Just imagine being in a packed out pub with Shirley and the crew belting out this song. Australian rock royalty ... those were the days.

Australian bands were so good in the 70's and 80's. It's was a golden era for Aussie music.

@mickblack2800

3 жыл бұрын

Very true but we've sucked harder than a $10 hooker pretty much since.

@johnj4019

Жыл бұрын

Yes that version of "Women in Uniform" would be hard to beat !!

I never knew Iron Maiden did a cover, I know this song for almost 40 years know. Credits to this incredible original!

Used to work with Shirl and Red. Shirl was one of the kindest, friendliest men I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. We lost a great man unfortunately, but he died doing what he loved.

Simply awesome a true Aussie larrikin we came to admire and love and sadly gone too soon

Kick arse band live. Tight always tight. Went surfing with Shirl at Curl Curl upto Whale Beach Tracks Headquarters were located there then we drove to Bondi Junction Motel for rehearsal at Hordern Pav They were peaking as a band and never met Shirl before we just connected I surfed I did music and I rode an old Triumph 650. We caught up a few times in the rush days here there where there back away back where there then Nice times. Ran into him in Cooroy area at a party just before he took a flight that never brought him back. I often when I get a rare wave at Sunshine Beach I always think of this song.

Skyhook were great! As one of their few U. S. fans, I regret I never saw them live.

@rthefish

Жыл бұрын

I first saw them live as they were starting out in '74 or '75. They were a double-header with AC/DC at a local venue, "Two Bands for Two Bucks". I'd never heard of either band... AC/DC were crap, and got booed off stage (Original lead, Dave Evans). Skyhooks were ELECTRIC. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJ2VqayYZNWrqqg.html

Aus Rock Royalty Indeed🥁🎸❤️🇦🇺

Great band,great song,great australians..👍😁

I learned of this as an iron maiden b side. Consider, if you will, my amazement at that outstanding vocal part that maiden forgot.

I only saw the Hooks once (what?!) and that was at Collingwood Town Hall. Great line-up with Sports and Jo Jo Zep. The Hooks were on fire, brilliant. Macainsh's bass was such an aggressive anchor to this song. It pummelled and uplifted the lucky audience. (Saw him in my local supermarket recently and wanted to tell him just that but chose to allow him his privacy. Maybe he'll see this comment). Thank you for what you did in the 70's along with so many great Oz bands.

@mrman8342

2 жыл бұрын

tell him ! he probly loves to be recognised from the old days & how much u loved the band

Feckin one of the best live performances of all time , simply awesomeness

Still one of the best hooks songs Aussie patriot

Great song

❤❤❤❤

The fact that Paul Diano and Iron Maiden Cover this song just makes cooler

great aussie music

This is about 1984? And Shirl's got a wireless mic?!!

thankyou so much for this upload, new to me

Fantastic saw em 2times

Saw them several times at the Palais in Newcastle ............... memorable nights to say the least ;)

@michaelvrckoff6966

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me to mate . Great bands played Newcastle workers. Palais . Cambridge and even the civic therater .

First time i’ve heard this version! Iron Maiden, of course. Thank you, KZread algorithm. These guys are great. Edit. I meant to say It was (of course) the Maiden version I heard first.

@andysmith6218

3 жыл бұрын

You do know that Skyhooks wrote this? It’s not an Iron Maiden original.

@BlakeNix

3 жыл бұрын

@@andysmith6218 yeah, like a lot of people here the Maiden version was the first version I heard. Just heard the Skyhooks original recently.

@BlakeNix

3 жыл бұрын

Although it does look like a lot of people on this thread knew Skyhooks better.

@sonnimonni2482

3 жыл бұрын

and Maiden made it their own

@andysmith6218

3 жыл бұрын

@@sonnimonni2482 😂

Reefer Cabaret one of their early shows , they were brilliant

Rock on🤟

Favourite hooks song

I saw these guys at Lepington Inn of Trees in about 1976

My Aunty had that t-shirt that Shirl was wearing. I think it was popular in the 80’s

Women and Unicorns.

pity the whole concert not available - including the full 'Love's Not Good Enough'

Truly awesomeness, better than the vinyl

@brucelinton6881

2 жыл бұрын

disagree....vocal not as strong, no backup vocals...all in all not as strong as the single

@johnj4019

Жыл бұрын

They certainly put on some great shows, even Skyhooks mach. 2 were very good.

👏

Yay to the Navy and airforce red white and blue star spangled banner aka John Paul Jones the aircraft carriers, destroyers, battleship etc etc etc and the new gizmo ragamuffin air craft carriers which are over 5 stories high...

RAAAAAAAANGE!

Skyhooks were fucken amazing Just like Michael Gudinski stated it was all about timing had they of gone to America earlier they would of been bigger than KISS. & I totally agree

wish the audio hadn't been tweaked but still okay

@thegreatdivide825

3 жыл бұрын

That's what they sounded like live

Is this a reunion tour because Red had left the band when this single came out?

Alote of Times in the Mid Seventies and Early Eighties Many Bands Could Not Bring Their Recorded Performances LP/ 45 To Exceptable Standard Live Hence Count Downs Insistence in Having Bands Lip Sink To Their Offerings So Not to Put Patential buyers Off Sky Hooks And Cold Chisal Where the Two Exceptions May Be Sherbit ??? Ahead Of there Time in Every Way

Could the

Iron Maiden basically did a cover of a punk song, how ironic lol

@ankushshetty

2 жыл бұрын

Steve hated it. It was the record company who forced them to do so. That's what I read 😀

Wow from a drummers perspective, from loving the studio version, this blew chunks. The amazing, driving, towering drum performance that brought this song to life is MIA. What a disappointment.

@commentnotapproved1604

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more Rod. The yank that did the production did a fantastic job on the studio version as with BBBBoogie'. Maybe it's the digital processing but a lot of bands used to sound way more powerful 'Live' but not anymore. I recently saw a video on YT of Stevie Wonder 'Live' in Germany 1974 playing Higher Ground' and that band is fuckin' Hammering.

The drummer looks like he wants to play hopscotch and not play drums!

Absolutely terrible

@michaelschmidt9708

11 ай бұрын

You must be talking about your hearing.