Ross Wilson is the King of Cool
August 15th 2009 07:30
Ross Wilson
5 Decades Of Cool
Palias Theatre, Melbourne
Friday, August 14, 2009.
Ross Wilson is an Aussie rock legend. The title of this tour 5 Decades Of Cool’ is very fitting and last night he showed why he’s the king of cool.
For one night only the Melbourne crowd was invited to take a two and an half hour trip down memory lane, a musical autobiography of Ross’ life as a singer, songwriter and producer. He went through his hits and some not so hits from the past five decades. With many songs he accompany a background story, most had a funny story to them.
After his first song Bed Of Nails, Ross thanked audience for career, and said if it wasn’t for them he’d be watching TV every night instead. Then he launched into his days with his first band The Pink Finks with their song Louie Louie.
To scare the audience (and he said this was his intention) Ross and his band played a really different version of Eagle Rock which was almost unrecognizable. He soon admitted they would play the real version later in the show.
He had many special guests ranging from old bandmates from his many bands to the guitarist from Skyhooks, who he produced for three albums. There had been strong rumors about who the special guest would be. We weren’t disappointed when he invited Jimmy Barnes onstage to sing a few songs with him. The crowd went off actually when they sighted Jimmy! Ross and Jimmy did an awesome version of Rockabilly Woman as well as two other songs.
Throughout the evening Ross’ sense of humour shone and made the night extremely enjoyable. He had us laughing about the fact that his version of Touch Of Paradise, (which was actually the first version as he wrote it) later done by John Farnham had na-na’s instead of sounds of seagulls. He went on joking about artists who have used na-na’s in their songs, then complained about how Farnham had ten nights at the Palias when he only got one night. Here’s another fact, Touch Of Paradise was also the first song Ross wrote for Mondo Rock.
For the last set he brought out the guitarist and keyboardist from Mondo Rock. They did the 80’s favourites Summer Of 81, State Of The Heart, Cool World and Come Said The Boy. The crowd was on their feet by the end of this set.
As he had promised earlier in the night he and his band played the real Eagle Rock. Everyone got up from their seats for this one.
Ross ended the night with a reflective track called Love’s Journey which is from an upcoming album due out next year. We can also expect a DVD of the 5 Decades Of Cool tour released sometime in the future so look out for that.
5 Decades Of Cool
Palias Theatre, Melbourne
Friday, August 14, 2009.
Ross Wilson @ The Palias 14/08/09
For one night only the Melbourne crowd was invited to take a two and an half hour trip down memory lane, a musical autobiography of Ross’ life as a singer, songwriter and producer. He went through his hits and some not so hits from the past five decades. With many songs he accompany a background story, most had a funny story to them.
After his first song Bed Of Nails, Ross thanked audience for career, and said if it wasn’t for them he’d be watching TV every night instead. Then he launched into his days with his first band The Pink Finks with their song Louie Louie.
To scare the audience (and he said this was his intention) Ross and his band played a really different version of Eagle Rock which was almost unrecognizable. He soon admitted they would play the real version later in the show.
He had many special guests ranging from old bandmates from his many bands to the guitarist from Skyhooks, who he produced for three albums. There had been strong rumors about who the special guest would be. We weren’t disappointed when he invited Jimmy Barnes onstage to sing a few songs with him. The crowd went off actually when they sighted Jimmy! Ross and Jimmy did an awesome version of Rockabilly Woman as well as two other songs.
Throughout the evening Ross’ sense of humour shone and made the night extremely enjoyable. He had us laughing about the fact that his version of Touch Of Paradise, (which was actually the first version as he wrote it) later done by John Farnham had na-na’s instead of sounds of seagulls. He went on joking about artists who have used na-na’s in their songs, then complained about how Farnham had ten nights at the Palias when he only got one night. Here’s another fact, Touch Of Paradise was also the first song Ross wrote for Mondo Rock.
For the last set he brought out the guitarist and keyboardist from Mondo Rock. They did the 80’s favourites Summer Of 81, State Of The Heart, Cool World and Come Said The Boy. The crowd was on their feet by the end of this set.
As he had promised earlier in the night he and his band played the real Eagle Rock. Everyone got up from their seats for this one.
Ross ended the night with a reflective track called Love’s Journey which is from an upcoming album due out next year. We can also expect a DVD of the 5 Decades Of Cool tour released sometime in the future so look out for that.
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