MESSAGE OF LOVE by THE PRETENDERS Story by Sophia Irvine
Message Of Love was my sister as she drove free, in a car that was ridiculously expensive and unmanageable to maintain but a promise to herself that she wasn't willing to give up.
DANCE MONKEY by TONES AND I. Story by Vin Maskell.
Here he is on the telly. Careering about in a golf buggy. Dancing. Having a ball. I find the song on the interweb and YouTube tells me it’s had 593,254,616 views. So far. Incomprehensible.
SUNDAY GIRL by BLONDIE Story by Victoria Wells
I realised the work that had gone into placing the songs in this order, and that listening on an electronic device with shuffle on, does not allow the connection between the songs.
SUMMER LOVE by SHERBET Story by Stephen Andrew
Summer Love is a glorious example of perfect power pop. This is what a breaking ocean wave sounds like when represented musically.
I’M YOURS by JASON MRAZ Story by Gemma Keating
There were a couple of abandoned old sheds, and a few trees. A cow pen. The place was littered with old glass bottles, tin cans, parts of things. All of it became mine. My teenage refuge.
MAN IN THE MIRROR by MICHAEL JACKSON Story by Aimee Chan
I didn’t know what to make of a song about race relations sung by someone who had literally changed skin colour.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME? By CULTURE CLUB Story by Rijn Collins
I hung out at punk squats with pet rats and drum kits. The black lipstick wasn’t a success, but then, is it ever?
LISTEN TO THE BAND by THE MONKEES Memoir by Les Everett
Subiaco Oval, September 1969 The Astor Theatre, Mt Lawley, June 2019 It’s funny how things turn out. In 1969 my friend Les Holmes and I got on the overnight train from Kalgoorlie to Perth headed for the WAFL grand final between East Perth and West Perth. After years of grand final misery (losses to Perth [...]
SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) by THE EURYTHMICS Confession by Andy Griffiths
Karaoke? Disco? I hate karaoke and disco about as much I hate, well, The Eurythmics. (Did I mention that I hate The Eurythmics?)
TOO SHY by KAJAGOOGOO Tribute to Bob Hawke by Stephen Andrew
Stephen Andrew recalls the night of Bob Hawke's 1983 election triumph, via - of all things - a song called Too Shy by a band called - of of all things - Kajagoogoo.