Their 1980 debut album The Boys Light Up had a number of hit singles including the title track; "Indisposed"; and "Beautiful People". The Boys Light Up appeared on the Aussie charts for 104 weeks. In 1981 the band released their second album, Sirocco. This album contained the hits "Lakeside", "Things Don't Seem" and "Errol", a song written about the Australian actor Errol Flynn. It was produced by Peter Dawkins in Sydney.
In 1982 they released the Sons of Beaches album. The album was recorded in Hawaii with producer Mike Chapman. The album featured the hit "Shutdown" and it became their third album in a row to reach the top five in the Australian charts.
Soon afterwards Bill McDonough left the band. The remaining members then recorded the EP Semantics. The EP contained what would become possibly their best-known song, "Reckless".
The first of two deaths in the group came in 1984 when Guy McDonough died in Melbourne of viral pneumonia secondary to endocarditis due to intravenous amphetamine use. "From Simon Binks: Incorrect and libellous. You'd better hope Bill doesn't see this. Guy died after receiving intravenous vitamin supplements from a naturopath friend of ours to overcome a curious fatigue".
The band recorded their final studio album, Between A Rock And A Hard Place, in 1985.
Tensions within the band caused them to disband in 1986. Performing a final concert on 27 January 1986, the concert was recorded and released under the title The Final Wave.
In seven years, Australian Crawl sold over a million records in Australia. After the group disbanded, Reyne went on to pursue a successful solo career. Robinson moved into a career in television (with Network Ten's Page One) and documentaries; in the 1990s he became the manager for the Reyne brothers, James and David. (David had been the drummer in Reyne and Binks' first band, Spiff Roach.) "From Simon Binks: No. David never played in Spiff Rouch. Bill filled those shoes. David was the first drummer in Australian Crawl."
After a three-year battle with lymphoma, Robinson died on 13 October 1996. The band was inducted into the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 1996, just before Robinson's death.
In 2002 EMI released a two-CD Greatest Hits package called Australian Crawl: James Reyne, The Definitive Collection, which contained songs from the band and from James Reyne's solo career.
"All the names on the picture in this forum are wrong. You have me labelled as James Reyne. Simon Binks"
"Thank you for your corrections Mr Binks - I thought I was mistaken but realise I was right.
Two Hearts
Australian Crawl Lyrics
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Hell of a yarn
Hell of a tale to tell
Pick up the pieces
Finding your things packed away
We were starstruck
We were blind
Two of a kind
Boy what a fable
Where was the moral
What was it we achieved
Finding your letters
Finding your notes packed away
We were lovers
When we began
We were hopeless
Two hearts as one
Two hearts meet
Two hearts beat
Two hearts cross
A lonely street
Two hearts break
We were dumbstruck
We were blind
We were hopeless
Two of a kind
The lyrics of Australian Crawl's song "Two Hearts" detail the story of a failed relationship between two individuals who were once deeply in love. The song opens with the singer acknowledging the magnitude of the story that he is about to tell. He describes it as "a hell of a story, a hell of a yarn, a hell of a tale to tell." This line sets the tone for a story of epic proportions, one that had a significant impact on the singer's life.
The next few lines detail the aftermath of the relationship. The singer talks about "picking up the pieces" and finding his things packed away. This is likely a reference to the end of a live-in relationship, where both parties must divide up their belongings and move out of the shared space. The lyrics, "finding your letters, finding your notes packed away," suggest that the relationship ended on sour terms, with one party leaving without giving the other a proper explanation.
The chorus of the song takes a nostalgic tone, describing the beginning of the relationship as the two individuals being "starstruck" and "hopeless." The lyrics paint a picture of two people who were besotted with each other from the start, seeing each other as the only other person in the world. The chorus ends on a melancholic note, with the two hearts no longer beating together, but instead "break[ing]."
Line by Line Meaning
Hell of a story
An incredible account
Hell of a yarn
A great and perhaps exaggerated story
Hell of a tale to tell
An amazing story that needs to be told
Pick up the pieces
Trying to move on after something has come to an end
Finding your things packed away
Realizing your love has left and taken their things
We were starstruck
We were amazed and excited to be in love
We were blind
We couldn't see the problems that were right in front of us
We were hopeless
We didn't know how to fix our issues
Two of a kind
We were very similar
Boy what a fable
Wow, what a made-up story
Where was the moral
What was the point of our love story?
What was it we achieved
What did our relationship actually accomplish?
Finding your letters
Finding your ex-lover's written communication
Finding your notes packed away
Discovering your significant other has left and packed their belongings
We were lovers
We were romantically involved
When we began
At the start of our love story
Two hearts as one
Our love was so strong our hearts beat as one
Two hearts meet
Our hearts collided and fell in love
Two hearts beat
Our hearts were beating as part of the same song
Two hearts cross
Our lives entwined, we crossed paths
A lonely street
Our love is now gone, leaving us alone
Two hearts break
Our love has come to an end
We were dumbstruck
We were speechless and stunned
Contributed by Brooklyn S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Eliezer Andrade
Grande Banda! Pena não ver um show dos caras!😢🇧🇷
paul bradley
pure joy, pure fun, how could this flop ?
weburnitatbothends
Far out I love Aussie Crawl, miss Guy's voice from the early days, Aussie Crawl wouldn't be Australian Crawl without both Guy and James' influence, that's the shit, thank you all of the Australian Crawl Team over the years
Jared Aviet
Sad song. Wish I was alive in those great days.
paul bradley
is this springsteen ?
James Gray
It’s a band called Australian Crawl.