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if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
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Always
Look On the Bright Side of Life, says Eric Idle
"If
life seems jolly rotten
There's
something you've forgotten
And
that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When
you're feeling in the dumps
Don't
be silly, chumps
Just
purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing"
Let's
Cook -
Mental
As Anything,
from
their 1981 album Cats & Dogs.
We're thinking about the Mentals because there's a new film
out about the band titled Live It Up.
Still
Knockin' Out
-
Nicky
Del Rey and the Slowtown Social Club, from
their
2008
album
Dead Pig Heaven.
What’s
My Scene - the Hoodoo Gurus, it
was a single off their 1987 album
Blow Your Cool.
The
Trumpet Song
-
the Particles, it
came out on an EP in 1984 titled I Luv Trumpet
and
was
reissued in
2023 on
the
album 1980s Bubblegum.
Finish
-
the
Double Happiness, it's
on
their 2020 debut album,
Surfgazing.
Gimme
Gimme - the Belair Lip Bombs, from their 2023 album Lush Life. After
they made this album they signed to Jack White's Third Man label,
reportedly the first Australian band to do so, and they are currently
on tour here in the US.
Light
the torches and head into the vault
From
1974, here's Skyhooks, three songs off their debut album Living in
the 70s
We
heard the title track
followed
by Whatever Happened To the Revolution and
You
Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good In Bed.
The
name Skyhooks came from the great 1956 film Earth vs. the Flying
Saucers.
Whatever
makes you happy
A
bit from Kath and Kim, an Australian TV comedy series from the early
2000s.
Money
- Frank Bennett (in
real life David Wray)
from his album Cash
Landing, which came out in 1998. Many listeners
might remember
the original from the
album Dark Side of the
Moon, by
a band called Pink
Floyd, it came out in
1973.
Prefab
Heart - the Reels, it
was on their 1982 album
Beautiful.
Don't
Worry About a
Thing -
Vince Jones, from his
1986 album Tell Me A Secret.
Oi1234
- the
band was called
Essendon Airport and
they recorded the
song in 1981.
This version from a 2011 reissue of their album, which was titled
Palimpsest, including live and unreleased studio recordings from 1980
to 1983.
New
Zealand Spinach - the Babe Rainbow, the song was on their 2021 album
Changing Colours.
Living
In the Neighbourhood - Cyndi Boste, it's on her 2002 album Push Comes
to Shove. Now more than ever we need to be mindful of our friends,
families and neighbors.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
