Cold Chisel - Flame Trees [Official Video]
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Lyrics:
Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me by
I'm just savouring familiar sights
We share some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her
Time to book a room to stay tonight
Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well
After all this time you boys look just the same"
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?"
Number three is never say her name
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Oh, who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway
You know it takes more than just a memory to make me cry
And I'm happy just to sit here round a table with old friends
And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies
And there's a girl, she's falling in love near where the pianola stands
With her young local factory out-of-worker, just holding hands
And I'm wondering if he'll go or if he'll stay...
Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field
In our day
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
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This song holds a special place in my life. Video filmed in my hometown Oberon. My beautiful Dad was laid to rest last month and was escorted down the main street of Oberon. His last main street run. There's no change there's no pace, everything within it's place just makes it harder to believe that he wont be around. Rip Dad.
@99tubalcain
5 жыл бұрын
It's special to me too and made all the more special by your story. May your father RIP.
@tyrelgleeson4
5 жыл бұрын
oberon is a beautiful place, know the feeling with my nan and the nsw town of Coolah
@frank19593
5 жыл бұрын
Nice Patricia May your dad rest in peace Love from Frank
@nicepolice12
5 жыл бұрын
Rip mate
@someonesomewhere1600
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Patricia.
Great song. Represents an era that's starting to slide into memory. Old Australia is slipping away...
@legoengineworkshop5171
2 жыл бұрын
@cold chisel wow it’s cold chisel….
@kindofpseudonym
2 жыл бұрын
@@SENATORPAIN1 I'd take ten times as many if it meant that I didn't have to read one more stupid thing from you.
@buggulugs
2 жыл бұрын
@@SENATORPAIN1 That's not what I meant.☹️🙁
@paul-fb8bw
2 жыл бұрын
So true, so sad 😔
@robertmartin2867
2 жыл бұрын
@@kindofpseudonym he may have said it quite bluntly, but he has a point. If you replace people, then you replace culture, and you replace heritage. And if you _like your culture and heritage_ then being unimpressed with and opposing such developments is entirely normal and natural.
Happy Australia Day 2024,great song and great video
This song was one of the Chisels best, you can return to your roots, home, old mates but it's never be the same second time around.
@tedd4146
3 жыл бұрын
Where I’m from was the same after 5 years and I couldn’t of been happier to be here.
@OzzysRadioHalfHour
3 жыл бұрын
Too true mate. Everything changes but there's some things that never change
@ionaramsay525
3 жыл бұрын
OMG … I wish it wasn’t true; but for me that was the case.
@Hossak
2 жыл бұрын
The first love always cuts the deepest, in all senses of the word.
@montanarotherick5739
2 жыл бұрын
Ad in suzi 😁and the Dutch up on love Keep
Yes it was a huge hit in kiwi land too. New Zealand we love Jimmy
They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era. And, what an era!
@ACERAMGAD
6 жыл бұрын
My older brother had a lot of their music in the 80's..TG!
@nicepolice12
5 жыл бұрын
You're not wrong mate
@aximusroh6453
4 жыл бұрын
Fuq oath mate 👍 🇦🇺
@surfclimbcycle
4 жыл бұрын
How do we get back to those days? I'd give anything. No smart phones, no f***ing Netflix.
@Nic560
4 жыл бұрын
@@surfclimbcycle nope just real people and real music wish I was around back then nowdays are fucking shit
Probably one of the greatest Aussie rock ballads ever written I miss the 80's in Australia
@rule3039
2 жыл бұрын
Same.
@MAte925
Жыл бұрын
Take me back!
@MAte925
Жыл бұрын
The more lefty politians try to change Australia the sentimental about 80,s90,s i get!😒😮💨
@anthonywilson7304
Жыл бұрын
It's no better now. Bring on the dream weavers and time machines.
@MAte925
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonywilson7304 let me know when one's been invented!
Probably one of the greatest Aussie rock ballads ever written
@dudemanismadcool
7 жыл бұрын
foath
@missym7245
7 жыл бұрын
My song :)
@leeanne337
7 жыл бұрын
The best
@AdamSandaver
7 жыл бұрын
everyones song
@stephenmcmullen3863
7 жыл бұрын
Linked park hybrid theroy
Anyone of this era is locked in time when we hear this song. What a blessing!
@MAte925
7 ай бұрын
Ah to have a time machine!
@geebeebee
5 ай бұрын
True story
I remember walking into a pub in Delegate, NSW. We were 2 English backpackers who just wanted a drink. It was like something from a movie, the whole bar just stopped and stared in confusion at how and why two POMs had ended up there! I met a great guy who shared my music taste, we danced to Eagles and The Boss until he introduced me to Cold Chisel. This song instantly takes me back to that night. Thank you Delegate 💜
@lisamatic1098
11 ай бұрын
Amazing to see Delegate mentioned here. I used to live there in 1984 when this song came out !
@deedee7720
9 ай бұрын
Oh wow! If you lived there in the 80's, you probably know all of the locals that I met there! Such a small word.
@missyflutter5562
2 ай бұрын
Roll call 😊
@user-ih2fw8cv2u
Ай бұрын
My brother just moved away from Delegate , I’ve been in that pub a few times. His pet magpie was banned from the pub , it would fly in and steal only $50 notes from peoples wallets😂
This song never gets old 2021 and still listening to it .
@kimwerner5729
3 жыл бұрын
Back at ya..🍻👍
@davidlp3019
2 жыл бұрын
On the radio all the time in Sydney 2021. Such a classic
@eric0sbob
2 жыл бұрын
2022 and I agree, timeless.
@tynkirbell599
2 жыл бұрын
April 2022 ❤
@alpal1966
Жыл бұрын
Yep! 2023 and still so good. This song is one of THE classics.
I live on Oberon now and nothing has changed since then. I love it. I just bought some flame trees for my farm. Love Chisel.
@ray.shoesmith
2 ай бұрын
And oh, who needs that sentimental bullshit anyway?
I want my Australia back 🇦🇺
@andrewrobertpater-filius9090
15 күн бұрын
Start by getting rid of the corporate flag
Don Walker's inspiration for the lyrics was a combination of his memories of Grafton where he had lived as a youth, and of his romantic dreams. Walker later said, "In my mind, it’s a northern New South Wales song. But there’s a lot of people who love that song and in their minds, it’s set in their home towns. A lot of people finish up away from where they come from." Elsewhere, Walker noted that the song was, "not fiction", and about, "returning home after some success in the big city". The song is "not fiction". I take this to mean there was a girl in Grafton who Don Walker loved, but he had to leave because of greater career opportunities in Sydney. I wonder what happened to that girl - if she knows she has been immortalised by this song.
My cousin Sheldon would love this Song rest in peace my brother
@tigerwarsaw99
Ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss. ❤
Seeing all these comments is beautiful. Bless everyone and may we all help and love each other as this is our ultimate purpose in life.
This song means so much to so many. For me, the last year and a half, I drive north when I can and visit friends and family of a girl I once wanted to marry. We catch up with where we are at in life, talk about shared interests and tell stories about the girl that made us friends. The reason for that is the following. The girl and I didn't speak for way too many years then a mutual friend asked if it was okay to passed my telephone number onto her as she had asked for it. Of course it was. I was overjoyed by the prospect of speaking again. Two days later I received a call saying she was on life support with a traumatic brain injury. Covid restrictions stopped me from entering Queensland to be by her side as she had been for me when I was in a similar state 20yrs earlier. Two weeks later I had to say goodbye to her on the telephone. I take solace in knowing that our differences were no longer anything, our love of each other all those years ago was not wasted and never forgotten. ...... Number one is to find some friends to say "You're doing well After all this time you boys look just the same" Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels Settle in to play "Do you remember so and so?" Number three is never say her name ...... Often this song comes on the radio while I am driving and I can't help but want to pull over, but those flame trees.... Rest In Peace, My Friend
@thepaedophileprofit3062
Жыл бұрын
Eff the Governments and the torture they put people through! Your friend was one of many who were forced to such loneliness before they passed. I have a mate who's leaving this life in the very near future, only 6 Weeks ago he was diagnosed with the big C age 53. He's a strong man, army man for 12 years, but receiving such a grave prognosis really hit him hard. About the only bright side to his situation is that government isn't interfering in the name of covid anymore. He will live on in my memory. You honor your friend by remembering her, while their is life in you to remember, she lives on. Condolences my friend.
@kayhollings1777
Жыл бұрын
@@thepaedophileprofit3062 May we never forget it, may we never let it happen again. The impact was huge, devastating, destroyed more lives than it saved. I'm still gobsmacked by the whole thing. And I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. Same to the op. Very sad.
Jimmy Barnes is one of the greatest singers to exist throughout mankind
I’m from Holland but how i love this song… beautiful, raw emotion. Like it even better on a sunny day with a beer in my hand.💜
@kenkirkham2948
Жыл бұрын
An enduring song for a 76 year old /young man.
@byronbaybe
Жыл бұрын
Your earning yourself an honourary Aussie status with comments like that 👍
@sophrapsune
7 ай бұрын
Bravo!
"There's no change, There's no pace, Everything within its place just makes it harder to believe she won't be around"...This pretty much sums up my & my two sons' lives since we lost their mum 4 years ago. I love this song, ever since I heard it for the first time all those years ago and it rings truer with every listen.
@MAte925
7 ай бұрын
Hope have some ausome years soon to make up for it!
Hello from Detroit, Michigan, my adopted hometown. For the first time in my (long) life, I'm feeling a little homesick. I'm from Sydney, but I have friends all over Australia. Thanks to KZread and the person who uploaded this classic song. It's obvious how much this song is loved and how much it means to so many people.
This is my neighbours favourite song ....... whether he likes it or not
@paulveenings6861
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@moyralouise7123
28 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
I just wanted to say thank you Cold Chisel - We love you for the beautiful memories you have left in our minds. I am 61 years old now and you do wonder where the years have gone. Your music is timeless and I thank you for the pleasure of listening to your songs.
The anthem of most young Australians of the time.
@WHANAUPEACE
5 жыл бұрын
and some Kiwis like me😂
@nicepolice12
5 жыл бұрын
And till this day as well. At least for 25 year old me.
@tammiejade1155
3 жыл бұрын
Great song
I'm from Oberon where this was filmed and some of the people's today in the video are still alive and living here.
@abbielowe3630
5 жыл бұрын
AreYouKenkey my nan lives there my perants grow up there
@TechNed
4 жыл бұрын
Nice. I keep hearing Grafton but I don't recognise anything in this vid.
@andrewmurphy7401
4 жыл бұрын
@@TechNed The Grafton reference is because Don Walker came from Grafton and supposedly wrote this song about his old hometown. Grafton is lined with Jacaranda trees and he used the title of an old movie " The flame trees of Thika" as a reference apparently. Not sure why the film clip was done in Oberon but I have always loved it.
@TechNed
4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmurphy7401 Yeah, I knew that. I think you misunderstood my comment. I meant, I don't recognise any scene in this vid as Grafton.
@TechNed
4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewmurphy7401 But I'm with you. It's an awesome video. Storyteller style.
This song was filmed in my home town and it makes me cry every single time. So much meaning. What an incredible song!
@Tully_23_32
Жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️ always wondered where it was filmed. I've never been to Oberon but i have driven thru it. Love our bush towns, they're way better than our coastal towns. Youse are all still uniquely Aussie where we on the Coast (I'm from Wyong) are like we've moved into a different dimension, we aren't Aussie's like we used to be & it's sad. Sending love & best wishes ❤️
@itzvoid1475
11 ай бұрын
Great song my Nan still lives near the rsl
@user-bn3ed4db3b
3 ай бұрын
Just made me cry also, life can be very sad sometimes 😢
This song nearly brings me too tears I suffered depression for 17 years and this is the song that got me through it holds special memories for me grew up in a small town with my mates. Nothing better than the mates you grew up with.
@brettst01
2 жыл бұрын
Stay strong mate, same here.
@traceyhordern222
Жыл бұрын
Bless...
@sacpac8480
Жыл бұрын
Wow you're lucky, you still got friends. My mates have all gone, don't want to know me ever since I left my hometown. My parents are dead, no kids... even my girlfriend of 6 years hates me now and wants to leave. I'm a real miserable whinging dickhead. With a dead end minimum wage job, small dick and short and ugly too haha 😂. I'm making myself laugh but I guess it's kind of true. One thing I'm thankful for is I'm a pretty happy guy, who obviously likes to poke fun at himself at times. Take care fellow Barnsy fan.
@markmcallan973
Жыл бұрын
Damn straight bro 🤟 your not alone ! This song is a go too for me when I'm down ! Also when I'm up! Keep on keeping on!🤟
@Jasmin-nc7vd
3 ай бұрын
My Brother was J Barnes, I’m also Born a J Barnes
Is this one of the best Australian songs ever??
@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996
8 жыл бұрын
That honour goes to Don't Change by INXS.
@MRDARKTURKEY
7 жыл бұрын
not one of the best, by far the best!
@owenmartin914
4 жыл бұрын
It is
@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996
4 жыл бұрын
@Lats Niebling What about Shark Fin Blues by The Drones.
@thesammyjenkinsexperience4996
4 жыл бұрын
@Lats Niebling Check it out, it's a classic.
Driving my lux Ute, dusty corrugated road, dog (Sherpa) in the back, me staring out at the beautiful bush as we drive back to the farm.... Absolute heaven! Rock on!
Lyrically beautifully thought out. The people and places may be the same, but without that person, everything will forever be different. Truly captures the feeling of love and loss and I'm proud that this belongs to Australia x
Poignant that the FC holden (late 50's) there in this classic is now only as old as a VT Commodore would be now. A song of an Australia that isn't quite the same anymore.
i just finished heartbreak high s2
@kaze987
2 ай бұрын
Same! What did you think of it?
@rick182z
Ай бұрын
@@kaze987 The 90's version was miles better ... It went woke
@kaze987
Ай бұрын
@@rick182z everything was over the top
I miss the 80's in Australia
@pickledone9698
4 жыл бұрын
Me too, at least until neighbours came on TV, that kinda stuffed it.
@jesusislukeskywalker4294
4 жыл бұрын
U.N. Lima Declaration 1975 was the final nail in the coffin for australia
@pickledone9698
4 жыл бұрын
What tf are you on about grasshopper.
@fame1958
4 жыл бұрын
80s in Australia was the best. I tell my kids how they missed out.
@aussieproud.5809
4 жыл бұрын
Yes it was a great time to be alive, here in the 80's. 👍👌👍
15 years after 1st hearing this I’m still loving it just as much… all the way from Glasgow/Scotland 🏴
No matter where I am or what I'm doing..this song stops me in my tracks.
Beautiful song and so iconically Australian. When Australia was a fantastic place to live,people worked hard,enjoyed a few schooners down the pub,smoked,listened to great music,swore and picked up gorgeous birds!
@colinlatham7905
Жыл бұрын
Well I still have the gorgeous bird. Me hair has long gone tho
@MAte925
10 ай бұрын
And no woke bs!
@MAte925
9 ай бұрын
And probably watched the footy on the big screen!
I used to have beers everyday after work at the Pub with my mate Leigh, after a hard day's yakka. He committed suicide a few years later, this song still holds precious value to me and the memory of of him. "They say you die twice, once when you die, and again when someone speaks your name for the last time." Not a day goes by that I wish I could've helped Leigh James Nelson. And he was one of the good ones. Have a beer up there for me bro. I miss ya.
@sabaha2010
Жыл бұрын
You’re a sweet friend. Stay blessed x
I didn't appreciate this wonderful song until many many years after it was released. I heard it again one day and I realized how much I love this.
@jipangoo
Жыл бұрын
Likewise
@laurieaylmore7676
Жыл бұрын
@@jipangoo same here i rate it as there Best .
@carlbentley80
Жыл бұрын
Likewise, its wonderful.
Can’t wait to just hang out like these people after Coronavirus passes
@somelikeithotmel
4 жыл бұрын
YES
@nessav7258
4 жыл бұрын
me too
@rowdyshearer1900
4 жыл бұрын
fuck covid 19, or whatever.
@WhateverWhenever888
4 жыл бұрын
Same dude
@seveseve3984
2 жыл бұрын
fuckhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! corona is here to stay! ....... grow up .............. im 60 ..............anyone who thinks this will go away has a tram up his ARSE!
I just tried to sing this and I literally couldn't get through it without bawling. I live abroad now and it just conjured so many feelings! Fucking amazing tune. The Yanks have Springsteen, We've got Cold Chisel.
@markblakeway80
5 жыл бұрын
OzzieBarbie I'd take Chisel over Bruce any day.
@NightAngel867
5 жыл бұрын
Bruce is amazing too.
@linux49er
4 жыл бұрын
"Bawling"
@lindsaynicole1218
4 жыл бұрын
Springsteen is horrible
@ninjamaster7724
4 жыл бұрын
@@linux49er do you know what that means?She cried her eyes out mate.
This song definitely hits differently when you live in a country town.
Always an Australian Iconic Song, an old Flame or a Rural Australian Town in which an individual has spent some time in & is now a stranger but always up for the Road Trip on either 2 x Wheels or 4. That first Larger cuts the dust & bugs from the throat before settling in for the evening after a great day's Riding or Driving to just be able to pass through & appreciate the Rural Australian Pub 🇦🇺 ☝️👍🏾
Its extraordinary the feelings this song conjures up from the moment it starts. For an entire generation it will hold sentimentality, heartbreak, perhaps melancholy, of a very special time in ones life, an invincible time, thats long gone. A gorgeous piece nonetheless.
Never heard this group until now. I'm American. One of my Australian followers on tiktok recommended this group! I like it!
@ionaramsay525
3 жыл бұрын
I’m Scottish ( but now dual Ozzie ) discovered it in the 90’s when I was an ICU nurse in Melbourne.
@giantrod788
3 жыл бұрын
Now that you have heard Cold Chisel, you just need to eat Vegemite and you can be an Australian citizen.
@ionaramsay525
3 жыл бұрын
@@giantrod788 I am an 🇦🇺 citizen & I do…. 😂
@pit660
2 жыл бұрын
No
That key change just lifts my head off every single time. I’ve heard it maybe, dunno, 100s of times. Same response, every time. Sensational song.
@xxjmclea
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite bridge. Melodically beautiful.
This was my mum and dad's song. I remember mum telling me once when dad had to go to the states on a business trip, he played this song to her over the phone. Since then I see how special it was to them, and how special it is to Australia as a whole.
one of the greatest examples of 1980s Australia in sound ever.
I relate this song to moving from Melbourne to Sydney in 1989. My heart was so low leaving behind family and friends. The beautiful flame trees along the Princes Hwy (as well as the occasional jacaranda) were stark against the bluer skies of NSW. Bitterweet imaginings.
Being of Scottish heritage, I'm so proud that this masterpiece is by a Scottish-Australian singer. The lyrics are flawless. Anyway, my 18 year old is now playing it on his guitar and hungry for more Cold Chisel. Their music is boundless, long live Cold Chisel! Good taste and honesty!
@jonathanhalloran5350
3 ай бұрын
You're deluded buddy. Saying that Jimmy is Scottish is like saying that Mel Gibson is American. Or that Russel Crowe is Australian... oh wait....
@richardyoung6056
Ай бұрын
I don't want to sound like a party pooper, but Stephen Prestwich (Liverpool England) and Don Walker (Adelaide Australia) wrote the lyrics to this classic.
Back when you had to work that steering wheel to turn it! Fantastic song :)
Yeah timeless brilliance. My mummy would rock to cold chisel in 1976. So I grew up with it. But for him to continually be relevant now is amazing. Dying Aussie rock but he just is the original. Original don't die.
This song makes me cry me and my girlfriend useto sing this in the shower 😄 she holds a special place in my heart forever
Oh God the memories that come flooding back to this song ...bloody classic aussie rock I miss the 80's in Australia They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era. And, what an era!
Favourite song ever.. Australian music is the best.. especially the 70"s & 80's.. even the 90's to now.. thanks Australia 🇦🇺
This is an ageless ballad, so well constructed, written & sung that it is incapable of becoming old. Pure gold!
One of the greatest Aussie songs ever... Easily fav Chisel song... Would love to have seen more of them in their prime in the early 80's...
Romance,heartbreak,love,all wrapped up in melancholy...sang with some slight vitriol...so as not to offend... This could be one,if not the most, beautiful song ever written. A torrent of tears with evrey listen... Go Barnsey,Go Chisel!!!!!
...And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her... The anthem of most young Australians of the time.
What an amazing song. I will always have time for this sentimental bullshit. Just brings me back to a beautiful time in Australia in my childhood when things were a lot simpler.
@MAte925
Жыл бұрын
Exactly!
Followed the band from day 1 Its gotten me threw some tough times in my life and it's relevant today as it was back then Its funny how 1 song can take you back to a time and a place Music is timeless shame we aren't
this song is timeless, regardless of what generation you, it resonates
Those rich harmonies in the last chorus are the emotional boiling point of the track. Don Walker wrote so much of the bands work, but Chisel's sound was unique and each member bought so much to each track. Phil Small's Bass playing is some of the best I have heard in my 54year. I play some instruments, but most importantly have a good set of ears, and Phil is seriously worldclass. Listen to his playing on 'Saturday Night' and note how he basically plays melody in quiet spaces before returning to holding down the bottom end with Steve. What a rhythm section those two made. Power, Excitement, Creative, Genuine are words that come to mind. '1983 live 'Barking Spiders'. Listen to Steve & Phil on 'Merry Go Round' and then 'No Sense'. I could go on for hours and I haven't even got to Ian Moss, vocal, guitars, a superbly emotional blues player amongst other styles.
Always picture Elizabeth in South Australia in the 80s when I hear this song." Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field in our day " that line always puts a tear in my eyes.
@robertleeimages
10 ай бұрын
At 52 it does the same to me, ahh the memories of being fit and fearful of nothing
Cool song to hang out with friends in a pub.😎
This era was the end of the greatest eras ever, australia is no more
@jimfarmer2621
Ай бұрын
These times will never return alas
Just seen Chisel for the first time in over 35 years at their Blood Moon show and their Flame Tree's rendition was out of this world, still the greatest Aussie pub band EVER
Love,love ,love Flame Trees ❤❤❤
I don’t know how Emotional I become when I listen to this song but I have that feeling that when I’ll be older I will cry like a child just by listening to this song
@80sOGRE
2 жыл бұрын
it has a sensitivity that's free from anything sugary you get in music these days. Maybe because we know those times won't really come around again.
This song is nothing but brilliance. Pure brilliance. They really should have gave it go in North America, they'd be as big a name as any other Aussie band who made it there. I didn't even know they existed until I moved to Australia.
This. In my opinion, this is the song that perfectly reflects on your life and what makes you individual: growing up, first love, mistakes, regrets and triumphs.
Great song. It's the bittersweet pain of having that person you love more than life itself leave this earth before you. Can't eat pizza without thinking of you. I'd give all I ever had to see your goofy smile one more time Lauren.
I find it hard to think that anyone doesn't see our heritage, it's the people we loved, but they live in us,
As a Australian girl I grew up in the outback of Australia and this has been a favoured song of mine and my father's
Good bloody song 😎💯
How was this song and video not a huge hit outside Australia?? 30 years and it’s still moving. Great accompanying film
@nintendonut100
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It was big here in New Zealand. Still gets play on rock radio stations even.
@colinlatham7905
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You could say that about Chisel.
@NUS01
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wasn't even a big hit in Australia reached 26 on the charts, Khe Sanh didn't even make top 40 absolutely amazing
I sang this out loud driving today. It so reminds me of driving trucks.. the words, that harmony...gotta play it loud...DO YOU REMEMBER🎶
Ian. Once again you bring so much to my memories of 80's and 90's Australiana. Hope you and the members are still doing well. Love your legacy. Well done.
Love this song. Gotta go through this town one day when they're blooming
@grahamtrezise1114
10 ай бұрын
Can't remember if there are flame trees in Oberon, more like the Illawarra, but it's still a beautiful drive, through O'Connell, Tarana, Sodwalls etc....,
I wish I could go back in time just for a little bit. Life was so simple yet so good. Loving the memories this song brings
@jamessheehan9036
3 жыл бұрын
Good on you Emma
@MAte925
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I agree emma,get very sentimental!
Oh God the memories that come flooding back to this song ...bloody classic aussie rock
Could be Aussie # 1 All-time tune
Haha definitely Oberon, I used to work at the NAB there in the late '80's and it is filmed at the Tourist Hotel where we used to drink.
For something reason.. every day I play this My Australian girl friend comes to life... perhaps I could play it at her funeral... doubt she will get out of her coffin,, but I hope it puts a smile on her face
love the doggies! 🐕🐕
Love, love, love Cold Chisel. There is certainly a lot of old familiar faces in the Flame Trees video. I grew up there. Brings back memories.
Bow River, Flame Trees and Bal a Versailles are the three best Chisel songs ever. But wait, then there is Four Walls, Forever Now, When the War is Over, Khe Sahn, Ita.... Oh, I am not going to rate them but enjoy them all. Long live Cold Chisel.
Old Holdens never die 💪
Cole chisel works perfectly when driving through west Texas!
I think everyone can relate to this song luv it
Very VERY few bands capture the emotion of a time & place like Chisel did...
This song reminds me of growing up in Oberon when I was a young kid my great pop passed away in 2017 Zika ‘Chic’ Tosic he was a great man and founded Oberon engineering.
Here after watching heartbreak high and Sarah Blaskos version bringing me to tears but also realising how much i love the original ❤️
a true aussie song i just love it
My favourite Chisel song by far. Something about it brings back the same nostalgia I feel from going back to my own hometown and the longing I feel to reconnect with old friends who haven't changed - the factories that used to make this town feel alive, when she was still alive... all the feels
People just seemed so much more authentic back in those days
I miss the 80's in Australia They wern't just a Pub Rock Band, they were a huge part of an Australian era. And, what an era!
One of the finest Australian bands of yesteryear and popular too.
@ionaramsay525
3 жыл бұрын
2021… @ I’m playing i it on 🔂…
Absolute Chisel classic. Loved his voice on this song.
This song can tear your heart out
takes me back to teen years long time ago miss my mates from back then miss them heaps