Hi from Australia, Billy went to Salisbury High & was in my brother's class when he left the principal said he'd never mount to anything, yrs later he played at a school dance just to prove the man wrong. How great is that
@douglasparker577Ай бұрын
Billy still gives me shivers as he did when I was just a kid. Simply the Best.
@triffidgrower10 ай бұрын
I saw Thorpie play not too long before he passed. Most of the classics, still extremely well performed. At one point, Bill had to tweak his amp, giving the crowd a wry smile as he donned glasses in order to see the settings. "Don't worry mate," I thought at the time, "it's catching up to all of us..." RIP Thorpie. Glad that I lived during your reign.
@davidnimmo43432 жыл бұрын
A true rock god of Aussie music, Billy we salute you.
@steverambo43698 жыл бұрын
If Billy had been lead singer of AC/DC, older farts like me might have understood the fucking words to the songs after Bon Scott's death. Billy was, and still is, the best rock singer in Aussie music. Gone but sure as Christ not forgotten.
@barbarataylor24888 жыл бұрын
Fully fucken agree !
@marleyj96937 жыл бұрын
Steve Rambo
@paulcleary96946 жыл бұрын
True,and he worked the crowd with a jet propelled voice.
@buchananjudith6 жыл бұрын
Spot on!
@nerrelcrowl86826 жыл бұрын
For sure love his voice ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@UHEEP9 ай бұрын
What an Australian Music Legend. 😢
@37kema5 жыл бұрын
that is my dad in the blue shirt on bass John bluie Watson oxoxoox
@waynebow-gu7wr4 жыл бұрын
Hope your proud.... those were the days. Cigarettes and Whiskey and wild wild women ( song lyricks)
@bemorebulldog36804 жыл бұрын
Cool! Did he play with Kevin Borich?
@waynebow-gu7wr4 жыл бұрын
@@bemorebulldog3680 Probably jammed with him. The Kevin Borish Express was late 70's.... Saw him on the 'free' tripple j concerts they did all over Sydney. THOSE WERE THE DAYS ! a blanket.. a chicken... and an esky full of beer. PS. I also went to the Concert of the Decade at the Opera House
@bemorebulldog36804 жыл бұрын
waynebow 2018 Yes it would have been him. Seems it was 77/78 - www.sergent.com.au/music/kborich.html ..... I recall on the Nightmovin Live concert [77] he names him as one of the band members on She's a Lover at 2:55 ....... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMuJga97p6rMg2Q.html
@bonniebickett45203 жыл бұрын
Seems he is the only one that dressedand looked like a real rock-n-roller!
@OldiesMomma Жыл бұрын
I thought that stevie wright was in this concert. I don't see him here. Stevie wright was a great performer and legend and song writer. He was in the Easybeats. The group that is responsible for AC DC. Who would go on to be a great performer on his own.❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉. You should have at least mentioned his name😢😢😢. Give him some of the credit he deserves for his contribution to your Australian music❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
@UHEEP6 ай бұрын
I went to this concert at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre. I remember Stevie Wright singing and then all the other musicians came onto the stage to support him. His voice was still strong and I actually cried. Thinking about all my music heroes and how time takes it's toll on us all. Very moving. Something I will never forget.
@robwalton77496 жыл бұрын
If there were no Billy Thorpe there would be no Rock music scene in Australia. A true legend!!!!!!
@gregclark32682 жыл бұрын
Couldnt agree more. I saw Thorpie about 4 or 5 times in the 90s at pub gigs in Adelaide and nobody went home disappointed. Billy was the guy who always said Aussie singers and musicians can match it with anyone from overseas. He left us way too soon but what a mark he left on the music world
@ASKWITH100 Жыл бұрын
Disagree,Harry Vanda and George Young.
@matholt14 жыл бұрын
Billy!! How we miss Billy...words can't explain!....RIDIN' DOWN THE HIGHWAY!!!!!!!
@waynestirling723111 ай бұрын
A lot of Aussie legends in that line up. From the show "Long Way To The Top"
@mssuziquzi2 жыл бұрын
That would’ve been some concert. Just looking at a lot of those legends there. Some of them are still here today but some of them are no longer with us.❤️
@MrColinMcCormac10 жыл бұрын
TURN IT UP LOUD - NOW TURN IT UP LOUDER
@biggredd20924 жыл бұрын
Cheers you dick, you made me hurt my bloody ears! 😂
@trevorjones72285 жыл бұрын
Used to watch them for free at Coolingatta Beach on theGold Coast, Queensland . I was around 12 years old, noww 66. So in the very early 60's. Poison Ivy I think was one of their songs.
@tmnl80375 жыл бұрын
Some of Australia's finest singers & musicians performing this song with Billy Thorpe.
@gregclark32686 ай бұрын
Thorpie was right when he told Angry Anderson years ago that our singers and musicians can match up with the best the world has to offer
@weburnitatbothends3 жыл бұрын
What a legend, wish you were here Bill
@totalrecone6 жыл бұрын
Damn, this gave me goosebumps. The rhythm section in this is pure rock solid and an absolute joy to behold. Looking for this on DVD now.
@janedoe14492 жыл бұрын
Love you Billy Thorpe! 🔥
@peteredgcumbe71915 ай бұрын
Still the greatest
@star-bk4iv5 жыл бұрын
Billy was Australian rock pioneer
@peteredgcumbe71917 ай бұрын
Still the best
@littleheath16666 жыл бұрын
This performance actually signalled the end of the golden era of Rock and Roll in Australia .
@gdaym86354 жыл бұрын
Little Heath no! Chisel is still going!
@littleheath16664 жыл бұрын
@@gdaym8635 , Chisel are still in the Halcyon era.
@gdaym86354 жыл бұрын
Little Heath lmao! Lol yes, and they are fantastic.
@37kema9 жыл бұрын
I am very proud to say that is my father-in-law in the blue shirt "bluey" watson rock on!!!!!
@helentyrer32987 жыл бұрын
susan robertson fantastic, regards🌹
@mestopholies5 жыл бұрын
Thats fantastic
@jojomcgee34305 жыл бұрын
Right on!
@frankbrancatisano2175 ай бұрын
And you would be proud,of course 👏
@frankbrancatisano2175 ай бұрын
Hi Harry , thanks for putting this on , Billy was my guitar hero since I was 12 , live at Sunbury 1972 on the ABC black a white TV, I had a jam with you and Jimmy Squadrito at the Lazy Bones , cheers Frank
@mestopholies5 жыл бұрын
That would have been one hell of a show
@janetsmith62533 жыл бұрын
It was there great show of Australian artist best show
@SeaBassVamp7 жыл бұрын
Thorpie grooved best ROCK on any song he performed. Magic on AC/DC
@gogogranny59 Жыл бұрын
I seen the 2002 concert 3 times, Wollongong, Brisbane & Sydney. 2003 Wollongong again and 2012 (10yr Anniversay) in Brisbane which imho just wasn't the same without Billy. Overall still the best concert I've EVER been to and I've seen a lot of live music!!
@mht525 Жыл бұрын
Adelaide gave birth to many a legandry Aussie musos. Only Australians know true Rock. ✌️🤘🇦🇺🏴
@kerryhead94187 жыл бұрын
Can't get anything more special than Thorpe!!! We were all kids together never missed a concert, should have been with ACDC!!!!
@weburnitatbothends4 жыл бұрын
Miss you Billy
@RevolutionBreeze1009 жыл бұрын
as i now play you to a world wide internet audience it thrills and spills me to remember Stretch with the big blue bedford that was their road van .. living upstairs from my parents apartment in rainbow street ... and everything that rock n roll was then and what it is now .... the acknowledgement of the punters is what makes our rockstars so very special .. they all do it ... We're All in This Together .. come letz Rock !! till we make Uluru roll with us ...
@bushiepete5 жыл бұрын
best concert I have been to thanks Melbourne thanks rockers
@wayneosmand76522 жыл бұрын
Was at the Brisbane show! great time! and of course Billy never let us down, he was THE STAR!
@OzBloke10 жыл бұрын
Went to the 10 year anniversary concert last year.....was sad that Billy wasn't there - but a great Holograph. OZ talent is tops.
@paddyzammit65886 жыл бұрын
Wish they would do another of these concerts although I guess they are all getting a bit old and unfortunately some are gone but never forgotten
@allymayful9 жыл бұрын
B....y brilliant. From concert tour of same name - 2002.
@SuperZedstar6 жыл бұрын
Bloody brilliant.....God bless Billy and Bon!
@grantallison-young5652 Жыл бұрын
Harry B the great Bass player! Get down to the south coast of NSW - bring KB with you
@cherwilsonatthowe36564 жыл бұрын
I have watched this clip way way too many times. Can I watch it once more PALEEEZ
@marleyj96937 жыл бұрын
Man! Wouldn't that of been f#cking Awesome!
@johnbell4132 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Bully
@peteredgcumbe7191 Жыл бұрын
How good
@357HFC6 жыл бұрын
JOK (and I love his work) may have started it but Billy Thorpe is the seed of most Aussie Rock n Roll. He even inspired The BGs not R&R I know but great talent.
@helentyrer32987 жыл бұрын
Well I can tell there's a lot of Aussies here Chico Rolls , omg I didn't mind them at all 😂there's some right names there on stage with Billy ! God bless him ! The world has missed out on some brilliant Aussie talent over the years , Wendy , Billy , Max , Doug, all the way through ! Saw them all for nothing at TC's Brisbane every Saturday morning , Zoot and a whole lot more , fantastic times, and free!
@frankegges61083 жыл бұрын
FURK YEAH BILLY
@rockingdownunder6 жыл бұрын
We miss ya Billy !!! R.I.P
@SPOOKSTR Жыл бұрын
I went to see Billy live back in the 90's. Some douchebag started shit with me and I ended up outside punching on. Cops rocked up and I was in the dock for the next 4 hours. Never got to see him live....
@TerriSan195612 жыл бұрын
Now rockin out in heaven with Bon Scott God bless them both for all they gave to their fans. Rest in eternal peace but not too much peace.... rock on.... Terri S
@discounttalkau9 жыл бұрын
Legendary .....
@SeaBassVamp7 жыл бұрын
Stunning Line Up!
@Ceaaa2210 жыл бұрын
RIP, William.
@PaulCallanan19 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. We Salute You, #StoneHenge #Beaumaris great #ChildHood
@louiserawle89992 жыл бұрын
Short in height but monumental in talent,hotterthan hot..loved him
@zak4738 Жыл бұрын
Classic Aussie rock, from classic Aussie legends!! Shit hot Harry
@euanthorburn8135 Жыл бұрын
♡
@fritzbremen53376 жыл бұрын
the best ever!
@zedstar94647 жыл бұрын
Thanks a fuckin' lot...I loved it and God bless Billy Thorpe!
@adrianclerks48798 жыл бұрын
love the music
@danhold17 жыл бұрын
A Great Performer
@gdaym86355 жыл бұрын
It’s a hard song to sing but billy did it fantastic
@tonyhogarth60517 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS BILLY ! VALE 1
@rondent77133 жыл бұрын
Bet you’re proud of your Dad, how cool!
@jaykeyandnanasdiary60853 жыл бұрын
Missing Thorpe so much, cannot beat the les Paul through a marshal
@garymark95793 жыл бұрын
Australian Rock Legends
@JamesWilliams-ex8nd5 жыл бұрын
R. I.P. Billy
@mossstirling76414 жыл бұрын
AUSSIE CLASSIC ! "It's a LONG WAY TO THE "SHOP"if YA WANNA SAUSAGE ROLL " !!! one of very few regrets in life was not being able to see "KING BILLY" live ! LONG LIVE THE KING ! Aussies in that lineup I have had the privilege to see live are "Phil Manning with and without chain" "Kevin Borich express" "Brian Cadd" "Frankie J Holden ol 55 " Glenn Shorrock in LRB" "Russell the bloody legend Morris" ! Lots of them lived and gigged in LA .
@waynebow-gu7wr4 жыл бұрын
Thorpe and the Aztecs played my school social about 45 yrs ago... and later on when I got the morning teas' i'de sing ' It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll '. I ended up taking the girl from the shop to the Meat Loaf 'Bat out of hell ' concert ! Kids nowadays, don't know what there missing !
@michaelmorahan57 Жыл бұрын
its a long way to the shop if you want a chico roll
@UHEEP6 ай бұрын
Sausage roll, where I come from
@kenlawrence38417 жыл бұрын
What a GREAT cover
@petermoore82356 жыл бұрын
all i got to say thank u KZfaq for diggin up the past and have to agree with Ramdo
@Breatherable12 жыл бұрын
Thorpie at the office, dead set legend. Rip.
@marcocrescenzio67198 жыл бұрын
what a legend.
@judycasemore21683 жыл бұрын
Susan you must feel so proud of your dad. John bluie Watson.
@johnbelcher71646 жыл бұрын
Ah nice
@lynettekomidar11 жыл бұрын
Hello Harry! good one.
@cumminsrealpower6807 жыл бұрын
Was going so great, UNTIL the horns??? Need the bagpipes!!! It's still a great cover of one of the best guitar shredding songs of all time!!!! Notice when AC/DC plays this, ol Malcolm is sure strokin his guitar!!!! His playing, along with the bagpipes makes "It's a long way to the top" my favorite song by AC/DC!!!!! Now, this is only my opinion.
@glenphillips90684 жыл бұрын
He's alive & well , saw him at the local Aldi & woollies .
@OU812..9 жыл бұрын
Powerful voice best version ever!
@djroxanne44299 жыл бұрын
Michelle Bezesky your on drugs..it is nOT even slightly better than Bon Scott's!
@OU812..9 жыл бұрын
what a nice comment thank you
@djroxanne44299 жыл бұрын
Michelle Bezesky your very welcome.. sorry..
@robthelog2239 жыл бұрын
Vale Billy Thorpe. Vale Jim Keays.
@allanmayer60004 жыл бұрын
Great muso
@thebobbit589512 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaaaaa.... this is really good!
@jennytuckwell9984 жыл бұрын
Audio slave
@jojomcgee34305 жыл бұрын
Still has the voice!
@musieboy13 жыл бұрын
DEAR MAN YOU NEVER SEEN ANY ONE LIKE BIOLLY A WORLD CLASS PERFORMER IN DEED DEAR GOD .
@endeavouringit6 жыл бұрын
Yummy Billy, RIP
@beano1eye6 жыл бұрын
The audience shots look like scenes from Cocoon, Just no aquatic activity!
@lee303324 жыл бұрын
🙏🎶🎶🎶 🎸
@alexguntar38612 жыл бұрын
Это вечный кайф!!!
@michaelmorahan57 Жыл бұрын
its a long way to the shop to get a chico roll
@endeavouringit5 жыл бұрын
love all of you, oh but Russ and Billy, yumo
@aurtherbrunt2413 жыл бұрын
It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll.
@meandean2227 жыл бұрын
Hell, Billy don't need no bagpipes!
@gdaym86355 жыл бұрын
meandean222 well.. actually suggested by the great George young.. so... bag pipes made it iconic
@bushiepete6 жыл бұрын
was there and stevie gee mate thank you and r I p mate ..
@FairlyFamousFilms9 жыл бұрын
It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll...
@FairlyFamousFilms9 жыл бұрын
+David Rouse, settle down, son. I AM of Billy Thorpe's generation. That "long way to the shop" was just a joke thing my kids used to say. And I completely agree with your assessment of this generation's lack of talent. They don't just lack talent, they don't even know what talent is! They think they're "musicians" if they know how to use a computer program to loop a sample of some chords they heard someone else play...
@Colleens-Corner8 жыл бұрын
+G Gnome We used to sing that also when we were kids :)
@FairlyFamousFilms8 жыл бұрын
Hehe, thanks for the support, olev01. I think David got the message. I don't think he meant any harm :)
@kenlawrence38417 жыл бұрын
G Gnome , I knew the alt words as " its a long way to the shop if you wanta chico roll " LOL
@shortycomstive7 жыл бұрын
that's Melbourne-thing
@37kema8 жыл бұрын
go dad
@37kema8 жыл бұрын
rock om bluey
@mickmangles80005 жыл бұрын
R I P AUSSIE ROCK
@PauliPPariah9 жыл бұрын
Turn your headphones up to 11
@kiss2cry3 жыл бұрын
my parents are somewhere in that crowd 🤗
@shanehayes57776 жыл бұрын
Borich and Thorpe 😊let me shred
@AlphaGeekgirl4 жыл бұрын
@Harry Brus When and where was this? (Would be good if you put it in the description)
@djroxanne44299 жыл бұрын
i find it amusing that with aLL those people not one member of the band they're covering is up there..
@alexsmith252610 жыл бұрын
one word MAGIC
@bobedis64499 жыл бұрын
What concert was this? Looks almost like a who's who of early 1970's Oz rock.