Sad news to hear about one of my favourite singers that I grew up with!!

Correction, You’re the voice. Try and understand it.

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Thanks to the many recordings of his outstanding performances, John will continue to sing long after we’re all dust. Long live Farnsie, we’re all rooting for your recovery.

This and Chisel's When the War is Over.........I dont know many Aussies who arent affected by both of those.

It's so beautiful isn't it 😍

Yep - this is something that every generation knows, and we love to sing it at full voice whenever it’s played 😁😁😁

We the People need to remember these words on the 17th of October 2021. We the People ARE the voice of the Commonwealth , WE voice OUR WILL not the Dictators of the Corrupt Corporate Pseudo Goverment.

So true. We all know every word.

Lucky you! 😁

Totally agree.

Saw it - lucky you being there - I have a photo of myself cuddling up to him when he was part of the Brisbane Warana Parade as that years King of Pop sponsored by radio 4IP - never thought then he would become as big as he did- that photo is my personal treasure ❤️

OMG really? What a memory to have. Brissie girl here. I saw his show with the MSO when it came to town.

Oh wow that's so funny and very cool and what a coincidence, I'm the dark hair girl just before you with the bangs lol. I saw the camera coming and wanted to run and hide but there was nowhere to run. 😂😁💚

It is a recorder, I think, not a flute. I have worked on at least 3 of John's shows and he is truly a showman. I wish I could do his songs justice

This is australias sweet caroline

So true. We ALL know this song. It should be our anthem haha.

Farnesy!!

This be my fav singer currently

Yeah, this is definitely an unofficial Aussie anthem. I saw this live at The Main Event in 1998, and there were bagpipe players on stage. That's well worth looking up.

I'm from Denmark, and run a studio here - "appreciation" is too small a word.

Well said❤💋❤💋

I'm from Denmark - I totally get it.

My Mum and I used to watch his concerts simultaneously on TV with 96FM Perth. Great memories.

That is so cool. I know this song from years ago - didn’t know it was like an anthem for Aussie’s but makes total sense! Powerful! ♥️

Agreed! 100% national anthem!

Amen. He's unlikely to ever sing again though.

Well said Mr. Picone.

Do you remember where you heard or read that?

That is the maddest props!

And then we walk out with our arms around each other's shoulders ☺️

Right

Well said. i love being an Aussie.

maybe then .. not now.. time to reeducate our children and teach them to stand up and be counted again me thinks.

It’s Jack

And he had that name a long time prior to the TV show :)

​@@karlz2518 Whispering Jack...

Whispering Jack

Yes he is, I met him and his wife Jill at Colleen Hewitts house in Melbourne.

Seen him live twice. He is amazing. My brother bought this album on a record. First music I was exposed too. Not a bad start 😀

And I’ve Kissed John Farnham. Absolutely love John.

And he's a drunk so he fits in well....

One of the best concerts I've been too . He not only has an incredible voice ..but he is funny and entertaining

As someone who hates bagpipes, Loius Frost is right. The bagpipes will give you goosebumps in this song.

The pipers in full Scottish regalia usually walk on in that one and play the bagpipes! It’s awesome. Australia’s unofficial anthem.

The best one he is a legend

Fellow Aussies saying, “yeah naaah… you need to hear a version with bagpipes”

Yes the bagpipes!!!!

That's not actually possible, you can blow up speakers but definitely can't blow up a microphone. But I get your point and agree, that he stands in rarified air with very few others that can belt out a tune the way he could.

Just missing the bagpipes!

Same with me, I was born in 1986 so literally grew up with his music.

YES times a million! Perfectly said!

Exactly - he is a legend. Saw him many times over the years - also as cast of Jesus Christ Superstar - he's amazing

You really need to hear a bagpipe version

Absolutely, it's spot on with what is happening here in Australia 🇦🇺

@@vikkiluxton1204 LOLWUT

Totally agree 👍🏿🥰🇦🇺

Vikki Luxton, It's a heck of a lot better than it's been for the previous 9 yrs and the last 3 were the worst, not because of Covid or our response, but because our PM was incompetant.

Belted this with every cell in my body during the November marches for freedom in Australia. Every word is truth.

Hey Grant, I saw that concert in Melbourne, what a fantastic memory! I remember Stevie Wonder saying Johnny had the best voice of anyone he'd ever toured with. We all felt extremely proud because Stevie was so huge and respected at the time. Ah, the good old days!

It’s unreal to read this. What year was this?

@@danschiavello 1981

Wow

I need to find that concert

Omg I love that song!

Couldn’t agree more 🥰🥰

Goosies every time I hear it 💜

Totally agree!!

OATH

He's a funny bugger snd always loves to interact with the audience. He's such a beautiful man.

I've seen him 3 times and would happily go again and again. He is truly an amazing singer, entertainer and person. He's a dead set legend.

Couldn’t agree with you more, His concerts are something else. He even did his usual job of throwing the mike stand but it didn’t go where it was supposed to, it was like it had a mind of its own. Even his band cracked up, it had to happen one day! Talk about ad lib.

Yup - so true!!! We just dont see that in overseas bands eh?

As an Aussie, who now lives in the States, one of my biggest regrets is never seeing John live. I've seen his TV appearances and DVD's many times, just never live. Speaking of TV appearances, I remember seeing him on Hey Hey it's Saturday a few times. Very funny bloke.

Oi oi oi!!!

@@JC-xs3fx high five!

oi oi oi!!!

@@dahlyiadubonnet

OI! OI! OI!🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺

Thoughts are with you dude, I’m in Scotland and things are not good here either.

"oh you do what you're told". Sincerely the tyrannical governments of Australia

Nah, it’s “let’s work together to beat this!” for the absolute majority of people. We’ve done this before, you know. In the 50’s and 60’s there was compulsory vaccination for polio and tuberculosis. There were compulsory lung xrays in special Health Dept mobile vans on street corners for adults. There was no asking peission from parents. We were just lined up at school, walked to the Community centre and they did class after class, school after school, year after year, by the way. As a young adult I had those lung xrays for 2 years for tuberculosis before they were no longer needed. By doing this, working together for the good of everyone, we got rid of polio in Australia. We still have a special tuberculosis quarantine facility in Australia and a leprosy one for the rare cases that usually are started by people coming back in from overseas. Before WW2, a relative of mine, at age 3, was identified as a carrier of diptheria ( a horrific childhood disease where a membrane grew over the throat slowly suffocating the young children that it struck. In those days many families lost a child to this. This young 3 yr old was placed in a quarantine on her own for 3 yrs without seeing a member of her family. This is 2021, not the early or mid 20th Century. We have vaccines now. Grow up and do you bit!

​@@PrincessGold1 You weren't getting locked up and losing your job back then either. How many boosters did you need after the Polio injection?. They didnt even lockdown in the 1920's for influenza. There are comparisons but not the same. Who are you to tell someone to grow up.

ABSOLUTELY! 💯✊🏽💪🏽

This and Horses by Darryl Braithwaite. Best songs to come on in a pub and everyone knows the worlds!!!!

Word on being diverse. It is a side effect of colonial history and the repeal of White Australia Policy. It's nice living in a big city and seeing so much variety as a total normal state of life.

@@TheMimiSard hmm.. 1793 Irish / Scottish, 1838 Afghans, 1848 Chinese, 1850 Japanese, subsequent Italians, Greeks, Germans, Britains, 1970's through 1990's Vietnamese to Sri Lankans -- to pluck out 50 years from the middle of 200 + years of history when there was immigration from many diverse nations prior and after just shows shitty bias and undergrad level research.

I have never heard of this singer, he has a great voice . I never knew Australia was diverse though

@@rudugger_5188 Don't be such a negative salty bitch. People are here for the good vibes. Asshole.

Definitely agree, check that one out

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNNioMJqus_Oo6M.html Yes it is

I think it was a Stevie Wonder concert or Doobie Brothers (it was a long time ago) in Sydney very early 80's, John Farnham opened. Blew me away. I have to say his band was better than Stevie's. Personally the main act fell flat for me; that's saying something bc I was not a Farnham fan. Stevie commented in the papers that John Farnham is the best singer he had ever heard-words to the effect.

@@muddypool7537 Great story :-)

@@HDvids101 -I looked it up; the year was 1981. It'd take a lot more digging than I care to do in order to find Stevie Wonder's actual words. Tom Jones praised John's talent as well.

Hearing her back him was always awesome, alongside Lindsay and Lisa ❤❤❤

Not to mention, backing vocals on Dark Side Of The Moon………

Vanessa was an Ikette with lke and Tina Turner.

I am so sorry for your loss! 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇

He was my mum's first concert when he was singing Sadie The Cleaning lady in the 60s, then my first concert when Whispering Jack came out in the 80s. He IS Australia!

I think it's because he's more like your brother, mate, the guy in the pub you have a beer with than a "star". Sadly it's also why a lot of people don't give him the credit he's due.

You said it great!

Yep, we get it.

I Love That Version

Definitely worth checking out that version . It was good

and Olivia ❤

Yep, awesome musicians in their own right(s).

More people need to like this comment so it get seen! John Farnham with Anthony Warlow, John Farnham impromptu rendition of "My Yiddish Mama" with Tom Jones on Hey Hey its Saturday. And of course John Farnham as the best ever Jesus in 'Jesus Christ Superstar"

The Firefight performance was something special - the whole day and night was brilliant in fact, for Queen to perform the Live Aid set for the first time since the original it had to be special. Hearing Mitch Tambo talk about how John and the band were so welcoming to him puts an exclamation mark on John's inclusiveness. Sad what cancer has done to Livvy's voice though.

I was lucky enough to see this live in Feb last year. John sounded amazing. Having Brian May up there was an extra treat. And I loved seeing Indigenous Australian artist, Mitch Tambo singing parts in Gamilaraay language too.

I remember when he was doing his big concerts it was always hard to get a ticket because they wete sold out so quickly... you're the voice is not just the song any whites in anthem

Yrs yes yes

I echo this sentiment strenuously - the version he does with Venetta Fields where it begins a capella is astonishing and spine tingling.

Also ‘Help’, so bloody good

Yes, so so agree. Wonderful singer; wonderful songs; perhaps greatly underrated?

Iva Davies is NOT good. He's so out of tune, I actually walked out of the Icehouse concert in disgust at Expo 88. He wasn't just a little bit off. He was almost tone deaf off!! REALLY BAD!! I loved Icehouse before that, and had been counting down the days for months. I never ever played his records again after that.

Oh great song!

Perfectly said. He’s incredible, what a gem he is 💕

So sad he has cancer in his jaw now. How cruel life can be. He may never sing again.😥😥😥