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  Yobz December 28, 2015 at 9:00am

  Evie (the whole thing) parts 1,2,3
  http://youtu.be/In1VeSjsBT8
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    parrathruandthru > Yobz December 28, 2015 at 9:43am

    Been singing this since I read the news this morning

    Malcolm Young on guitar by the way
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  sixtiesboy December 28, 2015 at 9:26am

  Thanks for posting the blog Yobz. I was just in the process myself and thought I'd make sure it hadn't already been done. As a child of the 60s, his music was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. A mark of great music is when it is both of its time (so that it evokes memories from that time of your life) and also sounds contemporary when on the radio today. Friday on my Mind was such a song. I also loved St Louis. The story of Stevie Wright's life is a cautionary tale, and we are also enriched by the music. RIP mate.
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    sixtiesboy > sixtiesboy December 28, 2015 at 9:59am

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yKMGSj_j4lc
    St. Louis - a classic
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  macybrown December 28, 2015 at 9:31am

  RIP Stevie.
  Your timeless music will live on forever
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  Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown December 28, 2015 at 10:00am

  RIP To Stevie 

  But lets be honest here the easybeats wrote some very lame songs like friday on my mind and gonna have fun in the city, honestly could you get anything cheesier even in those days, i cant believe people listened to this stuff?

  Wasnt there a few decent rock bands back then to listen to or were the Easy beats where it was at?

  RIP Stevie
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    sixtiesboy > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown December 28, 2015 at 10:33am

    Simple reflections and thoughts of youth Snake. Don't be harsh on the times. All of the rock bands of the 60s were making the kind of music that wasn't really made before, yet would be sampled and plagiarised in the future. (Yes I know that rhythm and blues artists from the 1920s to 1940s had their influence). There wasn't a variety of templates to mould their music on. The age of song writers performing their own music was so new. Pioneers will always have their place in the history of music.
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    Tom Laios > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown December 28, 2015 at 1:14pm

    Lame? Blaspemy! They had heaps of typical cheesy 3 chord 60s pop songs,but Friday was not one of them."Women","Sorry","Good time","Wedding Ring" are brilliant.Rip Stevie,I hope you finally find peace.
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  Kramerica December 28, 2015 at 11:17am

  Agree Sixties. Would rate The 'beats as the best and probably most progressive/modern (early) rock (not rock 'n roll) band of their time.

  The songs had a rough edge to them and were immensely popular with the generation of the time. They stack up very well against their contemporaries. It must be remembered that subject matter and lyrics were very heavily censored at that time by the industry in general - in that sense, by comparison, they were very progressive.

  Their music (not lyrics) had a "dirty' edge to it which was a sign of things to come. Had they been British or American, and had Stevie not succumbed to heroin, they would have been absolutely massive.

  R.I.P. Stevie - a huge part of Australian rock music history.
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  Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" December 28, 2015 at 4:56pm

  I could never understand the need to "keep the high" of a performance.

  I was more than happy to get 1/2 stung after a good show - allow some groupie to have her way with me - THEN SLEEP !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Great band in its day - great songwriter - and in fact Stevie was one hell of a nice bloke - until...................

  Rock on brother - rock on.