Cold Chisel - Flame Trees [Official Video]

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Lyrics:
Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me by
I'm just savouring familiar sights
We share some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her
Time to book a room to stay tonight
Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well
After all this time you boys look just the same"
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?"
Number three is never say her name
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Oh, who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway
You know it takes more than just a memory to make me cry
And I'm happy just to sit here round a table with old friends
And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies
And there's a girl, she's falling in love near where the pianola stands
With her young local factory out-of-worker, just holding hands
And I'm wondering if he'll go or if he'll stay...
Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field
In our day
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around

[@rodsingle]

This era was the end of the greatest eras ever, australia is no more

[@jimfarmer2621]

These times will never return alas

[@patriciarichardson4558]

This song holds a special place in my life. Video filmed in my hometown Oberon. My beautiful Dad was laid to rest last month and was escorted down the main street of Oberon. His last main street run. There's no change there's no pace, everything within it's place just makes it harder to believe that he wont be around. Rip Dad.

[@99tubalcain]

It's special to me too and made all the more special by your story. May your father RIP.

[@tyrelgleeson4]

oberon is a beautiful place, know the feeling with my nan and the nsw town of Coolah

[@frank19593]

Nice Patricia May your dad rest in peace Love from Frank

[@nicepolice12]

Rip mate

[@someonesomewhere1600]

Cheers Patricia.

[@buggulugs]

Great song. Represents an era that's starting to slide into memory. Old Australia is slipping away...

[@legoengineworkshop5171]

@cold chisel wow it’s cold chisel….

[@kindofpseudonym]

@@SENATORPAIN1 I'd take ten times as many if it meant that I didn't have to read one more stupid thing from you.

[@buggulugs]

@@SENATORPAIN1 That's not what I meant.☹️🙁

[@paul-fb8bw]

So true, so sad 😔

[@robertmartin2867]

@@kindofpseudonym he may have said it quite bluntly, but he has a point. If you replace people, then you replace culture, and you replace heritage. And if you _like your culture and heritage_ then being unimpressed with and opposing such developments is entirely normal and natural.

[@BROOKS39]

Probably one of the greatest Aussie rock ballads ever written

[@dudemanismadcool]

foath

[@missym7245]

My song :)

[@leeanne337]

The best

[@AdamSandaver]

everyones song

[@stephenmcmullen3863]

Linked park hybrid theroy

[@dropbear6740]

This song was one of the Chisels best, you can return to your roots, home, old mates but it's never be the same second time around.

[@tedd4146]

Where I’m from was the same after 5 years and I couldn’t of been happier to be here.

[@OzzysRadioHalfHour]

Too true mate. Everything changes but there's some things that never change

[@ionaramsay525]

OMG … I wish it wasn’t true; but for me that was the case.

[@Hossak]

The first love always cuts the deepest, in all senses of the word.

[@montanarotherick5739]

Ad in suzi 😁and the Dutch up on love Keep

[@chanelfallon5248]

I live on Oberon now and nothing has changed since then. I love it. I just bought some flame trees for my farm. Love Chisel.

[@ray.shoesmith]

And oh, who needs that sentimental bullshit anyway?

[@chantelparker4108]

❤🇦🇺👍

[@wimbo9244]

They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era. And, what an era!

[@ACERAMGAD]

My older brother had a lot of their music in the 80's..TG!

[@nicepolice12]

You're not wrong mate

[@aximusroh6453]

Fuq oath mate 👍 🇦🇺

[@surfclimbcycle]

How do we get back to those days? I'd give anything. No smart phones, no f***ing Netflix.

[@Nic560]

@@surfclimbcycle nope just real people and real music wish I was around back then nowdays are fucking shit

[@deedee7720]

I remember walking into a pub in Delegate, NSW. We were 2 English backpackers who just wanted a drink. It was like something from a movie, the whole bar just stopped and stared in confusion at how and why two POMs had ended up there! I met a great guy who shared my music taste, we danced to Eagles and The Boss until he introduced me to Cold Chisel. This song instantly takes me back to that night. Thank you Delegate 💜

[@lisamatic1098]

Amazing to see Delegate mentioned here. I used to live there in 1984 when this song came out !

[@deedee7720]

Oh wow! If you lived there in the 80's, you probably know all of the locals that I met there! Such a small word.

[@missyflutter5562]

Roll call 😊

[@Helen-s3y]

My brother just moved away from Delegate , I’ve been in that pub a few times. His pet magpie was banned from the pub , it would fly in and steal only $50 notes from peoples wallets😂

[@glennwilson5917]

Did you get married?

[@retireyounglivelonger]

Anyone of this era is locked in time when we hear this song. What a blessing!

[@MAte925]

Ah to have a time machine!

[@geebeebee]

True story

[@donnalee2112]

Absolutely do it all again in a heartbeat 😊😊😊

[@Mischa_Tye]

Yep.. love ya mate ❤

[@Mischa_Tye]

I'm from Grafton NSW

[@jayrahnbowden4120]

My cousin Sheldon would love this Song rest in peace my brother

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Sorry for your loss. ❤

[@hswforme]

Poignant that the FC holden (late 50's) there in this classic is now only as old as a VT Commodore would be now. A song of an Australia that isn't quite the same anymore.

[@rickpilcher6576]

when craftsmanship transcends itself and becomes art. this song is the f*king Australian Mona Lisa. every note is perfect

[@cheriemcleod-cv8hu]

Yes it was a huge hit in kiwi land too. New Zealand we love Jimmy

[@connjrmshylavqy7057]

Probably one of the greatest Aussie rock ballads ever written I miss the 80's in Australia

[@rule3039]

Same.

[@MAte925]

Take me back!

[@MAte925]

The more lefty politians try to change Australia the sentimental about 80,s90,s i get!😒😮‍💨

[@anthonywilson7304]

It's no better now. Bring on the dream weavers and time machines.

[@MAte925]

@@anthonywilson7304 let me know when one's been invented!

[@commingo]

Don Walker's inspiration for the lyrics was a combination of his memories of Grafton where he had lived as a youth, and of his romantic dreams. Walker later said, "In my mind, it’s a northern New South Wales song. But there’s a lot of people who love that song and in their minds, it’s set in their home towns. A lot of people finish up away from where they come from." Elsewhere, Walker noted that the song was, "not fiction", and about, "returning home after some success in the big city". The song is "not fiction". I take this to mean there was a girl in Grafton who Don Walker loved, but he had to leave because of greater career opportunities in Sydney. I wonder what happened to that girl - if she knows she has been immortalised by this song.

[@b1LL1eMc]

Whenever I sing this at family friendly events - I always sing 'who needs those sentimental stories anyway'. Same meaning... family friendly :)

[@LOWERCASEMAN]

This is my neighbours favourite song ....... whether he likes it or not

[@paulveenings6861]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@moyralouise7123]

😂😂😂

[@keithdickens1395]

Happy Australia Day 2024,great song and great video

[@desellis5668]

Australia greatest place on earth

[@lenoresmith6285]

This song played as my Mum passed over. Always love Chisel

[@brendonleary]

When Australia was still Australia. When Aussies were actually Australian, and we all knew what it was to be, and were proud to be, an Aussie. Back when you could wear all Australian made clothing, from the socks and boots on your feet to the underwear, jeans and flannoes on your sun-tanned torso. Even your sunglasses and hats and the beach towel you laid upon were all Australian made too.. When we drove Australian made cars, fuelled by petrol refined here in Australia, on tyres made in Australia. We came home to a house we could afford to buy, built by Australians with Australian made products and tools, and ate a dinner of all Australian food products with an Australian Beer. After dinner we then reclined in our Australian made furniture and watched Australian TV shows on Australian made Television sets. The next morning we listened to Australian bands on our Australian made radios before going to work at a business or company %100 owned by Australians. On the weekends in the winter, we played footy with Australian made boots and jerseys and Australian made footballs. In the summer, we played cricket with Australian made bats and bowled Australian made balls at Australian made stumps. The kids on the sideline drank Australian made soft drinks from Australian owned companies. There is a certain irony in my patriotic sentimentality here, though. While this song was written by an Australian, it was sang by a young Scottish lad. To Jimmy's credit, though, he never looked back to Scotland and adopted Australia as his own in the same fashion we adopted him and claimed him as an Aussie.

[@damianmcwilliams2371]

Get a life

[@Michelle.A79]

So true!

[@peteranderson6068]

Missed Australia of 60 70 and 80 , but not now . Live far away never to return , only memories.

[@axeman.982]

This song never gets old 2021 and still listening to it .

[@kimwerner5729]

Back at ya..🍻👍

[@davidlp3019]

On the radio all the time in Sydney 2021. Such a classic

[@eric0sbob]

2022 and I agree, timeless.

[@tynkirbell599]

April 2022 ❤

[@alpal1966]

Yep! 2023 and still so good. This song is one of THE classics.

[@theneybahoodvillain7958]

People just seemed so much more authentic back in those days

[@megamarkd]

This song means so much to so many. For me, the last year and a half, I drive north when I can and visit friends and family of a girl I once wanted to marry. We catch up with where we are at in life, talk about shared interests and tell stories about the girl that made us friends. The reason for that is the following. The girl and I didn't speak for way too many years then a mutual friend asked if it was okay to passed my telephone number onto her as she had asked for it. Of course it was. I was overjoyed by the prospect of speaking again. Two days later I received a call saying she was on life support with a traumatic brain injury. Covid restrictions stopped me from entering Queensland to be by her side as she had been for me when I was in a similar state 20yrs earlier. Two weeks later I had to say goodbye to her on the telephone. I take solace in knowing that our differences were no longer anything, our love of each other all those years ago was not wasted and never forgotten. ...... Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well After all this time you boys look just the same" Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?" Number three is never say her name ...... Often this song comes on the radio while I am driving and I can't help but want to pull over, but those flame trees.... Rest In Peace, My Friend

[@thepaedophileprofit3062]

Eff the Governments and the torture they put people through! Your friend was one of many who were forced to such loneliness before they passed. I have a mate who's leaving this life in the very near future, only 6 Weeks ago he was diagnosed with the big C age 53. He's a strong man, army man for 12 years, but receiving such a grave prognosis really hit him hard. About the only bright side to his situation is that government isn't interfering in the name of covid anymore. He will live on in my memory. You honor your friend by remembering her, while their is life in you to remember, she lives on. Condolences my friend.

[@kayhollings1777]

@@thepaedophileprofit3062 May we never forget it, may we never let it happen again. The impact was huge, devastating, destroyed more lives than it saved. I'm still gobsmacked by the whole thing. And I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. Same to the op. Very sad.

[@areyoukenkey1306]

I'm from Oberon where this was filmed and some of the people's today in the video are still alive and living here.

[@abbielowe3630]

AreYouKenkey my nan lives there my perants grow up there

[@TechNed]

Nice. I keep hearing Grafton but I don't recognise anything in this vid.

[@andrewmurphy7401]

@@TechNed The Grafton reference is because Don Walker came from Grafton and supposedly wrote this song about his old hometown. Grafton is lined with Jacaranda trees and he used the title of an old movie " The flame trees of Thika" as a reference apparently. Not sure why the film clip was done in Oberon but I have always loved it.

[@TechNed]

@@andrewmurphy7401 Yeah, I knew that. I think you misunderstood my comment. I meant, I don't recognise any scene in this vid as Grafton.

[@TechNed]

@@andrewmurphy7401 But I'm with you. It's an awesome video. Storyteller style.

[@1TobyWasHere]

I used to have beers everyday after work at the Pub with my mate Leigh, after a hard day's yakka. He committed suicide a few years later, this song still holds precious value to me and the memory of of him. "They say you die twice, once when you die, and again when someone speaks your name for the last time." Not a day goes by that I wish I could've helped Leigh James Nelson. And he was one of the good ones. Have a beer up there for me bro. I miss ya.

[@sabaha2010]

You’re a sweet friend. Stay blessed x

[@riversidecrew8932]

I'm 24 years old, every single time I here this song i think about how my old man would've thought about this song when it first came out. for some reason it holds such a nostalgic place in my heart. i wish i could've been 24 when it came out.

[@Defalized]

24 here also bro ✌️

[@OzzieBarbie]

I just tried to sing this and I literally couldn't get through it without bawling. I live abroad now and it just conjured so many feelings! Fucking amazing tune. The Yanks have Springsteen, We've got Cold Chisel.

[@markblakeway80]

OzzieBarbie I'd take Chisel over Bruce any day.

[@NightAngel867]

Bruce is amazing too.

[@linux49er]

"Bawling"

[@lindsaynicole1218]

Springsteen is horrible

[@ninjamaster7724]

@@linux49er do you know what that means?She cried her eyes out mate.

[@blewer]

Is this one of the best Australian songs ever??

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

That honour goes to Don't Change by INXS.

[@MRDARKTURKEY]

not one of the best, by far the best!

[@owenmartin914]

It is

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@Lats Niebling What about Shark Fin Blues by The Drones.

[@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996]

@Lats Niebling Check it out, it's a classic.

[@michellesiggs6500]

Being of Scottish heritage, I'm so proud that this masterpiece is by a Scottish-Australian singer. The lyrics are flawless. Anyway, my 18 year old is now playing it on his guitar and hungry for more Cold Chisel. Their music is boundless, long live Cold Chisel! Good taste and honesty!

[@jonathanhalloran5350]

You're deluded buddy. Saying that Jimmy is Scottish is like saying that Mel Gibson is American. Or that Russel Crowe is Australian... oh wait....

[@richardyoung6056]

I don't want to sound like a party pooper, but Stephen Prestwich (Liverpool England) and Don Walker (Adelaide Australia) wrote the lyrics to this classic.

[@jasonlawrence2143]

Never heard this group until now. I'm American. One of my Australian followers on tiktok recommended this group! I like it!

[@ionaramsay525]

I’m Scottish ( but now dual Ozzie ) discovered it in the 90’s when I was an ICU nurse in Melbourne.

[@giantrod788]

Now that you have heard Cold Chisel, you just need to eat Vegemite and you can be an Australian citizen.

[@ionaramsay525]

@@giantrod788 I am an 🇦🇺 citizen & I do…. 😂

[@pit660]

No

[@checobylilley755]

The anthem of most young Australians of the time.

[@WHANAUPEACE]

and some Kiwis like me😂

[@nicepolice12]

And till this day as well. At least for 25 year old me.

[@tammiejade1155]

Great song

[@catharina5798]

I’m from Holland but how i love this song… beautiful, raw emotion. Like it even better on a sunny day with a beer in my hand.💜

[@kenkirkham2948]

An enduring song for a 76 year old /young man.

[@byronbaybe]

Your earning yourself an honourary Aussie status with comments like that 👍

[@sophrapsune]

Bravo!

[@damianmcwilliams2371]

You sound like you are from Holland...???

[@RichardYoung-n8d]

The most iconically Australian video clip of all time. Thanks Steve, thanks Don, you penned an absolute fkn classic.

[@justincoloe6312]

This song nearly brings me too tears I suffered depression for 17 years and this is the song that got me through it holds special memories for me grew up in a small town with my mates. Nothing better than the mates you grew up with.

[@brettst01]

Stay strong mate, same here.

[@traceyhordern222]

Bless...

[@sacpac8480]

Wow you're lucky, you still got friends. My mates have all gone, don't want to know me ever since I left my hometown. My parents are dead, no kids... even my girlfriend of 6 years hates me now and wants to leave. I'm a real miserable whinging dickhead. With a dead end minimum wage job, small dick and short and ugly too haha 😂. I'm making myself laugh but I guess it's kind of true. One thing I'm thankful for is I'm a pretty happy guy, who obviously likes to poke fun at himself at times. Take care fellow Barnsy fan.

[@markmcallan973]

Damn straight bro 🤟 your not alone ! This song is a go too for me when I'm down ! Also when I'm up! Keep on keeping on!🤟

[@Jasmin-nc7vd]

My Brother was J Barnes, I’m also Born a J Barnes

[@timothyjoyce9554]

Love ya chisel

[@benjaminmorris4341]

Jimmy Barnes is one of the greatest singers to exist throughout mankind

[@ishmaelmatthew8106]

2023 Old but Gold 🕺🏾

[@madelinerobinson4150]

This song was filmed in my home town and it makes me cry every single time. So much meaning. What an incredible song!

[@Tully_23_32]

❤️❤️❤️ always wondered where it was filmed. I've never been to Oberon but i have driven thru it. Love our bush towns, they're way better than our coastal towns. Youse are all still uniquely Aussie where we on the Coast (I'm from Wyong) are like we've moved into a different dimension, we aren't Aussie's like we used to be & it's sad. Sending love & best wishes ❤️

[@itzvoid1475]

Great song my Nan still lives near the rsl

[@Anthony-p2f7u]

Just made me cry also, life can be very sad sometimes 😢

[@livingthedream-]

We had the best songwriters. And bands.

[@rarch1968]

"There's no change, There's no pace, Everything within its place just makes it harder to believe she won't be around"...This pretty much sums up my & my two sons' lives since we lost their mum 4 years ago. I love this song, ever since I heard it for the first time all those years ago and it rings truer with every listen.

[@MAte925]

Hope have some ausome years soon to make up for it!

[@phoenixorford-nicholson2740]

Never gets old -2023

[@ClubmanGT1971]

The song of a generation.

[@brianmills6168]

love the doggies! 🐕🐕

[@tedd4146]

Can’t wait to just hang out like these people after Coronavirus passes

[@somelikeithotmel]

YES

[@nessav7258]

me too

[@rowdyshearer1900]

fuck covid 19, or whatever.

[@WhateverWhenever888]

Same dude

[@seveseve3984]

fuckhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! corona is here to stay! ....... grow up .............. im 60 ..............anyone who thinks this will go away has a tram up his ARSE!

[@ray.shoesmith]

Anyone from the bush and has moved away relates to this song

[@gordyokeeffe361]

Beautiful song and so iconically Australian. When Australia was a fantastic place to live,people worked hard,enjoyed a few schooners down the pub,smoked,listened to great music,swore and picked up gorgeous birds!

[@colinlatham7905]

Well I still have the gorgeous bird. Me hair has long gone tho

[@MAte925]

And no woke bs!

[@MAte925]

And probably watched the footy on the big screen!

[@sue9151]

They were good old days.

[@thepanel2935]

Hello from Detroit, Michigan, my adopted hometown. For the first time in my (long) life, I'm feeling a little homesick. I'm from Sydney, but I have friends all over Australia. Thanks to KZbin and the person who uploaded this classic song. It's obvious how much this song is loved and how much it means to so many people.

[@collector7993]

When you see the flame trees in flower crabbing is good.

[@joeytosic9690]

This song reminds me of growing up in Oberon when I was a young kid my great pop passed away in 2017 Zika ‘Chic’ Tosic he was a great man and founded Oberon engineering.

[@whatsupshittafabraans1926]

Play this driving into Grafton during mid November, pull into a pub and have a beer fella, a brilliant day it will be.

[@FloccinaucinihilipilificationD]

Driving my lux Ute, dusty corrugated road, dog (Sherpa) in the back, me staring out at the beautiful bush as we drive back to the farm.... Absolute heaven! Rock on!

[@desmondbutler1439]

Brillint

[@VuTubeShorts]

This song definitely hits differently when you live in a country town.

[@OzzysRadioHalfHour]

Old Holdens never die 💪

[@JuzyPO]

Always an Australian Iconic Song, an old Flame or a Rural Australian Town in which an individual has spent some time in & is now a stranger but always up for the Road Trip on either 2 x Wheels or 4. That first Larger cuts the dust & bugs from the throat before settling in for the evening after a great day's Riding or Driving to just be able to pass through & appreciate the Rural Australian Pub 🇦🇺 ☝️👍🏾

[@aprilbeirne9944]

'Oh, to be young, and to feel love's keen sting.' Always pretty tragic in the end I guess

[@aivalistavro]

I didn't appreciate this wonderful song until many many years after it was released. I heard it again one day and I realized how much I love this.

[@jipangoo]

Likewise

[@laurieaylmore7676]

@@jipangoo same here i rate it as there Best .

[@carlbentley80]

Likewise, its wonderful.

[@michaelwilliams5794]

Always picture Elizabeth in South Australia in the 80s when I hear this song." Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field in our day " that line always puts a tear in my eyes.

[@robertleeimages]

At 52 it does the same to me, ahh the memories of being fit and fearful of nothing

[@RY-op6rp]

Lyrically beautifully thought out. The people and places may be the same, but without that person, everything will forever be different. Truly captures the feeling of love and loss and I'm proud that this belongs to Australia x

Tinku Reddy - beautiful post

[@kennethosborne6497]

Don Walker - such a brilliant & sadly unrecognised yet songwriter. Great song !

[@regellis6977]

I just wanted to say thank you Cold Chisel - We love you for the beautiful memories you have left in our minds. I am 61 years old now and you do wonder where the years have gone. Your music is timeless and I thank you for the pleasure of listening to your songs.

[@nayfepacewell8923]

2023, still slappin.

[@80sOGRE]

one of the greatest examples of 1980s Australia in sound ever.

[@CraigPeters-l3s]

The video,the song the band Superb.

[@naomirouhan2282]

Good bloody song 😎💯

[@JaneNewAuthor]

Made in the days when country towns still had bank branches.

[@deborahcampbell7122]

15 years after 1st hearing this I’m still loving it just as much… all the way from Glasgow/Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kimcason8764]

What a Great Song..! I still Love Chisel.❤ Memories flooding back..! Where did my Youth go..!

[@TheRollah1]

No matter where I am or what I'm doing..this song stops me in my tracks.

[@Lxone-12]

Like the other commyYeah I want Australia back too

[@carlpayne8791]

That key change just lifts my head off every single time. I’ve heard it maybe, dunno, 100s of times. Same response, every time. Sensational song.

[@xxjmclea]

My favourite bridge. Melodically beautiful.

[@ronbishop1068]

yes another superb song by the Chisels. Thanks for posting this classic

[@arakrepublic4221]

Bow River, Flame Trees and Bal a Versailles are the three best Chisel songs ever. But wait, then there is Four Walls, Forever Now, When the War is Over, Khe Sahn, Ita.... Oh, I am not going to rate them but enjoy them all. Long live Cold Chisel.

[@brianhoffman4861]

For something reason.. every day I play this My Australian girl friend comes to life... perhaps I could play it at her funeral... doubt she will get out of her coffin,, but I hope it puts a smile on her face

[@killian001]

I want my Australia back 🇦🇺

[@andrewrobertpater-filius9090]

Start by getting rid of the corporate flag

[@damianmcwilliams2371]

It's still here you loser. Get a life

[@brittatowers8582]

ESHAY BRO!

[@lemilemi5385]

How was this song and video not a huge hit outside Australia?? 30 years and it’s still moving. Great accompanying film

[@nintendonut100]

It was big here in New Zealand. Still gets play on rock radio stations even.

[@colinlatham7905]

You could say that about Chisel.

[@NUS01]

wasn't even a big hit in Australia reached 26 on the charts, Khe Sanh didn't even make top 40 absolutely amazing

[@bettygeorge4325]

YOU MEAN THE GOOD DAYS! WE HAVE TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK A BIT ESPECIALLY WITH THE MUSIC 🎵

[@v.marcosmyashiro1003]

...And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her... The anthem of most young Australians of the time.

[@Cuppatime-mj5rb]

Relatable song for ordinary people. Has a memorable beat

[@augustinradac1749]

I don’t know how Emotional I become when I listen to this song but I have that feeling that when I’ll be older I will cry like a child just by listening to this song

[@80sOGRE]

it has a sensitivity that's free from anything sugary you get in music these days. Maybe because we know those times won't really come around again.

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

It's because it resonates in all of us that feeling of a life passed by and filled with nostalgia and what else could have been. Every human being will feel that in the latter part of their lives no matter what

[@AndrewJones-ok7ez]

As an Aussie this song hits!

[@aus80srockradio94]

3:03 Spine chilling brilliance at it's best.

[@MRDARKTURKEY]

THE GREATEST bridge of all time, my favorite song of all time, chills thoughout the bridge, almost tears from there out, huge song in this country, but one of the most under rated of all time

[@aus80srockradio94]

+MRDARKTURKEY You got it! 100% correct.

[@jimmacca9549]

Yeah, it is fucking brilliant

[@colinlatham7905]

Crank it up every time. Nuff said

[@infinightsky]

Cole chisel works perfectly when driving through west Texas!

[@deannecodd-9512]

Favourite song ever.. Australian music is the best.. especially the 70"s & 80's.. even the 90's to now.. thanks Australia 🇦🇺

[@AngelinaPerkinson]

happy 40th anniversary Flame Trees

[@Hossak]

Back when you had to work that steering wheel to turn it! Fantastic song :)

[@johnnaaler9355]

Please be standing for the national anthem I miss the 80's in Australia

[@michaelhart5886]

Best time for growing up here in oz. 80's and 90's

[@frankinz2995]

Smoking in pubs. Lol. The good ol’ days.

[@PeterHBne1]

I knew a bloke at school called Mike Oberon. This could be anywhere in 'real' Aust. And that is one of the wonders of this song. If you spent formative years in a small Aussie town, you always feel the need to return home, no matter what fraud you became. Qlders ALWAYS must return to Qld. Aussies ALWAYS get really homesick.

[@sophrapsune]

This is an ageless ballad, so well constructed, written & sung that it is incapable of becoming old. Pure gold!

[@nxctiis]

legendary

[@j.davidsemple6988]

This classic song was written by the late Steve Prestwich (drums) and Don Walker (keyboard) of Cold Chisel.

[@blackletter2591]

J. David Semple At their best they rivalled all the great songwriting teams. Always doing something unexpected and subtle.

[@JoeHupp]

Don Walker was also a songwriter who wrote many songs for the late great Slim Dusty - he actually wrote one of my favourite Slim songs, Charleville.....

[@dreamingofcottontails6601]

My Dad & Don were best mates in high school in Grafton & still keep in touch, which is where this song is written about. I lived there for 2 of my teen yrs, & yep, no change & no pace. The most exciting thing to happen to Grafton in the 90's was the opening of McDonald's in Sth Grafton! Lol Buggers me why Grafton Council cut down the flame treas on the drive in...they were utterly stunning, & barring Jacaranda Festival & the beautiful abundance of purple or the few streets left that are tunnels of ancient Morton Bay Figs(though they're down streets pple passing through would never go down), the flame trees were Graftons only really recognisable & beautiful land mark or claim to fame. I'm proud to say some of the video footage they've used in a couple of clips where they used live pub/concert shots was filmed by my Dad. Funny, cause I was embarrassed by the family connection to Cold Chisel in my teens(like Mum going on a date with Ian Moss post parental split), but it's something I'm proud of now. Hah. ;)

[@JustinLarcombe]

This song can tear your heart out

[@louisegardenia7674]

Jimmy Barnes says every time he has sung this song over the last 30+ years he’s felt sick from the emotions it brings up. After reading his books I can understand, what an incredibly painful life he and his family led.

[@damienosullivan193]

Couldn't agree more with you. Both books really changed how I listen to all his songs, especially the early years including his first few solo albums. Like a troubled young man in pain wanting to tear the whole world down. I didn't live through the things he did exactly, but I always had alot of self loathing of my own and knowing these things about him made it more cathartic having his music on loud. The past year I had him on while drowning in fast food and booze which I did but don't recommend. The second book especially had me empathetic of the emotions he went through.

[@susansmith8141]

Love this song me @ my best friend used to this song on the Duke box years ago at out country pub luv ot😅

[@susansmith8141]

Me too

[@robertandsusan4717]

I have this recurring idea for an Australia Day with an Australia Wide Concert, with our best bands playing in each of our Capital Cities. Just good music; Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Australian Crawl, Ice House, Crowded House, Choir Boys, Noiseworks, The Models, Powder Finger, The Whitlams, ACDC, Gangajang, Goana, Dragon, INXS, and heaps more. Perhaps have the frontmen who have passed on a big screen. An all day extravaganza simulcast to all parts of Australia, live to beaches, public/live areas. Just an idea. I would love it - so much talent we've let go. No work, free transport to the area. Wow! I can see it now. I feel so much melancholy, got into Aussie music so late, just would love for my kids to learn to love the bands earlier. What do you Aussies think? I'd love for this idea to get picked up by a promoter!