Good Times. Cold Chisel: The Break Up

This excerpt from the music documentary Good Times. Cold Chisel shows Jimmy Barnes talking about the band starting to fragment and seeing the writing on the wall that it was time to go their separate ways. 

It is apparent how important it was for Cold Chisel to end their career on their own terms. Despite being at the height of their success and popularity, they felt they were not giving the fans their best and didn't want to continue on that path.

The clip starts with Jimmy Barnes interviewed on a balcony against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour on a glorious sunny day. Wearing a simple black T shirt he describes how the band members sensed the band was coming to an end. The setting for his comments illustrate how far he had come as a career musician. Previous interviews were in drab hotel rooms, but presumably this is his own home on the harbour. After referencing Cold Chisel's German tour 1982, we get to see footage of that concert. The inclusion of a warm, studio-recorded voice of a trained voiceover artist that follows seems very strange and out of place, especially when contrasted with Barnes' gravelly Scottish - Australian accent.