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I remember well as we were sitting in front of our AM receivers listening to music aired from the pirate radio vessels at the North Sea. The Soundtrack of the movie The Boat That Rocked is an awesome summery of that time period.



The Boat That Rocked:

1. Stay With Me Baby - Duffy
   
2. All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
   
3. Elenore - The Turtles
   
4. Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
   
5. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
   
6. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
   
7. Ooo Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson
   
8. This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
   
9. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
   
10. Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
    
11. I Can See For Miles - The Who
    
12. With A Girl Like You - The Troggs
    
13. The Letter - The Box Tops
    
14. I'm Alive - The Hollies
    
15. Yesterday Man - Chris Andrews
    
16. I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy - Paul Jones
    
17. Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes
    
18. The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
    
19. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
    
20. My Generation - The Who
    
21. I Feel Free - Cream
    
22. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
    
23. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
    
24. These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding
    
25. Cleo's Mood - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
    
26. The Happening - The Supremes
    
27. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles
    
28. 98.6 - The Bystanders
    
29. Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
    
30. Father And Son - Cat Stevens
    
31. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
    
32. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
    
33. Stay With Me (Baby) - Lorraine Ellison
    
34. Hang On Sloopy - The McCoys
    
35. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - The Isley Brothers
    
36. Let's Dance - David Bowie
    

I can't wait to watch that movie...




P.S. I found another 4 CD sampler on occasion of Radio Caroline's 45 anniversary. Not all songs on this compilation pleased me that much, but after selecting my favorites and removing the duplicates the result is another nice collection.

Pirate Radio Hits:

1. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
   
2. Hey Girl - The Small Faces
   
3. Let's Hang On (To What We've Got) - The Four Seasons
   
4. Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry & The Pacemakers
   
5. Goin' Out of My Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials
   
6. Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
   
7. Nut Rocker - B. Bumble & The Stingers
   
8. You Can't Sit Down - Phil Upchurch Combo
   
9. It's My Life - The Animals
   
10. Bend It - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
    
11. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
    
12. Dandy - The Rockin' Vickers
    
13. Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds
    
14. Painter Man - The Creation
    
15. A Touch Of Velvet (A Sting Of Brass) - Mood Mosaic
    
16. You're No Good - The Swinging Blue Jeans
    
17. A Lover's Concerto - The Toys
    
18. The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs
    
19. Have I The Right - The Honeycombs
    
20. Music to Watch Girls By - Bob Crewe Generation
    
21. Hanky Panky - Tommy James & The Shondells
    
22. Please Stay - Cryin' Shames
    
23. Groovin' - The Young Rascals
    
24. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
    
25. The Days Of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams
    
26. The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher
    
27. Georgy Girl - The Seekers
    
28. The Boat That I Row - Lulu
    
29. Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
    
30. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
    

P.P.S. because it's so much fun and I found a lot more unforgettable tunes of the pirate radio era in my library I made another, last list.

More Pirate Radio Hits:

1. No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits
   
2. Daydream Believer - The Monkees
   
3. My Little Lady - The Tremeloes
   
4. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
   
5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
   
6. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
   
7. Venus - Shocking Blue
   
8. Mighty Joe - Shocking Blue
   
9. Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
   
10. School's Out - Alice Cooper
    
11. Crocodile Rock - Elton John
    
12. Children Of The Revolution - T. Rex
    
13. Radar Love - Golden Earring
    
14. Dreams Are Ten A Penny - Kincade
    
15. See My Baby Jive - Wizzard
    
16. Waterloo - ABBA
    
17. Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
    
18. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
    
19. The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk Railroad
    
20. Till I Kissed You - John Kincade
    
21. The Wild One - Suzi Quatro
    
22. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
    
23. Moviestar - Harpo
    
24. Fox On The Run - Sweet
    

TOP 18 MUSICIANS FROM AUSTRALIA

1. AC/DC
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
3. Dead Can Dance
4. Rob Dougan
5. INXS
6. The Avalanches
7. The Go-Betweens
8. The Birthday Party
9. Kylie Minogue
10. The Church
11. Lisa Gerrard
12. Midnight Oil
13. Radio Birdman
14. Men at Work
15. The Saints
16. Olivia Newton-John
17. The Easybeats
18. Silverchair


Comment about missed names which should be in list and not deserving ones

Take the first 64 songs that come up on shuffle:

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1. Little Lovers So Polite - Silversun Pickups
2. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
3. Lakini's Juice - Live
4. Hoboken - Operation Ivy
5. This Room - Eskimo Joe
6. Out Ta Get Me - Guns N Roses
7. Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
8. Money Talks - AC/DC
9. Screaming For Vengence - Judas Priest
10. When I Come Around - Greenday
11. Fever For The Flavour - Hot Action Cop
12. Boulavard Of Broken Dreams - Greenday
13. I Walk The Line - Live
14. King Of The Moutain - Midnight Oil
15. Yesterdays - Guns N Roses
16. Angel Wings - Social Distortion
17. Beast and The Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold
18. Light Another - Cypress Hill
19. Do You Feel The Same - Silverchair
20. Holiday - Greenday
21. Misery Buisness - Paramore
22. The Hardest Part - Blondie
23. Heard That Sound - MxPx
24. Sleepwalking - Billy Talent
25. She's Got Something To Say To Me - The Vines
26. Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
27. Final Countdown - Europe
28. Steppin Stone - Minor Threat
29. Don't Dam Me - Guns N Roses
30. Used To Love Her - Guns N Roses
31. A Punch Up At A Wedding - Radiohead
32. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
33. I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John
34. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
35. Halo Of Ashes - Screaming Trees
36. Drown - Smashing Pumpkins
37. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Greenday
38. It's No Secret - Jefferson Airplane
39. U.S Forces - Midnight Oil
40. Dirty Man - The Living End
41. Siva - The Smashing Pumpkins
42. I Never Got To Tell You What I Wanted To - Juilette and The Licks
43. The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
44. Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job - George Thorogood
45. Pretty Girl - The Easybeats
46. Touch And Go - The Cars
47. Darlin - The Beach Boys
48. Don't Let It Fly - Eskimo Joe
49. Living In Chaos - The Offspring
50. The Celluloid Dream - AFI
51. Waiting For The Sun - Powderfinger
52. Hanging On The Telephone - Something For Kate
53. When Broken Is Easily Fixed - Silverstein
54. We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan - Lostprophets
55. Sail To The Moon - Radiohead
56. Do Me A Favour - Artic Monkeys
57. A Martyr For My Love For You - The White Stripes
58. Castles In The Air - Hoodoo Gurus
59. Sacrafice - Elton John
60. Adios - Rammestein
61. Greasy Heart - Jefferson Airplane
62. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
63. Song That Made Us What We Are Today - Red Hot Chili Peppers
64. Slave To The Wage - Placebo


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A. Favourite song from 1-4:
Little Lovers So Polite

B.Favourite song from 5-8:
Money Talks

C. Favourite song from 9-12:
When I Come Around

D. Favourite song from 13-16:
Yesterdays

E. Favourite song from 17-20:
Holiday

F. Favourite song from 21-24:
Heard That Sound

G. Favourite song from 25-28:
Don't Let Me Down

H. Favourite song from 29-32:
Scar Tissue

I. Favourite song from 33-36:
Drown

J. Favourite song from 37-40:
Wake Me Up When September Ends

K. Favourite song from 41-44:
The Man Who Sold The World

L. Favourite song from 45-48:
Pretty Girl

M. Favourite song from 49-52:
Waiting For The Sun

N. Favourite song from 53-56:
When Broken Is Easily Fixed

O. Favourite song from 57-60:
Adios

P. Favourite song from 61-64:
Slave To The Wage


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i. Favourite song from A-D:
When I Come Around

ii. Favourite song from E-H:
Scar Tissue

iii. Favourite song from I-L:
The Man Who Sold The World

iv. Favourite song from M-P:
Slave To The Wage


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Overall favourite song (from i-iv):
When I Come Around


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Bands involved:

Silversun Pickups
Fleetwood Mac
Live (x2)
Operation Ivy
Eskimo Joe (x2)
Guns N Roses (x4)
The Eagles
AC/DC
Judas Priest
Greenday (x4)
Hot Action Cop
Midnight Oil (x2)
Social Distortion
Avenged Sevenfold
Cypress Hill
Silverchair
Paramore
Blondie
MxPx
Billy Talent
The Vines
The Beatles
Europe
Minor Threat
Radiohead (x2)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (x2)
Elton John (x2)
Iron Maiden
Screaming Trees
The Smashing Pumpkins (x2)
Jefferson Airplane (x2)
The Living End
Juilette And The Licks
David Bowie
George Thorogood
The Easybeats
The Cars
The Beach Boys
The Offspring
A.F.I
Powderfinger
Something for Kate
Silverstein
Lostprophets
Artic Monkeys
Hoodoo Gurus
Rammestein
ZZ Top
Placebo

Albert Music will celebrate the extraordinary musical legacy of The Easybeats, by releasing EasyFever: A Tribute to the Easybeats & Stevie Wright, a superb 2CD album in celebration of this ground-breaking group.

The band – Harry Vanda, George Young, Stevie Wright, Dick Diamonde and Gordon “Snowy” Fleet – formed in Sydney in 1964 and almost immediately ‘Easy Fever’ took Australia by storm and was soon to captivate audiences overseas. Their meteoric rise to stardom was due to releasing hit single after hit single, including classics such as Friday On My Mind, Wedding Ring, She’s So Fine and Good Times. Their success saw them consistently get mobbed at airports, chased down streets and tour internationally with the Rolling Stones.

MP3: "St. Louis" by Grinspoon
http://www.bfmdigital.com/mi2n/grinspoon.mp3

A year in the making, EasyFever sees the ‘who’s who’ of contemporary Australian music come together to pay tribute to our most popular and successful band of the 60’s, and pay homage to the band who carved the stone in the Australian musical landscape. From Jimmy Barnes to Ben Lee, from The Veronicas to Grinspoon, The Living End to Old Man River, these artists have all recorded their unique interpretation of these enduring songs from The Easybeats and Stevie Wright’s majestic musical career. As well as this disc of today’s hottest local bands tipping their hats to The Easybeats, there is also a second disc of all the original tracks.

EasyFever also features a previously unreleased Stevie Wright song, Motherfigure… with a twist. Albert Music unearthed from their vaults a never before heard track, written by Vanda & Young, initially slated to be the first single from Stevie’s never-released third solo album in the late 70’s. Now 30 years later, it will see the light of day as an amazing duet with rock legend Jimmy Barnes.

The Easybeats drifted apart in 1969, however it was by no means the end of their musical careers – with Vanda and Young returning to Australia in 1973 to become house producers for the new Albert Productions record label. They wrote for and/or produced many chart topping acts including Stevie Wright, Rose Tattoo and the Angels. They also wrote and produced several major hits for John Paul Young, including Love Is In The Air, not to mention producing the first 6 albums for AC/DC.

And the accolades kept coming. In 1998 Australia Post issued a She’s So Fine stamp, celebrating the early years of Australian Rock n Roll. In 2005 Friday On My Mind was voted by APRA as the most important Australian song written in the past 75 years. Vanda and Young are also the only songwriting team inducted into the Australian ARIA Hall of Fame.

And now in 2008, Australia’s hottest and most respected artists pay tribute to The Easybeats and Stevie Wright, with electrifying interpretations of their timeless songs. Be sure to catch EasyFever!

http://www.myspace.com/theeasybeats

Gary Moore / Friday on My Mind / Wild Frontier (6) / Mar 1987

Yeah, I know it's a cover, originally done by The Easybeats in 1966, but this is the version I like best. And it might make better sense on a Monday rather than a Friday, but it's been in my head today, so there it is!

Hopefully no offense to my fellow members Down Under for my preferring a version done by an Irishman!

\m/ (ò_ó) \m/

British India

ben preece CHATS WITH MATT O’GORMAN, DRUMMER FOR MELBOURNE ROCK OUTFIT BRITISH INDIA, ABOUT THEIR NEW ALBUM Thieves, ITS SPEEDY DELIVERY AND GROWING UP.

British India’s incredible rise from the underbelly of melbourne’s healthy independent scene to the top of the Australian indie pile has taken a mere 12 months. July last year saw the release of their acclaimed debut album Guillotine and it’s been nothing but an endless stream of Triple J airplay, sold out shows and festival dates nationwide. Now comes Thieves, the second album released one year, almost exactly to the date.

“We wouldn’t have done it so quickly if we weren’t so confident with the songs,” explains O’Gorman. “Between the recording and the release of Guillotine, we had a bit of time spare. We used that time to do a lot of writing and of course, a lot of touring. We’d pretty much have a gig each weekend so during the week we’d get together. It was something we always want to do; release a second album close to the first.”

Again produced by Easybeats legend harry vanda and glenn goldsmith, Thieves continues on from where Guillotine left off, celebrating the garage pop that has so far defined the band while exuding their obvious growth.

“We couldn’t be happier with it,” claims O’Gorman. “I think the band has grown so much since Guillotine. It makes a difference going into the studio after you’ve been playing a lot, also I think the band had more of an idea of what we wanted to get from it soundwise. When you go into a studio for the first time, you’re like a rabbit in the headlights. We were just more confident going in this time.”

With the album hitting shelves last weekend and it’s brooding, foot stomping first single ‘I Said I’m Sorry’ currently getting much radio love, it’s already clear that Thieves is a proper step up for British India and the budding lyrical genius of declan melia.

“I think lyrically it’s grown a lot,” explains O’Gorman. “Declan hasn’t changed his formula much, I just think they’ve grown. The same themes are there like Guillotine, which are growing up and what you experience being this age, 22, but they’re just much stronger. Also, it feels more like an album. Guillotine felt more like a collection of songs because you’ve got your whole life to write your first album. We wrote these songs in that one year period so they seem to go really well together.”

In year brimming with highlights, one classic moment that most would kill to see stands out to O’Gorman.

“During the big day out Tour, we were in Adelaide,” he enthuses. “We had played and the other boys were having an afternoon nap and I went down to the foyer and there was Bjork, The Arcade Fire, Battles and Rage Against the Machine all huddled around this big grand piano. They were singing ABBAsongs and I remember sitting down by the bar and filmed a bit of it on the camera. I should put it on YouTube.”

WHO: British India
WHAT: Thieves through Flashpoint Music/Shock Records
WHEN: Out Now in all good record outlets
MORE: www.myspace.com/britishindia

Just for fun - a playlist with a song for each day of the WEEK:

1. Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
2. Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas
3. Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues
4. Wednesday in Your Garden - The Guess Who
5. To Claudia on Thursday - The Millennium
6. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
7. Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens

I would love to see other Days of the Week playlists. Care to try?

After spending a year discovering virtually zero new artists (and spending a ridiculous amount of time discovering new films and film makers), I'm back into music with full-force. So of course I've been anxious to get out and buy some new stuff... and by new I mean new and used copies of rather old music. So N-E-Wayz, here's what I've picked up over the past week:

Compact Disc:

John Cale - Fear (1974)
The Children - Rebirth (1968)
The Creation - We Are Paintermen (1967)
The Deviants - Ptooff! (1967)
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball (1987)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind (1967)
The Easybeats - Falling off the Edge of The World (1968)
Faine Jade - Introspection: A Faine Jade Recital (1968)
The Glitterhouse - The Almost Complete Recordings (1966 - 1974)
Gong - Camembert Electrique (1971)
Gong - Flying Teapot (1973)
Gong - Angel's Egg (1973)
H.P. Lovecraft - H.P. Lovecraft (1967)
H.P. Lovecraft - H.P. Lovecraft II (1968)
The Incredible String Band - The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967)
The Kinks - Face To Face (1966)
The Litter - Distortions (1967)
The Litter - $100 Fine (1968)
The Moon - Without Earth (1968)
The Moon - The Moon (1969)
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) Three Disc Edition
Small Faces - Small Faces (1966)
The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine (1968)
Sparks - Propaganda (1974)
Ten Years After - Ten Years After (1967)

Vinyl:

Calliope - Steamed (1968)
Cold Blood - Cold Blood (1969)
Cream - Goodbye (1969)
The Cryan' Shames - A Scratch in the Sky (1967)
Mort Garson - Signs of the Zodiac: Taurus (1969)
H.P. Lovecraft - H.P. Lovecraft II (1968)
Iron Butterfly - Ball (1969)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation (1968)
The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees (1968)
The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967) MONO Version!
The Rolling Stones - Flowers (1967)

That's a lot of stuff to listen to--at least the vinyl was cheap. Now I need to stop myself from buying anything else until after Christmas. :D