the intro to smells like teen spirit from.

[@davewalkom9006]

what train did they "took a ride on" ? i could never GET it lol

[@adenhocke5656]

Cane train 😎💪🏽

[@adoxhox1358]

@@adenhocke5656 right on brother 😎

[@stevesanders3958]

Bridge at Kilcunda

[@antounmoubarak5052]

if you listen to this song carefully it sounds so similar to Nirvanas smells like teen spirit

[@ajo3085]

The start also sounds similar to Louie Louie which Aussie Crawl loved to play. There's only so many bloody chords to go round.

[@Без_трусиков-ф1ф]

smells like teen spirit 1991 is a rip off of “Godzilla The smashing pumpkins 1990”

[@jamesgray7576]

Given Daughters Of The Northern Coast was released much earlier, it’s Nirvana’s song which is a rip off.

[@xiphocostal]

Bullshit

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

It sounds morelike The Norwegian Band Immortal to me. Not Black Metal in general but Immortal specifically. Sons of Northern Darkness and Tyrants and whatnot. Not sure if this is intentional but strong resemblance here and there.

[@philhudson...5017]

Lee Marvin.... 🤣🤣🤣👌🇦🇺.

[@jucasil01]

Alguém em 2024?

[@GarySUPERTRAMPER]

Lee Marvin went lookin for a Marlin ... Classic

[@bluecent]

Lee Marlin went looking a Marvin ........

[@dougodyssey50]

Makes no sense to me.

[@pedrorobalinho5883]

top!!

[@Lucasportao]

👏👏👏

[@davidhayes863]

HT holden ?

[@neilocoop]

Kilcunda railway bridge South Gippsland Victoria

[@philbis2774]

Good Old Kilcunda

[@Sean-me4fv]

Surprised this one wasn't called Sons of Beaches, making it the title track

[@jaguaraciteles7497]

Issaaaaaaa..🏄 aloha... 🌊

[@collick100]

Anyone know where the footage was taken for this ?

[@briankennedy7404]

collick100 kilcunda mate. Trestle bridge in video.

[@bluecent]

@@briankennedy7404 and Churchill Island homestead me thinks too.

[@dougodyssey50]

Victoria. You'd think it would be Cairns, given the song's title. But no.

[@padraigsisk4057]

As a non Australian this should be the Ausie national anthem, b side, beds are burning

[@semremorso90]

Kurt Cobain liked that!