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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 149
Nostalgic
for 2025? Songs in no particular order - yep, that fits
this past year.
Won't
Quit You - the Gnomes, from their self-titled debut album, a November
release
The
Perfect Crime - the Ups And Downs, from their album Stained Glass
Memories, sort of a greatest hits album that came out in April. We
cheated a little bit - the song first appeared as a single in 1985.
Stuck
In the Past - the Breadmakers, from their album Lonesome Sundown, a
March release.
God's
A Different Sword - Folk Bitch Trio, from their first album, Now
Would Be A Good Time, a July release.
Aquarium
Cowgirl - Babe Rainbow, a new single from their latest album Slipper
Imp And Shakaerator, also a March release.
Sister
Bertrille - the Double Happiness, name checking the title character
in the 1960s sit-com The Flying Nun, the song is on their album
Spacetime, a September release.
People
Settle Down - Dylan Young and his crew Way Dynamic, the song is on
their album Massive Shoe, which came out in August.
Tis
the season for the Saints
Long
March Through the Jazz Age - Chris Bailey* and friends with his final
Saints album, recorded in 2018 in Sydney but not released until
November 2025. Two tracks:
-
Break Away
-
Bruises.
And
to remind us of where the Saints started - in Brisbane in the 1970s,
two tracks from their 1976 debut LP, which received the box set vinyl
reissue treatment in November 2024.
-
Story of Love
-
the title track ( I'm) Stranded
Renewable
resources in 2025
Something
That I Said -
Chris Wilson,
from his album King For A Day, originally released in 2002,
given the vinyl reissue
treatment in August.
Other
Side of the Mountain -
Suzannah
Espie from
her 2012 album Sea of Lights. It was reissued
on vinyl
in November.
A
new greatest hits compilation by You Am I, The Dollop & The
Wallop, which came out
in November.
Purple
Sneakers, originally on their 1995 album Hi Fi Way.
The
Cream and the Crock, from their 1998 release,
You Am I's #4 Record.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp
starts us off, moves us along, and tells us when we're done.
*Long
March Through the Jazz Age was the last recorded work by Chris Bailey
and the Saints, coinciding closely with what would have been Bailey’s
69th birthday. Recorded in late 2018 at Church Street Studios in
Sydney, Bailey and longtime Saints drummer Pete Wilkinson flew in
from Europe to reunite with guitarist/engineer Sean Carey, who had
previously toured and recorded with the band. They were joined by
Davey Lane (You Am I) on guitar, plus session players.
The
Saints formed in Brisbane in 1973 and recorded their debut single
(I'm) Stranded in 1976. The single caught the attention of Sounds
magazine in Britain where it was declared “the single of this week
and every week”, which led to EMI Australia picking up the band and
releasing their full-length debut in 1977.
