Original video located here. Accessed 28th June 2013
Song title: My God is the Sun
Artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Year: 2013
Why I like this song:
Roaring back to life with the fire and fury that we've come to expect from Josh and his cohorts. Top stuff
Original video located here. Accessed 16th September 2015
Song title: World Turning
Artist: Yothu Yindi
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
Lately I have been listening to Yothu Yindi's Freedom album.
I was in primary school when Yothu Yindi got huge. And, like a lot of people, they were my first exposure to the music of Indigenous Australians. Granted it came presented with a gloss of dance beats but it was different and generated an interest in a culture I knew next to nothing about.
So whilst I have previously heard the Tribal Voice album I decided to go to the follow up.
And it pretty much follows the same formula: First Nations peoples singing about their lives and culture using their song structures with accompanied by dance beats. There are guest contributions from Neil Finn, David Bridie and Andrew Farriss (INXS) and there are some spectacular results. Sure the anger towards the white man has been toned down - perhaps a wise career move - but this is still a band that identified their strengths and are working with them.
As for the above song, I loved it in 1993 and I still love it now. Funny how it seems to fit in the post-Cold War period of the time...
Original video located here. Accessed 11 June 2013
Song title: Happy Birthday
Artist: The Ramones
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
Its that time of the year again....
Original video located here. Accessed 3rd April 2023
Song title: Conventional Lover
Artist: Speck
Year: 2009
Why I like this song:
I came across this song through Rock Band2 and it still cracks me up every time I hear it. A song loaded with geek references? What not to like?
Original video located here. Accessed 18th September 2013
Song title: Tribal Voice
Artist: Yothu Yindi
Year: 1991
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. M. Yunupingu
I remember hearing a lot of Yothu Yindi's music in the early nineties. They had a sizable number of hits that were largely inescapable - certainly my school thought so too as they were regularly played on the PA to signal the end of lunch. I guess it was vital for the kids to become aware of First Nations art and culture as well as Keating government throwing their support behind Yothu Yindi.
Still this song rocks hard and, as a call to arms, leaves a legacy to be proud of.
Song title: My Place Daiou
Artist: Manzo
Year: 2004
Why I like this song:
Years ago, I watched the anime Genshiken with some buddies of mine - pretty much the only way one can watch it. And, like a lot of other people, I watched this cast of characters and thought: "I know these people". Since then, I have a soft spot for the anime.
And as for it's opening theme? It's fun, energetic and I've played it many times on the way to many a anime convention XD