Album:
Bow River is on Circus Animals which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 15 March 1982 and peaked at #1.
Songwriter:
Ian Moss
Producers:
Mark Opitz, Cold Chisel
Record label of Australian release:
WEA
Wikipedia:
Bow River is a song by guitarist Ian Moss, written about a sheep station in Western Australia where his brother Peter had once worked. The song was included as the B-side to the Australian version of the single for Forever Now but proved so popular that it was often played on radio in its own right.
Many of the songs on the Circus Animals album were written as a direct reaction to the pop success of the band’s previous LP East and feature unusual, experimental arrangements. Singer Jimmy Barnes said, “the whole band, particularly Don, decided to revolt against the pop formula when we made Circus Animals.” Don Walker said, “There was no way of improving what we’d done on East, so we had to think of new things to try.”
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Lyrics:
Listen now to the wind, babe
Listen now to the rain
Feel that water lickin’ at my feet again
I don’t wanna see this town no more
Wastin’ my days on a factory floor
First thing you know I’ll be back in Bow River again
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