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FED:The Boys Light Up: Australian Crawl back after 40 years

In a storied career, singer James Reyne is perhaps best remembered for two legendary moments.

The first was when his band Australian Crawl made their debut on Countdown, Reyne singing the band's first single Beautiful People with both arms encased in plaster after being hit by a car.

The second was a memorable parody by The Late Show which sent up his unmistakable (and often indecipherable) vocal delivery - with subtitles.

He gets reminded of both on most days, but reminds AAP that The Late Show also satirised Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes and the Little River Band - some of the biggest names in Australian music.

''I was flattered, to be honest,'' he says. "I thought it was funny - one of the (lyrical) subtitles was 'something about gnocchi'."

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