The best psychedelic track of all time. And the musicians are superb. I think it made No.1 in New York City.
@pwatts8846 Жыл бұрын
Should have been a hit worldwide.
@GiselleGrape7 ай бұрын
Totally agree!!!!!!!
@simplesimon47173 ай бұрын
According to Molly, he wouldn't travel to the States, so he missed his chance to promote it!
@shannonpincombe84852 ай бұрын
Yeah...hard to have an international hit when you won't travel to promote it. Still, after years it was a super smash through word of mouth and being played at stoner parties. One of the "songs of the hippie generation" for sure. The vocals are amazing and Russell still has souring chops on 'Jesus Christ Superstar' album in Australia in 1993. Amazing singer. And a great guy.
@lupcokotevski2907Ай бұрын
I think it hit No.1 in New York and Chicago.
@jamesrowden3039 күн бұрын
@@simplesimon4717 Um, um um, um, Meldrum actually promoting anything? Haha.
@Leftfield716 ай бұрын
I think this is the greatest Psychedelic song of all time, but because it's Australian and not American or English is gets forgotten about. It's a work of art.
@TheSilmarillian20 күн бұрын
True that indeed .
@lannyheinemann58102 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion, a lot of modern singers, don’t hold a candle to the older musicians
@JR-ci4ev Жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@66secularist5 ай бұрын
The new are prefabricated. The old are organic.
@cherylfrank64683 ай бұрын
Fabulous unique tone
@leatherandtactel3 ай бұрын
@@66secularist They were the real thing...
@samanthamay6714Ай бұрын
Lana Del Rey is wonderful (check out her songs Mariners Apartment Complex and Ride to start with). But many do have talent, just not enough guidance in the industry and great producers are rare now.
@bfitton3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it's not just me that thinks this is up there with the greatest modern Aussie songs.
@ronfreeman58572 жыл бұрын
Agree
@jasminestephens7565 Жыл бұрын
It's a truly great song, but 1969 hasn't been modern for a very long time, my friend
@allotrope2978 Жыл бұрын
It's not hard to achieve. Just use American or British song-writing standards and be Australian. John Farnham knew it.
@markhilditch775 Жыл бұрын
In the top 3 Aussie songs of all time in my opinion with Khe Sanh and Turn up your radio
@mick2881 Жыл бұрын
yeah,the real thing Vietnam watergate moon landing peace man hippies mini skirts dawn of modern surfing pot bands that were and still Rock 15 yrs for 28g or more young love colour ! behave or a belting very violent cartoons we loved and little sister we knew arrived in 1984. and you
@robertfisher55956 ай бұрын
Ian Meldrum and Johnny Young. Hard to believe they were behind this classic. This sounds good today.
@monty_sultana4 ай бұрын
I wish I lived in the 60s I love the music and all the cool hippie vibes I’m 35 own a 1986 vw t25 camper n I love blasting these tunes out ❤
@ianmontgomery75343 ай бұрын
When i lived in China my girlfriend had a bar and I put the video of this on but I forgot it had Tain'anmen Square in it. The people in bar included 7 police from Guangzhou. They asked me about it (they weren't concerned about it and they were familiar with the incident) and we had a great discussion on it as well and how the students killed policemen, and i had to explain some of the other things in the video.
@carmie94002 жыл бұрын
What a powerhouse song that still stands the test of time after more than 50 years! A true Aussie classic! 😁
@raymondsommerfeldt2817 Жыл бұрын
53 years after its release. Great song., great performance . Russell was up there and still is in my books. Timeless!
@pwatts8846 Жыл бұрын
Russell was a fine singer/songwriter/guitarist in the 70s and beyond, but this song was the work of Ian Meldrum.
@glenyceszymkarczuk92415 ай бұрын
This was the first Russell Morris song I heard and loved it straight away, still do.❤❤
@ianmontgomery75343 ай бұрын
Did you ever hear Hush by Somebody's Image? If so that was Russell singing.
@michaelnaisbitt792611 ай бұрын
This is ranked one of the best Australian songs
@annaseireklidou42702 жыл бұрын
OMG haven't heard this in decades was 12 when I heard it when living in Australia. Now in Greece and still love listening to the songs of the 60s. Russell was fantastic back then . Love this song. Was so ahead of it's time
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
Have a few more memories on me... Where in Greece? Crete? Smiley Ronnie Burn (about Normie Rowe having to go to Vietnam. Written by Johnny Young) Dear Prudence Doug something? Gingerman Brian Cadd Sorry The Easybeats Monday I got Friday on my mind... The Easybeats Turn on your radio Master's A Apprentices? Oh and another wacky one... The Eagle Rock Daddy Cool
@cakubea1015 Жыл бұрын
@@georgielancaster1356 It's Turn *Up* Your Radio. Brilliant track 😊
@grahamnewman-kg4wx11 ай бұрын
A true Australian classic every time I hear it, it takes me back to that time
@5ty717 Жыл бұрын
One of the songs that marked the time and place … floating in my memories… wonderful
@marlenesullivan3113 Жыл бұрын
IF ONLY WE COULD GO BACK & LIVE THOSE DAYS AGAIN THE WORLD WAS A NICER PLACE.
@66secularist5 ай бұрын
Let the music take you there. It's the closest thing we have to a time machine.
@latenightlogic Жыл бұрын
That part that kicks off at 1:44 elevates this to god tier. The most epic aussie song of all time and a brilliant conclusion song to the 60s. This should have been a global hit.
@timeconstrained2400 Жыл бұрын
exactly what I was thinking….should have been a global hit. Either marketing or snobbery must have got in the way.
@user-ci3gu1xj5n7 ай бұрын
That moment just takes me away with the Fairies. Glad I am not alone alone with this feeling. Thanks.
@marlenesullivan3113 Жыл бұрын
2023- I STILL GET GOOSEBUMPS💙🎶
@lyndihodson101 Жыл бұрын
I was 11 when I started following RM..am now 66 n still listening to soo many brilliant songs/albums Russ has written over the years..one of Australia's greats 🥰👌
@VK3CSJ2 ай бұрын
Agree Lyn....same here. I was 12 when I saw Russell preform Sweet Sweet Love on the back of a Truck parked outside the Dandenong Hospital 1972 ish, right now, I've just received the DVD release of his live concert recording done in July 2023, 22 tracks, can't wait to put it on!....;) 14/06/24
@mindfulness11182 жыл бұрын
Takes me right back to being a young kid. My parents Torana: with those hot black vinyl seats. No air conditioning. Parents smoking with the car windows rolled down. Yup: everyone was smoking back then. Stopping at 7-11 for a giant coke slushy. Argghhhh.......The good old days!
@66secularist5 ай бұрын
The distorted sounds in this song make for a great aural psychedelic trip; a1969 one. It takes me there.
@poweringon8644 жыл бұрын
I saw Russell play in Newcastle in 2019 and I was just so blown away. He was brilliant
@Judy.LoveandLightAlways4 жыл бұрын
Still Amazing and still quite the spunk.
@FrankFloyd-rh1bd Жыл бұрын
Growing up in central Florida I first heard this song in the summer of 1969 on WFSO radio station. I was sixteen years old and fell in love with it immediately. What a great song!
@garrycomloquoy1320 Жыл бұрын
What an Aussie piece of music history. We heard it and we’ll never forget it. A true masterpiece that was perfect in it’s entirety and suits the times absolutely spot on. Can’t beat living in OZ in the 60s and 70s💪💪💪💪💪💪🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍👍👍👍👍✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
@GiselleGrape7 ай бұрын
Totally agree!!!!!!
@antonydean80638 ай бұрын
This Magnificent songs defines early 70's music era.....what a great legend is Mr Russell Morris. Thankyou Johnny Young and Mr Mollie
@debradireen36256 ай бұрын
Gorgeous man I met him yrs ago in Melbourne he gave off the most beautiful vibes, I remember watching this on Uptight in the 60’s it blew my mind and I was about 8 yrs old.
@anne-louise4766 Жыл бұрын
Russell Morris - playing tonight in Belgrave but I can't get there.😥😥😥 I grew up, musically, with this fine song, one of the best songs in Aus. history. The daughter of mum's best friend, Fiona Bick, ran his fan club. Looooove it. ♥
@gnnmusic2 жыл бұрын
Still love this song. Well done to Johnny Young and Molly Meldrum for being ahead of their time in this arrangement. I would love to see them give the credit to the musicians and the engineer on this track. It seems they were all searching for the "real" thing.
@asmodeus0454 Жыл бұрын
Russell Morris's "The Real Thing" the Australian Underground Rock classic from 1969! Still sounds great!
@pwatts8846 Жыл бұрын
Don't know about underground. It was played on every radio station in the land and was No 1 for months.
@davidjohnzenocollins9 ай бұрын
Did your parents hear it? If they didn't, it was underground. 🙂
@multigerbs5502 жыл бұрын
I was a teenager when this came out, still play it to this day.
@glenmunro35 жыл бұрын
The best bloody brilliance music you won't here this again.
@KH-rc7tl3 ай бұрын
A real classic. Stands the test of time.
@hayselliot3974 жыл бұрын
Found this song from my past at last! The song was way before it's time, Aussie classic. What a song 50yrs old and still the best song ive heard by an Aussie.
@sexobscura2 жыл бұрын
the term 'before its time' doesn't really mean a thing
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
Oh. You only had to ask me. I was there and am always pushing it at young people. Have you watched THE DISH? This is in it and you will get the hugest laugh from the original Hawaii 50 theme music.
@shirlettewilliams85172 жыл бұрын
Love this song,was on the top 40 when I was at high school,very pychadelic also love Rachel,he is such a talent
@b.daymike53734 жыл бұрын
The song was way before it's time, Aussie classic. The best bloody brilliance music you won't here this again. I saw Russell play in Newcastle in 2019 and I was just so blown away. He was brilliant
@paradise3156 Жыл бұрын
Amazing unique voice style! I heard it when I was in year 6 overseas. I just learned he's an Aussie. Lots of great Aussie musicians
@kathrynwilson39855 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this song is 50 ( !!!! ) years old. Just as good now as it was then. They don't write them like this anymore.I was 10 when it came out - loved it then and still love it now.
@marie-louisefryer47834 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree Kathryn. I was 6ish but hearing my older brothers and sister play it has been a fundamental episode in my life x
@carmie94002 жыл бұрын
I was 7 or 8 & loved this song - still do today - a true Aussie piece of psychedelia!
@graeme6667 Жыл бұрын
As good as this is, his blues trilogy is even better; great Australian blues, with good song-writing and excellently performed.
@user-zu3vs3yy7m5 жыл бұрын
WELL DONE JOHNNY & MOLLY !!! The best bloody brilliance music you won't here this again. 💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
And Russell!!!
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
And Russell!!!
@melissamccoy519810 ай бұрын
One of the best rock songs Legendary
@gailhokin45719 ай бұрын
I have loved that song since i was 17 18 years old i am now 70 years young
@kimtamm99545 жыл бұрын
What a song 50yrs old and still the best song ive heard by an Aussie.
@Kingmick587 ай бұрын
Great tune. And love the drumming.
@johnslaviero20802 ай бұрын
This song grabs you and hurls you into the stratosphere. A mini dark side of the moon
@gerza713 жыл бұрын
Imagine this song was played over the USA Presidential debate last night Last minute or so when the kids came in and that bomb at the end Always put a chill up my spine.
@spello8191 Жыл бұрын
Let’s not relate this tract to any American debate. This track is far about that…
@roxtonfone35106 жыл бұрын
Saw the Australian Movie "The Dish" yesterday, this song was playing at the beginning. A couple clicks on IMDB and here I am. Fantastic song (And movie)
@sheronlyn26932 жыл бұрын
Just did the same 3 years later after seeing the Dish on Netflix. Being an 18 year old in NZ then just loved this and found I still do, hes fantastic.
@roxtonfone35102 жыл бұрын
@@sheronlyn2693 😄Ha! I had forgotten about this comment.. It's nice to see it got a few likes. Thanks for reminding me of this and the song too!
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies - and what a laugh I got from the theme tune to Hawaii 5 O
@Heather-xz3eo Жыл бұрын
I was 13 when this came out & was one of my fave 1969/70s songs ... Epic
@kerriewoodford635 Жыл бұрын
My life in at the time so into this song even today and I'm 66 but it is still in me
@LenapeSF4 жыл бұрын
The scenery in Australia is amazing and so is this guy. The Real Thing in the 60's to his latest LP Black and Blue Heart shows a journey of musical evolution. Wow.
@user-ui6ro8fu9h9 ай бұрын
Meet Russell late 1968 on a TV show. He was on to promote his music and I my modelling and art. Show went live early 1969 as did "The Real Thing". We are both still 'real'
@apfelprincess455 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday The Real Thing on your 50th in 2019! Still going strong as a song!
@marie-louisefryer47834 жыл бұрын
Now I feel old hahaha. LOVE this.
@redtale65274 жыл бұрын
I arrived in April 1969 so you could say this was my introduction to Australian music.
@jaspergrosse69654 жыл бұрын
WELL DONE JOHNNY & MOLLY !!! The best bloody brilliance music you won't here this again. I saw Russell play in Newcastle in 2019 and I was just so blown away. He was brilliant
@susanarager10024 жыл бұрын
I saw Russell play in Newcastle in 2019 and I was just so blown away. He was brilliant WELL DONE JOHNNY & MOLLY !!!
@donaldmoore93062 жыл бұрын
Oh yes. I have seen him twice and it was absolutely awesome. How are you doing. Hope you are fine and staying safe out there?
@MarieAnneLeClerc4 жыл бұрын
Psychedelic and brilliant 💫💗💗
@helen92893 жыл бұрын
always loved this song
@joannetucker87695 жыл бұрын
I was so young, he was so young....oh to have youth on my side again. What a great Aussie talent
@samanthaschofield7435 жыл бұрын
joanne tucker true
@peterbrown62245 жыл бұрын
I was tiny, but this iconic song leaked into the 70s and still has appeal.
@dougstubbs96374 жыл бұрын
Youth is so wasted on young people
@nwjh19574 жыл бұрын
And little Johnny Young produced the record!
@spello81914 жыл бұрын
@nwjh1957. Oh I thought it was Molly Ian Meldrum?
@Watson1 Жыл бұрын
My girlfriend had the hots for Russell, I had the hots for her mother. Good times. 😊😊😊😊😊😊
@KH-rc7tl3 ай бұрын
Love it 😂😂
@neilcawsey71894 жыл бұрын
The song was way before it's time, Aussie classic.
@milancoric8787 Жыл бұрын
Great Aussie song!
@adamprozzo40525 ай бұрын
Great song. And I like the “under the nose” camera angle.
@tabfiend Жыл бұрын
I'm back in 1969..............
@newsomenathand.43144 жыл бұрын
Found this song from my past at last! The real thing 👍 WELL DONE JOHNNY & MOLLY !!!
@sandraweilbrenner672 жыл бұрын
Jeez just found this and I am hooked ... Brilliant
@georgiehollander21995 жыл бұрын
WELL DONE JOHNNY & MOLLY !!!
@sesajadasi3670Ай бұрын
Pretty farkin ESOTERIC lyrics there !
@venkateswarraolakkineni32305 жыл бұрын
WELL DONE JOHNNY & MOLLY !!! 💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐
@csills74253 жыл бұрын
Yes we ALL KNOW who Johnny and Molly are let’s talk about Russell instead hey? His greatest song in my opinion was Real Love but it’s only my opinion Still performing after all these years
@froomist Жыл бұрын
Wow, I actually dimly remember this. I doubt it got much airplay on Albuquerque or El Paso stations, but I must have heard it a few times. Be nice to hear a decent remaster.
@MagicThys Жыл бұрын
handsome lad
@stanmeyer97709 ай бұрын
This song featured in the movie The Dish (2000). About the Apollo moon landing.
@LaSorciereFeuillue24 күн бұрын
Reading Molly Meldrum's autobiography and just had to watch this again, having danced around my room singing it! Hmm, I wonder if they have this at karaoke?
@nikitabauch36124 жыл бұрын
Found this song from my past at last! The real thing 👍
@JasonDarrell4 жыл бұрын
This reminds more of '89 than '69 - could have been in any rave in Wolves you cared to name. Fab bit of #psych!!
@pwatts8846 Жыл бұрын
Recorded only in mono, thats the giveaway.
@stephentroisi58273 ай бұрын
Classic.
@r.d.z.spinifex60793 жыл бұрын
A classic Australian example of Underground Rock was/is "The Real Thing."
@poweringon8645 жыл бұрын
Just saw Russell Morris and a heap of others at the APIA concert. Russell was brilliant, Kate, Brian Cadd, Joe Camilliri, et, they were all brilliant
@MisterPolitical14 жыл бұрын
best hit for a young aussie singer
@romy48583 жыл бұрын
Thanks Molly.
@digger55217 ай бұрын
Remember seeing him live in Adelaide early 70s, the last few seconds of the song were banned on local radio as it was too political at the time . School Children singing and an A Bomb blast FFS glad we have progressed
@domeperruzza7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song. ...
@samanthaschofield7435 жыл бұрын
D P thank you for your beautiful heart and soul for at least enjoying the music, peace xoxo
@MagicThys Жыл бұрын
Thanks again my friend, going to see him in Nov at the Festival Theatre here in Adelaide!
@derek5168 Жыл бұрын
Back then it was the real thing now it's the real bling
@patdonoghue378 Жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!
@gordonsargon91672 жыл бұрын
Discovered this song it a great song.it sounds eerie and weird .
@domeperruzza5 жыл бұрын
The real thing 👍
@stuartjonas72874 жыл бұрын
Found this song from my past at last!
@syntheticswish75712 жыл бұрын
One to remember
@jadeshannon22722 жыл бұрын
Great
@channeltoam28934 жыл бұрын
Crikey, imagine being a young Cobber bloke around in 1969 and this comes on the wireless. It would have fair dinkum blown me jocks off.
@imho22783 жыл бұрын
It was on Countdown for ages, which we all watched every week.
@georgielancaster13562 жыл бұрын
Another for you... The Eagle Rock Daddy Cool That would also surprise a young Oz plumber.
@Ruby166632 жыл бұрын
@@imho2278 Don't think it was, Countdown was purely current & new pop chart artists
@channeltoam28932 жыл бұрын
@@georgielancaster1356 A bloody corker of a song, Cobber.
@barrynugent69505 жыл бұрын
1969 😎
@GarySUPERTRAMPER4 жыл бұрын
It has to be in the Top Twenty songs ever surely! ... The Real Thing Sequel ... "The Perfect Question" (Gary Paul Simon Shaw KZbin)
@user-uc5gt8rh3e9 ай бұрын
Brings back memories of the 1972 Federal Election.
@gdaym86355 жыл бұрын
Tbh really understand god through this song god is it a man he is all of us and I’m not a very spiritual man but I know one thing is that god is all around us
@JohnSmith-rj7zo4 жыл бұрын
Magic
@venderstrat Жыл бұрын
I got banned from FakeBook so this is my world now.
@alexanderpowell15284 жыл бұрын
This song failed to chart in the USA originally because it was too long for radio...
@blueycarlton4 жыл бұрын
The Real Thing was the biggest selling record in Australia in 1969. Evie parts 1,2,& 3 by Stevie Wright was even longer and it went to No1 in 1974 or 75. Both had plenty of air play on commercial radio stations in OZ.
@fabzlab1980Ай бұрын
I did shrooms and played this song ....best ..
@junkettarp894213 күн бұрын
Jai Guru Deva.
@barrynugent695024 күн бұрын
Great tune .real thing todays world real deal 2024 .goid years honest day gone
@abrahammangion76012 жыл бұрын
Ausie Blast ☆
@PaulEvansdaddypaul Жыл бұрын
whatever happened to the Russel Morris physcheadelic version of The Real Thing ????