| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 7 sec.) ; 312166425 bytes |
| Series |
Great Australian Albums ; Series 2, Episode 3 |
| Summary |
Part three of the unique music documentary series, Great Australian Albums. Hunters & Collectors formed in Melbourne in 1981, in the post-punk Melbourne scene surrounding the Crystal Ballroom. The group was an immediate success and they soon migrated to London. However, the core of the band believed their future was in Australia, and decided to return. A dedication to touring and a desire to explore the ethos of Australian suburbia gave the group a direction that would make them one of the most successful Australian bands of the 1980s.The Hunters & Collectors breakthrough came in 1986 with the album Human Frailty. The album began with the writing of "Throw Your Arms Around Me", their most personal and romantic song. "Say Goodbye" soon followed, with its memorable chorus, "You don't make me feel like I'm a woman anymore." The rest of the album documents, in the most candid terms, the course of a doomed love affair that Mark Seymour was then going through. A parallel narrative is also running through the album - the story of a group adjusting to life on the road and an exploration of what it means to be Australian in the 1980s.The film reveals the personal politics, romantic relationships, and internal issues affecting the band at the time - explaining how all of these factors directly contributed to the band's unique sound, and the development of Human Frailty. . (Commissioned by SBSi, in English) (Documentary Series) (Part 3 of 4) |
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Broadcast 2011-03-13 at 00:55:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Hunters & Collectors (Musical group)
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Interpersonal relations.
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Love stories.
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Personality and politics.
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Rock music.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Archer, John, contributor
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Cox, Andrew, contributor
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Dempsey, Paul, contributor
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Falconer, Doug, contributor
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Falconer, Stephanie, contributor
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Frollows, Arnold, contributor
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Gudinski, Michael, contributor
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Howard, Jack, contributor
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Lowenstein, Richard, contributor
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Miles, Robert, contributor
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Perano, Greg, contributor
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Roberts, Michael, contributor
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Russell Smith, Jeremy, contributor
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Seymour, Mark, contributor
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Stone, Julie, contributor
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Waters, Michael, contributor
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