John Farnham - Pressure Down | Vocalist From The UK Reacts

[@kayethomas7863]

I ❤ your comments about JF. You get it. We adore him here firstly because of his voice and also because he is such a nice guy - no airs or graces with him just a genuine unaffected person. ❤❤❤ him

[@wendyjames5472]

Have you seen the John Farnham 💗 Documentary Movie 🍿🎥 on his life and career called, "Finding The Voice"? It was done with John's input and approval. It's great 💯👍 It was released in theatres 🎭👏 here in Australia 🐨🦘🇦🇺❤️ on the 18th of May, this year, 2023. Glad 🙂😊 to hear 😌🙉 that you're feeling better 🤗☺️ John Farnham 💗💝

[@joelonslow4352]

You are officially an honorary Aussie...the feeling of family you get from John's performance is what mateship is all about. it's what is special about Australia

[@nikkil2580]

So true 😊

[@pmR32red]

👍

[@ouzomitsos]

It was in his era but these days No...sorry to be a pp

[@orettawinton8767]

I spent most of all the Farnham concerts I went to on my feet dancing to the music…. Even the sitters were always bouncing in their seats ❤

[@AdamOlney-n7j]

Have a look at Tour of Duty 1999 for the troups in East Timor.

[@marylmunroe-rey7647]

Yep! That's what you would call a MIC stand DROP these days!! 😊 John is a beautiful, humble, loving, caring very special human being that uplifts your soul & fills your heart with Love & Joy! Our Earth Angel that is beyond talented! Love him! 🙌💗🌟💫✨️🙏🌿🕊🪶

[@judith3196]

Years ago when he was Johnny he used to twirl the microphone around by the wire and catch it. I've wondered if he stopped because he hit himself in the face too many times or because they were expensive, I used to love to see it. Best singer of all time.

[@XX-pd3qr]

Hey Judith, I remember that too. He's been doing mic tricks at least since the early seventies I think (has anyone seen him doing it earlier than that?) . I have vivid memories as a child being mesmerized by watching John on Perth's channel Seven's Telethon swinging that corded mic like he was going to lasso a bull! Thrilling! I never saw him make a mistake with it. I was hoping the Channel 7 "Spotlight" program that aired on Sunday would have some of that vision, but no. I've searched the internet but cannot find any of John's performances on Telethon. If anyone has that, PLEASE post it. Cheers

[@greggyaus]

Hey mate. The instrument is called a Keytar, ie: keyboard guitar (you almost said it). 😊 I know you hate hearing this due to understandable jealousy, but I was at this very concert (John’s Chain Reaction tour) and it’s memorable because it was my very first Farnham concert when I was still a teenager, and what would be the first of dozens. The reason I mention it is because it was the first time I’d ever experienced a crowd response like this - you can actually hear it in this recording moreso even than his Melbourne Symphony Concert tour which preceded it - and I’m telling you, it’s better than any drug out there. Whilst John knows how to whip up his audience, it’s almost like he doesn’t need to because of the pure joy his songs and their arrangements bring us. That man and his band are a class act (I say as I get goosebumps remembering!)

[@kathybaker3136]

So true. This was a great tour. I have been to so many of John's concerts and never have I been disappointed! Never. Every show is special and every time you leave feeling on a high, just like every other person at that concert. He's a special artist. He's a special person.

[@queenslanddiva]

OMG. I remember when Whispering Jack came out and my very young kids put on a "concert" doing dancing to this lovely track. It was wonderful and hilarious and every time I hear this song, I see them, now 44 and 40 and 37 doing their cool moves for their dad and me! Thanks John for the wonderful memory.

[@Deb_Bee_Thriver]

Yes, Thank you Charlie! Great Reaction. I Love anything from the GOAT, our Aussie Living Legend, John Farnham! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN FARNHAM for the 1st July '23. We hope you are feeling better and able to enjoy being spoilt by your lovely family today.🥳🥰❤💐🎂🎈🎉🎁🎶🎵 Sending all my love and well wishes. xo Deb🐝

[@iceberg5220]

And John sings these high energy songs all night. With Encores, Phenomenal ! Thanks Charlie, I have missed your reviews !

[@vickimanning1725]

Hi Charlie, This doesn’t appear in your video feed - only under your John Farnham playlist … settings may be incorrect which would explain the low views. Thanks again for reacting to John - we all love him. Have you seen him doing the 2 versions of help at the one concert (original & then his version) ❤

[@melanieslack8645]

Welcome back Charlie. We’ve missed you. Keep the Farnsy reactions coming. There’s still so many to see ❤

[@aussiekat6379]

G’day nice to see you Charlie missed you. Hope things are all right.. another great John Farnham song form another great concert.. keep them coming Charlie 😊🇦🇺🥰

[@NannyLyn53]

Missed you Charlie. Love and best wishes.xx

[@leannearthur7444]

You must watch him perform at the fundraiser when he’s in his 70’s. Unbelievable!!

[@kathryn4002]

Bushfire relief?

[@MargaretGuppy]

John rarely misses with the mic or catching gifts, but when he does, he is not fussed! Great to see you again Charlie. Another amazing performance from this concert is his version of Help, he starts out by singing the Beatles version then morphs into his own! It is interesting to compare the two!

[@bennine888]

Hear it enough times over & you'll see this has become ANOTHER anthem that everyone still knows today.

[@rodneycampbell2964]

Thanks Charlie for reacting to our John again, Always love seeing your reactions to this G.O.A.T.I agree you are a Honorary Aussie love your work 😊

[@jayweb51]

Yes Charlie, his love for playing around with the mike stand is as legendary as he is; but sometimes it bits him in the bum, as they say. I love your channel, and especially your love of not only John but the Australian music scene.

[@Bobbygirl63]

He misses some things. Just shows he's human like the rest of us.

[@JoanTate-v3r]

Found this today Hi Charlie from Australia missed you. Keep doing what you do so well. Love you love our John simply the best ❤❤❤

[@jj-if6it]

Love how John's voice keeps building higher and higher in the recorded version of the song. This version is so fun though

[@mylittlepwny9282]

Ahh i only found this when clicking into your Farnsey playlist, like vicki said in another comment. Paul's requests are on point once again, and your reaction good fun 🎉🎉 cheers Charlie!

[@michellepaech6278]

Same here. Has just shown up

[@pauljcampbell2997]

HI Charlie. It's a Keytar with a breath controller. You use it to control the pitch bending because there are no strings to bend

[@IdonthaveatwittersoFoff.]

Dude gets it ❤ much love from Australia

[@konservation6205]

He was with a band for awhile called Little River Band, but they literally shortened his cord to stop him moving around the stage. Needless to say, he wasn't with them too long. If you haven't already, check out Playing to Win.

[@XX-pd3qr]

Yeah, the doco "Finding the Voice" said that someone in/with LRB actually taped his mic stand to the stage in an effort to keep John still. IDIOTS! He was doing mic tricks since the early seventies, maybe earlier.....silly people.

[@jayweb51]

John is all about entertainment, and giving the audience a show; NOT SHOWOFF, which other performers try to do.

[@tiaelina1090]

Another classic John song. You see why we Australians love “the voice” John. He has such an amazing talent and is a humble down to earth Aussie block. I have been to a few of his concerts and always been blown away by them. He has the same charisma that of the late Freddie Mercury and the same stage presence. A belated Happy Birthday to John we carry you and your family in our prayers❤️

[@nikkil2580]

This is one of the reasons we love him so much. His humbleness. He's been taking the piss out of himself his whole career. It's not only very endearing (especially given his gobsmacking talent) but VERY Australian. Missed you and love you too Charlie ❤

[@Kimmy58]

Hey Charlie, love watching John with you. You should check out this exact song on the red hot summer tour. He performs pressure down and I think hes 68yrs young in this clip. His vocals are out of this world even in his late 60s. Its a brilliant video shot by a fan.

[@4adgray2]

BEAST ROADTRIP SONG EVER! 🚙💚😎😁 CHOOKAS! Red-in-💙

[@jayweb51]

The best voice/instrument pairing l recall, was back in the late 50's/early 60's; one that specifically comes to mind was Frank Sinartra, as he walk down through the orchestra his voice was moved from instrument to the next as he move. I think this may have been in a movie. My earliest of voice and instrument vocals was with a record(78 rpm) titled Sparky and his Magic Piano. Always fascinated me.

[@jeffwilson7100]

He always had a stage hand with a collection of replacement mic stands, because he destroyed so many.

[@bennine888]

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AlisonReacts]

Yaaaas! I love this song! This is on my daily rotation!! ❤❤❤

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

Yeah it's such a great song

[@FreeTheRocks]

What a collection of GREAT singers. John, Wayne Nelson(bass), Jack Jones(guitar), and the usual fearsome threesome(+1) in the background.

[@muzza1967]

A mate used to use the mouthpiece on his Yamaha DX-7 keyboard and uses the membrane pressure as you blow air through to control the volume/vibrato, like a sax.

[@bradrichardson67]

Some people just need huge fidget spinners. John is one of them

[@cudwieser3952]

A bit of trivia. We know johns biggest uk hit (You're the Voice at number 6) but he had 3 other songs in the top 100 in the UK. This song was 78, the other two were in the 80's (chart positions) What were they :)

[@LuvHrtZ]

The 'voicebox' thingy was a breath controller. It's meant to add dynamics to the performance.

[@carolynh8866]

Only just finding this. Awesome. One of my favourites

[@FionaEm]

The weird 80s instrument is a keytar. Quite popular in the mid-late 80s. Dunno what the mouthpiece is.

[@utha2665]

Looks like it's fixed now, I finally had this turn up in my feed. Great reaction, as always, Charlie.

[@MavisSmith-m6f]

Check out john Farnham lucille 1973

[@jesperschultz5568]

I skipped through some of your videos to see if you had reacted to John Farnham, when he was part of Little River Band. If not...then you are in for a treat. Reminiscing - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4rKmZJ_p9BnbK8 Cool Change - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3uzfX2hYrqCfsU These two songs in particular. His performance is just amazing. Being able to sing like that LIVE is really something. But also their harmonies as a group. Thx Charlie. Great reactions!!

[@dianewotherspoon26]

Don’t know if you will see this but you need to listen to John with Vanessa Field and Lindsey Fields singing Amazing Grace

[@mssuziquzi]

Please, yes👍

[@tonyb4115]

Well done review, thanks Charlie.

[@karenhp2922]

It was the 1980s

[@donnaryan8527]

If you can, you should always react to the version of him live with the orchestra

[@karenlittle8041]

Keytar is the instrument name.

[@jennygavrilovic7415]

The mouth piece is called a tin whistle

[@frankcastel3239]

it's a Keytar with midi breath control

[@ronheaps6499]

It's a keytar..the bass player has a band by the name of Little River Band,him and another ex LRB member "stole" the rights to the name..

[@j9andphoenix]

I've missed you Charlie! Just wondering, is that gorgeous gramophone in working order? Do yu have a vinyl setup?

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

Yes the gramophone does indeed work. I also have a big 60s Zenith record player console up in my bedroom too

[@jennygavrilovic7415]

What happened to the John Farnham T-shirt you were going to wear during his reactions? I was waiting for it to pop up!

[@Beejay2946]

It was my understanding that it was just a scam--the shirt never came from John, just someone pretending to be him--what a mongrel act !!!

[@peterbenson6862]

Where is the tshirt that John Farnham gave you. I thought you would wear it whenever you did one of his reactions

[@Saan42]

Pretty sure the general consensus is that it wasn't John Farnham, just someone playing a shitty trick, or maybe the artist looking for publicity, so he'd probably prefer to just forget it ever happened.

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

@Saan42 these were the claims of the owner of a fan page that wouldn’t back up their source so this definitely isn’t my consensus. I need to contact John’s team to verify. But it definitely wasn’t anyone looking for recognition because a they never asked me to post about it or make a video. I asked if I could and even then I had to wait until they got permission from the Farnhams. I never credited the artist or linked to her website or social media pages, nor was I asked to. She also asked me to take the video down the day after I posted it when John allegedly started getting contacted by the press about it. I don’t see where the benefit would be. This person would have had to get the T-shirt made, forge a letter, spent 50 bucks sending it to me. Who is really getting tricked here and what is the benefit if it was a trick. No one except me was even going to know about it until I asked to make a video after it arrived in the post

[@Saan42]

@CharlieSmithChannel Ah ok,thank you for that. Apologies, I saw another chamnel owner mention it, and then lots of comments claiming it was fake on that video. Was really disappointed for you if that was the case, so thanks for setting me straight. It's certainly a far nicer outcome for it to be genuine!

[@TheCharlieSmithChannel]

@@Saan42 I mean it could be fake. I just don’t knew yet. Either outcome is equally weird. Either it’s real and some people started a rumour because of jealousy I presume. Or it’s fake and someone went to all that effort and expense for absolutely zero gain. Both outcomes a seriously odd

[@anitap2142]

Where's your Farnsey t shirt??? 🤔

[@annepavlidis7620]

Charlie please remove that Gramerphone from the right hand cnr of the screen. It blocks so much of the video. Charlie we love your reactions because you are like John in that you are so genuine and down to earth.

[@pmR32red]

👍

[@sisandantongana1819]

Hi Charlie can you please react to Makabongwe: The sound of Revival by Ntokozo Mbambo ft Nathaniel Bassay

[@ilzelia4383]

Reaja ao gabriel henrique com a música HURT

[@IdonthaveatwittersoFoff.]

Keytar