The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind-1966 (2:40min Video)

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[virgil283]

"The Easybeats were an Australian rock band. They formed in Sydney in late 1964. They are regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s, echoing The Beatles' success in Britain, and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with their 1966 single "Friday on My Mind"....

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[virgil283]

Good song, innovative and crisp...Enjoy.....

[Paladin2]

It’s Saturday...

[SunkenCiv]

George Young went on to produce a number of albums for another Australian band, AC/DC, which was founded by his brothers Malcolm and Angus, and (it sez here) played bass in AC/DC for a short while. An older brother had a band called The Grapefruit.

[SamAdams76]

It’s absolutely insane. I got some personalized M&Ms and everything.

[Mastador1]

Thanks, sent me on a youtube memory binge.

[Bullish]

Too many Justin Bieber hairdoos in one place for my liking.

[azsportsterman]

Memory lane... When I was a kid, a local radio station had a call-in question asking what ICBM meant; I was the first to call in with the correct answer, and I won a copy of this album. I can still hear that song in my mind, 50 years later. Thanks!

[Paladin2]

Do you have Moose in your back yard?

Is your Sister visiting?

[SamAdams76]

Well I'll tell you this...I went over to Frankie and Johnnies Steakhouse on 37th St and because we didn't have reservations, they were quite snotty and tossed us into the bar. After a couple shots of Macallans, we staggered on over to the Havana Central in Times Square where we had copious amounts of mojitos and seafood.

That was when we were suckered into paying $29.99 to have a cup full of personalized M&Ms. Absolutely insane.

[Paladin2]

Fridays and Saturdays are totally different days.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Here is a great (IMO) live performance of it by Stevie Wright in 1987. Drugs and alcohol had taken a big toll on him since the Easybeats, but he still had that special something on stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvw1sRjzhC4

[dfwgator]

Speaking of AC/DC, check out Bon Scott here with his band The Valentines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ-45XG7n4k

[virgil283]

performance of it by Stevie Wright in 1987.....Thanks ChildOfThe60s... I haven't seen it before...

[virgil283]

Yeah...”I’m reminded of a time when teenagers, “muscle” cars, and a blood alcohol level of .014% was known as “Saturday Night, and the party’s just getting started”.....

[this_ol_patriot]

When I was a kid, a local radio station had a call-in question asking what ICBM meant;

I think that meant someone forgot to flush, juvenile I know but I couldn't resist.

[Fiji Hill]

The Easybeats...were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit

He may not be a rock and roll act, but Rolf Harris made a huge score when his single Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport--which he recorded in 1960--finally crossed the Pacific. In the summer of 1963, everyone was playing it in juke boxes, singing it, making up new lyrics, etc.

[Fiji Hill]

"Friday on My Mind" began "bubbling under" the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #131 on March 11, 1967, although it may have scored earlier in local markets. A few weeks later, it was in the top 20.

Here's another tune that charted about the same time:

Its a Happening Thing--The Peanut Butter Conspiracy

[Fiji Hill]

Probably not the same Valentines:

The Woo Woo Train--The Valentines

[Fiji Hill]

When I was a kid, a local radio station had a call-in question asking what ICBM meant;

You were probably a conservative at that time, or trending in that direction, since conservatives, being national security-minded, would have been more likely to know that acronym. On the other hand, liberals would have had the advantage had callers been asked to define UNEF or ACDA.

[Rightly Biased]

I love Friday on my Mind great song...