Mondo Rock - Come Said The Boy Reaction

[@scotttaylor7767]

Pure nostalgia for me you couldn’t go anywhere that December without hearing this song on the radio in 1982.

[@jefferyhill6245]

One of my favourite when released and i still enjoyed it. Its basically a coming of ages story.

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Great,nostalgic song.I have different memories attached to it now then I did when I was younger

[@JontyBlue67]

Love this song, I still have the 12-inch extended version on vinyl in my collection. Now listen to it again without the video, it can make a huge difference. I think what made the video a little creepy for me weren't the teens, it was that there was a group of much older men singing/playing music about the first time between these two teens in the video. Without the video I can think about someone singing about their youth? Thanks for the video and review as always 🤩

[@Mindteaser70]

Thanks for the reaction to this great song. There is nothing wrong with saying that a commercial pop song is very good or even great. You don't always have to spare praise for the challenging and the esoteric. The white haired man that only listens to cool music isn't lurking about, hoping to catch you admitting to liking some commercial pop song. No need to be so hesitant. Just say you were beginning to enjoy the groove. It's obvious to me that you were.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Good point Fee .. Although I've probably been guilty of it myself at times ( particularly back in the new wave / post-punk era I loved ), there seems to be a reluctance by many of those who like a lot of more alternative, edgy, or obscure music to admit that some straight out commercial pop music is actually good stuff too .. Once I gradually got past that phase, and could allow myself to openly enjoy any type of song, it was quite liberating .. Having said all that, I'm not a huge fan of this particular song .. But not because it's commercial . It's just personal taste.

[@EveJenkins58]

A nice, calm, easy-breezy number sang by a guy that I had been following since 1966. Ross Wilson was probably the same age as those two kids when he and his future Daddy Cool sideman, Ross Hannaford, first came to my attention with The Pink Finks. Jim Niven, later of The Sports, was also in this group. Anyway, I was fine with this song. I finished my days at University at age 29 and sort of related to this in my own way. Not saying I loved this song, but I was satisfied seeing Ross Wilson still going strong in the 1980's. The reaction seems to be a mix of ''This is pretty good'', ''This is okay'', and ''This is interesting''. I don't know if that was everybody else's take of the song upon first hearing it back in 1983. It's been a long time now.

[@robbiecarroll5491]

Where the Video was shot is Maroubra Beach where I grew up and surfed, it's shot in South Maroubra in front of the old pavilion. Great song and State of the heart all time favourite ❤

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Super reminds me of a 80’s cop show theme tune set in the island of Jersey called Bergerac 😳 Very 80’s sound , I like the bass on this 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@leavemealone344]

Chris is right. This song is about a guy encouraging a girl to go swimming. lol I saw Ross Wilson on a cooking show on the ABC the other day and he told the host that he hated eggplant. Whatever he and the female host cooked up seemed appetizing enough. Mr Mondo Daddy must be an alright cook. That's all I have to say!!

[@notanotherenigma7759]

This kinda reminds me of Alan Parsons, on an Australian beach! Great song, one of their best for sure.

[@Parta4gfg]

A tried and tested subject, but a great song. I agree Cynthia.. I couldn't have myself be seen out in the open like that. I knew some guys and girls that did it, but I couldn't relate to it.

[@wino5086]

Come Said The Boy was released November 1983 Summer 1983, in Australia?-i was listening to Violent Femmes- (if you haven't heard them- 'do yourself a favour') Their debut self titled album was released October 1983 - got played on my turntable on high rotation that summer. ...didn't mince words either.. .....Violent Femmes - "Add It Up" ....album version...acoustic bass is insane. NB...live 'censored' (no f-bomb) version if required -Violent Femmes - "Add It Up" (Electric Lady Sessions). Also "Blister in the sun", "Kiss off" etc Nostalgia? VF Currently touring Australia again...performing in Melbourne this Thursday and Friday (I'm going)

[@iankearns774]

Always reminds me of the summer of 83/84 up on the Murray River camping. I actually drove up from Melbourne as I had not long got my licence. Pretty special New Years holiday for me. We were camping at a place called Ulupna Island which is about 290km north of Melbourne. My first big drive.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@iankearns774 I did the Murray Marathon for the Red Cross in both ‘83 and ‘84 as a kayaker and in ‘85 as ground crew for some kayakers. It goes from Yarrawonga to Swan Hill. Were you along that stretch?

[@iankearns774]

@@sean---the-other-one I used to watch it every year, yeah we were watching you guys going past. I went up there about 5 years in a row with family. Haven't been up there since about 2008.

[@iankearns774]

@@sean---the-other-one We often went into Tocumwal to watch it from memory.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@ There ya go. Yeah, Tocumwal was one of the destinations on the route. It’s a small world.

[@enterchanelname]

A couple of months before this # 2 hit, Ross Wilson's wife Pat has her own # 2 with ''Bop girl''.

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

Sean reminded me of a great summer song called ''Daughters Of The Northern Coast''. Australian Crawl - Daughters Of The Northern Coast Antipodes Some noticed the first few bars of the song, including the guitar intro sounded similar to ''Smells Like Teen Spirit''. Like Nirvana, Australian Crawl were on the Geffen label.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Excellent song, Hayley ! .. One of my very faves from Australian Crawl .. Hadn't picked up on the similarity of the intro with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", but I can hear it now .. And I'm sure I've heard other songs with similar sounding riffs .. It feels like something that rock guitarists would naturally gravitate towards while doodling away at their songwriting.🎸

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

@@wayne_twentyfive I like ''Shut Down'' more, but I think ''Daughters'' is a good song for summer. Oz Crawl were very much a summer band!

[@trumpsta4759]

This track has something in common with Ted Mulry Gang - Jump in my car. What is that you say ? The male singers doing dialogue between the boy and the girl.

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

If you walked along some Australian beaches at certain times of the day during the summertime in the 80's, you could spot people screwing .. Some discreetly, some not so. I'm sure it still happens, though I think Australia was a lot more ''earthy'' forty years ago. A lot of us did it at one stage in our youth. Cheers, Hayley

[@gordonallen7638]

The singer is Ross Wilson who was also the singer in Daddy Cool

[@CraigAlden-ld9ey]

It might surprise you that this song was banned by a radio station in Australia….i think maybe the suggestion of Teenage Sex…. But it wasn’t the first song to be banned….it happened to a few artists here over time….. Mondo Rock are pretty good Live…. When they play, which is only now and again.

[@fanmael1]

Mondo Rock's biggest hit peaking at #2 in Australia and spending almost 3 months in the top 10. A bonafide classic still played on Australian Radio.

[@isebmazo2140]

Marc Hunter - Slow Down Baby, Sideshow, Midnight Water

[@sean---the-other-one]

Australia, with virtually all of its major cities and suburbia being on the coast or within an hour’s drive of it, is a summertime beach holiday culture. Some countries have mountains or forests or lakes or snow. For kids in Australia, growing up could easily mean endless days down in camping grounds at a beachfront caravan park. You made friends there, you went to kid-friendly discos run by the police (they called them blue-light discos because cop cars used to only have blue flashing lights back then in Oz). Chances were you were going to have some of your first romances and sexual experiences in those summer evenings. Back in the late 70s there was even more connection to the beach here. Surfing movies were big and blonde hair, tans, surfboards, and bikinis were everywhere. Emerging from a time when families usually only had one car, now kids were buying locally made cars and there was a style called a panel-van, for surfing it was specifically a model called a Sandman. It was a bench-seat at the front and then a station-wagon back but no seats. The sides were panelled and it had two doors at the back or a tailgate. Surfers would strap surfboards to the roof racks and head to the beach and sleep in the back of their Sandman, often with girls they’d picked up. If you check out Mad Max his original ‘family’ car was a Sandman. This song was perfect for the zeitgeist in Australia. I can see it not translating in other places, but this song was a chronicle of many people’s lives.

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

I agree. All things you mentioned I had experienced. Did the camping at a beachfront caravan park, as well as camping out in the country and the woods, and spending summers in Sydney and Queensland at the beach where I'd make new friends and surf. And I attended a lot of Discos and later Blue Light Discos before turning 18 in 1983. I think Australian Crawl summarize it nicely in the song ''Lakeside'', which the Haniers did last year.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@ Yep. Daughters Of A Northern Coast for those a bit more inland on a large station or plantation.

[@I_was_a_Countdown_Kid-75-83]

@@sean---the-other-one Now there's a great song! I think I'll request that one!

[@thrusta100]

“ Puberty Blues”

[@hanierfamily]

Gotcha.

[@hosh1313]

Must do "Baby wants to rock!"

[@brockbranch838]

minus 3! Sheesh! Yeah, good old song .. captures a particular time and state of our culture at the time..

[@kaitlynbatt_]

I wasn't stoked about this one in the day. This is the best out of a lot of bad singles from 1983 onwards. The best stuff from the 'Primal Park' and 'Chemistry' period. It is a lot more true to the summer than the nuclear-fearing ''Summer of 81''.

[@scotttaylor7767]

My goodness this song is so tame considering what goes on today! Lol

[@liveitup67]

Reminds me of plenty of moments in the 80's. December 1983 age 16 and Schoolies in 1985 at the Gold Coast. I relate to the story. 🐕

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@liveitup67 A cover band I was in a year or so ago had a drummer who refused to play this song because it was about young adults having sex!!! 😱😱😱😱😱 No joke. I couldn’t believe it. The guy was like 50-60 years old, but what a prude. 😂😂😂😂

[@liveitup67]

@@sean---the-other-one 😨Are you serious? I wonder what he makes of Eric McCusker, who wrote the song. That's ridiculous! Playing the song doesn't make him a voyeur of teenagers shagging! 😆

[@DamienCalnon-uq7zj]

It sounds like Whitesnake from 1987 - appeals to some and not to others.

[@monaromark1021]

Another Aussie Classic. Quite good, but they probably could have put more thought into the video like you said.

[@livertic]

Grouse .Have seen this live ! Pier Hotel Frankston, Rock on !

[@_alifeallmine_]

I still rate it as their best Song, it has that 80s Australian feel and temperament, absent from foreign Music of that time.

[@colrhodes377]

This style of song hasn't aged well. No doubt it sounded great when it was new and fresh.

[@sean---the-other-one]

Eric McCusker wrote it starting with the bassline, that drone riff that goes through much of the song. He said it gave a ‘horizontal’ feel and that horizon feeling made him think of the beach. He then drew on some past experiences at the beach and the song formed from there. Eric is the guitarist who you see playing the solo. He’s a great songwriter and guitarist. One of my all time favourite guitar solos is his effort on Mondo Rock’s No Time. Tasty and appropriate to the song but not cliche.

[@notanotherenigma7759]

Oh lord, I was in a horrible, horrible band in the early 80s. The singer tried to make every song should like Elvis (we covered The Angels song, I Just Want To Be With You, dreadful) and the guitarist wanted to be Eric McCusker. What a terrible combination !!The only positive thing about the whole experience was learning Talk To You Later (by the Tubes I think). Sorry, seeing Eric's name there bought the memories back!

[@sean---the-other-one]

@ The Angels, Elvis, and Eric. Now I’m curious. We should get some AI to come up with a resulting song. 😂🤣😂

[@notanotherenigma7759]

@sean---the-other-one , do yourself a favour, DON'T!!!!

[@hanierfamily]

We're throwing that Tubes song on your list. Okay?

[@notanotherenigma7759]

@@hanierfamily , sure. It was covered by Swanee (John Swan), who is Jimmy Barnes's half or step brother.

[@MrParksies]

Their last major hit and it's considered by most as a Summer classic. Quite suggestive lyrics but it treats the subject with respect. Love it. Their later minor hit, 'Primitive Love Rites' is fun, rockier and as the title suggests a tad more raunchier.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@MrParksies Baby Wants To Rock was another rocker of theirs in their later years. Similar theme, too. Ross loved a dirty song or innuendos.

[@MrParksies]

@sean---the-other-one 😄 True.

[@VanessaSun-ls2kr]

I forgot to mention. This video was shot at Maroubra Beach, which was one out of a few beach areas in New South Wales that I had lives in during the 80's. And I had a couple of shags on a beach in the early hours of the morning after a party. Maybe we were just young, hot, horny and spoiled rotten down here in the lucky country. 🤷‍♀

[@liveitup67]

🤫Shush

[@VanessaSun-ls2kr]

@@liveitup67 Make me babe

[@gunlean7738]

It might be just me, but does anyone else get Rain Man type vibes when old mate says Yeah??

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

This was quite good of its type, it didn't make a massive impact on me though.

[@livertic]

Dont be prudes now !

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Quite liked a few Mondo Rock songs, with "Fugitive Kind" being my very favourite .. "Chemistry", "Sumner of 81", "Cool World", and "The Queen And Me" were some other faves.. But though I think I'm probably very much in the minority, this song is just "meh" for me .. Inoffensive, but that's about it.

[@liveitup67]

Most people thought that way about the song. To me, it reminds me of where I was at as a 16 year old. Spending summer in Sydney and Queensland in '83/'84. Partying at the beach...

[@wayne_twentyfive]

@@liveitup67 .Hey Gillian .. I'm a little surprised to hear that I'm in the majority with this one .. My mind tells me that most of what I've heard about it was pretty positive .. But now you've mentioned the reason it has good connections for you, I recall that was actually the main reason ( and not so much the musical merits of the song ) for much of that positive commentary I heard .. As Chis said, it seems to be one of those songs that triggers memories of youthful happy summer times like yours .. I was going through my more introverted phase at that time and had little social life .. So maybe the lack of such happy summer experiences may have been a reason why I instinctively didn't relate to it or warm to it, and may even have resented it ? .. Where's a good psychologist when you need one ? 😉😅

[@liveitup67]

@@wayne_twentyfive Ha, ha - You can tell me all about it! I'll be your good psychologist. 😇 I appreciate how Mondo Rock approached the song and its risqué subject matter. The production is done tastefully, and there's always something about the combination of a Linndrum and guitars that takes my mind back to the 80's. I don't think there's any hits in the 80's that doesn't take me back to a time and place that's no longer a part of my life. However, there are particular songs that feel like all over and ''Come Said The Boys'' is definitely one of them. I see the faces I knew, the parties I attended, the things I was doing.. But there were a lot of people that wrote this off as insipid. I think ''Come Said The Boys'' has gotten better in time.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

@@liveitup67 ▪Thanks, Gillian 🙏.. But I wouldn't dream of making you listen to all my psychological problems, or I might wear out your couch !😜 You obviously know your instruments .. I had to look up what a Linndrum was ! .. But on reading about it, yes, you're right, it was clearly a big presence in the 80s .. And it's little wonder that so many 80s songs take you back to the time they came out and what you were doing then .. They were the backdrop to your teens, which are generally very impressionable years, and it sounds like they were a time of great happiness and activity for you. And no, I wouldn't have called "Come Said The Boy" insipid .. It was a very well produced song, and the melody wasn't bad .. It just didn't grab me personally .. Cheers, Wayne

[@brockbranch838]

Don't take this wrong way. I don't care to see kids doing the deed anywhere, but I much rather a video have two nervous kids than the unrealistic super confident first timers that seem to know exactly what to do like they lived three past lives before their current one. Just saying.

[@liveitup67]

To Sean (The Other One) Are you serious? I wonder what he makes of Eric McCusker, who wrote the song? That's ridiculous! Playing the song doesn't make him (the drummer) a voyeur of shagging!

[@wino5086]

Meh. Okay, but not a favourite.