The Carnival is Over has my vote for one of the greatest songs ever. I nearly included Judith Durham in my list of top 10 Australian change makers. If the list was simply top 10 Australians she would have been there for sure. I was first introduced to The Seekers through my parents, but unlike [...]
Up There Cazaly
For any Victorian who lived through the 1970s and early 80s, “Up There Cazaly” is unforgettable: The song was recorded in 1979, intended as a promotion for Channel Seven’s VFL coverage, and the following year, it was used in the film version of David Williamson’s The Club. According to Wikipedia, The single, released on the [...]
Navy Band
We took Jim and Maggie to see the Royal Australian Navy Band march down Commercial Street today. I always love hearing a band and the kids liked it too. They also got to climb over a navy raft. Album link
When a song gets stuck in your head
I don’t like it when a song gets stuck in my head. Not because I dislike the song; more often than not it’s a silly tune like The Day We Went To Bangor. It’s the repetition that gets to me. It’s irritating and distracting. The latest song to mess with my head is Sue Thompson’s [...]
Francis the Mule and old movies
I was listening to a YouTube version of “I’m On My Way” by The Proclaimers tonight, which uses footage of Laurel and Hardy dancing. A memory flooded back to me of watching Laurel and Hardy movies on black and white television in the 1970s. I then thought about other “classic” shows I used to watch [...]
