Classic songs: ‘Jack & Diane’ by John Mellencamp.
“Here’s a little ditty ‘bout Jack and Diane / Two American kids growing up in the heartland / Jackie’s gonna beContinue Reading
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Songs about overcoming adversity: ‘To Her Door’ by Paul Kelly.
It’s fair to say Paul Kelly is an icon of the Australian music scene. (He has been inducted into theContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Cornflake Girl’ by Tori Amos.
There is something always so familiar about Tori Amos that keeps me coming back to her over the years andContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ by Crowded House.
Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over is one of those songs that if you don’t seriously well-up every time you hear it,Continue Reading
Classic Songs: ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman.
Some of the best acoustic arrangements have been written with simplicity in mind, especially in terms of chord changes, butContinue Reading
Classic songs: Veruca Salt’s ‘Shutterbug’.
Veruca Salt, the band, not the spoilt little shit from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has been on myContinue Reading
Classic songs: Whitesnake’s ‘Is This Love’.
How is it that Whitesnake haven’t already been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Their early stuffContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘All I Really Want’ by Alanis Morrissette.
When we talk about the album Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette, songs like You Oughta Know, Ironic and HandContinue Reading
Classic songs: Sonic Youth’s ‘Bull In The Heather’.
Born in 1981 and amicably calling it quits in 2011, Sonic Youth were one of the coolest rock bands toContinue Reading
Classic songs: ‘Like The Way I Do’ by Melissa Etheridge.
Earlier this year back in April Melissa Etheridge released her new album The Medicine Show. It is incredibly the rockContinue Reading
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