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Some of the Music I've Enjoyed and Appreciated Recently
💥 I am currently sorting through and backing up (again) my music HDs with LOTS of music, both albums and singles!
💥 The Beatles (of course!) My playlist for them is 32 hours worth; sourced from official and unofficial releases, bootlegs, live, radio etc etc.
I am a confirmed Beatleholic!
💥 I listen to a lot of brand-new Aussie music courtesy of Amrap, which is connected with my previous Radio Presenting days until now.
I've personally got 286+ hours' worth (that's almost TWELVE Days of continuous playing) of contemporary Aussie music on one playlist alone to enjoy as it is. Niiiice.
Of course, I don't select all their new music, just the stuff I enjoy.
💥 Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (2008) - great Motown/Soul-inspired music.
4 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💥 I've rediscovered an English online radio station that plays album music from the 60's-80's... right up my street [grins].
💥 Aussie 70's classic Richard Clapton's three albums (remastered in 2024):
- Goodbye Tiger (1977)
- Great Escape (1982)
- Prussian Blue (1973)
💥 The Red Button is sublime 60s-inspired pop. I love their juicy melodic harmonies, jangly electric 12-strings and fun loopy basslines - all feels so uplifting and positive. Instant mood lifter. I have all their albums, even an unplugged one, saved as a playlist. Check 'em out.
💥 I'm loving Shakti's blend of Indian-Jazz Fusion on the five albums I have of theirs.
💥 Sherbet - "On With the Show" (1973): their second album, and a huge happy memory from my childhood. In Australia's mid-70s youth culture, it was "Sherbet Vs Skyhooks" - and I went with Sherbet [grins]. I really enjoyed their pop sensibilities and great songwriting - still do... their glam/glitter look was horrid, let's admit it (Oh... then there's some unforgivable shmaltz/horrors in there as well!). This album, tho, highlights a lot of their earlier prog-rock elements well. Oh... yes, I have all their albums as well... "I am not ashamed"! [laffs]
Anonymous George
Applebite the Beggars on Acid
Apricot Ink
Asparagus Soop
Atticus Chimps
The Bad Dad Orchestra
Bananagun
Barefoot Spacemen
Basement Spaceman
Bean Magazine
The Beatnik Preachers
Beijing Bikini
Beyonce's Fiancés
Big Blue Bazooka
The Blowfisch Saxophone
Bohemian Rogue
Burger Legs Joe
Catholic Guilt
Catseye Parish
Charlie Needs Braces
Cheeky Leash Band
Chickensalt
Concrete Surfers
Cornflake Sunset
Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks
Dead Dirty Dinosaurs
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice
Dogworld
Don't Thank Me, Spank Me!
Dopamine Slot Machine
Dropbear Lodge
The Drunken Poachers
Eamon Dilworth's Crawfish Po'Boys
💥 Ezekiel Sneezed (I adore this one!) 💥
Fairtrade Narcotics
Fanning Dempsey National Park
Feral Fatigue
Flightless Birds Take Wing
Folk Bitch Trio
Forklift Assassins
Formidable Vegetable
Free Live Sports
Fungas
Fun With The Microwave
General Mack's Grapeshot
Genevieve Sovereign
Goatzilla
Goldfish Memory
Goldfish Smarts
Goon Gremlins
Great Australian Bank
The Great Emu War Casualties
Grievous Bodily Calm
The Grocery Bags
The Grogans
The Happy Sufferer
Harvey Pink's Flying Bathhouse
Here Comes the Rooster
Hinkey The Snail
Hommus Idol
Hot Potato Band
Hot Tubs Time Machine
Inflatable Cactus
Kaiser and the Machines of Creation
Kicked-in Bickie Tin
Kitchen People
Kitchen Witch
Kitty of the Valley
Le Bongé
Lime Cordiale
Local the Neighbour
Lost Dogs of Ultimo
Machine on a Break
Madam Super Trash
Malcolm Forbes 70th Birthday Party
Malibu Spacey
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra
Melody Graves and The Hokum Redemption
Men Imitating Machines
Milk Carton Regatta
Mince For Vince
Mish Molotov
Mr. Animalistic
Monster Mansion
Mousewater
mumdeathcake
My Pet Rhino
No Wuckas
Oscar the Wild
Owls of Neptune
Pet Rhino
Plastic Cheeses
Pretty Uglys
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
The Psychotic Reactions
Radio Free Alice
Rooster Police
Sack Full Of Rocks
Seal Prince and the Roof Rats
Seaweed On Sticks
Selfless Orchestra
Senior Burger
Sexy as Shit
Shadows Of Aeophix
She Walks Through Dusk
The Shoplifting Doctor
The Sooks
Sophisticated Dingo
Sugar Fed Leopards
Super Nudist
Tamala Park Book Club
Toxic Bears
Ukulele Death Squad
Vending Machine Repairmen
Virgin Mary Disco
💥 I've enjoyed Eric Clapton's 1974 laid-back album "461 Ocean Boulevard". Hey, I turn 60-yo this year... 'laid back' is fine by me [laffs].
💥 Then there's been a bit of early teenage nostalgia for me, with three ELO albums: A New World Record (1976), Out of the Blue (1977) and Discovery (1979). I love their shimmery layered production, plus there are some damn good songs in there as well.
💥 Pugwash
Seriously, do yourself a favour and listen to anything by Pugwash - one of my all-time favs!
"What amazes me is how they manage to sound like Beck, The Beach Boys, The Stone Roses and Elo at different times - remarkable" - @thecolin1
From me: 5 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
💥 The Rolling Stones "Hackney Diamonds" (2023); yes, after SIXTY YEARS, a new album. A good Stones album, up to speed.
From me: 3 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐
💥 Diesel "Bootleg Melancholy" (2023) (Australian)
From me: 3.5 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐ +
💥 Russell Morris, "The Real Thing: Symphonic Concert" (2023) (Australian)
A classic Aussie songwriter beautifully performed and recorded.
From me: 3.5 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐ +
💥 YES!!! Nice smooth mellow background burble during a lot of my day.
#ABCJazz #MusicIsMyTherapy #Music #MusicIsLife #MusicSaves
💥 "-" ('Subtract') is the new 2023 album from Ed Sheeran. I'm enjoying the nice mellow melodic light pop vibe a lot. Recommended.
💥 I'm enjoying my playlist of 45 hours worth of assorted 1960s pop music - my favourite decade for music.
💥 "Yes is the Answer!" by Geoffrey Williams (2012). I received a copy of this when I was presenting radio at the time; breathtaking music! Gorgeous smooth mellow melodic soul/pop, like a lost early 70's Stevie Wonder album. 5 out of 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
💥 Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album from 1970) - classic class.
💥 Crowded House... what can I say? They are awesome! 6-hours-plus-worth of music on my playlist as it is! And yes, all different versions of the band, too [grins]. One of my all-time favs.
💥 If you have never heard the Finn Brothers' 2004 album, "Everyone Is Here": do yourself a favour! Seriously: Five out of Five!
💥 Michael Jackson's 1991 album "Dangerous" is a 5/5 for me already - an old fav of mine; the three cloyingly puerile ballads don't detract overall from the amazing quality of the new jack swing... I can even get past all his vocal 'hiccups' & inflictions etc.
💥 Lana Del Ray - something totally different for me [yet again...]; as always I've had all her albums on my music HD's, but just thought now to have a listen. It's nice mellow dream pop, which I like .
- Lana Del Ray (2010) ⭐⭐⭐
💥 Jamiroquai - (March 2023): thanks to @briegerobinson for nudging me to listen to this good fun funk/acid jazz music, which I had sitting on my music HD's but just not listened to it... that has been rectified promptly and successfully. These guys perfectly channel 70's Stevie Wonder (with a bit of Sly/Family Stone) - I love it! ✅
- Emergency on Planet Earth (1993) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ +
- The Return of the Space Cowboy (1994) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ +
- Travelling Without Moving (1996) ⭐⭐⭐ +
💥 Gogo Penguin "A Humdrum Star" (2018) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💥 Goldfrapp "Seventh Tree" (2008) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✅
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