Something strange on Hey Hey It's Saturday
Michael Smith
Something happened on Hey Hey tonight and I missed the thrust of what
was going on.
A band called "Reef" or "Reep" or something like that played the final
number. I'm not familiar with them, but the audience obviously knew
them well. (I'm a bit of an "old fogey" and don't always follow the
latest groups).
They introduced their song by saying "This is for Red Symons, freak of
nature", then played their song. I couldn't understand many of the
words, so I'm not sure what the song was about.
When they finished, Daryl Sommers was quite angry - he apologised to the
sound and lighting crews and said that the band had played a different
song to the one that had been rehearsed. He called them "very
unprofessional" and then said the next week there would be someone with
some real talent, John Farnham.
Did anyone else see this? What was the song about? Was the song
offensive, or did Daryl simply not like them changing at the last
minute?
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KickiTT
Michael Smith wrote:
>
> Something happened on Hey Hey tonight and I missed the thrust of what
> was going on.
>
> A band called "Reef" or "Reep" or something like that played the final
> number. I'm not familiar with them, but the audience obviously knew
> them well. (I'm a bit of an "old fogey" and don't always follow the
> latest groups).
>
> They introduced their song by saying "This is for Red Symons, freak of
> nature", then played their song. I couldn't understand many of the
> words, so I'm not sure what the song was about.
>
> When they finished, Daryl Sommers was quite angry - he apologised to the
> sound and lighting crews and said that the band had played a different
> song to the one that had been rehearsed. He called them "very
> unprofessional" and then said the next week there would be someone with
> some real talent, John Farnham.
>
> Did anyone else see this? What was the song about? Was the song
> offensive, or did Daryl simply not like them changing at the last
> minute?
>
No I didn't see it, but it does sound strange because on HHIS, the
overseas music acts usually play to an instrumental version of their
song, with only the vocals being live. Don't know what the reason for
this is (they seem to do OK on Recovery), but I guess one of the reasons
is that they can control which song will be played. Did Reef make a
special request to play their songs live or something?
The other thing is - the show isn't live. . .couldn't they have just cut
it?
Crowley
On 29 Sep 1997, Ben Greer wrote:
>I only saw the end when Darryl apologised - my guess is that HHIS asked
>Reef to mime, they refused and played live, and messed around cause they
>could!
>BTW One of the funniest things I've seen on HHIS (and there is not many
>funny moments from HHIS that come to mind) was Faith No More, who were
>miming, but Mike Patton just held the mike to his mouth and kept his mouth
>shut as the (pre-recorded) vocals emenated from the PA!!!
>
>
Which peformance was this on. I am trying to remember seeing them peform
Easy & i seem to remember the whole thing being live. Cause I remember the
solo of Jim being slightly different.
or am I totally off base here ?
It was a while ago
Crowley
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Ben Greer
I only saw the end when Darryl apologised - my guess is that HHIS asked
Reef to mime, they refused and played live, and messed around cause they
could!
BTW One of the funniest things I've seen on HHIS (and there is not many
funny moments from HHIS that come to mind) was Faith No More, who were
miming, but Mike Patton just held the mike to his mouth and kept his mouth
shut as the (pre-recorded) vocals emenated from the PA!!!
KickiTT <kic...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
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Sarch
They were on JJJ today. I didn't hear all of their explanation but it seems
that Reef were supposed to play "Consideration" but they opted to play "Yer
Old" instead without informing Hey Hey.
Sarch
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Simeon Joyce
> Something happened on Hey Hey tonight and I missed the thrust of what
> was going on.
The band is 'Reef' who are an alternative band and not the sort of band
one would expect to see on Hey Hey. They explained what happened in an
interview on Triple J - they were going to play a ballad, which they
practised in rehearsal. Once the show started they realised what sort of
show Hey Hey was (ie: tosh) and instead played a rockin' tune called
'You're Old', dedicated it to Red and cheesed off big Darryl.
Wish I'd seen it. I don't like the show or the man.
Simeon Joyce
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cran...@dynamite.com.au
*sigh* literally two seconds after posting this, i heard reef
interviewed on JJJ, and what i guessed is...(wait for it...) correct! i
don't believe how good i am sometimes...*g*
andy
>
> i didn't see it, but my guess (an educated on at that) is this:
>
> The band is Reef, a british band, and quite good in my opinion (but
> nothing compared to some of the new british bands). and their new
> single is called 'Yer Old', and as you may have guessed from the title
> is not very complimentary to old farts (present company excluded). this
> _could_ have been the song they did, but then again, i could be totally
> wrong. which is more than likely.
>
> andy
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> Michael Smith wrote:
> >
> > Something happened on Hey Hey tonight and I missed the thrust of what
> > was going on.
> >
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Ben Greer
Doh! Its that Molly Meldrum/Darryl Summers thing - they are both such
incredible examples of Aussie talent that I often confuse them.......(yeh,
lame i know.....)
KickiTT <kic...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
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> OK, I got the full story off of a friend of mine, but first - the FNM
> Epic thing was
> on Countdown Revolution, not Hey Hey (I still have it on tape!)
>
> Now to Hey Hey - apparently Reef were in the Green Room watching Red
> Faces and weren't
> too impressed by Red Symons giving shit to a couple of young girls who
> were performing
> and giving them a really low score (as usual) and calling them "freaks
> of nature".
> That's when they decided to change songs and dedicate the song to "Red
> Symons, Freak
> Of Nature".
>
> Ben Greer wrote:
> > It was before Easy - possibly on their first tour (Real Thing Album
tour)
> > and the song was Epic (it was quite a few years ago)
> >
> > Crowley <ch...@ideal.net.au> wrote in article
> > <Pine.BSI.3.96.97092...@fragile.ideal.net.au>...
> > > On 29 Sep 1997, Ben Greer wrote:
> > >
> > > >I only saw the end when Darryl apologised - my guess is that HHIS
asked
> > > >Reef to mime, they refused and played live, and messed around cause
they
> > > >could!
> > > >BTW One of the funniest things I've seen on HHIS (and there is not
many
> > > >funny moments from HHIS that come to mind) was Faith No More, who
were
> > > >miming, but Mike Patton just held the mike to his mouth and kept his
> > mouth shut as the (pre-recorded) vocals emenated from the PA!!!
> > >
KickiTT
Ben Greer
It was before Easy - possibly on their first tour (Real Thing Album tour)
and the song was Epic (it was quite a few years ago)
Crowley <ch...@ideal.net.au> wrote in article
<Pine.BSI.3.96.97092...@fragile.ideal.net.au>...
> On 29 Sep 1997, Ben Greer wrote:
>
> >I only saw the end when Darryl apologised - my guess is that HHIS asked
> >Reef to mime, they refused and played live, and messed around cause they
> >could!
> >BTW One of the funniest things I've seen on HHIS (and there is not many
> >funny moments from HHIS that come to mind) was Faith No More, who were
> >miming, but Mike Patton just held the mike to his mouth and kept his
mouth
> >shut as the (pre-recorded) vocals emenated from the PA!!!
> >
> >
>
> Which peformance was this on. I am trying to remember seeing them peform
> Easy & i seem to remember the whole thing being live. Cause I remember
the
> solo of Jim being slightly different.
>
> or am I totally off base here ?
> It was a while ago
>
>
Luke Marinovich
Ben Greer wrote:
>
> Doh! Its that Molly Meldrum/Darryl Summers thing - they are both such
> incredible examples of Aussie talent that I often confuse them.......(yeh,
> lame i know.....)
Lame and wrong. That's Countdown REVOLUTION. Molly wasn't on that...
Luke
Brad Holden
Ben Greer wrote:
If Daryl is supposed to be such a tight arse about guests playing live,
how come when Tom Jones is on, he gets to play whatever he wants,
however he wants. Daryl is just butt-fucking little dweeb who has no
talent and has no right to call reef talentless or unprofessional.
There, thats my two bobs worth!
>
> Doh! Its that Molly Meldrum/Darryl Summers thing - they are both such
> incredible examples of Aussie talent that I often confuse them.......(yeh,
> lame i know.....)
>
> KickiTT <kic...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
> <343081...@hotmail.com>...
> > OK, I got the full story off of a friend of mine, but first - the FNM
> > Epic thing was
> > on Countdown Revolution, not Hey Hey (I still have it on tape!)
> >
> > Now to Hey Hey - apparently Reef were in the Green Room watching Red
> > Faces and weren't
> > too impressed by Red Symons giving shit to a couple of young girls who
> > were performing
> > and giving them a really low score (as usual) and calling them "freaks
> > of nature".
> > That's when they decided to change songs and dedicate the song to "Red
> > Symons, Freak
> > Of Nature".
> >
> > Ben Greer wrote:
hea...@gmail.com
> Something happened on Hey Hey tonight and I missed the thrust of what
> was going on.
>
> A band called "Reef" or "Reep" or something like that played the final
> number. I'm not familiar with them, but the audience obviously knew
> them well. (I'm a bit of an "old fogey" and don't always follow the
> latest groups).
>
> They introduced their song by saying "This is for Red Symons, freak of
> nature", then played their song. I couldn't understand many of the
> words, so I'm not sure what the song was about.
>
> When they finished, Daryl Sommers was quite angry - he apologised to the
> sound and lighting crews and said that the band had played a different
> song to the one that had been rehearsed. He called them "very
> unprofessional" and then said the next week there would be someone with
> some real talent, John Farnham.
>
> Did anyone else see this? What was the song about? Was the song
> offensive, or did Daryl simply not like them changing at the last
> minute?
>
>
> ########################################################################
> Michael Smith emme...@zip.com.au
> Emmenjay Consulting Pty Ltd http://www.zip.com.au/~emmenjay/
>
> Computers *ARE* user-friendly. You just need to be properly introduced.
One of them cheekily asked if they were going to play "Hey, Hey It's Saturday?"
Gary mentioned that they were asked to play "Place Your Hands" but whilst "Red Faces" was going on, they took exception to Red Symons making fun of one of the young female contestants, calling her "a freak of nature".
In their words they thought that "Hey, Hey" was a shit show, and stood up for the girl by playing "Yer Old" instead, sarcastically dedicating it to Red Symons, the freak of nature.
I'm glad that show ended and found it cringeworthy they gave it a temporary run a couple of years back. In typical fashion, Aussie viewers over-glorified that show despite the fact that Red Symons was, and always had been a f*ckwit, and Daryl Sommers was a one trick pony, which showed with his numerous failed shows ever since.