Staying with Aussie bands this week here is another hit from the band Australian Crawl. The line I really like in this song is about the Manly ferry making its way to Circular Key. For anyone who grew up on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, the Manly Ferry was certainly a part of the Northern […]
Day 475: Reckless, Australian Crawl Read More »
So I cite this song because of Youtube video I saw by Rick Beato who analysed the chord progression of the song and concluded it is probably one of the most complex pop songs (definitely pop!) ever written. Below the youtube clip I include Beato’s analysis of the song which is fascinating to watch. Analysis
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This one of the Police’s strangest songs. I cite this song straight after yesterday’s song by Dido Life for Rent because apparently it is about a guy submitting to his girlfriend in a relationship but in the final verse he turns the tables on her and she becomes wrapped around his finger. Again these songs
Day 432: Wrapped around your finger, The Police Read More »
Time for another Madness classic: Our House. Madness always wrote about very pedestrian subjects and yet lyrically this song is still interesting. The other great thing about Madness classics was the brass section.
Day 415: Our House, Madness Read More »
So this is the second song from Cyndi Lauper to be cited on Covid Island Discs. This song brings back lots of memories of being a young teenager in year 11 high school. Cyndi Lauper’s album “She’s so unusual” really dominated the Australian airwaves and this was probably the main hit from the album along
Day 402: Time after Time, Cyndi Lauper Read More »
A pretty song by a UK artist who lost her life in 2000 in terrible circumstances. Kirsty MacColl was holidaying in Mexico when she and her sons went diving in the Chankanaab reef. Not sure if this is correct, but I read on a feed that she was pregnant with the son whose life she
Day 355: A new England, Kirsty Macoll Read More »
Yesterday I shared the song Heaven by Bryan Adams which I first heard at the tender age of 19. As I mused over the memories of that song, the fact I was 19 reminded me of another great song by the Aussie band Redgum. This song strongly reminds me of the other Anzac song Waltzing
Day 332: I was only 19, Redgum Read More »
So yesterday, I posted a song by Panic at the Disco called High Hopes. Both the video and the lyrics of this song suggest a positive story of a young man who has high hopes for his life and indeed those hopes are largely realised. In contrast, this song captures the opposite extreme of an
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Really there was no other song to choose was there?
Day 287: New Year’s Day, U2 Read More »
Back to rock star Christmas theme songs which I think deserve to be in Covid Island Discs. This song brings back some good memories for me as I went to see Elton John in concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney just after he released the album Too Low for Zero. Cold as Christmas
Day 281: Cold as Christmas, Elton John Read More »
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