Best Kiwi Rock Songs
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This deserves a thread of it's own. Self explanatory.
Instead of just dumping youtube vid upon youtube vid at least try and be creative and explain your thoughts.
I'll start with this, cos this song fucken goes off and is in my opinion the BEST thing Dave Dobbyn ever did which isn't that tough when you consider I find most of his stuff cheesy as fuck.
Great fronting from Peter Urlich, encouraging binge drinking with mates, cool guitar licks and probably the most underrated, punchy driving bassline in history. Whats not to like ?
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@MN5 love that song. One of the themesongs of my Otago uni years
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This one is cool cos it's catchy as anything and less known than their bigger hits.
Mark Hunter had an absolutely wicked voice. His brother was a solid bass player who harmonised well and had ridiculous boots.
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I love Be Mine Tonight as well. Great riff
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@canefan said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
I love Be Mine Tonight as well. Great riff
Banger. They look like they had so much fun doing what they did.
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I love the best of Hello Sailor too, for the same reasons. Gutter Black and Blue Lady are great fun catchy tunes
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I watched a documentary on Pauly Famuina a while back, he was very talented. How bizarre and Right On have aged well
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Love Don McGlashan's voice.
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I was born for this thread. A few faves from me
Love this track. There is an acoustic on Spotify which I listen to regularly
Always have this on when I fly to NZ ... as the plane comes down the top of the North Island makes it turn into Auckland Airport always gets me going.
And then one which only recently came back into my heavy rotation due to the unforunate passing of it's lead musician
I could probably post 50 songs on this thread!
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@canefan said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
I love the best of Hello Sailor too, for the same reasons. Gutter Black and Blue Lady are great fun catchy tunes
I hear all that.....but I hate the gratuitous usage of the songs in tv shows/ads etc.
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@Bones said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
Love Don McGlashan's voice.
I took a picture of Dom road from up the sky tower last year when I was in Auckland. Posted it on my socials with the question "what's halfway down this road". Not one person had a clue what I was talking about.
Probably because they all think I'm a fluffybunny and have me set to ignore.
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Cool song, pretty damn amazing voice and easy on the eye......slightly questionable lyrics. What happened to these guys ?
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No Push Push?
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@MajorRage said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@Bones said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
Love Don McGlashan's voice.
I took a picture of Dom road from up the sky tower last year when I was in Auckland. Posted it on my socials with the question "what's halfway down this road". Not one person had a clue what I was talking about.
Probably because they all think I'm a fluffybunny and have me set to ignore.
This self deprecation deserves all the upvotes.
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Permed singer, check.
Maori rhythm guitar, check
Hendrix wannabe lead guitar, check
Young Bootsy bass player, check.
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
Shit bro, never heard this one. Especially not at Rugby games
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@MN5 said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@canefan said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
I love the best of Hello Sailor too, for the same reasons. Gutter Black and Blue Lady are great fun catchy tunes
I hear all that.....but I hate the gratuitous usage of the songs in tv shows/ads etc.
That's not really the songs' fault though is it?
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@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
Your mistake was going to the Tote!
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
Sorry. Good point. After all these years I shoulda recognised.
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Neil Finn is a total legend, he's written so many great songs. I'll pick two, message to my girl and Don't Dream its over. Timeless
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Satellite Spies - It must be love
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@Crucial said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
Your mistake was going to the Tote!
Ya know, I never got to go to the Tote. Could never understand heading to Upper Hutt for a big night. Leave that to the city boys I guess
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@Bones said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@Crucial said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
Your mistake was going to the Tote!
Ya know, I never got to go to the Tote. Could never understand heading to Upper Hutt for a big night. Leave that to the city boys I guess
I dunno bro, if you turned up to the tote with a shirt that wasn't ripped or covered in blood plus you had all your teeth the locals looked at you like you were a movie star.
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@Bones I started going in 7th form on Wednesdays for cheap drinks and a 10 minute train ride back to Lower Hutt. I could go for a couple hours and still be ok for school the next day lol.
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A couple of favourites from the days of driving around with a crate looking for a party on a Saturday
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@Bones I started going in 7th form on Wednesdays for cheap drinks and a 10 minute train ride back to Lower Hutt. I could go for a couple hours and still be ok for school the next day lol.
I hope you spared a thought for those of us who needed a year or so to grow a few hairs on their chin and had to move around in the shower just to get wet.
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@Bones I started going in 7th form on Wednesdays for cheap drinks and a 10 minute train ride back to Lower Hutt. I could go for a couple hours and still be ok for school the next day lol.
Ten minutes from the Tote only gets you to Epuni! Trentham would have seemed classy by comparison
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@MN5 said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@Bones I started going in 7th form on Wednesdays for cheap drinks and a 10 minute train ride back to Lower Hutt. I could go for a couple hours and still be ok for school the next day lol.
I hope you spared a thought for those of us who needed a year or so to grow a few hairs on their chin and had to move around in the shower just to get wet.
They had no bouncers until later in the night. My bum fluff was not fooling anyone
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@Crucial I was just barely out of Naenae mate.
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@Crucial I was just barely out of Naenae mate.
I walked from there to fairfield to the exes place a few years back......what takes minutes in a car takes fucken ages on foot......and......hang on, will you fluffybunnies please get back to talking about music ? cheers.
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You're a big fan of the 'rapa....
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@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
Thank god. I was ready to virtual punch you in the face then.
@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
No Push Push?
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Song 27 wins all the upvotes for me.
@canefan said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
Neil Finn is a total legend, he's written so many great songs. I'll pick two, message to my girl and Don't Dream its over. Timeless
Better Be Home Soon for me.
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@MajorRage said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 it was a troll. I fucken hate the exponents. I remember going to the Tote one time and they were playing. I sang along like a c&nt all to try and get a bit of chick I knew was going. The gig was better than the sex.
Thank god. I was ready to virtual punch you in the face then.
@raznomore said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
No Push Push?
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Song 27 wins all the upvotes for me.
@canefan said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
Neil Finn is a total legend, he's written so many great songs. I'll pick two, message to my girl and Don't Dream its over. Timeless
Better Be Home Soon for me.
This genuinely rocks and should be lauded as such.........yet Lorde gets lauded ( see what I did there ). Fucks me off to no end.
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Darcy Clay. He didn't do much, but shit - the crazy fuck had potential.
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@MN5 To be fair, I really like Royals. Not enough to listen to anything else she's done though.
Chick dances like a retard too. Not relevant, but worth noting.
YouTube started playing this just now ...
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@MajorRage said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
@MN5 To be fair, I really like Royals. Not enough to listen to anything else she's done though.
Chick dances like a retard too. Not relevant, but worth noting.
YouTube started playing this just now ...
Absolutely.....and hopefully just to prove I'm not an old man yelling at clouds I'll throw this in there.
Her voice is amazing and the tunes are bangin.
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I'll throw out a couple other songs from the Kiwi ladies.
Jan Hellriegel - The Way I Feel
Jenny Morris - You I Know (written by Neil Finn).
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@Bovidae said in Best Kiwi Rock Songs:
I'll throw out a couple other songs from the Kiwi ladies.
Jan Hellriegel - The Way I Feel
Jenny Morris - You I Know (written by Neil Finn).
Can confirm Jan is still HOF
