Song title: Reptile
Artist: Smashing Pumpkins
Originally Done By: The Church
Year: 2008
Why I like this song:
This is a cover I never would've guessed. I love the Pumpkins and I love the Church so seeing both come together is fine by me
Original video located here. Accessed 29th August 2011
Song title: Junk of the Heart (Happy)
Artist: The Kooks
Year: 2011
Why I like this song:
Currently experiencing problems with my romantic partner - and to that end this song has been handy to have around...
Original video located here. Accessed 9th December 2012
Song title: Never Tear Us Apart
Artist: INXS
Year: 1987
Why I like this song:
Given that I've been listening to INXS lately, it would be somewhat inevitable that I would come to what is widely regarded as their best album Kick.
Yeah it's all right.
As for this song, it's funny hearing it now because for years, particularly as an eighties kid, it was one of those song that was always there: The opening strings, Michael's vocals and that sudden stop. You know the song but somehow, it's always the parts of it; never the whole thing.
Although to this day, I find it hard to listen to this song without striking some melodramatic pose.
Original video located here. Accessed 15th August 2011
Song title: Tuesday
Artist: You Am I
Year: 1996
Why I like this song:
Recently I have been listening to You Am I's Hourly Daily album.
Back in the mid-nineties, there was a time when these guys seemed unstoppable: They were the biggest act in the land, they had a monumentally successful album, they were scooping up the ARIAs and they were inspiring many young people to get a guitar and get a band together.
So it is interesting to hear this album now: Did I miss something back then that many people latched onto?
I will admit that presenting the album as a day, from dawn to evening, is effective. Granted it worked for the Moody Blues but this is the same formula wrung through an Australian perspective. And that perspective being that of suburbia.
Furthermore, the album itself certainly has a freshness about it that is undeniable.
Its debatable whether or not this album would've succeeded without that of Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory but if this was the Australian answer to the trends of Britpop then hey, why not?
Original video located here. Accessed 8th August 2011
Song title: Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Artist: Kaiser Chiefs
Year: 2005
Why I like this song:
On the same interstate trip where I saw Gomez, I also saw the Kaiser Chiefs - and both were playing on different nights at the same venue.
The support act for the Kaiser Chiefs were Stonefield. Turns out the four sisters could certainly rock hard. Of particular note was one song they did where each of the sisters sung a verse each and a cover of Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love.
But yeah, the Kaiser Chiefs delivered a great show. Like Gomez, the audience participation in certain songs helps. Now one would think that a bad thing but as it turns out it is truly an unforgettable experience to be in the same room as a whole lot of people going "Ruby-Ruby-Ruby-Ruby-Aaaahaaaaahahahaaaa".
Original video located here. Accessed 6th August 2010
Song title: Bring It On
Artist: Gomez
Year: 1999
Why I like this song:
Recently I went to Melbourne to see Gomez perform live. It was another case of me waiting a long time for the opportunity to see band I like and it was worth the wait.
Years ago, I was told that Gomez can deliver a superb live shows and, as it turns out, they can indeed. Fantastic live show helped along by a lot of raucous singing/audience participation (always a good sign).