Mondo Rock - Summer Of '81 (1981)

[@sophdog1678]

Been to heaps of live gigs, pubs, arenas, festivals etc, but the single best live show I ever saw was Mondo Rock at Balmain Leagues Club in about 1982. They played all the hits and - importantly to me - they looked like they were really enjoying playing. Then they came back out for an encore and brought the house down with "Eagle Rock"

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Just love this, I was 11, collected cans, bottles with me mates, rode a bmx, went surfing in the heat. 1981, great year. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍

[@markmcallan973]

Awesome robochop respect from chopnchop🤟

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

@@markmcallan973 cheers, if only we could revisit these great times 👌

[@stevenguegens9516]

Same as me in the small country town I proudly grew up in the 70s and 80s and not a camera in sight

[@davidrichardson9146]

Me too, except we went to the golf course to get balls from the creeks and dams which paid for all the Winnie Reds we could smoke cause selling smokes to kids was all cool at the local corner store back then. All while playing the pinnies and space invaders , every arvo after school. Anyone under 40 has absolutely no idea what was the norm, everyone got bullied , nobody drew the attention of the local cops , cause they'd flog ya when you stepped out of line, if you got a smack in the head you probably deserved it but what happened before cctv and mobiles , was just bliss and people knew how to keep their mouths shut and were real friends that even now talk every week and just laugh at todays PC crap that people call a life. haha

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

@@davidrichardson9146 haaa, winnie reds. How Australian is that mate?🤣 I'm not a smoker, but yeah when I was a young bloke I did naughty things with me mates like trying smoking such as Winfield reds, Alpine, PJs. We even rolled our own out of bamboo type stuff with dry grass 😊. Also had an old XP falcon we used to bush bash given to me by dad as it ran out of rego and wasnt renewed, could barely see over the dash. But we learned driving skills and the responsibility of getting under the hood. I remember a common occurrence was the linkage (on the tranny, 3 on the tree) would pop out and we'd have to stop, pop the hood and put it back in (we were 13). The local cops knew and visited us one day and just told us to be careful and have fun. Kids these days wouldn't have a clue. Different world mate. 🇦🇺👍🦘

[@franz.isler799]

These Melbourne lads were one of the most stylistic acts in Australia during the early 1980s. Though they disbanded in 1991, their music lives on as one of the iconic music of the wonderful 80s.

[@arisl2370]

Fantastic band !

[@shiekielford]

Amazing band 😊 I’m so lucky to know who they are ✊💪 Aussie legends

[@MondoRock]

They are still performing.

[@desmondwhitehouse110]

they are all individually creative and were a fantastic combination. Ross is extremely "artistic" which can be difficult for othets

[@peterehsman8831]

I agree listen to them on a regular basis.

[@evanparsons1640]

Mondo Rock are seriously underrated, they were as influential in the early 1980s Aussie music scene as INXS, Cold Chisel, Icehouse etc. Ron Wilson is a song writing genius. I was a big fan of those guys as a teen in the 1980s and I still come back to hits like this every now and then.

[@cptmuzz4085]

Yeah his bro Ross writes some good tunes too 😆

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

If not more

[@opiumtrail7032]

Ron??

[@djm9524]

Yes Ross is a brilliant singer and songwriter. Great work from the 80s by Ross and his band.

[@edcool77]

I`m from South America (Uruguay) and i love 80/90`s Aussie pop-rock

[@lifeisgood1973]

Aussie music in the 80's was the best

[@christiang2913]

1981 summer I can still remember as a young boy going to the beach in Sydney with this song in my dads car... the memories.....

[@kdegraa]

Christian G what radio station was on? MMM?

[@richardpiva3892]

@@kdegraa 2SM

[@sexobscura]

Yes 2SM was THE hip station then before MMM loomed

[@murringo9]

Lucky you. My dad listened to 2CH! Loved those early 80's days.

[@aaronraines3375]

Haha even had a surf report Was sick in those days Car keys,wallet,wax & the old twin fin

[@adamfowler3916]

Some Days I Still Wish It Was………….The Summer Of 81!

[@trippa702]

One of the most underrated Aussie songs

[@CatWoman6]

And BANDS.. disappointing really Aussies don't see the greatness before their eyes.

[@garymarquett7989]

Underated band too

[@leopoldonotarianni8663]

I agree

[@stevenguegens7047]

Never in MY eyes 👁️👁️

[@hdmccart6735]

@@CatWoman6 I live in St Kilda East and saw Ross Wilson in Balaclava Woolworths at the checkout one day...I'm 48yo and low-key worship this guy! Felt like telling him that but didn't want to be 'that guy'...

[@miraclemiler71]

Summer of '81 and I was 10. What a time.

[@Edsotto]

80s Aussie rock is a genre in its self

[@gdaym8635]

drater 29 the Ross Wilson also from the 70s with eagle rock ofc

[@kdegraa]

For sure. Why was it? So many good bands and songs.

[@fargeeks]

Sounds like American early 80s Rock

[@MrGutfeeling]

That is very true. Early '80s especially.

[@48tilt]

@@MrGutfeeling The pinnacle of Australian rock. When bands could still play in pubs.

[@byron20]

Never get sick of this song,Ross is a national treasure

[@desmondwhitehouse110]

Eric McCosker wrote this song 😏

[@tonyj3335]

how can you not like this song classic Aussie tune

[@kdegraa]

You might be a Kiwi.

[@jennyisle6646]

@@kdegraa I'm a kiwi, I love this song!

[@catey62]

we had some of the best music around back then.

[@christiang2913]

Summer of 81 was awesome........ We need more music like this nowadays

[@catey62]

they were the best of times.

[@tonileeandrews8904]

I was transferred to work in Newcastle in 1981. Stranger in a new town but made some great friends and one night we all decided to go see a new band playing at the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club. They were called Mondo Rock. Can't believe how good that was. What a fantastic night. What a fantastic band. Loved them ever since and when I hear these now OLD tracks it takes me back to those memories. ❤

[@mikepalmer7222]

Takes me right back to when I was 21 and living in a flat in Whistler Street in Manly.Brilliant memories. Went out on a working holiday visa from Wales UK. Got a job in Cockatoo Island, working on submarines.Ferry to work and the hydrofoil home. Surf, 2 mins walk down the Corso .Awesome times. Great Bands around.

[@markhannan4533]

Wow, I lived at 17 Whistler St, Manly in the early 90's. Real good times. I first heard of Mondo Rock while I was doing my basic training in the army in the 80's.

[@Garbo-f9c]

Great memories appear like magic when a songs like this play .mondo rock forever❤️✌️

[@RobertFlynn-i4h]

So true, I'm 65 now, and watch and search out them often on KZbin, love them

[@poeterritory]

This song's timely release as a single in the second summer of 81 always makes me think of that period. I was 17, and life was just getting into gear.

[@rasikawijemanne7379]

Such a fantastic song, I cant stop playing it over and over.

[@adrianburns7975]

me 2!

[@gtsguitartuitionservices2878]

That bass line!!! BLISS.

[@VishusB]

Take me back to the 80s!! ❤

[@HandyAndyTechTips]

What an amazing riff, just a fantastic catchy tune.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

the production work is breathtaking too

[@thegodthatfailed100]

81'...moved to a new suburb..1st year in a high school where i knew no one..the music got me through

[@ianbrommeyer3136]

Timeless classic

[@marlenesullivan3113]

42yrs Ago- I'm Still Enjoying

[@auslez1]

From an incredible album full of tracks like this...sublime stuff.

[@kdegraa]

Gotta say this is the coolest song ever. The blokes clicking their fingers. I can totally relate to it.

[@aus80srockradio94]

Love this band, love this song, just splendid! And loved 1981 as a kid : )

[@suepettman5860]

A year before we were married, such a wonderful tune,,... still married, next year our 40 anniversary.

[@seanjoseph2105]

Growing up in Sydney in the 80's was awesome,the music and memories l often think about all the time.

[@matildafaltyn6253]

perfect party song of the early 80s...watsons bay sunset

[@glennjelich3174]

Great song so underated this really is a timeless piece of music

[@kdegraa]

However singing about the Summer of 81 means this song will be dated till 2081.

[@CatWoman6]

@@kdegraa lol .. dated is Good nowadays. Almost All music today is Shit.

[@CatWoman6]

@teledine Fair question Voyager- "Water over the Bridge" is a great and they are from Perth too. "Anchor" is a pretty good song by Birds of Tokyo (Aussie too). Devin Townsend makes unreal music as does A Perfect Circle. But generally all of today's younger music is crap that I'm aware of. Do you know any good stuff that's popular on radio today? I don't listen to the regular radio stations.

[@Garbo-f9c]

Mondo you are my rock ,my brain loves you forever ❤️ thankyou

[@Paddymayne4738]

The lyrics is and the music never grows old, just a timeless period in our lives. The Artist gave us something to remain young in our minds, even when the mirror reminds people otherwise, except myself of course. Just can’t understand why that gorgeous young thing who looks very familiar walks right past me. I’m sure it was the girl in Frankston who said, come surfer boy take my hand, let’s go down to the sand. Surely I haven’t changed that much in 60 years? And gave Ross the idea for the song later in 5he 70s. Perhaps, it’s the haircut being too short. Wow, what a dream, her granddaughter sure looked like her.

[@arthurathana]

Still one of my all time favourite songs. Love it!

[@suziegardiner5498]

Summer Gold! Especially that twang - even 40 years on.....

[@sumone9154]

Omg I wasn't even born in 81 and grew up with this!! Mondo Rock Aussie icons!! I love all of their songs. 💯

[@ajs41]

Come Said The Boy is also a brilliant song. Regrettably they weren't big here in the UK so I didn't find out about them until recently thanks to KZbin.

[@Paddymayne4738]

Well now, at least you are able to enjoy and respect great music, longer than those of us who who grew up with it. Enjoy and make the most of your life, you can turn the clock back, and we all catch up with each other in due course. Respect those that paved 5he road ahead for you and hopefully those following you shall do the same. All the best.

[@Paddymayne4738]

@@ajs41 One of the top 3 most iconic Aussie song ever! It never grows old, as every 16 plus male reminisces along with the song and every 30 plus male wishes it was him the song was about. Nothing stopping anyone from being that surfer boy and the end of School, with Summer in the air, eh! Even in the UK. Chick and the beach, two out of three ain’t bad. All the best from Aussie.

[@mdee8784]

Straight Aussie classic!

[@rodneygraham5858]

The song... the era.. can't say anymore

[@normanryan1848]

Aussie 80s music, can't be beaten.

[@ALEN1ful]

It really can though

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

@@ALEN1ful quiet, dope.

[@maryeverett8708]

Have you listened to Redgum or Cold Chisel or the Angels. They were all good.

[@thecaptain33]

last year of high school ,great summer memories

[@markshepherd8018]

I was only 10 years old when this came out, but it was one of my favourite songs growing up.

[@odyssey814]

me too

[@alanburge2725]

They were so God damn cool this band. Pop and class and talent and style. Ross Wilson is a fine singer. What more could you ask for ? Another fine Aussie band from the 80s.

[@paulbrasile8654]

I remember being at Cronulla beach in 81 with mates all summer and this song was in the air great memories.

[@Luke-er6pg]

Bloody fantastic performance!!!

[@lewamalfitano5498]

And now it's the summer of '21. All those contrasting background graphics and square shapes were typical of the commercial art back then. Great song, great clip, great album.

[@ajs41]

Yeah, you can see the same thing on Duran Duran's video for Is There Something I Should Know.

[@losalamos666]

Saw them do this live a Sawtell RSL Club back in '83. Awesome. Love the bass riff

[@oztafi]

One of Australia s most underated bands , The Song is not about Nuclear war as mentioned below but actually about signing or not signing with a particular agent or sub agent to gain access to a very popular aussie show called Countdown , hence the term sign up or go underground Daddy cool was rock side of Ross Wilson But Mondo Rock was by far his best musical side in my humble opinion

[@LogoMan7777]

s oz It could also be interpreted as waiting to hear your song on a radio countdown (like American Top 40).

[@9sunskungfu]

It was indeed about Nuclear war or the end of the world due to one and the nuclear fallout that followed. I heard them *(Mondo rock) on a radio interview 2 nights ago stating that very fact. I forgot the writers name but he said he had a nightmare he was on a flight and he looked out the window and saw a mushroom cloud out over melbourne then he looked to his right and same thing over sydney. That was the inspiration for this song. The interview was for their 40th anniversary of their debut and 1st hit single "fugitive kind".

[@Sinsteel]

Brisbane here - yes that was us nuking Melbourne and Sydney, but actually these days both cities have bounced back and are the same dirty urban sprawls they were back then, but have also replaced the population with migrants.

[@GerasaBod]

@@Sinsteel : Australian cities have always been filled by migrants, ever since the First Fleet.

[@Sinsteel]

@@GerasaBod Actually those were settlers and convicts, convict/settlers. Actually if you want to get technical though, Australia has been filled by migrants since the first aborigines set foot here and started sending species extinct. Damn humans.

[@rickgass2471]

Thank you Mondo Rock for the awesome memories.

[@gchustlerz3029]

If this don’t remind u of the 80s I don’t know what will !!!!!!!

[@kdegraa]

What about skol daze

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I can't get enough of this song!!!!!!!

[@oztafi]

V8AmericanMuscleCar its a song you put on loop , i love the first few chords brilliant song , ive seen him twice

[@aus80srockradio94]

Same same.

[@lifelongbachelor3651]

Another masterpiece from the 80s. the tune is sublime.

[@ajs41]

True. Sadly it took me until a couple of years ago to discover it.

[@gregjay1537]

Ross Wilson.. Significantly underrated. Had great a number of great songs.

[@grinja73]

Was only 8 years old when this song came out, but it stuck in my head and l could sing the lyrics now from top to bottom because it got so much airplay - and deservedly so!

[@48tilt]

Summer of 81. Remember it like it was yesterday.

[@ajs41]

My earliest memories are from 1981 I think. Maybe it was 1982.

[@gsperanza07]

Once again , when ever I’m sad and drunk , this is the ultimate time trip back to 1980, man , I miss 1980 ‘s and a time when , there was one butter style and one type of milk!!!!! Miss the purity and the awesome pre - global warming summer days/ nights , just the whole era , before everything turned to shit because of 5G , TECHNOLOGY and of course, corvet - 19 !!!!!!! And everything 2000’s Sooooo glad to have been growing up in that era !!!!!!!, especially Countdown on Sunday afternoon !!!!!!! Channel 2 ABC , Tears, I shed !!!!

[@ajs41]

1980s less-well known hits playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL6oCQqv2KW6XlQvjxSs0wvsjQrn9WXc9w

[@lauraaa90]

I’m 29 and recently saw them play at the Palms at Crown! I bloody loved it!

[@ninabee2278]

Saw them in 2019 and he sounded just the same. So many great songs, he's an amazing songwriter.

[@zozoprofessorofeverything3469]

I was a kid in the 80s in Australia beautiful time

[@danielladjibidjeerochford9726]

Never get sick of listening to Ross Wilson! 😍😍😍

[@LucyTucker]

I was born in 1981 and realising how awesome the music was then! Legends!

[@xxxxxxxxx3944]

Better to have come of age in the 80s. Music was fab and life a lot simpler.

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

lots of fantastic music from 1981 especially Aussie Rock.

[@mathewibanez1520]

I really hope this gets played on new year's eve 2081. Only 60 years to go.

[@leannestanden2491]

Love u Ross and Eric. Hopefully will see u again in November. ❤️🇦🇺🎤🎸

[@manugrandest1683]

Toujours aussi bon ce morceau. Fan from France

[@Downundervideos2011]

Loved it then ,love it now.

[@traceycole5300]

Man, the 80s were good. I listen to this and I'm reminded of musicianship, lyrics crafted with the the passion that creates the poetry and humans with the real ability to sing without autotune.. Seriously good to listen to Mondo Rock, it doesnt get old it just sounds better every time I hear it.

[@duncansabbo5071]

, , , Still like grooving shaking this ass to this epic and decidedly hip song , , this song the epitome of 80's Urban Cool ,, , awesome man ! 😊💖🙏🙏

[@meribau]

I discovered it today and I'm loving ittt, the bassline reminds me of Barbarism begins at home by the smiths :o

[@ldognz]

I love Aussie bands :)

[@kdegraa]

Will this song be rebooted in 2081? I hope so because if it is then it means humanity is rich enough to enjoy this frivolity and joy.

[@NOCODESSS]

Cant get enough of this, lost my cassette of this album. thankg goodness youtube '

[@applemuffin7253]

Forever Classic only an Aussie can appreciate

[@stity23]

Was this about the threat of Nuclear War? 'Waiting for the Countdown ' 'Sign up or go underground in the Summer of '81' The burst of light in the clip ..?

[@Brynmorpierce]

It was yes

[@andyjarvis3007]

What a anthem..so chilled. Great. Surf beats...

[@SP-xi4xd]

Remember clicking the fingers like these guys in the gym at school …in Jan 82 while this was playing. Didn’t do much in the charts I don’t think. Great memories

[@Neptuneman07]

This song is way ahead of its time. Sounds more like a 1985 summertime hit.

[@ajs41]

Agree 100%. Amazing how different in style this is compared to their 1983 hit Come Said The Boy.

[@Neptuneman07]

I was just listening to "Come Said the Boy." Incredibly brilliant.

[@eagle13576]

Wow, I did not know that Kevin Rudd use to be in Mondo Rock before he became Prime Minister of Australia.

[@peripheraldevotee94]

Not to mention that Adam Hills sung for them as well. :P

[@chestnut9987]

Do you mean the guy that looks like John Blackman - Hey Hey It's Sat etc etc?

[@soniak7713]

+VK kasvou lol!! a young version ..

[@JennyJennouli]

Love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@adrianburns7975]

I was two in the summer of 81 ha .. this song is wicked. Love the Miami Vice dress sense!

[@conehead210]

Just caught Ross Wilson two weeks ago doing a local Melbourne pub in St Andrews.....The guy has still got it, it was a great show covering back to Daddy Cool. Great stuff.

[@jamiesmith4211]

Love this band

[@joanaramosphotography6457]

Much love from Portugal! 💙

[@sallys7480]

Absolutely love this song!!xx

[@joesikic6531]

What will we be singing in the 80s, what should we be singing now?

[@robbiedob11]

Holy shirt this song was 33 years ago ....seems like 10 minutes ago

[@timbo2421]

35 years now !!

[@jamuga60]

36 now cuz.

[@pikey]

Ha Ha yeah feeling a bit old now!!

[@ajs41]

I'm taking myself back to this period by watching Prisoner Cell Block H from the beginning.

[@martyollier7536]

I was 10 years old...

[@sallys7480]

Brilliant! !lovn this song!!

[@totalrecall8385]

Thumbs up to the mondo rock concert 2019.

[@phillipanderson7398]

One of their best songs I reckon.

[@ajs41]

True, along with Come Said They Boy. Chemistry is pretty good as well.

[@robertlowe9538]

Still a popular song for all occasions.... Ross Wilson's a great singer too !🎶💙

[@trevordunne6167]

Mad Song, mademe want to wash my car!! Good old dayz Salute Mono Rock!!!

[@marcelo40ful]

Eu gosto muito do Mondo Rock,e estou aqui no Brasil

[@luizamorim1626]

Sign up I go underground...I moved to Sydney only 3 months prior to the Summer of 81...oh what a great time...I also remember the 'Bop girl'...

[@shereepetrie9148]

can't believe that this song is so old and is still going to this day. I'm so shocked that they can play songs that are old like this one

[@bjg130marketing]

Mondo rock we’re amazing some of the best aussie rock you could ask for so lucky to have grown up in that era

[@MrSilkydrew]

Brilliant

[@duncansabbo5071]

Classic 1980's cool it had substance , style and posture we lived it and loved and grooved to it man !😊🌌💖🌌💖😊😊💋🌠

[@egyptnz27]

One of my fav oldskool groups👍

[@shereepetrie9148]

I so love this song it reminds me of me and my lover that has come I to my life. the words in this song are so true

[@jeanineedmondstone2778]

love this song

[@kingofdragons415]

i like the drummer and guitar

[@markpeters9332]

My first concert (gig) was in ‘81 at the Capital Theatre in Sydney seeing these guys backed by an up and coming Men at Work. Great times😎🇦🇺

[@michaelomas2616]

Had this song in my head all week :)