Music Reaction | First time Reaction Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn

War Is Brutal!!! Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
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[@7977nobby]

If you would like to listen to another Australian song about the war, search for "I was only 19" by Redgum. That song will send chills up your spine.

[@trumpsta4759]

Jimmy Barnes is about to go open heart surgery. Cold Chisel and Barnesy are legends. Hope you check out other Cold Chisel classics.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Australian rock icon Jimmy Barnes has "made it through surgery" and is recovering in ICU after undergoing open heart surgery to fight a bacterial infection. The Cold Chisel frontman, 67, was hospitalised at the end of last month with pneumonia.

[@colinweir3203]

My brother is 75 he was a sapper in the Australian army in Vietnam, his mechanical knowledge is huge. Some of the things he saw in Vietnam just unreal, very proud of him, every Anzac day I thank him for his service ❤️.

[@shmick6079]

Cold Chisel is possibly the greatest rock band in Australia’s history. It’s either them or AC/DC imo. Deep catalog of iconic songs.

[@celticshamrock67]

or The Angels, or Midnight Oil or........

[@HawkwindAus]

In the late 70s and early 80s, Cold Chisel were the biggest rock band in Australia and were the bad boys of Aussie rock. Every Australian from that time (and many from more modern times) can sing along to this song.

[@Roki959]

Bow river and when the war is over from 2003 is a must. Also wild thing is the greatest live performance of all time.

[@bikeboysyd292]

Red Gum’s song “I was only 19” is another Aussie classic about the PTSD that Vietnam veterans deal with.

[@georgeibrahim7945]

Thanks heaps for reacting to this amazing band. You hit the nail on the head with your analysis of the song. Would be awesome if you can react to Cold Chisel “when the war is over” live Ringside 2003

[@DavidPola1961]

Formed in Sydney in 1973 broke up in 1983 reformed 1998 till the present lead singer Jimmy Barnes is today in hospital having open heart surgery, you need to listen to other Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes songs ie working-class man, many songs revolve around vets of Vietnam

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

Hi guys, Thank you for checking out the specific video with lyrics. If you are lukewarm to the band due to unfamiliarity, there are some tracks that might warm you to the band. *Cold Chisel - "Bow River" (Bruce Barber)* is a very *POPULAR* video, and may be one you will enjoy. Fans will request this performance. *Cold Chisel - Wild Thing (Last Stand) (Glenn Thomas)* is also very popular and highly recommended by fans. Below are my suggestions/requests for Cold Chisel songs. There'll be requests for these songs from other fans. What's listed below are the best quality Cold Chisel videos available on KZbin. Cold Chisel - Breakfast At Sweethearts nzoz1979 Cold Chisel - Choir Girl nzoz1979 Cold Chisel - Cheap Wine nzoz1980 Cold Chisel - Ita nzoz1980 Cold Chisel - My Baby Austech Cold Chisel - You Got Nothing I Want nzoz1981 Cold Chisel - Forever Now nzoz1982 Cold Chisel - When The War Is Over nzoz1982 Cold Chisel - Hold Me Tight/No Sense (Audio + Video merge 2023) Cold Chisel - Saturday Night (Audio + Video merge 2023) Cold Chisel - Flame Trees (Audio + Video merge 2023)

[@peterdubois65]

One of tbe greatest rock groups ever formed

[@tigerden1908]

Thanks for playing our national anthem.

[@EveJenkins58]

Cold Chisel and singer, Jimmy Barnes, have a steep catalogue. Khe Sanh is a good place to start. Cheers from Australia 🍾

[@babyboomer6372]

I first came to Australia from England in 1976, and stumbled upon a very healthy music scene. It was a country of live venues and brilliant live bands. The live entertainment in Melbourne and Sydney could be agrestal and lawless, and many bands that you would know (Midnight Oil, AC/DC, INXS, Rose Tattoo and of course, Cold Chisel) cut their teeth in that live scene. As somebody that had traveled from state to state, I can confirm that Sydney and Melbourne were not unique in having strong music scenes. I saw Cold Chisel live on numerous occassions, and singer, Jimmy Barnes, would play through a set while his face was bleeding. Another group who could be as dangerous was Divinyls - 10 years before ''I Touch Myself''. There was a buzz happening in the Australian music scene at the time, but it seemed there was a lid over the jar that prevented the buzz to spread. The venues replaced bands with poker machines and a lot of punters turned into gambling addicts. There were still a lot of quality bands in the 90's, but the system to make these groups culturally important was killed by government intervention and the rise of noise pollution laws.

[@colincolenso]

Agrestal: of or pertaining to plants growing wild in fields and uncultivated areas. I learned a knew word today, yay.

[@babyboomer6372]

@@colincolenso It was a strange description, but it was wild and lawless is those days. People were squeezed into venues like sardine in a can, and bands were wild. The pictures of those days tells the whole story. Gioia is a great channel that explores the wild days of Oz rock.

[@barnowl.]

Please check out Cold Chisel's co-singer Ian Moss singing the American classic, 'Georgia". It's wonderful. Also Cold Chisel's front man , Jimmy Barnes and our fabulous John Farnham together singing a cover of, "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby' at the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Awards. It is FANTASTIC !!! Welcome to the music from 'Down Under' wombat hole.

[@deanwimbridge9318]

Our greatest band true legends 👏

[@VolumeEleven]

Very good to see this being checked out on your channel. This is a legednary band in Australia and are loved by fans. I've subscribed to your channel because you have done this band.

[@Whitewingdevil]

Not sure I've ever heard this song with Jimmy so... coherent before, he really goes all out live lol

[@Notric]

Great band, check out the song "Bow River" from the Ringside concert in 2003, it is fantastic.

[@archiesshowtell8094]

I’m Australian and my dad fought in Vietnam, when I say he came back messed up it’s not an exaggeration. That war changed the fabric of his life and those like me who came along after it. My childhood was traumatic, filled with mental illness and violence. This song is an Australian classic and Jimmy Barnes and Cold Chisel have so many hit and are Australian legends.

[@matthewmahony9165]

And their minds were always closed. Speaks for most of the US

[@ValleyBanger]

As an Adelaide band I grew up with them. The band along with the lead singer Jimmy Barnes, and lead guitarist Ian Moss are rock'n'roll royalty in Australia. They tried to make it in the US however were being screwed by their US management and label and said stuff you. Their song in response was You got Nothing I Want and it was a big hit. Check out more live performances like Wild Thing, Georgia, Forever Now, Choirgirl, Flame Trees, Bow River. They would be the equal to Creedence Clear Water Revival over here. Cold Chisel still perform as does Jimmy and Ian solo. Check out Jimmy with another Aussie legend John Farnham doing When Something is Wrong With My Baby. So much great Aussie music and bands for you to discover, The Angels, The Easybeats, Skyhooks, Midnight Oil, Hunters and Collectors, The Church, The Saints, The Radiators, Powderfinger and the list goes on. Welcome to the rabbit hole

[@jacquimott386]

Another interesting thing about this song is that it was brought out in 1978, only 5 years after the Vietnam War ended

[@theotherdogknees]

For respect to Vets from Australia, there is always 'I was only 19'. 2 versions, the original by Redgum, folk rock, and the Hip hop version by the Herd. Both are great and the writer/singer from Redgum features on the second.

[@rickandersen2284]

Go to Jimmy Barnes Barnsey and John Farnham Farnsey When Something Is Wrong With My Baby. John is top 5 male voices in the world...but barely known in US.

[@brettfrench6121]

Cold Chisel - "Bow River" Bruce Barber upload is awesome!

[@teresas104]

good ol' chisel

[@G.H.O.S.T.254]

They are an extremely talented group, this is just one of their countless songs spanning decades and various genres. Rock, Blues, Soul and a few other ventures. You will definetely find something of theirs that will get your interest. Jimmy Barnes who was doing the Vocals on this one, has had a massive solo career over the years right up to day. Ian Moss is the other singer and has also done a lot of solo work. But honestly they shine the most together in the group. Both of them have some brilliant Blues and Soul songs stacked up between them.

[@stuwhyte479]

Re Vietnam war there were New Zealanders,Australians, British and more that fought and died along with our American brothers.

[@kaitlynbatt_]

Cold Chisel started in Adelaide in 1973, and moved to Sydney in 1976 to further their career. The band based themselves in Sydney's red-light district Kings Cross. I grew up in the area close to Kings X and would see Chisel hang out in cafes and pubs during downtime. I also saw the band play before they got signed. I'm not into everything they've done, but there are a few bangers that I dearly love. The Saturday Night video was shot in Kings Cross.. Cold Chisel - Saturday Night (Audio + Video merge 2023)

[@ComfortablyDumb_Opinions]

I suggest you check out Cold Chisel - Wild Thing (Last Stand) The performance is on fire.

[@jamieclifford3537]

Definitely 👍

[@Sspringgrainn]

I subscribed 💜

[@jennybowd2962]

Aussie legends there, the lead singer on this song Jimmy Barnes still going strong today even though the era of this video Jimmy would have been drinking 2 bottles of hard liquor a concert. He is held in such high regard that recently when he had to have hip replacement surgery it was a breaking news story and recently also when he had to cancel shows due to an infection

[@mgreen1206]

Cold chisel are huge legends in Australia and Jimmy barnes is a huge legend..new subscriber just because you reacted to cold chisel.. Jimmy has great voice and Ian miss also sings sometimes there cover of wild thing is great and also there songs bow river, when the war is over, flame trees, cheap wine, you got nothing I want, Saturday night etc… are great

[@Oliver_Cumberland]

Thanks. Not much I could say that hasn't already been said except this: to at least one generation of Australians this was THE song. You'd be hard pushed to meet anyone from that generation that doesn't know the lyrics.

[@stevefoulston]

From the time of the arrival of the first members of the Team in 1962 over 60,000 Australians, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel, served in Vietnam; 523 died as a result of the war and almost 2,400 were wounded. Unlike veterans of other wars, Vietnam veterans did not return home to cheers and ceremonies. On 3 October 1987, after a Dawn Service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place, 22,000 Vietnam veterans marched through the streets of Sydney in the Australian Vietnam Forces Welcome Home Parade that's 14 years after Australia had withdrawn from the conflict to late for many. Peace out.

[@jono.pom-downunder]

This sums up the life of too many returned serviceman. The horrors, the self destructive behaviour.

[@Robbo766]

I see some familar names and faces in the comments here. Very good! Hopefully you two will continue exploring this band. They're a quality act. Cold Chisel - "Bow River" Ringside concert - highly recommended.

[@ComfortablyDumb_Opinions]

I've checked your channel out because of this (Cold Chisel) reaction and have sub'ed . If you stay on the Chisel freight train, the journey will hopefully be worth your while. This band mean a lot to me. Cheers !!

[@Mindteaser70]

Most who react to Cold Chisel end up really liking the band. Some even become fans.

[@user-jr1bl6tc3k]

Cold chisel working class man

[@joanmonaghan8428]

Cold Chisel was huge in Australia, and Jimmy Barnes the lead singer in this song, has continued as a solo singer to this day. Most of the members of the band wrote songs that were huge hits in Australia. Ian Moss, the lead guitarist in this song, was also a co lead singer with Jimmy Barnes in the band and he has also continued with a solo career to this day. A band of amazingly talented people !!!

[@rhonda_hart4982]

2K viewership in just two days. Not bad for an old Aussie band you never heard of. I'm amused that the one comment about their failure to crack America gets a heart.

[@Leah91au]

Yeh.. If you treat Cold Chisel well... you might make some Aussie friends and a subscriber boost from the Southern Hemisphere.

[@mikeythehat6693]

Believe it or not, but this song was actually banned from radio when it was released (1978) because of it's references to drugs and sex. It was the bands first single release (on advice from their record company) and received an immediate ban from radio play. It was a rocky start for Cold Chisel but they went on to become a crowd favourite for the next ten years and this particular song was frequently voted as the countries most popular song.

[@RedRedGuitars-nq5gs]

As an American that has been living in Australia for nearly forty five years, I find watching videos of my fellow Americans reacting to Cold Chisel to be fascinating. I first came to Australia in 1977 as a bleached-blonde surfer from California that was on a surfing pilgrimage. I knew people like Bunker Spreckels from many years prior. That's the world I came from. After two visits to places in the New South Wales coast and other great surfing resorts in Australia, I decided on my second visit in 1979 to check out the city of Melbourne. What came to me was unexpected. It was quite different from the rest of Australia. A lot more European in style and influence, with more intellectuals and bohemians and less blonde surfers. It was also a city obsessed with VFL (Victorian Rules Football). My long white hair and tanned complexion made me stand out like a sore thumb, and it didn't take long before local school kids shouted out ''Oi! Blondie!'' at me, as they offered me a seat on a tram. I had a hunch that life could be interesting in Melbourne, as it was just so different to what I was used to. The music scene in Sydney and Melbourne was also something to behold. Bands played till they bled on stage, and crowds were crazy. I saw bands like Cold Chisel, Divinyls, INXS, MIdnight Oil, and The Angels cut their teeth on that live scene. I saw Divinyls ten years before they released that silly song ''I Touch Myself'', and believe me, Chrissy was like an animal. One second she was standing above me on stage with her sweat dripping on me, and the next, she's flying into the crowd to confront a guy twice her size who was throwing his weight around. She gave him a good right hook, I tell ya. 'Khe Sanh' is considerably tame next to other Cold Chisel songs. I recommend Cheap Wine, Breakfast At Sweethearts and My Baby before trying out You Got Nothing I Want. Not a one and done band. Get back to them soon.

[@rustle2]

Sydney international has a night flight curfew. Years ago due to weather delays had my evening flight posponed till next day. Last minute accomodation and taxi fares at my own expense. Band paid their dues in Aust to be reach the top and then promoters in the US tried to pull the wool over their eyes and make them start all over again.

[@kirkgannaway5098]

Try Redgum's "I was only 19" another story about Australians in Vietnam

[@paulrichardson5892]

i in oz, i know two good friends who were called up and went to vietnam , the both could not adjust to back home. both ended their lives. i was called up but my situation was different, my dad had died there were seven children , my mum saw the local mp, ( congressman) and told him, he said leave it to me. so i was exempt. life is a lottery, a gamble and a roll of the dice, a pig in a poke of fortune and chance. i was lucky .

[@HigginsBiggins]

An excellent story telling song is "i was only 19" by redgum

[@Rassskle]

I have been told that Australia was NOT involved at Khe San at all, but we did have our own battles like the battle of Long Tan. Khe San was probably chosen because it fitted well musically . Personally, i have met many returned Vietnam vets who struggled with the angst and bad attitude of the media and commumity who wh where never their, and are still trying to have Vietnam vets and serving soldiers charged with murder. But the worst of it seems to be the loss of those who couldnt live in our world anymore , who became mercenary soldiers fighting for anyone.......until it became their turn to leave life behind.

[@adamparker9765]

A fantastic song and a very understanding and honest reaction . Cold Chisel have many great songs , my favourite is Bow River . The live version from 2003 is the best , you will be listening to probably the best harmonica ever.

[@demolitiongirl-ie2rx]

Cold Chisel - Georgia On My Mind (Live on Rocturnal, 1978 Try that one...

[@The_Feral_Koala]

G'day from Brisbane

[@mals4125]

A debut single with no chorus and banned from the radio became an anthem in Australia and introduced us to a band that would become one of the greatest Australia has ever produced. You'll like their version of 'Wild Thing' live from The Last Stand - one of the greatest live performances - ever.

[@VanessaSun-ls2kr]

Ta to the person that sent me this link. Nice to see a reaction from people that are new to the Chisel world.

[@2eREPPARA]

Aussie combat vet Warrior by day Lover by night Drunkard by choice Legionnaire by god. My war will never be over 🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@catherinehaysthird]

Taking some Americans through Cold Chisel is like taking Brad and Janet through Furter's castle in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The outcome can be two things. They either get drunk on the band, or they cry ''I'm cold, I'm wet, and I'm just plain scared!!''. If they don't return to this band, then I guess they're the latter, and that's fine.

[@GillianMay1967]

Never been a Chisel fan myself, but it is interesting to see reactions to them from those non-Australian folk. Shouldn't be too hard a band to digest. You don't get any intruding Aussie accent in the singing, and a lot of their songs are palatable. Like the Romeo Void song, ''I might like you better if we slept together'', I get a feeling it's ''I might like them better if they were American''. I'm not always right, but it's just a hunch I have.... 🙂

[@epicbeardface2981]

You may have heard Jimmy singing Working Class Man if you saw the movie Gung ho an American movie.

[@AndyFNQ84]

More from this mob please, and I'll be your next sub

[@kevkoala]

The Australians were actually at Nui Dat but it didn't fit into the lyrics like Khe Sahn did where the Americans were.

[@demolitiongirl-ie2rx]

What Andy said. If you do more by this mob, I'll sub..

[@arrongoodwin3339]

A rare song with all chorus, chorus = verse, no bridge either. Only other song I can think of offhand is the Afrikaans song "Girl van die Klein Karoo" that is structured like this.

[@arrongoodwin3339]

Chord structure I'm talking about

[@LisaOpal]

I subscribed because you did this band. You might want to get back onto the group while the iron is hot.

[@andieslandies]

If you're interested in Australian songs related to the subject of this song, I would strongly recommend "I Was Only Nineteen" by a band called Redgum.

[@mditt7]

I heard someone (who presumably knows more than I) say that there were no Australians at Khe Sahn. I guess it sounded better in a song than Vung Tow.

[@jaynebuchanan4612]

We have the ANZUS Treaty since WW2! How have you not learnt about this?

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

Next Cold Chisel song you should get onto is the following: Cold Chisel - Cheap Wine nzoz1980 Copy and paste what you see above and check it out.

[@julianaFinn]

Look, I'm a huge Chisel fan, and i think this might not be the best song to use to introduce someone to them. Their style is rock and blues and rather mixed and they're are many quintessentially Chisel songs which shows who they are better. But i love this song, personally. It's an anthem over here.

[@paulrichardson5892]

a massive song in oz /

[@antipodean_antonette]

I do like a reaction channel where the reactors are not giving signs as to how they're feeling about the song and the music. I click off channels where reactors begin smiling and clapping, because that has always struck me as insincere. I have never smiled and clapped at anything I view for the first time - even the stuff I end up loving. I'm not a fan of Cold Chisel, but I do know that Chisel fans can be pretty giving when their band is given a bit of a love. Another type of reaction channel I steer clear from are those that only react to music of their region, and listen to tracks by artists they already know. I'm not into parochialism. Even Aussie reaction channels that will only listen to homegrown music are channels I avoid like the plague. I'll stick around because you guys have given Chisel a chance.

[@user-sb7lp9rm7c]

Go watch a movie called..DANGER CLOSE ..about 108 ANZAC SOLDIERS.. who held off 2000 North Vietnamese soldiers… in the BATTLE OF LONG TAN….

[@paulrichardson5892]

everyone over 30 years old in oz knows that song.

[@jillmalmberg9499]

I'm looking at how uncomfortable this makes you to watch it. I'm glad it's hitting some chord deep within you. That, how we, as Western nations gave these young men no support when they came home from the horror in the 70s that we can't imagine. And they raised families that still have to deal with that today.

[@alwaysthewtite1]

You need to look up how many Aussies died in Vietnam

[@malcolmrayner3480]

A song without a chorus.

[@travelsolo2677]

Australia’s unofficial national anthem.

[@user-jr1bl6tc3k]

You should react after the song

[@CliveWebbAustralia]

Since world war two, If there has been a conflict around the world that USA was involved in, then Australia probably also sent its armed forces...

[@candicessssasssy2160]

Maybe we should go easy on the couple here. They don't seem like terrible people. They just have a reaction channel that they want to enjoy, and hopefully listen to music outside their region. But coming at them with hard noses, ready to peck at any little thing they say isn't going to win them over to Cold Chisel. I hope they don't do ''You Got Nothing I Want'' as the next song. Good lord, they'll never want to hear the band again if that'd be the second Chisel tune they try.

[@AshleyBaker-ll2ug]

agree

[@RachelHaskins]

This reaction was disappointing to say the least. Such a lack lustre response. Interesting was the best you came up with Jim. Cold Chisel are absolute legends here in Australia and Khe Sahn an anthem that so many of us hold near and dear to our hearts. As popular today as they were in the 70s. The lead singer Jimmy Barnes has unique and extraordinary vocal skills it’s a shame you didn’t recognise this.

[@autoberry-cs7xc]

Somebody posted your reaction on a forum, and now I'm here. Don't give up on Cold Chisel. There's a lot of good material in that band's catalogue. Unfortunately, many of our classic bands failed to make an impact overseas because of various reasons. Cold Chisel, in my mind, are 100% to blame for their lack of overseas success. It's easy to blame Elektra records and their obnoxious record execs. Vince Niel had said that Elektra ignored Motley Crue in their early days because they were putting money into promoting Cold Chisel in the US. In the meantime, Cold Chisel were being booed while opening for Ted Nugent. Turns out the band weren't really trying to win Nugent's audience. Talented or not, a band needs to treat opportunities in the US like it is a business. Cold Chisel could have tasted the success that AC/DC and INXS were having... They were a world class act that lacked a world class tact.

[@autoberry-cs7xc]

vince neil

[@leavemealone344]

Why does your comment get a heart? You're blaming a band for not making it in a country that's driven by capitalism - often putting commerce over art. And you get a heart for that? I don't even care for Cold Chisel, but shit!!!!

[@grahamleadbeatter5981]

Interesting you think huh. I'm astounded when people don't recognize greatness when they hear it. Go back to sleep folks, maybe listen to some Barry Manilow or somethin".

[@babyboomer6372]

I'm an Englishman but have lived in Australia for almost 50 years. I subscribed to this channel because I was hoping you two would be the more open-minded Americans. All I've seen is you reacting to familiar territory (ie; American country music and pop). If your Cold Chisel journey is over, there's no reason for me to be here. I've unsubscribed because you two have obviously given up on what the rest of the world has to offer. There's more to Cold Chisel than a few songs you checked out, in spite of people suggesting other titles. Enjoy the average viewership that your Country music reactions attract.

[@babyboomer6372]

One more thing. I don't think it's the wife's issue. I think the husband is less inclined to go on journeys. I left England because I was tired of the parochial types that were scared of Australians because they had an accent that was different to their own. I never liked that type of complacency.

[@Myer_Dee-_]

Words like interesting don't really bother me, though it's almost as bad as saying 'nice'. What offends me most is that the one comment that puts blame on Chisel for their lack of success in the States gets the love heart. They tried them, but this reaction left me cold. I looked through their channel and am seeing a lot of familiar artists and songs. I don't subscribe to parochial channels, and I don't make friends with parochial people Thanx, but no thanx.

[@leavemealone344]

I don't think you're being very fair

[@AshleyBaker-ll2ug]

Ouch! That's quite a snooty comment. Not what I'd expect from a Chisel fan.

[@Myer_Dee-_]

@@AshleyBaker-ll2ug alright already!

[@Myer_Dee-_]

@@leavemealone344 who cares!!!!!

[@LisaOpal]

@@Myer_Dee-_ lol@who cares. Obviously you did.

[@peterfromgw4615]

It was Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand who “supported” the US with military forces during the Vietnam war. Grüße aus Australien. Tschüss.

[@keithcragg6474]

The last plane out of Sydney to Hong Kong is almost gone.