Cold Chisel - Forever Now (1982)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1982:
Cold Chisel's promo-video for the hit single 'Forever Now' (April, 1982), taken from the 1982 album 'Circus Animals'.
Band Origin: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Band Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Track: Forever Now
Album: Circus Animals
Composed By: Steve Prestwich
Produced By: Mark Opitz and Cold Chisel
Label: Elektra
Chart Position: # 4 (Australia) - # 2 (New Zealand)
Release Date: March 8, 1982
Links:
- en.wikipedia.or...
- www.coldchisel....
Line-up:
Jimmy Barnes - Lead Vocals
[ Orange (1973) -- Cold Chisel (1973-1984) - solo (1984-present) ]
Ian Moss -- Guitar
[ Orange (1973) -- Cold Chisel (1973-1984) -- solo (1989-present) ]
Don Walker -- Piano
[ Orange (1973) -- Cold Chisel (1973-1984) -- Catfish (1989-1991) -- Tex, Don & Charlie (1993-2005) -- solo (1981-present) ]
Steve Prestwich -- Drums
[ Orange (1973) -- Cold Chisel (1973-1984) -- Little River Band (1984-1985) ]
Phil Small -- Bass
[Planet (1971) -- Palladium (1972) -- Orange (1973) -- Cold Chisel (1973-1984) -- Pound (1985) -- The Earls of Duke (1985--1988) -- Hot Ice (1986) -- The Outsiders (1989) -- Billy Thorpe Band (2005) ]
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NZOZ NZOZ1982 1982 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s
Extended Tags: Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker
Musical Terms: Rock, Aussie, Old Australian Band

[@nedd.8479]

Cold Chisel really needs to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

[@blackie75]

guitar solo was fucking perfection

[@cdgh99]

Love the bass too

[@ozzyinch]

Mox_au I thought the counter wiping was out of this world!

[@blackie75]

@@cdgh99 yeah, bass is mint man, spot on

[@sanjulukose8939]

well I'm Aussie and this song is played everywhere here in Australia What a classic, I was in my best!!! and LOVE my vegemite!!! Cold Chisel really needs to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

[@willis2780]

I was born in 82 so it's no wonder i love this song. Love from New Zealand.

[@barbaramaddern6694]

WOW 40 yrs and still gives me the same goosebumps like 40 years ago. Pure Australian legends 🇦🇺🦋💞🌻

[@KyliePanozzo-xs3ps]

For my beautiful mum up in heaven ❤🌹🌹

[@drumkicker5841051]

I'm from the US and had never heard this song or this band before, but from the first time I heard it and played it for my son it has been our favorite song!! Cold Chisel forever!!!

[@253gerry]

Hi to Jimmy and the Boys. Sad to hear of Steve's passing, we will always remember him for his contribution to the Music industry. Steve, you may have left us, but your songs live on in all who loved chisel.

[@MrDeep0103]

I’m a Kiwi and I just absolutely love this song! It’s funny how the vibes from this song gives so much good feels! Lots of Arora from the little tiny neighbour across the Tasman

[@stevebarrett6724]

That's cause it's a kiwi classic jimis an honorable kiwi

[@ToowoombaHotel1987]

Hey Wheatfields Im glad to hear that Barnesy has fans in the States, the song Forever Now is off an album called "Circus Animals' and absolute classic. Forever Now was written by drummer Steve Prestwich who passed away last year sadly. Ive seen Barnesy live 4 times since 2003, but I was in New York when they Toured again in October last year-DOH!!

[@TheBerega]

I could listen to this song over and over and over and over and over... One of the all time greats which brings back a lot of memories and will no doubt be involved in a lot more in the future.

[@donbrashsux]

Cold Chisel constantly touring ..Holden HQs ..Ford falcons..smoke filled pubs with endless bands..drinking an driving smokin weed.. scoring chicks..oh what a mighty era..gd n bad ..cherish the memories

[@addytrolla2535]

I was a little younger but you brought back some childhood memories of my parents living that life. My Dad was in one of those Aussie rock bands and had a sweet Falcon.

[@ozmatterhorn2147]

This song is such a masterpiece. Every Aussie will have some memory of this song and the people and times they first heard it in. ❤️🤘🏻♠️🤘🏻

[@tigerlillypearse8831]

Oz Matterhorn I grew up with this song. I was 4 or 5 when it came out.

[@SaltPower]

Love ...I mean LOVE !!! Your songwritting Steve...so sad the news today.RIP what a great drummer.

[@xucheng5755]

30 years later and the best guitar tone is still from a strat and a marshall valve amp. makes me so home sick, stuck in the UK. Have a great Australia day chisel forever

[@111cutty999]

My 11 year old loves this song, he starting to enjoy the music from the 80's.

[@Idontknowwhattosaybut]

I remember playing this on my dads 5 CD changer. It was a Hitachi. I miss those childhood days even though I played it during the 90s. 22 years later and I still love it.

[@efwaugh3161]

I love how the great song writer Don Walker, can't nod his head to the beat of the music. Just goes to show....... This is a great song by the late and great Prestwitch.

[@bjone189EXBJ]

This could quite possibly be the best song of all time, and wow people say this song is bad.

[@DonaldTaft]

R.I.P. Steve - this is your song (and one of the band's greatest), and it, but more importantly you, will be in our hearts forever now. A very sad day. :(

[@andrewduesler3855]

What a classic, I was in my best!!! and LOVE my vegemite!!! The (now) late Steve Prestwich's first songwriting single release. Genius. And he's the DRUMMER 😀

[@muzikkification]

Honestly one of the best guitar solos ever. The tone is so perfect.

[@dawnpresling2010]

Back in this time Jimmy was at his peak, singing soulfully, sounds beautiful. No flat out screaming like a numpty.

[@andi1655]

Same here !! Love the song but hearing it for the first time in years brings back a lot of memories and I cried.

[@claypaquette9395]

How the F*&% did I never hear of Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes until he was on a Deep Purple Tribute!? Amazing talent!

[@wattlebough]

Clay Paquette Aussie mate?

[@yogibearthebear6774]

Didn’t go outside of Australia, jimmy Barnes and Molly Meldrum apparently didn’t get along so well, never got tours or promoted anywhere else besides Australia really.

[@antdaman4598]

RIP Steve Prestwich.....you were a legend

[@JamieJMartens]

This was my childhood song. Still amazing today as it was back then. Cold Chisel forever!

[@checobylilley755]

The anthem of my youth.🙌

[@Trancegirl1966]

I was a young teen and living in New Zealand and loving this song..still my favourite Cold Chisel song. Great to see a young Jimmy Barnes with that lovely hair....

[@stivi739]

Saw him at chch townhall 20 years ago..my ears were pinging for hours after it..great show

[@lancemckellar]

Great song from a great era, Cold Chisel's biggest selling song.

[@peterdent2019]

The (now) late Steve Prestwich's first songwriting single release. Genius. And he's the DRUMMER 😀

[@Jellybeantiger]

Makes we want to hit the road into the bush this song.Love my country,Australia!

[@toddmartin2415]

This clip brings back so many memories and the power of Jimmy's voice is amazing. Sadly it reminds me of a beautiful young friend who took her own life when we were just young teens. Forever-now!

[@notnilc1545]

Rip mate

[@number1robbiefan]

My fave fave fave fave fave Chisel song. Love Jimmy's vocals and just love it!!! Did I say I love it????

[@SarahMiller37]

I am an 80's child and I have never heard this song before in my life!

[@jkw8710]

no epic partys at your house growing up boooo

[@SarahMiller37]

Oh believe me there was. I have an older brother. He's 15 years older than me, lol. I don't know if he listened to this one. He was big Van Halen fan, lol.

[@WK-cr1br]

Sarah Miller Nah... what Jennifer said :P

[@krazynite]

Probably the only time Im proud that I live in Adelaide is when I say the words COLD CHISEL to interstate people!! Makes me proud the boys come from here...

[@dhuanabsa774]

I was working doing my day shift at an abattoir in Southland NZ in 2000, this song was playing blaring off through the speakers. I was enjoying it and asked my fellow workers about the name of the band and it's singer. Nobody seemed to know then, some said it was Big River Band. Many years later in Australia only now I knew it is the Chisels. Love this song, band and artist immensely.

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

Dhuan Absa An abattoir !? How in Christ’s name could you have ‘ worked ‘ willingly in a murder-hole of that sort !? I’ve done all manner of the dullest and noggin-numbing jobs in the bush, but never, ever agreed to taking wages for the grotty and gruesome butchering of helpless creatures. Bugger all regard, on my part, for Aussie notions of ‘ grit ‘ and ‘ the coal face ‘.

[@dhuanabsa774]

Albert Arthur Parsnips. Somebody has to do the job. I'm just the very few at the beginning of the chain. Hundreds more workers involved till the meat arrived at the overseas destinations or local supermarkets, bro. The industry give employment to thousands of people, who want to work, great income for the meat companies and revenues to Australia and NZ. What is wrong with that?

[@dhuanabsa774]

Albert Arthur Parsnips . I am sure you're not a vegan yourself. So finish up your steak, drink your beer and SHUT UP!

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

Dhuan Absa ‘ Shut up ‘ !? On what grounds ? That you’re peeved and appalled ? Hardly the most solid of foundations, I’m afraid. I could not give a proverbial toss with regard to your wafer-weighted ‘ excuse ‘ for needs for employment amongst a doubtlessly needy workforce. Pardon my swank, posh, elitist presumption,.but in years of desperate searches for gainful employment in the 90S, it’d have been , even then, beyond the original pale for me to accept a wage to batter and harass the bodies, and slit the throats, of mere children for a few quid. And, no, I’m by means inclined to obey any crude and vulgar yelps from YOUR likes to ‘ shut up ‘, sport. You have Buckley’s chance of popping a gag on my cake hole, cobber.

[@dhuanabsa774]

Albert Arthur Parsnips Get a life.

[@f4ntasymakeup]

I miss 80's :( Great song!! Perfection from start to finish. Took me so long to learn that guitar solo when I was learning ... Mossy ... One of Aussies best

[@geomotrix]

So glad these guys are Aussie!!!

[@rabbittraps]

presti's foot sliding is a highlight of this clip for me too.....the 'realest' band the world ever had in my opinion.

[@shamaramckain8664]

I grew up to cold chisel Songs with my dad blasting them.. It's been 10 Years since he's been gone i appreciate them more at 19 years old playing them and having a better understanding of the lyrics.

[@marcyjustis1691]

Nothing like hearing this on the radio when the sun comes up workin Saturday morning in Oz. One o my all time fave Chisel songs, ... but there are so many...

[@mikeyarthur1]

the greatest aussie band ever

[@waldogheadify]

Hey New Zealand Oz. We meet again. Started work in 82 and this is one of the songs I still truly relate to from then. Keep punching above your weight champ.

[@zomboy28]

makes me so home sick, stuck in the UK. Have a great Australia day chisel forever

[@Trancegirl1966]

+Richard Howie Have a great Australia Day too..Writing to you from Perth.

[@wvs3917a]

+Richard Howie STUCK in the UK??? Just leave the mother country and return to its best part

[@SparklingEyesDi]

+Richard Howie Must be hard but hope in some way that this makes you feel like home. :)

[@johnkillick7667]

+Richard Howie , Yeah, nothing British about Geordie Jimmy, True Aussie he is.

[@zanthony1286]

UK sux big time

[@cathiiannii]

sad day for aussie music another legend bites the dust....

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I miss 80's :( Great song!!

[@markmillsaps9250]

I miss 80's :( Great song!! Nothing like hearing this on the radio when the sun comes up workin Saturday morning in Oz. What a classic, I was in my best!!! and LOVE my vegemite!!!

[@richlewis86]

never get tired of this song...just classic!

[@kellieluvsmusic7866]

"that's the way the wanna be forever now " great lyrics that most Australian knows ,what a legend of a song ,thanks cold chisel x

[@GailYMoss]

I do love this song. His voice is strong and well controlled.

[@timurnzkiwi]

Hey, this is the best Aussie Song I ever heard - amazing - theres my happiness - yes, I remember...brilliant guitar, awesome drums, outstanding vocals - and I'm kiwi telling the truth! I love ya Cobber!

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

Circus Animals is a fantastic album, filled with so many killer tracks, some of the best written songs and showed off the great talent that Cold Chisel had back in the day.

[@rolandvoller8775]

Pure Barnes sound, clean and outstanding. Always great to hear the music,brings my youth back.

[@GregRickard]

30 years later and the best guitar tone is still from a strat and a marshall valve amp.

[@bigears4426]

Greg Rickard you meant 37 years , man that went quickly

[@fdhjcfjd9945]

Respect from Canada. Grew up in Bondi listening to this, didn´t appreciate it then, I do now. 30 years later and the best guitar tone is still from a strat and a marshall valve amp.

[@keithclapham2785]

Yeah I was in Bondi listening to this great band when this came out in the early 80s. Now back in the UK where I was born, and often think,especially now, what have I done. !!!

[@Richard-tv5cb]

These guys knew how to rock. Classic tunes great band!!!

[@jijijijirogi1292]

Nothing like hearing this on the radio when the sun comes up workin Saturday morning in Oz. makes me so home sick, stuck in the UK. Have a great Australia day chisel forever So glad these guys are Aussie!!!

[@kristyhoward2930]

So glad my dad played this growin up classic

[@johnswain2815]

Was even Better Live saw them in Darwin think 79

[@bigday28]

Lovin the table tappin from Stevie in his own song.... RIP Great Man....

[@shinistrue]

I grew up to some great music :') memories.

[@61SGman]

god i love ian moss, one of the best guitarist's in Australia

[@rupertpupkin7514]

Grew up in Bondi listening to this, didn´t appreciate it then, I do now.

[@MrPizza063]

aussie music at its best .

[@HouseholdDog]

I think it was more that it was on the radio all the time.

[@lisaloveday2044]

Love this song. I was 11 yrs old when this song came out.

[@myempathy1]

Perfection from start to finish.

[@albosher7257]

This is a song that was playing when I was growing up and it will be playing when I am old awesome song awesome band

[@fastgokartdude]

the movement in this song is so awesome

[@RichieIsaacsGuitar]

This is close to being my favourite song ever, was my sisters favourite before she died in 1982. Ian Moss's guitar lines in this are damn near perfect, tried covering it a few times but have left it well alone, am happy to just listen instead :)

[@EliDalton1]

Reminds me of my father. Good bloke got me drunk when I was 7 lol

[@ceedee4071]

Ha ha that's Selwyn...dilbz😂😂😂...from aunty Claude!!!

[@TheXantheL]

One of my favourite Chisel songs ever! I took a Chisel album to the States in the 80s, and the people couldn't believe how good they were. They wanted know why they hadn't heard of them. So did I!!!!!

[@Deesboy08]

I go back to this song quite a few times a year....such a classic song and resonates with me. Proud CC fan!!

[@aus80srockradio94]

Radio has given this song really too much airplay over the years, however you cannot tire of Mossy's awesome guitar work. The man is a legend.

[@stratmad]

Ian Moss' outro guitar solo is as fine as any you will hear anyone play anywhere in rock in the last 40 years - Gilmour, Felder / Walsh, Santana, etc.

[@WK-cr1br]

stratmad True, Cold Chisel are as good as any of the great US & UK rock bands. Had they been from either of those places, i truly believe _they'd have been as big_ and as succesful, world-wide, as The Doors, CCR, Deep Purple, and other similar, legendary rock acts.

[@stratmad]

Yup I'd agree with that

[@davidensor496]

+stratmad In the context of this song i agree with you. But there are lots of amazing guitar solos out there man.

[@stratmad]

Yes of course there is and this is one such example of well thought out guitar parts in the body of the song, a guitar lick that hooks the listener's interest before the the verses and a well constructed outro guitar solo. What Ian Moss played serves the song, without being over the top flashy and without outstaying his welcome. Getting the job done with taste.

[@jonesr227]

+stratmad As a guitarist myself, I've always thought that Mossy had a unique way of playing his solos in terms of note choice. I would love to sit down and talk to him about sometime. :)

[@barristanselmy2758]

This is the favourite song of a old nurse i work with. She always comes in singing it when i put it on.

[@FDGStitch]

One o my all time fave Chisel songs, ... but there are so many...

[@Elitist20]

Ah memories - pre-dawn, 1982, driving down the South Coast, hearing this on the radio...

[@surfinmuso37]

Before Jimmy starting screaming everything-brilliant. Especially love the "tink tink" cymbal playing on tea cup/sugar jar-half the table is a drum kit. Pure classic-they just don't make 'em like this anymore.

[@AndrewClements650]

+Neil Mitchell 3AW?

[@Mrsbusylizzie1]

Still brilliant. So sad to hear Of Steve Prestwich passing away.

[@catpea1254]

Great song 💕 Take me back to the good old days where music was good and people weren't offended by everything

[@gregorybathurst4326]

Takes me back also Aussie summers , Sydney streets , live bands, Fast/slow cars ,dreams love / hate ,win / loose .prisons to far away to care to old to worry . Can tell you it was hard to be lonley with Aussie rock near by .

[@nzoz1982]

I'm so fucking proud of this upload... such a beautiful clear picture and awesome sound

[@69stus]

+nzoz1982 Not kidding sounds is great and what a legendary song

[@roblostandlate4408]

+nzoz1982 Do you, or anybody else, think that Jimmy Barnes would have slipped in perfectly as a stand in for Brian Johnson?

[@nzoz1982]

Good question.. but I'd rather he stay in Chisel to be honest. Now you got me thinking. Barnsey singing 'You Shook Me All Night Long' instead of this?

[@nzoz1982]

Very true

[@weston30010]

Absolutely, but he's a much better singer with a much greater range.

[@ashrafyousef3764]

So glad these guys are Aussie!!! Nothing like hearing this on the radio when the sun comes up workin Saturday morning in Oz. What a classic, I was in my best!!! and LOVE my vegemite!!!

[@isabellas8967]

Great song.. sounds like a cpl who lost track of each other is getting back together. .forever♡

[@joseayrtontavaresdecarvalh6732]

I miss 80's :( Great song!! I do love this song. His voice is strong and well controlled.

[@balecnossis2985]

People say jimmy screams well this is his peak and he does not scream in any way here and he screams for the emotion

[@happynapper1234]

I was just thinking yesterday he is the best screamer in the world he is amazing

[@waldogheadify]

This song is 30 years old next month. And still as great as the first time I ever heard it.

[@jennyelise1456]

Don Walker...up there with Neil Finn and Paul Kelly as the greatest song writers ever.

[@kirstbrennan4456]

I agree!

[@michellejane9092]

Neil Finn who is now the front man for Fleetwood Mac so cool, kiwi talent for sure 😊

[@woopimagpie]

Absolutely.

[@3ZX8Ball]

Altho tbf this song in particular was written by Steve.

[@toddmillar4041]

I like the sentiment but Don Walker rules

[@landscapecadmonkey]

i love chisels....but i cant quite get over steve's loss just yet...so rip steve and rock on chisels.............

[@sashas8168]

great aussie music!!!

[@cathycastleton]

jimi and mossy no one or ones to do better, chisels rulz 4 eva etc, such an amazing band you good guys( long memory!!!) luv youxxxx

[@user-ef1ux4po2g]

Cold Chisel really needs to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Dude congrads on having a better quality upload than the Official Channel !!

[@lindengriffin282]

Apologies if this is addressed in the other 976 comments, but is that Garry McDonald in the kitchen? On a more serious note, Ian Moss' phrasing and note selection is beyond reproach. Also Jimmy's range and emotive vocal phrasing is sublime. Thank you Steve Prestwich (RIP) for such an amazing song, that's stayed with me all these years.

[@MegaKillie1]

Brilliant song....one of the best from Chisel

[@mrmajestika]

This song is incredible amazing arrangement and guitar work and theres something incredibly attractive going on with the girl at the table.Love the syncing with the editing and fly swat

[@dannysmith6109]

This song reminds me of the end of the Bondi Lifesaver when John and Kimmy Parks marriage broke down the place was sold and the doors finally closed . So many bands kicked off there, the people the fun , Ray Arnold keeping the crowd under control and the bands running amok in the green room .Long live Australian rock n roll and the memories.

[@Xchardtop]

Ian Moss Australia's best guitarist.

[@jasonphillips789]

the god damn best

[@breal8939]

Sing pretty fukin good to the lad

[@denismckeen3476]

sings okay ..:)

[@denismckeen3476]

can think of 'plenty' that had a 'better' sound/style-but see his ''Contemprorary's put him@ number 1* in some polls whatever -but think they mighta been the same ones that 'voted' The Wiggles into the Oz Aria 'Hall' of Fame' but not 'Acca'Dacca -Strange how that worx..:)

[@wattlebough]

Xchardtop Prob best vocalist as well, although Hutchins might be. Pretty much a tie I reckon.

[@pbpb253]

Let me start by saying, I wasn't a Cold Chisel fan growing up.I knew of their songs as a child/young teen, but was more into Midnight Oil and INXS when it came to Australian Rock. I have learnt to appreciate their greatness over the span of a few decades. It's only an opinion of course, but I believe this is one of the best Australian songs of all time. Certainly, in terms of love songs, I can't think of one better ! The guitar solo intro/outro are out of this world, and Barnsey's vocals are incredible in this. I even enjoy the understated nature of the film clip. Extraordinary music !

[@terinatekata5376]

19 yrs old, brought up on this music, today's bullshit doesn't even compare.

[@richlewis86]

I'll never get tired of this!!

[@stuartpattison1576]

The movie CHOPPER brought me here. I liked the song where chop is in the club. now I have found it. Brill song.

[@kangabangaz334]

stuart pattison - good to see me is it?

[@geoboyronny6070]

Chopper was a pussy..nz had Mr Asia ya bunddy