I've just been strolling down Recollection Lane, listening to some great Aussie hits at UteUbe. Apart from remembering that Ella Hooper flies straight through my first hotness filter and would be at short odds to get through the next one, I checked out some 'gurge, some 'gurus and some 'gAustralian Crawl.
There was this awesome clip of Oh No Not You Again (great song, buy the whey), with beautiful early, early 80s fashion. But it wasn't James Reyne on lead vocals. Or was it? Maybe if I squinted my eyes it was, except there's another guy who crops up with some backing harmonising at choice moments during the song and he looks much more like James Reyne. Could it be the Joey Travolta/Frank Stallone of the Reyne family, David? No, it turns out it's actually Guy McDonough, brother of the band's drummer Bill.
'the Hell?!?!
I am very disturbed by this. Imagine that you discovered that half the songs by some band you like are actually sung by different people and you never realised. Never even had an inkling. I'd listened to this and many Crawl song so many times, and always thought it was James Reyne singing. He has the twang and everything. Now I don't know what to do, or where to go. What else did McDonough sing? How can this happen? My head is spinning like a top and my whole world is crashing down around me.
It reminds me of some Brasilian friends of my sister who lived in London. I met them and was shocked and delighted to discover they were huge Cold Chisel fans. Now my memory is a little hazy on this, but I either introduced them to Australian Crawl, or I helped them decipher the lyrics of the original Mr Unintelligible, James Reyne. Or was it Guy McDonough?!?! I am absolutely shattered...
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A shocking revelation to be sure. Sounds like Reyne, looks like Reyne, has the eyebrows of a magician... MV
Maybe your reality if not your identity just requires too many details...
Now I would never suggest knowledge is overrated. (I’m not crazy.) But there are times ignorance and confusion get a bum rap. Although not necessarily empowering, they can certainly be fun to wallow in . . .so never let it get you down!
McDonough shared leads with Reyne on Errol. He co-wrote Things Don't Seem but Reyne sang it for The Crawl. McDonough later recorded his own version for his posthumously released solo album, My Place.
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