man, i LOVE the way it morphs into Mediate! i actually put Mediate on a lot, especially when i have a nice stretch of freeway! Dems some Funky Aussies! so sad how Michael went out
man, i LOVE the way it morphs into Mediate! i actually put Mediate on a lot, especially when i have a nice stretch of freeway! Dems some Funky Aussies! so sad how Michael went out
I still love Mediate as much as the day I first heard it. The beat... the lyrics... Michael's voice... Perfect!
Remember when u told me that love was touching souls?
Well, surely u touched mine. O{+>
You know what? I'm gonna say it. It's rip-off of "Kiss". Ok maybe not rip-off but it wouldn't exist without Kiss having been a hit a year earlier.
Id agree if INXS wasnt always experimenting from day one, U2 owes alot to Inxs, especially for Achtung Baby being a total INXS rip, but with michael and bono mutual friends it was bound to happen, Bono went and checked what michael and the guys were doing cause he felt the U2 "rock" thing was used up already, so u2 got funky all of a sudden. now inxs early on was on the bill with Prince at some events, however "need you tonight" dates back to early demos in 1985, two years before the KICK album and a year before KISS, so who knows, the jangling guitar riff to me is an inxs trademark which anyone who has their catalog knows, that is something they started, so it could be mutal "borrowing" though i doubt it, but i feel they dug his sound because they were always mixing up sounds more than any band back then.
"We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F
You know what? I'm gonna say it. It's rip-off of "Kiss". Ok maybe not rip-off but it wouldn't exist without Kiss having been a hit a year earlier.
You make a very interesting point, I never thought of it that way. But to me, "Need You Tonight" sounded like it could've been inspired by Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", which itself was inspired by Chic's "Good Times".
But Nile Rodgers mentioned on facebook recently that INXS members told him "Good Times" inspired them to create "New Sensation".
They've always been a great band with sooooo many great songs.
Michael Hutchence had an awesome voice!!!
One of my favorites:
I was hitting puberty when this song came out. Michael Hutchence was the first rock singer to make me go "HELLO!" (the drummer, Jon Farriss was easy on the eyes, too) "Kick" was the first rock album I ever bought. This song got love on R&B radio. Back in the day, BET use to play Listen Like Thieves/Kick era videos a lot.
Technically, the "Need You Tonight/Mediate" video is an achievement. It's visually stunning and deserved all the MTV awards it won. But a couple of the visuals make no sense to me: descending jail bars & the rodent crawling up Michael arm.
Technically, the "Need You Tonight/Mediate" video is an achievement. It's visually stunning and deserved all the MTV awards it won. But a couple of the visuals make no sense to me: descending jail bars & the rodent crawling up Michael arm.
Ya know it's not making sense to me either. I think the white mouse on the black jacket is simply something that would show up on camera with the high contrast vibe of the film. And the jail bars seem to bring attention to the other guys in the background singing. Although, I think we're looking past those bars anyway. I thought maybe it matched the drummer's vertical striped shirt or something. Haha I don't know.
Found a funny blog describing this video cut for cut
We start with somebody standing off camera and flicking their hand in front of the lens and making some sort of odd signal, but I’m paying more attention to the 400 bracelets this person is wearing. (Does the weight make their arms longer?) Then the name of the album rolls by, and this kicks off a long series of other things scrolling past on the screen, like band members and fruit. It becomes clear very quickly that we’re not dealing with a story here, just film editors sitting around and going “Hey, let’s have Michael Hutchence flip his hair right here!”
Speaking of Michael, he shows up to whisper the classic “come inside”, and then he starts dancing in the background while various band members appear and disappear. Oh, and there’s a white mouse crawling up the sleeve of Michael’s jacket during this bit. Maybe the image of a rodent on your bicep is more important to Australians than other people. We also get glimpses of some sad woman who keeps turning her head to one side and looking despondent. (Is she the one that lost the mouse?)
We finally get a full shot of the whole band, but almost immediately Michael starts hopping around and wiggling his hips, making it hard to see anybody else, so he was probably one of those Diva people who are high-maintenance. To get back at him, two of the band members shove their heads in from the sides of the screen. It’s a rather startling move, so prepare yourself. You don’t want to be in the midst of chugging a beverage when this happens or there could be issues.
Then we go back to more random images floating around. (Um, somebody might want to tell that drummer that he’s missing his drum. On second thought, he seems to be very happy playing nothing and wearing his Oompa Loompa shirt, so maybe we should just let him be.) Another band member shoots in from the side and sticks out his tongue. I’m starting to not care for these abrupt drive-bys. They’re a little unnerving. And there goes another one. Oh wait, he’s kind of cute. He can come back. Make the others do something else.
Now there’s a sequence where Michael might be behind prison bars, and the rest of the band is lined up behind him wearing what might be mime outfits. The band is trying to do some type of intricate hand movements to the song, but you can tell they didn’t practice very hard and aren’t taking it seriously. This might explain why we get another image of Michael, this one looking sad and disappointed.
The mimes slide away and we get the band playing again. (Why is that one guitar player doing that thing with his leg?) Two more of the band members do the creepy “burst in from the side” thing, and then they’re just as quickly gone. And another scene with that overly-happy drummer. I want some of whatever medication he’s taking. Please.
Now we’ve got people flashing peace signs, which is hip and cool although a bit dated, and then Michael is doing a part of the song which requires him to point at us a lot and make his hair bounce. (Okay, the happy drummer just slid into the creepy category with some weird laughing. He really needs to settle down.) And the mimes are back, still not having really learned their choreography. Focus, people.
Another shot of the sad girl, then Alicia Silverstone, I mean Michael Hutchence, is back for the final bit of the song. He flops his hair around seductively, then holds his arms out so we can see his belly button under his jacket. To make sure we see it, he closes in on the camera while doing one of those dances from the 80’s that could easily be mistaken for a medical condition. Then he leans in and whispers the infamous last line “you’re one of my kind”…
Behind him, we can see that the happy/creepy drummer has finally found his drum set. But now his sticks are missing. Guy just can’t catch a break…
Found a funny blog describing this video cut for cut
We start with somebody standing off camera and flicking their hand in front of the lens and making some sort of odd signal, but I’m paying more attention to the 400 bracelets this person is wearing. (Does the weight make their arms longer?) Then the name of the album rolls by, and this kicks off a long series of other things scrolling past on the screen, like band members and fruit. It becomes clear very quickly that we’re not dealing with a story here, just film editors sitting around and going “Hey, let’s have Michael Hutchence flip his hair right here!”
Speaking of Michael, he shows up to whisper the classic “come inside”, and then he starts dancing in the background while various band members appear and disappear. Oh, and there’s a white mouse crawling up the sleeve of Michael’s jacket during this bit. Maybe the image of a rodent on your bicep is more important to Australians than other people. We also get glimpses of some sad woman who keeps turning her head to one side and looking despondent. (Is she the one that lost the mouse?)
We finally get a full shot of the whole band, but almost immediately Michael starts hopping around and wiggling his hips, making it hard to see anybody else, so he was probably one of those Diva people who are high-maintenance. To get back at him, two of the band members shove their heads in from the sides of the screen. It’s a rather startling move, so prepare yourself. You don’t want to be in the midst of chugging a beverage when this happens or there could be issues.
Then we go back to more random images floating around. (Um, somebody might want to tell that drummer that he’s missing his drum. On second thought, he seems to be very happy playing nothing and wearing his Oompa Loompa shirt, so maybe we should just let him be.) Another band member shoots in from the side and sticks out his tongue. I’m starting to not care for these abrupt drive-bys. They’re a little unnerving. And there goes another one. Oh wait, he’s kind of cute. He can come back. Make the others do something else.
Now there’s a sequence where Michael might be behind prison bars, and the rest of the band is lined up behind him wearing what might be mime outfits. The band is trying to do some type of intricate hand movements to the song, but you can tell they didn’t practice very hard and aren’t taking it seriously. This might explain why we get another image of Michael, this one looking sad and disappointed.
The mimes slide away and we get the band playing again. (Why is that one guitar player doing that thing with his leg?) Two more of the band members do the creepy “burst in from the side” thing, and then they’re just as quickly gone. And another scene with that overly-happy drummer. I want some of whatever medication he’s taking. Please.
Now we’ve got people flashing peace signs, which is hip and cool although a bit dated, and then Michael is doing a part of the song which requires him to point at us a lot and make his hair bounce. (Okay, the happy drummer just slid into the creepy category with some weird laughing. He really needs to settle down.) And the mimes are back, still not having really learned their choreography. Focus, people.
Another shot of the sad girl, then Alicia Silverstone, I mean Michael Hutchence, is back for the final bit of the song. He flops his hair around seductively, then holds his arms out so we can see his belly button under his jacket. To make sure we see it, he closes in on the camera while doing one of those dances from the 80’s that could easily be mistaken for a medical condition. Then he leans in and whispers the infamous last line “you’re one of my kind”…
Behind him, we can see that the happy/creepy drummer has finally found his drum set. But now his sticks are missing. Guy just can’t catch a break…
Found a funny blog describing this video cut for cut
We start with somebody standing off camera and flicking their hand in front of the lens and making some sort of odd signal, but I’m paying more attention to the 400 bracelets this person is wearing. (Does the weight make their arms longer?) Then the name of the album rolls by, and this kicks off a long series of other things scrolling past on the screen, like band members and fruit. It becomes clear very quickly that we’re not dealing with a story here, just film editors sitting around and going “Hey, let’s have Michael Hutchence flip his hair right here!”
Speaking of Michael, he shows up to whisper the classic “come inside”, and then he starts dancing in the background while various band members appear and disappear. Oh, and there’s a white mouse crawling up the sleeve of Michael’s jacket during this bit. Maybe the image of a rodent on your bicep is more important to Australians than other people. We also get glimpses of some sad woman who keeps turning her head to one side and looking despondent. (Is she the one that lost the mouse?)
We finally get a full shot of the whole band, but almost immediately Michael starts hopping around and wiggling his hips, making it hard to see anybody else, so he was probably one of those Diva people who are high-maintenance. To get back at him, two of the band members shove their heads in from the sides of the screen. It’s a rather startling move, so prepare yourself. You don’t want to be in the midst of chugging a beverage when this happens or there could be issues.
Then we go back to more random images floating around. (Um, somebody might want to tell that drummer that he’s missing his drum. On second thought, he seems to be very happy playing nothing and wearing his Oompa Loompa shirt, so maybe we should just let him be.) Another band member shoots in from the side and sticks out his tongue. I’m starting to not care for these abrupt drive-bys. They’re a little unnerving. And there goes another one. Oh wait, he’s kind of cute. He can come back. Make the others do something else.
Now there’s a sequence where Michael might be behind prison bars, and the rest of the band is lined up behind him wearing what might be mime outfits. The band is trying to do some type of intricate hand movements to the song, but you can tell they didn’t practice very hard and aren’t taking it seriously. This might explain why we get another image of Michael, this one looking sad and disappointed.
The mimes slide away and we get the band playing again. (Why is that one guitar player doing that thing with his leg?) Two more of the band members do the creepy “burst in from the side” thing, and then they’re just as quickly gone. And another scene with that overly-happy drummer. I want some of whatever medication he’s taking. Please.
Now we’ve got people flashing peace signs, which is hip and cool although a bit dated, and then Michael is doing a part of the song which requires him to point at us a lot and make his hair bounce. (Okay, the happy drummer just slid into the creepy category with some weird laughing. He really needs to settle down.) And the mimes are back, still not having really learned their choreography. Focus, people.
Another shot of the sad girl, then Alicia Silverstone, I mean Michael Hutchence, is back for the final bit of the song. He flops his hair around seductively, then holds his arms out so we can see his belly button under his jacket. To make sure we see it, he closes in on the camera while doing one of those dances from the 80’s that could easily be mistaken for a medical condition. Then he leans in and whispers the infamous last line “you’re one of my kind”…
Behind him, we can see that the happy/creepy drummer has finally found his drum set. But now his sticks are missing. Guy just can’t catch a break…
This Nu-Shooz video from '88 looks a bit similar to "Need You Tonight", which was released months before. INXS and Nu Shooz were on the same label, Atlantic Records at the time.
This Nu-Shooz video from '88 looks a bit similar to "Need You Tonight", which was released months before. INXS and Nu Shooz were on the same label, Atlantic Records at the time.
That's interesting. Wow, she was really flipping that hair!!!! LOL!
Remember when u told me that love was touching souls?
Well, surely u touched mine. O{+>
U2 owes alot to Inxs, especially for Achtung Baby being a total INXS rip, but with michael and bono mutual friends it was bound to happen, Bono went and checked what michael and the guys were doing cause he felt the U2 "rock" thing was used up already, so u2 got funky all of a sudden.
That is very true!!! It was known that Michael would share what INXS was working on with Bono after he would inquire and U2 would bite their style.
Remember when u told me that love was touching souls?
Well, surely u touched mine. O{+>
This Nu-Shooz video from '88 looks a bit similar to "Need You Tonight", which was released months before. INXS and Nu Shooz were on the same label, Atlantic Records at the time.
This Nu-Shooz video from '88 looks a bit similar to "Need You Tonight", which was released months before. INXS and Nu Shooz were on the same label, Atlantic Records at the time.
That's interesting. Wow, she was really flipping that hair!!!! LOL!
New topic
Printable
Report post to moderator
"Kick" was the first rock album I ever bought. This song got love on R&B radio. Back in the day, BET use to play Listen Like Thieves/Kick era videos a lot. 
~
