Tag: A-Z

Really there was only one group/artists I could see myself putting in here.

Nirvana.

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There were two Oz acts I left off the list, as ‘M’ was getting a bit overcrowded (and I’d forgot about them until later in the evening after I’d added the post).

Mental As Anything.

Midnight Oil.

Oh, I agonised over my choice for Midnight Oil and I just couldn’t decide between these! All I know is that I wasn’t going to choose “Beds Are Burning”, not ‘cos I don’t like it, but because it’s the only song outside of Australia that Midnight Oil seem to be known for.

Oh, to think Peter Garrett was once cool and not a politician! Political yes, but not a politician. I suppose at least he is Environment Minister, but still…augh

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Oh, the irony of this choice of song.

I actually do have several artists all vying for position, some a little embarrassing to admit to, but hey, why can’t I have eclectic taste?

So here goes…laugh if you will at some of the choices.

Madonna (I know – not so much the modern stuff – I hate that bloody “4 Minutes” thing with JT) pre 2001 really. I stopped liking her after the Music album.

Kylie Minogue (I know!)

George Michael (Yes!!!)

Morrissey. I love the man’s voice. There’s a melancholy to it that I love.

Manic Street Preachers.

Some Steven Patrick Morrissey for you to enjoy. This song speaks to me…

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I love, love, love her…

k.d. Lang!

Also love John Lennon (I SSSOOO coulda gone Beatles for “B”) and Led Zep. But my heart belongs to k.d.

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I think this’ll have to go to Kaiser Chiefs.

Instead of adding a Kaiser Chiefs song, I thought I’d add this. I saw it as it went out on air, and it tickled me, so thought I’d share it. (No, it isn’t the Kaiser Chiefs but Ricky Wilson is present)

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I found this a really hard one to come up with someone. I’ll no doubt think of an act more worthy later on (like I did with C), but until such time, I’ll be an 80’s anorak and put…Howard Jones.

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I’m going to “cheat” here, because I can’t separate out 3 acts.

Iggy Pop

Icehouse

INXS (til Michael Hutchence’s death)

Here’s Great Southern Land for all those expat Aussies out there…

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An Oz act now – Hoodoo Gurus

I absolutely loved them in the 80’s. Probably one of my all-time favourite 80’s acts. Here’s a YouTube clip of one of my fave song of theirs.

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Garbage.

Not so much the recent stuff, but the earlier stuff. My fave albums are the debut and Version 2.0 discs. I turned off them a bit with the later stuff. It wasn’t as “dark” and a bit too cheesy and poppy. They (I’m about to use an over-used metaphor here) seemed to “sell-out”.

Cherry Lips was the one that turned me off, but I didn’t listen to anything else after that, so maybe it was just one song that was off, I don’t know. My fave song of theirs: I’m Only Happy When It Rains.

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Franz Ferdinand.

As soon as I heard them, I loved them. It’s a kind of retro sound, but I love it. Their kind of “art school” rock, which I like, harks back to New Wave stuff.

I played their 1st album at least 50 times, and the second probably just as much. My single favourite song, if I had to pin it down is this…

Not an official video clip, but it appears Franz didn’t do one for this song…

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