Heaven by Bryan Adams
Phil Dimitriadis Northern suburbs, Melbourne, July 1985My first real kiss was a cheap tequila breath away.
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond
Kerrie Soraghan Pool room, Deer Park, 31 October 1982On Saturday mornings Dad always sang along loudly to Song Sung Blue on our tinny stereo: mortifying in the extreme to a teenage daughter full of her own pretensions
Empty by Ray La Montagne
Alyson Miller Snowy Mountains Highway, New South Wales, 2009You lean in to kiss my collarbone, murmuring the chorus line, and it is in this moment that we hit something hard and the CD skips.
EDGE OF SEVENTEEN by STEVIE NICKS. Story by Lisa Jewell
Lisa Jewell Loungeroom, Clarinda, Melbourne 1982Mrs Rainer was a tyrant with a vacuuming fetish. She would make me take my shoes off before even looking at the carpet.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by KATE BUSH Story by Aimee Knight
Aimee Knight Mary St / Electric Avenue / Wuthering Heights, Adelaide, 2012 – 2014A proverbial banshee was born this morn and for her, we re-dub this oft-cursed cottage ‘Wuthering Heights’.
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Casselise Rowe Between Coober Pedy and William Creek, outback Australia, June 2007Two stray horses trotted up to the car, out of nowhere, curiously looking in on us as if also wanting to hear the music.
ANTMUSIC by ADAM AND THE ANTS Story by Rachel Howlett
Rachel Howlett Brashs Record store Melbourne,1981I double-checked the orange CBS label before handing over my two dollars, made up of Charles and Diana commemorative fifty-cent coins.