Category Archive: Modern Music
The iPod Playlist for a Plague
Social distancing..."The Plague of Thebes" by Charles Francois Jalabert (1842)
Armagideon Time (The Clash) [“A lot of people won’t get no supper tonight A lot of people won’t get no justice tonight…”] Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival) [“I see a bad moon a-rising I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin’ I see bad times today Don’t go ’round tonight It’s bound to take your life There’s a bad moon on the rise…”] Coming Home (Falling in Reverse) [“Transmission from the stars A message from the atmosphere Etched into my heart Your purpose there is still unclear The ghost of you lives on Through everything I…
Continue Reading →Silliest Pop Song Lyrics: Ever!
“Swag swag swag, on you Chillin’ by the fire while we eating fondue…” (Boyfriend) “Someday you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky” (Champagne Supernova) “Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak; Somewhere in this town…” (Jailbreak) “Well you’re built like a car You’ve got a hubcap diamond star halo You’re built like a car, oh yeah Well you’re an untamed youth That’s the truth with your cloak full of eagles You’re dirty sweet and you’re my girl Get it on, bang a gong, get it on” (Bang a Gong (Get it On)) …
Continue Reading →Malibu Drive
The Railway Hotel, Port Adelaide, Saturday 28 September 2019 A cover band with street cred, “Malibu Drive” had and gave a great time at the Port on Saturday Night a couple of weeks back. Whereas bog-standard pub bands comprise guitar, bass, drum and one mediocre lead vocal, here was a 7-Man Monster with as many good vocalists as Fleetwood Mac has. This line-up carries a big repertoire and enables them to traverse numerous genres with ease (see programme notes below). The house was full: and full of Funk, Pop and soft Rock, delivering joy to a cross-section of groovers of…
Continue Reading →Kris Kristofferson
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, 17 September 2019 Kris is a versatile man: a scholar, a soldier, an actor (of sorts) and a country music living legend. If we sound snippy about his film career, it’s because they’ve been so many more misses than hits (think Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, The Last Movie, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, or Heaven’s Gate – those last 3 would grace many a worst-list) – but we’ll give him inter alia: Blume In Love, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and though he’s oddly cast, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town. He’s in his 80s now, ye…
Continue Reading →Petula Clark
Norwood Town Hall, 17 May 2019 We just had to catch one of the earliest British pop divas and it was well worth it. Especially as Petula (aged about 13) had had a small but key role in the classic film I Know Where I’m Going! “Downtown,” “Don’t Sleep in the Subway,” (see below) “A Sign of the Times,” and “I Know a Place” and several other worthy tunes had the crowd swaying and (annoyingly in some cases) humming along. TVC calculated that we might have been among the younger fans in the crowd, but it looked like a full…
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