Little River Band - Reminiscing - Reaction with Angie

[@louisestevenson5102]

Song - "THAT MISTRESS OF MINE." So beautiful. Little river Band

[@ildefonsobenitez6624]

Hi Rollen and Angie, great group that I discovered in the early 80s while I was doing my military service and I was on a stopover in Australia in Sidney. I ran to a music store and bought the album. I brought it back to France and I still love this album.

[@iceberg5220]

Ok, So, Let's begin......the sound for LRB (Little River Band) is Glenn Shorrick as the Lead Singer. Wonderful Band. Wonderful music. Wonderful Harmonies. When John Farnham sings........your Jaw hits the floor and there is (IMHO), no voice on the planet that can match his range nor passion ! I was blessed to grow up listening to all of these wonderful Artists !

[@charki40]

You as a couple looked like you revisited your vows of love to each other during each rendition of this song. I loved this. Its a brilliant song and a more deeply sharing of what love is among couples. Thank you you made me smile. : )

[@RollenGreenRants]

ah - thank you!

[@Dr_KAP]

Sometime you absolutely must see Bridge Over Troubled Water!! It’s right before he joins Little River Band and he’s a super baby faced John in a little brown suit and belts that song out with so much power it’s so impressive

[@carolynh8866]

Back in those days he looked so young but actually in his 30's. Wait till they see 17yo Johhny Farnham lol

[@Dr_KAP]

@@carolynh8866 just turned 30 but yes to me that is still super young 😆

[@carolynh8866]

@@Dr_KAP me too lol

[@Bellas1717]

BOTW is a favourite, and the only JF song I don't like.

[@shaz464]

Lead singer is Glenn Shorrock. He was not the person in the dressing room. I absolutely love John Farnham, but in my opinion, Little River Band were never the same after Glenn left.

[@wren1960]

I really liked LRB then John joined them and their song's became not so you know, blan.....John puts personality, and emotion into songs, Glenn just puts............ Love your work 💯🎼❤️

[@jenniferjacobs228]

The original and the best LRB.70's. I was seeing a roadie who worked with LRB on the USA tour in the 70's. Really cool. They had a blast. But such innocent Ozzies overseas. He said he shared a joint with someone backstage and later found out it was Bob Dillon...hahahaha

[@robertzoomer9886]

You have to listen to this being sung by a very young John Farnham with the Little River band.

[@georgeibrahim7945]

Should also check out johns performance with the little river band “cool change” it’s awesome. John to me will always be the better version of “reminiscing”

[@natalieharris1696]

Ya see how John was moving across the stage.....it's understood other members of the band hated that and shortened the length of the cord for his microphone, so he couldn't go anywhere.

[@JoSedunary]

A lot of staunch LRB supporters didn't take very well to John when he joined... they claimed he was too 'jazzy' and shouldn't have 'messed' with the arrangements as much as he did... (John is a frustrated musician and he uses his voice like a multitude of instruments.... which is in my opinion something that has always made him stand out vocally for decades)... John also tried not to 'mimic' Glenn's versions of the LRB songs... very difficult coming into an established band with an already solid fanbase... The bass player (Wayne Nelson) actually joined John's band for a while... he clearly appreciated John's talent as we all do.

[@rickandersen2284]

My favourite track from the JF phase is Forever Blue. There is no video of him singing it but it did take off in Netherlands about 10 years after release.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Rick, just found your comment after listening to this song again. Forever Blue is one of my favourites I play quite often. It’s um, beautifully sad in some ways, but I love it. Yes shame there is no video .

[@stephanielane1821]

Hi guy's, listen to John Farnham sing reminiscing with the little River band, John joined when Glenn left, it's worth a listen, well worth it.

[@cristiona22]

I always loved this song - but i love John singing it more

[@gavii71]

John Farnham can sing anything! He did a song that he wrote with The Little Band called Playing To Win which is a must from that same concert you did Help with John Farnham, Angie. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra! Great job guys! I’m biased too, when it comes to Mr. John Farnham

[@iankearns774]

Some songs got overplayed on radio back in the late 70's and early 80's. Another song like Africa by Toto I hated for 30 odd years because I heard it so often, but picked up my old record and played it again a few years back with my older mindset and appreciated it far more than I did back in the 80's. Did the same thing with the Foreigner 4 album, actually detested Waiting for a girl like you due to its repeated airplay but now appreciate it again. Glen Shorrock had that laid back and smooth voice but John Farnham is an absolute beast as a singer. He is brilliant.

[@jgsheehan8810]

I am a John Farnham fan, but i do really like Glenn Shorrock era LRB (i was a teenager through the early LRB) and i think this song is 'a Glenn song'. There is some excellent John era LRB too - dont get me wrong :)

[@doc6186]

I love that you reacted to both the original with Glenn Shorrock and with Farnham replacing Glenn. I like both and don't like one better than the other. They are the same but different. With Glenn I think LRB were a more homogeneous band. With John, because of the power, clarity and range of his vocals he is a more evident lead singer and the rest of the band more in the background. - Just my view anyway. But I often find myself preferring the Originals over Covers, which I think is what Rollen was saying about these two versions. That's the imprint in your head that you like. Unless the Cover totally re-invents the song in some way as Farnsey did with the Beatles' Help, or Disturbed did with Sounds of Silence.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

👏👏👏 all well put👍 Really whatever band John is in,he's the one that's gunna make you soar the most(especially live)🦅. The man's phenomenal! ✌️❤️🇦🇺

[@bigs1546]

John brought the Jazz and it is great!

[@carolynh8866]

Bought life to a band full of has beens as far as i see it... haha. I'm glad he decided to leave, because we got to have him back.

[@grantkeenan9014]

Great! I've been waiting for this reaction. Personally I much prefer John's rendition rather than the Glenn Shorrick version. John just has so much more charisma and engagement with his audience. Despite the jealousy and tensions within the band, I like how John still brings the audiences attention to other band members...something that he continued throughout his career. I think he is one of the most selfless performers out there.

[@RollenGreenRants]

I saw that 100% - Also saw that his humor and personality shine, even at a young age. So very cool!

[@craigedwards2940]

Bullshit. Glenn Shorrock shits all over him, in the case of LRB. And that pissy Housden guitar solo, was a joke. The Little River Band is Shorrock, Goble and Birtles.

[@carolynh8866]

Long story short, the original band members argued so much over the years that they were constantly leaving the band and coming back ...so a new company was formed... we two pty ltd i think it was called. That company owned the right to the name LRB and everything associated. As people left the band they would be bought out. So last man standing was not even an original band member. Steven Housan. Band members came back into the group under contract. Now Shorrock Birtles and Gobles fought to get the rights back to the name given they were the origial band members and wrote most of the songs. With no luck .

[@carolynh8866]

Ps That was Housdan playing the guitar solo at the end. He joined LRB just before John Farnham.

[@mikehenry5817]

I've always known John's, but didn't even know what band it was. I just liked it❤️‍🔥😉👍

[@markedward5941]

Frank Sinatra called this the greatest love song he'd ever heard and actually sang it in some of his last shows

[@notanotherenigma7759]

A bit unfair, the Glen Shorrock version was not recorded all that well. I mean, yes, you got the idea, but the second recording with John was a lot crisper sounding. Glen had been in a few successful bands prior to LRB, Axiom and The Twilights. Beep Birtles was in Zoot with Rick Springfield (who moved to the US, started acting in shows like General Hospital, and had a massive hit with Jessie's Girl). Then Beep joined a band called Mississippi along with Graham Gobel. If you check out their song Make Way For The King's Of The World, you will hear how even then, the harmonies were amazing. So when you add Shorrock, he just blended in so well. And that was their strength. Killer harmonies. Yes, John is a great singer, but he was always a lead singer, Glen could blend in better.

[@carolynh8866]

No competition John slays that and wins by 10000 miles. His arrangement is so much better along with the energy he brings, the way he engages the audience. But Shorrock is the recognised sound of LRB.

[@Bellas1717]

Yes, I was never an LRB fan, always preferred a harder rock sound, so only really took notice of them when John joined. The magic of music, there is something for every taste and each to their own.

[@alandoherty1332]

Total BS!!

[@jemxs]

I like both, back in the day I preferred Glen, now I may be leaning towards JF..but who knows both are great versions.

[@iceberg5220]

Oh, look, sorry but as high as the LRB Harmonies are, when you listen to John with LRB, and you listen, John actually sings the higher harmonies......Wonderful to listen to.. !

[@tomwareham7944]

If you don't react to another song react to John singing with this band , COOL CHANGE , its more than a great song its an experience that everyone who loves the ocean should be exposed to , check it out you have everything to gain .

[@rickandersen2284]

I don't think there's any doubt that the original combo was the right combo. Didn't we call it the West Coast sound? John didn't have and no matter how hard he worked it just didn't work and it was more or less the end of LRB but the making of JF. I doubt that Whispering Jack would have happened without his stint in LRB

[@Bellas1717]

Oh I politely disagree. I lived through those changes and I think LRB went from bland to outstanding.

[@rickandersen2284]

@@Bellas1717 and lost their audience and went broke....and out popped Jack.

[@Bellas1717]

@@rickandersen2284 not how the history went down, correlation not causation. Their own internal jealousies, started before John joined them, were whiteanting the group.

[@rickandersen2284]

@@Bellas1717 but that doesn't explain why, to this day American fans prefer Glenn. Because it was his voice that gave it the 'boring' soft rock sound that John couldn't emulate. Even John's manager didn't want him to join the group. And as it turned out he was right. But what it did do was prepare John for what was coming. The GOAT we all love today.

[@Bellas1717]

@@rickandersen2284 It was Glenn Wheatley and Graeham Goble (founding member, who had arranged 'Help' for John) who suggested John join LRB. Generalising "American fans" - no group is homogenous. Anyway, obvious we will not agree here, so no point discussing any further. Cheers.

[@bernbee1679]

I prefer John Farnhams version with LRB, I know this was the original but much better with John

[@grumpybumme3289]

;)

[@mindingmyownbusiness2689]

Good dude no doubt and a life story to tell. Bit cringy here though. Be yourselves couple x

[@RollenGreenRants]

Thank you for that - I see your name is a suggestion and not a rule, good for that! have the best day you can!

[@jeffreykennedy1266]

Farnham wins every time…💯

[@alandoherty1332]

Huge LRB fan and Farnham wrecked the ban Shorrock was way better...