Mondo Rock are seriously underrated, they were as influential in the early 1980s Aussie music scene as INXS, Cold Chisel, Icehouse etc. Ron Wilson is a song writing genius. I was a big fan of those guys as a teen in the 1980s and I still come back to hits like this every now and then.

@cptmuzz4085

3 ай бұрын

Yeah his bro Ross writes some good tunes too 😆

@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv

Ай бұрын

If not more

Just love this, I was 11, collected cans, bottles with me mates, rode a bmx, went surfing in the heat. 1981, great year. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍

@markmcallan973

Жыл бұрын

Awesome robochop respect from chopnchop🤟

@Robochop-vz3qm

Жыл бұрын

@@markmcallan973 cheers, if only we could revisit these great times 👌

@stevenguegens9516

Жыл бұрын

Same as me in the small country town I proudly grew up in the 70s and 80s and not a camera in sight

@davidrichardson9146

Жыл бұрын

Me too, except we went to the golf course to get balls from the creeks and dams which paid for all the Winnie Reds we could smoke cause selling smokes to kids was all cool at the local corner store back then. All while playing the pinnies and space invaders , every arvo after school. Anyone under 40 has absolutely no idea what was the norm, everyone got bullied , nobody drew the attention of the local cops , cause they'd flog ya when you stepped out of line, if you got a smack in the head you probably deserved it but what happened before cctv and mobiles , was just bliss and people knew how to keep their mouths shut and were real friends that even now talk every week and just laugh at todays PC crap that people call a life. haha

@Robochop-vz3qm

Жыл бұрын

@@davidrichardson9146 haaa, winnie reds. How Australian is that mate?🤣 I'm not a smoker, but yeah when I was a young bloke I did naughty things with me mates like trying smoking such as Winfield reds, Alpine, PJs. We even rolled our own out of bamboo type stuff with dry grass 😊. Also had an old XP falcon we used to bush bash given to me by dad as it ran out of rego and wasnt renewed, could barely see over the dash. But we learned driving skills and the responsibility of getting under the hood. I remember a common occurrence was the linkage (on the tranny, 3 on the tree) would pop out and we'd have to stop, pop the hood and put it back in (we were 13). The local cops knew and visited us one day and just told us to be careful and have fun. Kids these days wouldn't have a clue. Different world mate. 🇦🇺👍🦘

These Melbourne lads were one of the most stylistic acts in Australia during the early 1980s. Though they disbanded in 1991, their music lives on as one of the iconic music of the wonderful 80s.

@arisl2370

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic band !

@shiekielford

Жыл бұрын

Amazing band 😊 I’m so lucky to know who they are ✊💪 Aussie legends

@MondoRock

10 ай бұрын

They are still performing.

@desmondwhitehouse110

8 ай бұрын

they are all individually creative and were a fantastic combination. Ross is extremely "artistic" which can be difficult for othets

@peterehsman8831

7 ай бұрын

I agree listen to them on a regular basis.

Never get sick of this song,Ross is a national treasure

@desmondwhitehouse110

3 ай бұрын

Eric McCosker wrote this song 😏

I`m from South America (Uruguay) and i love 80/90`s Aussie pop-rock

@lifeisgood1973

Ай бұрын

Aussie music in the 80's was the best

Summer of '81 and I was 10. What a time.

One of the most underrated Aussie songs

@CatWoman6

3 жыл бұрын

And BANDS.. disappointing really Aussies don't see the greatness before their eyes.

@garymarquett7989

3 жыл бұрын

Underated band too

@leopoldonotarianni8663

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@stevenguegens7047

2 жыл бұрын

Never in MY eyes 👁️👁️

@hdmccart6735

2 жыл бұрын

@@CatWoman6 I live in St Kilda East and saw Ross Wilson in Balaclava Woolworths at the checkout one day...I'm 48yo and low-key worship this guy! Felt like telling him that but didn't want to be 'that guy'...

Been to heaps of live gigs, pubs, arenas, festivals etc, but the single best live show I ever saw was Mondo Rock at Balmain Leagues Club in about 1982. They played all the hits and - importantly to me - they looked like they were really enjoying playing. Then they came back out for an encore and brought the house down with "Eagle Rock"

1981 summer I can still remember as a young boy going to the beach in Sydney with this song in my dads car... the memories.....

@kdegraa

3 жыл бұрын

Christian G what radio station was on? MMM?

@richardpiva3892

2 жыл бұрын

@@kdegraa 2SM

@sexobscura

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 2SM was THE hip station then before MMM loomed

@murringo9

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky you. My dad listened to 2CH! Loved those early 80's days.

@aaronraines3375

2 жыл бұрын

Haha even had a surf report Was sick in those days Car keys,wallet,wax & the old twin fin

80s Aussie rock is a genre in its self

@gdaym8635

4 жыл бұрын

drater 29 the Ross Wilson also from the 70s with eagle rock ofc

@kdegraa

3 жыл бұрын

For sure. Why was it? So many good bands and songs.

@fargeeks

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like American early 80s Rock

@MrGutfeeling

3 жыл бұрын

That is very true. Early '80s especially.

@48tilt

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGutfeeling The pinnacle of Australian rock. When bands could still play in pubs.

That bass line!!! BLISS.

I was transferred to work in Newcastle in 1981. Stranger in a new town but made some great friends and one night we all decided to go see a new band playing at the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club. They were called Mondo Rock. Can't believe how good that was. What a fantastic night. What a fantastic band. Loved them ever since and when I hear these now OLD tracks it takes me back to those memories. ❤

42yrs Ago- I'm Still Enjoying

Great memories appear like magic when a songs like this play .mondo rock forever❤️✌️

@user-pu1js4cg2y

3 күн бұрын

So true, I'm 65 now, and watch and search out them often on KZread, love them

how can you not like this song classic Aussie tune

@kdegraa

4 жыл бұрын

You might be a Kiwi.

@jennyisle6646

3 жыл бұрын

@@kdegraa I'm a kiwi, I love this song!

@catey62

3 жыл бұрын

we had some of the best music around back then.

Summer of 81 was awesome........ We need more music like this nowadays

@catey62

3 жыл бұрын

they were the best of times.

Such a fantastic song, I cant stop playing it over and over.

@adrianburns7975

3 жыл бұрын

me 2!

Growing up in Sydney in the 80's was awesome,the music and memories l often think about all the time.

I remember being at Cronulla beach in 81 with mates all summer and this song was in the air great memories.

81'...moved to a new suburb..1st year in a high school where i knew no one..the music got me through

Takes me right back to when I was 21 and living in a flat in Whistler Street in Manly.Brilliant memories. Went out on a working holiday visa from Wales UK. Got a job in Cockatoo Island, working on submarines.Ferry to work and the hydrofoil home. Surf, 2 mins walk down the Corso .Awesome times. Great Bands around.

@markhannan4533

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I lived at 17 Whistler St, Manly in the early 90's. Real good times. I first heard of Mondo Rock while I was doing my basic training in the army in the 80's.

Love this band, love this song, just splendid! And loved 1981 as a kid : )

What an amazing riff, just a fantastic catchy tune.

@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music

4 жыл бұрын

the production work is breathtaking too

I was a kid in the 80s in Australia beautiful time

Omg I wasn't even born in 81 and grew up with this!! Mondo Rock Aussie icons!! I love all of their songs. 💯

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

Come Said The Boy is also a brilliant song. Regrettably they weren't big here in the UK so I didn't find out about them until recently thanks to KZread.

@leonstone4738

2 ай бұрын

Well now, at least you are able to enjoy and respect great music, longer than those of us who who grew up with it. Enjoy and make the most of your life, you can turn the clock back, and we all catch up with each other in due course. Respect those that paved 5he road ahead for you and hopefully those following you shall do the same. All the best.

@leonstone4738

2 ай бұрын

@@ajs41 One of the top 3 most iconic Aussie song ever! It never grows old, as every 16 plus male reminisces along with the song and every 30 plus male wishes it was him the song was about. Nothing stopping anyone from being that surfer boy and the end of School, with Summer in the air, eh! Even in the UK. Chick and the beach, two out of three ain’t bad. All the best from Aussie.

Aussie 80s music, can't be beaten.

@ALEN1ful

4 жыл бұрын

It really can though

@lifelongbachelor3651

3 жыл бұрын

@@ALEN1ful quiet, dope.

@maryeverett8708

2 жыл бұрын

Have you listened to Redgum or Cold Chisel or the Angels. They were all good.

From an incredible album full of tracks like this...sublime stuff.

Great song so underated this really is a timeless piece of music

@kdegraa

4 жыл бұрын

However singing about the Summer of 81 means this song will be dated till 2081.

@CatWoman6

3 жыл бұрын

@@kdegraa lol .. dated is Good nowadays. Almost All music today is Shit.

@CatWoman6

2 жыл бұрын

@teledine Fair question Voyager- "Water over the Bridge" is a great and they are from Perth too. "Anchor" is a pretty good song by Birds of Tokyo (Aussie too). Devin Townsend makes unreal music as does A Perfect Circle. But generally all of today's younger music is crap that I'm aware of. Do you know any good stuff that's popular on radio today? I don't listen to the regular radio stations.

A year before we were married, such a wonderful tune,,... still married, next year our 40 anniversary.

Mondo you are my rock ,my brain loves you forever ❤️ thankyou

Gotta say this is the coolest song ever. The blokes clicking their fingers. I can totally relate to it.

The lyrics is and the music never grows old, just a timeless period in our lives. The Artist gave us something to remain young in our minds, even when the mirror reminds people otherwise, except myself of course. Just can’t understand why that gorgeous young thing who looks very familiar walks right past me. I’m sure it was the girl in Frankston who said, come surfer boy take my hand, let’s go down to the sand. Surely I haven’t changed that much in 60 years? And gave Ross the idea for the song later in 5he 70s. Perhaps, it’s the haircut being too short. Wow, what a dream, her granddaughter sure looked like her.

perfect party song of the early 80s...watsons bay sunset

The song... the era.. can't say anymore

last year of high school ,great summer memories

They were so God damn cool this band. Pop and class and talent and style. Ross Wilson is a fine singer. What more could you ask for ? Another fine Aussie band from the 80s.

Thank you Mondo Rock for the awesome memories.

Saw them do this live a Sawtell RSL Club back in '83. Awesome. Love the bass riff

I was only 10 years old when this came out, but it was one of my favourite songs growing up.

@odyssey814

4 ай бұрын

me too

If this don’t remind u of the 80s I don’t know what will !!!!!!!

@kdegraa

3 жыл бұрын

What about skol daze

Summer Gold! Especially that twang - even 40 years on.....

I can't get enough of this song!!!!!!!

@oztafi

9 жыл бұрын

V8AmericanMuscleCar its a song you put on loop , i love the first few chords brilliant song , ive seen him twice

@aus80srockradio94

5 жыл бұрын

Same same.

Straight Aussie classic!

And now it's the summer of '21. All those contrasting background graphics and square shapes were typical of the commercial art back then. Great song, great clip, great album.

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you can see the same thing on Duran Duran's video for Is There Something I Should Know.

Another masterpiece from the 80s. the tune is sublime.

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

True. Sadly it took me until a couple of years ago to discover it.

Never get sick of listening to Ross Wilson! 😍😍😍

Toujours aussi bon ce morceau. Fan from France

Holy shirt this song was 33 years ago ....seems like 10 minutes ago

@timbo2421

8 жыл бұрын

35 years now !!

@jamuga60

7 жыл бұрын

36 now cuz.

@pikey

7 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha yeah feeling a bit old now!!

@ajs41

6 жыл бұрын

I'm taking myself back to this period by watching Prisoner Cell Block H from the beginning.

@martyollier7536

5 жыл бұрын

I was 10 years old...

Saw them in 2019 and he sounded just the same. So many great songs, he's an amazing songwriter.

I’m 29 and recently saw them play at the Palms at Crown! I bloody loved it!

Wow, I did not know that Kevin Rudd use to be in Mondo Rock before he became Prime Minister of Australia.

@peripheraldevotee94

8 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that Adam Hills sung for them as well. :P

@chestnut9987

7 жыл бұрын

Do you mean the guy that looks like John Blackman - Hey Hey It's Sat etc etc?

@soniak7713

6 жыл бұрын

+VK kasvou lol!! a young version ..

Love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ross Wilson.. Significantly underrated. Had great a number of great songs.

Memories of that Summer 81 Holiday on the North Coast of NSW. Surfing, Getting burnt, Hot Chips, Moove Milk, Winnie Reds, Royal Reserve Port, BMX Bikes, whatever was going on we were in it.

Summer of 81. Remember it like it was yesterday.

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

My earliest memories are from 1981 I think. Maybe it was 1982.

This song's timely release as a single in the second summer of 81 always makes me think of that period. I was 17, and life was just getting into gear.

One of Australia s most underated bands , The Song is not about Nuclear war as mentioned below but actually about signing or not signing with a particular agent or sub agent to gain access to a very popular aussie show called Countdown , hence the term sign up or go underground Daddy cool was rock side of Ross Wilson But Mondo Rock was by far his best musical side in my humble opinion

@LogoMan7777

9 жыл бұрын

s oz It could also be interpreted as waiting to hear your song on a radio countdown (like American Top 40).

@9sunskungfu

6 жыл бұрын

It was indeed about Nuclear war or the end of the world due to one and the nuclear fallout that followed. I heard them *(Mondo rock) on a radio interview 2 nights ago stating that very fact. I forgot the writers name but he said he had a nightmare he was on a flight and he looked out the window and saw a mushroom cloud out over melbourne then he looked to his right and same thing over sydney. That was the inspiration for this song. The interview was for their 40th anniversary of their debut and 1st hit single "fugitive kind".

@Sinsteel

5 жыл бұрын

Brisbane here - yes that was us nuking Melbourne and Sydney, but actually these days both cities have bounced back and are the same dirty urban sprawls they were back then, but have also replaced the population with migrants.

@GerasaBod

5 жыл бұрын

@@Sinsteel : Australian cities have always been filled by migrants, ever since the First Fleet.

@Sinsteel

5 жыл бұрын

@@GerasaBod Actually those were settlers and convicts, convict/settlers. Actually if you want to get technical though, Australia has been filled by migrants since the first aborigines set foot here and started sending species extinct. Damn humans.

Man, the 80s were good. I listen to this and I'm reminded of musicianship, lyrics crafted with the the passion that creates the poetry and humans with the real ability to sing without autotune.. Seriously good to listen to Mondo Rock, it doesnt get old it just sounds better every time I hear it.

I really hope this gets played on new year's eve 2081. Only 60 years to go.

Cant get enough of this, lost my cassette of this album. thankg goodness youtube '

Love u Ross and Eric. Hopefully will see u again in November. ❤️🇦🇺🎤🎸

Loved it then ,love it now.

Forever Classic only an Aussie can appreciate

What a anthem..so chilled. Great. Surf beats...

Still a popular song for all occasions.... Ross Wilson's a great singer too !🎶💙

Once again , when ever I’m sad and drunk , this is the ultimate time trip back to 1980, man , I miss 1980 ‘s and a time when , there was one butter style and one type of milk!!!!! Miss the purity and the awesome pre - global warming summer days/ nights , just the whole era , before everything turned to shit because of 5G , TECHNOLOGY and of course, corvet - 19 !!!!!!! And everything 2000’s Sooooo glad to have been growing up in that era !!!!!!!, especially Countdown on Sunday afternoon !!!!!!! Channel 2 ABC , Tears, I shed !!!!

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

1980s less-well known hits playlist: kzread.info/head/PL6oCQqv2KW6XlQvjxSs0wvsjQrn9WXc9w

I was two in the summer of 81 ha .. this song is wicked. Love the Miami Vice dress sense!

Much love from Portugal! 💙

I discovered it today and I'm loving ittt, the bassline reminds me of Barbarism begins at home by the smiths :o

Remember clicking the fingers like these guys in the gym at school …in Jan 82 while this was playing. Didn’t do much in the charts I don’t think. Great memories

Brilliant! !lovn this song!!

I love Aussie bands :)

I was born in 1981 and realising how awesome the music was then! Legends!

@xxxxxxxxx3944

Жыл бұрын

Better to have come of age in the 80s. Music was fab and life a lot simpler.

Absolutely love this song!!xx

@joesikic6531

3 жыл бұрын

What will we be singing in the 80s, what should we be singing now?

One of their best songs I reckon.

@ajs41

8 ай бұрын

True, along with Come Said They Boy. Chemistry is pretty good as well.

Love this band

Thumbs up to the mondo rock concert 2019.

I so love this song it reminds me of me and my lover that has come I to my life. the words in this song are so true

Classic 1980's cool it had substance , style and posture we lived it and loved and grooved to it man !😊🌌💖🌌💖😊😊💋🌠

That bassline is addictive.

@Dickusification

Жыл бұрын

Paul Christie. Legend

Will this song be rebooted in 2081? I hope so because if it is then it means humanity is rich enough to enjoy this frivolity and joy.

It's a failed Melbourne Cup Day 07th November 2023, this song - spacious.

, , , Still like grooving shaking this ass to this epic and decidedly hip song , , this song the epitome of 80's Urban Cool ,, , awesome man ! 😊💖🙏🙏

Great band should have gone international.

@ajs41

4 жыл бұрын

This would have been a huge hit in the UK if we'd known about the band at the time!

love this song

Absolute tune!

can't believe that this song is so old and is still going to this day. I'm so shocked that they can play songs that are old like this one

Mad Song, mademe want to wash my car!! Good old dayz Salute Mono Rock!!!

One of my fav oldskool groups👍

Mondo rock we’re amazing some of the best aussie rock you could ask for so lucky to have grown up in that era

This song is way ahead of its time. Sounds more like a 1985 summertime hit.

@ajs41

8 ай бұрын

Agree 100%. Amazing how different in style this is compared to their 1983 hit Come Said The Boy.

@Neptuneman07

3 ай бұрын

I was just listening to "Come Said the Boy." Incredibly brilliant.

Eu gosto muito do Mondo Rock,e estou aqui no Brasil

My first concert (gig) was in ‘81 at the Capital Theatre in Sydney seeing these guys backed by an up and coming Men at Work. Great times😎🇦🇺

Brilliant

Had this song in my head all week :)

Saw Mondo Rock a week ago in Sydney and am so grateful!!

i like the drummer and guitar

Mondo Rock rocks

Classy😊

Have always loved this ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤