We are treated to another understated gem from Australian singer-songwriter David Bridie. The Tender Trap comes from one of my favourite Australian albums Hotel Radio (image inset). It is one of Bridie’s most fragile and intimate songs – its mood,…
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Roses in the Rain (2022) – Christina Perri
The Persephone of contemporary music is back! Christina Perri may be known more now for her big hits like A Thousand Years and Jar of Hearts, but I think over time (and it could take decades) her most recent album…
Jessie’s Girl (1981) – Rick Springfield
The last time I heard Jessie’s Girl played, I assumed I’d already written about it – since I always got a kick out of it during my late teens and early adulthood. That’s when I first heard it in nightclubs,…
The Sound of Silence (1964) – Simon & Garfunkel
I used to go off in the bathroom, because the bathroom had tiles, so it was a slight echo chamber. I’d turn on the faucet so that water would run (I like that sound, it’s very soothing to me) and I’d…
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The Show Goes On (1988) – Bruce Hornsby & The Range
The Show Goes On is a moving and poignant song which I first heard in the movie Backdraft during the training scenes of a rookie in a Chicago Firefighting department. Although Backdraft received mixed reviews I enjoyed watching it in…
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The Shoals Of Herring (written by Ewan MacColl) – Luke Kelly and the Dubliners
Thanks to the Coen Brothers for reviving the folk ballad The Shoals of Herring in their film Inside Llewyn Davis. Oscar Isaac, who plays the down-on-his-luck protagonist Llewyn Davis, delivers a tender rendition of the song to his father in…
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It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) – AC/DC
Here endeth the short trip down Australian music lane, prompted by the Top 30 Australian songs listing by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Being Aussie, my blog is choc-full of Australian songs, though most lean more towards the independent…
Down Under (1981) – Men at Work
There are few, if any Aussie songs more ‘true blue‘ and ‘dinky-dy’ than Men at Work’s – Down Under. It’s yet another song which made the all-time Top 30 Australian songs listed by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). It came in…
Khe Sanh (1978) – Cold Chisel
We continue our journey down the Australian music rabbit hole with another one of the all-time Top 30 Australian songs listed by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel entails the testimony of a Vietnam Veteran dealing…
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