March 20, 2025 • 5 mins
Today Clairsy took us all back to the year of the Moscow Olympics and the KISS Australian tour, 1980.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Delving deep into the archives of Earth music history Clezy's
Tragic Music Box. Nay Thanky, your little churn. We're going
way back this morning to nineteen eighty. Lease ready for this,
I'm ready, Okay. We're going to start off with some
medium house prices for Perth. They're always fascinating.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Are you ready?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Nineteen eighty just above seventy thousand dollars would get you
a house in Claremont.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I believe I nearly I nearly swore, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I know, we should nearly bought in merang Gru in
nineteen eighty it was about forty grand by house south Fromantol.
I can't believe it was only thirty grand more in No,
isn't it bizarre? Clont in Clamont, Yeah yeah maybe Yeah.
Things change, don't they? South Fromantle was just over thirty
thousand dollars to buy house bag van yeah, look craft
football chams, yeah exactly, and jo Kin was fifty so
(00:53):
twenty grand above South Frio in nineteen eighty. November of
nineteen eighty, Kiss played for the very first time in Perth.
They played three nights in nineteen eighty and November eight,
nine and ten. It was the first gig I ever
went to, and we thought as kiss fans, as teenage
kiss fans, there would never come, so we could not
believe it. I remember everyone's faces painted, yeah, a lot
of yeah kiss paints. Yeah, and sitting in the crowd,
(01:15):
even up the back. I think for the I went.
I went twice one of the gigs. You could feel
the heat from the Bunsen burners on stage, and even
even Paul Stanley said the uzzy fans were quite quiet at.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
First because we couldn't believe they were there. Terrified.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Oh, were absolutely terrified, but we couldn't believe over there,
It's like this is like nothing else. The nineteen eighty
Moscow Olympics, they were tarnished to ye the games.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh sorry the Olympics. You Moscow.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Second, I thought you was saying circus circus company to.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
That, Yeah, entertainments to the Olympics. We will how beautiful
we heard it.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
The nineteen eighty Moscow Olympics were tarnished slightly by the
boycott and all the rest of it. But plenty of Perth,
plenty of West I went so Ken Vidler was in
the kayak fours, he was in the final. Rick Charlesworth
was named captain of the men's hockey team, but he
withdrew over the boycott issue and a couple of church
Lands senior high schooling student you wouldn't want to do
sport against church Lands in the eighties they had Christine
(02:14):
Anderson in the high jump she became Christine Stanton. She
made the women's final. And Neil Brooks the seventeen year
old superstrail also at the church lase he was he
had an asper attacks, so he didn't do so well
in his his own event. Yeah, I know, and they're
good at sports still. He won the Olympic goal with
his teammates in the four by one hundred Medlely relay
and that was where Norman May rememberll Nugget May went.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, gold, gold goal to Australia. Thought he was going
to explode.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
That was the first time he did it.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, Well he did it so many times, didn't you. Yeah.
Also in nineteen eighty Familiar.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Sounds All of a sudden, Neil Finn was a bonafide
superstar member of Split End.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Wasn't even going to think about it, just still just
a kid.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
It was a great song, was number one in Australia
for eight weeks and even Molly got sick of playing it.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Last time. Countdown those years ago a cad will pop up.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
But a little later on South ROUNDA we mentioned south
Fromrondald they were the premiers and the w A f
L and we West Perth and these Perth fans were
not happy whatever, but Stephen Michael the champion with thirty
I was the sand Over midleist in that year. Also
nineteen eighty Tony Saddler of Wembley was selling carpet. I'm
not sure if he was doing the ready to hand
curtains yet, but he was a very busy man, ready
to hangs on TV. I reckon he's very successful on TV.
(03:28):
It was a locally produced movie show on Channel nine
called Clapperboard.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Do you remember board? No, I don't Clapperboard? Good, yeah,
because that's the clapperboard the things that's right.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
They start the Uccen Yeah sounds on Saturday Morning with
Donnie Simon, No I remember sounds, Yeah sounds and Dick
van Patten in eighties and Nino, which sounds a little
bit like it could be people on the Ponderosa or something.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
A horse riding favorite thing those days. Yeah. Eight is enough.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
The Super Bowl Munsters, I dream a Joennie super cool
Swede beyond Borg was the hottest and the coolest tennis
player on the planet. Tennis was great in wasn't it incredible?
There was no grunting and whinging and carryos.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
There was just great.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
There was a bit winging, but it was mainly from
Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. But that was okay.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
But didn't they they were hot heads. But didn't they
make board They made him looking cooler. They did.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
At the movies you could go to the line, Drivings,
the Skyline, the river Line, the dateline on the moonline,
went to all them. Yeah, absolutely, and see movies like
Friday the Thirteenth for a bit of schlock horror, or
the Bit of Blood or ten with Dudley Moore and
bow Derrick. Great film.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
It is pretty funny too, wasn't it.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
The West Australian copy of The West Australian in nineteen
eighty cost you fifteen cents and yes, and it was
had proper journalists and everything.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
They had journalists and had stories and all the rest
of it.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Grammar.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Yeah, I want to I just want to.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Stuff wrap up with a song here, and Lisa's a
fourteen and a half year old and you were a
bit younger than me. But I went to the record store,
went to a record store, remember those things they've sort
of come back at the Warwick shops, and bought a
hit single and I took it home very proud. It
might have been a tracks nineteen eighty. I took it
home to my house in Hammersley there in Belvedere Road,
(05:14):
and I've played this thing over and over right, and
I'm surprised I didn't wear at the vinyl.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
So we're going to wrap up. This is a familiar
thing for you. For starters. Vapors are still moving up strongly.
This week they're number four.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
The Vapors to the Japanese The Tragic Music Box from
nineteen eighty
Delving deep into the archives of Earth music history Clezy's
Tragic Music Box. Nay Thanky, your little churn. We're going
way back this morning to nineteen eighty. Lease ready for this,
I'm ready, Okay. We're going to start off with some
medium house prices for Perth. They're always fascinating.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Are you ready?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Nineteen eighty just above seventy thousand dollars would get you
a house in Claremont.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I believe I nearly I nearly swore, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I know, we should nearly bought in merang Gru in
nineteen eighty it was about forty grand by house south Fromantol.
I can't believe it was only thirty grand more in No,
isn't it bizarre? Clont in Clamont, Yeah yeah maybe Yeah.
Things change, don't they? South Fromantle was just over thirty
thousand dollars to buy house bag van yeah, look craft
football chams, yeah exactly, and jo Kin was fifty so
(00:53):
twenty grand above South Frio in nineteen eighty. November of
nineteen eighty, Kiss played for the very first time in Perth.
They played three nights in nineteen eighty and November eight,
nine and ten. It was the first gig I ever
went to, and we thought as kiss fans, as teenage
kiss fans, there would never come, so we could not
believe it. I remember everyone's faces painted, yeah, a lot
of yeah kiss paints. Yeah, and sitting in the crowd,
(01:15):
even up the back. I think for the I went.
I went twice one of the gigs. You could feel
the heat from the Bunsen burners on stage, and even
even Paul Stanley said the uzzy fans were quite quiet at.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
First because we couldn't believe they were there. Terrified.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Oh, were absolutely terrified, but we couldn't believe over there,
It's like this is like nothing else. The nineteen eighty
Moscow Olympics, they were tarnished to ye the games.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh sorry the Olympics. You Moscow.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Second, I thought you was saying circus circus company to.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
That, Yeah, entertainments to the Olympics. We will how beautiful
we heard it.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
The nineteen eighty Moscow Olympics were tarnished slightly by the
boycott and all the rest of it. But plenty of Perth,
plenty of West I went so Ken Vidler was in
the kayak fours, he was in the final. Rick Charlesworth
was named captain of the men's hockey team, but he
withdrew over the boycott issue and a couple of church
Lands senior high schooling student you wouldn't want to do
sport against church Lands in the eighties they had Christine
(02:14):
Anderson in the high jump she became Christine Stanton. She
made the women's final. And Neil Brooks the seventeen year
old superstrail also at the church lase he was he
had an asper attacks, so he didn't do so well
in his his own event. Yeah, I know, and they're
good at sports still. He won the Olympic goal with
his teammates in the four by one hundred Medlely relay
and that was where Norman May rememberll Nugget May went.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Yeah, gold, gold goal to Australia. Thought he was going
to explode.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
That was the first time he did it.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, Well he did it so many times, didn't you. Yeah.
Also in nineteen eighty Familiar.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Sounds All of a sudden, Neil Finn was a bonafide
superstar member of Split End.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Wasn't even going to think about it, just still just
a kid.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
It was a great song, was number one in Australia
for eight weeks and even Molly got sick of playing it.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Last time. Countdown those years ago a cad will pop up.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
But a little later on South ROUNDA we mentioned south
Fromrondald they were the premiers and the w A f
L and we West Perth and these Perth fans were
not happy whatever, but Stephen Michael the champion with thirty
I was the sand Over midleist in that year. Also
nineteen eighty Tony Saddler of Wembley was selling carpet. I'm
not sure if he was doing the ready to hand
curtains yet, but he was a very busy man, ready
to hangs on TV. I reckon he's very successful on TV.
(03:28):
It was a locally produced movie show on Channel nine
called Clapperboard.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Do you remember board? No, I don't Clapperboard? Good, yeah,
because that's the clapperboard the things that's right.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
They start the Uccen Yeah sounds on Saturday Morning with
Donnie Simon, No I remember sounds, Yeah sounds and Dick
van Patten in eighties and Nino, which sounds a little
bit like it could be people on the Ponderosa or something.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
A horse riding favorite thing those days. Yeah. Eight is enough.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
The Super Bowl Munsters, I dream a Joennie super cool
Swede beyond Borg was the hottest and the coolest tennis
player on the planet. Tennis was great in wasn't it incredible?
There was no grunting and whinging and carryos.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
There was just great.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
There was a bit winging, but it was mainly from
Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. But that was okay.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
But didn't they they were hot heads. But didn't they
make board They made him looking cooler. They did.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
At the movies you could go to the line, Drivings,
the Skyline, the river Line, the dateline on the moonline,
went to all them. Yeah, absolutely, and see movies like
Friday the Thirteenth for a bit of schlock horror, or
the Bit of Blood or ten with Dudley Moore and
bow Derrick. Great film.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
It is pretty funny too, wasn't it.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
The West Australian copy of The West Australian in nineteen
eighty cost you fifteen cents and yes, and it was
had proper journalists and everything.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
They had journalists and had stories and all the rest
of it.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Grammar.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Yeah, I want to I just want to.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Stuff wrap up with a song here, and Lisa's a
fourteen and a half year old and you were a
bit younger than me. But I went to the record store,
went to a record store, remember those things they've sort
of come back at the Warwick shops, and bought a
hit single and I took it home very proud. It
might have been a tracks nineteen eighty. I took it
home to my house in Hammersley there in Belvedere Road,
(05:14):
and I've played this thing over and over right, and
I'm surprised I didn't wear at the vinyl.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
So we're going to wrap up. This is a familiar
thing for you. For starters. Vapors are still moving up strongly.
This week they're number four.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
The Vapors to the Japanese The Tragic Music Box from
nineteen eighty
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