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

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...

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: 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 thing 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 1st December 2024

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. 

We Are Live: Erotic Neurotic

Original video located here. Accessed 28th November 2024

Song title: Erotic Neurotic

Artist: The Saints

Year: 1977

Why I like this song:

Last night I went and saw the Saints live.

Seeing this band live is such an odd experience: Firstly, it's founding members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay along with Mick Harvey (of the Bad Seeds fame), Peter Oxley (of the Sunnyboys fame) and Mark Arm (of Mudhoney fame). Secondly, this band is a product of the first wave of punk - hardly a movement that had any longevity let alone being the type being played by guys in various points of their sixties. 

And yet, they still delivered live: This was a lot of fun to watch and there was a real sense of energy coming off of them - which is what punk is supposed to do. The audience were indeed welcoming to this songs being played and the use of horns worked well. Of course, when they played the best known Saints songs, I'm Stranded and Know You Product, the audience when completely nuts. 
All in all, this was another indication that veteran acts have years of experience to rely upon and their can deliver with enough flair to put younger acts to shame. Top stuff.