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sherrinorburley said:
Thin Lizzy are probably best known for the Boy's Are Back In Town, i prefer their rockin version of Whiskey In The Jar...
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Fine post, SOB (that is the accepted acronym here, isn't it?). Just a great song from a great band. The Cowboy Song is also a ripper.

I also appreciated the Wiki links - good work. Though I could have done without being reminded that those softc*cks Metallica did a softc*ck version of this (and I see they won a Grammy for it, FFS!). F*ck Metallica!
 
LuvtheKangas said:
Fine post, SOB (that is the accepted acronym here, isn't it?). Just a great song from a great band. The Cowboy Song is also a ripper.

I also appreciated the Wiki links - good work. Though I could have done without being reminded that those softc*cks Metallica did a softc*ck version of this (and I see they won a Grammy for it, FFS!). F*ck Metallica!
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Yes accepted, prefer chess..as in chesson, neither sherrin nor burley,
sob :thumbsu: make sense? :)

Know what you mean with Metallica, apart from Enter Sandman dont have much time for them. If they got a gremmy for that, Thin Lizzy should have been awarded the key's to the City.
 
sherrinorburley said:
Thin Lizzy are probably best known for the Boy's Are Back In Town, i prefer their rockin version of Whiskey In The Jar...
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Great Band, did anyone else check them out at one of the Rocktober concerts?

Favorite early TL:

Jailbreak
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Later stuff:

Killer on the loose.
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Sorry. Been meaning to reply to this for a while.

The Teflon Dean said:
I was a tacker that knew a few of the MSM, West Road Sharps, Olsen Place lads in Broady, but I was a lot younger than most of these guys and would have been considered a mascot.
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Thomo Sharps and Olsen Place were certainly no buddies. Heard some good stories regarding a few of their more eventful run-ins.

The Teflon Dean said:
You should get some intense stories from these people as they would make any of the modern day street gangs shit their pants. I can only imagine what the modern day media would make of them.
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I agree. I grew up in Blackburn. So, while the Blackburn South Sharps may have gained a little notoriety for themselves in the post-Sharpie period, all we really had from a local neighbourhood perspective was the Forest Hill Sharps, who were like three Anglo dudes with t-shirts, cardies, and Sharpie haircuts, and a slightly menacing Kelpie with a studded collar.

But the Thomo Sharps were always large in number, and diverse in ethnic origin. Macos, Skips, Croats, etc. Big dudes, with a few little smartasses to start the trouble. All good fighters, and as tough as all fcuk off. Made them a pretty fierce and frightening proposition.

Just the mention of their name - or the Lebo Tigers, or Black Dragons, or Broady Boys - was enough to have me shitting my dacks as a little kid.

The Teflon Dean said:
Heidelberg Sharps were probably the most notorious, with The Melbourne and Thomastown Sharps forming the largest gangs.
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Heard about a few good blues with the Heidelberg Sharps, too.

The city based gangs - Melbourne, Victoria, Westside, etc - always generally had decent numbers on account of their location. In reality, they were often more just like an amalgamation of odds and sods from all around the joint.

The Teflon Dean said:
Very. Violent. Individuals.
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Yes. But they treat me very nicely.

And that totally works for me.

Suffice to say there is a lot of stuff that I am told which will never, EVER make it to print.

And I think we'll just leave it at that.

The Teflon Dean said:
I was at the 1980 AC-DC Back in Black concert with a whole crew of people when a whole swarm of Thomastown Sharps came over the rise and surrounded us. I mean, there must have been 300 of them. Anyway, one bloke walks up to a well known "street" person that was with us, opens up an ankle length duffel coat concealing two sawn down shot guns and tells us that they don't want any problems tonight.

They didn't have a problem.
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Hehe. I might have to use that bit.

The AC-DC concert was almost like the Thomo Sharps Last Stand. It was the last time they all went out together as "The Thomo Sharps", and gang members and assorted allies and hangers-on came out in their largest numbers ever. It was massive. Heard a whole heap of stories about that night. A legendary evening.

The Teflon Dean said:
Shane(sic) Bowie? He was leader of the Oak Park Boot Boys. A very flambouyant individual.
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No. The "Bowie" I'm talking about was the founder/leader of the Thomo Sharps. I won't use his real name as he might not appreciate it. But he is a fantastic bloke. Smart, articulate, and a veritable walking, talking encyclopedia of Sharp stories. Lives a quiet life these days. Also has possibly the best tatt sleeves I've ever seen in my life.

The Teflon Dean said:
I believe Greg Mcainish (Skyhooks) did a doco on quite a few of the Sharp sets and there is a brilliant doco you can pick up at JB on photographer Carol Jerrems who had a fascination with the Sharpie gangs and photodocumented heaps of stuff on them. Check her out.

http://www.abc.net.au/programsales/s1455311.htm

Hope this helps.
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Thanks, man. I will look them up. Appreciate the heads up.

Not too long ago there was a very good Sharp exhibition held in Collingwood with shitloads of stuff.

There's a few things kicking about. Including an old Willesee segment where he interviewed some of the Thomo Sharps. From memory it was just after that infamous night when the Lalor Boys came up to Thomo shops and started blasting away with their shotguns.

Aaah, good times.
 
sherrinorburley said:
Flamin Groovies-Slow Death...73

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Thanks for posting that - it's the first time I've seen the Flamin Groovies version. Am a huge fan of the Dictators, who covered the song on their BLOODBROTHERS album around 1976/77, and who in my opinion do it a lot better, but interesting all the same to see the original for the first time.

Also kudos to Woodson for the Alice clip! I'm a bit of a 70s-phile, even though I don't remember any of it (born in 1975).
 
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This man was one of the greatest, THEE greatest. I keep looking at that live performance thinking that must've been one helluva gig to be at.
 

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The King of Cool.

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

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Throughout the 70's Reed releases Transformer, Berlin, Coney Island Baby, Rock and Roll Heart, The Bells, the amazing Metal Machine Music, Street Hassle and what I rate as the greatest live recording of all time, Rock and Roll Animal.
 
How can we have 10 pages of 70's & no one has mentioned Sunbury. (or did i miss it?)

I wasn't allowed to go to the 1st one because I started work the next day but I managed to get along to the 2nd Sunbury .... funnily enough I can't remember much about it except for Thorpie.
 
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Last time I saw that was on a crapped out VHS copy. Must get around to watching it on a nice new DVD release.

Top film.
 
The 70's didn't only see the birth of punk, but also the birth of Two-Tone.

Here's a couple of killer tracks from two of this very cool musical sub-genre's finest exponents.....

The Beat - "Save It For Later"

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The Specials - "Message To You Rudi"

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The Teflon Dean said:
A very cool underground movie from 1979.
The Warriors
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Excellent film and recommend the newer directors' cut TTD/TOD as it has the movie in the form Walter Hill intended, has animation blended into the action enhancing it perfectly. Saw the original when it was first run at the drive-in numerous times :thumbsu:
 
The Other Dean said:
The 70's didn't only see the birth of punk, but also the birth of Two-Tone.

Here's a couple of killer tracks from two of this very cool musical sub-genre's finest exponents.....

The Beat - "Save It For Later"
The Specials - "Message To You Rudi"
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Much prefer the english music of the late 70's after the initial snotty punk.
Along with Madness, Bad Manners, Selector etc..good stuff.
 
sherrinorburley said:
Excellent film and recommend the newer directors' cut TTD/TOD as it has the movie in the form Walter Hill intended, has animation blended into the action enhancing it perfectly. Saw the original when it was first run at the drive-in numerous times :thumbsu:
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Yep, got it.:thumbsu:

That's the one you want TOD, available at JB for ~ $20. Heaps of great extras, and it details how the original storey was based loosely around the Greek tale of "Anabasis Kyrou" by Xenophon
 
The Teflon Dean said:
The King of Cool.

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

[youtube]WZ88oTITMoM[/youtube]

Throughout the 70's Reed releases Transformer, Berlin, Coney Island Baby, Rock and Roll Heart, The Bells, the amazing Metal Machine Music, Street Hassle and what I rate as the greatest live recording of all time, Rock and Roll Animal.
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With Herbie Flowers on the accoustic bass. :) Never really been a fan of Reed but this is a classic.
 
Hard to believe the Cramps have been together for over 30 years. Forming in 1976 in New York they are still doing show's.

An early one the band performed was for a group of patients at Napa State Mental Hospital. Competing with inmates for the microphone they are all having fun and probably helped with their therapy.
The recording of the show was released (Not sure about the patients) in 84 on video and recently on DVD.

Human Fly-The Cramps...1978 live at Napa version

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sherrinorburley said:
Excellent film and recommend the newer directors' cut TTD/TOD as it has the movie in the form Walter Hill intended, has animation blended into the action enhancing it perfectly. Saw the original when it was first run at the drive-in numerous times :thumbsu:
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I agree. Very much THE MOVIE for the 70's. :thumbsu:

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