Nineties Revisited: All I Am

Original video located here. Accessed 14th March 2025

Song title: All I Am

Artist: Dada

Year: 1994

Why I like this song:

Sometimes a song sticks with you and you never find out who did it. 
Well I heard this years ago, I heard the title and I had a (vague) idea of who did it and it is only now that I find it on YouTube. 
Pretty much a forgotten song of the nineties - one could easily mistake this for R.E.M. - but that doesn't make it forgettable. After all, it wouldn't have otherwise stuck with me...

Choon of the Month: Sally, When The Wine Runs Out

   
Original video located here. Accessed 28th February 2025

Song title: Sally, When The Wine Runs Out

Artist: Role Model

Year: 2025

Why I like this song:

It's certainly a fun listen. And yes, I have a number of people who match the person being described in the lyrics. 

Obituary: The Butterfly Collector

Original video located here. Accessed 21st February 2025

Song title: The Butterfly Collector

Artist: The Jam

Year: 1979

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Rick Buckler

Choon of the Month: Yosemite

 

Original video located here. Accessed 27th January 2025

Song title: Yosemite

Artist: KETTAMA and Interplanetary Criminal

Year: 2025

Why I like this song:

It certainly is a rush and it's standout in amongst this new clutch of dance acts.
It's like nineties trance but injected with steroids. And I think I like it. 

Choon of the Month: Ocean

Original video located here. Accessed 30th December 2024

Song title: Ocean

Artist: Fisher and AR/CO

Year: 2024

Why I like this song:

I didn't think much of Fisher's song Losing It - too much bleeping for my liking. But that song became a big hit so that shows how much I know

This however is an improvement. Sure the bleeping is still present but the energy is hard to resist

Classics: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Original video located here. Accessed 23rd December 2024

Song title: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Artist: Frank Sinatra

Year: 1957

Why I like this song:

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

We Are Live: Under the Milky Way Tonight

Original video located here. Accessed 8th August 2026

Song title: Under the Milky Way Tonight

Artist: The Church

Year: 1988

Why I like this song:

Last night I went and saw the Church live.
I have some things to say about this gig so allow me to resort to dot points:

• I saw some goths in the line to go in. I never regarded The Church as a goth band but they seem to be well regarded among the goths. Can someone confirm this?
• Fitting I see the Saints and the Church in the same week
• Speaking of the Saints, if one could make the argument that the Saints are currently their own tribute act, it does raise the question if the same could be said about the Church: Mainstays Peter Koppes and Marty Wilson-Piper are both gone and in their place is one third of Even and one fifth of Powderfinger. 
• The final song was Under the Milky Way Tonight although it is doubtful the audience would've let them leave without playing it. What is surprising is that it was the only song off the Starfish album
• Conversely there were seven songs from the Blurred Crusade album. Does Steve Kilbey think more highly of that one?

Still it was a great show and one that I am glad to have seen. Even if this was a different band than it does in the eighties, all on stage delivered. Also I have never so much elation for The Unguarded Moment.