Living In The 70's (2024 Remaster) Skyhooks

• 1 Living In The 70's (2024 Remaster) 03:41
• 2 Whatever Happened to the Revolution (2024 Remaster) 04:08
• 3 Balwyn Calling (2024 Remaster) 03:42
• 4 Horror Movie (2024 Remaster) 03:49
• 5 You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed (2024 Remaster) 03:43
• 6 Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo) [2024 Remaster] 03:57
• 7 Toorak Cowboy (2024 Remaster) 03:46
• 8 Smut (2024 Remaster) 05:21
• 9 Hey What's the Matter (2024 Remaster) 02:47
• 10 Motorcycle Bitch (2024 Remaster) 03:55
• Total Runtime 38:49

Info zu Living In The 70's (2024 Remaster)

A debut like no other; an Australian masterpiece! The iconic debut album by Skyhooks turns 50 in 2024 and to celebrate Warner Music Australia are releasing a special remastered 50th anniversary edition.

Living in the 70's is the debut album by Melbourne band Skyhooks. Released in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label, the album achieved relatively little success until early 1975. It spent 16 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts from late February 1975, and became the highest-selling album by an Australian act in Australia until that time, with sales of over 330,000. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 9 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums. The album's eponymous track was ranked number 72 as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time ranking.

There is an argument that Australian rock would not exist in it's present form without the success of Skyhooks. Not only did the band, with their huge singles and albums success, ensure the continuing viability of Mushroom Records but they taught Australians that it was possible to be both alternative and popular and that it was OK to sing about local places and experiences. The importance of songs like 'Balwyn Calling' and 'Toorak Cowboy' should never be underestimated. Add to this the fact that 'You Just Like Me Cos I'm Good in Bed' was the first song ever played on Double J (now Triple J) and it is easy to see that Skyhooks were in the centre of major changes in the local record industry. Living in the 70s was a true landmark album. It stayed in the Australian Top 40 for an incredible 40 weeks, yielded the chart topping 'Horror Movies' single, and, amusingly, was so revolutionary and provocative that six of the ten tracks were banned from radio by the Federation of Australian Commercial Broadcasters.

Shirley Strachan, lead vocals (all but 8)
Red Symons, guitar, backing and lead (8) vocals, mandolin
Bob "Bongo" Starkie, guitar, backing vocals
Greg Macainsh, bass, backing vocals
Imants Alfred "Freddie" Strauks, drums, backing vocals, percussion

Digitally remastered

Skyhooks
formed in Melbourne in 1973. They pre-dated the genres of 'goth' and 'industrial' yet are included here as they: a) explored, flaunted and influenced many traits of what were to become hallmarks of those and similar genres; b) were immensely popular and influential upon countless artists who followed in their wake. Skyhooks combined original heavy glam-rock - loaded with humorous social-commentary lyrics - with theatrical, camp, glam imagery - that quite likely influenced the globally-popular mid-70s Rocky Horror Picture Show; created as it was by a Kiwi & an Aussie. That movie in turn has had an enormous impact on punk, goth & industrial subculture fashions.

With several #1 albums & singles on the Australian charts Skyhooks had an enormous impact on Australian social life by: blatantly addressing many socially taboo issues including: sexuality (eg. "You Just Like me Cos I'm Good in Bed", "Balwyn Calling", "Smut"); social issues, mindless-consumerism, politics and world affairs like the invasion of Vietnam (eg. "Horror Movie", "Whatever Happened to the Revolution?", "Megalomania", "Keep the Junk in America"); drugs (eg. "Carlton-Lygon Street Limbo"); the gay scene (eg. "Toorak Cowboy"); as well as many songs to do with love gone wrong. They also made a huge impact by referencing Australian locations in many songs and perhaps most of all by being cheeky larrikins who would speak out with a voice of freedom. Along with bands like ACDC (Bon Scott era) Skyhooks played an enormous role in assisting a young and geographically remote Western-European-derived culture to mature out of cultural self-insecurity and to start to feel OK about itself. Their debut album set a long-time record as the best selling album by an Australian band. Their #1 singles are "Horror Movie", "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" and "Jukebox in Siberia". Guitarist Red Symons and vocalist Shirley Strachan went on to become popular television and radio personalities.

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