Day 25.5 (Bonus track): Short Memory by Midnight Oil
PG: “This one’s for Henry Kissinger who got the Nobel peace prize for bombing the living daylights out of Cambodia”
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Covid Island Discs
Day 25: US Forces by Midnight Oil
This song needs no introduction. And what a fantastic backdrop for the Oils to perform live in. This one is for all my Felly friends with special mention to Simon (Happy birthday mate), Jodi, Tani, Adrian, Anne, Matt, Fiona and Cathy. Also in loving memory of my best man Jonathan Higgs who was a MASSIVE
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Day 24: Shutdown by Australian Crawl
So continuing my Aussie band theme you can’t get more Australian than a band that named itself after God’s own country! I have been singing the chorus to this song often over the last month for obvious reasons. Good luck on working out the exact lyrics to this song.
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Day 23 (Easter Sunday): The Prodigal Son Suite, by Keith Green
I had a friend at University of Sydney who first played me this amazing piano piece on a piano which at the time was located in one of the student Union buildings (Manning). It retells the famous parable that Jesus told of the prodigal son who repents and is welcomed home by his father.
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Day 22: How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
So on Thursday I posted a song by probably the greatest wordsmith of rock and roll, Bob Dylan. Yet this Australian give the great Dylan a run for his money in my opinion. For my UK friends, his music is really worth getting into if you like poetry set to music. He has so many
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Day 21 (Good Friday): Once Again by Matt Redman
The problem of evil (whether natural or human) has vexed philosophers and led to atheism down the ages. For many, Covid-19 is a timely reminder for why they do not believe in God. Yet I wonder if our problem with “the problem of evil” is we simply vastly underestimate how difficult it is to fix?
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Day 20: Hurricane by Bob Dylan.
The third member of the Travelling Wilburys recently won a Nobel prize for literature; an unusual accolade for a rock musician. Yet Dylan is an incredible wordsmith when it comes to writing songs and this protest song about the framing of the boxer Rubin Carter for first degree murder, is probably one of the best
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Day 19: Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra.
On day 15 I posted a track by the super group Traveling Wilburys. It is now time to look at what some of the band members produced in their “day jobs”. We have already had a song by George Harrison all the way back on day 7. So moving onto the next band member, Jeff
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Day 18: You’re my best Friend by Queen
So the other half of the rock collaboration that produced “Under Pressure” was Queen. Their most famous song is obviously “Bohemian Rhapsody”, however the original video for this song does not appear to be on Youtube. I thought of posting “The Prophet’s Song” but, given the darkness of the times, best go for something a
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Day 17: A Space Oddity by David Bowie.
So my rock collaboration theme has come to an end and I am now going to start to look at what some of these amazing people produced outside of the music they made as part of their collaborations. I will start with David Bowie (see Covid Island Discs day 14). This youtube live version is really
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