GANGgajang - Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia) @levitatingbluecat

levitatingbluecat The timeless GANGgajang song. Written by Mark "Cal" Callaghan. Produced by Joe Wissert, Mark "Cal" Calaghan, Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup. From the double DVD "The Complete GANGgajang".

MORE GANGgajang songs and interviews at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GANGgajangOfficial

For more info http://www.ganggajang.com

SOUNDS OF THEN (THIS IS AUSTRALIA )
(M.Callaghan)

I think I hear the sounds of then,
And people talking,
The scenes recalled, by minute movement,
And songs they fall, from the backing tape.
That certain texture,that certain smell,

To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets,
In brick veneer on financed beds.
In a room, of silent hardiflex
That certain texture, that certain smell,
Brings home the heavy days,
Brings home the the night time swell,

Out on the patio we'd sit,
And the humidity we'd breathe,
We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields
Laugh and think, this is Australia.

The block is awkward - it faces west,
With long diagonals, sloping too.
And in the distance, through the heat haze,
In convoys of silence the cattle graze.
That certain texture, that certain beat,
Brings forth the night time heat.

Out on the patio we'd sit,
And the humidity we'd breathe,
We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields
Laugh and think that this is Australia.

To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets,
In brick veneer on financed beds.
In a room of silent hardiflex
That certain texture, that certain smell,
Brings forth the heavy days,
Brings forth the night time sweat
Out on the patio we'd sit,
And the humidity we'd breathe,
We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields
Laugh and think, this is Australia.
This is Australia etc..

updated 19 years ago

GANGgajang - Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)

levitatingbluecat 2007-04-05 | The timeless GANGgajang song. Written by Mark "Cal" Callaghan. Produced by Joe Wissert, Mark "Cal" Calaghan, Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup. From the double DVD "The Complete GANGgajang".

MORE GANGgajang songs and interviews at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GANGgajangOfficial

For more info http://www.ganggajang.com

SOUNDS OF THEN (THIS IS AUSTRALIA )
(M.Callaghan)

I think I hear the sounds of then,
And people talking,
The scenes recalled, by minute movement,
And songs they fall, from the backing tape.
That certain texture,that certain smell,

To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets,
In brick veneer on financed beds.
In a room, of silent hardiflex
That certain texture, that certain smell,
Brings home the heavy days,
Brings home the the night time swell,

Out on the patio we'd sit,
And the humidity we'd breathe,
We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields
Laugh and think, this is Australia.

The block is awkward - it faces west,
With long diagonals, sloping too.
And in the distance, through the heat haze,
In convoys of silence the cattle graze.
That certain texture, that certain beat,
Brings forth the night time heat.

Out on the patio we'd sit,
And the humidity we'd breathe,
We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields
Laugh and think that this is Australia.

To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets,
In brick veneer on financed beds.
In a room of silent hardiflex
That certain texture, that certain smell,
Brings forth the heavy days,
Brings forth the night time sweat
Out on the patio we'd sit,
And the humidity we'd breathe,
We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields
Laugh and think, this is Australia.
This is Australia etc..

CINCO CINCO - ERIC STEVENSON feat. Paula S

levitatingbluecat 2023-05-13 | CINCO CINCO
(G.Stapleton / P. Willersdorf)
Universal - Control
Film Clip - Geoffrey and Jude Stapleton

The Self Fulfilling Prophesy Machine YOU REALLY ROCK ME

levitatingbluecat 2019-05-21 | The Self Fulfilling Prophesy Machine is Geoffrey Stapleton and Corey Stewart. YOU REALLY ROCK ME is their third single. Clip by Geoffrey Stapleton with Paul Fagan behind the camera.

Geoffrey Stapleton Interview

levitatingbluecat 2017-07-24 | An interview with Geoffrey Stapleton at THE geoffrey stapleton GALLERY, 95a Prospect Rd .Prospect. South Australia. in 2012.

Eric Stevenson and The Yes Men -Standing On A Chair Singing My Way

levitatingbluecat 2017-07-18 | Eric Stevenson And The Yes Men performing the Geoffrey Stapleton song, "Standing On A Chair Singing My Way", which was inspired by Eric Stevenson standing on a chair singing "My Way". Terry Jones played the saxophone. It was produced and directed by Geoffrey Stapleton for SSP and Paul Fagan was the cameraman. Robbert Ernst was on keys in the clip. It was recorded at Karisma Recording Studio in Collinswood SA and filmed at Wassail Wine Bar in Prospect SA. on 2nd July 2017.

The Self Fulfilling Prophesy Machine - DEMOCRACY

levitatingbluecat 2016-12-07 | DEMOCRACY is the second video release for Australian band "The Self Fulfilling Prophesy Machine" (T.S.F.P.M.) and concerns itself with the evolution of democracy from the Greeks through to Trump. Written by Stewart/Stapleton and the film clip was filmed by Paul Fagan and directed and assembled by Geoffrey Stapleton.

The Self Fulfilling Prophesy Machine - SOFTWARE BABY

levitatingbluecat 2016-07-14 | Geoffrey Stapleton and Corey Stewart formed the band, THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHESY MACHINE" in late 2015. Here is the video for "SOFTWARE BABY", the first single from their upcoming album.

Sienna Keera - The Ballad Of You And Me

levitatingbluecat 2016-04-05 | Here is Sienna Keera covering a Geoffrey Stapleton song.

THE PROSPECTORS - Dancing In The Street

levitatingbluecat 2015-12-20 | The Prospectors are an acoustic band from Prospect, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Here they are performing "Dancing In The Street" at the Norwood Concert Hall on the 28th of November, 2015.
Visit our webpage http://www.thegeoffreystapletongallery.com/the_prospectors.html

THE PROSPECTORS - Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)

levitatingbluecat 2015-12-20 | THE PROSPECTORS are an acoustic band from Prospect, a suburb of Adelaide , South Australia. Here they are performing GANGgajang's classic "Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)" at The Norwood Concert Hall on Saturday 28th of November, 2015. Visit our webpage http://www.thegeoffreystapletongallery.com/the_prospectors.html

The PROSPECTORS - WILD THING

levitatingbluecat 2015-12-20 | The PROSPECTORS are an acoustic band from Prospect , a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia . Here they are performing at the Norwood Concert Hall on 28-11-15. Visit our webpage http://www.thegeoffreystapletongallery.com/the_prospectors.html

THE WISDOM OF PARRY COCOPEZ

levitatingbluecat 2015-01-12 | Two busking musicians discussing life. Illustrated and animated by Geoffrey Stapleton and voiced by Hanuman.

DOGS HAVE SOULS

levitatingbluecat 2014-06-03 | Time-lapse painting by Geoffrey Stapleton called "Dogs Have Souls" with music by Emcee SUNLIGHT. It was painted on the street in front of THE geoffrey stapleton GALLERY at 95 Prospect Rd Prospect S.A. in 2013

The Process (How to make a movie) - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2014-01-06 | This is the time lapse animation of a painting called "The Process" (How To Make A Movie) by Geoffrey Stapleton and was commissioned by Belinda and David Mackey of "Mackbel Films" http://www.mackbelfilms.com . It shows four stages of making a movie. Panel 1 is the ideas, panel 2 is the shoot, panel 3 is the editing and panel 4 is the screening.The song "Impossible " was written and performed by Geoffrey Stapleton and Corey Stewart.

ABOVE SUSPICION - Geoffrey Stapleton (timelapse painting)

levitatingbluecat 2013-09-10 | Geoffrey Stapleton's painting of a courtroom scene was commissioned by Michael Walker in 2013. The Music is by the band JJ'S WAY (JJ Harris, Robert James and Geoffrey Stapleton). The song was written and sung by Geoffrey Stapleton.

Dancing On The Edge - Geoffrey Stapleton (timelapse painting)

levitatingbluecat 2013-08-03 | This is a time-lapse movie of the painting of "Dancing On The Edge" by Geoffrey Stapleton.
It was painted on the street in front of "The Geoffrey Stapleton Gallery" at 95A Prospect Road , Prospect, South Australia in May 2013 as the invitation for the group exhibition "DANCE".

The Music is by the band JJ's WAY and the song "Rock" was written by JJ Harris, Robert James and Geoffrey Stapleton.

I Wish I Could Paint Like Kally Doyle

levitatingbluecat 2012-08-09 | A song about the Australian artist Kally Doyle featuring images from her 2012 exhibition. Written and performed by Geoffrey Stapleton. More information at http://www.thegeoffreystapletongallery.com

THE geoffrey stapleton GALLERY Graffiti

levitatingbluecat 2011-12-16 | Sienna and I were doing a photo shoot in the alleys of Prospect when we came across some amazing graffiti art. Sienna took a whole lot of still shots of me as well as the art and we animated it all later.

THE geoffrey stapleton GALLERY - The Opening

levitatingbluecat 2011-11-08 | A home movie version of the opening of "THE geoffrey stapleton GALLERY" on 1st July 2011 with the opening speech by Mark "Cal" Callaghan and music by GANGgajang with Sienna Keera on percussion.

The opening exhibition was "OCEANS" from the "OCEANS AND DESERTS" series of paintings by Geoffrey Stapleton on canvas and tables.
The tables were built and designed by Paul Stapleton.

Special thanks to Danny Johnson and Paul Fagan for filming it and to Jake Watkins for the photography.

More info at http://www.thegeoffreystapletongallery.com

GANGgajang remix by CryLogic - This Is Australia (Sounds Of Then)

levitatingbluecat 2010-09-24 | Dance remix by CRY LOGIC of GANGgajang's classic song "Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)" written by Mark "Cal" Callaghan with instrumental melodies based on Robert James' original guitar parts. Film clip by Geoffrey Stapleton.

The Making Of The Tables - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2010-06-22 | A look at how the tables from the upcoming "Oceans and Deserts" exhibition were made. Features Geoffrey Stapleton and Paul Stapleton.

Oceans and Deserts - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2010-06-16 | This is a preview of paintings on canvas and tables from Geoffrey Stapleton's studio for the upcoming exhibition called "Oceans And Deserts". The tables were designed and built by Paul Stapleton.

The Ideas Man - Sex and Death

levitatingbluecat 2010-02-14 | A short animation by Geoffrey Stapleton about an "ideas man" thinking about sex and death. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/homepage.htm

GReF - Sete Transicoes

levitatingbluecat 2010-02-09 | GReF are an Australian instrumental duo comprising GReG WEBSTER on lead guitar and GeOFF STAPLETON on other stuff. "Sete Transicoes" (Seven Transitions) was shot live at the "Blue Cat Studio" on 2nd February 2010. More GReF info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/otherbands/gref.htm

The Ideas Man - The Truth

levitatingbluecat 2010-01-14 | Short animation by Geoffrey Stapleton about an Ideas Man grappling with "The Truth". More Info at - http://www.ganggajang.com/homepage.htm

ANDIFSOWHY - Gene Pool

levitatingbluecat 2009-12-23 | Australian band ANDIFSOWHY with their song "Gene Pool". Danny Johnson - vocal, Geoffrey Stapleton - guitar, Paul Stapleton- bass, Tom "Tommy G" Gemmell. Written by D.Johnson/G.Stapleton . Produced by Geoffrey Stapleton. Film clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. Extra filming by Sienna Stapleton More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/andifsowhy/andifsowhy_index.html

ANDIFSOWHY - Running Out Of Gasoline

levitatingbluecat 2009-12-23 | Australian band ANDIFSOWHY with their song "Running Out Of Gasoline". Danny Johnson - vocal, Geoffrey Stapleton - guitar, Paul Stapleton- bass, Tom "Tommy G" Gemmell. Written by D.Johnson/G.Stapleton . Produced by Geoffrey Stapleton. Film clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. Extra filming by Sienna Stapleton. Special recording guest on bass is the amazingly talented Nick Pennington. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/andifsowhy/andifsowhy_index.html

ANDIFSOWHY - See You On The Other Side

levitatingbluecat 2009-12-22 | Australian band ANDIFSOWHY with their song "See You On The Other Side". Danny Johnson - vocal, Geoffrey Stapleton - guitar, Paul Stapleton- bass, Tom "Tommy G" Gemmell - drums. Written by D.Johnson/G.Stapleton . Produced by Geoffrey Stapleton. Film clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. Original art work and masks by Danny Johnson. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/andifsowhy/andifsowhy_index.html

A Brief History Of Music - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2009-07-08 | A time lapse painting of Geoffrey Stapleton's rather subjective view of music history which includes Australian band GANGgajang.

The picture took ten weeks to paint and was commissioned by Sue and Paul Fagan who also appear in the painting discussing the evening's entrertainment. The band, "The Mentals" they refer to is the legendary Australian band "Mental As Anything".

The writing is hard to read at first but becomes legible as the clip progresses.

PLAYING IN A SURF BAND - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2009-03-22 | This thinly disguised biographical piece on how Geoffrey Stapleton came to be playing in a surf band, is really just a vehicle to use the same photo of Chris Bailey eight times (digitally altered) in a clip. He is all five members of the gothic family watching TV, he is the "dole office guy", mowhawk guy, band member...
For more info visit http://www.ganggajang.com

THE search PARTY interview

levitatingbluecat 2009-01-20 | Animated by Rik Peters and directed by Geoffrey Stapleton it is co-hosted by Rik Peters and his computer. It features separate interviews with "THE search PARTY" members. Kieron Gardiner, Mark O'Connor, Cye Wood, Aaron Peters and the enigmatic Masque. More info at
http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/srchprty/tsp_home2.htm

SEVEN SUITORS (Time-lapse painting) - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2008-11-18 | A time lapse film of Geoffrey Stapleton painting "Seven Suitors". The time lapse filming was commissioned in 1993 by Rob Wellington for some editing software he was developing. It took about three days to film in my flat in McCleay St., Kings Cross, Sydney. Where the film goes dark in sections is when day turned into night. Music also by Geoffrey. For more information visit http://www.ganggajang.com/homepage.htm

THE search PARTY - Aloha Baby

levitatingbluecat 2008-10-19 | Australian band. The song was written by K.Gardiner/G.Stapleton, produced by Geoffrey Stapleton and mixed by Jeremy Allom. Sets by Aaron Peters, Kieron Gardiner and Geoffrey Stapleton. Clip shot by Rik Peters, Geoffrey Stapleton and John Nikolakopoulos and assembled by Stapleton. Dance routines by Lex. For more info on THE search PARTY, go here - http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/srchprty/tsp_home2.htm .

JJs WAY - ROCK

levitatingbluecat 2008-08-28 | Australian band JJ's WAY...rock !

NUGGET AND ZOID ZOID - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2008-04-07 | Animated cartoon about an alien and an Australian working man talking in a bar. Created by Geoffrey Stapleton. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/homepage.htm

THE search PARTY - This Is The Drug

levitatingbluecat 2008-03-29 | "THE search PARTY" classic "THIS IS THE DRUG" written by Kieron Gardiner and Geoffrey Stapleton and released by Festival Records in 1999. Clip by Rik Peters and Geoffrey Stapleton. The band consisted of Kieron Gardiner, Cye Wood, Mark O'connor, Rik Peters , Aaron Peters, Ross Pepper and "Masque" (AKA Geoffrey Stapleton.) For more info go here - http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/srchprty/tsp_home2.htm

26 WEEKS - Rowan Graham

levitatingbluecat 2008-03-25 | Australian artist Rowan Graham delivers his song about doing time called 26 WEEKS. Music and clip by Geoffrey Stapleton.

GReF - The Timeless Zone

levitatingbluecat 2008-03-04 | GReF is an Australian instrumental duo comprising GReG WeBSTER on lead guitar and GeOFF STAPLeTON on all other instruments. The clip for "The Timeless Zone" was shot mainly live at the "Blue Cat Studio" on 1st February 2008More GReF info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/otherbands/gref.htm

JJS WAY - Come To The Party

levitatingbluecat 2008-02-07 | Australian band JJ's WAY. Song by Robert James and clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. More info at http://www.myspace.com/jjswayband

GANGgajang - NOMADSLAND

levitatingbluecat 2008-01-09 | Released by GANGgajang in 2000. Song by Robert James and clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. High quality version available at http://www.ganggajang.com

NOMADSLAND
(Robert James)

I can feel the earth for the first time since my birth
I can feel it through the holes in my old walking shoes
Don't know where I'm going, I don't know where I've been
I'm just blowing in the wind in between
Here in Nomadsland
Walking in Nomadsland

Somewhere in the middle lands an echo from the streets
Fleeting noises disappear along the lonely creeks
To the rivers of forgetfulness in the wastelands of time
You can grow a garden on a grain of sand
Here in Nomadsland
Walking in Nomadsland

I'm walking through time in Australia
Two hundred years later
Walking through time in Australia
Two hundred years later

...Sixty thousand years later

THE search PARTY - The Tin Man

levitatingbluecat 2008-01-02 | Remix of THE search PARTY classic "This Is The Drug" . Lead vocal - Kieron Gardiner. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/srchprty/tsp_home2.htm

GReF - Last Train To GReFsville

levitatingbluecat 2007-12-03 | GReF is an Australian guitar duo comprising GReG WeBSTER on lead guitar and GeOFF STAPLeTON on rhythm. The clip for "Last Train To GReFsville" was shot mainly live at the "Blue Cat Studio" on 26th November 2007. More GReF info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/otherbands/gref.htm

WILDE IN THE CLUB - M.D Lethal and The Purple Move

levitatingbluecat 2007-11-20 | A song of homage to some very cool people. Written By Alan Houghton and Geoffrey Stapleton. (AKA "M.D. Lethal And The Purple Move".) Vocal by Alan Houghton, music arranged by Geoffrey Stapleton. Film Clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. Original paintings by Alan Houghton.

OVA - Metapelet

levitatingbluecat 2007-09-21 | OVA were an Adelaide (South Australian) band from 1972 - 1974. Here they perform "Metapelet", a Kevin Govet song, complete with a drum solo from Geoffrey Stapleton !
They performed most notably at the Sunbury Music Festival in 1974 . For more information go here.
http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/otherbands/ova.htm

JJs WAY - GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT

levitatingbluecat 2007-08-26 | Australian band JJ's WAY -A subversive swipe at reality TV disguised as a catchy tune. Clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. High quality version of the clip and the song may be purchased at http://www.jjsway.com or visit http://www.myspace.com/jjswayband

TANTRA - Hole

levitatingbluecat 2007-06-20 | Adelaide band TANTRA'S blistering song "Hole". Clip by Geoffrey Stapleton. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com/geofpgs/paintngs/tantra_art.htm

GANGgajang - TRUST

levitatingbluecat 2007-04-03 | TRUST, a GANGgajang classic, was produced by Robert James, Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup and GANGgajang.
Film clip directed and animated by Geoffrey Stapleton. From "The Complete GANGgajang" double DVD. More info at http://www.ganggajang.com

TRUST
(C.Bailey, M.Callaghan, R.James, G.Stapleton)

Some say love it is an ocean, comes and goes with the flow
I know love is just emotion, it's all about letting go
You got to take it on trust, all these things I tell you now
You know that I wouldn't lie, you can see it in my eyes

You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no witness
You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no lawyer
You can take it on trust -- we don't need no handshake
Nothing between us - take it on
Take it on trust

Some say love is a reaction,
a balanced mix that's ill defined
It can take you to another place;
it can bring you such peace of mind
On your lost and lonely nights,
when you wander all alone
Trust the light love brings inside you
'Cos it can lead you home

You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no witness
You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no lawyer
You can take it on trust -- we don't need no handshake between us
Take it on trust

Some say hope springs eternal but I know hope is what love brings
To bridge the words that lie between us, as trees bend to the wind
In a world of fakes and forgers, where we all can be betrayed
It's through trust and trust alone that our love can grow
And we all can be saved

You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no witness
You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no lawyer
You've got to take it on trust -- we don't need no handshake between us
Take it on trust

ANIMATING TRUST - Geoffrey Stapleton

levitatingbluecat 2007-04-02 | Geoffrey Stapleton demonstrates the animation process he used to create GANGgajang's "TRUST" film clip. It's taken from the double DVD "The Complete GANGgajang". More info at http://www.ganggajang.com

GANGgajang - TRUST (Geoffs remix)

levitatingbluecat 2007-04-02 | One minute of Geoffrey Stapleton's remix of the GANGgajang classic "TRUST".
The clip features Stapleton's original animations. More info at
http://www.ganggajang.com

GANGgajang - Anodyne Dream

levitatingbluecat 2007-03-21 | This Mark "Cal" Callaghan song was produced for GANGgajang by Robert James in 2002. The lyrics are made up entirely of the titles of other songs!
The animated clip is by Geoffrey Stapleton.
It is one of 17 film clips from the double DVD, "The Complete GANGgajang". More info at http://www.ganggajang.com

ANODYNE DREAM
(M.Callaghan)

All I have to do is dream
Nightshift,
Billy jean
Life in a northern town
You've lost that lovin feeling
Like a virgin,
She's leaving home
Like a rolling stone
I know what boys like,
I send a message
This is not a love song
Love cats
Get it on
Love street
I've got you
Skin deep
I'm stranded
Before too long

Anodyne dream --
We can work it out
Anodyne dream --
All you need is love
Anodyne dream --
Across the universe
Anodyne dream --
Don't stop till you
get enough

50 ways to leave your lover
What you need,
When the war is over
Turn up your radio
I'll be gone The day you come
Flame trees, Distant sun
Where the wild roses grow

Do you see what I see
I want to break free
I won't get fooled again
The power and the passion
The age of reason
It's all in the game

Please don't let me be misunderstood
If I walk on by one fine day
I say a little prayer for you
I can't stand the rain chain reaction
A fraction too much friction
Science fiction
Uptown girl downtown jive talking
Walking in the rain stayin' alive
Freak out

We can work it out,
All you need is love,
Across the universe,
And your bird can sing,
Anytime at all,
I'll keep you satisfied,
Pale blue eyes,
Marquee moon,
The astral plane