Show 98
12-18-2024
The annual - as in two consecutive years - Down Under Hour Christmas show, combining a mish-mash of Christmas-themed songs, some music that acknowledges summertime down under, and some that just seems to fit the mood.
Intro: Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino, 2003.
Santa Swapped His Sleigh For a Surfboard - Craig Stewart, beyond which I don't know anything else, except I like his true-blue Aussie tone.
I Hope You Get Laid For Christmas - Damien Cowell's Disco Machine, featuring Liz Stringer, from 2015.
Spend Christmas Day With Me - Darren Hanlon, part of his annual holiday tour since 2009.
A pair of songs from Babe Rainbow, a band of surfing musicians living in sunny New South Wales.
Smile, from their 2021 album Changing Colours
Secret Enchanted Broccoli Forest, part of a 2015 EP.
Aussie Christmas with Bucko and Champs - Colin Buchanan and Greg Champion did this one in 1995
Christmas Time Down Under - Olivia Newton-John, from a 1965 television holiday special I found on YouTube
Bali Waters - Tamam Shud, an edited version of the music from the soundtrack to the surf movie Morning Of The Earth. The movie came out in 1972 but the music was recorded in 1970.
Aussie Christmas Song - another one of those things that emerge in an internet search, this one credited to Robin Bate.
Summa - Heavy Moss from 2023. Think of summer. In case it wasn't immediately obvious, these guys are part of the King Giz universe.
Somewhere Out On the Road Tonight - Ian W. Beer from 2012 song, his album Heart & Mind.
White Wine In the Sun - actor, comedian and musician Tim Minchin, from a concert in around 2009.
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly, he first recorded it in 1998 for his album Words And Music. This version is from his massive eight-disc set The A-Z Recordings, collected from concert performances from 2004 to 2010. Now it's been made into a movie.
Outro: Pacific Heights, Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998 album.
