To those who did not grow up in this era. Just imagine, being able to go to a pub or club any night of the week and hear live music as good or better than this. Every night. The Sydney music scene was just amazing at that time.
@cheapthrilll63232 жыл бұрын
If only
@danielt68562 жыл бұрын
Sounds incredible. Shame it was traded for the pokies
@ozziepride19732 жыл бұрын
AUSTRALIAS MUSIC SCENE MY FRIEND!
@rippi372 жыл бұрын
We saw them at the Stagedoor Tavern in Sydney....absolutely awesome venue....awesome bands...great times
@amandaingham65292 жыл бұрын
@@rippi37 great 👍🏻 times
@zoe96326 жыл бұрын
Aussies...we know this is a legendary song. Ageless.
@rippi372 жыл бұрын
Absobloodylutely !
@RIZENSKE Жыл бұрын
My Dad recently passed away and i remember singing along to this song as a kid with him. Great song, so many memories.
@bradpowe40464 жыл бұрын
RIP 'Greedy' Smith, 3 December 2019
@jo-annepaasche92084 жыл бұрын
RIP Greedy! Rock on in heaven! You will be always missed! Thankyou for your best era of music! Heart goes out to your family and band members! 👼💕
@tonyrigby79484 жыл бұрын
Vale Andrew Smith. The night before deploying to Malaysia with the Australian Army in 1979. Civic Hotel Sydney. The Mentals rock! Arrive in Malaysia later the next day - the teenage Australian girls at Butterworth Air Base love The Mentals on the juke box at the pool, but have a totally different meaning for the song. Bwahahahaa!
@mattmccarthy9775 жыл бұрын
My own good taste in music brought me here.
@montbrehain3 жыл бұрын
And what good taste you have ;-)
@richardhawley80413 жыл бұрын
Superb taste in music.
@robertocappadona30092 жыл бұрын
Thats cool man ...i love ausie rock
@tamb39382 жыл бұрын
Same
@fanatamon2 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmm Roger that.
@TheSharkyoz4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Greedy Smith, a funny bugga who will be missed
@chaosbringer19702 жыл бұрын
Martin is an arrogant turd, Greedy was a legend
@birdie20346 жыл бұрын
Love it when seeing Mentals live! Nips is the last song(before encores)And the Crowd goes mad as soon as the hear the Martin Reg & Petes Riff
@7DearOhDear72 ай бұрын
One of the best songs ever!! Fantastic song.
@launchpadmcquack86556 жыл бұрын
Gotta love a band who pretty much just wrote songs about getting pissed.
@groadoswaggins4 жыл бұрын
"Believe me when I tell you It was nothin' to do with the letter" I think his girlfriend left him, again. (see "If you leave me")
@peternicholson2334 жыл бұрын
pretty much Aussie music. Either being pissed, or getting there.
@funtimefreddie96373 жыл бұрын
@@groadoswaggins *latter* you fucking fool
@groadoswaggins3 жыл бұрын
@@funtimefreddie9637 Well that makes more sense than the online lyrics I checked. Thanks fvknuckles
@funtimefreddie96373 жыл бұрын
@@groadoswaggins fuck off
@braddunn18093 ай бұрын
Thankyou Mentals for making my life that bit better having this music. Legends ❤
@nameian7774 жыл бұрын
first line "Started out just drinking beer" ... this song should be our national anthem.
@cygnusrays4 жыл бұрын
One of my best memories: Narara festival “84, the cream of Australian music was there (and Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Pretenders, Eurythmics...), most of the 31,000 crowd had gone to bed, around 200 of us danced on to the Mentals on a balmy summer night til 3a.m. - magic
@mickfitz763 жыл бұрын
I was there also as an 8 year old kid with my parents. We stayed in a tent for a couple of days. I wandered around and saw a lot of interesting things that an 8 year old shouldn't see but what fun it was. If only I could go back.
@allananderson94972 жыл бұрын
Fukn hell! I was there !
@reedbender11793 ай бұрын
Indeed...got there midnight Friday night...light rain..Talking Heads just started...Take Me To the River...next day round midday...Dynamic Hepnotics ...history in the making...great to be there...and remember...something ...precious...✌
@juliekay36622 ай бұрын
Aww gawd i was there,off my chomp😂😂
@birdie20346 жыл бұрын
40 years on Nips is still A Classic & Still The Mighty Mentals Best Song
@demimauro32167 жыл бұрын
Nothing can beat late 70 early 80's
@skeeterman19316 жыл бұрын
demi smith ESPECIALLY THE AUSIE BANDS!!!
@antidepressant112 жыл бұрын
The sixtees?
@iantoau4 жыл бұрын
one of the most amazing people I have ever met. we had a 3 hour conversation and he wanted us to hang around for more. no joke, the essence of life
@metatron76352 жыл бұрын
You lucky basterd heck I wish I was there mate.
@rippi372 жыл бұрын
Very cool xxx
@itsEastie Жыл бұрын
It’s hard only being 22 and feeling like I’m the only one from my generation to properly appreciate the music of the 50s-80s, mentals are definitely up there in my all time favourites, aussie legends for sure
@Jay-uw1ew Жыл бұрын
Your not alone bud 50-80s are under appreciated so fucking much 👌
@Jay-uw1ew Жыл бұрын
I’m 32 btw
@KangazRooBoyz Жыл бұрын
Not alone mate 23 💪🏽🇦🇺
@damienjohnstone9985 Жыл бұрын
28 🤙🏻 🇦🇺
@jacquietwo22411 ай бұрын
You are only one of the many silent appreciators! I used to think the same thing as a twenty something. Simple fact is that we know good music when we here it. As you get older, the appreciators of that sort of music, come out of the woodwork. 😂 true! Keep thinking for yourself and don’t follow the trend.
@uncharted-desert-isle Жыл бұрын
Mr.Inbetween brought me here, great tune.
@9to5Drone3 ай бұрын
Saaaaaaaame
@nooneylove64974 жыл бұрын
1980s Lismore nsw my Sister and I tried to make Martin plaza smile when they played at rsl club,if you knew mental as anything you know Martin never smiled...nope he didn’t crack..Rip Greedy we loved you all🙏💙🇦🇺🐨✊🏻
@milamba4 жыл бұрын
He did smile... just not so much on stage :)
@LarkBird75 ай бұрын
@@milambathanks for answering,I just found my message😍🎶 Loved the 80s north coast nsw🤟🏻🎶
@soulminer5 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect debut single. I have suffered from alcoholism myself. And I dig this.
@nooneylove64974 жыл бұрын
soulminer 1970 my brother died 7 yrs ago he was a musician and an alcoholic,this song he played 🙏💙
@stevenguegens70474 жыл бұрын
LEGEND 💯💯 Percent 🧞👍 RIP Mr🎹😎 Greedy Smith
@7colliemac2 жыл бұрын
Saw these guys in 79 at a club in Brisbane, they were awesome, stage act was brilliant & funny, music was awesome, the whole place was rocking & couldn’t get enough of them.. RIP Greedy.
@paulholmes83984 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Greedy Smith. I remember rocking out to The Mental's in Karratha 1997 Those boys toured far and wide. Thanks for the memories
@ozziepride19732 жыл бұрын
Good k Town lad! I'm hedland crew, 80's and 90's!
@fanatamon Жыл бұрын
Yep they went off loved it. I seen Greedy and the mentals at Yass just before Covid hit as usual the place went off managed to have a chat with greedy after the gig etc very grateful. Rest in music Greedy.
@danielrond19354 жыл бұрын
RIP Greedy....your legacy will live on in your fabulous music ♥️♥️♥️♥️
@ahmadfarrall20977 ай бұрын
For me the best Australian group
@HillbillyWerewolf2 жыл бұрын
Aussie friend turned me onto this song, and now I can't stop playing it!
@micknolan397 жыл бұрын
Great great band... seen them heaps live and still have the vinyls... 👍👍👍👍👍
@peternicholson2334 жыл бұрын
Whatever they're on, I want some. Rock on Aussie music.
@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms3 жыл бұрын
What a prolific band! Shame how few people have heard of them,least here jn the states.
@valpavlovic20705 жыл бұрын
While several of The Mentals’ songs featured drinking as part of the subject matter, Most people misunderstood this and wrongly assumed they were simlplistic songs about carefree binge drinking . This song is about a guy struggling with coping since he lost someone , and he is drinking to wipe out the pain. ‘Too Many Times’ has similar subject matter in its lyrics, while Apocalypso is about nuclear Armageddon and Santa Claus hitting the bottle is a metaphor for society’s failures.
@quinquiln145 жыл бұрын
Great drinking song
@robopotato43914 жыл бұрын
Jason Mitchell it’s about alcoholism.
@stevenguegens70473 жыл бұрын
I had a disruptely disturbed childhood Rock'n'roll bought ME 🧞 calmness 💯💯 Percent 🧞👍
@jenA90269 күн бұрын
"Sometimes I wonder what all these chemicals are doing to my brain / doesn't worry me enough / to stop doing it again." One of my favourite lyrics of all time. 😂
@livingthedream-2 жыл бұрын
Love this song and wanted to hear it again and just remembered Greedy's gone. Thanks for everything, matey!
@jondunmore42684 жыл бұрын
Now, does he mean: 1) The drinks are getting fuller? 2) The Japanese are getting fatter? 3) The areolae are becoming more substantial? 4) The pinches to his botty are becoming more painful? 5) The kids are getting older? 6) The Nipponese are invading?
@Rebecca-pu2co4 жыл бұрын
These are all the right questions. I need answers!!!
@beninglis80975 жыл бұрын
Does anyone think it’s strange how from the mid 70s until the early 90s there was a healthy... no, a BOOMING Australia music scene? Well you can thank Gough Whitlam and the Labor government. In 74 they began seriously funding Aussie cultural arts. They introduced FM radio to Australia and required stations play at least 10% Aussie content! Not only did it boost Aussie pride, but it generated vast amounts of international money for our country! Many of those bands, including the ones that achieved international recognition would not have stood a chance if not for Gough and Labor. It’s no coincidence that our music and cultural influence then died in the arse in the mid 90s when the Howard Liberal government removed the 10% Aussie content regulation and slashed funding.
@peternicholson2334 жыл бұрын
Simplistic, Ben. A good argument, but nowhere near reality.
@AdstarAPAD4 жыл бұрын
The boom in Rap music and Rap like music ended the Aussie music boom.. White Aussie guys and girls looked and sounded ridiculous when they tried to adopt the New music..
@craigflanigan99264 жыл бұрын
There is a booming Australian music scene now too, spearheaded by Triple J. Like them or love them they have really helped establish Australian acts.
@AdstarAPAD4 жыл бұрын
@@craigflanigan9926 Well who would you pick as the best 3 current Australian music groups / acts ?
@gregryan48994 жыл бұрын
Rubbish, it was a continuance of brilliant, world recognised music from the 50s and 60s, and continues to this day. Nothing to do with Gough but their incredible hard work playing upto 200 pub gigs a year! Gough Whitlam, what a joke! Tell them their dreaming!
@rocknroll68187 жыл бұрын
Love this band...
@user-oi6xp3dq2k25 күн бұрын
Wo ho the nip are getting bigger alright,great band,great song ❤️✌️
@codythinks47492 ай бұрын
My parents raised me on such great music, thsts something im proper grateful for 🙌
@sermboy942 жыл бұрын
Heard many of these guys song's in movies now I can finally put it on my playlist
@Tony-zl6mm4 жыл бұрын
Vale Greedy. You kept it going all these years. The band can never get back together, even if Martin well. Thanks for 1977, tiny crowds, Get Wet and everything since. Plenty of great bands came and went, but never had as much fun as at your gigs. And it was your antics and smile that kept us all laughing. Lots of love and sadness pouring out today. Condolences to your family and the boys.
@erlstone6 жыл бұрын
hah, what a coincidence, I'm here with Pat Malone myself right now...small world.
@shaynebergwever62682 жыл бұрын
Love that Bass Riff!
@michaelhogan20712 жыл бұрын
Love this song. The memories. Priceless
@philbradmore87984 жыл бұрын
Thank you greedy for helping me through the 80’s.
@mariannedelamotte46337 ай бұрын
Always loved seeing the mentals live
@haggismcbagpipe21585 жыл бұрын
Wow haven’t heard these guys since 1982 lmao, still awesome.
@glennjelich31743 жыл бұрын
Such a great song......still on my playlist in 2021
@95JakX Жыл бұрын
Same with all of us here, a timeless banger
@robertchinnock80176 жыл бұрын
Me and my now ex saw them in kalgoorlie (2003) such a great nite..
@robog73964 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace !! True legend ❤️
@dannye85255 жыл бұрын
"me and Pat Malone drinking on our own" Love it.
@terryharrison67274 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Greedy..what a wonderful human who will be sadly missed..thanks buddy
@craigevans46946 жыл бұрын
Ahh Pat Malone,friend to everyone.
@tassherb Жыл бұрын
This is such a great song.
@TheMDJ20002 ай бұрын
Such a cool bass line
@jacquelineswinton22453 жыл бұрын
One of the best Australian songs ever written.
@vg8345 Жыл бұрын
Yes I agree!!!
@JOHNSON-wn7rq4 жыл бұрын
Cool drumming and Martin singing is sensational. Best rock and roll clip eva!
@JackButtelo4 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm so broken hearted I didn't grow up in this era
@FENBASS1004 жыл бұрын
RIP Andrew “Greedy” Smith
@andrewgilbert773 жыл бұрын
Listening to this classic just reminds me of my 21st and the lyrics sum it up. Such a great song
@metatron76352 жыл бұрын
I bet you got drunk on your twenty first hahaha 😁
@wessleymcgrath9768 Жыл бұрын
First saw them as 3rd support band at the Stagedoor. Watched them move up the ranks over the next few months.
@northerntao2 жыл бұрын
I’m American, and only heard this recently in an episode of Mr. Inbetween. Catchy as fuck!
@birdie20346 жыл бұрын
The Nips was the first Song as it turned out to be the greatest period for Aussie(And the worlds) Music The 80's #Awesome Song & Band
@eddy43776 жыл бұрын
Absolute Classic Love it Just a couple more to feel a little better.
@michaelbirt69724 жыл бұрын
So many great Mentals songs, but this is proably my favourite...Vale Greedy.
@bandito_guy76556 жыл бұрын
Love this song.
@shahrul19628 жыл бұрын
one of fav aussie bands......fun bunch of guys these mental boys.
@danielhaworth62595 жыл бұрын
They had a lot of fun just a bunch of Aussie art students you liked beer and making some noice
@rumplestiltskin724 жыл бұрын
They will live forever. So good.
@sallygoldner2302 Жыл бұрын
So good...simple, fun rock'n'roll. And RIP Greedy.
@MUSIC4TRUTH....4 ай бұрын
Only ever knew the one song from Croc Dundee, this is a revelation to and I'm liking it.
@sophiaamedley5 жыл бұрын
u would think this song is for older ppl but look at me im nine and listen to this...
@freddi75886 жыл бұрын
another great aussie band !!
@soniakay9398 Жыл бұрын
Classic 4am song
@legalyzeit4 ай бұрын
Love this. I really think all lead singers should wear suit and tie
@71joanneful4 жыл бұрын
Love you guys.. r.i.p greedy 💔
@peternicholson23323 күн бұрын
Pinocchio's backstage in Perth. Bands used to play after their gigs. Best ever venue,
@typhoontodd7 ай бұрын
Our national song. 🍻🥂🍷🥃🍸🍸🍸🍸
@sandgroperwookiee654 жыл бұрын
Thx for the memorable food time vibes...RIP 'Greedy'🎼🎶🎹
@lemonpie13313 жыл бұрын
I love this song
@krissaylawl64164 жыл бұрын
r.i.p greedy smith.you will be missed.
@southerngirl45284 жыл бұрын
Absoloutely classic song in aus. Before my Era but have played it plenty of times at parties!!
@peternicholson2335 жыл бұрын
Fucking classic. I worked behind the bar in those days.
@BlackwoodCollaborative6 күн бұрын
perfect example of how the bass player doesn't need to follow the guitars but do their own thing
@antidepressant112 жыл бұрын
Underrated song. Ticks a lot of boxes for me.
@tumekemuch3 жыл бұрын
Love their whole albums
@pwr2ppl1833 жыл бұрын
Saw MAA live at the Mallacoota Golf club in 2003. What a night!
@ShazGibbs7 жыл бұрын
awesome
@TimChuma17 күн бұрын
Chorus supposedly written while driving home from a gig across the Sydney Harbour Bridge
@juz724 жыл бұрын
RIP Greedy Smith ...
@nrbrown39143 жыл бұрын
Wiping out brain cells by the millions, yesssss
@LarkBird75 ай бұрын
Lismore 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻The 80s every band playing a cover this🙌🏻🙌🏻 Saw Mental at Lismore workers club🙌🏻🙌🏻💖💖🎶🎶🎶🎶💖💖
@mitchelllandors8274 жыл бұрын
Australian bands in the 1980s , there was so many. Try & name 5 these days.
@soozdundee Жыл бұрын
Mine always do listening to this ..
@philwearmouth11024 жыл бұрын
From a fantastic Album - Get Wet - classic
@katb9454 жыл бұрын
RIP Greedy. Love Martin and this song
@pt44304 жыл бұрын
Party, party, party
@kylebyrne3301 Жыл бұрын
A timeless classic
@davestewart44123 жыл бұрын
Good shit
@gregoryjohn13136 жыл бұрын
Great song ,Great group
@danhemming66246 жыл бұрын
Great Song but then there areb't that many that aren't from The Mentals!