Australian Crawl - Boys Light Up (1981)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1981: Australian Crawl performing on Countdown the hit single 'Boys Light Up' taken from the 1980 album 'Boys Light Up'. Note: This single was originally banned from being performed on Countdown and played on national radio due to the lyrical content of the song. However, the song eventually gotten mainstream exposure, thus becoming one of the most played songs on Australian commercial radio. Lyrics: I wanna tell you about my mountain home Where all the ladies names are Joan Where husbands works back late at night He's hopes are up for his trousers down With hostess on a business flight Taxi in a Mercedes drive I hope that driver's coming out alive The garden is a dorsetted That lady - she's so corseted She's got 15 ways to lead that boy astray He thinks he's one and only But that lovely she's so lonely She pumps him full of breakfast and she sends him on his way What a sing song dance What a performance What a cheap tent show Oh no no no no no CHORUS Then the boys light up Then the boys light up X2 Then the boys light up Then the boys light up - light up - light up Silently she opens the drawer Mothers litte helper is coming out for more Strategically positioned before the midday show Her back is arched, those lips are parched Repeated blow by blow And later at the party where all the MPs rave About the hummers she's been giving and the money that they save To her it is skin lotion For his promotion too That flat in Surfers Paradise with the ocean view What a sing song dance What a performance What a cheap tent show Oh no no no no no CHORUS Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1981: Australian Crawl performing on Countdown the hit single 'Oh No, Not Your Again' (December, 1981), taken from the 1981 album 'Sirocco'. Note: New recruit Guy McDonough (brother of drummer Bill) does the lead vocals for the band's sixth hit single. He had also done the lead singing on the band's previous hit single 'Errol' (September, 1981). Guy McDonough died of viral pneumonia in 1984. Band Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Track: Boys Light Up Album: Boys Light Up Composed By: Produced By: Label: EMI Chart Position: # 22 (Australia) Release Date: Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australi... http://www.australianmusichistory.com... www.howlspace.com.au/en/australiancrawl/australiancrawl.htm Line-up: Simon Binks - Lead Guitar [ Australian Crawl (1978-1986) ] James Reyne - Vocals [ Australian Crawl (1978-1986) -- solo (1987-present) -- Company Of Strangers (1993) ] Brad Robinson -- Guitar Paul Williams -- Bass Bill McDonough -- Drums Guy McDonough -- Guitar, Vocals ------------------------------------------- NZOZ NZOZ1981 1981 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s Extended Tags: Guy McDonough, James Reyne, Brad Robinson Musical Terms: New Wave, Rock, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Country-tinged, Aussie, Old Australian Band