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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 179This
week we present a timely timeless blend of new and old, known and
unknown, but all Australian. It's 2026 - nostalgia will only take you
so far.
Dr
Heckyll & Mr Jive - Men At Work, a Colin Hay song from their
second album, Cargo, which came out in 1983.
Somebody
That I used To Know - Gotye, from his 2011 album Making Mirrors.
Go-tee-yay, real name Wally De Backer, born in Belgium, moved to
Australia with his family in the early 1980s at the age of two. He's
also in a band called the Basics.
Sounds
Of Then (This is Australia) - Ganggajang, from their self-titled
first album, released in 1985. The bass player here is Buzz Bidstrup,
who also played with the Angels and the Party Boys.
Songs
from the year in which we are currently living, i.e.
2026
Time
-
Crow, it's on their new album Hold Sway, which will be coming out
later in July,
their first in
more than 15 years.
In the early 1990s
Crow was called "the
best band in Australia since the Birthday Party" by the
music magazine Juice.
Founding member Peter Archer died in May this year.
27
Minutes - Fancy Weapon, from their new self-titled album, a June
release. The band comprises guitarist Mick Turner, who also plays
with Dirty Three and Bleak Squad; renowned session guitarist Joel
Silbersher; Claire Birchall, from Smoked Salmon, on bass; and Guy
Maddison, part of Mudhoney and Lubricated Goat, drumming.
Odd
Couple -
Bagful of Beez, a
single that came
out in June.
The band is run by Link
Meanie - aka Link McLennan
- he's been around for
awhile with his other band the
Meanies.
Into
the vault
1977
was a big year for punk rockers. It's the year the Saints came
roaring out of Brisbane, Queensland, with their first album, (I'm)
Stranded, recorded in 1976, landing in London later that year. We
heard:
-
Wild About You, the Saints covering the song by wild 1960s Sydney
band the Missing Links.
-
Messin' With the Kid, not related to the 1960 Junior Wells song with
that title.
-
(I'm) Stranded, the title track of the album.
Back
to present times
Fly
Fishin' - Greg Bainbridge (Kim Salmon and the Surrealists) and The
Band That Would Be King, from their self-titled album, which came out
in May.
I
Wanna Live - Joeys Coop, it came out in July on an album titled
Sawdust Memories, a project
led by
Brett Myers, the former guitarist-songwriter
from the band Died Pretty.
Johnny
and Dee -
The Eastern Dark, a
tribute to the Ramones, the song came out as a single in 1985 and was
reissued in April. Led
by James Darroch
(Celibate Rifles)
on guitar,
the band was on the
rise in Sydney in 1986 when
Darroch, 25, died
in a road accident. The
reissued single marks 40 years since his death.
Monthersong
- Leah Senior,
it's on her album Pt.
Roadnight, which
arrived in June. Point
Roadknight is a renowned tourist and surfing destination in the state
of Victoria.
Living
In the Neighbourhood -
Cyndi Boste,
it's on
her 2002 album Push Comes to Shove.
Remember to be good to your family and friends and the folks in your
neighborhood.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
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