Australian Crawl - Unpublished Critics Lyrics






I'm just a shy romantic with my eyes on the loose
I'm in a overcoated way
A poet in a garret
You know what people say
Standing at the barline with my lip on the curl
I'm with the other lean and lear
My finger on the pulse
And my hand around a beer

Ah, Ahh, well I don't wanna know what's going round here
Ah, Ahh, it's just a matter of time, hold it under light
Ah, Ahh, I've got to get away, to get away, to get away

The singer in the band, he sweat on a pose
And he's really such a jerk
Thinks he can call me stupid
Because he gets a lot of work
I'm standing in the background, got my arms on the fold
And every dog's gonna have it's day
The New Musical Express and my own 4-way P.A.

Well, I've been reading those biographies in paperback
I've got a death-wish that I can't explain
I've been working on that petulance
And the urchin took my name

Ah, Ahh, well I don't wanna know what's going round here
Ah, Ahh, it's just a matter of time, hold it under light
Ah, Ahh, I've got to get away, to get away, to get away





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  1. m.... c....

    Axel rose is possibly the biggest fuckwit in rock. Then again there are plenty of deluded cunts to chose from

  2. P.... B....

    One of my favorite sissy crawl songs I'm a kiwi and I understand what he's saying

  3. t.... b....

    Well it definitely is pretty blatant, that's for sure. But, as they say, if you're going to rip something off, just make sure you do it better than the first guy. I think they followed the rule.

  4. M.... P....

    for real?

  5. B.... D....

    Genius brought me here

  6. D.... D....

    Pode pedir direitos pro Guns CRt c CRt v

  7. A.... F....

    Why dont people realised that coincidences happen in music. Im 100% sure this is one good example. Hell, whoever believes Coldplay "stole" Viva from Satriani, or that Zeppelin stole Stairway from Taurus, is an absolute moron in my book.

  8. B.... H....

    Similar a little bit but nothing can compare to my Slash GOD

  9. i.... x....

    You can tell me that it sounds like Sweet Child O Mine, but you can't tell me that the first 8 seconds of this song don't sound like Outfield's - Your Love

    i.... x....

    Amazing we discover a new plagiarism every day lmao

  10. R.... P....

    Hmm could be coincidence, and really most of the song is 3 common chords, but, opening guitar solo of this song, and the second guitar solo of sweet child of mine, just after first chorus are very very similar, suspiciously so, wouldn’t be shocked if it was used as inspiration

  11. P.... ....

    The similarities are very likely just a coincidence. If you know a bit about music theory, specifically chord progressions and writing good-sounding melodies over chord progressions, you know that coincidences like this are not only possible but inevitable given enough time.
    BTW, this is a good song and I like it.

  12. B.... h....

    1981 - Australian Crawl: Sirocco (Geffen Records)

    1987 - Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (Geffen Records)

    🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

  13. M.... A....

    Axl Rose liked it

  14. P.... I....

    This song is freaking good.
    Yes Sweet child o mine is heavily inspired by this song but sorry they made a better song than this.
    I'm not saying they can do whatever they want.

    It's good that they didn't rip off the whole song or I would have lost all the respect I have.

    And nobody said that Australian crawl has never has never used inspiration.

    Originality is all about hiding your sources.

    P.... I....

    I'm curious.. How do you know they were inspired by this song?

  15. T.... T....

    1:18 "Oooooh, Ooooh, Ohhhhh, sweet child o' mine!......."

    T.... T....

    Simon Binks, I'm just playing around. I know you humbly deny the fact that GnR stole your song. But, it's still funny to find the 'coincidences' in it.

  16. L.... L....

    If it was somehow taken from Australian crawls song I'd like to thank them for the great original song and for inspiring Guns n Roses to make Sweet Child o Mine coz omg I love that song

  17. n.... ....

    wrecked the cassette tape rewinding back to this song.....

  18. M.... L....

    I searched for this song after reading an article about the controversy with Guns 'n Roses--and I have to say that I really like it! I grew up in the 80's so this sort of tune is right in my wheelhouse. I'm glad I stumbled upon it.

  19. R.... G....

    After all these years it’s amazing how some of us are still alive & stupid 🤣

  20. o.... ....

    they're kinda like an australian tommy tutone, cool...

  21. d.... z....

    Alright, this seems nothing Iike Sweet Child at all.

  22. E.... R....

    Good Song

  23. D.... S....

    Esto no es plagio, a ver se considera plagio cuando la melodía es igual a otra durante 8 compases, aca lo que es igual es la armonía y no cuenta como tal.

  24. P.... K....

    these chaps totally ripped off sweet child o mine and then built a time machine and went back to 1981...well played lads well played.

  25. R.... C....

    sweet chill on mine.. jajajajajajajajja

  26. C.... ....

    What do you expect with same record label 😂

  27. D.... D....

    Note for note.

  28. D.... o....

    I expected to hear something very close instead it is just kind of similar. Yawn

  29. M.... d....

    O maior plágio de todos os tempos!

  30. c.... ....

    thanks to the internet it all comes out..deep purple and led zep are also in front lines of "borrowing"

  31. T.... Y....

    If you play guitar...this is a common progression... it does sound similar to SCOMine... but, this is putting sugar in milk, freezing it and calling ice cream... sweet child of mine is.... real ice cream.

  32. A.... m....

    This is def the song that Guns N Roses used for sweet child o mine

  33. J.... E....

    «There’s only one orginal song in the world. Adam and Eva wrote it»
    Keith Richards

  34. P.... E....

    without the lyrics, we'd all be fucked working what James is singing

  35. M.... S....

    Breathe 2 am by Anna Nalick sounds like these songs also probably with a dozen others.

  36. A.... K....

    Ñ sou fã de guns mas sweet child o mine ñ se parece muito com essa música. Exagero a matéria da whiplash dizer q dava até pra cantar por cima.

  37. Z.... O....

    I can’t say I hear the striking resemblance between this and sweet child o’ mine

    Z.... O....

    Go get your ears checked.

  38. b.... p....

    Someone in gnr knew about Australian music. I say someone heard it. The solo part and slashes are way close for mine. Could still be a coincidence tho. But same feel.

    b.... p....

    Given that one of them wears an Angels No Way T-shirt in a video, I highly doubt that, haha.

    b.... p....

    Yes it has the underlying vibe no doubt but other than that they are not similar at all.

    b.... p....

    Geffen Records took the Semantics EP Australian Crawl released in Australia in 1983 and added a bunch of tracks and released it in America as an LP in 1984. Coincidentally one of the songs Geffen added to the 84 LP Semantics was Unpublished Critics from Australian Crawl's 1981 album Sirocco.


    So people at Geffen knew about this song.

  39. M.... B....

    They owe you some money

  40. O.... M....

    Like who came from fb page metal af

  41. B.... S....

    Great tune!

  42. G.... N....

    I got here because of the GNR link. There's no way they stole this but this is a really great song. Happy find.

  43. P.... R....

    Those who are saying its a three chord song, its actually four chords, verse C, Bflat, F then chorus G, F, C

  44. p.... ....

    Holy shit, I never knew until now. Just fckn wow! These guys spawned one of the biggest rock songs of all time!

  45. m.... s....

    Just wanted to say I truly loved this song. Old time guitar player here and just makes me smile hearing this tune. Thanks from the USA.

  46. R.... T....

    "This song came out in 1981
    and "Sweet Child of Mine"
    came out in 1987....
    its just a coincidence
    of the similarities I guess."-🤔.
    🌐🎤🎸🎹🌐.

  47. S.... G....

    It's funny when the lead guitarist of the Australian Crawl's says its not a rip-off but everyone else has their panties in a bunch. They are similar and that;s all, I have made couple of riffs that sounds like metallica song, am I ripping them off too? There are only limited amount of chords and progressions. But these are the most common ones and it's definitely not a rip off, not even the vocal style or melody. They sound similar, that's all.

  48. j.... l....

    It sound KIND OF similar, but it's not like it was copied. They're just sort of similar sounding songs.

  49. D.... S....

    Sorry m8s but this most definitely is not a rip off. Not even kind of close. Maybe let the people who actually play music and know a thing or two decide. It’s funny how all of you idiots throw out the words “melody, harmony, and structure” like you even have a fucking clue what you’re talking about. The most similar thing is actually the drum part.

    Even the chorus everyone keeps going on about is different.

    This song - aaaaaAAAaaaaaah
    Sweet Child - WHOA OH oh oooohh

    Stop trying to cause drama, gnr has always had plenty of that without you cucks. Even this singer admits you’re all retarded

  50. S.... L....

    Kill Axl 🔪

  51. r.... ....

    people in the comments are going insane because the chord progression is the same and the vocal melody is similar but guys you do realize that music is very old and that it is very understandable that there are some songs that sound similar?

  52. M.... M....

    To me it´s almost the same song but GnR have change it to the better. But i get where they got the ide. And they dont have to pay fines for stealing/copying. Happens all the time.

  53. d.... w....

    Oz has produced a heap of great rock guitarists. Many with awesome dexterity. But I can't think of one who has produced as many brilliant, catchy, timeless riffs, intros, licks and fills as Simon Binks. Love Crawl. And James is a great front man.
    But without Simon they would never have made it past being a struggling pub band.
    For me, he's up there with Steve Connolly, of Paul Kelly's Coloured Girls, as a rock maestro.

  54. R.... M....

    Very under rated song from good old Aussie Crawl, love it.

  55. O.... ....

    You're here to listen to Crawl, not to argue about Gunners being rip-offs. This song is great.

  56. T.... S....

    Respect for the original song.
    And embrace the upgrade
    Let's be honest, irrespective of plagiarism or not. I find both song good.

    T.... S....

    Oh no that's not the point, one made a band super rich and I don't think the original song got royalties off Guns.


    That's the thing.

  57. B.... R....

    They don't sound alike at all sweet child 0f mine and this

  58. B.... F....

    It is very similar but the lyrics are not

  59. T.... ....

    The chords and tempo are the same. The chords correspond to Slash’s intro that instantly gets your attention and keeps it. Guns had no problem covering songs. Knocking on Heaven’s Door is one example. I’m sure if they wanted this song they would have covered it with proper song credit. Slash’s intro makes me think it’s a coincidence.

  60. C.... S....

    Similar? Yes, but I don't think SCOM is stolen. I've read that the song was written when Slash was just screwing around and started playing the riff that opens the song. Axl liked it and he wrote the lyrics about his girlfriend at the time. There's only so many chords that would fit together under that riff and only a few ways to arrange them. Slash has way too much integrity as an artist to knowingly steal or copy the music of others. Look at all the brilliant stuff he's done in his career. That being said, I really like this song as well. I just now read about the "controversy" and had to give it a listen. I'd bet the guys who wrote this song are wayyyyy over this conspiracy theory lol.

  61. k.... ....

    Yeah this is shit!

  62. l.... b....

    GnR kind of ripped off the solo too,At the end I can hear the solo also,But they have heavily modified this song,
    I'm a huge GnR fan,But its okay, I love sweet child' o mine more.
    Almost every band did rip offs,If you search the internet ,you can find rip offs by your other favourite bands too

    l.... b....

    And GnR made so many awesome songs apart from this one, it's not like it made their career

  63. A.... 1....

    I love how I searched up sweet child o mine ripoff and this was the first video that came up

  64. d.... r....

    Why did the Guns N’ Roses song get stuck in my head just now and I thought to myself “that song sucks so bad I bet they just stole it” and here I am 😂😂

    d.... r....

    detroit retro gamer drg313 they didn’t steal it, loads of differences

  65. T.... ....

    I like how 99,99% of people always support the most famous side, or the one they like more... You are telling me that if this song was released AFTER sweet child o' mine, you wouldn't be accusing this band of ripping GnR off?? Yeah, right!

    T.... ....

    ThemTipsyFingers no, we wouldn’t, because the songs are different

  66. T.... ....

    In their drunken Hollywood travels, either Gn'R or their producers Spencer Proffer & Mike Clink must've heard this song covered by some Sunset Strip/Burbank bar band, & subconsciously (?) incorporated the elements into the "circus melody jam" which eventually become Sweet Child O' Mine.....Or, being that Australian Crawl was at one point signed to Geffen just as Gn'R were, perhaps somebody heard a demo of this song....

  67. P.... J....

    Guns n roses swears it’s just a coincidence.

  68. j.... ....

    There's a one big difference I see between the two songs... when Australian Crawl listened to the demo didn't ask themselves "Where do we go? Where do we go now?"
    Just joking, very very nice song I listened today for the first time!
    CIAO DA ROMA 🇮🇹

  69. A.... I....

    I don’t think GnR ripped it off.

  70. V.... L....

    and less than 2 months from now I will be watching for the very first time GNR will held a concert here in The Philippines, got the PLatinum ticket! Worth Watching!

  71. s.... g....

    i wish for a songbook with all the good crawl songs, cause people love australian crawl songs, these songs have our identity in them,i'm going to learn this one now i have the lyrics, and go out on the street and play it for people...love the guitar work on these classics, good production too,

  72. L.... D....

    Gnr couldn't steal the song cause nobody knew of the existence of this!!! Nobody ever heard this band so who cares

  73. d.... ....

    How can all you dumb C×#ts not hear it!

  74. M.... B....

    it also sounds like The Garden of Use your Illussion, double rip off if you ask me

    M.... B....

    Aleph Satori I don’t hear it

  75. S.... m....

    Amo .
    Nasci no ano de 1980 mas mesmo não sendo da minha geração...
    Amoooooo

  76. B.... T....

    WHY AUSTRALIAN CRAWL IS NOT CHARGING FOR THE RIGHTS OF sweet child o´mine of guns and dollars? Its a clear plagiarism!!!!!

  77. H.... ....

    Total blatant ripoff by Asshole Rose.

  78. S.... M....

    Guns n Rose's ripped of sweet child o mine

  79. G.... ....

    I put the record on recently and hear this song come on. I had forgotten all about it but I started singing the lyrics to sweet child o' mine to it. The similarities go beyond the chord progression but whatever, I like both songs. Thank you for your contribution to Aussie music Simon.

  80. J.... F....

    Simon Binks, I'm very late to this conversation. You are a brilliant guitarist: an absolute inspiration.

  81. C.... D....

    Dang, this song is really good. You can see why Izzy and the boys ripped it off.

  82. I.... B....

    I also do not see the similarity of this tune and the guns and roses piece of over-hyped overplayed underdone crap, Its the first time i'm hearing this and i like it.

  83. H.... ....

    similar to sweet child o mine but still a distinctively separate song. This is no my sweet lord/she's so fine deal.

  84. W.... ....

    Sweet Child o' Mine

  85. m.... o....

    This is a great song and it does sound similar to Sweet Child O' Mine. Thank goodness I love both band's music. Peace !

  86. M.... A....

    GNR??? 👎👎👎👎👎👎

  87. P.... ....

    Its not like either song has a particularly complicated or unusual chord structure or rhythm. Pure coincidence. It does make me laugh when people say someone must have ripped off their stuff. Theres 12 musical notes in existence and millions of people writing songs, theres going to be some similarities along the way

  88. c.... ....

    Blimey, that is Sweet Child O' Mine, or I'm Bing Crosby.

  89. a.... ....

    co to za dykcja ??? australijska ? :)

  90. M.... P....

    well, different riff, quite different melodie, different time, different style, lyrics talking about different things.... just something similar (only with the voice) during the chorus....... Sweet Child o' Mine is completely another song. And,honestly, three or four steps higher.

  91. J.... N....

    Here's the deal: CROISSANDWICH!

  92. P.... ....

    This guys kinda sounds like the lead singer of Loverboy

  93. D.... W....

    Classic!

  94. L.... F....

    Guns 'N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine is way better than that hot garbage!

  95. A.... R....

    Who cares Amigo...this how we do in Australiana😝

  96. V.... Y....

    this song has wooooo woooooo wooooo, sweeet child o mine written over I! give credit where credit is due! sue GnR!

  97. R.... T....

    It does sound like sweet child a little here and there,but for the most part it has it own sound and I like this song alot and I cannot stand sweet child of mine,heard it so many times its so unbearable at times😀like this better😀

  98. Y.... T....

    Obviously the GnR thing led me here. However, I really like that song. Yes, theres similarities but they use the same three chords a million other bands use. Ed Sheeran does it to his own fucking songs.

  99. T.... z....

    The intro sounds like glycerin by bush

  100. F.... ....

    I don't hear it.