INXS - What You Need | FIRST TIME REACTION! 

Their sound is very unique. Been sleeping on this Aussie band for sure. Also, video got flagged so I had to fisheye it, apologies.

There is nobody else like INXS, they invented this sound! Michael said they were born between Punk & Disco in 1977. Three brothers in the band with three mates that grew up together. If you really want to blow your mind, Wembley 1991. This song is in the set list. The thing about INXS is that they are a live band and that is where they really shine! They have many different styles and Michael can sing anything.

Just listen to the music and don't worry about genres. Everything doesn't fit neatly into one category.

You simply cannot go wrong with any INXS song!!

They had some of the most danceable tunes of the 80's! I remember it well. The "sequel" is "Need You Tonight".

“New Sensation “ performed live at Wembley stadium is one of the best live performances of any song ever

The thing about Australian music is that it can combine influences from the US and England to a uniquely creative Aussie sound.

They did this song and many others live in concert at Wembley Stadium. Catch it on RU-vid!

Enjoy the rabbit hole of INXS…there’s a whole lot to react to!

PLEASE do them live! They’re one of “those bands” that came alive onstage. Suicide Blond at Wembley is a good choice. Michael Hutchence was one of those top frontmen that you see over the years with amazing charisma. Btw….the energy of the crowd at Wembley WILL remind you of AC/DC at River Platte. What is it about these Aussie bands and sheer energy? Don’t know, but love it!

One of my favorite things about your channel is that you’re not reacting to the same songs/videos that every other channel thinks they need to do because everyone else has done it. Keep it up!

I took my brother for his 17 birthday in 1985 to their first UK tour at the Royal Albert Hall when they were promoting this album. Saw them nine times after and they were incredible live, especially Michael Hutchence.

This INXS KICK Tour was one of my first concerts. Fantastic! (This song is slightly before KICK). Luckily, my husband and I decided "last minute" to see INXS again in 1997. Michael Hutchence died just a few months later, may he RIP.

Ya they sound Like INXS .They are like no other ! RIP Michael

INXS is really underrated IMHO due to Michael's early death. The band had so much potential. They created their own sound that was unique to them. When an INXS song came on the radio, you knew it was them. If Michael was still alive, they had the chance to be another Guns N Roses not in terms of sound, but in terms of popularity and effect on the industry.

"Never Tear Us Apart" should your next INXS song!!!💜💜🎵🎼🎶🎸🎹🥁🔥🔥🤘🤘

INXS "NEED YOU TONIGHT/MEDIATE" combo video is 🔥🔥

So happy I got to see them perform live in NY. They were capable of making your internal organs vibrate through the whole damn show. Cured whatever ailed you!❤

Oh yeah everyone here we go with the boys from Australia!!! These guys were kick ass and original bro. RIP MICHAEL HUTCHINS!!!

Another awesome singer taken away from us way too soon.

Got turned onto them with the Listen Like Thieves album. Only saw them once live - on their X tour. Incredible musicians and Hutchence was the sexiest frontman. Incredible band.

😆 🤣 😂. Love INXS. Another step in music's evolution. "Elegantly Wasted". It was my theme song in the late 90s. Just not so elegant. "Never Tear us Apart", "Suicide Blonde", "Need you Tonight". They are great.

❤ INXS are one of my favorite bands. What You Need, Need You Tonight, & Suicide Blonde are my favorites.

I was lucky enough to see this band when the played in pubs. They have their own sound. Next one for you, Don’t Change.

You are almost ready for some Duran Duran. INXS What You Need got EVERYBODY dancing, grooving, making that scrunchy face.

New Wave and alternative music is hard to describe, depending on what decade you were born in! Hell yes to "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete! It is right up your alley!

I was 22 when this song came out and you can bet I was dancing to it in the clubs....sad day when Michael Hutchence passed.... he was a real heartthrob to all the ladies. Another talent gone too soon.

In-excess. My favourite 80s band. They were as big as U2 in the day. Most songs written by frontman Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss (who did the arrangements). Michael was the best frontman ever...some serious magic. and INXS was the biggst band to come from Oz, Bass is Gary Beers, sax Kirk Pengilly. Drums Jon Farriss and lead guitar Tim Farriss. Friends (and 3 Farriss bros.( from teenage years. Very original and cutting edge in terms of tech, using samples and loops and the like. Best live band. Never Tear Us Apart, Devil Inside, Suicide Blonde, Disappear, Mystify, New Sensation, Beautiful Girl, Heaven Sent, Time.

This is a great song, big hit on MTV

Listen Like Thieves is an awesome album. This Time Shine Like It Does Listen Like Thieves Kiss the Dirt Good + Bad Times One of their older songs, The One Thing, is a really good song. It got a lot of airplay on MTV, back in the day. They continued to progress with Kick, their most popular album. X was their next one, with fewer hits. Unfortunately, their lead singer passed away. Michael Hutchence had a special voice and energy.

Such a catchy song, they always nailed the groove.

This is get up on the dance floor music! Also good house cleaning fun!! I miss these guys.

They have a bass player…can’t imagine them using synth bass.

INXS were in the top 3ish bands in the world for a good chunk of time. They were 'it'. Watch New Sensation or any song really, from their Wembley Stadium concert. They were phenomenal live.

Absolutely adore this band. 💗 Why are we all trying to categorize? 🤔 New wave, pop/alt rock, it's glorious ear candy to my ears. 😊

In 1987 I was a 20 year old diehard Rush and hard rock/metal fan who begrudgingly agreed to take my then girlfriend to see these guys live…it was a incredible show. R.I.P. Michael Hutchence.

They were an exceptional live band plus so many hits its ridiculous.

This is one of their good ones. Gotta love that rolling synth bass line and Michael Hutchence excellent voice. Their most popular songs are Need You Tonight, Devil Inside , Never Tear Us Apart, New Sensation, and my personal favorite Don't Change. Their lead singer Michael Hutchence is a sad story, he committed suicide in 97 with an overdose of alcohol and drugs due to depression. Sad, sad, sad. ✌Peace✌

Yes for Pete Townsend. Other good songs include Give Blood , Face the Face, White City Fighting and Second Hand Love.

That was great ! Have you reacted to "need you tonight " by them? very steamy . Yes to Pete Townshend !! "let my love open the door " all time favorite . The whole album Empty glass is worth a strong listen .

Alternative rock blossomed in the late 80’s into the 90’s with bands like Smashing Pumpkins, U2, My Chemical Romance and Nirvana evolving into Foo Fighters. I think you’ve heard some of them and maybe didn’t realize it was “Alternative”!

One of my favorite songs in the 80s was inxs "on a bus"

One of my all time favorite bands, lots of great songs still to experience... keep it coming!

Beautiful Michael. One of true stars of his time.

You should pull the live version of this! Off the chains!

Always so thankful I got to see them live. It was on their Kick Tour in 87. INXS was musical heaven. I’ve adored them since their debut album Shaboo Shabah. So much to pick from in their music catalog. “Don’t Change” will make me feel 16 again any time I hear it, and that was 40 years ago. Timeless and glorious.

In his looks and his charisma, and vocally in his lower register, Michael reminds me allot of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Anybody else?

you: what have they done here? inxs: what you need 😀

The bass is great, and it's a great song for dancing. You can feel the groove.

I'd forgotten what a great tune this was! Thanks!

"Its the one thing" was their first big US video and hit...highly recommend it.

The singer was in an Indy Aussie movie called Dogs in Space I think. Cool little underground flick.

I saw these guys at Miami Arena in early '91 😎👌

INXS - Need You Tonight

This song is the reason I've been fan since 1986. Nearly thirty years later, they're still my favorite band.

This album was huge and so much fun!😊 everybody up dancing every time this song came on

Salvo-Remember when you’re listening to stuff from this time period, there were ENDLESS different sounds with new ones coming out all the time. Some people genred up (I just made that word up), but many people liked and listened to a big variety. No other time had this much variety (80s).

INXS has its own music genre It’s called Dance Rock

I think later INXS got pegged as new wave just because that was their genesis, but it was really just pop rock or radio rock. The "new wave" label just traveled with them through the years. But I wouldn't split hairs over genres, so many of the great bands we're giving you became great because they mashed things up. I think if you want an idea of what new wave was, listen to The Cure, The Smiths ("How Soon Is Now" is a classic, or "Girlfriend In A Coma") Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, NEW ORDER (please do New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle!) most of the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack lol

My gen had THE best music! No need for gym memberships when we had a dance floor.

I hope your allergies get better. I’m right there with you. I avoid outdoors when I get like this. Love that you are doing INXS again. Such a great time for music!

INXS were SUCH a vibe. One of my favorite bands when I was in college in the late 80s.

This is the album that got me hooked on INXS…love this album!

INXS - "Never Tear Us Apart" INXS - "Devil Inside"

Another 80s tune you CANNOT miss: I would walk 500 miles.

Need to hear more of INXS

The beauty of this band is their unique sound and they are all great musicians. Its no wonder they became the world's biggest band...they were playing such a different, upbeat sound at the time and it was a great sound. Australian rock in the 80s was unbeatable, and yes i suffer daily allergies so i get your issues.

This song was massively popular everywhere

You just peaked your head into a rabbit hole, my friend! Now go for NEED YOU TONIGHT, DISAPPEAR, SUICIDE BLONDE, DEVIL INSIDE, NEW SENSATION, NEVER TEAR US APART, MYSTIFY, etc. A lot of bands couldn't reproduce their sound Live onstage, but INXS really rose to those occasions and lived to perform Live.

Excellent reaction to a great song !

INXS has everything you need!! 😆 Hope you can get a handle on those allergies.

At their peak they were the second biggest band in the world

“Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.“ Lawrence Weschler.

They were extraordinary. Not a so-so song in any of their albums

Their first hit in the US, dude- THE ONE THING.

Their Wembley version of this is wicked.

They are a total vibe all to themselves. They are not like anything else. I can understand that one might think the bass was synthesized given it was the 80's, but their bass player put down some sick bass lines. This was back when music was still crafted with love, care, and professionalism. Nothing like the junk that is put out today. Midnight Oil is another good one to listen to. Beds Are Burning was probably their biggest commercial hit.

Thanks for your great reaction, please do more INXS!

Favorite group of all time. You need to listen to Need You Tonight/Mediate

I never thought of songs of my youth fitting into future genres…..they ‘made’ your genres…..they refused to fit into them! You will enjoy music of pre- 2000’s more if you forget about ‘genres’….of course, there was opera and country music that never made it to our attention….so, I guess if we had to think in ‘genres’, we had classical music, country music, opera and ‘popular radio music’ which was everything not fitting into the other 3! Seriously, we loved ‘what appealed to us’, not because of any box they belonged in, but because ‘we just did’! If you must have a genre, it is ‘INXS’. The reason is that band went out of their way to create their own new, unique sound…so they each made a new genre!

LOVE INXS, thanks for this reaction! Definitely check out this one (or any others!) live from Wembley 1991, where they played in front of 80,000+ and the place was rocking! Michael was one of the all-time great front men - talented, charismatic and awesome. Shed some tears when he died by suicide. Gone way too soon! RIP Michael, you are missed.

This was their second Top 40 hit. You should do their first hit "The One Thing". MTV played the hell out of it and it's what broke them in the U.S. It's really good.

Yes to anything Pete Townshend. I especially like everything off his 'Empty Glass' Album. 'And I moved' being my fav.

Great band... so good live. This was one of their biggest hits. Lots to explore with INXS.

Saw them on this tour at a small venue in Utah! Incredible! ❤ RIP Michael.

My favorite INXS song is "THE ONE THING" original video ❤️

With the passing of Robbie Robertson today can you listen to his song "Showdown at Big Sky" or "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" off his EPIC solo album. He was a founding member of the iconic The Band.

Like this whole album!

Oh, my goodness...........Michael Hutchence was SUCH an artist and performer. All of the band were badass, indeed.

The 2 you did from Kick (1988) was devil Inside (#2 in the US) New Sensation (#4 in the US), the other singles from that album were Need You Tonight (#1 in the US) and Never Tear Us Apart (#7 in the US)

I love this band. Had this on cassette 😅😊😂

Need You Tonight!!!!!!! Puh-puh-puh-please??? 😉

THAT was The New Wave of Rock rolling over you, dude...

"Need you Tonight" is awesome! I also Love "The Devil Inside"! Be sure to check them out as well!

Definitely would recommend checking out early INXS - Don't Change, Dancing on the Jetty, Kiss the dirt - and anything live.

Great Townshend tune, Let my love open the door.

Inxs...always changing, always ahead of their time.

Band of my high school and college years!!❤

Gotta love a song that makes you want to move ❤

They have some really awesome songs!❤️♥️😊😎