What are you listening to, right now................
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Since i watched a doco called What We Started about the past and the rise of electronic music, i am listening to Gatecrasher Classic Trance Anthems on Spotify all day and remembering what it was like to be young.
Always sort of bums me out that i never made it to the super clubs in the UK before they all went but. I had to be satisfied with going when they brought their shows to NZ.
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@pakman One of the songs I can always remember where I was when I first heard it - cleaning grease off the walls off a chippie on New North Road at 6:00 on a Sunday.
There was a widespread rumour at the time that The Knack were The Beatles recording anonymously. Allegedly you could tell it was John and Paul and the drumming had to be Ringo
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@pakman One of the songs I can always remember where I was when I first heard it - cleaning grease off the walls off a chippie on New North Road at 6:00 on a Sunday.
There was a widespread rumour at the time that The Knack were The Beatles recording anonymously. Allegedly you could tell it was John and Paul and the drumming had to be Ringo
I almost certainly visited that joint in the early 80s!
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@dogmeat Yeah that was the rumour. They were going to be the biggest band ever IIRC. But one album (more realistically one song) and they were done.
For some reason the lead break irritates me.
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My favourite nutcase:
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@pakman They briefly toured NZ in 79 right at the height of popularity for My Sharona. I remember them at the Auckland Town Hall. They were probably surprised to see a very “alternative” audience but that song got bundled in with the “punk” era that was changing into post punk and new wave.
Basically anything that wasn’t tradition long hair music got caught up in the same bucket.
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@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.
I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.
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@crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@pakman They briefly toured NZ in 79 right at the height of popularity for My Sharona. I remember them at the Auckland Town Hall. They were probably surprised to see a very “alternative” audience but that song got bundled in with the “punk” era that was changing into post punk and new wave.
Basically anything that wasn’t tradition long hair music got caught up in the same bucket.
IIRC Cheap Trick was another town hall show around the same time.I was at the Cheap Trick one!
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@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.
I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.
Very distant memory that some mates who went absolutely raved about Garrett.
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@pakman He was like a wild animal. To this day Back on the Borderline was the most exciting thing I have ever seen on stage, even though I had never heard it before. I don't think Head Injuries was even out then. We were so impressed we went down to the Tron specially to see them again. It was in the Hilly back bar, I distinctly remember that because I missed the last part of the set along with a load of other people as the cops did an underage raid and pinged me. So 1 x underage in the Kiwi and another at the Hillcrest. Yay for bursary beer tokens.
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@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.
I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.
@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@crucial Mainstreet, not the Town Hall. I went to one concert in the town hall and the security were smacking people who stood up out of their seats, so never went back.
I went to see The Knack and Midnight Oil around the same time at Mainstreet. I remember nothing about The Knack but Peter Garrett's performance that time will be with me till I die.
Your brain cells survived better than mine. You are, of course, correct.
Those main street shows around that time all blend into one especially as a 14-15 year old hiding in the dark corners keeping away from the dickwad boot boys kicking off up front. -
Saw Tom Petty at Epsom Showgrounds in 1980. Pretty cool.
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@jc said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@pakman He was like a wild animal. To this day Back on the Borderline was the most exciting thing I have ever seen on stage, even though I had never heard it before. I don't think Head Injuries was even out then. We were so impressed we went down to the Tron specially to see them again. It was in the Hilly back bar, I distinctly remember that because I missed the last part of the set along with a load of other people as the cops did an underage raid and pinged me. So 1 x underage in the Kiwi and another at the Hillcrest. Yay for bursary beer tokens.
Peter Garrett and Midnight Oil are fucken legends. I don’t even pay a huge amount of attention to what they sing about I just enjoy banging rock songs which these guys have loads of.
Here’s an early clip of him with a tiny bit of hair
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Iwould like to report gross overuse of the words “banging” and “bangers” in this thread. I fear that the problem will spread like a virus to other threads and even the sports board by which time we may require a lockdown.
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@crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Iwould like to report gross overuse of the words “banging” and “bangers” in this thread. I fear that the problem will spread like a virus to other threads and even the sports board by which time we may require a lockdown.
Go hard and go early please mods. Isolation of the perpetrators is the only way.It’s fine when appropriate. Midnight Oil qualify. Take your gripes to the Grumpy Old Man thread. Cheers.
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@mn5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@crucial said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Iwould like to report gross overuse of the words “banging” and “bangers” in this thread. I fear that the problem will spread like a virus to other threads and even the sports board by which time we may require a lockdown.
Go hard and go early please mods. Isolation of the perpetrators is the only way.It’s fine when appropriate. Midnight Oil qualify. Take your gripes to the Grumpy Old Man thread. Cheers.
Ah, so it’s age appropriate language that only you young people understand?
That must be why it’s so cringey
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Back to live music on the weekend
Went and saw Bernard Fanning play a gig up here. He's bloody good performer, and still a hell of a singer. Only played one Powderfinger song, which i am sure disappointed half of his audience. It must be tough for a bloke like that, who has a lot of solo stuff, that is really quite good, but you know most people are there because of your last band and their music
This was a song i didn't know that sounded fucking good live
Really nice to see live music again
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I've seen Midnight Oil from intimate acoustic sets to large outdoor festivals and I can't think of many better pub bands. Politics aside, they just rocked live.
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@antipodean I've heard that so many times, which is why I'm so gutted I can't take the lad. Would love to show him a classic Aussie band that knows how to deliver live
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I see that Crowded House are still marketed as Australian with one less Aussie in the band now. At the moment it's really Neil Finn and sons.
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@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I see that Crowded House are still marketed as Australian with one less Aussie in the band now. At the moment it's really Neil Finn and sons.
It was the inclusion of SplitEnz that really got to me...!!!
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@antipodean said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I've seen Midnight Oil from intimate acoustic sets to large outdoor festivals and I can't think of many better pub bands. Politics aside, they just rocked live.
I'm too dumb and/or disinterested to really pay attention to what they sing about.....but yeah, they just rock. Would love to see them live. I think these are my three favourite songs of theirs.
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Blue Sky Mine is a fucking brilliant track
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Never let anyone shame you for loving Rod.
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@tim said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Never let anyone shame you for loving Rod.
Shame on them
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Scorpians, sick:
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@pakman said in What are you listening to, right now................:
I've still got a 45 of this, but no turntable.
Jimmy Barnes was the support act for ZZ Top when I saw them in 1987. Michael Hutchence was a surprise guest so they could sing this song.
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@tim god i fucking hate the Scorpions
Fuck the Winds of Change
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@tim said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Never let anyone shame you for loving Rod.
I thing shaming for listening to 80s Rod is quite valid. Deserved even.
The production in that is painfully 80s.Late 60s and early 70s Rod is awesome. I can even tolerate his American songbook stuff simply because he has a good voice but when the voice is dialled down behind Simmonds drums and synth bass? That’s just awful
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@tim said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Scorpians, sick:
So obnoxiously 80s, what a choooooon
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Finally ( after literally years ) reading Scar tissue by Anthony Keidis. In between quite self indulgent tales of rooting and drug use there’s obviously a bit about the music, I’m up to when they produced their first album and how he was annoyed at how ‘poppy’ it sounded as opposed to when they played the songs live. I agree with him although find it a bit ironic given what they turned into later on.
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Maybe my favourite balaeric mix:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120329202346/https://beatsinspace.net/playlists/323/
No 80s Rod Stewart in this one.
Dirk & Tonic guest DJ mix – Trip to Balearock vol 2
- The Art Of Noise – Paranoimia
- Susan Christie – Paint A Lady
- Joe Walsh – County Fair (Tonic Edit)
- Buckingham & Nicks – Frozen Love
- The Eagles – Those Shoes
- Blind Faith – Can't Find My Way Home (Tonic Edit)
- Black Sabbath – Symptom Of The Universe ( Lexx – Edit)
- Seals & Crofts – Sweet Green Fields (Tonic Edit)
- Eurythmics – I Did It Just The Same
- Nacht Und Nebel – Beats Of Love
- Jim Capaldi – I'm Gonna Do It
- Fleetwood Mac – World Turning
- Womack & Womack – Love Wars
- Supermax – It Ain't Easy
Tim Sweeney takes over
2. Goblin – Suspiria – Dagored
3. Soma – White Robes – Noise New York
4. Robert Fripp – Under Heavy Manners – E.G.
5. Home Video – Benguin (Loving Hand Remix) – Defend -
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To me, Gene Clark is the most underrated song writer. I've posted this track several times here, but it's just so good.
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Missed some good tunes on here lately!! Bit of INXS and Billy Idol go far in my car!
My fave INXS song
Closely followed by Mystify!
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