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Noiseworks - 'Take me back'

1987

Noiseworks - 'Take me back'

1987

  • NFSA IDM7CZNQJP
  • TypeTelevision
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormMusic
  • Duration3 mins, 27 secs
  • GenresPopular music
  • Year1987

‘Take Me Back’ (1987) pushed Noiseworks into the mainstream when it peaked at No. 7. Produced by Mark Opitz, it has the era’s signature drum sound and a soaring chorus courtesy of Jon Stevens – mullet, leather jacket and all. The video flips between warehouse performance shots and Stevens walking out of a tunnel into strobe-lit close-ups, Bono-style. Guitarist Stuart ‘Chet’ Fraser takes his solo high up on scaffolding, and the whole thing is drenched in late-’80s rock aesthetics: headless bass, yearning vocals, moody colour palette. It’s pure Bon Jovi by way of Sydney, a time capsule of what Aussie rock was striving for on the international stage.

‘Take Me Back’ (1987) pushed Noiseworks into the mainstream when it peaked at No. 7. Produced by Mark Opitz, it has the era’s signature drum sound and a soaring chorus courtesy of Jon Stevens – mullet, leather jacket and all. The video flips between warehouse performance shots and Stevens walking out of a tunnel into strobe-lit close-ups, Bono-style. Guitarist Stuart ‘Chet’ Fraser takes his solo high up on scaffolding, and the whole thing is drenched in late-’80s rock aesthetics: headless bass, yearning vocals, moody colour palette. It’s pure Bon Jovi by way of Sydney, a time capsule of what Aussie rock was striving for on the international stage.

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