I love the little animal running around in this video, any idea what it might be? * hint hint, yeah it's a thinly disguised clue... I know it's a... a....
I turned the radio on this morning and the first thing that came on was "Reckless" so, I thought I'd begin todays post with Aussie Crawl [which some may know is also a swimming style] and James Reyne during his solo career which went very well.
Downhearted - Australian Crawl
"You've been hanging with the mockie set peep with the hamerhead, some soup just slipped by me and the hammerhead" that's how it sounds to me anyway. Backing Vocals by a very well known Aussie, Guess who.
Hammerhead - James Reyne
House of Cards
BTW: If you're reading Rockit for Overseas and you've been playing these James Reyne videos for the first time and can't understand a word he says, don't worry, None of us Aussies could understand him either... Check this out.
ABC's tribute to "The King of Motown" Smokey Robinson.
Rockit Trivia: This song was about Smokey Robinson's influence on the music industry. The single went to five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. For the week of October 3, 1987, it dropped to eight as Smokey Robinson's single "One Heartbeat" was peaking at ten. It's interesting that one song on the charts was tributing another artist who was on the charts at the same time, indeed it's probably never happened before or since.
I dislike Halloween, while fine in the US and other Northern Hemisphere countries, it's not fine for Australia. Halloween is a seasonal thing, an end to the warm season and the beginning of the cold... But here it's exactly the reverse, We're just growing our pumpkins, not harvesting.
I see any promotion of Halloween here as little more than a sneaky way for chocolate companies to flog more chocolates and lollies, and keep the dentists happy too.
And it mocks my kind, all those ugly werewolves getting around when everyone knows what total hunks we are, it's not fair, in Pauline Hanson's words, "I don't like it, I don't like it at all".
Anyway, Here's a great little song about a werewolf, one of the nasty Halloween types, nobody writes songs about big cuddly werewolves like myself, no, always the nasty kind who end up being shot at. *sigh*
I'd love to make a video of this, I reckon I'd dress up as the Mother and do all the finger waving and furrowing of brow.
There's something about wolves dressing up as women, and sheep on occasion... hrmmm.
It's The Five Man Electrical Band, and "Werewolf".
Everyone loved "Dog" though we had no idea what his real name was, we sympathised with "Dog" via the strips in the paper and in the comics. Footrot Flats was a wonderful read. It hit the big screen later on and Dave Dobbyn with Herbs provided the wonderful music. Thanks everyone, We miss you Dog.
I often wondered about the words "pressure sway" I think it's derived from "precious way". but I think another band around the same time used the phrase in their song too.
Years after machinations were gone, Mum and I were in Forges and she picked up a cheap sweatshirt/windcheater which was a Machinations tour one, and I was annoyed because the band were history and strewth, Mum... oh geeze and all that.
Anyway I shoved it away in my wardrobe, but later started to wear it, mostly because it was untouched and still nice and fluffy... sorta like me... anyway, don't tell anyone but I sometimes wear it to bed for jammies.
"Pressure Sway" - Machinations.
This was already quite an old song, then suddenly it was slapped on the "Young Einstein" Soundtrack. There's a lot of very good Aussie tracks on that Album too.
Models - "I hear Motion"
Finally Gangajang "Sounds of then" [This is Australia]
I have no idea what this song is about, all about fires, humidity and pongs... but play it in an Aussie pub and they all love it.
It's pronounced Blah-monge and it's a type of cold pudding. I once made one in cookery class at high school. Cooking was one of the rare classes I did any good with, and got a B which wasn't bad.
Anyway, I made this thing, and generally wasn't impressed, it tasted like a chocolate jelly and looked fairly inedible, though the teacher was happy with my result.
Here's the Band, Blancmange, with "Living on the ceiling", They were better than the dessert.
Rockit WILL be on this Friday evening at 8:30pm AEDT or 2:30am PDT. Your friendly furball is over his flu and ready to go. Look for clues to questions on the blog here, watch the videos, remember the names, it all helps.
Take the Rockit Box Transporters at ABC Island to get to the set.
My word this song sounds so much like Werewolves of London, doesn't it?
This is Tim Curry, Once Sweet Transvestite of Transexual Transylvania with his hit "I do the Rock" which is linked with Shakespears' Sisters' hit "I don't care".
How so, ahhh, well it's going to come up as a question in Rockit, So I'm not telling. So cruel, aren't I?
Oh... you'll never work it out, so suffer. *evil laugh*
Look at those people, trying to looks scary, making out that at any minute one will transform into a savage beast and eat the rest, pfft.
That bloke with the mask, That's Mickey, He's my chauffeur... And the Muscle God, He's just a pastry Chef, and What's Charlene and Sally doing there? They're accountants.
One of my Late-80s favourites, Most of the fun was over by now, Musical boredom began to set in, the 90s were coming, little did we know it would just be the 70s all over again but with a better haircut, and nothing's really changed since... Anyway, this pair came along, Thanks Ladies, We needed you.
I love the evil woman in this one, "Stay". [poor audio but entire video]
You're History
I Don't Care - Something of a personal anthem of mine. ;)
A French and Saunders Parody. [watch your ears, starts loud]
I've seen a lot of band names over the years, many are very strange but in a fun sort of way, others try to be as rude as possible, as in Punk Rock, but then you don't expect a punk outfit to call themselves "The Pretty Pansies" Still... perhaps if they were after the shock factor, a bit of reverse psychology might work in their favour.
I'm not off to create bad karma or heap manure on people, but I reckon that the worst band name I've ever seen is....
"System of a Down"
I look at that name and my brain sort of freezes over for a moment, like someone shoved a dead rat down my back.
It trips the mind, as though someone put junk in front of me and turned the light off.
It rolls off the tongue like a sticky ball of pre-chewed gum, laced with honey, flour, molasses, little rabbit traps... you get the picture.
It's as though the band members were really tired one night, came to an idea, said "that will do" and turned in for the night.
"System's Down"?... "Cardiac System"?... "Down with The System"
Reminds me of people who try to use their real names online and can't get the one they'd like and settle for "J3nny485".
Toothpast is a product that really annoys me and I can hear people asking "Why does toothpaste annoy you Wolfie?" Well it does because just about everytime an advert comes on for toothpaste and claims that there's a brand new flavour... I think, "Ohhhh maybe it's Pineapple, or Orange or Vegemite or something" but then they say it... It's a variety of *mint* again? Now how is that any flaming different than before? Cool Mint, Freshmint, Spearmint... it's all bloody mint, isn't it?
Colgate did this lovely parody on "Baggy Trousers" by Madness for this ad... Guess what flavour this incarnation of toothpaste is?
Pavlova? No Gravy? No Beer No Celery Nooooooooo
Give up?
It's Bloody MINT!
Baggy Trousers
Our House
It must be Love
When this one went to air, there was concern by those who tend to be concerned about things that don't matter much at all, that kids might try and copy the antics in this video and try and play instruments underwater, the worry being that if you leapt into the water with an electric guitar, things could get quite nasty.
Just a reminder that Rockit should be on at 8:30pm AEDST which is 3:30am PDT.
I've been hit pretty hard with the flu this week, yeah I know, You too right? It's going around and it's been bad, I just thought I was over it last night... Big mistake.
So, although I've been logging into SL, My logical mind which is required for tasks such as writing questions is on the blink, but I will try to do my best to launch our favourite Rockit tomorrow at it's proper earthly hour all being well.
Salute.
Wolfie!
* Update * Due to a worsening of the flu, I've since cancelled. I'm sorry about this, but I'm not feeling very fun right now.
It was about 1am and I was having a shower before bed and singing this to myself, and I realised that I hadn't mentioned it here at all.
This is the most beautiful, wonderful, soulful song I know, and I love it dearly. I feel my skin tingle, my hair too, and I get tears...
There's Sex and there's chocolate, but somewhere high above that is this song.
It's "Woman in Chains" by Tears for Fears.
I bought this as a vinyl single in the days I was a DJ, It came with four small badges... Sun, Moon, Wind and Rain.
I wore the moon on my jacket for a few years.
Now there was an odd thing, They came along with "Mad World" which I'm sure you all know, and then just up and vanished... years later, without warning, they were back with a whole new style, and they were brilliant too.
Oh heck I'm going to have to add a few more to this posting, even though, rightly, I should be tucked up in bed dreaming about bones and things.
A faster beat and a more electronic sound in the late 70s caused Disco to evolve into one of it's many off-shoots, Hi-NRG as it was called, was kicked off by Donna Summer and survived into the 80s with songs by groups like the very well known Dead or Alive.
Here's Bronkski Beat and Jimmy Somerville with Hi-NRG hit, "I feel love"
They were just sending this one up on "Spicks and Specks" [A Music Quiz show on ABC] and well, Check out the Moustaches, Check out the Abs and Biceps! It's all a bit "Do I make you horny baby?"
I'll forgive you if you think it's the Village People without their gear on, But no, It's a band called The Skatt Bros, with "Life at the Outpost"
Yes he's part of a youtube fad these days and yes back then he was "over produced" by SAW... But when it came down to the Nitty Gritty, He could really sing... No voice tuners here.
This is Rick Astley and the stunning, "Cry for Help"
By the way, Check out the McCain Obama Rick Roll thing on my "Wolfie's World" blog.
Gender Bender, That's a phrase not used too often today, but there were at least three famous ones in the 80s.
The excellent music blog Retrowonderland is featuring the awesome 12" mix this week and so I thought I'd go and look for the video, Now I remember most videos I've seen [if I liked them] but I don't recall this one.
So it was a treat to find something new.
Hey is that the Bloke from Was not Was? and is that the Woman who was also in Tears For Fears video "Woman in Chains"?
Many people would be unaware that there are people making free games for your Nintendo DS. The games can be downloaded and transferred to a type of flash memory card and then used in your DS.
The games aren't bad either, Here's a "Guitar Hero" clone:
It's great to find the occasional oddity like this, Here's a weird musical instrument called the Kazookeylele, and the song, had to be an eighties classic... It's Europe's "Final Countdown".
You have to love a guy who can Howl well, and Sting certainly can, He's probably a wolfy like me! Anyway, this is he with "We'll be together" and saluting some of his former hits too.
He looks like he's having some probs with his alter-ego, oh dear.
It's Not the Messiah, It's Sting "Brand New Day"
This could be Secondlife in ten years time, if we're lucky. Sting "I'm so Happy, I can't stop crying" Yep, with a title like that, It's got to be Country... and it is! alas the video was "Embedding Disabled" another clever idea by the folks who protect artists by preventing potential fans from seeing their work.
One of My favourite 80s singers, Howard Jones, Better known for "What is Love" from 1984 had a few other songs which were "quite good" [he says with a grin], and here's two that I "quite like". ;)
You Know I Love You [Don't You].
No One Is To Blame.
And I may as well include "What is Love" the one that started it all happening. I love that fountain in the video, I believe they've dismantled it since.
What a lovely, Soulful song by Otis Redding. The perfect sound for a hot, humid summer evening. Just laying there with your dog panting next to you... You'll get no arguments from your dog, that's why they're the perfect companion.
Maybe you're on your bed, maybe you're laying at the beach and this is coming through your radio, you know how it feels.
Ahh Summer, it won't be long now... Roll on, Roll on.
There are things I don't quite understand and have to think about.
Yesterday in the Doctors waiting room, the radio was playing that old song which goes "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me".
Now my mind began thinking about this in ernest, which is never a good thing when you're listening to music.
But imagine there's an actual tambourine man, with said tamborine, and you're feeling a bit low, You're not sleepy and there is no place You're going to.
So you say to this fella "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me".
And he says "OK Mate, hows this then?"
And he get's his tambourine and goes *ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching....*
And you go "Great... Smoke on the Water... I love that song"
Then afterwards he plays "Tainted Love", "Dancing Queen" and shows off a bit with "Flight of the bumblebee", Then just to look hot, he does "Sexual healing".
My mind is on other things lately and I haven't been coming into SL as often.
For quite a while now I've needed to have an operation which is basically a repair which needed doing ages ago, but I have let it go for a lot longer than I should have.
In truth I'm scared of having an operation, and as this didn't bother me too much, I let it go and went on with life... but it's getting to me, and I have decided that it's time to get it done.
So things may be slower than usual, I may not be doing many new shows for a while as I try to fit in doctors appointments and so on.
The surgery will require tests to see if I'm completely fine physically before they even go near me with a knife.
But I'm hoping I can get everything done and hopefully I'll be fine and bounce back as if nothing happened.
Sorry about the delay, but real life, as always, comes first.
Now I must include the fabulous Scritti Politti surely?
Three songs here.... OK, Four. ;)
Firstly their big hit in Oz "Wood Beez [Pray like Aretha Franklin] which the local radio jocks were calling "Wood bee easy" for some reason while it was riding high in the charts.
The Second, the lovely "The word girl"
A superb song called "Perfect Way"
And finally a cover of a Beatles classic "She's a Woman" featuring Shabba Ranks doing a great rap... I'm not a fan of rap, it's pretty woeful copy-cat junk, but this is great and I have to say, if you must rap, rap like this.
Hehe, Yeah another JM Jarre video. I used to be really into his music and bought quite a few of his albums. My favourite is still Zoolook, but I have always liked Magnetic Fields too.
Air Pressure Differential
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Air pressure differential
Differential pressure: the pressure between two points. This is the most
complicated type of ...
Disco Delivery Mix #7: Magic Minstrel
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*tap* *tap* is this still on?
I know it has been a four year absence from updates and as one can imagine,
quite a bit has happened in that time. Even if ...
Media Failure: The Little India Riot
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The most disturbing element about the Little India Riots is not that that
they happened, but the lack of critical thinking in the commentary
afterwards. Si...
East 17 - Hold My Body Tight
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From 1995, this was the 5th single taken from East 17's "Steam" album.
Featuring a club remix from Danny Tenaglia, the song was minor hit for the
group, p...
I GIVE UP
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I know it's been a while and I haven't posted anything in over a year...but
today I put together a post like i used to....and for some reason I'm
getting e...
Incoming.
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"You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Special Disco Mix)" - The Gap Band I'm back from
Station Nopost. The brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert wilson formed the
Gap B...
The white world
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I was living in an authoritarian world where things were tightly controlled
and sanctioned, and had an eerie feel of everything being fine... and most
peop...
MARTHA & THE MUFFINS
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BLACK STATIONS/WHITE STATIONS
(SIR BILLY 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR RE-EDIT)
Martha And The Muffins - Black Stations White Stations (SirBilly 18 Carat
Love Affa...
Enchulame La Oreja
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*Name:* Enchulame La Oreja
*Status:* Active
*Genres:* Dance, Rock, Electronica
*Format:* Single, EP, Promo, Album
*My comment:* A place for electronica mus...
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