The late, great, Shirley Strachan at soundcheck for the Melbourne Music Festival performing the Skyhooks classic 'Living in the 70s'. Love the casual stroll out to the mic with his hand in his pockets wearing thongs!
this is better than most professionally filmed live performances. The sound is spot on. This is only a test run but sounds better than 99% of live shows. Props to Shirley and his crew
I was always blown away by Skyhooks live performances. I know this one was just Shirl, but the original band were as tight as a drum when playing live.
Wow, Shirley made it look so easy , casually walks up to the mic , hand in pocket, belts out this classic song perfectly , then walks off. I miss this guy’s talent. Such a great loss 😢
Shirl was an effortless gifted singer, he never bragged of his natural talent, in fact he never sang much until he joined skyhooks. Let's not forget the genus of Red Symonds guitar playing.
That was great. I hugged Shirl one time. He owned a night club in Brighton, I think it was called Alexanders. We were there to see Kevin Bloody Wilson and at the end of the night as we were leaving Shirl was at the door thanking everyone for coming. I couldn't help it I just had to give him a hug. It was an all round great night that one, it would have been about 1990. I listened to the Album " Living in the 70's" over and over again as a kid and I still have it on my ipod that I play in my car.
Don't ya love how Shirl just comes on straight from "the beach" all casual laid back, no ego then does what he does well, then just walks off back to "the beach!" Sadly missed Shirl, a part of my teenage years went with you in 2001!
Brilliant. Weird to think that just 10-12 years earlier Skyhooks were the biggest band in Australia with 1000s of fans screaming for them at every show.
Sound check that's better than most singers final recordings.. Unimaginable what Music we lost, never to hear because of his passing. RIP.... and Thankyou!
I saw Skyhooks live when they started and they were amazing every time Shirleys vocals were just flawless. A talent like no other and the band just blew you away.
So sad Shirley was a true performer he made shirls neighbourhood a great show and he certainly new how to sing died to young rest in peace you are sadly missed
18 years today since shirls passing, he was awesome and sadly missed by many.. Ah Shirl you are missed. One of the defining songs of my youth. Shine on mate! It's so good to hear his voice, I'd never seen this before.
He was so casual in his approach but dam even for just a sound check he was amazing. Out of many of our stars that we have lost he is one of the ones that I miss the most, Shirl Marc Hunter, Doc Neeson, Jon English..... All highly missed.
Great vocalist that Shirl was, this video clearly shows how great The Skyhooks were. Good as the backing band was, nothing could match Shirl singing with Greg, Red, Bongo and Freddie.
When I was a kid I was at the Herald Sun building in Exhibition Street doing something involving the Good Friday Herald Sun Charity Appeal. I walked past Shirl and he walked past me. I saw him, maybe he saw me. Though I saw him, and I remember it to this day. I was a kid of Countdown. Every Sunday I loved it, as did my five sisters. We looked forward to Countdown. Now as a fifty plus year old who is doing ok in retrospect to others I give a $150 to the Royal Childrens Hospital every Good Friday. Ok it may not be much but I tell my story. When I donate I think of Graham "Shirley" Strahan RIP.
I was too busy crusin with my buddies CB back then. Would have loved to know about this concert back then. Sadly I know where and when I heard about his crash. Was a sad day. RIP champ.
Jeez Shirl was fabulous. It's so good to hear his voice, I'd never seen this before. I literally cried when he crossed over way too young, such a brilliant man
Fabulous, loved the Hooks to bits! Shirl was a great front man, much missed! Geez, all the band members look old and very well fed! Shirl though had a bloody good voice!
18 years today since shirls passing, he was awesome and sadly missed by many.. Ah Shirl you are missed. One of the defining songs of my youth. Shine on mate! Fabulous sound and that’s just a sound check love ya Shirl x
What a shame we lost Shirley so young. Damn he was good !! Skyhooks had a great sound. I love listening to these songs on Vinyl on my proper HiFi system.... unlike this new MP3 CRAP ! MP3 and some other digital formats do this sound NO justice.
omg, how effortless he made everything look! hitting those big notes and nailing the melody - so beautiful to watch. shirl is one of the greatest pop/rock singers and performers our country has ever been blessed with. and everyone seems to say he was a great bloke too. thank you shirl. and thank you so much for posting this. (PS awesome band too - who were they? very much captured the skyhooks sound).
@@roosterbooster9309 Thanks. And might I humbly suggest my acoustic rendition of Carlton for your consideration: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wUQ0EEY0aEA.html
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