Original video located here. Accessed 8th December 2017
Song title: Sure
Artist: Hatchie
Year: 2017
Why I like this song:
I took one listen to this and I got that tingle of excitement one gets when they discover something new.
It sounds like this gal is keeping the dream pop flag flying. Which is fine by me. So my interest is piqued - which is hard to do seeing how much music I have absorbed over the years.
So you got my attention Hatchie - your move.
Song title: You're Not The Only One Who Feels This Way
Artist: Ammonia
Year: 1997
Why I like this song:
And now for something with some personal resonance.
This song came out during my last high year of high school and was subsequently adopted as my 'End of High School' theme. Now, a lot of people (particularly Millennials) point to that Vitamin C 'Friends Forever' song as their End of High School theme but I put this forward as a counter-point.
I will certainly not be the first to admit this but High School was not an easy time for me - and by the end of that four year journey i felt a) drained (in more ways than one), and b) uncertain towards what will happen next. And this song, for me, perfectly illustrates such a mindset. And is certainly far more true to life than that Friends Forever song.
Just listen to it.
Original video located here. Accessed 21st November 2017
Song title: Love Rollercoaster
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Originally Done By: Ohio Players
Year: 1997
Why I like this song:
Not sure what the RHCP fans make of this twenty years later. Me? I think it rocks! The video is a hoot and special mention must go to the kazoos XD
Original video located here. Accessed 20th November 2017
Song title: Thunderstruck
Artist: AC/DC
Year: 1990
Why I like this song:
R.I.P Malcolm Young
Say hi to Bon for us
Original video located here. Accessed 19th November 2017
Song title: The Crab Song
Artist: Faith No More
Year: 1987
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Chuck Mosely
I think this is the best of that era of Faith No More. Clearly the direction that would lead to The Real Thing was already underway but Chuck was still giving his all.
He may have been overshadowed by his successor but he was still part of the Faith No More story.
Original video located here. Accessed 16th November 2017
Song title: Your Woman
Artist: White Town
Year: 1997
Why I like this song:
A classic one hit wonder - only not really: the guy behind this song has actually had an active music career since. Some witty lyrics and the use of a sample that others can only dream of.
Original video located here. Accessed 7th November 2017
Song title: Hitchin' A Ride
Artist: Green Day
Year: 1997
Why I like this song:
Including a Green Day song in this blog is something of a no-brainer to me. I listened to them a lot during my High School years and they were a constant presence in one form or another. Consider them my gateway drug to the world of Punk Rock XD
Funny how much a song can be defined by a descending bass line.
Original video located here. Accessed 6th November 2017
Song title: Kimi wo Nosete / Carrying You
Artist: Azumi Inoue
Year: 1986
Why I like this song:
You always remember the first time you encounter something new. Whilst Castle in the Sky was not the first Ghibli movie I came across - that honour goes to Grave of the Fireflies - it was the first Ghibli movie directed by Miyazaki I came across and it has stayed with me ever since.
And this song really puts forth the notion of travelling far and wide in search of missing civilisations. If I need to go on a journey filled with adventure and tragedy then this is what I want playing in the background (although why anyone would actively go out and search of tragedy is beyond me....)
Original video located here. Accessed 3rd November 2017
Song title: Forgotten Years
Artist: Midnight Oil
Year: 1990
Why I like this song:
Recently I saw Midnight Oil live.
Boy have I been waiting a long time for this. I grew up with Midnight who was a continuous presence in the 1980s and 90s. I knew they had last played in Tassie in 1990 but never again, Indeed, I recall, back in 2002, signing an online petition to bring them back. Of course it didn't work - the Oils would break up months later - but now, they've finally returned.
The support act was the Jezebels. They did all right but they did come across as somewhat stiff on stage. I guess being in a venue as big as the DEC means Hayley Mary was unable to do her lap-dance routine that she is apparently known for.
But the real treat is the Oils: And I tell you: The long wait was more than worth it. They burst out the gate, rocking hard for a bunch of guys in their sixties. I knew that Midnight Oil were renowned as a formidable live act but to see them in the flesh is indeed something else. In fact they rocked so hard that they could easy show up a lot of younger bands. But then again, Midnight have had plenty of time to perfectly hone their act.
Noteworthy moments are as follows: Playing Power and Passion and everyone getting up to dance. Peter Garret giving rants to the crowd, sharing experiences in Burnie (among other things). The final song being Forgotten Years (as above). Rob Hirst going like a machine. Jim and Martin going full-tilt.
So does the wait guarantee a spot in the pantheon of greatest live bands I've seen?
Of course, Do you really need to ask?
Original video located here. Accessed 2nd November 2017
Song title: (Can't You) Trip Like I Do?
Artist: Filter and the Crystal Method
Year: 1997
Why I like this song:
I was going to post this on Halloween night but I haven't been in good health. Better late than never I suppose....
Anyway, this is from the soundtrack to the Spawn movie, which was made up of collaborations between metal and electronic. Sure it gave us some truly bizarre collaborations (Tom Morello and the Prodigy? Kirk Hammett and Orbital?) but here it works.
The Crystal Method's electronics provide the bed and Filter bring the guitars over it. I suppose this shouldn't come as a surprise given Filter's dalliance with industrial but it still rocks hard