This Song Rocks: Sad

Original video located here. Accessed 7th July 2025

Song title: Sad

Artist: Pearl Jam

Year: 2000

Why I like this song:

Mystifying as to why this was relegated to a b-side. It's one of Pearl Jam's best and that's saying something.

Equally unexpected is Matt Cameron's departure: it came out of nowhere and is surprising given the length of his tenure & what he brought to the band. 
Should Pearl Jam subsequently call it a day? Hard to say: Their music spoke to the youth of the nineties (not least me) but that decade is long gone. And you can't speak to the youth when you're no longer part of it. Sure their records still sell and their live shows deliver but you can't stop the march of time. And whether Pearl Jam has maintained their credibility or if they never had any in the first place is up for debate in one of the more rank corners of the internet.

Needless to say it would be interesting to nee what happens next.....

Obituary: Mission Impossible theme

Original video located here. Accessed 30th June 2016

Song title: Mission Impossible theme

Artist: Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen

Originally Done By: Lalo Schifrin

Year: 1996

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Lalo Schifrin

To make one of the most recognisable themes ever is an achievement and a half....

Opinion: Big Deal

Original video located here. Accessed 23rd June 2025

Song title: Big Deal

Artist: Hoodoo Gurus

Year: 1996

Why I like this song:

A declaration of defiance from a veteran act.

Recently Triple J has announced a new Hottest 100: One that will celebrate fifty years of the station's existence and will be built up entirely out of Australian acts.

Some thoughts:

• I suppose this is a new 'All Time' countdown and having it made of Australian acts is JJJ admitting that if they do a new All Time countdown, nothing will dislodge Smells Like Teen Spirit from the no.1 position.
• Didn't Triple M already do this back in 2017?
• No doubt this is a response to the Hottest 100 of 2024 having a low Australian presence.
• It's a bold move disallowing Like a Version covers as they always seem to do well in Hottest 100s but hey, they got their own Hottest 100. Furthermore, as the phrase goes 'Constrictions Inspire Creativity'.  
• That being said however, I predict Silverchair, Powderfinger and Tame Impala will feature strongly.
• I saw the Daryl Braithwaite cover in the voting list so I don't doubt that it will get in (regardless of whether I like it or not)
• I have cast my vote already. Don't know if what I voted for make it but you never know...
• No doubt I will do my own Hottest 100 in response - As I have done so previously - but even as I think about it, it does seem quite the challenge......

Obituary: God Only Knows

Original video located here. Accessed 13th June 2025

Song title: God Only Knows

Artist: Beach Boys

Year: 1966

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Brian Wilson

Obituary: I Want You Back

Original video located here. Accessed 7th May 2025

Song title: I Want You Back

Artist: Hoodoo Gurus

Year: 1983

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. James Baker

Obituary: Bitter

Original video located here. Accessed 5th May 2025

Song title: Bitter

Artist: Jill Sobule

Year: 1997

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Jill Sobule

Obituary: Dreaming

Original video located here. Accessed 8th April 2025

Song title: Dreaming

Artist: Blondie

Year: 1979

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Clem Burke

He may have been regulated to the back but he still managed to stand out