Original video located here. Accessed 23rd December 2020
Song title: 25th December
Artist: Everything But the Girl
Year: 1994
Why I like this song:
Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020
Obituary: One Country
Original video located here. Accessed 9th November 2020
Song title: One Country
Artist: Midnight Oil
Year: 1990
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Bones Hillman
Its Midnight Oil at their most inspirational. Lots of things going on here but the best part is the mid-song climax that leads into Bones' refrain. And they say the bass player is inessential
Monday, October 5, 2020
Obituary: The Love We Make
Original video located here. Accessed 5th October 2020
Song title: The Love We Make
Artist: Girl Overboard
Year: 1990
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Lisa Schouw
This is something of a hit that time forgot. It may not be remembered now but it was everywhere on Australian radio at the time. Certainly all the ingredients are there: A rousing chorus, the power of Lisa's voice, and a vibe that seems reminiscent of eighties R.E.M. (and this was before R.E.M. will become huge with Losing My Religion).
Far less deserving hits have been better remembered....
Monday, August 24, 2020
This Song Rocks: The Ballad of the Mighty I
Original video located here. Accessed 24th August 2020
Song title: The Ballad of the Mighty I
Artist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Year: 2015
Why I like this song:
So I got ahold of the Chasing Yesterday album of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It was pretty good - once again proving that Noel can still pump a quality tune - but he left the best moment for last.
Personally? This is one of the best songs he's ever written. It can easily stand alongside the best songs he came up with in Oasis' heyday
Monday, August 17, 2020
This Song Rocks: Joker
Original video located here. Accessed 17th August 2020
Song title: Joker
Artist: Soulsavers
Year: 2015
Why I like this song:
Lately I've been listening to the Soulsavers album Kubrick.
Now this was high concept: An album where every song is about a character from a movie by director Stanley Kubrick. This one being about Joker from Full Metal Jacket.
Needless to say, the film geek in me was already keen. And as it happens, the songs were well produced and inventive.
But does it live up to it's ambitious concept? Well it's an interpretation of someone else's work yes and it certainly is effective but does it succeed? I guess that's a matter of perspective...
Friday, May 8, 2020
This Song Rocks: Golden Age
Original video located here. Accessed 8th May 2020
Song title: Golden Age
Artist: Beck
Year: 2002
Why I like this song:
Recently I've been giving Beck's Seachange album a listen.
This is an album I've been coming back to. I must admit that when I first heard it, I found it quite the draining album. But then again, it shouldn't come as a surprise as this as gone down as one of the great 'break-up' albums.
Still that this is a crushing listen shouldn't come as a surprise as Beck was doing something similar with the Mutations album. But even if it is a challenge to listen to, it certainly is a rewarding one.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Obituary: Strange Little Girl
Original video located here. Accessed 28th September 2021
Song title: Strange Little Girl
Artist: The Stranglers
Year: 1982
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Dave Greenfield
Keyboards may have no place whatsoever in punk but it worked with the Stranglers. Dave's presence certainly made them unique and a standout in the crowd.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Obituary: Europe Endless
Original video located here. Accessed 22nd April 2020
Song title: Europe Endless
Artist: Kraftwerk
Year: 1977
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. Florian Schneider
It's the opening to their best album and announces a new age of electronic music.
Truly a thing of beauty that remains untarnished by the destroyer that is time.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
The Asian Connection: Sweet Drops
Original video located here. Accessed 8th April 2020
Song title: Sweet Drops
Artist: PUFFY
Year: 2011
Why I like this song:
Lately I have been watching the anime Usagi Drop (not much else to do when you're in lockdown) and finding much to my liking.
I'm also finding the opening quite cute - even though as I listen to it, I can't help but be reminded of the Clash's Rudie Can't Fail.
"How you get a rude and a reckless?"
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Back to the Eighties: Carnival of Sorts
Original video located here. Accessed 5th April 2020
Song title: Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)
Artist: R.E.M.
Year: 1982
Why I like this song:
Forty years to the day
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Back to the Eighties: Age of Reason
Song title: Age of Reason
Artist: John Farnham
Year: 1988
Why I like this song:
Today was the last day of summer in Australia. So I thought I would share a memory with you all.
I will forever associate this song with summer. Or, to be more specific, bundling in the car with the rest of the family and going to a summer holiday (circa late 1980s/early 1990s). The five of us (my mother, father, bother and sister) may have all heard many songs over many an annual trip but this one sticks out in my mind as representing a time and place like no other.
Which means that as a song, this one has done its job properly.
In fact I'll go out on a limb and say I find this a much stronger song than You're the Voice
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Obituary: Into Dust
Original video located here. Accessed 26th February 2020
Song title: Into Dust
Artist: Mazzy Star
Year: 1993
Why I like this song:
R.I.P. David Roback
It's Mazzy Star at their most haunting. Proof of doing a lot with very little.
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