Hunters & Collectors were an Australian Rock band, formed in 1981 in Melbou… Read Full Bio ↴Hunters & Collectors were an Australian Rock band, formed in 1981 in Melbourne, who were originally influenced by German experimentalists like Can and later leaning more towards popular rock. Taking their name from a Can song, the band was formed by Mark Seymour (guitar, vocals), John Archer (bass), Doug Falconer (drums), Geoff Crosby (keyboards), Greg Perano (percussion), Ray Tosti-Gueira (guitar), and Robert Miles (sound engineer and art director, considered a full member).

After recording their first album, which featured the single Talking to a Stranger, the band traveled to Germany to record with famed producer Conny Plank. In 1984, the band reorganized, adding a three-piece horn section and losing the second guitarist. By 1986, the band's style was moving away from the sweat-drenched rhythmic jams of their early days to a more song-centered aproach centered on Seymour (whose younger brother Nick was a member of Crowded House). Throw Your Arms Around Me was a successful single in many countries.

The band was never able to match the worldwide attention they reached in 1986, though they continued to record with considerable success in Australia, and maintained a loyal fanbase elsewhere.
They broke up in 1998, but returned to play one concert on 14 March 2009 for "Sound Relief" at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian Bushfire Crisis.

Run Run Run
Hunters & Collectors Lyrics

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General is a wise man
The General is a gun
Shake up this scribbly world
And run run run
He's laughing like a doctor
But I bit his crazy mouth
Believe this faithful daughter
As he squeezed into her house

And run run run

Gently as you squeeze us
Your jelly beans will be shocked
Squeeze this juice that's in us
And squeeze me till I drop
General is a wise man
The General is the shock
Flip Flop Ego

We go now Flip Flop
General is a wise man
General is a gun
General is this partner as we run run run
Shocked as you prickle me as you got to know too well
Too gentle you were wise man and I broke your holy bell

And run run run
Moto Coda

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Run Run Run" by Hunters & Collectors paint a vivid picture of a dangerous and chaotic world. The "General" is portrayed as both a wise man and a gun, suggesting that he has both wisdom and power. He is also described as laughing like a doctor, which is a jarring image that suggests a level of madness or cruelty. The singer, possibly a faithful daughter, is being squeezed and shocked, and is urged to run as a way of escaping this tumultuous world.

The lyrics are full of contradictions and paradoxes. The General is both wise and crazy, gentle and shocking, and a partner in crime. The imagery is chaotic, with jelly beans being shocked and juice being squeezed out of people. The line "too gentle you were wise man and I broke your holy bell" is particularly powerful, suggesting that even those who are good and gentle can be broken by the violence and chaos of the world.

Overall, the lyrics of "Run Run Run" suggest a world that is both dangerous and fragile. The General represents both the wisdom and the violence that exist in this world, and the singer is caught in the middle, trying to escape the chaos by running away.

Line by Line Meaning

General is a wise man
The person in charge of this situation is thought to be knowledgeable and experienced

The General is a gun
The person in charge of this situation is dangerous and powerful

Shake up this scribbly world
Revolutionize this chaotic environment

And run run run
Escape immediately and avoid danger

He's laughing like a doctor
He's amused by the chaos and destruction around him

But I bit his crazy mouth
I rebelled against his insanity and refused to comply with his orders

Believe this faithful daughter
Trust the woman who is loyal to this cause

As he squeezed into her house
As he forced his way into her personal space

And run run run
Escape immediately and avoid danger

Gently as you squeeze us
Handle us with care and delicacy

Your jelly beans will be shocked
Your actions will have consequences

Squeeze this juice that's in us
Exploit the resources we possess

And squeeze me till I drop
Exert pressure until I can no longer handle it

Flip Flop Ego
An unstable sense of self

We go now Flip Flop
Our actions are uncertain and erratic

General is a wise man
The person in charge of this situation is thought to be knowledgeable and experienced

General is a gun
The person in charge of this situation is dangerous and powerful

General is this partner as we run run run
The person in charge of this situation is working with us to escape danger

Shocked as you prickle me as you got to know too well
Surprised by the painful consequences of getting too close to someone

Too gentle you were wise man and I broke your holy bell
You were kind and knowledgeable, but I destroyed your peaceful reputation

And run run run
Escape immediately and avoid danger

Moto Coda
The end of the journey or the conclusion of the story

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JOHN MELVILLE LEE ARCHER, GEOFFREY FRANKLIN CROSBY, DOUGLAS JAMES FALCONER, ROBERT DAVID MILES, GREGORY PHILLIP AUGUSTUS PERANO, MARK JEREMY SEYMOUR, RAYMOND VINCENT TOSTI GUERRA

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@rodhuy01

9y↑14

absolutely one of my fav Hunters tunes. so brilliant. this and Talking to a Stranger. and both on the same Album. what a treat. i bought this album when it came out. Run was a bonus EP wasnt it? 45rpm.

just remember how totally hypnotic and self-absorbing this song used to be - still is. it mesmerizes you and takes you far off to other places. very cool. Talking to a Stranger had similar elements.

remember seeing them live in the ealry 80's when this album was first out. non commercial and hard cutting edge to their sound like early Models who were also brilliant at the time. hard and edgy. experimental yes, brilliant.

alas the percussion player left and they did not do much off this album or other songs he played that huge water system gong on. pity. then they decided to go to more 'grass roots' rhythms as Doug Falconer said (drummer). and it worked. their commercial stuff was just a good. grindy and rhythmic with driving back beat. they didn't sell out their sound and carved a rock niche for themselves.

much under rated and deserved more intentional (& national) success really.

My hats off to the Hunters. truly inspirational. tho the early stuff was the best. Stranger and Run my 2 favs. Yellow Tow-truck was fun too.

thankx heaps for the video.

All comments from YouTube:

@Leftfield71

30w↑2

This song is now over 40 years old, it blew me away (along with the whole album) when I was a kid, and it is still one of my favourite Aussie songs today. We don't make music like this anymore, more's the pity.

@soulminer

4y↑4

Nobody makes tracks like this in 2020.Extremely intense stuff.

@mickstunes6383

3y↑4

Remains 1 of the most amazing tunes I've ever heard.

@graemefinn9390

28w↑2

The relationship between Perano, Falkner and Archer was just brilliant

@clintmichigan1104

29w↑3

I'm working in a servo in Albury, it's 1988. Xmas traffic is nuts, driveway with 12 pumps all going flat out all day. I've got 2 coworkers with me serving. In amongst the chaos hunters walk through the doors and I immediately recognise them. My coworkers serve them because I'm just standing there like a stunned mullet. Mouth half open, motionless, frozen. They pay for fuel, get some munchies etc and coworkers do the transactions. Mark Seymour seemed to be the only one to notice I'm stuck. Gives a bit of a nod and they all file back out...... finally I can take a breath. First thing I say to coworkers is do you know who that was? They look at each other and back and answer no.... hunters and collectors!!!! They had no idea. Fuck.... I had a friend introduce me to them with this song..... second half base n percussion over and over again

@techozinfo

13y↑3

This is one of the best Hunnas songs which they never plays live after about 84. Very emotive tune. love it

@robmiles8494

1y↑3

Nice work! It's my artwork, you've done well.

@potstars1

3y↑1

Indeed, at that time H&C should have been on Flying Nun. Best YouPube comment I've read all year!

@762willstopit

12y↑3

I happened on a cassette tape of this "white label" album in a music store in Wash, D.C....must have been summer '82. Played it over and over on the drive home to Kansas, love every song, wish they had stayed visceral. This album is the main reason I longed to emigrate to Australia for so many years, still do, too old now. Anyway, we have our own "troubles" brewing here, better stay for the fight!

@chrismwpcs

5y↑4

Heard this one night on JJJ after a good joint driving in outer Perth in the 80s. What a great DRIVE.

@willynelson9941

6y↑3

Wow,Must have listened to this song a hundred times in the last couple of months. Awesome!!!!!!!!

@137thattempt

the way this builds up for the finish is genuinely incredible, was blown away by this album

@williamking7765

6y↑3

What a trip! As fresh now as when I first heard it some time in 1983. If they had kept making music like this, they would still be together and regularly winning awards. Of course, they would have to have worked day jobs.

@rl1018

6y↑2

Reflecting on my eighties music memories and discovering great bands from Oz. Love Birthday party, The Saints, Midnight Oil and then, these dudes!! Yes, this is the only album I covet the most. Hypnotic, trance like vibe happening here. Thanks!!!

@goldbugnz

13y↑6

Been listening to this album a lot of late, and it's a bloody masterpiece!

@rodhuy01

7y↑1

goldbugnz agree totally

@rodhuy01

9y↑14

@rodhuy01

7y↑1

yes Run was a bonus ep. trying to work out what was on the other side.

@christinaharris842

2y↑1

Yes love the early work, slab is a fave also

@nash3527

25w

the commercial stuff is crap

@DKashman

13y↑2

Be it early stuf or commercial stuff They were one of our best and original bands, This is the first Hunters Album/Ep that I purchased and at the time it was not even known, I loved it then and still take great pleasure from hearing it now.

@izapiain6927

7y↑3

So beautiful, so Australian!! I discovered them in the early eighties, here, in the Basque Country. Best H&C record. A pity I could not see them live.

@aussiemick1885

seen them so so many times.

@MC-hx9ub

5y↑1

Bless you for putting this out there. Hours under headphones age 12 listening to this masterpiece.........

@pulsing1982

14y↑2

I like that - "H&C should have been on flying nun". Aye, this is great and sounds terrific on the vinyl.

@toddismycopilot

2y↑1

I first heard this when I was 13 and I traded a classmate I think a JoBoxers tape for this one. Kind of scared the living daylights out of me. I haven't heard it in nearly 40 years and it's still spooky as all get out!

@TheAndoGroup

9y↑2

Thanks for the memories! I remember getting down to this at Stranded. Brilliant!

@Goldenwaves1

14y↑1

saw these guys in Auckland...early 80's...was sublime.... i still have the vinyl in a box in my garage

@brett22bt

2y↑3

Killer track.

@ivonned32

9y↑15

Their best song ever.........

@soulminer

4y↑1

Yeah this and World Of Stone.

@schlitzieramone7447

YES

@nudibanches

3y↑2

2:58 is when this song really shines.

@kayleyjackson974

1y↑1

my favourite song by my favourite band

@jankarlsson3258

12y↑1

One of the best songs I know. I love the desperation I hear and the way they keep on until the end. It is rough but to me this is a pure and clean sound, and it is combined with a good melody.

@nullvoid244

13w↑1

Love this sound

@murraytrow1955

17w

Pure genius, sounds newer and more interesting as time goes by...

@sheryll1405

8y↑4

Love this song, so upset when Hubbie through out my Album in 2007, as we didnt have a stereo anymore. I'm still upset to this day.

@josephedwards7480

8y↑7

As a wee lad of 20 years old,I worked at the record store on John R,a bit north of 8 Mile,on the fringes of Detroit Rock City.There was a Holiday Inn directly across the street where usually rather unrecognized musicians stayed ,when playing a gig in Detroit.One day a bloke walks in and sees the 'Hunters and Collectors' poster on display and asks me what I think of them.I say I think they sound a bit like "the Birthday Party".At once he did'nt feel that this was a response that he wanted to hear.Then he told me that he was a member of H&C.We chatted for a bit,then I got him to autograph the poster,and I went to their gig that night.I've been a fan since,I still think some early material does sound a bit like the Birthday Party,the songs that I wish I could find as a collection are on their first American album release on A&M records.Does anyone have that CD?

@jafarthebarmecide3677

8y↑2

+Joseph Edwards Yes I can understand why he did not like the Birthday Party comparison but there is not much else to compare it to. I remember the music press comparing it to Talking Heads at the time but it was never a really good fit. These boys became fairly commercial after a while and now they are Australian music royalty. I like their later music but THIS is the shit that matters. If I hear this album I get homesick for the bush and the desert, that is what it invokes for me, the atmosphere and the drama of the Aussie outback. I have these first albums on vinyl but I did download them again on itunes, they are available there.

@taciaamostis6473

7y↑1

Thanks for posting, Joseph Edwards. Very much enjoyed your story.

@rodhuy01

7y↑1

Jafar the Barmecide agree jafar. I like their commercial stuff a lot, many don't, but either way there early albums and eps were brilliant and perhaps the band and others just didn't realise how damn good there really were .

@earinsound

7y↑3

Birthday Party and a bit of Gang of Four

@andrewfuller62

5y↑4

In their early days, they sat in that group of Oz bands that had a real edge....like The Birthday Party, Laughing Clowns, early Models, The Moodists etc. No doubt in my mind that the first few albums were quite sensational. The later sounds sadly must have paid the bills (not that the sound was bad) but it didn't have the defining edginess that songs such as this carried in spades.

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@davidhollyfield5148

7y↑7

This is when when they were a truly great band

@Ypipable

7y↑5

They got me into the tow truck industry.

@antonij9vc

9y↑2

Well done sir on my favorite Hunters& collectors track Ashamed for the non existing video bravo for your fan work " moto moto coda …"

@Rodl696

15y↑1

Haven't heard for over 20 years. I love to love this tune. Thanks so much.

@patrickbyrne4630

4y↑1

Favourite song by far by H & C... (as well as Talking....) I remember hearing about it as the australian version of joy division.... i got my money and enough for the bus and going in to dublin city centre to buy it... It was not there.... I eventually got it a few weeks later and while i love joy division they are so different from them.... Getting music was soo much harder in those days,,,,

@spassy13

7y↑7

the best makes me cry

@perrycomeau2627

5y↑2

First time I heard this, I secured the neighborhood. You can also spell it neighbourhood.

@dudeofdiego

14y↑2

My fave!... especially the Mota Coda middle, saw them in the 80's in Chicago and bought a tshirt that said H&C and somebody thought it was a Home Company tshirt from the war days...incredible show, anyone know if they're still around?

@jasondraude9187

40w↑1

I'm checking out Mark Seymour you are the best ! including your band best wishes jason

@CandyHam

5y↑1

OUT OF THIS WORLD

@perrycomeau2627

5y↑1

This is true.

@markcourtney4784

5y↑3

The early collectors stuff is amazing..heavy as fuck and atmospheric. John Archers basslines are the best.This album and the Jaws of Life are just incredible they influenced heaps of bands.Best driving music ever.

@soulminer

4y↑1

Their best album several hundred kilometres. They had an amazingly unique sound.

@jjhm26

14y

Thank you so much for this - i never expected to hear it again after my brother stole my vinyl - so many memories of this live ty ty

@aussiemick1885

supprted gillan at the coogie bay....awesum show

@Maz0666

12y↑1

I love this song... and I do remember seeing them play Talking to a Stranger a very very long time ago.... either at what was then, the Chevron Hotel up in Kings Cross (sydney) or good old Selina's at the Coogee Bay.... bring them back!!!

@rodhuy01

3y↑1

Selinas was the go. Loved Chevron, didint see Hunners there tho. did have the privilege of seeing them in a small rugby club way back in the early EP days, like about 1981 or 82. very small and intimate. before they became known.

@straightlookingenie

13y↑1

I've only ever heard "Tow Truck" (which is great), but this is amazing. Thank you so much for posting. I love this sound.

@rodhuy01

straightlookingenie go look up the first 2 eps, and this Album. all the early stuff. you'll love it.

@carolebarreaux2727

1y↑1

Geantissime!

@DeniseButlerMarriageCelebrant

13y↑1

thanks for posting this... one of my fave Hunters@

@TBAFB

13y↑1

Go on jpdkiwi, I for one would love to see a vid of Towtruck. An absolute fave. Remember dancing around my flat in Brisbane in the mid-eighties to that song. Most have been the only guy in my neighbourhood who'd ever heard of this song. At the same time I used to listen to The Chills "This is the Way" if you remember that one...

@BagoZonde

9y↑3

A little bit "punky" drums motive at 1:10 / 2:00 is what I need :D. And the rest on 3:00 is so deep, nostalgic and perfect... Powerful song, amazing band. Thanx for upload!

@riandata

12y↑1

Great song!

@spassy13

13y

USED TO LISTERN TO THIS ALBUM TO PUT ME TO SLEEP,BAD TIMES GOOD TIMES .THE BOYS WILL ROCK , MAN THIS IS THE BOMB

@semprini77

14y

Excellent, thank you! This sounds even better than I remembered.

@deltaflag2996

2y↑1

Does anyone recall a movie to which Run Run Run was played at the end? I think during the credits rolling. I'm sure I saw a movie in the late 80s or early 90s that had it.

@tonyshee5621

So uniquely awesome........it's triggered a deep memory....Moto Coda.......it's a WTF moment for me. Cool as!

@davidhollyfield5148

Most appreciated. This from the era (the best) when Greg was the director of the band... Industrial Funk as opposed to the Commercial Pub Rock post punks that they became

@Ypipable

I bought this album. Thought I lost it. Thanks.

@perrycomeau2627

5y↑1

A Kanga and Koola can go for my water bottle....Any Time.

@fakington

11y↑2

Towtruck ROCKS!

@sophiadale9634

7y↑1

Death by bass

What a way to go <3

@ClintOlsen

15y↑1

Nice work using the original cover material. I found the double LP on vinyl at a used record store a few years ago in Portland, OR - still unopened in the original plastic!

@RecordsLotus_

hope you still got that. big up. your comment is 12 years old. cheers to the lads who read these comments 12 years from now.

@uglybustards

12y↑1

nice tribute. Hunnas were a lot better than they thought they were

@geoffcrosby539

we thought we were pretty good

@uncascrewbs9012

g'day @ jpdkiwi. Mega-thanks for this upload. bet Mark and H+C are pretty chuffed at your fine effort. Damn... saw these boys, was it the Sydney Cove Tavern? lo, these many years ago... i think they might even been the support act for... Big Pig? jeez, even the Enormous Horns, possibly. Honestly cannot remember if R R R was played, hell, even if Talking to, either. But they must made a helluva impression on me coz i bought their vinyls after that! so dood, again: thanks for your effort here.

@aussiemick1885

2y↑1

perfect. the band lost that certain "something" when ray tostie left

@jpdkiwi

14y↑1

@euxeb Talking to a Stranger is off the same album...

@Punk_Philosopher

The whole colonisation of the outback captured as a pean to the motorcar sung by inner city arty punks

@spassy13

best song ever written, moto coda
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@jpdkiwi

15y↑1

This is Moto Coda - at least that's the chant in the middle of the song...

@spassy13

its the tune i run my life on

@euxeb

14y

I don't find any video of them in this period, so sad ;o(

@kayleyjackson974

45w↑1

does anyone happen to know how to play this on guitar and have the tabs?

@Blackscorpion1963

8y↑2

So wish H&C would reform and do an 'Australasian Tour' of some kind. C'mon Mark please please come on over the ditch here to New Zealand at least. Mate we'd so appreciate a Tour from you guys. Say down here to the bottom of the Mainland (South Island) where H&C were farking revered in the '80s-'90s in Dunedin. Never forgotten H&C last live gig in Sammy's Dunedin 18th November 1987 - blew the roof off. I supported all Aussie bands back in the '80s when they toured over here in New Zealand - down in the Dunedin Town Hall mostly. And they were farking freaking fantastic! Cold Chisel '83, Icehouse '84, Jimmy Barnes '86, Crowded House (NZ!) '87, and finally, The Angels '87. So please, please, please, Mark, bring the crew back, and if ya can't scrape 'em up, why not borrow Ian Moss off Barnsie and come on over. Icehouse are comin' over next year 2017 and playing Queenstown with Bonnie Tyler and The Alan Parsons Project. Will definitely be going to that just to check out Iva and the boys.

@surfinmuso37

I would like to see them again but after witnessing Midnight Oil's return I am not so sure.

@zaslantsy

14y

jpdkiwi = a hero straight up not trying to be dramatic or ridiculous, just stating the plain truth... "the general is a wise man, the general is a gun" that goes for everyone on our side, too, you know....

@lashwhip

12y

Love the band at this point in there career, listened to their later stuff and it's like Top 40 pop by cpomparison. Can't find Droptank or Lumps of Lead on YouTube. Thankfully saved by the vinyl.

@madmux5334

Agree Totally! Love Droptank, and Tow Truck, Lumps, Talking to a Stranger, Boo Boo Kiss, etc. I got so lucky to have found the special release "vampire" album (cassette tape) and listened to it over and over while driving cross country in 1985! Haven't heard anything quite like early Hunnas since!

@Kingfisher921

14y↑1

This was great, I loved them at this period. Sadly they lost their edge

@commonagrotiate

15y

their one good song

@deargciarog

14y

Nice one. Well done. You don't have "Dump Truck" stashed away do you?

@linco29

15y

hey jpdkiwi have you got Moto Coda? That's my favourite, can't see it ere but.

@jpdkiwi

14y

You mean Towtruck? - I do have all the songs from their Payload EP, but haven't thought of a good idea for a vid

@colobenima

8y↑16

To bad they never themselves understood the greatness of this album and ended up changing their unique style and sounding like any other band. Neither did they see that the USA version of this album was miles better than the original, especially this tune: Run Run Run which in this version has a complete lack of focus and not the punch and drive of the later remix.

@davidhollyfield5148

7y↑2

Absolutely bro', They lost that unoque thing when they kicked Greg out so Mark could reign supreme

@rodhuy01

7y↑2

colobenima spot on great comment. those early albums were just brilliant. so unique and original and such powerful sound. it gave way sadly to their commercial sounds. I still loved the rocking commercial sounded. it was hard drum driven and I liked that. but these early albums were on a different level.

@rodhuy01

colobenima BTW I don't know if I knew about the US version being better or not. memory getting s but blurred theses days. but like there's models, they redid Man o action and some others songs, possibly for international disks, and the songs had a different feel. now I really want to hunt down this songs US version. wonder how I'll do that.

@earinsound

7y↑1

First three albums are the BEST. The only ones I listen to

@deang.ferris4618

Go to Discogs

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@AndrewWells

7y↑3

Matt Johnson times AHUNDRED

@jpdkiwi

14y

When I saw them in Dunedin in the mid-80's they wouldn't play any songs from this album, said they'd stop playing if anyone asked for 'em...

@paulmcdaid4329

Why?

@rodhuy01

@@paulmcdaid4329 they changed their sound and direction. a band decision. remember hearing drummer doug falconer talking about it. he said they want to go back to basics and a more grass root level. and that's why they did. Greg Perano with the percussion gong hot water tank had left and i think the keyboardist left or was fired, and they moved to more basic driving rhythmic pop rocks songs..... and it worked. they became hugely successful here in oz ! not as big as they shoulda worldwide, but big enough for a band here!

@TheFutureFossil

11y

MottTheWot hit it on the head, unfortunately. Their 1st album and "Follow Me No More"/ "Carry Me" were great. I was fortunate enough to hang out with them after a gig in San Francisco in '82. As a bass player, I was very keen on how John Archer got his bass tone and he was polite enough to tell me in some detail about his rig. Damn, I want to hear "Yellow Tow Truck" right now. Motto coda (literally, "Moving tail").

@rosslogar2766

They weren't just good at this stage in their career, they were brilliant.

@peregrinemccauley7819

4y↑1

Take that Ludwig .

@euxeb

14y

@jpdkiwi yep, i have found it, thanx !

@perrycomeau2627

god- dammed wind Shield is gummed up.

@craftycookie123

Gooday mates

@straightlookingenie

13y

@jpdkiwi Wow. That sucks because this song is effing brilliant.

@playingwithsticks6819

30w↑2

Brilliant album. Unfortunately (but understandable I guess), Seymour took the commercial route - and the band never matched this.

@taciaamostis6473

Sounds like 2 songs in one. Listen from 2:55 to 3:00. My favourite part... 2:57 to end. Uh, but why, why am I hearing faint musical bits that harken back to the 1960's, notably, the songs "Where Did Our Love Go" and "Barbara Ann". Hearing the influence in both the bassline and wooden blocks(???). OR, maybe I'm hearing spoons clacking along in this Hunters & Collectors track. IS someone actually playing the spoons in this tune? Jump in here, if you know. Thanking you in advance.

@rodhuy01

yes I've always thought it was 2 songs in one. it could have been split and run run run one song, and mota coda another. PS I really love mota coda the best. it esoterically and spiritually moving.

@peregrinemccauley5010

4y↑1

That's better .

@joetate3402

12y

what is moto coda

@SpeedbumpAndy

6y↑1

Fast to the end

@uncascrewbs9012

7y↑1

where in the forsaken world does a struggling no-name band in the Kylie/INXS/Icehouse pop bounce hi-rotation of Triple MMM dominated culture deign to crank out a 9 minute diatribe that is a rant? Then has the gall to sear it into my brain? My r9ing tone. btw. @jpKiwi: rock on, dood.

@Blackscorpion1963

11y

Typical Australians...rip off merchants (lol) I saw several Aussie outfits at The Dunedin Town Hall in the '80s; Cold Chisel ('83), Icehouse ('84), Jimmy Barnes ('86), Crowded House ('87). and The Angels ('87). Even though it pains me to admit it, they were bloody awesome concerts. I way preferred Aussie bands back then to Kiwi groups. Although I loved Mi-Sex and Th' Dudes, The Dance Exponents, and several Dunedin acts including The Verlaines, The Chills, The Clean, and Christchurch's The Bats

@TheNouveauxdecadence

12y

AMAZZZZING, they were such an AMAZING Post Punk/New Wave band and then they had to go BOGAN and CRAP ... Why, I ask???

@markeggins890

Read the book Mark Seymour wrote about the band...it's pretty good even if their latter stuff wasn't!

@rodhuy01

@@markeggins890 yeah i like both versions. loved some of their commercial stuff. Say goodbye is excellent. even holy grail is good for me. Tears of joy etc. but i do love the early stuff the best.

@blacklightposter

15y

Very Nick Cave-ish. Nice though.

@TheNouveauxdecadence

13y

@jpdkiwi How ridiculous! Such a pity as their material from this album in 1982 is their very BEST material. SO amazing and edgy and then they went so crap and commercial!