Just an autistic guy talking about the songs he likes
Original video located here. Accessed 23rd September 2026
Song title: We Can't Be Beaten
Artist: Rose Tattoo
Year: 1982
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Angry Anderson
I've said previously I'm a sucker for motivational anthems and this is one of them, served with a roar of defiance.
Original video located here. Accessed 16th September 2026
Song title: Immune Deficiency
Artist: Rail
Year: 1995
Why I like this song:
I first heard this song about thirty years and for some reason it has never left me.
However I will admit I've been on something of a journey with this song. When I first heard it, I was getting in Triple J and being impressed that they played songs that had curse words and drug references. But within time, I grew tired of it as it was such a downer of a song.
More time passed however I came to see this song in a different light: It is such an anguished song, with lyrics about regret and some really aggressive instrumentation - particularly that climax.
It somehow spoke to my teenage mind and I'm sure I'm not alone.
But I realise now that this song has an interesting structure: It starts regretful and quiet, gets angry, leads into the afore-mentioned climax and eventually ends with the quiet passage that started it. And it's that quite end that stands out for me: Because it's the implication that if today (yesterday?) sucked, then tomorrow might be better......
Song title: I Will Always Love You
Artist: Dolly Parton
Year: 1974
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Dolly Parton
And we will always love you
Original video located here. Accessed 19th August 2026
Song title: Doubleback
Artist: ZZ Top
Year: 1990
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Frank Beard
We had the same birthday....
Funny how at the same time I'm getting into ZZ Top, one of them leaves for good....
Song title: Your God (Not Mine)
Artist: Icehouse
Year: 2006
Why I like this song:
I first heard this song twenty years ago and came away impressed. Looking at it now however, it remains a frustration.
When I say that it is, by no means, a slight against the song - far from it. What it means is that this a glimpse of an album that has been worked on since the early 2000s. And according to Iva, said album is, at time of writing, in a state of unfinished - which in turn, makes the delays garnered by the likes of Guns N' Roses and My Bloody Valentine, seem tame by comparison.
Grumbling aside, there is still some potential here. It sounds like an extension of what was being done on the Big Wheel album, both in production and bitterness.
Does this mean Iva churns out great stuff when he's pissed off?
Song title: Get Me Out of Here
Artist: Jet
Year: 2003
Why I like this song:
Recently I sat down and listened to Jet's Get Born album for the first time in years.
I will admit that I did go out and get this album back in 2003. Like many other people, I was taken in by the hype and enjoyed Get Born a lot. But, as is often the case, what one enjoyed back then may not hold water years later.
Given that so many people have put the boot into this band since, I have to wonder exactly how this band will be remembered, twenty-three years later (and beyond). It is common practice to be excited by one thing only to revisit it years later and reach the conclusion of 'what was I thinking' - it's human nature and how we grow.
That being lot of people criticised Jet when they originally made waves only to criticise them further in the years since. So much so, one would think their defenders would be overwhelmed by weight of numbers.
In fact, now that I think about it, I can draw a few similarities between Jet and Oasis. Both bands:
Song title: Ray of Light
Artist: Madonna
Year: 1998
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. William Orbit
May his production skills continue to last