Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their cars

Subject: Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their cars
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 04:14 AM

From another thread, let's see what we can do to help, eh?:

Subject: Lyrics Wanted
From: Lindswidder - PM
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 03:59 AM

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I'm also trying to find lyrics of a song in which a group of Australians are describing their cars, I think it's from the 1970s, and includes references to Newcastle, a Milk Bar, and a car with "Double Overhead Door Knobs"

Any help would be gratefully received

Subject: Lyr Add: THE NEWCASTLE SONG (Bob Hudson)
From: Helen
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 05:11 AM

The Newcastle Song, perhaps, written by Bob Hudson.

It's wasn't really sung as a song, except for the chorus. More spoken than sung.

And no, there was no Parthenon Milkbar here, but a bright spark created one just because of the song.

And yes, it does accurately describe the mating habits of some of the local wildlife.

Helen
in Newcastle, of course.

Lyrics

The Newcastle Song' by Bob Hudson. : From the All-time Favourite Australian Song Book: :
Chorus:
Dont' you ever let a chance go by, O Lord,
Don't you ever let a chance go by. :
Yes, up in Newcastle they have very strange mating habits. All the young women of Newcastle walk down the main street which is called Hunter Street for reasons that will become obvious later on in the song.
All the young men of Newcastle drive down Hunter Street in their hot FJ Holdens with chrome plated grease nipples and double reverse overhead twin cam door handles, sitting eight abreast in the front seat, and they lean out of the window and say real cool things to the sheilas on the footpath, like "Aah g'day". And every now and then, of course, one of the young ladies thinks to herself "Ummmm" she thinks "Ummmmm". :
Chorus : Anyway there was this mob of blokes driving down Hunter Street in the front seat of the hot FJ with chrome plated grease nipples and twin overhead foxtails, and the coolest of them all, who got to sit near the window, was young Norm. And they pulled up outside the Parthenon milk bar and standing outside the Parthenon was this beautiful looking sheila. :

"Oooh! Oooh!" said young Normie who'd come top of his class in English, "Ooooh!" he said.
So he leaned out of the window, and he said real, real suave like, he said "G'day".
This nine foot tall Hell's Angel came out of the Parthenon milk bar, looked at Norm and said "Arr, what are ya?"
Norm said "What are you?"
Bloke on the footpath said "D'ya want a go, do ya mate, eh?"
Norm said "Yeah, d'you want a go, mate?"
Bloke on the footpath said "Yeah I'll have a go"
Norm said " D'you know who you're picking?"
The bloke on the footpath said "Nah, who am I picking?"
Norm said "You find out"
And all of a sudden there was a break in the traffic, and as any young Newcastle lad knows-when you're getting monstered by a nine foot tall Hells Angel and there's a break in the traffic.... :
Chorus

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their cars
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 09:00 AM

Helen - it's great to be reminded of that classic!

sandra

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their cars
From: rich-joy
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 05:26 AM

agreed!!!

but whatever happened to their best pick-up line :

"Do you do it?" ??!!



Cheers! R-J

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their cars
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 07:33 PM

Heard Bob Hudson do a more elaborate version of this many years ago. It took about half an hour, and I'm still not quite sure how much was ex tempore and how much he had rehearsed.

The bit I remember is how it finished...

...and that is why you will see, written in letters of gold four feet high, on the wall of BHP's blast furnace in Newcastle:

Don't you ever let a chance go by, O Lord,
Don't you ever let a chance go by.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their cars
From: GUEST,Hrothgar in Canberra
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 07:43 PM

Oops, that last post was me. I forgot that my cookie doesn't automatically pop up on somebody else's computer.

Can somebody work on that?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 70's? Australians describing their ca
From: Helen
Date: 09 Apr 04 - 05:02 PM

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