Classic songs: ‘Helter Skelter’ by The Beatles.
The origins of heavy metal date back to the late 1960s and early 1970s. Often both Led Zeppelin and BlackContinue Reading
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Classic Songs: ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ by Sinéad O’Connor.
Sinéad O’Connor was both a courageous person and controversial figure. Her struggles with mental illness (especially her awful childhood withContinue Reading
Classic Songs: “19” by Paul Hardcastle.
To a younger generation of music-lovers the name Paul Hardcastle probably doesn’t ring a bell. He first emerged in lateContinue Reading
Classic Songs: ‘Present Tense’ by Pearl Jam.
Back in 1996, Pearl Jam released their fourth studio album called No Code. It was an album that moved asContinue Reading
Classic Songs: ‘The Captain’ by Kasey Chambers.
In Mt Gambier, South Australia, in 1976, Kasey Chambers was born to Bill and Diane Chambers. But she didn’t callContinue Reading
Classic Songs: ‘Live It Up’ by Mental As Anything.
In 2019 Mental As Anything founding member Andrew “Greedy” Smith, who wrote some of the Australian new wave band’s best-knownContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Hazy Shade of Winter’ by The Bangles.
“Time, time, time/ see what’s become of me/ While I looked around/ For my possibilities/ I was so hard to please/ Look around /Leaves are brown /And theContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Physical’ by Olivia Newton-John.
Yesterday Olivia Newton-John aged 73 passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California. For most Australians she wasn’t justContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Seven Nation Army’ by The White Stripes.
If you are a soccer fan there is no doubt that you will have come across The White Stripes’ SevenContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Total Control’ by The Motels.
“Music more than anything else in the world – except maybe our sense of smell for some bizarre reason –Continue Reading
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