The Black Sorrows: Chained to the Wheel (Amazing Sounding version) :Reaction 

Vika Bull is the ‘firecracker’ and you’ve got listen to her singing ‘Never Let Me Go’, with the Black Sorrows, ( I think I prefer the studio version.) and also ‘Gimme Shelter’ with Tim Rogers on RocKwiz. She blows the roof off.

Joe Camilleri is an absolute legend out here in Australia. He has b even around for eons with bands like Jo Jo Zepp and the Falcons. The Black Sorrows are legendary. Vika and Linda Bull are legendary performers in their own right.

Never Let Me Go is another great one by them. Vika Bull is the main singer on this track and she kills it!!

Those backup singers are the Bull sisters, and the "little firecracker" is Vika Bull. Great singers in their own right, and you should check them out.

Oooh one of my favourites from way back when. Even have it on my Spotify playlist now. Vika & Linda Bull last year were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for their contributions to the performing arts. Lovely ladies and kept us entertained with their videos during covid lockdowns 👍😁🇦🇺

"Never Let me Go" video version is fantastic.

we need an icehouse expose, they have way to many incredible songs to choose from such as "cant help myself", "no promises", "great southern land", "hey little girl", "dont believe anymore", "man of colors", "we can get together", and even "walls" from their earlier inception as the flowers

So glad you finally featured the Black Sorrows 😊 This was a pretty subdued performance; lead singer/songwriter Joe Camilleri is usually a ball of energy on stage but perhaps he needs to feed off a live audience. He's 75 and still touring today. The Black Sorrows had a string of sophisticated hit songs in the 80s & 90s. Backing singers Vika & Linda Bull are successful artists in their own right.

Remember going to The Espy just to see Linda and Vika bull bloody brilliant 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

You gotta love Joe's commitment to the mullet even when the hair's thinning!!😅

Fucking great group! Vika and Linda are great. You HAVE to listen to The Black Sorrows “Never let me go” and “Harley and Rose”. Very underrated group.

Vika Bull went on to play Etta James on stage in At Last - The Etta James Story- she was brilliant ❤

I was a bit worried, as it was not the best performance of the track by any means, but The fact that you still really liked it, I guess speaks volumes for just how good it is. Joe Camilleri was not in top form here and the horns were sadly lacking, still Vika (said Vicka) and Linda pulled it up, as they do. Loved this, thank you as always. ❤

Vika and Linda for the win every time. They are phenomenally good singers. The Black Sorrows best song (imo) has Vika on lead vocals and she is on🔥

I recently saw Vika and Linda at a show - who then went on to sing back up for Paul Kelly later that night - of all the artists who were there these were my favourite performances of the event. They have amazing energy that could be appreciated from the back of the hill barely seeing the stage or right up at the fence. They were certainly good in this video but it doesn't really do them or The Black Sorrows justice - just a glimpse of what they can do.

Saw Joe Camelieri a few months ago; he always has a great band of amazing muso's. He still sounds and plays like no time has passed! Was a great show. A real pro. And of course, those Bull sisters! Wowsers. You must look at the Rock Quiz version of Gimme Shelter, with Tim Rogers and Vika Bull. Mind blowing!

You need to listen to never let me go, visa and linda bull. Her voice! OMG

ARIA stands for Australian Recording Industry Association & its our version of Billboard & Grammys combined. Oh & its pronounced as 1 word, as in an Aria, like a Opera Aria

The earliest memory I have of High School, in our small town, was sitting on the lawn and listening to Joe Camilleri perform on the front lawn. Many of us were so impressed that we registered for instrumental lessons. I've been playing drums ever since (1987) and have been playing gigs for 35 years. Thanks Joe! Check out his earlier stuff as Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons.

I actually though you Lads had already listened to 'Never Let Me Go'..........WWhhoooo.....Vika is stunning !

Vika and Linda are powerhouses. They been backing vocals for so many artists. They have insane voices. As others have said there other choices of songs/artists to see their work. Black Sorrows, Joe Camilleri have so many great songs.

Yeah, come on over, I'm sure there's plenty of us who'll show you around. Vikka and her sister Lynda also sing on my favourite music show rockwiz, I reckon you guys would love that show, you can look for them on the SBS channel. Jo Cameleri used to front a band called Jo Jo Zep and the falcons, who had big hits here with Hit and run, shape I'm in and some not big hits but good songs, All I wanna do, open hearted, puppet on a string (not the one we used to have to sing in primary school 😂) and so young. My friend Sandy and I met him one day when we were wagging school 😅🤭, quite a long story that one (nothing sordid that is), but I got free tickets to their concert. 🤣👌💕

never let me go is just soooo good, dont care if you review it but you must see, i watch it at least once every couple of weeks ,its just a feel good track vika and linda are brilliant and joe shows his harmonica skills off, just love it.

Excellent pop song! Thank you, Chris, Alex and George.

I was thinking after Renee Geyer yesterday that you should listen to Vika and Linda - and here they are today! Great lineup, Chris.

Love Black Sorrows but especially Vika and Linda Bull - great backing singers and Duo. Your follow-up Black Sorrows track should be ‘Never Let Me Go”

A classy band oozing with talent. Joe Camilleri wrote some fantastic tunes, and enjoyed success in a number of his own acts as well as guesting on other peoples’ albums. He played saxophone on Cold Chisel’s debut album, as an example (although I’m not 100% sure which track(s) as both he and Wilbur Wilde got sax credits in the album liner notes and there weren’t many songs on the album that featured sax).

I was at Schoolies on the Gold Coast (way, way back before it was an over-organised thing) and saw that Joe Camileri (of Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons fame) had a brand new band and he was out road testing the new line-up & material in this small club to a small crowd - 2nd or 3rd gig ever - band called The Black Sorrows - $5. Brilliant.

Australia's ethnic melting pot is coming through again Joe Camilleri is of Maltese extraction. Vika and Linda Bull have an Aussie father and a Tongan mother. They were taught to sing by their mother and sang in church when young. The South Pacific Islander peoples have amazing harmonic ability. Hear Vika let loose with a revved up performance in, 'Never Let Me Go,' ( in a film clip starting with a motor-bike ride).

God, I hope there is some Noiseworks, 1927, The Screaming Jets, The Baby Animals…so many good Aussie bands

Love you guys ,especially your reactions to our Aussie music. ‘Black Sorrows -Never Let Me Go -official video ‘ is brilliant.

My favourite track is "Never Let Me Go," where Vika Bull takes more of a lead vocal

Always loved this one… 😎👍

Great live band, they always put on a fun, energetic show. Still going and still one of my fave Aussie bands.

This version is missing the horn section, which makes a big difference.

Great band. had a couple of killer albums in the 80s and early 90s.

I saw Joe recently at a Blues festival in Western Australia, he's still brilliant , ajd as everyone else has said, the Bull sisters are legends in their own right - their Covid lockdown videos were awesome

Great band,Joe's earlier band JoJo Zep and the Falcons were just as great...these artists are just the very top of the iceberg that is NZ and Aussie music..

I have to agree with George. Listening to this group I kept hearing the 80' different riffs vocals that I had heard before. sort of country rock that was emerging. Really enjoyed their performance. If the opprtunity arose I would defefinitely buy their album. Great job Cris

Such a head bopping driving song

I am just so glad of the talent we have/had here in Australia.

Aussie music fact 102…. Joe’s backing singers are Vika & Linda Bull…. They eventually left the Black Sorrows and have released 5 studio albums…..another in the long list of Aussie Artists you need to discover….Grandpa’s Song, When will you fall for me, Hard Love,If I could start the day again, my heart is in the wrong place.

Vika and Linda Bull are fantastic singers with great harmony. Their album "Princess Tabu" is brilliant. Their mother is Tongan and they maintained connections with the Tongan community in Melbourne, where the sisters were born, and they learnt traditional Tongan singing and dancing. 'Akilotoa' is one of my favourite songs of theirs - absolutely beautiful harmonising.

Great drumming by Peter Luscombe who has also worked a lot with Paul Kelly. Love his work!

Great band, fantastic live - Harley and Rose is a great album. Thankyou for this reaction, Cheers

I'd love to see some Kate Ceberano reactions.

I thoroughly enjoy the fact that you two are as mad as snakes and love wander off topic...most amusing. As for The Black Sorrows, Joe Camilleri is a class muso over the decades and via many different bands.

The Black Sorrows, get me doing the washing up, super fast, while singing harmony! Love them, don't come over when their cds are on! I so miss live music! 🗣️🎶🎷 Unchain me! 🙆

1st time here Aussie girl love chained to the wheel love seeing your reaction. Not t basis yes we have he best music the world hasn’t heard yet

The Bull sisters - absolute superstars.

The best song on the Black Sorrows - Hold On To Me album is The Chosen Ones, react to that next Aussie week guys, it's fantastic. I have owned this album for 35 years and still love it, give the whole thing a listen, you won't regret it.

Yes, Fawlty Towers! I'm not Aussie, but there are more modern V8 utes that are very nice cars. I'd agree that there are things about Ozzie music that defy any definition and set it apart from anything else you've ever heard. And I guess I don't understand how music has anything to do with what the singer looks like. You are listening more than you are looking if you're doing it right.

This used to be my "WALKING" song, just had the right rhythm for when you wanted to walk at some speed. I had a Walkman and this was on rotation for my hour+ walk every morning. Vika and Linda do blow it away. They do great backing for any number of performers but also do a great job on their own.

Vika and Linda are Aussie Royalty!🙏🇭🇲

Linda and Vika are sisters born in Tonga have been doing backing vocals for Paul Kelly for over 10 years. The Black Sorrows had quite a few great songs that you can put on in your car and turn it up loud!!

Another great selection here guys, Love The Black Sorrows a lot, this was a huge hit at the time but others followed like my all time favourite "Ain't Love The Strangest Thing" so if your wanting another taste try that song. Keep the Aussie week flowing and Ty uys your effort is appreciated. Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘🦘🎶🎶🎶🎶💖💖💖💖

Hi guys About time, Joes been around forever saw him, and the Falcons, Rose Tattoo plyed as well in 73 at the Mansil Room Sydney Cheers

I love how so many of these videos from this time period feature Peter Luscombe on drums. He was a busy man in the late eighties.

Ooooh boys .. that’s me up in Cairns just south of Cape Tribulation with the oldest rainforest on the planet , called the ‘Daintree’ Just type in 4x4 CREB track through the middle of it. Icehouse is very good mail “ Great Southern Land “. often called the Anthem of Oz cheers for the memories fellas 🙌

These guys are great, and the Bull sisters have been so good in Australian music for so long. Thanks for reacting guys, love your work

This must have been the same year that I saw them….aaahhhh 1989 was a great year. The pub they came to is no longer here 😢 Vika and Linda Bull were on a TV show on SBS as back up singers called Rockwiz. Absolute pearler of a show, all the better for their performances.

Ah yes rabbit hole engaged! Viki and Linda Bull are amazing in of themselves. Black Sorrows were a band that would continually find a way to engage you. I don’t recall them releasing a below average song.

Got a real Gospel Sound and Feel .

Always liked the Black Sorrows, Joe and the Bull sisters are all fire!!

Back in an earlier incarnation of Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, Joe Camilleri had a definite Graham Parker & the Rumour vibe.

❤️🇦🇺 awesome band...

Joe Camilleri has had numerous bands over the years and even when they used the same name the lineups could vary a bit over the years. This version of the Black Sorrows was probably the best one, but no matter the band he always managed to have a lineup of very good musicians. His bands were always great to watch and listen to live. The Black Sorrows and Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons were his two best known lineups.

The bull sisters are great singers

Just FYI, the Bull sisters aren't just the backing singers, they full members of The Black Sorrows with Joe Camilleliri. Listen to 'Never Let Me Go. You will love it. Sometimes they are all the lead singers & Joe is the backup. They share equally. They are all solo artists in their own right. xx Linda.

I have done monitors ( sound on the stage) for the black sorrows ..viki and Linda are so nice...Joe the lead singer ..in 70s his band( jo jo zep and the falcons ) had a few hits like( hit n run)

Backing singer Vika Bull is something you need to check out. Vika Bull singing Paul Kelly's hits

Joe ( lead singer ..usually plays saxophone 🎷 but he used acoustic guitar in this one..he likes it loud on stage..

Vicka and Linda are national treasures(Joes pretty cool too) even though they come from a suburb of Wollongong. (Or NZ, same thing)

Jo os still playing around the traps with the Black Sorrows and others, sounding better than ever

Six words. Tim Rodgers, Vika Bull, Gimme Shelter. Shits all over the Stones.

I've heard this song a million times but never live. It sounds way different to what I'm used to... not as much bass or something. Those sisters have friggin amazing vocals.

I used to live around the corner to Joe Camilleri ❤.

I knew it!!! I thought “could it be? Could it be?… it’s gotta be! Yes!! It is Monkeys on a bike!”

Bless your cotton socks you two. you make so many ozzies feeeeeel goooood.. TA

Fun Fact Joe Camilleri and Leo Sayer share a birthday - 21 May 1948, so they just turned 75 and went on tour together to celebrate.

After certain events occurring half a day ago I'm sure plenty of Aussies would be more than happy to give you guys a hand, in exchange for some light hearted conversation about cricket.

Never let me go ,is a better track to me , well worth a listen ,the black sorrows at their best .

Aussie music hit a real high water mark in the eighties, but soon after one armed bandit slot poker machines were legalized and live music at pubs virtually died

JoJo Zep……. and the Bull Sisters……. Awesome 👏

I'm so chuffed that your doing the'' BlackSorrows'' My Ex Hubby is wrighting music atm with Joe Camilleri Nigel Lawrence is his name! soon to be relisted. Joe Joe Zepp and the Falcone's ''Shape I'm in'' I's a must! I've mentioned them to you b4 it's a fantastic song! Joe has been called our Van Morrison and also Elvis Costello depending on what decade you listen to. But ''Shape I'm in '' is a huge must!!! XXX

Joe Camilleri was lead singer in Jo Jo Zep and the falcons before he started Black Sorrows my favourite tune of theirs was Hit and Run a borderline Ska tune

The Bull sisters are part of the backbone of Australian music - you could do a whole week on Aussie backup singers who broke out and became stars in their own right - Kate Cebrano, Sherine Abeyratne (Big Pig) and her twin sister, Suzanne etc...

G'day boys, Joe Camilleri is an absolute musical genius. Multi-instrumentalist, great singer and songwriting on a par with Paul Kelly.Another cracker gents. Two thumbs up. Also C'mon Aussie C'mon.🏏 🇦🇺👍

I feel sorry for you guys - not having these Aussie bands as part of your cultural memory. Memories going pub to pub to catch different bands. Hearing them on the radio while at work. Visiting friends when a muso or two would drop in and an unplanned jam develops with the noise going up as the wine went down. And of course for every famous great band, there were always ten or a hundred that never got the gigs, never were known beyond friends and other musos. And of course you guys are seeing only the tip of the iceberg. So many great bands, so many hits you haven't heard. For example yesterday's bonus had a guitarist from Daddy Cool and I'm not sure if you have done any of their Dee-wop/rock style in which the 50's meets the 70's. They are most famous for their hit Eagle Rock which inspired Elton John to write Crocodile Rock, but I prefer their song called Daddy Cool. You have to listen to Marcia Hines. Too many others to list here.

The good news boys is that the pub scene is slowly coming back in Aus…well Melbourne - where l live. Some new kick ass bands and performers that have venues to play their wares.

Joe Camilleri and the Bull Sisters ❤

Joe and Linda and Vicka are great, but I would implore you to check out Powderfinger, a 90s noughties band that were huge in Europe and made an impact on the US college scene. You will not be disappointed. One of the very best bands to ever come from Australia.

I'm greedy I know, but Joe Camilleri deserves a 2 fer. The Black Sorrows and Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons are two excellent bands. Vika and Linda are great, you can see more of them on Rockwiz clips singing with the guest artists.

Listen to what Donna says, she is spot on the mark, you should really hear Vika Bull let it rip!

Hello from Australia. Love your reaction videos, the best reactors on RU-vid. By the way did you enjoy the Ashes 1st Test.

I'd gladly escort you across South Australia on your road trip, show you all the sights and pubs

Joe Camilleri had early new-wave punkish ska-influenced success with Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons ... Hit and Run, Shape I'm In are classics.

That 80's Holden ute is probably worth 100k+ now due to Holden being closed by General Motors about 6 years ago.

A big thank you for your Aussie weeks. I'm in full nostalgia mode. I'm afraid I don't particularly like the Rock Arena videos. It's good that they are available but I find them rather anaemic. Yes, they were live but it's all toned down for Aunty ABC; everyone on their best behaviour. There are better live versions available: e.g. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xxmxIUgo3QU.html But I think the "Official Video" releases have a better quality and they do come close to capturing the spirit of a Black Sorrows show. The ones of "Chained to the Wheel" and of "Never Let Me Go" convey some of the joy of the band when performing. And believe me, their live shows were fun. Chained to the Wheel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rYWyj9pF2HI.html Never Let Me Go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VLQmwMhj4GA.html If you thought Vika and Linda were good in this video then wait until you watch them when they are more themselves - so to speak.

Got to sing with Vika & Linda at Carols By Candlelight - I was in the choir. Thoroughgoing professionals, and lovely to work with.