Nineties Revisited: Nobody's Fault But My Own

Original video located here. Accessed 30th August 2021

Song title: Nobody's Fault But My Own

Artist: Beck

Year: 1998

Why I like this song:

....When you have to live with your mistakes...

Choon of the Month: Feardom

Original video located here. Accessed 27th August 2018

Song title: Feardom

Artist: Meres

Year: 2018

Why I like this song:

Well this rocks hard so it's good enough for me.
If this is an attempt to replicate the garage sound of the early 2000s then it's fine by me

Nineties Revisited: This Years Love

Original video located here. Accessed 25th August 2018

Song title: This Year's Love

Artist: David Gray

Year: 1998

Why I like this song:

One of the most touching love songs ever written. It has enough heart and soul to make rocks weep

Nineties Revisited: The Everlasting

Original video located here. Accessed 19th August 2021

Song title: The Everlasting

Artist: Manic Street Preachers

Year: 1998

Why I like this song:

This song is the opening track to the Manic's fifth album. I knew of them beforehand but this song truly solidified my interest in them. Indeed, there is something about looking back to where you have come from (hence this series). And at the time, when everyone was venerating big dumb rock, this seemed different and more intelligent. And therefore more interesting.

Of course it meant I was out on my own but to have a guitar solo like that backed with sweeping strings, it was a small price to pay.

Funny thing: For a time afterwards, I would be flicking through the radio stations and I would hear this a lot on the Christian radio. A surprise to be sure (I can imagine the producers would balk at the Manic's earlier stuff) but it is reassuring to know that someone else likes the same stuff as you do.

The Asian Connection: Denwashite Darling

Original video located here. Accessed 8th August 2021

Song title: Denwashite Darling

Artist: Yuki Ishii

Year: 1998

Why I like this song:

The very seventies-sounding ending theme to the Adventures of Mini Goddess (and predated Daft Punk's Random Access Memories by a decade and a half). Yet that seventies replication is part of it's charm.

This Song Rocks: Suburbs

 

Original video located here. Accessed 1st August 2018

Song title: Suburbs

Artist: Bird Automatic

Year: 2008

Why I like this song:

2008 was the year I relocated to Melbourne. I had been offered paid employment and, by accepting it, I was making a bold step forward in my life.

2008 was also the year that this song was released. And I will forever associate it with taking that step forward, wondering how all my friends in Tassie are doing and countless train trips.

Funny how a certain song can pinpoint a certain point in one's life