INXS - Suicide Blonde | THE WOLF HUNTERZ Reactions

[@laurat1720]

Love, love love INXS. The 80s would not have been The same without them.

[@TheWaynos73]

My favourite band in high school. So proud to be an 80s kid.

[@denisbellars9260]

They where the best 😀

[@Quinctili]

@@denisbellars9260 yep. And we saw them for free for ages in Perth when they were getting started, refining their ability. Then Deisel and Baby Animals getting their s▪︎▪︎t together. Great times.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

Amen sister! That's why I'm pissed that they're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[@chapmanfamily5195]

I'm an old fart from Australia. I can say I was lucky enough to have seen INXS live twice - once in a relatively small venue (INXS did a "pub" tour in the early 90s), and once in a big open concert. Both times I was completely blown away - but honestly, they're still remain the best live band I have ever seen. Michael is such a huge loss.

[@jemxs]

Just wondering if you are in Melbourne and the small gig was at the Palace? If so I was there! I saw them 4x with Michael, 1x with JD, all were awesome!

[@chapmanfamily5195]

@@jemxs No, Adelaide.

[@TheWaynos73]

Australia’s most iconic band ever. Even more than AC/DC.

[@Nostromo2144]

@@jemxs does the first 'final' of 6 or so final Hoodoo Gurus concerts at the Palace count...? ;)

[@digger5521]

@@chapmanfamily5195 Thebarton Theatre mad night

[@myfavoritedream2149]

No cellphones. Just Beautiful, Beautiful Michael and a hugely talented band.

[@timsterrockstar]

Everyone in that band has some serious playing chops. Michael has so much carisma

[@patrickbateman7369]

One of those rare singers that sounds just as good Live as he does on the album

[@jeanniea3437]

New Sensation at Wembly is another good song by them!

[@redsquirrel1086]

I was at this concert. Wembley Stadium, London, Saturday 13th July 1991. The whole place was shaking.

[@pmoakhill]

I was at this show and to this day I have never experienced a concert like this one. INXS tore it up!!!!!!!!!

[@jenniferfoster1692]

The "harmonica guy" is Andrew Farris, one of the 3 Farris brothers in the band. He wrote the music for almost every INXS song, while the lead singer, Michael Hutchence, wrote all the lyrics. They were an amazing team.

[@mikeace5831]

Listen to them takes me another level of Excellence

[@graememedley2506]

One of Australia’s best Rock Bands and always kill it live…..👌

[@sonjamester5616]

"Suicide blonde" was inspired by Kylie Minogue. Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS, was her boyfriend at that time. Michael was such a good entertainer. Unfortunately he died 1997. One of my all time favourites. Try "Need you tonight", "Never tear us apart"

[@chapmanfamily5195]

And I love the connection - suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.

[@carolynwhetham9514]

No she was long after this was written

[@chapmanfamily5195]

@@carolynwhetham9514 Actually, Michael went out with Kylie between 1989 and 1991 and Suicide Blonde came out in 1990.

[@stephenbrown785]

It was a general thing about girls they saw back home going blond back home with some drastic outcomes hence the suicide blonde term but that harmonica is the best

[@adamparker9765]

And if he had still stayed with her instead of Paul Yates he mightn't have gone so heavy into the drugs and lived longer . A true music tragedy.

[@TripletDad3]

INXS had some of the best bass lines in their songs. The bass and drums would create a groove that you could feel as much as hear, and the rest of the band would bounce around inside that groove and create some great music. Very underrated band.

[@jamesdalgleish9389]

Whose ever idea it was to add harmonica to this song is a musical genius………

[@boki1693]

INXS was amazing in concert. I saw them 3 times. Nassau Coliseum. Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. All where equally as good.

[@bubbabubba7356]

One of the most underrated front men!!!!! Rip Michael hutchence!!!!✌️🤟

[@eurofritz4617]

Underrated?

[@bubbabubba7356]

@@eurofritz4617 just meant that I thought he was a great singer and didn't get the credit he deserved!!!

[@eurofritz4617]

@@bubbabubba7356 OK, I understand where you are coming from 👍

[@bubbabubba7356]

@@eurofritz4617 ✌️

[@lisatonzi9728]

I saw INXS 3 times in the late 80s, early 90s. They were AMAZING. Michael Hutchence was THE MOST beautiful human being I've ever seen. He was something other worldly. I cried when he died, and I don't usually care about famous people dying.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Keep up the INXS!! 😊👍🔥

[@alexakl6445]

Thank you guys! Someone has finally reacted to "Suicide Blonde"! This is actually my favorite INXS song - between the guitars, the harmonica, the drums, and Michael Hutchens stage present and voice - forget about it!

[@pascalmarfaing1690]

I saw INXS , in France. It was a BIG concert with a little audience. The sound of INXS is amazing. Thank you Michael Hutchence !

[@maverick6662]

INXS one of the best Band of the 80s, i loved..... Greetings from North Germany :-)

[@dmCurator]

This band in this performance is just oozing with talent.

[@tommytaylor4139]

INXS in my Hall of fame ALL DAY LONG, what a band, 80's did rule! 🇬🇧

[@carolcarol3938]

So proud of this banging Aussie band....they are art of the soundtrack of my life...RIP Michael....from a proud Aussie....you wont be disappointed by any INXS!!!!!

[@Eskay1206]

We are the vegetables, INXS punk

[@jmurray2018]

Omg what a birthday surprise to see you do this band again I gotta watch this whole show this must be one of the greatest bands I’ve seen

[@Donna-C]

The song's title originates from the night Michael Hutchence and then-girlfriend Kylie Minogue attended the debut of the 1989 romantic drama film The Delinquents, which Kylie featured in. For the premiere, she wore a blonde wig whose colour she called "suicide blonde".

[@RM-ks8pp]

Kick is another great track for reaction by INXS...

[@BassMatt1972]

Still rehearsed once a week even when they were the biggest band in the World. Made more money from the Kick album in one year than BHP Mining did from selling Australian National Iron Ore exports... They were HUGE until Micheal's death... R.I.P.

[@hoover2501]

Can you imagine then picking three songs to play at the super bowl? Clearly a band that was made to do that.

[@NmDPlm31]

INXS and Midnight Oil were the two big Aussie rockers in my 80s and 90s playlists. Great stuff.

[@CAROCASH]

You two are too bloody adorable! Your happy vibes are infectious. A great reaction to INXS classic guys. Have a great day ✌🏻

[@susanstavrou4232]

He was brilliant live!!!!!!

[@kayelle8005]

Oh my God. Just watch the whole concert from start to finish.

[@thatsbollox]

School garage band from the Northern Beaches of Sydney. By 1991 they'd already been playing live for well over 10 years. Michael was a rock god. I think women would buy most of the tickets, and drag their fella's along. Whether u saw them in a pub or a stadium they were always brilliant.

[@bobbrown5951]

I know what you mean about those weekend festivals where you can hear the bands even when you're away from the stage area. I went to one in 1969 called Woodstock. Yep I'm old. Great song choice here. Kicking myself in the rear for never seeing INXS live.

[@colleenmatulickclarke2059]

I love these guys too! So good! So timeless!

[@malcolmrayner6674]

No auto tune needed there just great vocals and charisma

[@garethjenkins4034]

What a great song...what a great live band!

[@patcurrie9888]

Andrew on harmonica While playing the guitar! All band mates give 110%. That's why they were an International Band. Think the live videos are cool, and they are, check out their 27 music videos.

[@Illumo421]

So glad you did this one. Thanks to Dei for proposing and thanks to you for reacting!

[@JOELY79]

original sin from the same concert and i was there still cant believe he's no longer with us

[@naturesounds-ib5dh]

Love that Funky, Rock sound and Soulful vocals!

[@chopperdeath]

Being in a band of any proportion who has played live, makes you appreciate the epic nature of this!

[@yorumsfield556]

I love "Just keep walking". And "Burn for you". INXS are the bomb. Thanks for your reaction. Keep them coming. ✌

[@markdavidson9100]

The Loved One live at Wembley is super, they couldn’t put a foot wrong

[@TheWaynos73]

And Never Tear Us Apart.

[@markdavidson9100]

@@TheWaynos73 oh yeah

[@Eskay1206]

I first saw them in 1979, had every one of their albums, I was 16 when I first heard them, it cost $2 for a ticket back them, Michael was an amazing energetic performer, All Aussie bands back them were awesome live, they had to be, no X Factor they did the hard yards, travelling this huge country in a van, performing anywhere and everywhere they could. they got REALLY REALLY GOOD. Try "Cold Chisel" Wild thing is a good place to start.

[@nickmaguire4914]

Great post. Same experience, I think I paid $6 in about 1982-3 at the Rules Club in Wagga. They had a big concentric ring backdrop from memory. We saw heaps of bands in Wagga at that time, as you say on the road between Sydney and Melbourne. They became great by the amount of gigs they played.

[@susanstavrou4232]

My altimate favourite band!!!!

[@jamma2916]

YES!! check out INXS and Jimmy Barnes Good Times! and (Live) By My Side @ Wembley

[@danieljodrey8863]

hadn't heard this song in so long I forgot how it goes, but I loved this band back-in-the-day. tuned in and remembered it immediately. Danced to many cover bands playing this. Everyone got on their feet to it. 🎼🎶🔥👣🎶

[@susanstavrou4232]

Love 💕 this band my favourite band , Australia is proud, seen them live

[@Big_Al_63]

INXS.......still on my all time faves list

[@edbluez99]

Saw them here in St Louis at the Opera House - only seats around 4500. GREAT show. Don't Change is a grreat number - don't know if included in this performance.

[@youtmeme]

inxs rocked!!😊🤙❤👍🤘 rip michael🙏

[@zwieseler]

The harmonica player on the original recording was Charlie Musselwhite.

[@ColinsVolgs2024]

I went to that tour at wembley

[@terryhogan6205]

Watch the CONCERT footage. Not the footage with all the info printed during the playing of it. You CANNOT appreciate the concert footage, with these distractions.! I promise you, you will not be disappointed. I bought this concert, and watch it all least once a month. INXS was one of the most in tune, in sync bands of their time. Y'all, yes, I'm from Texas, need to react to the WHOLE concert. It will ROCK you, I promise!

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Original Sin from Wembley!!

[@dipsydoodle7988]

You guys need Original Sin from this show. So much jamming going on at the end. Just wait for it!

[@jemxs]

Yes!

[@ohneMofa007]

The guy literally handed me a splif in the 90s while singing, I was standing in the first row at a Berlin Germany show, greetings from Berlin Germany 🇩🇪

[@spudzilla66]

I saw INXS during the Kick tour , the guy with the Saxophone came across the stage on a skateboard , they were at one point the coolest band in the world and Michael Hutchence made us all question our sexuality lol .. His girlfriends included Kylie Minogue who was a huge star in the UK and across Europe selling over 35million records , she is a pint size sex pixie .. Australia has sent us some awesome bands /singers over the years .. Great reaction guys ... Definitely more INXS needed ..

[@andysmith6218]

The guy on the skateboard was Tim Farriss. The guy on sax is Kirk Pengilly.

[@arconeagain]

To feel the need to post pint sized sex pixie is disturbing in itself. Take a look at yourself.

[@jenniferfoster1692]

New Sensation at the same Wembley concert is the next one, one of their absolute best!

[@ericmcavoy1108]

Probably the hottest Aussie band from the 80's. Michael had so much charisma.

[@kevindobson3701]

Please do more INXS the best band ever

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

1:26 Michael Hutchence: "You got a death wish!" That hits hard.

[@Thejazzfan66]

I remember how popular these guys were when I was in college in the mid to late 80’s…

[@peternorgate3694]

The best, Michael is one beautiful, extraordinary my favourite person in the whole world I'm sorry Mick Jagger I didn't think any one could beat you. But the joy I get from his presence makes my week.

[@kane29842]

Pretty sure the harmonica was sampled here, wasn't actually Andrew Farriss playing it - Charlie Musselwhite is the guy that provided the Harmonica in the studio version, and this is basically identical to that

[@jemxs]

Oh I just posted that, yep on loop!

[@MrMcSmack]

INXS was such a underated band internationally....super band

[@terryhogan6205]

That red suit and black t-shirt...my goodness! I always had a crush on Kirk Pengilly...and Tim Ferris! I bought this concert video from youtube. It was worth EVERY penny! I watch it on a regular basis as well. Also have the concert in my Pandora playlist. BEST . Concert. Ever.

[@louisaklimentos7583]

They are out of this world !

[@garytaylor6408]

Bono, U2 wrote the song "stuck in a moment " about Michael Huntchens after he died. A great friend of theirs.

[@manna6618]

As impressed as you's have been with INXS discovering their catalogue...they are only a snippet of the insanely talented rock music we have been producing over here, there are at LEAST another 3 dozen bands I could list equally as good that the world has (mostly) missed out on. Unless an aussie band was signed to a US or UK record company they didn't receive airplay oversea's...the record companies didn't want to lose any sales to foreign record companies in Australia nor promote their artists...so there's a ton of brilliant music we all know off by heart that the world never got to hear. It's criminal really...

[@3950laura]

You need to watch the whole show!!!

[@jemxs]

Wootsa INXS = FUN! This whole show is awesome! Thanks Dei! Oh hate to Destroy the myth but the harmonica is a loop, Andrew just mimes for effect! It's actually Charlie Musselwhite!

[@lynw1623]

And you know this how ?

[@jemxs]

@@lynw1623 well Charlie Musselwhite definitely did the original recording and this performance sounds exactly the same as the album. And from Google: "That's Charlie Musselwhite playing the harmonica on this track, although his part was played though a sampler programmed by Andrew Farriss."

[@cottontop99]

in the same show he plays the harmonica for real on "Who Pays The Price" but Suicide Blonde is deffo a loop. Always pissed me off that they tried to pass it of that he was playing it for real...

[@jemxs]

@@cottontop99 yeah wasn't fooling anyone

[@Mrmikey0909]

@@jemxs Fooling? It's show biz. I suspect they actually fooled most people as well.

[@guccigasbag2780]

Wish I saw INXS I was in my pre teens in the late 80’s in my teens in early 90’s looking back they were huge and always on the Australian news when they were overseas. When Michael Hutchinson‘s death hit Sydney News it was devastating. I look back and appreciate them more these days.

[@osocool1too]

INXS was a very unique band as you may have seen with a mix of jazz and rock, until Michaels untimely passing in 1997 😇. It's pronounced IN EXCESS by the way. 👍🤗🥳

[@vanessahunt586]

New sensation,never tear us apart, are both awesome 👍👍 also check out good times inxs + jimmy Barnes,it's Sooooooo awesome 🤘🔥🎸🤘🔥🎸🤘🔥🎸🤘🔥🎸

[@kellyk5946]

They played at the Forum Kentish Town London, May 86. I was there with about 300 others. I new of them after 6 yrs living in California. The uk was about the last country to recognise them.

[@susanstavrou4232]

My favourite human!!!!! Legends

[@kerrydwyer1879]

Northern Beaches pub music scene of the 70's and 80's... INXS...cold chisel...John farhnem...crowded house ..rose tattoo..and so many more... Live...better than recorded. A treat.:-)

[@monniem888]

INXS are legend... they really are.

[@shemsa84]

Original sin from Wembley will blow your mind.

[@sadboydanceclub]

they are tight, and Michael is pitch perfect. great performers

[@mreblade7859]

Great Australian legendary band.

[@nathanhiggins8091]

The guy playing the harmonica is Andrew Farriss who wrote all the music where Michael Hutchence wrote the lyrics.

[@Music-Moments-h8t]

Just love you 2 you both put out good energy ..........Inxs are the best true Aussie band to come out of Australia

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

Thank you!

[@jeffbagley666]

I'm Australian. I love that you guys give Australian music credit. My suggestion is grinspoon lost control. You'll have fun with that

[@sherriekolehmainen3570]

I agree I have been lucky to see Grinspoon 3 times the are my favourite Australian band they deserve more recognition.

[@cg401]

for me i think my favourite INXS song is mystify

[@kevindobson3701]

Gotta react to the music video to INXS The Gift Best music video ever made , effects are incredible ! Never Seen anything like it

[@eileendobbs8009]

Great band. I wish I had gotten to see them..Another wildly entertaining live performance you might enjoy is Depeche Mode Live in Berlin doing Enjoy the Silence

[@sonofthesea3298]

Michael Hutchence for the longest was my ultimate frontman in a band,to me he outbeat my favourites in harder rock or even metal. And INXS always was such a great liveband,every member just talented beyond. Im just neverending devastated on the thing that happened to Michael,wich most likely led to him...."walking away from us". He just never became himself afterwards. Every girl i knew at the time had the biggest crush on him,and he dated several of the hottest models and female singers out there. One of his closest female friends said she knew "whoever he was with,would be the most spoiled,loved female",he took the best care of his ladies. A real ladiesman in all the right descriptions of the word. I think he defintly searched for that one specific soulmate,he didnt jump from female to female like alot of guys would do(and does). And if you listen to interviews with them,he is just this amazing guy all around. Long live his memory,and bless his soul!

[@leisastalnaker3790]

Robsquad reacts KZbin reaction channel are big INXS fans, they would so love this. I’ve never heard the song before. This rocks!

[@jeanniea3437]

I watch their reactions also! I've loved INXS since the 80's and seeing them on MTV for the first time. This whole concert is so good with the 4k restoration.

[@michaelcruze-r7p]

This song was written definitely about Kylie Minogue because she said to him she was going to dye her hair suicide blonde for a movie and what that actually means is that she was going to dye it herself . Michael loved the sayings much and turned it into this amazing tune.

[@denisehannah7378]

Hey Wolf Hunterz so nice to meet you guys! I am just get so Happy whenever I see people really getting into the most unbelievable amazingly Talented Band and I have to say the Best Front Man that ever was I don't know if you had checked out their 1997 Live at Rockpalast in Loreley the concert was really great they also had some of their newer songs one that I am sure you will love Don't Lose your Head please Check it out and the 2 back up singers and amazing dancers Shelly and JD were amazing as well please give a look and let me know I would love to hear your reaction to it. And Thank you for being So Excited about one of the Greatest Bands Ever!!! Peace

[@Maiko100876]

1991 this was THE HOTTEST FUCKING BAND!! Every club, every radio station, tickets were sold out in minutes!! Michael…RIP.

[@catherinehunt7693]

Thankfully we Australians got too see INXS in our local pubs. Amazing performance from our local Band INXS . Incredible the whole band brilliant. Michael loved too perform he was made for it all the INXS Band members all highly intelligent . Have a look at Need You Tonight from INXS. Thank you for you’re reaction crikey mate 🥂🍾🍻🍻 🦘🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🥂🍾

[@andrealobo6165]

Soy fanática de INXS y de SODA STEREO. Pero orgullosa de que jamás encontrarán errores en vivo de SODA STEREO. Y eso que adoro INXS, pero SODA es supremo. Me encantó la reacción. No creo que me lean por escribir en español, pero gracias igual.

[@Casherr93]

Inxs eran los soda australianos y viceversa

[@tobydow1]

Trust me and most on here do New Sensation at wembley as well it will also blow you away

[@wellardsmith3629]

Girl.... you did miss out. I saw this gig in Sydney. Truely mental.

[@susanstavrou4232]

Great live!!!!

[@cvbluegrasspatriot9157]

Very sad!! I was there from the beginning!! Miss Michael!