Drummer reacts to "The Real Thing" by Russell Morris

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@johnewart1635 4 ай бұрын

Australian, was a huge #1 over there in 1969. Few other hits but this is his biggest.

@dawalt009 4 ай бұрын

The original video is a masterpiece, Russel Morris as the lead singer with producer Ian (Molly) Meldrum, calling the shots. Written by Johnny Young, this was at the top of the charts in Australia mid 1969. Have never seen this Bandstand version, it's cobbled together from parts of the original video and TV show, without the mind bending whirly bits. This song has stood the test of time, it's a mock up version of I Am The Walrus if you look deep enough. Molly Meldrum was a Beatles nut who ended up working at Apple for a short while in 1968, came back to Australia after his short visit and started producing this song. By all accounts it was the most costly produced single ever in Australia at the time. Meldrum went on to become the host of Australia's Countdown from mid 70's.

@jeffjohnson9911 4 ай бұрын

This was on the Australian show "Bandstand." Though based on the concept of American Bandstand, the two were not connected. The man doing the introduction was the show's host Brian Henderson.

@scott1001 3 ай бұрын

Russell morris is still gigging and is still the best

@Joshualuv13 2 ай бұрын

Shout out from Australia.. Fabulous to see you do a reaction to Russell Morris.Can i recommend another absolutely brilliant Aussie band called The Dyvinals.You will absolutely love them, 💯 Guaranteed.

@straya52 4 ай бұрын

I have been waiting for you to do this song for so long. It is still in my top 10 songs ever and was a huge hit here in Australia, but you must play the original video which is haunting (to say the least). Russell had a long history in Aus music & has many hits here and also with a previous band "Somebodys Image". Fantastic stuff.....

@Coquinagirl 4 ай бұрын

Real bodies in real skin tights… Yes, the girl with the hands…What is that?? !??? They were introduced by a guy in a suit and tie… What a trip! Thank you, John E. and Lee!

@CeasefireNow2024 4 ай бұрын

The end of the video was Anti-war and anti-violence imagery the singer was from the flower child hippy days of the late 1960's ❤ he was singing about the real thing because society brainwashes people into believing lies and supporting violent wars.

@BigShadowsWorld Ай бұрын

was originally going to be the standard 3.5 minutes but the band in recording studio keep playing till they crashed and the producers kept the tapes rolling

@campbellellis7934 2 ай бұрын

One of the best Strayan songs of all time. Ol Rusty did a few good ones, but this was his biggest and best. He's still going too!

@glennmitchell9107 4 ай бұрын

The genesis of Australian Olympic break dancing.

@BG-id2cv 4 ай бұрын

Bought the single back in 1969 as a 10 year old. It's an iconic Australian recording...a #1 in Oz...biggest single of the year, which included anything from overseas. The official video of The Real Thing isn't quiet as psychedelic (and weird) as this one, which was done by Australian Bandstand. Russell Morris had some great songs from the late '60s to the early '70s. Great vocalist.

@garyspeed8961 4 ай бұрын

me too at 13.. first 45 I ever bought!

@michaelbowie4526 2 ай бұрын

16 years old here. I didn't realize there was a "Part 2" until I played the B side!!

@RichardGodber-p1s 3 ай бұрын

We don’t do things by halves in Australia especially in 1969 ! Baby

@worldoffaeriehelpers9154 4 ай бұрын

I am so in love with this thing!

@L33Reacts 4 ай бұрын

Isn’t it so good???

@robkeyte2614 27 күн бұрын

1969, we were the children of the generation who fought WWII and now in Viet Nam, very topical at the time

@kimn9802 5 күн бұрын

Greatest psych song ever made. Game Over.

@wesbranchflower690 Ай бұрын

To get this, the whole warning behind the song, the cult of personality, you have to be aware. To see through the bullshit. If you want to treat this as a trippy toad experience, you’re not getting it. There is a massive core of Australians who ‘get this’ if you understand, it means you haven’t drunk the cool aid, that you’re still cogniscent, aware and in charge. The next awareness is “Midnight Oil’s’ Short Memory’

@fineasfogg1461 4 ай бұрын

This is definitely new to me. Maybe it'll grow on me. I like learning about new music too even though it's from my time period and I missed it then.

@Hartlor_Tayley 4 ай бұрын

Trippy very trippy

@rosmeeker1964 3 ай бұрын

how did I miss this happening in my feed?

@johnewart1635 4 ай бұрын

This song is on the incredible 'Rubble' 20CD box set I have from Amazon of psych, psych pop, mod, freakbeat 60s nuggets, a lot from little known artists who made incredible records that deserved to be hits but because of the wealth and volume of good music at the time the single charts could only be filled once so a lot of these songs only got reappraised many years later. From the 'Rubble' CD notes - Description Stunning 20 cd box set with 2 juicy booklets ( 86 pages and 96 pages). Legendary psych collection. Limited Edition. Includes legendary sides from the likes of Wimple Winch, The Misunderstood, Open Mind,The Mindbenders,The Pretty Things,The Spencer Davis Group, Tomorrow, Kaleidoscope,The Poets,The Falling Leaves, Second Hand, Sandy Coast, The Clique, Tintern Abbey, Curiosity Shoppe, Tuesday's Children, Fleur de Lys,Time Machine, Blossom, Soft Machine, Crazy World of Arthur Brown and hundreds more. If you like this type of music buy or download. All these psych nuggets are on You Tube etc. Some with incredible number of views some only very small but there lies the beauty of music, popular and well known often means good music but so does more obscure stuff like this.

@grahamthompson2594 4 ай бұрын

Do check out Russel Morris 'Hush' live in 2007. What a performance.

@leepd1 12 күн бұрын

Try and find the original recording, as this is a very low fi version from an ancient TV show.. it was a landmark recording here in OZ at the time, and went huge across the country..

@brettwilkie3833 11 күн бұрын

You can also check out the sequel, Part 3 Into Paper Walls, which picks up from the end notes of this song. It's a little different but equally as good.

@Moz1011 4 ай бұрын

Oh. Ive heard this. Long ago.

@AndrewMoore58 4 ай бұрын

If you want to do some great Aussie seminal music perhaps Skyhooks’ Living in the Seventies might be up your alley. Great guitar, lyrics and production. I love this album.

@goannaj3243 3 ай бұрын

Classic

@CadenFogarty 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to psychedelia!

@michaelbowie4526 2 ай бұрын

You had to be there.

@michaelwebster8389 4 ай бұрын

Such an enjoyable song, but it is kind of silly and very simple. Still love it.

@rhondarandall4500 23 күн бұрын

NEITHER of these versions on REACTIONS ive heard were not the ONE i remember both are too long THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION IM SURE 🤔😃🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄I live RUSSELS VOICE and AND EMOTIONS❤😮❤

@johncollier9280 4 ай бұрын

What happened "between then" was Elvis Presley. When he appeared in the mid 1950's it was total pandemonium. The girls went crazy! (includin' my older sister.) Everything changed on the music scene. Nothin' was ever the same again from that moment on. A young John Lennon went to an early Elvis movie in Liverpool 'n thought "...Now that's a good job!" Elvis meant everything to that impressionable generation.

@L33Reacts 4 ай бұрын

You’re absolutely right. That’s exactly what it was. I forgot about the Elvis screaming and crying lol

@StrangeRep 2 ай бұрын

This is only Part 1 of The Real Thing. There's also a Part 2 and Part 3. I hope you can find and react to them also. There's at least one youtube video you might use that has all 3 parts together.

@Hartlor_Tayley 4 ай бұрын

New to me too.

@wendyryder2708 4 ай бұрын

I feel SO OLD!!!!

@corawheeler9355 4 ай бұрын

That was indeed strange ... in a fun way lol

@brianvernon249 4 ай бұрын

Now you must do The Real Thing by Brothers Johnson.

@glennmitchell9107 4 ай бұрын

oohm-poppa-ooh-mau-mau (The Bird is the Word)

@bigdoug1558 4 ай бұрын

The four faces are Hitler, Stalin, Ribbentrop and Molotov.

@Moz1011 4 ай бұрын

Teenagers were even a thing in the 50s. People were out working at 14 years of age and went from children to adulthood. I think muduc is what changed.

@Moz1011 4 ай бұрын

Music. Is what changed the world.

@Mirrorgirl492 Ай бұрын

Don't you understand a Protest song when you hear one? Look, your generation don't understand how my generation related to Adolpho. We weren't in awe of him, we didn't fear him. We recognized him, we vilified him and we laughed at him.

@glennmitchell9107 4 ай бұрын

Girls weren't screaming for artists in the 50's? How about Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and Dion?