Redgum : The Long Run, live 1984 

In the years when so many vocalists wanted to sound like Americans, John Schumann sang with a proudly Australian voice. I first heard Redgum when I returned to Aus after 20 yrs in the UK and they brought nostalgic tears to my eyes (much to the disgust of my New Romantic friends!) I'm revisiting them on iTunes. They still have the same effect. Maybe because I'm now a 70 y.o. maudlin fart.

Drummer on this song Brian Czempinskiwas my drum teacher in high school he is amazing. He also was the first teacher of drumming legend Virgil Donati

Australians look at what's happening to our country, it won't be "alright in the long run" if we don't stand up for ourselves and stop the rot that's setting in.

I still say to myself at 7 on a monday morning when making my coffee, better make it it a strong one.

how many times can I watch this classic Aussie band before I cant watch them any more over, 40 years and counting

the drummer of this band is my teacher now lost a bit of hair lol

This has been my ringtone for years. Happy memories of an Aussie boyfriend long long time ago.

love from the US. refreshing to hear folk in a strong Aussie accent. Been a fan of goanna and redgum for a bit now and they got me through some tough times. Both bands, even if from the other side of the world from me, really emphasize fighting for what is right. Sounds cheesy but their love of nature, emphasis on peace, and the problems of failed dreams all reverberate through their songs.

Missing my Friend Hugh. Redgum were my Hero's!!!

we need a band like this in 2023

What a distinctive voice John has. One of Redgums best songs.

Eat your heart out Midnight oil fans, these guys were so much better. Wish they'd do another tour

Keep saying this to myself "It'll be alright in the long run."

Love this 2023

I learned to appreciare redgum when i was hitch hiking through austrailia in 1988. Brings back wonderful memories!!!

Australia remembers happier days. Got that straight Jonny & Hughy

Ahh John Shumann. To make politics acceptable in music was one thing but to make it entertaining and engaging was another. Get involved positively and, productively and there is no going back.

I grew up on this!!

Brilliant. Second non-joke Aussie accent in pop/rock/folk music, after Dave Warner. Best concert was at Canberry Fair in 1982 when they were onstage with the Bushwackers. Redgum lyrics with Bushwackers' musicality!!

What a fantastic song

Red gum are the. Best from. Rodney Rivers Mittagong nsw Australia

My Childhood and my Teen years remembered! LOVE this stuff. Bushwackers too!

Sadly, since then, "We've taken some right turns They've been the wrong ones" I'm waiting desperately impatiently for the long run when it'll be all right.

Scarily apt 34 years and more later. :'(

RIP Hugh. I think "Working girls" was their best song. Saw them live many times in the 80s. Great days

It is more important now than it has ever been...

Brilliant! It's great to see this again after all these years!

My wakeup song Watched Danger close and 19 hit me so hard i found Redgum

i remember watching this on the tv.

This is great !!!

The GUM great 80's .I saw them in the late 70s and early 80s. It will be ok in the long run.

a good voice.

Love it! just got turned on to these guys

Well maybe it won’t be alright in the long run but as the lyrics say kiss ya kids goodnight cause u hope it’ll be alright in the long run

great tight band, they look pumped to..

gold

We used to have this as a demo on a 45 for radio stations.

@efcstoo Nice comment. I grew up listening to them and thinking this way also! Now so many things have changed but it's funny how it's all still the same! I listened to them again yesterday riding home from work and thought we really need another injection of this sort of music again today! The injustice and corruption seem to be growing but the kids need music that tells them it aint right.

great song!! john is stil ldoing this with Hugh now....

Classic

This is when Oz had an identity. it's lost now

❤

Filmed on dodgy ABC provided trampolines.

I love Redgum .. from way back in the day .Adelaide .. What about the song Ted

REDGUM POWER

Check John's eye's out at 2:31. He's wacked as! Yeah I'm just a bit envious that's all. Good on 'im! God bless Redgum, I love 'em. Top Aussie band. The last pioneers of folk that opened the way for Aussie Rock, Aussie Hip-Hop and the rest of the successful stuff.

very best

Not so equal and not so free. Lookout!

Anzac wave

Is this good? We saw the Gum 30 or 40 times, they were our band. Best Aussie band ever. Triffids, Go Betweens, The Church and Tactics come in just after.

Red gum sing Al l the best song s From Rodney Rivers Mittagong nsw nAustralia

@efcstoo Redgum were fantastic at combining folk/rock with politics, and had a huge following in the Uni circuit as a result. No-one would dare mention then Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson ("Letter To BJ" off their first album), but they did. Sadly all their original albums are not available on CD, as the only discs are the live "Caught In The Act" and "Anthology" double. I rang John Schuman several years ago to ask, but he didn't hold out much hope of them coming out on CD. It's a shame.

@pippinturner Yep...good point. Sounds like they were made to be played together.

let it happern

Regards to Bathurst 🥰👍🏻😂😂😁

All the mics and gear are wobbling!! What are they playing on? A mattress?

Our nation cries for a contemporary... Please someone point me to an active outfit doing it so I can get behind them!

i spongebob shuffled to this

Almost unseated Alexander Downer once.

Keep the faith, Australia. 'Troop ships leave and the headlines blaze 'Australia remembers happier days' ' - how prescient was that??

Australia, we have a ways to go!

@peteredawson Brown Rice and Kerosene is available on CD, mate.

How long is that......?

love the song not the band and what they stand for

I have the records

So, since Redgum, what quality band has Australia produced? (the Oils notwithstanding)

@tony999Melb cold chisel for one..

The stage seems to be of shonky construction... microphone stands keep swinging... would have been annoying to sing into.

John is skinny

Sadly, now, Stephen's Cooney I introduction (bass,didgeridoo) would be decried as "cultural appropriation". Prescient that Redgum question where would we be 45 odd years hence.