Back when you were famous because you were actually talented....The base playing is sublime..

@starshadow5167

3 жыл бұрын

Love the base. Just so awesome.

@davidbeazley1958

Жыл бұрын

Base is the best.

@geoffreybreasley9845

11 ай бұрын

Gm~F Long ago in college day F\Bb you could measure my hand by the style of play F\Bb~ hitchicing home when the dollars ran low F\Bb~ I had little to do nothing to say F\Bb~~~

@Sk8rboy420

11 ай бұрын

#boomer

@sweetandmagical

11 ай бұрын

Yup !

This has always been a favourite hit from an absolute legend of a band.. used to hear this song alot on the school bus radio in the mornings when I was a teenager in the early 80’s Ahhh the memories!

@sweetandmagical

11 ай бұрын

Same lol yup was awesome

Wow love this song and I have only come across it.

EPIC DANCE MOVES !!!!!! How good would it be seeing Ross Wilson and Peter Garret busting their moves out together……. 😂🤣😂🤣 👍

@robertharrison8014

6 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣from phill

How many uncle's think they've graduated from the Ross Wilson Dance Academy after a few beers?

@odyssey814

4 ай бұрын

ha ha

So clueless I have washed so much good chemistry down the drain over the years .Another awesome classic

Australia. The 80s. Lucky to be my era growing up

I saw Mondo Rock “ live “ about 5 times. Brilliant “live “ band. Wilson & Mcusker legends

Cruisy and melodic!🙂💯👍

while in his later clips his dance moves needed some remedy, the voice, oh the voice so beautiful!!

Ahhhh the days when the music was more valued than the dancing..!!! Great work Ross & thanks for the joy of you.

Good music nothing can bring back the '80's 🎶💖🎧💖🎵😎👍

This song is pure gold, love it so much.

@geoffreybreasley9845

Жыл бұрын

I'd loved this song since I was a teen I'm 51 today and I still love love mondo rock 😎👌

Australia had some great bands growing up in the 70s& 80s

This is beautiful! A great band and timeless classic 😊

Remember the era it first came out! Reflected a slower paced , less complicted era!😃

Ya gotta love Old Aus Rock take a step back & listen to the shit that’s thrown in our faces now. As Shirley said, I’m living in the 70’s. I love the 70’s n 80’s.

@lauraferrante9911

3 жыл бұрын

I love the 70's and 80's music. Australian music rocks .

Just reeks summer,cricket..WSC great memories .thanks Ross....So underrated....Best ever

This is the greatest and deepest song of the 80s. Knock it away. I don't know how anyone can ignore its importance.

@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms

3 жыл бұрын

It's way trippier then a lot of US Rock from the time I'd say,least like US Pop Rock and more underground Punk Bands from The States didn't have that vibe.

@kdegraa

3 жыл бұрын

Dunno if it’s the greatest song of a decade but it’s a pretty good song. The beat is strong.

@fourscoreand9884

3 жыл бұрын

@@kdegraa Thanks, man, made me listen to that bass. It is spectacular.

Ross was performing this one night when my man and I were snuggled damcing by the stage to OUR Song, Ross lent down and said.. You two have the real Chemistry... It was such a Beautiful night. ❤️❤️❤️

Lessons in the lyrics: "Once in a long while If something comes your way You can wash it down the drain Or make it your own Don't waste it..."

@adoxhox1358

3 жыл бұрын

Truest words you will ever hear.

I've never heard this before. Gosh I'm blown away! And this song is literally older than my parents!

@ajs41

5 жыл бұрын

Summer of 81 is pretty good as well.

@noelgibson5956

5 жыл бұрын

@@ajs41 Yes I've heard that one. Cool tunes.

@Tommyblueeyes

4 жыл бұрын

@@noelgibson5956 cool world and state of the heart are banging songs

@V8AmericanMuscleCar

3 жыл бұрын

Come Said the Boy is also great tune!

@caveman4598

3 жыл бұрын

😄😀😀😀

Nothing better than listening to Mondo on Australia Day....John and Rose.

@karlrobinson6604

6 ай бұрын

Let's do it again. Nothing better than Aussie rock. :)

❤ this song i know I will love forever

ONE WORD:MAGICAL. 🙏🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

I love Ross. He's completely unique and brilliant. Always has been. And gorgeous.

Amazing set....credit to the Countdown crew who realised the band's album cover in 3D...

The memories of catching the red rattler from belmore to Wiley park to go to school. Wiley park public school 1981. Newtown jets 1981.

@lisaclancy3979

3 жыл бұрын

Good memories Robo Cop. Red Rattlers and the old blue bags.. Go the mighty Jets.

1981 my best year of my life with 84 close second, the early 80s were the best for music.

Truly brilliant.. love Aussie rock classics and this band truly know how to make magic happen.. ✌️🙏💓

Have this song on repeat ☺️ 🎶 🎶

Yes, the Summer of 81, remember it very well indeed. Perth was running hot and everyone living the good life. No one seen the cold around the corner, which hit like an Arctic wind in the Winter of 82. Still We shall remember the good times and let the rest drift away.

Ah 1981 ! What a great year

@kdegraa

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was alright if you were ten years old. Video games like Space Invaders were out.

I used to sing this song . What awesome Australian band .

Haaaaaaaaaaaaa I can’t get over Ross Wilson’s legs when he dances he’s hilarious haaaaaaaaaaa those skinny legs and those hilarious moves 😆

@jenniferburns6226

3 жыл бұрын

Those moves are very deliberate ones. I can't think who it is, but he's copying a rock and roll singer from the 50's. Partly Elvis influenced in there too.

I was born later that year ❤️ wish I'd experienced more. What a time

@chickenisafoolofatoo

4 жыл бұрын

The chemistry was right for your parents, apparently :'D

This clip is their performance on Countdown isn't it?..I still have this on videocassette, one of my fave Mondo Rock songs :)

love it how Ross at 2:49 goes from tiger style to the bear to an early version of the dab. Im still loving and watching in 2017.

@user-uh6lm5wv6n

5 жыл бұрын

Lol he's definitely clawing at something..

@fyiaustralia9686

4 жыл бұрын

I thought he went from wombat to drop bear?

LYRICS 👇☺️ She turned me round She said to me: "It all depends on The chemistry..." And Once in a long while If something comes your way You can wash it down the drain Or make it your own Don't waste it Don't throw it away! If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there You sit and wait You stay at home You hesitate you End up alone but Once in a long while If something comes your way You can wash it down the drain Or make it your own Don't waste it Don't throw it away! If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there... Once in a long while If something comes your way You can wash it down the drain Or make it your own Don't waste it Don't throw it away! If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there... If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there If the chemistry is right If the chemistry is there... Chemistry Chemistry The Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry The Chemistry Chemistry Oooooh

@alliccat5482

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Lyrics. 🙂

Ahh the good old days when music was magic!!!! such a great time to be alive, would love to re-live it!

@karlrobinson6604

6 ай бұрын

Amen to that. If only we could go back in time. At least listening this music takes us there.

@THEELDER1

6 ай бұрын

Yes!@@karlrobinson6604

Great base playing

Magical. Thanks for such timeless music

Yes this is the same guy from Eagle rock and also known as Ross Wilson, which ever name he comes under, he's a great all round performer, he has a show coming up soon at the State theatre in Sydney in August. Go and see it, it will be worth it.

no fake noices...great meaning and lyrics .easy to listen after a hard days work.

Omg... love this! Haven't heard it for soooooo many years

Walked past the ANU chemistry🧪lab today. Tonight I'm listening to Mondo Rock

@kymanbedford-brown1323

3 жыл бұрын

Hear you ,!

Chemistry is a profound song for me. Memories... ...

Back in the day when bands had musicianship

@dofane

10 жыл бұрын

yes Simon!

@wheres_bears1378

3 жыл бұрын

And chemistry

@garymarquett7989

3 жыл бұрын

The younger Generations wouldn't know what good music is

@rebeccaeve2700

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 100% The dancing is less impressive.. but that’s okay. It isn’t about impressing. It’s about being in the moment.

@hdmccart6735

2 жыл бұрын

@@garymarquett7989 I'm sure your father said the same thing.

FANTASTIC MONDO..!

This is gold

So underrated, a much better song than come said the boy.

Lucky Enough to see Them Live @ Selina,s back in 1984

Great choreography, even better song!!!

My grandad always plays mondo rock

Visually this is 80's distilled and I love it

This makes my Saturday night awesome music!!

Great bass line

So many memories of the girl I lost.......😥

Another great hit written by Eric McCusker.

Aahhh the good ol days

Fantastic tune... Mondo Rock= Great band

Ross's dance lmao classic 80's, love it!!

Such a great band

I love every fucking thing about this clip.

Love this song. December 2021

Timeless music

fantastic song . . .

Great tune still ❤️

love this

Ross Wilson played at Toronto hotel not all that long ago i my girl and i missed the show...hope we get the chance to see him perform

I grew up listening to these guys. Always loved their music, a fan forever. I didn't even know they're a melbourne band being a melbourne boy myself, i feel a bit ashamed i didn't know hahaha.

@MondoRock

6 жыл бұрын

As punishment you'll have to listen Justin Beiber for a week.

@9sunskungfu

6 жыл бұрын

That's a bit harsh haha.

Ah here we go again. While it didn’t allow one to reminisce in the same manner as “come said the boy” it had its own unique message. Good lyrics always deliver the message and a great voice with the right music gives longevity.

Wow was 17.....what an era for Aus music....How these guys didn't go global!

@regaltip8A

7 жыл бұрын

helen Gianis Probably because like most Australian acts of the time management was incompetent. This is a song that should have topped the US Top 40.

I remember waiting at a cityloop Station it was flagstaff station in Melbourne and I remember hearing this song Over the public address system

He reminds me of George mcfly. What a great song

I wish I could be as good as Ross at dancin!

man that key board is so cool !

Just heard this for the first time. Love the intro, sounds a bit like something Shakatak might have come up with - (slightly Night Birds-esque). I can imagine the whole thing being produced by someone like Nile Rodgers and being a massive worldwide hit, with a slightly faster pace. Also, the chorus slightly reminds me of early Simple Minds, or maybe even Hall & Oates.

@tech9803

6 жыл бұрын

To me it sounds a lot like Roxy Music. I can easily imagine Bryan Ferry singing this.

@rickgass2471

5 жыл бұрын

Andy JS his a unique Aussie m8 we love him even though his dance move are a bit different 😉

Awesome

if you want to teach someone how to arrange songs, this one, Cool World, Come Said the Boy....here endeth the lesson...

I don't know why Men At Work and Icehouse were practically the only Australian bands to become famous outside Australia in the early 1980s. Mondo Rock, Real Life and The Monitors were just as good.

@stevenguegens7047

2 жыл бұрын

Aussie crawl were as WELL

I heard there's a real video of this song that features Ross and the boys dressed as scientists, messing about with dry ice .. the clip ends up with the boys flying into the galaxy to meet their alien counterparts. Ross loved the video, but the rest of the band were deeply embarrassed and threatened to leave if the video was not scrapped. Ross still has the video keep in his archive of reject music videos.

@nzoz1988

10 жыл бұрын

deep not keep

@MrPizza063

10 жыл бұрын

I think I do remember seeing this video clip once...and I would love to see this again for real

@youbigtubership

8 жыл бұрын

+nzoz1988 I have a vague memory of this, but maybe it was Thomas Dolby's 'Weird Science'. Let me know if you find it.

The video's so funny dated but as an old person we thought they were so great at the time.]

oh my god this is great

Wow see Diana Ross at the start? Didn't see that before. What a great song, album, and era!!!!

@Yui-zb8fm

4 жыл бұрын

Marcia Hines

@AndyPutt1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Yui-zb8fm Sorry- >_< Thanks :D

@Yui-zb8fm

4 жыл бұрын

It's okay when your 50 U remember the 80s vividly lol.

Happy 70th Ross

I play this everything I'm cooking rugs. 🕺🧑‍🔬🕺

Something tells me he did his own choreography. Very great song though.

I want this as a ring tone

Back in the day when you didn't need cords - all instruments here are blue toothed.... LOL.

@visualicandy

4 жыл бұрын

This bands is decades ahead. The its all a bout chemistry!!!!

🧡

With MR ever song is a winner

I did a chemistry experiment in year 7 with a test tube mixed one chemical with another and it was a disaster (very flammable and volatile))

The chemistry is right Ed.

😍

U got it linda

I feel new Zealand here where's my princess baby

I hope they tour.....

I remember this during the Summer of '81 😜

One word. Reminiscing...