Lighthouse Keeper is the sixth song presented here from my favourite Australian music group – My Friend the Chocolate Cake and the twelfth song by ‘founder‘ – Australian singer-songwriter David Bridie. The only other singer-songwriters that have been as prolific…
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Lighthouse Keeper (1996) – My Friend the Chocolate Cake
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Finding You (2005) – The Go-Betweens
This is the third song to appear here from this quintessential indie-Australian music group’s 2005 album Oceans Apart. Finding You is one of my favourite songs from this group. The video below has got just 25,000 views. Now compare that…
Draining the Pool For You (1984) – The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens is the quintessential Australian indie-rock band who produced the quintessential Australian indie-rock sound. This is not your pro-typical rock band hence ‘indie’, but they went out on a limb to change the landscape of music and while they…
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Clouds (1988) – The Go-Betweens
I could write a 10 thousand word essay about this song, but I’m a lazy tard. It incorporates Dylan’s Love Minus Zero in the concert version below and I find it captivating. I have written before and I’ll say it…
Bye Bye Pride (1987) – The Go-Betweens
The quintessential Australian rock group The Go-Betweens have made a strong showing so far in this Music Library Project. What entails the ‘Music Library Project’? Today’s song Bye Bye Pride was the fourth song released from their 1987 record Tallulah. This…
Boundary Rider (2005) – The Go-Betweens
It’s a toss-up between today’s song Boundary Rider and Finding You as to which Go-Betweens song I would take away with me to my Desert island. That should tell you everything you need to know about what I think of…
Born to a Family (2005) – The Go-Betweens
Born to a Family is the B side off the Go-Betweens single Finding You taken from their 9th studio album Oceans Apart (see image above). Finding You peaked at Number 17 on the Australian music charts and will feature later…
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