He was a musician's musician. Great musical arrangements, catchy melodies, fantastic lyrics. Just great music. JPY had his own originality. A real stand out. Still is.

its TotALLY TRUE

Born '64. I just can't wrap my head around today's world. To me, it's as if everyone has been brainwashed or clones or something... Near everyone walking around with eyes only for their phones. The 70's were good times (people knew and spoke to each other), the 80's ok; a lot of good music in the first half - that I remember. By the '90s, 'I' Owe my Soul to the Company Store', my theme-song from where I was then, not much time for the radio then or afterwards. I'm glad you still have some soul for our country, but I see that leaking out like a punctured balloon. We seem to be forgetting to be Australians. I hate seeing how indoctrinated my own kids are. It's as if they have automatic answers, as without thought. Uhg... rant over, otherwise I'd write a novel.

There is some really good stuff out there, it's just not played on the radio or promoted. Sad but true. I used to think the same

"Back in my day" - dude stop , you're sad People still appreciate this to this day , and not all songs in the 70s were this good

@@casreq5532 That's true, no doubt about that at all.... But it was probably about 10% of it that was not that great.... But in the last 10+ years most of the "music" (with a few exceptions) all sound the same... Especially rap / R & B....basically same music, similar lyrics, no fresh new talent.... If you want to listen to good lyrics try Bob Dylan, Elton John, Billy Joel....and there are plenty of others from the 70s 80s.

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@@michaelallen3918 Hey mate did you ever get into the doors? Another great ol timer

Wow great song ❤

Yep great great song.

I was born in the wrong time period, I wish I was born in the 50's

He's a pom

@@chrisclark719 yeah right everybody not born in Australia is not Aussie. You muppet, he's more Aussie than you'll ever be

arse

Like you I grew up on Vanda and Young. Don't forget AC/DC another product from 70s Oz

He was born in Glasgow Scotland along with his brothers who formed AC/DC

Aha and its all fukked coz of the iphones and Snot Moronson!

Yes I agree..Life and music was better in the 70's.We have become a politically correct ? police state..no fun much these days😟

Love the 70s when i was a kid and still do, but theres brilliant music. Just gotta find it!

@@athendemosh8001 love to go back to the seventies and stay there, life was a lot less stressed and so much easier...

Me too!

the same drummer that played on the ac/dc album high voltage also played on this , Mr Tony Currenti

Was about Harry

Well that makes sense for how good a song it is. Would love to hear AC/DC version.

Amen man, Vanda and Young were the godfathers of oz rock. Throw in the angels and little Stevie Wright. They wrote some of the great hits of Australian music.

Wow,did not know that. Im 54,playing it to guys who werent even born till 15yrs later. Poor buggers...

The 20th century was in it's 70s when this song was released, now John Paul Young is in his 70s.

He has an amazing deep soulful voice. Whatever that means. 😁

Lucky you.That would have been awesome.

I was a little boy 13 ,, Bankstown,,time went quick

I was ten years old listening to this and recording it off the radio. Loved this song. But Sky Hooks was my favourite.

Where were you in PNG? I was inMoresby in the 60s, Lae in the early 70s, then went to boarding school. Great place to grow up, but in a lot of trouble these days.

Dean Edwards, Youngs rule.

It’s a song mate.

Andrews flushed Melb and Vic

Just like Russell Morris, saw him a few years back at Crown in Melbourne and he was amazing, got a photo with him and my wife, great guy and great talent, just like JPY!!

Phil Hennessy

John is such a nice man.

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Yep, that's when Aussies lived there and not Asians and Muslims!

Your telling me mate! Did it ever and loved every minute of it. Melbourne was the IT centre. Too bad it has gone to the bloody dogs now. The place has lost its identity. So sad not the Melbourne that we Aussies knew n loved. It had history n class in those bygone years.

Before the Aboriginals?

Hoplite Warlord personally I think Melbourne is still good. Who cares who lives there. When I go to Melbourne the place is buzzing. I think you guys need to lighten up and realise that everyone has a right to be here.

Hastings4 who cares who lives there? Times move on life changes. Don't dwell on the past.

40 years later. Still the same song.

those are goods days because you were young

Yep

Or even a mobile phone. This is Australia Russell!

@@tshells7757 what do you think a cell phone is.

Hahaha, living instead of registering.

@@russellritchings8082 in some parts of the world 'cell phone' sound more like a old-fashioned phone booth

was the show called countdown

wldcrd26 The recent COUNTDWN doco...Named MOLLY

Our poor parentals as my 30 yr old son would say. I loved JPY and Bay City Rollers. Dad could cope with it. Older brother would put on Slade. Can still hear my Dad, turn that crap down lol My son as a teenager was into Techno. Groan. Turn that crap off. I feel I failed as a parent that he loved that crap lol

in USA too

which one in the crowd