this song shows the true colours for getting rights for aborigenals and a way get atention withoutcausing strife they gott the right atention from the government. this so different to how they got atention befor this song.
sounds like a great lineup.Peter Tim and Marianne would be well able to generate a fever pitch crwod response.
I ve been out of oz for 8 years so i didnt even know midnight oil had broken up. (was saddened to here of ther demise) any signs of a world reunion tour?
would be nice to see em at the 02 dublin or the marquee cork. I d even travel over to london from galway to catch a show. Ireland is a happening place in the summer.Aussies shoule make the most of the great value holidays and cheap flights within europe if they are venturing to london for the olympics. dont ever think the irish people are beaten cause there are loads of job opportunties being created here. IT call centre ,bio medical, engineering.
Dave Hole should be in the top two or three. It's an absolute travesty to have him ranked so low. He does not get the recognition in this country he deserves.
Pleeeeease stop playing this guy here, so so depressing for when stuck at work, surely you guys have a big enough back catalogue to move this to the world music station or something??
Thanks so much for playing TB "Sweet Surrender". It takes me back to my not-so-misspent youth. Soooooo good to hear this again. You've enspired me to seek out the CD of Greetings from L.A. and replace my old cassette!!! Good going, digmusic - play Tim more often, he's a true legend and was a remarkable songwriter. Peace, Love & Palmtrees.
Apart from the fact that I just luv Saturdays, "Just Released" makes them even better. I'm usually on the run so really appreciate this site so I recap & catch-up anything I missed. Long live "Just Released".
I am listening and 'black fella, whit fella' is the best ending song but this whole day has been wonderful and moving and I thank you from all of my heart for doing this. It is extraordinary that a state funeral has been only a footnote on the smh web site but thanks ABC for putting Jimmy Little front and centre. A moving tribute all day. Big up Jimmy Little
Hi guys, What is the update on this, has anyone been able to download the acoustic version of Burn your name? Would really appreciate if someone could please let me know. Thanks
I second John Webster. While "Back 2 vinyl" was not the classic epic that Sat. night's "The Story of Pop" was, it still would be good to be repeated in full!
It would be my dream come true if all four original members reunited for their 40th anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall. I can't tell you how disappointed I am with myself for never seeing 10cc in their heyday. They were a brilliant band so fresh and versatile, in my opinion they should never have split up so soon, i think they had so much more mileage left in their tanks. So if you would like to make a geordie the happiest girl in the world then all you need to do is show up on the night! Are you listening Lol and Eric? Brian Wilson said he'd never get back with The Beach Boys...just look at them now, celebrating 50 years in the business! Come on lads what are you waiting for get those guitars out and head for the gig. PLEASE!!! (you know you want to)!
This is some of the best Aussie radio i've heard for years....so good to hear presenters totally being themselves and reflecting their musical passions....So REFRESHING....Thankyou ABC and may we hear more of the Vinyl program in the future on some sort of regular basis? Many thanks for a great weekend...More please !
Well if vinyl is good for nothing else, it's good for memories. A lot of people have a very enjoyable period of their life locked up in their record collection. Playing the vinyl often opens the time capsule. .... Nobody remembers their first 'download'. And of course vinyl on a reasonable turntable leaves digital for dead sonically... Don't get me started! Having worked with quality Hi-Fi for 35 years, my aim when recommending a CD player to someone is to find one that sounds as close to a turntable as is possible.....
Hi guys. Love the show. Pretty sure your turntable is running a bit fast. Donald Fagen was sounding a little 'Castratto' Keep up the cool music. Cheers Dahl
Can't believe that "Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends" is not there. Also "The Tubes - Prime Time" would be a valid contender.
So many good songs in the 70's. Back in the days when songs made it to the charts primariliy on their merits and not the marketing and video like today.
The GLEE version was pretty crap -- had no heart at all, and lacked the best bit - the Kimbra solo!
Love Glee, but they need to calm down on their elocuation. They articulate way too much - although that can be useful, when they do a cover you can finally work out what the lyrics really said!
Hope Mr De Backer makes piles of cash out of his fabulous song.
What a loss. He had a unique voice and could stand out in the roar of The Bands music. I dont know if The Band ever came to Australia. Will have to dig out The Last Waltz for old time sake.
OMG! This girl's voice is fantastic... I saw her supporting Lucinda Williams recently, and she and her band sounded every bit as good as this at the State Theatre. Nice clean close-up recording here in an intimate setting - she can Untidy my Desk anytime!
Tickets should be made in the name of the person who buys them (like airline tickets), so they can't be on-sold without arrangements made from Ticketek to transfer to a third person.
I haven't heard that since my brother played it on rotation in the 70's. Amazing as a young impressionable thing at the time, the sounds just sunk in and I instantly knew it was Santana. Love it!
Corgis - Everybody Gotta Learn Sometime, Eagles - Hotel California, Judy Tzilke - Stay with me Till Dawn, Dragon - April Sun in Cuba, Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart, Michael Sembello - (she's a)Maniac, Simon&Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Rich Clapton - Girls on the Avenue, Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are, Joe Jackson - Is She Really Goin' Out With Him, Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis, Layla - Derek and the Dominos, American Pie - Don McLean, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations, Roxanne - The Police, More Than a Feeling - Boston, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd, Living for the City - Stevie Wonder, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits, Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes, Fire and Rain - James Taylor, Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty, All Right Now - Free, Riders On the Storm - The Doors, Black Magic Woman - Santana, Night Moves - Bob Seger, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John, American Woman - The Guess Who, Reeling in the Years/Ricky Don't Lose that Number - Steely Dan, Aqualung - Jethro Tull, Moondance - Van Morrison, Instant Karma - John Lennon, Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock, The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff, Without You - Nilsson, Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon, Behind Blue Eyes - The Who, Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers, September - Earth, Wind and Fire, Fly Like an Eagle - The Steve Miller Band, LA Woman - The Doors, 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago, Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young, Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren, Dust in the Wind - Kansas, Running on Empty - Jackson Browne, More Than A Feeling - Boston,
great to see some ska an reggae in there. not sure about the top 5 but i is not a big punkster. good selection of soul and motown too. great top 100 in anyones book i reckon. well done NME.. way better than triple j's top 100 of any year!!
Elbow is a great band, their music is totally original. Quite an achievement in these eclectic times where everything seems to have been played and written before.
This 5 songs playlist is a very nice surprise, good stuff.
thanx for the new Waits track!! :) much appreciated. lols - had an argument with the whole room about whether or not it was actually Waits, looked online - found this funky site - and proved myself right. ;) cheers for the awesome tunes!!
Wonderful wonderful band. Lucky to catch them twice in Brisbane last month. See one of their gigs and you're set for the year. Was aching to see them since seeing them in 2007 and they did not disappoint. Took the pain out of not managing to score Radiohead tickets!
It's Elbow, the one and only Elbow, The BEST band in the Whole Wide World. Get your bums into gear and go see them for yourselfs, YOU will not be dissapointed.
Awesome, thanks for letting me know James. It's a shame it's done with a Flash control because it means it won't work on iPhone... it'd be great if you could see if it could be done with standard HTML5 at some point so it can work on browsers without Flash...
The program's not available as a podcast, due to copyright restrictions, but is available as a media on demand via the Just Released website http://abc.net.au/local/justreleased
Go to More Dark Than Shark at http://www.moredarkthanshark.org for everything about Brian Eno - More dark Than Shark is the biggest site on the net dedicated to Brian Eno, his music and other work.
Nice. I really enjoyed that. It made me remember the first time I saw Neil in a Split Enz filmclip with Tim. I think it was 'That was my mistake'. This young loopy kid. look at him now and how much water has gone under the bridge.
I reckon Sharon should get her hubbies mate Eddie to play Ukelele on a couple of tracks. Now that would be fun.
Would have loved to have been there. Glad I I could pretend i was there by looking at the photos and then listening to one of his albums whilst remembering some of your photos that I had looked at a little earlier.
Canned music, that's about all we get now. Thank the powers that be, I was around during the 60's 70's and 80's, right in the guts of the best Rock and Roll on the planet. Australian hard core Rock and Roll was, and still is, the best of the lot, nothing comes close.
I was at the Tote last Saturday night, with some friends, to see Endless Boggie, an American band, and they raved all night about Lobby, Billy, Buffalo, the Tatts, Buster Brown and many others. God bless Aussie rock!!!!!
I heard this program for the first time today on Dig Radio. Loved listening to the music and especially the commentary. Jocks with style! Congratulations on a great show. I would like more commentary on Dig Radio but I wouldn't be surprised if I am flying in the face of the popular viewpoint.
Take a surf around You Tube for A.A. Bondy there's some great music. Personally I think this guy sums up the word simplicity, less is more. His sound (band included) doesn't need anything other than what you hear them playing live, as for his voice, unique and very special. Love it to bits, (as if that's not already apparent)
This sounds so good I hardly believe you recorded it on the spot! Sounds like it's right out of a studio. How many microphones have you hidden about the place to get it sounding like this?
I wondered how they recorded it myself. Then I saw a microphone in the Dan Sultan and Alex Gow instalment. It's a (very expensive) Neumann MS stereo shotgun mike. The American "Tiny Desk" series is recorded with a Sennheiser MS shotgun. Of course the ABC had to go one better (or at least more expensive!).
Of course a great mike has to be used well. And in this setup, that's mostly about putting it in exactly the right place!
I know Nick didn't write Shivers but hearing him sing it was for me the first hint of what was to come. Listening to it still brings me that instant shot of joy. Its delight has never faded.
Hi Bill, I just brought one of those new fangled digitial radios and while I was trying to work out how to use it I stumbled across you playing music,took me back to the 1960's 4KQ and the stud.Best times of my life. Memories Pity we have to grow up.I will never forget those days. I keep in touch with Ken Bradford, he is still as mad as ever.Good to hear you doing what you do best.Ran into Dennis Plimmer at Ross Goldsmiths mothers funeral recently.
Ah parties at the stud how good were they!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheers Peter Daff (now retired and turning into a grumpy old man well that's what SHE tells me)
How did this talent slip under my radar fr sooo long.great voice thrown out there with a raw edge missing in so many artists these days (and many days before that) there are hints here of a great variety of vocality that I predict at the very least a strong cult following,at best worldwide recognition,and dare I say it,,,,"stardom" ??? my hand is reaching fr my wallet to buy her work,,,,thanks ABC....yuve done it again,,,,brought an artist to my humble attention,cheers,gavin.
Love Blur, and the new song is lovely. If there's any other Blur fans out there in Australia, come out of the woodwork and join us on twitter @BlurAustralia. We'll keep you up to date with all the latest goings on in Blur land. Promise not to spam! xx
I now turn my stereo down when you play Gurrumul, if I don't, I swear I'm going find a cliff and launch myself off it. His music is the most depressing sound ever. Yeah, OK, he's a blind aboriginal who sings in his native tongue, cudos. But that doesn't make it any easier to listen too. I'm pro-aboriginal but that doesn't mean I instantly like his music because of that. I've listened to his album and it's all depressing, whiney and frankly an offence to my mood. Please, please, please, please, please take it off the play list - you may lose listeners otherwise!
Love this show - one of my favourites. It's the kind of show you would never hear on commercial radio who rarely stray from their prescribed format and playlists. Great to hear Bill back on the airwaves as well !! - and on the ABC !! Keep up the good work, guys.
Did Lisa cover these 5 songs or did she just take them and you played the original versions? Is there any chance of putting the audio back here? I found this way too late apparently. Thank you very much in advance!
I'm glad to see you've booked Canned Heat for the Bluesfest! They continue to keep real boogie music alive after over 40 years.
Those familiar with their hit songs, "On the Road Again" and "Going Up the Country", will surely remember band cofounder Canned Heat. His mysterious death in September 1970 has long been considered a pivotal point in the band's direction. Until recently, however, his musical genius has gone unrecognized by casual listeners or those who are confused by a frequently changing Canned Heat lineup in recent decades.
I've written a biography of Wilson, whose work also included recordings with blues legends Son House and John Lee Hooker. Currently I'm offering a special discount for select US customers, and would like to include Blues Fest fans in this.
Beth is a fav, but saw her live a couple of weeks ago - not so good, in comparison the previous gigs, bit off note vocally and quite a few bung notes on the guitar, shenkept forgetting to speak directly into the mike so people at the back couldn't hear her. Probably just needed a bit more rehearsal.
Mr Eno's work and production has been one
greatest influences in modern music of late last century and continues into this new millenium.
And such his music can be compared to
acid reflux relief compounds found at your
local pharamacist or grocery store.
This is in referral to the "ambient" stream he focused on
after his initial recordings in 1973 and '74, after a breakaway from Roxy Music, where it is believed controversy was rife with Brian having to fend off countless fans much to the dislike of lead singer - Mark Ferry; media portrayed "sex symbol" when Xerox park was still in infant years.
Influenced as well Talking Heads, where mentioned in the song "King's Lead Hat" from the seminal album "Before and After Science."
The album is believed a fave' with a great many of
his diverse fans.
The song mentioned talks about "riding around in a big black Ford,"
as to his personal times with the band that became one of the greatest live performers and realised too a host of thousands of
bands in emmulation.
"801 - Live", (Eight Nought One), showed around 79 - 80 that indeed he could cut it Live, though preferred studio recordings it seems.
Possibly in respect to the Roxy Music days.
His pc program KOAN was used by artists and himself in ambient productions and id still regarded as many as a great mix and match format that can create incredible ambient tracks.
Sitting on the verandah at Bonnie Doon... "Enjoy the ambience."
Thank-you Digg for releasing the man who grew from dust and coal
and now shines like the evening star.
Ah, The Moody Blues...... what a sensational band of talented men! I was fortunate enough to see the Moody Blues at the Sydney Entertainment Centre back in 1984 with my late wife Kym who was six months pregnant then with our son Justin, I tell my son that he was actually at the concert inside his mothers belly, we named Justin after Justin Haywood because of our love for the Bands music! I now live in the central west of NSW & work as a volunteer DJ on Peak Hill FM 89.5 airing my show Steve Douglas' Magical Musical Tour on Sunday Night's from 6-9pm, it's streamed & can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world via the net..... it's not uncommon for me to be airing The Moody Blues & infact airing once a month starting from this Sunday night will be 90mins of uninterrupted music DVD's of live concerts with the intention of airing The Moody Blues live at the Albert Hall in London, 2000. would love to personally meet Justin Heywood, he has always come across as a very dignified man..... 10 out of 10 for the Moody blues from me!
Stephen Douglas
Peak Hill FM 89.5
Nice. I thought after you played 'Up on the Roof' that it would be nice if you followed through with Ben Folds' 'Philosophy', but you played another song by him... spooky that he turned up in any case.
Thanks for brightening my day by playing Take me to Chicago by Dave Hole.
I have been a fan of this type of music since the early sixties with the Paul Butterfield blues band and many more such fresh sounds coming Holes playing Timeless.......
Smaller halls and lower prices I would like as well,but a horn section and backing singers are needed if they are gowing to tour.Remember their in there late 60's.As far as a set list.....expect a Greatest Hits pkg.
I would not see them now.the time to have seen them would have been 1969 till 1982.
Been a long, but good day. Was just about to crash out when I stumbled on to this channel. Feel like I've found a musical oasis :) don't wanna sleep anymore. spin on...
Wonderful stories and compliments from one artist to many others, including from one awesome female vocalist to another. I understand more why as a 14 year old male in the 80s Stevie was, well, so noticeable.
your shots are wonderful!...John Butler has amazing photo presence!!...Easy Allstars...my favourites!...your pics do them justice!! and I love pic # 7...
I've just heard some of your programme for the first time on ABC local.Excellent, loved it. Will there be repeat of the programme on DIG at the advertised times this week??
You're quite right, Tarcey75, it should be Dandies. And yes, it's Greg's new line up. The album is well worth checking out. Good on you DIG for picking it up! You should play Olivia - great sing a long number.
this song really grates on my nerves, and i hear it on this channel EVERY f***ing day at least once. i didn't mind it to start with, but now it really irritates. i really LOVE this channel otherwise, but this is one that really sucks. you'll lose me as a listener if you keep playing it. please leave it for a bit. otherwise, only compliments.
THAT IS SOOOOO COOOOL !
BET THE FOOs ARE RAPT.
I'm SURE Shea Stadium was rockin and buzzin when I saw the Beatles there in 1965.
Scientists said "this set up a nice harmonic vibration in the ground" - what more could a band want?!?!
Go FOOs
just such a good day. of all the overpriced concerts really Homebake 2011 brought it back to why I go, not just to say I was there and I saw this but to get lost in a good time.. to swan over to the tent and see great southern Land by one of the greatest bands of all time - Icehouse to see Gotye perform somebody I used to know and to see Pnau play embrace it was like all just too much... all just too good and it was fun - thank you and wow from someone who has been going for about a decade now. Cheers!
This is one of the most original honors any musician could receive! Go Seattle! Jimi invented Metal and everything Rock knows about the guitar after 1970 came from his psychedelic twisting of what the instrument could do. I paid homage to Hendrix with a portrait called Purple Haze on the anniversary of his passing recently. You can see it at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/09/purple-haze-jimi-hendrix.html and tell me how the voodoo child’s music has influenced you!
My ABC: if you must replace your costly humans with el cheapo robot researchers AT LEAST MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP TO THE JOB. I clicked on to 'Thorns' to find out more about this delightfully mellow song only to be directed to the website of a homicidal Norwegian deathmetal band (of which Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins were not members. It's 'The' Thorns. 'The'. THE !!
I thought when I first heard this, that it was the voice that I found annoying. NO, it's the guitar, which sounds like a bunch of hornets. I
It is really annoying and in no way doing justice to a Dylan song - he must be horrified!
Gr8 new tunes by Mr Freedman. How are these things recorded at the ABC? I don't see a microphone anywhere. It's not like Countdown and they're lip-synching? Either that or you have invisible mikes!
They dropped Richard Thompson from 19 to 69? Oh well, I do recall there was some controversy in him being at 19 - mainly from metal heads and hard rockers - along the lines of 'who is he?'
I thought 19 was about right. At least he is still on the list, though as jazz and classical guitarists are missing (even those like John Williams who crossed genres) you do wonder at the value of the list.
Jimi at one, I don't think you will find many who will argue with that. And I don't have a problem with Clapton at two. But the rankings of the rest leave me a bit cold.
Killer player, great stuff, never heard of him before - like JosieJo, this is the first time I've seen or heard of him, keep up the good work supporting local up-and-coming artists!
Great to hear another new releases program. That it is different to 2JJJ's "2011" is good (even though yours tends to the middle-of-the-road).
A third encouragement is that it is repeated if we miss it, or want to hear something good again.
As if Neil could pick 5 bad tracks - just not possible, Itwo would love to see and hear him and Don on stage together along with Shane Howard and Brian and David and Tjupi so bloody Australian and in a seriously proud creative humble and truthful way - we have such a huge and brutally honest talent base of singers and songwriters here but sadly we don't hear enough of them.
I would have taken photos of the artists at the Melbourne Harvest Festival but I was stuck in a toilet queue the whole time so all I saw was the back of some dude's head!
Flames Trees is one of the most beautifully perfect songs ever written; lyrics, music and the expression of emotion as performed by Cold Chisel. The Blasko version is insipid, like someone singing to themselves mindlessly while performing a mundane task (like washing the dishes, or pulling weeds in the garden).
If you ever want to play this song again, it should only ever be by Cold Chisel. Thank you.
Im going to miss this show!! Always good to know that i will always be entertained when watching the show. My ass is booked for the couch so me and spicks and specks can have some alone time.... hahaha... u guys will be sadly missed.
fantastic......known lj for years as a local in armidale who i used to see and say hi to when i was the photographer for the local paper and often crossed paths at functions or in the local mall....great song and great to see him getting some playtime on dig...well done
Great photos that put a fun twist to the portrait...but some of your pics..like the National - are amazing for their candid and relaxed positioning. Very nice indeed.
I seem to recall the original version by H&C of this song featured a beautiful THUNKING big bass line going "thunka-da-thunka-da" all the way through. Way cooler than the wishy washy popular version we're all used to hearing. How about DIGging out the original?
I'd rathe rthey continued this than support everything the obnoxious Chris Lilley does - now all his stuff stayed too long - the first episodes were more than enough for me.
Great choice for Feature Album DIG. Danny has long been one of Australia's most underrated guitarists and as I have watched his career grow he is now an equally great singer and songwriter. I wish him all the best with his current fight with leukeamia.
Loved him and Alexander Gow together when they played in Adelaide. Two very different characters each with their own charm and warmth. The Paul Kelly song they did together was such a treat.
This song is so cool. I love it. When did it come out? Where are The Primitive Radio Gods from? I guess I'll do a wiki search....ipod song worthy for sure
Hi Bill and Brandon , I represent a Sydney based band called whitecitylight who have recently released a four track album some of the tracks are getting airplay on AM rap and Fbi .I would like to send you a copy of the CD where do I post it ? You can listen to the complete album on whitecitylight.com maybe you would like ' For dear life ' or Desent into liberation ' even if you dont play it on your show I would appreciate your comments .Regards Leigh Moulds
i heard you on abc dig today.
and i dig the streets of castlemaine.
a great town to live in, at least i think so.
say how can i get your music.
thanks mark.
Hi...I know this is probably a long shot, but I'm an old friend Of Garry's from the past. I worked with him in a great little band in Toowoomba eons ago. Id love to make contact again if possible.
Contact details as below.
ph 0407 415143
email hillbillydix@hotmail.com
Cheers
Tony Reynolds
Hillbilly Dix
Not just a superb performer but also explains modern music with such insight and so articulately. What a pleasure this has been. He deserves to have his own weekly slot.
What are we going to watch 8.30 wednesday nights? Love the show especially the guests from years gone by! Will miss Adam, Alan & Myf and also the comedians each week. Although we will miss the show we understand why you are finishing on a high. Love to you all and the best of luck for all your future ventures. Lin & Andy
Flew all the way to Jakarta (from Melbourne) to see The Cranberries for the first time. Best concert I have ever been too and love the new tracks from the upcoming album.
I would've liked to hear a bit more of Josh's voice, the guitar sounds a bit loud, or maybe it's just me... but I really enjoyed it, keep them coming, look forward to the next one.
All the voices cheering at the end, are they ABC staff people, or can the public attend these performances perhaps?
These are outstanding! They sound so professional, and look like they could even be used in an artist's film clip!It's great to see these performers up close and 'personal'. keep up the good work..., and keep them coming!
I can't get enough of Tom Waits.. he just tugs at my heartstrings .. even when I don't recognise it's him singing doesn't surprise me ( I rarely jump on 'just played list' .. when it piques my interest). .. I have just about worn out my copies of Heart Attack and Vine and Blue Valentine... have Closing Time on Vinyl. Yes, Crammond I remember seeing him on Don Lane.. classic.. Don was sweating like a pig and Tom chain smokin.. off his face.. then sat down at the piano and played 'postcard from a hooker' and all was forgiven.. just magic <3
I like Bogan Rock Gods as much as the next ghostly fraud poet but Gunners version of Knocking is an abortion. Nirvana are just an overarted zeitgeist band, Joe Cocker is a Baby Boomer Idiot Icon, Jimi Hendrix is, lets say it, an over rated mess and the Hallelujah done by anybody is THE WORST SONG EVER, I'd rather here "Who Let the Dogs Out"! Fair Dinkum!
alright then, a guess from further left field - Josh Orange, Irish former singer of Oblivia who had a magnificent single about a decade ago with 'My Friend'.
Sound is fantastic guys... how do you get it so good, outside of a studio? Doesn't matter, really enjoyed the expansive ambience of these songs... and I love the Double J poster in the background too! :-)
OK, let's go out on a limb then. I know Tim Farriss was good mates there for a long time with Iva Davies, who seems to be getting a bit of notice lately...................ridiculous I know, but if no-one else is putting up a prediction...
I started to seriously dig Pattie some 35 years ago and guess what nothing has changed, a very talented humble musician in a different genre when it was difficult to use spoken word with music, interesting woman interesting life and now her kids are sharing the gene pool in a creative way.
Considering Barbie Girl was deliberately tongue-in-cheek, more fool the people who took it seriously enough to vote for here. Looks like their satire went through to the keeper.
I knew about Mark Lanegan's solo stuff, but just discovered his collaboration with Isobel here, great stuff, what's this I hear about last collaboration??
Tim stole my girlfriend ... before I had even met her. Y'see nobody can compete with an ex that wrote songs about her .. and they topped the charts. There's just no competing with that. damn you and your exceptional talent mr Freedman .. it's ok I'm all better now. breathe breathe
i love your music, also liked youthu yindi alot . good luck in europe! i play your 1st cd all the time. i believe u hav ya 2nd one out now, i'll get it when i can afford to... looking forward 2 it, your'e the BEST luv ya tez xoxoxox
The "TOUR" is only taking in the east coast!! No Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart etc etc. I'm gutted! So very disappointed. Especially given it's for AUSTRALIAN music month. Sigh.
im very upset that i missed seeing Gotye at the Syd Opera House the other night, so if this is the closest i can get to him, im happy. i love hearing little anecdotes about what artists like to listen to or what inspires them. :)
An awesome voice. It does something to me...like draws my attention...touches my soul...I love his voice...Indiginouse people of, Australia, have great talent...and this man is exception.
I love Lior - he has the most pure voice and wonderful control of his vocal register. Me thinks he's had lessons.
What a wonderful songwriter and vocalist. Thank you Lior xx
Love the Patti Smith version, bur wonderful to hear Bruce do it himself. As an aside: The Promise, the title track, is something particularly special. I had a vinyl bootleg of it that I played to death and it still moves me now over 30 years later.
Love these guys! Love their taste in music, love their music....thank you :):) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Would have loved to have seen them at Splendour one more time. Every performance of theirs I have seen has made it to my "Best Ever" list and given me goosebumps. The world needs more creative people to share their beauty, creativity & insight so that we may all connect with ourselves & each other. Many thanks!
The first half of the video sounds a lot like the segue that bridges track 2 (Svefn-g-englar) and 3 (Starálfur) on the album Ágætis byrjun, although different as though it has other sounds mixed into it. The second half sounds completely unfamiliar, could be from an upcoming new release, I hope! Also, "Inni" is Icelandic for "inside".
I have to say, I think Dan Sultan, as much as he can truly rock when necessary, is shaping up to be a worthy successor in later years to the Jimmy Little/Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu tradition.
And he has a nice line in understated country riffs, a good guitar player, not just a background 'strummer'.
Thanks 'Untidy Desk', another worthy addition to the series... btw, nice background mess around the mid 3-minute mark in the first song, good to see :-)
Trouble is, that desk is too tidy... I've worked in the media, and there should be piles a foot high before there's any suggestion that an annual cleanup could be beneficial...
However, the music is great, as always - and maybe if you could mock up a scenario where the musos sweep a huge pile of books/CDs/newspapers etc aside to find a spot to sit - would make for an amusing setup... and the pile could get bigger every time...
Nice sound too, by the way - the acoustic properties of a filthy cubicle are vastly underrated, I reckon!
These guys are hilarious! Watched them perform at Splendour, what an incredibly entrancing performance. Nice to hear they've got personality and excellent music taste too!
Keep these programs coming, it's always really awesome to hear what music musicians have popping around their playlists at home. Nice word Dig!
Wow great pix! love to see anything Pulp related! Alex from Sparkadia will be happy with the shot of him, its brilliant!
that hippy guy with the beard is the sorta man my friend dreams about!
overall it looked like a great show even if it did need more cut off jean shorts!
What brilliant photos. Has brought it all back in awesome colour - such a great festival! Thanks for providing such high quality pics for the enjoyment of everyone.
Tangerine Dream is the best space/rock electronic group in the world. It has been quite a long journey (45 years). I agree with many followers when they say that their TD collection is very satisfying. There are lots and lost of people that had been touched or influenced by TD, like this one which I find rather interesting:
Wow these photos are outstanding, truly captured the vibe of splendour , especially loved the Jarvis Cocker shots,
Exceptional, splendid, the lighting is superb. Well done Cassandra.55
Wonderful stuff girls, I thought it was an old Adelaide band you may or may not have heard of called 'Fruit'. Very earthy and the voices take me to another plain..I had to stop in my tracks and log on to see who did this song. Wow..good luck and if you don't at least make a decent living out of your endeavours then there's something really wrong with the Aussie music industry.
Colin Farrel, although a bit too handsome would do a great Bon Scott I think. I'm sure the make up dept can ugly him up a bit, and a crash diet to get Bon's scrawny build. And I can't think of a single person that could fill Michael's shoes, even if it is just make believe.
I like his music because, surprise surprise, I like his music not because he is indiginous. I also like Dan Sultan but how can you compare their music? They are totally different.
I read about Fleet Foxes a few months ago and without having heard them bought "Helplessness Blues" and thought I recognised the track this morning - I'm a 60's teenager into young adult and now in my 60's - this group reminded me immediately of America, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and other similar - listening to Dig much more from now
Nardi & Kaleen's 5 Songs just made my day! Especially the intro to "Voodoo Child". One of my all-time favourite artists introducing another of my all-time favourite artists! Now when I listen to Angelique Kidjo I'll be thinking about that sci-fi movie....
And don't forget Dan Sultan is playing solo in Brisbane at the Old Museum on Tuesday 19 July but his special guest for that show is Loren (www.facebook.com/lorenmusic) as Alexander Gow is not joining him for the Brisbane leg.
Bother! Can't make the 30th July. Please add another concert in Adelaide - Monday 1st August would suit me just fine! This is an opportunity too good to miss.
Awwwwww miss tiddas!!! They proper set the standard ofr indigenoud music, They were underated!!!! When I sing and play I hope that one day they can hear me!!!! Too deadly my TIDDAS!!! Luv ya
G'day all - check out granddaddyjackarse on youtube - I've been playing the didge for approx. 10 yrs and now experimenting with effects to broaden horizons :)
It's great to see Joe Bonamassa letting us know his 5 picks. I saw him in Perth recently and he was fantastic. Now if only Dig Music would start playing some of his music I'd be a happy man..........
More of their own songs...write songs myself and then bring to the musical expression, this is the real art in music. And Joe´s own music is really great...
Such a chilled performance and a great idea. Do you accept suggestions for future performers? I
Think Neil Finn would be great...anyone else got any suggestions?
Yahoo! Love hearing Stiff Gins on Dig Radio! Look out for the clip for Yandool, and for Stiff Gin's numerous perfromances around town for NAIDOC Week, as well as Art & About at The Art Gallery of NSW on Wednesday July 6 - www.stiffgins.net for more info.
Specialt stuff.....just.heard reading comics......they are a couple of great australians...capturing delightful memories from past australia...brought a tear................
I sure I heard Ready to Roll from Rae and Chrsitian's great Sleepwalking album, you have right cover but wrong artist and song, definitely not Billy May's trio
Very excited too! I know Alex and his songs will be excellent (I've heard him sing solo and acoustic before, and the songs, if anything, sounded even better when played in this manner), and I'm really looking forward to seeing Dan play his stuff live and stripped back for the first time. If it's anything like his normal live performances, well, whoah, we're in for an amazing night of music!
Great review. I was one of the lucky ones who got a ticket and the night exceeded my expectations. Robert and the guys could have put their guitars away after "Faith" and I would have been one happy Cure fan. But the encores where the "icing on the cake", "Charlotte Sometimes" was a particular highlight (love that song). I told my friend prior to the show I wouldn't be dancing, I lied.
Bon Iver......how long have I been waiting for a new release from these guys. I love them and saw them live and they totally blew me away. When they finished their set people wanted more but they had no other songs to sing but I could have listened to it all over again. I will down load this new one.
M x
It is a shame that this album leaked prior to it's release. But I am guilty of hearing this leak. The album is absolutely phenomonal, so I have been telling everybody about it in the hopes that more folks will burchase it as I will be when it is finally released.
Actually there is a Brisbane show that Dan Sultan is doing at the Old Museum on Tuesday 19 July. Alexander is not attending that show. Instead, special guest is Loren.
Pls help.. I just heard the end of a great song while changing channels, it had the words "if you follow me" in it. Was it "all of you"? Can't find it on You Tube.
Ok great, and thanks for the reply. Also it seems the playlist has been blank a few times lately. The other morning I was listening to a ripper song, at about 10:30 or 11:30 in the morning but it was down. Hope I hear it again sometime, was absolutely brilliant. Anyway thanks for all the good music. :)
Dear ABC Dig Music - just started following you on Twitter and wanted to say thanks for the great tracks. However am having tech issues - when tried to play the Chaka Khan song the JWPlayer on your site won't play - do I need to install something for it to work? Also, I want to keep following you on Twitter but your tweets are filling up my 'inbox' - do you have an "ABC Dig music -Lite" with less frequent tweets? Thanks - Louisa.
He comes on several times a day to share his 5 favourite songs and tell why he likes them, but never does? Often I wonder if any humans are running Dig Music, as the 5 favourite songs thing is repeated several times a day, with the same artist for several days in a row, gets really annoying. A lot of your music is really good, and have discovered some great songs, but sometimes it gets a bit amateurish.
Fabulous to listen to these amazing songs again and reflect on such a wonderful night. Can't say a big enough thank you to the ABC for the great evening with kd - it was such a remarkable experience. kd and the ABC rock.
thanks so much ABC kds voice is so strong and pure..an absolute delight..can we have some more highlights..waters edge..sing it loud...hungry bird....sugar buzz..oh just the whole video would be enough..for now.!!!!
I saw Dave Dobbyn umpteen times in the 80s and 90s in Wellington, New Zealand. He's a great live performer and his concerts are always great fun. For guys that are interested in his music the album "Loyal" is probably his most well liked. One of the albums that both the missus and the mister can enjoy (rare in many households).
Hi Stuster
Most of my stuff was released under "Jeff Cashen" although my first EP was under my real name of Geoff Cashion.
Suggest avoid the early stuff - poorly produced (by me)
Jeff
Thanks so much abc I really enjoyed the insight into kds choices...when will you air the footage of the concert you did with kd..make sure you make it well known
No buts. Dylan is something special and always will be.
His wavering ability to sing and perform fifty years on is a very small reflection on him and his talent.
Give the man a break. He's done his time, he's given his magic to the world and surely now his concerts are about being reminded of that magic- even if it is just a little.
Please add extra shows for Michelle Shocked...
21st April 2011 and 22nd April 2011 at the Clarendon Guesthouse Katoomba, 68 Lurline Street, KATOOMBA NSW 2780
Thank you and for any enquiries please contact the booking agent Loretta Rosa
I hadn't heard 3 of Steve's 5 choices before, but he spoke so passionately about them that I REALLY wanted to hear them by the time he'd finished. I wasn't disappointed.
This program keeps getting better - even though some of the choices are a bit out there, I love it!!
great songs and a great change of feel - DIG is getting a bit too predictable/commercial with some music. But this was a journey into some lesser known or remembered music that is genuinely interesting. And Steve's commentary gives it another dimension.
Oh -"Atlantis"- I had almost forgotten.Thank you.
I first heard it early 1969- and it still awakens the tsunami of grief felt worldwide for the death of hope brought by 1968- Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, the Prague Spring, Paris'68, Nixon elected- it was like a banshee wail for the beautiful dreams of "flower power"- just before Brian Jones drowning death, Altamont and Charles Manson.
Thank you for all of your choices- less well-known tracks of fine artists.
You managed to get me to listen to Genesis with an open mind, and I will investigate further.
She is an absolute genuine talent, proud to share her with the world, but prouder still she is a Canadian. I have seen her many times in concert, and feel blessed.
Loved Steve's fav 5 listing.....great that someone out there remembers how good Tyrannosaurus Rex were - you know - nymphs(?), fairies, and all things mystically magic under the moon......not to mention Atlantis.
great album- i loved the single as played on radio-she said-but listening to the whole album puts a new perspective on the song. couldn't wait to hear the outcome of the judgement. one of the best new albums around. get it and enjoy!!
I saw k.d last night too. A fantastic,generous performer and the band was rockin! I was one of the lucky ones who got to 'meet and greet' again she was generous and warm. The sound was superb a great venue thanks ABC.
I saw k.d. last night live, and hope that it was as good one air as it was in the studio. Do not miss this broadcast. Lang announced that it was actually their first stage performance together - could have fooled me. They are a tight unit. You could come away thinking that Reminiscing (Little River Band) was perhaps written for her voice. Great match.
I was one of the lucky ones who saw k.d. perform with her new friends last night. What an amazing artist and such a voice. i have sung a couple of her songs after listening to her live NO ONE can do her justice. ABC thank you for such a wonderful night and opportunity to see a truly talented artust.
Many thanks Pattie Pearson
Shame on you Larrikin. A children's song written 83 years ago that should've been in the public domain 65 years ago becomes the latest weapon against the creative morphing of music in Australia. And it wasn't the main riff, but a portion of a bloody solo! What if the composers of La Marseillaise and God Save the Tsar sued Tchaikovsky for releasing the 1812 Overture?
Yay, Fiona's on DIG!!! She didn't win the international Blues Challenge for her fashion sense... (altho not too shabby) She ca!n really play! not to mention sing and write from deep within!
On ya DIG!
It was good back in the late '70's and early '80's to go and see Dave at the early session on Sundays at the now demolished Scarborough pub on the beach in Perth. Dave is a true rock and roll survivor, he never stops. More power to you Dave.
Straight, gay, old young, particularly into country-feel music or not. Whether you've loved her for years or just the last few...it doesn't matter. It's all about the voice, her warm spirit, appealing song choices and ability to bind many different types of people together at her performances. Admired and respected by other singers and musicians, k d is also loved by her fans in general. Doesn't need dancers, acrobatics or smoke machines to entertain....not even shoes!!! Just the purity of that voice. Like everyone else, I'm praying to win tickets. Although I may be a tad envious, I wish any winners a great night. (how could it not be?). Annie Rossini.
I don't know if the winners have been announced yet, but I've never won anything in my life! LOL! It would be such an romantic evening though! AAhhhhh :) (fingers crossed) :D
Have the winners of the competition been notified? My junk folder has been over zealously deleting and I'm terrified I've missed an email - they'd call you to tell you that you've won? I'd really love to see KD Lang in such a special event - she has the best voice I've ever heard sing live.
I heard a runner up last night (I got in the car part way through the segment so didn't hear the winning song) but can't remember their full name - Lilly was part of it though and was also the name of the songwriter herself. Please tell me their name!
My wife Lyndall and I are stylish seniors who have been great fans of kd from the word go. It would be a wonderful privilege for us to take part in this outstanding experience!
After thoroughly enjoying Dan's performance at the factory theatre, Marrickville last night we were disappointed when we went to put on the CD that we purchased from the venue only to find a dvd of Breaking Bad inside.
We would like Dan's CD "Dan Kelly's Dream" which is what we purchased.
I am trying so hard to win these tickets! All the best to you anyway kd - I love your music and your wonderful voice. Thanks for the great pleasure of hearing you sing.
Enjoy your stay in Melbourne./
Sincerely Nikki Cranston
kd lang is among the people I would most like to meet in life. To have the pleasure of an intimate evening with her and her music is a wild dream. The concerts I have enjoyed have been utterly transfixing and some of the very best musical memories I will ever experience. I hope your musical life goes on for ever. You bring so much pleasure to ordinary folk, like me.
Enjoy your visit to Melbourne and Australia
Sincerely
Nikki Cranston
kd lang is the ultimate in musical pleasure for me. I have been to each concert, here in Melbourne and kd never disappoints. I can think of very few things that would give me as much pleasure as an intimate evening with kd lang and her music.
If I can't be at your evening, kd lang - enjoy your stay in Melbourne and I look forward to all your new (and old) music and songs.
I Love K.D. I'm an old schoolgitl from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, another great genre of music. An intimate evening with K.D. would give this disabled chick a reason to Relax and Enjoy life, as it Should be. Besides, I have a face that will light up a room! ;D
I would ask Megan what is her reason for supporting the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy program. Also who inspires Megan most in the current batch of Australian songwriters
Fantastic new album from Waifs, and a long time coming. Saw them in concert just a few weeks back. "Buffalo was a stand out track - almost tear jerking. . "Temptation" has put these guys back on my faves list. Deeper and more soulful than last two albums. They have come a long way since Albany days.
The King of Limbs is one experimental journey through the mystical fields that has been the recording life of Radiohead, the past couple of years. Always one to experiment with sounds, The King Of Limbs sees Radiohead further develop the wacky sounds that began to shine on previous releases such as Ok Computer and Kid A.
Although only going for a total of thirty seven minutes, the music that has been produced over the past four years since the release of In Rainbows is great. From 'Morning Mr Magpie' to the first official single 'Lotus Flower' TKOL is another amazing record from these british rockers.
Definately worth buying if your a radiohead nut (like me!) or just after some different music
Never heard of them personally but they do induct more than one artist each year to the Hall Of Fame so there is room for both.
Mary, I have sent two emails to ARIA and left a message/comment on their facebook wall abou the Hall Of Fame this year and if The Crowdies will be considered but I did'nt a reply either, in fact I know quite a few people who have emailed asking and nobody has gotten a reply
More importantly.....This has to be the year for MADDER LAKE!
They were Mushroom Records first Gold Album....and the very first 100% Australian owned, written, performed and recorded album.....even Slim Dusty couldn't claim that!
They were the opening band at the first Sunbury Music Festival, and subsequently played at everyone of them after that, including the year that the fabulous Freddie Mercury & Queen were booed off stage for them.
They supported the Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann and many other big names.
They are an enormous part of Australian Music History!
It's their turn!
TISM might be correct for those who think the Doors were just Jim. But like all music that lasts its the combination of his voice, "crappy symbolism", Ray's, Robbie's and John's musicianship and the damn good tunes. I'm looking forward to being in Paris on the 3rd of July for the fortieth anniversary of Jim's death. I'll be there with my 21 year old son who found the Doors without any help from me.
Thanks for the info. For those listening via the digital TV channel 200, these times are AEDT, so be careful setting your recorders :)
Same applies if listening online of course. That stream is the same regardless of where you are in the world. Just for those who might not have realised.
Saw the lads last year at Fly By Night Club in Freo WA and was blown away! The new stuff on Tracks is as good as anything in their great back catalogue, which is not always the case with comeback albums/tours by bands. No Rain No River is a standout and rates as another anthemic classic Oz track like Way Out West.
Saw them again last Saturday 19th Feb '11 at an outdoor concert on South Perth foreshore with Joe Cocker, George Thorogood, Diesel. Dingoes were again in great form but only got to play for an hour; Should have made Diesel's self indulgent set shorter!
Heard from Kerryn Tolhurst that this may be the end of the road for the band; very sad if true! Keep it together guys as we'll keep coming to see you in Perth, just like we did at the Court Hotel and White Sands circa 1973.
Cheers,
Taj (aka Mick)
PS - those beards made Brod and Kerryn look older than they are, but their voices and playing gave them away as young rockers at heart still. Rock on!
What a wonderful and touching gesture. In the end it's only love that matters. I'm so pleased for the people in the detention centre to get a glimpse of a good australian!.
Will the folks at ARIA be shown these comments, so many just here alone supporting for this to happen
Crowded House certainly more than 'fit' ARIA guidelines.
I have asked them myself but did not get a response.
It warms the heart to see so many posts in support of our Crowdies being inducted
Fellow fans will of course understand the love we share for all the music and memories, quite simply Crowded House music makes the world a better place
So many Australians have grown up with the music of Crowded House. It is a real shame that they haven't been recognised in such a way (so far)! Let's have the Crowdies inducted this year :D
What a joy it would be to see and hear artists with genuine talent take over the ARIAs
There is so little REAL talent left in music that is on offer today, everyone either sounds the same or the music is so manufactured it sounds like nothing.
Make 2011 the year we embrace the people who make actual music, meaningful music, music with something to say.
And for me, yes I agree with most of the posts already here...........why are'nt Crowded House already in the ARIA Hall Of Fame ?? 25 years of quality music, more than a truckload of support for charity,more talent than 90% of what ARIA thrust on us in 2010, what EXACTLY is 'required of them' for ARIA to give them the prize?
Couldn't agree more with Michael. Watching the AMP Awards in person the other day was so much fun, made all the more special as it was hosted by Alexander Oh Mercy and Kram Spiderbait. Two actual musicians, hosting a music event - what an amazing concept! Alexander in particular was a classic.
What a fantastic album! I heard their single on Triple J last week and decided to buy the album.... seriously great songwriters!! These guys are going to be the next big thing.
I also think it's about time Crowded House made the hall of fame. I think the ARIA's and Crowded House's shared 25th anniversary is the perrfect time to do so.
I totally agree. Whilst I like Green Day any resemblance to the sex pistols is non existent. Pistols were one of a one off Punk group in 1977 and so individual that they killed themselves. Green Day are good but not unique and do not deserve any comparison. Lydon is right as usual.
Onya John
Pleased to see "Your Body Is A Wonderland " made the list; but YMCA??? Really???? C'mon people, let he (or she) who has never done the YMCA dance cast the first stone.
Rob Messenger has participated in the activity of cheap political point scoring; some others have jumped on the bandwagon and unjustifiably demanded free service from professionals; remember, Powderfinger was a band of human beings, not a commodity owned by Queenslland.
Oh no! We have tickets for Saturday and didn't realise the A-Z ran across all nights - missed Before Too Long & Dumb Things! We're opening itunes to try to calculate where we're going to start!
Give me a break. How long are they supposed to be 'indebted' to queensland for, 1yr - 10yr they did not sign any contract with their fans saying that if a natural disaster happens in qld we will get back together. Any single person or group of people who try to raise money for the disaster ' in whatever way they see fit' is doing their part to help the recovery of these communities.
Such harsh words from a so-called fan! Powderfinger have played their final shows...show some respect for their decision and get over it! They are contributing to the relief effort in another way but perhaps you missed that?
For the first time ever I was forced to leave Dig when Norman Greenbaum spirit in the sky was played tonight. Terrible song, totally deluded subject. Hopefully NEVER to be played again.
I have to say it's very sad indeed after all Queensland did for them. I've been a fan since 1989 but not so sure now. Appears they got their money and now they are running out on those that count.
Most of these songs aren't overplayed in Australia (clearly this is a U.S. list as I don't think Hootie and the Blowfish has had much play here since the 90s). Some of them are my favs and shouldn't be on the list.
Particularly:
'Blister in the Sun'
The Violent Femmes
'Creep'
Radiohead
'Fade Into You'
Mazzy Star
Fortunate Son'
Creedence Clearwater Revival
'I Want to Hold Your Hand'
The Beatles
Lisztomania'
Phoenix
At the moment it seems like every time I turn on commercial radio there is a Katy Perry, Lady Gaga or Ke$sha on so they are on the top of my current never want to hear again list
I'm surprised not to see "You aint seen nothin yet" by BTO, or anything by Michael Bolton! Strongly disagree about "Baba O'Riley" being on the list tho....
NOW we are talkin'!!! True Raw Power!
If you like this check out the Sisters of Mercy version from the 80's - one of the best things to ever come out of a "Goth" band, ever.
Just realised this was on again... I hope I haven't missed out but if you could give a time to listen in (or if I have missed it) I'd love to know. Thnx!
Hi folks,
I realize this was posted last year, but if you are looking for a pro didge player with 18 years experience, I'm interested in talking with you. You can find me at www.pitzondidge,com I've performed with Pete Seeger, Guy Davis and the Dark Star Orchestra to name a few. I look forward to hearing from you .
Truly, Pitz
I love Dig music on ABC TV , it would be fantastic if it featured a 'pull through' across the screen to advise the listener what we are listening to, as songs are being paid . the best 'viewing' most nights . keep up the good work!!
Thought I knew all (and loved most) Talking Heads albums... What is this "Sand In the Vaseline"? Another name for "77"?
I Zimbra - yes!
Animals - yes, yes!!!
Unfortunately, I can't get to Byron, but as a consolation I get to see ZZ Top in Melbourne in April. That will have to do. I would have liked to see a lot more for example, Robert Raymond and Los Lobos. Hopefully some other time and place. Everyone out there have a ripper over the festive season and stay safe and happy.
Cheers.
Shane.
Always a pleasure to find out what you've been listening to...hey the side band with Davey Lane sounds fun.'.Night' something...keep up the great work, we love ya Man...
Hello! I'm Halo, i've been playing the didgeridoo and performing professionally for 5 years. I would love to send you a video clip of my sound. I live in California but used to live in Plainview,Texas. I love Texas! And traveling to Australia, to perform didgeridoo with a live band would be an honor! Please email me with your contact information and any more details about the tour, if it hasnt passed yet. Thank you
Whoever does the research (or whoever writes the scripts) for your news articles should be fired, or at least receive a good talking to! John Lennon's birthday was October 9, not December 9 as this article suggests! It's obviously too late to record a new item correcting the mistake, but can it please be amended on the website?
Brings to mind the song by Todd Snider about the band that became more famous when they wouldn't play, and they were invited onto MTV unplugged where they refused to play acoustical versions of the electric songs they had refused to record in the first place - 'Talking Seattle Grunge Blues'
if only I could afford the ticket on the Indian pacific! my two favourite (especially Mark) musicians ever! will it be followed by a tv crew? this would make for great viewing! not to mention listening!
A HUGE Trilobites fan in my prime and still LOVE the music, especially the early days with Mike Dalton!!! Great site but please be selecitive and delete the last 2 clips that are ridiculuosly irrelevant. Why haven't the Trilobites released their earlier albums/singles on CD or download??? There are many fans out there like me who have lost old singles and records (my mum binned mine while I doing the usual O'S trip) and the You Tube Clips are not enough to satisy!! Where can I buy I them? Have been able to purchase Lime Spiders (same era and often played as support) but having a lot of probs with The Trilobites. Can anyone offer advice?
I don't know anything about tweeting, but I do know about the music of Paul Kelly, and I'm going to be the one sitting in those seats in Sydney as soon as I create my twitter account and tweet my fantastic respose for this competition.
Hey, notice there was an earlier post on here for a request for this as a wedding song?? Just wondering if she had any luck, as I want it to for my wedding! I've emailed, bernard, but not heard back so far......... lol. Please, there must be something I can do to get this version!
Malk - Saltwater Band. A beautiful album, heard it first on ABC overnight.
Pity the price retailers are charging is up to 75% more than the latest mainstream artists albums at $19.99. Saltwater Band album is priced in Cairns : JB Hi Fi $27.99 ABC Shop $34.99. The shop assistant in JB Hi Fi asked what country they were from ! They had several copies on the shelf but I was a little surprised at the higher than usual pricing. So much for music retail staff nowadays taking in interest in all genres as they did when I was in the record shop business in the 70's. By the way the ABC offered to price match the JB Hi Fi price and after making a price check, purchased from ABC as it is where I heard it first.
Saw the band play at an open air concert in Cairns on the Esplanade last year and they were excellent. Good to see the ABC at least give them airplay.
I think Aussie fans just have to wait and see if the current petition to stream a-ha's last concert live will actually happen...and then organise a venue to watch it. It may only be possible to organise a private event and then let Aussie fans know via www.a-ha-live.com or/and www.a-ha.com. I will actually be travelling to Oslo - but I wanted so much for them to come to Australia too, which would be a totally different experience. I also would have loved to see a-ha live with my Aussie friend, who can't go to Oslo.
Unfortunately, because I'll be away, I can't be part of anything being organised here but I'll help if I can. Maybe we could organise a get together to watch it later, seeing that it will be released on DVD.
Saw Joe at Caravans In Oakleigh last Sunday night. After a warm, humourous, totally enjoyable performance, Joe personally greeted every person as we left!
Great gig, top bloke!
Sorry for not replying earlier - it's been one of "those" weeks!
I've added my name to the petition and also added a comment.
I think it's a great idea to add a comment on www.a-ha-live.com and also on www.a-ha.com
There's only two other things I can think of doing that might help.
I've managed to google the contact details for a-ha's booking agent Neil Warnock. His email address is: NeilWarnock@theagencygroup.com
I also came across an Australian website called Friends of Norway http://friendsofnorway.asn.au/
I've left them a message on their website also.
Would be so lovely to watch the final a-ha concert live - even if we can't be in Oslo.
I had the following message posted in iTunes and it last 24 hours before being deleted:
How come we pay $259 for the Beatles Box Set at iTunes Australia while the same product sells for $149 at iTunes in the US.
Bring on Revolution #10.
With the currencies almost at par and with no physical product needing to be shipped, where's the extra $110 going? Either Apple Corp or Apple Inc needs to explain.
There is a petition that you can sign for the final concert to be streamed live at http://www.petitions24.com/a-halivestream Then Aussie fans could arrange a gathering somewhere to watch it.
I think that's a good idea, Suzanne - it's all a-ha could do for their Australian fans, who remained hopeful, like you say. Could an online petition be organised and then advertised on http://www.a-ha-live.com/ ? Then possibly a-ha may also find out about the interest for this event to happen.
This is why America is going down the toilet. This is lunacy beyond belief. Where is the justice in destroying some persons life for a hand full of songs (only a few of which are any good anyway). How can you not be angry at this. Seriously. I'd like to see any one of the artists involved tell this woman that they justify her fine of $1.5 million and demand that she start paying up. If this is supposed to defend the artists rights then let's hear from them.
I totally agree. A really trashy telecast not worthy of honouring our the amazing talent we have in this country. For the first time in many years - I turned it off!
Wow, the 2010 ARIA awards were unspeakably bad. The format was matched in its dreadfulness only by the arrogance of the musicians who continue to insult the public by showing up year after year to accept the very awards they pretend not to care about. It makes me sick. I'm looking at you Powderfinger, inter alia. A waste of time and a complete load of garbage. A piss-weak effort Australia.
Not a bad summation, but I would also have given Augie March a geurnsey for Moo You Bloody Choir, The Gin Club for Junk and Powderfinger for Internationalist..... What a hard task to limit it to 20..... Maybe 200?!!!
Ooh YAY fantastic! Never forget their "farewell" concert in Perth in 2005, and Shirley handing out champagne to all the front row of the audience, and some guy yelling out "Just play the songs and get on with it"....
Hi this is simon, saw the pics of the finger bird - just wanted to say I went to school with JC and Ian and it is good to see them going out on a high. My mate is flying from USA to Australia to catch the last show - shows how cool some songs are I guess - lots of respect - denty in china
Gurrumul's singing is to beautiful for words. What a man. His mun & dad must be so proud.
How old is Gurrumul? Does he have brothers & sisters that can sing?
I went to down load this track from itunes and it is not the same track. Shaft of light has a male singing. Does anyone know the name of the track played?
Very late one night during sessions for the Starstruck movie, I was asked by the producer Mark Moffat to do him a favour and sing a quick guide vocal of a Tim Finn song to help Jo Kennedy pitch and phrase the song. I listened to the cassette of Tim's demo, wrote out the words and sang them...total time...15 to 20 minutes. Went home. Next I knew it was a single...a duet....I was the male voice ( mimed by an actor). The song was No 1 for weeks and weeks, made Tim thousands of dollars...I got zilch...zilch for the session...zilch for the sales and airplay. So...who got the artists share of royalties?? Imagine my joy and excitement at this re release of a song that, really, I saved from oblivion. It was not going to survive till I sang it.If Glenn Richards even hints at my vocal treatment then what does that make him.
I would cut my arms off and run to perth from airly to play with jeff.. However it would be rather inconvenient to have no arms in a band.. Well i'd learn the harmonica better than any other before me anyhow.
It would be absolutely amazing to see a-ha in concert and experience such beautiful music live.
Unfortunately I won't have the opportunity to travel to attend any of a-ha's final concerts.
I did think though that it would be wonderful if they could broadcast their final concert live - particularly in Australia who had remained ever so hopeful of a-ha making it here.
Perhaps a venue in one of our major cities would consider broadcasting it on a large screen and entry fees to the venue could be donated to Mercy Ships.
What do Australians think of this idea?
Just fantastic I wonder what it feels like being there in person at their concerts, can't wait to go to the Territory and meet people from another country.
Incredible acoustic set! Great duo with soulful melodies and the passionate voice of Dan Sultan. This intimate acoustic show is one for the studio as well as video distribution. Great sound and visual quality. Thank you for this you made me a fan!
I would love to play my didgeridoo for you guys! been playing for about 7 month's and not to shabby. Learned circular breathing and all that. The thing wrong is that i'm from North Dakota and I'm 17 but turning 18 in December. Ive always had a fascination with Australian culture, and would love to go.
Since Hell does not exist I guess it doesn't matter - and if there is confess on sunday and it doesn't matter and you get to go to heaven anyway. BTW the Koran says there are more women in Hell so If I'm wrong it all turns out for the better anyway. - Get a better argument!
Just tuned into song called Plainsong by Cure......... Bein an oldie it sounded a lot like Pink Floyd.......anyway it was good to listen to...... Cheers Plonk
same, great memories from early 80's...I think The Mosman Hotel, with maybe The Girlfiends & The Skolars......lucky to be part of the generation that had live music on every corner, Sydney & Melbourne were absolute gold-mines
In his autobiography, EC certainly creates a feeling that he was always reluctant to lead and a bit surprised by the attention and adulation he received for his guitar play. So it is easy to imagine him not being confident about his singing. I don't think he would say this for any other reason than that it is how he really feels. If there is one thing that Eric Clapton has done pretty consistently it is to not fall for gimmicks or ways to attract attention in any other way than by his guitar work.
Having said that.. I better go and buy the album..... there's always room for one more!!!
I went to see the fellas at Northcote social club 25th August 2010, and I have to say listening to their songs from my childhood brought reminiscent tears to my eyes. Way out west - the real version, Boy on the run, Last place that I wanna be, I was like 17 or 18 when these songs were current, I had the records and wore them out. Brod Smith hasn't changed a bit... well maybe slightly less hair, like me... and hearing Chris Stockley's riffs and fills, inspirational. The downside was the crowd of old geezers jammed into such a small place, but for the musical experience it was worth every minute.
To summarise: quite possibly the most moving musical experience I have ever had.
People at Dig compare the CSNY harmonies, eg, the 1970 songs "Carry On" and "Ohio" whereas on hearing "Bus Stop", I'm reminded of the 1970 song "The Pushbike Song" by the Mixtures. (not meant as a slight on the band, however)
given the incredible amount of grassroots talent in all styles aound Australia - some of which i've witnessed in local pubs (good ol' maligned Adelaide...) - i'm surprised by this
given the logistics of availability & ability to secure some mainline acts can prove difficult though
keep it going though... a very good local exposure venue
also appreciate the massive organisation involved for these events - well done thus far
Surely you mean Docklands Stadium, Homebush Stadium (or even Olympic Park), and whatever the ***non-sponsored*** name of that stadium up in Brisbane is?
PG, please don't take this as a sign of lack of support from your Aussie fans. I for one would have flown from Perth to see you but having a shared bill like a festival of "who's who" didn't interest me. I'm passionate about your stuff, but don't care for the rest that much to spend big dollars on airfares & accommodation etc when prices are already inflated because of the Cup. Different matter if it was just you; that I would have gladly done! Please come sometime soon, but just your gang and then see the support you have.
Hmmm, I know you young people love Nick but wouldn't his world view be a bit grim?
Clearly though he would do a better job than Peter Garrett but that is thin praise at best.
Dave Graney comes to mind for his charisma and Clare Moore would be hot as first lady, though I think DG's taste for John Pilger Doco-ganda would indicate he is a bit delusional.
My posting last week suggesting Ronnie as the Rockin-ous name failed to include one of the great rockin Ronnie Van Zandt. I appologise for this oversight.
Interesting, but hardly surprising that Morrissey cites Sparks Kimono My House as an important album. The difficulty would be choosing which Sparks album, I would have thought. We all know about his obsession with the NY Dolls but hitherto I'd not been aware of his sparks fetish. It's indeed wonderful to see the most important singer ever acknowledge a band that unbelievably is still making albums 30 years later. Go Mozz, go the Mael brothers.
this bloke never disappoints. he is a true legend and should be prime minister. this photo of joe shows how he just gives everything and leaves nothing in his performances.
well it seems that all the legal issues re:Jimi's estate seem to be settled and so "lets milk all the money we can out of the sucker consumer".
it's all been heard before,save your money!
Ronnie Wood was in two of the greatest bands ever; The Face and The Rolling Stones.
The Faces stuff really stands up to the test of time. They are a band that does not have a huge profile here in Oz but are worth seeking out as an important part of the puzzle of modern rock. A bridge between The Rolling Stone and Led Zeppelin, if you like. And a lot better band than The Who and a zillion others.
Ronnie Wood joined the Stones and fitted immediately like a glove. His first full album with the band was Black & Blue, an under rated album (and my fav Stones outing). If you haven't heard it or don't rate Ronnie Wood download Hey Negrita and Hand of Faith . . . then reconsider.
In closing, I would like to speculate that the name Ronnie is the most rocking and rolling-est boys name.
Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane and Ronnie James Dio . . . can anyone top it for coolness and cred?
Is it just me or is the news featured on DIg getting a tad mainstream? If I wanted to know about Black Eyed Peas or Sheryl Crow or Britney Spears I have every tabloid available to me. And with Rolling Stone aiming straight for the money makers I am sure I can get my fill of news about the Lady Ga Ga crowd there too.
I am listening to DIG because you are NOT TOP FORTY, you are eclectic, popular, intergenerational, original and retro. I want news about the musicians I am listening to on here, not news about the ones I don't. ( please tell me the news is not the direction you are wanting to head with the music you play)
Love DIG !!!!
Well what a team,the greatest rock and roll band around since 1965 and still going!!! with Rolf from Perth WA,where I live right now!!
Cheers
Steve Madden
And I might respectfully add Mr Mick Thomas of Weddings Parties Anything to this list as well - a proud Australian singer, and all the better for it as well.
proud to be an aussie when i hear sarah on the 'waves, thanks. re: neg comments, right place,wrong time i guess. not everyones cup of tea, i hope one day you'll get it tho. feel for ya guys. rock on s.b.
I heard talk of JM recording an album before his untimely demise with the one armed drummer from Def Leapard to be entitled " Leggless but 'armless." I was wondering if anyone else had any information about this project.
Fascinating too, now to gain a fuller understanding of the man. That he was an often angry-ant Scotsman who would rather have a fight than a feed sits quite incongruously with most of his body of work, with its celebratory lyrics (when not about scoring) and with the epic aural sculpturing of so much of his music.
All of which just adds to a fascinating career and life.
(WAS it it the MoR dog((s)) that ripped his leg off? Have your say!)
Just great that that JM is experiencing a minor revival (unfortunately) after his death. Those who saw him at Dallas Brooks Hall in Mel-boom, in the early 80's will recall a muso of rare ability, originality and humour.His music was the soundtrack for mine and many others stoners odyssey through the late 70's and early 80's. His late career did include some MoR dogs but fortunately before he died, he reemerged as a contrarian, journeyman and virtuoso.
I would enjoy hearing other reflection on JM by his Australian following.
And pose this question: was JM, in his final years, the greatest one legged musician in contemporary music?
Hi all at Dig Music. Can you help all the a-ha fans in Australia to convince a-ha to tour here - even one date? Is it possible to put up a petition on your site?
Yes, truly a creative band of artists that have produced some of the most sublime and influential music in the last 25 years. I really hope that they somehow can come down here and play a few shows before they call it quits. How can we get them here? Petition? a-ha come to Australia please!!!! Suggested listening- 'Memorial Beach', 'Foot of the Mountain'.- just for starters.
a-ha have been a favourite band of mine for their entire career and if they don't tour Oz..I will be one of many aussies that will never have seen them perform live. So many memories of listening to their albums with my cousins on the farm at Melrose.
PLEASE a-ha come to Australia!!!!
I support the Karratha idea - we love live music here in the Pilbara & JBT is so kid friendly asides from being awesome - please come on down, we'd love to see you
Too good a band to receive the abuse they do from media outlets in this country such as Spicks & Specks... Truly an innovative band; there isn't anyone quite like them. Australia shouldn't miss out on the chance to host one of a-ha's breathtaking live shows. Add another local fan to the list!
C'mon Australian fans, add your comments....we want a-ha to know that they do still have fans here...and plenty......and we want them to cross the seas to visit us too. For those that don't know, a-ha have just released their final single 'Butterfly, Butterfly (the last hurrah)' - Listen here http://www.warnerwall.no/h%C3%B8r-den-nye-singelen-til-a-ha/ ....it is beautiful....we need to hear their melancholy sounds on Australian airwaves again!!!!!!
Awesome band, they've always had good involvement with initiatives outside the music industry (electric cars and so forth) but good to see them getting involved in their chosen field as well
It'd be spectacular if they did come and tour down under ... there's still a couple of weeks 'til Japan so perhaps they'll decide a couple of 'surprise' concerts for us :) I know a heap of people who'd be way excited if they did.
fantastic thanks dig and dan. I'm only a fairly recent convert to both, how did I survive without them!?..have both albums and saw dan in canberra, a truely unforgettable night..come to the jindabyne and play during the ski season please!
It's great to see a-ha reinvest back into the music industry. a-ha have produced some absolutely beautiful music over the last 25 years, which is why it would be wonderful to see them tour Australia in 2010. a-ha originally did announce that Australia would be included in their farewell tour, however no dates have been announced as yet. Although I love 'Take on me', there is so much more to a-ha than this - just take a look at YouTube!
As an avid Allman Bros. fan i wonder if Derek is related to Butch Trucks the original base player in the A.B.B.
And roll over Duane nothing, Dereks cool though.
No one played rock and blues like Led Zepplin.and they were all classically trained musicians (well maybe not Bozo)to this day people cannot emulate the exact sound that Jimmy Page accomplished.They were the Everest of Rock everything else that came after was a watered down version.
Thought this was a new 'Collard Greens n Gravey' track whilst it was playing. But yeah with Ian Collard now with The Backsliders on Harp (& singing this track?), it explains why!
Page first played/recorded the song with the Yardbirds - is on live in New york album that he had pulled as soon as it was released back in the day. I'm pretty sure it was called 'I'm Confused' on that, and there is no doubt hearing that that it basically a cover of the Jake Holmes song. This was before Page even met Plant...
Cool :). They sound very errie. I just had a thought. Those loops must be the solar systems largest tuning fork :), although they are not very well tuned since they have harmonics :)
They said we should make a noise to ask them back. Well, here it is. Pleeease bring them back. It was the most alive music I have heard in a long long time.
Fantastic new album from the boys, Saturday Sun and Inside Out are the standout tracks for mine. Great experiments with new sounds, new styles of music and even Sharon Finn gets to sing.
Loved it. And the Itunes deluxe edition comes with 10 live tracks and the video for the first single.
I am feeling very inspired by their choice of music. Radio can be worth listening to after all. But was very annoyed that when the Perth band Tame Impala was chosen to be played they were cut off and cut out (Friday end of programme). I wanted to hear them and think they are a great new talent. Just because they are not from New York doesn't mean they can't be great. Shame on radio national for cutting them off.
Well. It's a line up to be prepared to kill for. But why the hell Meatloaf? I've never noted him as a player. Other titles come to mind, but would not look good in print, and I can't afford a lawyer. I will keep eyes and ears open for this delight.
HI, i FIRST HEAR YOUR SOUND ON GOOD NEWS WEEK. I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR SOUL, SOUND AND DEPT OF MUSIC. KEEP ONGOING ,FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC. YOUR ARE THE BLUES OF AUSTRALIA, THE BLUES OF MANY SOUL ARTISTS.
THANK YOU
Amazing development, and very astute of Jesse to make the discovery back in the days of '06. Will the clamour for a re-release of King of the Delta Blues will be commencing forthwith??
Saw you on Spicks and Specks. Flipped when I found out you were in Australia. Looked up the dates on the computer> Been and gone. Love to know when you will return on tour.
Heard your voice for the first time in a bookshop in Rutherglen Victoria. I was hypnotised. It was so haunting and honest. Went back to the propretor and asked him who the singer was. Mary Goshey he said. Searched high and low to find a record. Bought it and was completely Gobsmacked. Can't get enough of her voice. But then I am also crazy about Waylon Jenning and Johny Cash. The music just gets me.
I am really enjoying this show. A very special expeirence. A great initiative and very generous of Lou and Hal to share their time with us. I'm also a long term fan of the Planet.
When I heard about the concert for dogs on Margaret Throsby's Morning Interview with Laurie Anderson I had a really warm feeling. I'm a dog lover and also an admirer of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. My only regret is that I am in Perth and me and the dogs will miss this gig. Great idea.
Just heard "Don't want to know" by the late John Martyn. Marvelous music and a tragic loss. Lucky enough to see him twice in the late '70's in Perth, super slick. One of those gigs was supposed to be with Burt Jansch but some how he apparently broke his hand on the plane. Brandy (aka lunatic soup) ruled in those days. Wonderful memories.
Luvin Junglehammer :))))))) Iota was originally from Pinjarra, small town in WA where I am from and we spent our teen years lovin him in "Loose Goose".......It's so great to know he has followed his passion and still giving us great music!! Thanks for playing it Dig!!!!!
I am very pleased to hear this news as I have a son who at the age of 19 was diagnosed with severe tinnitus and meneires disease which we are told by specalists may have happened due to him listening to very loud music through earphones over extended period of time.
He is now not able to go anywhere that is loud including parties, hotels, concerts etc as you can imagine this is very hard for a young person and restricts his social life greatly.
He now has restricted hearing and constant ringing in the ears that effects his everyday life greatly.
I do not think warning signs would do any thing to deter young people from these venues, as at that age they are invincible in their own eyes, I think that an overall restriction on the noise level is needed without impinging on every ones enjoyment.
I'm with Cleo on the changes in the playlist in recent years. I used to listen to DiG and nothing else for great stuff you used to only hear live at folk festivals (Waifs, Bluehouse, Deborah Conway, Jodi Martin, Bluehouse etc), but find myself turning off if things get to loud, tribal, or just grating. I still love DiG and will always support it, but getting back to your roots (literally) would be sensational.
I would have to agree with Onno, Annonymous & Dutchwood by saying the announcements/promos become totally nauseating after the first listen.They have me reaching for the off button quick smart-but I generally hit the on button within five minutes.Aside from that I love 99% of the music. Warm regards
I've completed the survey and I hope my response is of some use to you (it was all good). I didn't mention but I ahve now read other commentaters here and I agree with about the irritating presenter. I listen at work and she pops up far to often with the same tid-bit, like watching ads on tv. I wouldn't mind so much if she was saying some thing different each time, or some thing useful.But with a different voice. Latly it just all sounds very amateur and very unnecessary.
Thanks for listening (I AM enjoying the music!)
Martin
GREAT music, I work from home and listen to ABC dig music all day, but that boring voice of the girl with the same boring corny messages is driving me MAD!!
Please get some variety in regard to presenters, someone a bit more genuine (hopefully a male with a warm voice)
Exile on Main Street was something of a misunderstood album with the exception of Tumbling Dice, it did'nt spawn too many songs that were commercial. It was among those four great studio albums the Stones released in the seventies. My previous Stones favourite was Sticky Fingers but, opinions change and l think Exile....is the best of those four albums that included; Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers.
Musically, it is true to their roots, the blues, than any of the above mentioned albums. Not since the debut Stones album did they produce a more bluesier effort. It is the one Stones album l continually listen to because who plays dirty white blues better, other than Johnny Winter ?
I have completed the survey and thank-you for the opportunity to provide feedback. I have commented similarly to Onno Benschop, the only irritating part of the format is the announcement voice over. Everything else is great and I love the music mix. Well done ABC, you may me happy to pay my taxes! Well, a bit of them anyway ;-)
I think I first heard DIG in around '05 or '06 while living in Townsville. I wasn't sure, at first, what I had found. First thoughts were James Cook Uni had gone mad and fired up a station, though I soon found out otherwise. Now I'm in Ballarat and being inside a fair bit means DIG gets a work out. The format is spot on. Here is to many more decades of DIG.
I've completed the survey, but found that I had a lot to say in the final comments which was a little disappointing. My thoughts below can be added to those "other" comments.
I've been listening to ABC Dig for some time and agree that there should be Classical music and often wondered why there was not. I've begun to get a little better appreciation for Jazz, thanks to ABC Dig Jazz but there are times when I feel lost and unable to recognise music within the jangle of tones - I suppose that might grow on me :)
I highlighted some of the following in my survey, but wondered if others might share their view in public.
I have to confess that I've been listening to ABC Dig less because the announcements during the day are getting longer and repeating themselves. There seems to be a trend that is attempting to make ABC Dig like other radio stations. Until now Dig has been different, which I was eternally grateful for - if I wanted to listen to the radio, I would - Dig was offering me an alternative.
I feel that there is less and less to differentiate Dig from other stations. The announcements are repeated and if you're listening to it all day, it's not unusual to hear the same announcement many times during the week.
Finally, is there a way that the ABC can approach BigPond and get this content, the audio stream to be unmetered, if it were, I'd listen online.
Hi! Have been a fan of Dig since Sept 08 and love the mix of blues, quirky country and retro rock. Am listening today 3rd May from 8.30 till now 9.45 and have enjoyed most of the selection. I don't like tribal music at all, nothing personal I also dislike some of the mod/rock/experimental type stuff that's jarring to the ears. My preference is for mellow harmonious music, specially blues/soul etc, easy listening but very definitely Dig, not mainstream. Programming has changed since I first found you and loved what I heard, I now often have to turn you off for longer periods even days when you seem to be moving too far from the Digh I know and love. surprise me by all means but pleese, pleese keep it smooth, bluesy and edgy most of the time cause I can't get that mix anywhere else only from you!! It's a format that works, please don't change direction I don't want to lose you!! My constructive criticism aside you're still the only station that plays my type of music (not as much as you used to) Keep it going pleeese!!
This song of course has immense cultural value, and when "4000 Holes" goes under the hammer, I predict that the handwritten lyrics of the song will fetch considerably more than Sotheby's figures.
I have only recently started experiencing the joys of Digital ABC radio so I can't really comment fairly, though I know what I like. So, what follows is not really aimed at Dig Music.
It's great that there is a Digital ABC presence in jazz and pop/alternate pop (or whatever DIG music is). Though I think it would be great if there was also a contemporary/alternate 'classical' music station (i.e featuring music from 1850 - 2010 and a great proportion of Australian composers), to compliment the rather lovely but narrow ABC Classic FM. And an alternate jazz/funk/soul/jazz fusion station which features music other than the over-intellectualised American fare e.g. Jan Garbarek, Brad Mehldau, Sylvain Luc, Biréli Lagrène, etc. (as well as the over-intellectualised American fare - of course).
Thanks for listening, or reading - that's if you did of course. :-))
i really want burn your name acoustic for our wedding song! does anyone know where i can dowload the acoustic version?? or buy it???
Im desperate, i only have one week left before our wedding and it would just be perfect.
Any help would be unreal!!!
Thanks,
Aimz
Being a child of the early 50's, the Beatles were very much part of my adolescecnce - first kiss, first single bought. While I was living in Melbourne at the time, finding the money for tickets to the concert was only a dream. The closest I could come was in Exhibition Street, outside the Southern Cross Hotel. I recall being jammed in the midst of a swaying crowd, chanting the names of the Fab Four. And then they appeared - on a balcony some ten or so floors up. The mayhem turned to hysteria.
People around me were screaming, i was probably screaming myself. I remember some being carried off by ambulance officers - either fainted or crushed. The police were powerless to control the crowds - barricadews disappered under the weight of numbers.
All I recall of the aftermath is piles of shoes...
...and a memory of the Beatles waving - just to me!
I missed The Swell Season whilst they were here in Melbourne.
This small insight into there songs is lovely. Everyone should listen
to one of their CD's. They will stand the test of time.
Stephen
Fantastic interview, great insight into Jeff. Hope like hell the Jeff Beck Band, with Rod Stewart, come storming into Australia. That would be something special.
Terrible movie, apart from the live band sequences.
This is one of the few occasions when the Garcia/Dead/Dylan connection really worked. It's a hell of a song though, and that helps. Willie Nelson's version on the I'm Not There soundtrack is great too.
Thank you DIG for this great interview; and thank you Jeff - for all the albums, Truth still twists the gut with its intensity; BBB still a seminal album and not dated, the newie is crystal clean and very moving - and for the gigs, 1977, 2009, 2010... thank you, even, to Rod for his incredible vocals on Truth.. Jeff Beck is a true exponent of the 'less is more' school; all the great players can play lots of great stuff - the hard bit is deciding what to leave out. Jeff is there.
Thank you so very, very much ABC for broadcasting your Beatles special last weekend – I can honestly say it’s been life changing – the endless attention to detail, the perfectionism, the persistence, and the straight out genius of the Beatles, and many of those surrounding them (George Martin, Chris Thomas, Alan Parsons, Brian Epstein … ) - so incredibly inspiring, making you want to never ever, ever, give up .. never!
The tale of George Harrison (in the BBC program The White Album At 40), endlessly trying to get his guitar solo right on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and finally deciding to ask his friend Eric Clapton to do it; and Eric saying, I can’t play on a Beatles album! George replying, Yes you can! and Eric saying, Well, what do you want me to play?; and George saying, Whatever you want to. Many years ago I heard the story of a guitar player, not long after the albums release, going up to George and saying, That guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps .. not bad, and George saying Hmm, that was my mate, Eric .. Beautiful. (Rest in peace George.)
I have a few recollections I’d love to share with you, all about my hero, John Lennon.
To introduce what I have to say I’d like to make mention of a MOJO monograph on Marvin Gaye; in the last couple of pages of it, as I recall, the author quotes Marvin’s brother who spoke of an incident he’d heard about in which somebody was about to go out and do something bad to someone, when on the radio What’s Going On came on - it stopped him in his tracks – he never went out – Marvin’s magnificent song may have saved someone’s life.
I heard somewhere that there was a DJ who was so taken with Dobie Gray’s Drift Away, presumably when it first came out, that he announced on his show, All songs should be like this one! and proceeded to play it for 24 hours straight!!! I told this story to a girl who’d spent quite a bit of time in America, and she told me that there are stations in the States where they can do that .. we got to talking about September 11, and she told me of how her husband, a qualified private pilot, had been in his office on the phone to his daughter on that fateful day when he noticed a passenger jet flying close to the cityscape, and said He shouldn’t be there! not long before the plane flew into the Twin Towers. I told her how I happened to turn the TV on a few days afterward to see the first broadcast of Dave Letterman’s show following September 11; one of his guests was Dan Rather, the CBS News anchor, who broke down three times when he thought about the firemen he’d interviewed so many times over the years, who’d lost their lives trying to save their fellow New Yorkers; I said to her I heard that the most requested song on American radio after September 11 was Imagine, John’s song; and she told me there were stations following September 11 playing it 24 hours a day (I’ve just lost it myself – tears streaming down my face – God bless you Dan).
There are places I’ll remember All my life, though some have changed,
Some forever, not for better, Some have gone and some remain.
All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living. In my life I’ve loved them all.
(From In My Life (John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1965), voted greatest
song of all time by fellow songwriters including Carole King, Jimmy Webb,
Jerry Leiber, Hal David, and Paul Weller, in the MOJO Songwriters Special,
August 2000.)
In one of the documentaries you broadcast, the Beatles Story (another wonderful BBC production – thank you BBC!), it was related how there was one day when John Lennon was in Hamburg, on his own, contemplating his future – the rest of the band weren’t there – George had played at another club; the club owner they were contracted to had got unhappy about it, and knowing that George was underage, had had him deported – so there’s John, on his own, no band, thinking to himself, Eight to nine hours a night for tuppence, is it worth it? I told this story to a young friend, a musician and artist, and she said Thank God he did!
In many a book in the frontispiece the author quotes from people who’ve inspired them.
In the case of Michael Jackson (in his book Moonwalk) he quotes Thomas Edison and John Lennon. According to Michael, John said this,
When the real music comes to me (I’m crying again)–the music of the spheres,
the music that surpasseth understanding—that has nothing to do with me ‘cause
I’m just the channel. The only joy for me is for it to be given to me and transcribe
it. Like a medium. Those moments are what I live for.
Rest in peace my friends John & Michael (one day we’ll be together once more, when all of the ships come back to the shore (Peter Allen))
To finish on a lighter note, apparently John Lennon’s favourite song was A Whiter Shade of Pale, so much so that, according to the Wikipedia entry for the song (in the subtext, because there is no reference supporting it – somebody?), he would have to be chased out of his limousine when he arrived at appointments, because all he wanted to do was keep listening to his favourite song!!! Good on you John! We miss you …
Thanks again ABC, and looking forward to a repeat performance, sometime soon! (Hint, hint!!!)
My memories begin with the beatles cartoon series. Every morning before primary school the old "pye" tv blasting out the early beatle hits in glorious black and white "tech- no- colour".
The same grainy telly showing a hip looking Paul quitting the beatles just as I was discovering their middle creative period of Help, Rubber Soul and Revolver. Over the next 10 years the remaining albums became the soundtracks to my life in magical psychedelic and experimental colours.
I never felt the beatles had broken up. Like millions of other hopefuls, I thought they would reunite one day.
Until that surreal day in December 1980. My world lost focus. All my emotions mixed together and left me empty. To this day I can still feel the river of tears from my shell shocked friends.
This was our "Kennedy" moment.
I can never forget when I heard John was shot.
I remember where I was.
The dream was over and like all dreams it was in black and white.
Love both tracks guys
They are a great bunch of lads,I had the Pleasure of meeting them at there rehearsal room in Brizzy.
So sad they are pulling the Pin. :-(
I know Powderfinger will be played in my Car & @ home for many years to come.
(ps Can't wait to seen them on there Sunsets Farewell Tour)
One of my favourite recollections of the Beatles was standing outside theSheridan hotel that they were staying at in Sydney (must have been '62), waiting for hours for just a mere glimpse of any of them. My poor, long suffering parents also having to endure the vigil because I was not allowed to go to the concert (I was 11) and this was a consolation prize, I guess. Alas, no glimpse, but I did get a 1inch square of sheet that was "guaranteed" to be Paul's bedsheet from the hotel. Ah, memories!
It was 1964 and (yes I am a "Baby Boomer" or as I am called these days an old fart) when I first heard 'Love Me Do" at a friends party. . Played on a small record played with a maximum output of about 5 watts of pure mono sound. (Breathtaking!!) The best thing I'd ever heard. The person with the record played only had one Beatles single and I kept on annoying them to play it over and over again.
Finally they got a little tired of my requests and flipped the record over to play the 'B'' side.
I saw all the news items of their arrival at Sydney Airport in 1964 (black and white T.V.) and the inane questions posed by the largely inadequately prepared media.
All these years later I can still remember that particular moment in time. Of course ask me why I went upstairs three times yesterday and forgot what I went up there for and I can't tell you.
I am only thirty, but my love of The Beatles came from an old cassette I found in my dad's music cabinet when I was seven. It was the 'With The Beatles Album'. The Traveling Wilburys came out the same year (1988) and I seemed to be hooked on Harrison's slide guitar licks.
That music seemed to stay with me and I have read almost every book and heard every Beatles and solo recording. I have been lucky enough to meet Sean Lennon, but my most vivid memory was the day George died.
George's music (with the band, solo and Wilburys) seemed to connect with me the most. It was a terrible feeling when he passed. I wore a black arm band for a week. As a primary school teacher, many of the students wanted to know what the arm band was for. What turned out as a 'week of mourning', turned out to be a week of celebration as I was able to turn most of the students at the school on to Beatles music. We had it blaring on assembly, coming from the tuckshop and singing in the classrooms. I was however, warned of workplace health and safety when my Principal talked me out of performing a rooftop gig on top of the undercover games area.
Now I am lucky enough to play Beatles Rockband on the Wii with my two beautiful daughters. My wife shakes her head as she walks past us as we sing 'A Hard Day's Night'. We have fun, as long as I get to be George.
I'm 52 years old, and I've always enjoyed the Beatles, it was like losing a part of my family when I heard about the death of both George Harrison ( I always had a crush On George, it was his spiritual ways that I loved) and John Lennon.But the funny thing is, it has been my 18 year old son that has re ignited my enjoyment of the Beatles. He is an old soul, and enjoys the likes of The Beatles, Neil Young and even Johhny Cash. Thank you Shane for re enlightening me. Shane once said he would never get to a live concert. Because the musicians he likes are either retired or dead. But within weeks of him saying that, Neil Young announced that he was coming to Australia. I reckon Shane bought the first ticket.. lol.
April 70, we heard this news as teenagers. That was the excuse we need to gather all the Beatles music we could find and get it onto a reel to reel tape setup. We ended up wit a little over 16 hours which made for one outrageous party weekend ..... can remember most of the weekend, no one not one person complained at all about the music .... something pretty special. Their music has never faded, and will be remembered down the path called time as the band that changed the face of popular music. Long Live the Beatles!
amongst other vinyl Beatles albums i own ( with no turntable ) i once owned a limited edition of ABBEY ROAD which had the cover art also printed onto the vinyl record.
unfortunately, and with no knowledge of how, following a shift of house this album went missing.
to top it off this record was given to me in london by my first wife 30 years ago.
she and i have recently reunited and as well as being lifelong Beatles fans we desperately rue the loss of such a classic and sentimental work of art
we would love to replace the loss with the ultimate replacement
My friend at school was in love with Cilla Black ( We were 13) and bought 2 tickets to go and see her on 24 December 1963. It was the sart of the daily `Beatles Christmas Shows', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, Cilla Black, and the Fourmost, plus the Barron Knights with the Duke D'Mond, and Rolf Harris as compere.
I was into the Beatles so gladly went along and saw and heard most of the music until the Beatles came on stage (In their Beatle Suits)
For an hour or so I saw them perform but heard nothing other than 000's of screaming girls. Quite an experience !
Many years later, I ended up employing someone who was one of their music publishers, who had many, many tales to tell.e
As a very young child, i sat by my uncles side and watched a yellow submarine in cartoon form float across the tv screen...my uncle had his trusty tape to tape recording machine out...my innocence was fired up by the image and the sound of the Beatles..i just wanted more! So future music was mine to experience in real time (amazing stuff) and the most wonderful music that had come before me...mine to explore and learn about how the Beatles evolved..all triggered by a yellow submarine!
I don't have a fancy story, or one claiming a particular song or moment, but one which extends through my life. My first memories of the Beatles were watching the cartoons on telly in the 60s - 'follow the bouncing ball' to sing-a-long. My Aunty made a full size George Harrison doll complete with plastic wig. She sowed a pair of slip-on shoes to the toes so that she could dance with him and of course as kids we would take our turn. My elder brother took me to the pictures as a 10 year old to watch 'Let It Be' which really turned me on to live music - I was already a Beatles fan. Through the 70s and beyond I listened to their music as 'The Beatles' and individually and like the rest of the world was left somewhat shattered as the news of Lennon's death came across the radio. When CDs came on the scene I slowly collected them all including "Live at the BBC" (thanks Mum!) and it was great to hear bits of that over the weekend. Since then I start each Sunday morning with a Beatles CD and my teenage kids not only know the difference between The Beatles and the rest but also whether it's John, Paul, George or Ringo singing. And tonight my younger daughter made sure 'Yellow Submarine' made it onto her brand new iPod!
Saw your comment and thought I'd suggest you are eligible, and that there's still time to enter too (the 18th being the deadline) - I mean to say the question does mention John's tragic loss & George's passing, as well as general Beatles recollections, not necessarily during the time they were together - I say, Go for it!!! That complete CD collection, & especially those DVDs sound fantastic - GOOD LUCK!
I got 'the bug' when the Hollywood Bowl album came out. That was one of the first albums I bought myself, followed quickly by Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road, Revolver and the rest. That was also the year I began piano lessons. In the days before personal computers, if you really wanted to learn the keyboard solo from In My Life, there was no choice but to slowly rotate the turntable by hand. I got that down pretty well, also the Billy Preston solo in Get Back. Years later, I had 15 seconds in the limelight in a one-off spot with the town's Beatles covers band, playing the Get Back solo on a borrowed Wurlitzer electric piano. There'd been no chance to rehearse with them or hear the piano before the big moment. The piano was way out of tune and that was The End of that.
I was 17 in 1964 and was listening to "The Top 10" (hit parade), on 2GI Glen Innes, which was broadcast at lunchtime on Saturdays, and the announcer said "here's the new Beatles single, which was "Can't Buy Me Love"
and half way through, in George's lead break, the announcer came on and said, "sorry, we were not supposed to play that yet", there was an embargo on it.
Being in the mountains 18 miles east of Glen Innes, 2GI was the only station clearly heard in the daytime, but at night I could listen to 4BC Brisbane, and on week nights at 8 o'clock, they had a 30 minute Beatles "latest program. And in the early '60's, listening on the old Bakelite radio, powered by a 12 volt battery (no electricity),
it was FAB !!!!
It is impossible for me to choose just one single memory from my many years of dedication and adoration of The Beatles, but it is possible for me to choose a single lyric which sums up my many Fab moments with The Beatles:
"You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead".
-The Beatles.
We need to keep this issue alive and not be complacent. An election is looming and we need to make sure that live music and late night night club violence are once and for all kept separate. Those of us who go to our local "Chicken Shop" once a week, listen to live music and have a glass of wine don't want to loose this very important part of our personas. Don't be a couch potato, stand up and be counted!
I've loved the Beatles ever since I can remember - I'm 54 now. I remember being obsessed with the idea that I had to have UK copies of all their LPs to be closer to the 'real' thing - something I acheived on my first trip to London in 1976. When I moved to the UK to live for 2 years in 1980 I boxed them all up and took them, and my stereo, with me. I couldn't imagine not having their music with me.
I arrived in the UK for the second time in October 1980. I remember listening to the John Lennon interviews from New York each morning on BBC Radio 1. The day after hearing the last one, with John so happy about releasing a new album, was the morning of the terrible news of his death - which I also heard on Radio 1. I couldn't believe it, I was in shock - I'd been listening to his voice just yesterday, fresh from New York and full of hope for the future. I took to my bed and cried all day, listening to the new album.
When George Harrison died I was devastated, but it wasn't such a shock as we all new he was struggling with cancer. Those cigarettes he was always smoking... It's funny though, the sense of loss is more enduring for me with George. For me he was always the deepest thinker, his own man with diverse interests and very much undervalued.
Listening to the broadcast today I feel the same mixture of elation at hearing the music and interviews and sadness at the loss of the group and, more deeply, of George and John.
Ahhh, the Beatles. I grew up with them (born in 1950) and loved them from the first day I ever heard them until now. When John was murdered, it was one of the worst days in my life. Most people wouldn't understand, but I felt like a family member died. I remember that my husband and I had tickets to see Bruce Springsteen the next night and it was the last thing I wanted to do. I was in mourning. I finally did go and wore a black armband, as did many others at the concert. Bruce told us if it weren't for John and the Beatles, he wouldn't be on the stage at all! The Beatles were (and still are) a major force in my life. They were always there when I needed them and never disappointed. I love them to this day.
Beatles music spans 3 generations in my family. But alas, together we have been 3 times unlucky in actually seeing the Beatles live-:
My mother had purchased a ticket to a Beatles concert in Liverpool and she was not allowed to attend the concert, because her parents thought the Beatles too wild!!
Years later my mother then married and moved to South Africa where the Beatles were banned from touring South Africa after John Lennon said that they (The Beatles) were more popular than Jesus Christ!!
I am now living in Australia and have a daughter who is envious of anyone born in the 60's-70's because they had the opportunity to see The Beatles - she continually says she was born in the wrong generation!!
My favourite memory was The Beatles stepping of the airplane in Australia, everyone was going crazy and they looked so full of life bounding of the tarmac. It's a picture in my head that never fades.
ABC,
In case you're wondering, Renee has both parents consent, support and encouragement to enter this competition and is using an e-mail address controlled monitored by both of us. We are both well over 18.
I have a number of Beatles memories dispite being younger than a teen at the time. There was the the music, the cartoons, the ep's brought home by the older brothers, the first album I bought which was Sargents Pepers (I was still in primary school). I had a scrap book with all the many (over the top) articles of the time, claiming they had some insight into the inner workings of the world, if only it was really so! They did make very interested in music which has stayed with me for my life. I have met a number of people who did have a beatles number zero over the years (they actually met them). One recently I met one a plane to Chicago. He worker for the American army and had noticed I had a Rolling Stones Magazine with a Beatle's artilce. He admitted to growing up at the same time in Liverpool and related a memory of Paul and John walking down his street with John carrying a monkey on his sholder. It made me wonder if the song "everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey" was another semi auto-biographical song of John's? Then again probably not.
I have lived with the Beatles all my life. I can remember being about 5 years old and hearing "She Loves You" for the first time, and my father raving about it. My mother took me to see a Hard Day's Night, and I was scared because of all the girls screaming in the theater!! I saw Paul McCartney sing Yesterday on the Ed Sullivan show, and watched them everytime they appeared on TV when I was a kid. I danced to "Im down" on the Oriana as we travelled from Canada to Australia when I was 8 years old. I saved my pocket money to by EPs and then LPs and still have all of them stilll in the plastic covers I bought to protect them! I thought the end of the world had come when Paul McCartney announced the end of the Beatles.
When the Beatles Anthology was shown on television, I told all of my friends not to call me, and put everything on hold so that I could watch it without interruption.
Trite but true - they have been the soundtrack of my life - I play them when Im happy, or when Im sad, and when I play my Beatle records I am immediately tranpsorted back to a more innocent, happier, less complicated time
i can't enter the competition because i am not yet 18 but i made both my parents enter! haha!
our beatle memories are all different, my favourite memories must be either
1. hearing the bycyclops line in in the yellow submarine for the first time
or
2. seeing and meeting the fab four this year (even though they weren't the real beatles)
I have 2 early memories.
The first was a send up of the Beatles on Brisbane's TV Chanel 7 program Theater Royal run live on Friday nights. Four individuals in black & white horizontal stripes looking like some kind of insects lumbered around the stage to the song "Love Me Do". At the end a big hand holding an apparently giant can of insect spray appeared in camera and let them have it. Down they went. Quite funny but it got me interested in this new group.
The second was in the 1967 world wide television hookup "Our World". The scene was the recording studio as the Beatles were recording "All You Need Is Love". As we viewed the orchestra firing up the announcer said something like " these are not just rock & roll youngsters these are symphony men."
Standing in front of the family radio on the mantle peice and listening to "when I saw her standing there" when I was 16 changed my life. Grew my hair, looked like Ringo, bought every album and EP as they came out and played them on my portable record player and my sisters friend's home built stereo.
I fell in love to the beatles and grieved to the Beatles when it was over. Watched them on the TV as they arrived at Essendon Airport. and was late for work and was glued to the tv with friends all weekend as they came to the window way up on the Southern Cross Hotel. I stood on the tramtracks in Swanston Street as they walked out on the Balcony of the Melbourne Town Hall.
Weeks of shoving my tranny into my ear to listen to "Long Tall Sally" on the train home from work as I lusted after Sue who loved Elvis and "Little Egypt".
Months of "with the Beatles" and Beatles for sale with another passionate love and painful end.
Queued up for hours to see "Hard Days Night" and remember all their hits on our car radio as we surfed the south coast.
Remember Paperback Writer played on the radio by Pete Smith, on the mud track to Bells and my first hearing of Michelle after I fought with my best friend.
Hours of study as a young married man with a young family, studying for my Accounting exams listening to "Bang Bang Maxwell"
Sign posts of my life have been marked by Beatles events and releases and re-releases. Each one touches my soul as much as the first. Each track I hear takes me to a time and a place.
I recall the emtpiness I felt as I heard, at a BBQ, that John Lennon had been murdered. I was there with my children after separating from my wife.
So I have moved from the family radio to listening to this magic Beatles broadcast on my PC, every track defines me and at the grand age of 63 I look forward to playing their music as I learn the guitar.
I don't want to win the box set, of course I already have it. I just wanted to tell you how I connect to my life through the Beatles. My favourite beatles track "Things we said today". Don't know why and it is just a breath in front of dozens of others.
I will never forget the day when I first discovered The Beatles.
Unfortunately the year was 2008, not 1964 when I discovered the Beatles. I was 14 and up until then, music was only sound, until one rainy day I turned on the TV to open my ears to a wonderful song, featuring a beautiful man wearing Granny Glasses sitting at a white piano and singing his heart with words. It was beautiful. It was like nothing I had ever heard before. It was John Lennon's Imagine.
I immediately turned to my mother, ''Mum, tell me about John Lennon'' and that she did, she explained about his death which made my heart sink (I had never felt this way before, and I didn't even know him!), but made me feel alot better when she told me of his life in the land of Submarines (The Beatles, of coarse!).
Though my mother grew up with ABBA, she managed to find me a Beatles record, Rubber Soul, among her vast 70's collection. My eyes welled up when I put the needle to the grooves of the record. I had never heard such a sound! I knew I would love them forever!
Though I cannot pin-point one single great moment I have had with The Beatles, each moment I live in my everyday life as a Beatlemaniac is a wonderful experience on it's own.
So it just goes to show, The Beatles have inspired many generations. Even though I am only 16, I am not afraid to admit that I'm a Beeatlemaniac, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
At first I had vague memories of the beatles from trips in the car when I was around 5. It grew on me through the years - ofcourse, and as per the intention of the beatles, I liked the 'whimsical' kids songs - Bungalo Bill, All Together Now, Yellow Submarine, Octopuses Garden. But then my father opened up the wonderful world of Lennon, Harrisons and Mccartney, even Starrs (Don't pass me by etc) song writing. Still listen to them all the time now - the anthology, all the movies etc. Their profound effect on music is immeasurable, their music and influence echoing through the world for even 50 years after The Beatles.
Now if I don't listen to the Beatles for a while, I get withdrawel symptoms! I just crave it, and crave the game Beatles Rockband, for which I love playing as it lets the players get closer to the Beatles than ever before.
Listening to each album in full, notably Sgt peppers and Revolver, opens ones soul up to musical immersion of a brilliant level. So now I am a Beatles Fan boy, and always will be, and am ever grateful for the beatles music. The Beatles has had a massive effect on my teenage years/childhood and has moulded me into the person I am - from the seeds of Beatles being planted in my early years , growing throughout and coming to full bloom at the end of my teenage years. I am appreciative for their MASSIVE amount of hits, not one of their songs is "bad."
These days bands struggle and slave away in the studio for years to produce an album with AT MOST 5 songs that are great, however in the 60's the Beatles were pumping out an average of an album or so a year, and nearly every song on each was MARVELOUS. Right now I am listening to the Beatles Marathon on DIg Radio and am grateful to the ABC for sharing this musical magic to Australia.
At first I had vague memories of the beatles from trips in the car when I was around 5. It grew on me through the years - ofcourse, and as per the intention of the beatles, I liked the 'whimsical' kids songs - Bungalo Bill, All Together Now, Yellow Submarine, Octopuses Garden. But then my father opened up the wonderful world of Lennon, Harrisons and Mccartney, even Starrs (Don't pass me by etc) song writing. Still listen to them all the time now - the anthology, all the movies etc. Their profound effect on music is immeasurable, their music and influence echoing through the world for even 50 years after The Beatles.
Now if I don't listen to the Beatles for a while, I get withdrawel symptoms! I just crave it, and crave the game Beatles Rockband, for which I love playing as it lets the players get closer to the Beatles than ever before.
Listening to each album in full, notably Sgt peppers and Revolver, opens ones soul up to musical immersion of a brilliant level. So now I am a Beatles Fan boy, and always will be, and am ever grateful for the beatles music. The Beatles has had a massive effect on my teenage years/childhood and has moulded me into the person I am - from the seeds of Beatles being planted in my early years , growing throughout and coming to full bloom at the end of my teenage years. I am appreciative for their MASSIVE amount of hits, not one of their songs is "bad."
These days bands struggle and slave away in the studio for years to produce an album with AT MOST 5 songs that are great, however in the 60's the Beatles were pumping out an average of an album or so a year, and nearly every song on each was MARVELOUS. Right now I am listening to the Beatles Marathon on DIg Radio and am grateful to the ABC for sharing this musical magic to Australia.
You can pick lines from any of their songs – mix them up and it is still poetry
We are all together
Speaking words of wisdom
Except for me and my monkey
I’ve got a feeling
You let your knickers down
See how they fly
What are you going to play
Don’t let me down
Jai Guru Deva, om
A school mate claimed that Elvis was better than the Beatles – we laughed and laughed. We had seen the dawning of a new age!
The humour – the Goons… John was up there with Spike. The movies: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!
At school we sang “ Love me Do” “She was just a 103” we played “ Roller Derby” in the playground and screamed “ I wanna hold your hand “ as we spun each other around.
oompa oompa stick it up ya jumpa – we translated that into our school war cry!
I read the news today, oh boy!
Paul is Dead – we listened to Chris Winter on 2BL trawling over all the “facts” as to why Paul was dead. I did not believe it
I saw a film today, oh boy
I went to the State Theatre in Sydney to see the film Let It Be – and I did not believe it. They were a part of my life.
When I heard that John had been shot I sat in my car with the radio blaring “ John is dead !!!” .. I did not believe it…I’m crying.
George being bashed by an intruder and then getting cancer – that doesn’t happen to a Beatle!
For my 50th we just had to have a Beatles theme – We had the pedestrian crossing out front, Lucy in the sky (well stuck in a tree), a yellow submarine in the pool, John & Yoko in the shower, Strawberry Fields, even Elvis made an appearance!
It's unusual that being told to "Fook off" should be one of my greatest memories, but it is.
I grew up in Esher in Surrey, just down the road from where George Harrison lived in a walled estate called Claremont. They lived in a bungalow that had huge walls around it and a massive wooden door that was inevitably closed when we cycled up to pay homage.
Well, one day it was open and so my brother and I (aged 12) parked the bikes at the end of the drive way and wandered in because Patti was at the front window having a chat with a few people - it was as if she was holding court. I did my best to explain that I was a local because in fact I used to caddy on the golf course that was part of the Claremont Estate.
I was already in love with the Beatles and everything they represented, but from that point on Patti became the most beautiful woman of my life (sorry darling, but you know what I mean!), her angelic beauty almost stuck in aspic in my mind.
The spell should have been broken when George came roaring up the driveway, got out with his burly minder and told us to "fook off". It didn't, though. To this day, I still find George the most interesting of the Beatles, the one who achieved most in his post Beatles career, though who is still ridiculed by those Lennon-obssessed critics who think he was lightweight. May he rest in peace with "Life of Brian" running as a loop commemorating a great and very eclectic life.
The Beatles had a profound effect on my younger years and their songs and inventiveness really opened my eyes and ears to the world of music, which up until 63 had been so boring and lacklustre. As a kid entering high school and adolescence I suddenly discovered what being a teenager was all about! The Beatles gave us a music our parents hated, and we loved them for it! Clothing styles,footwear, hairstyles, language & slang, even attitude, were all influenced by the lads from Liddypuddle. The Lennon books "A Spaniard In The Works " and "In His Own Write" were so amusing and became part of our group's culture. The first single I bought was "I wanna hold your hand" and the first album was "Beatles For Sale", and from there I collected 'em all avidly. (I even shed tears when I found my mum had tossed out my scrap-book of Beatles clippings, photos and keepsakes.)
But there came a time, soon after "Sgt Peppers" and "Magical Mystery Tour", when the group started to lose their sense of being cool among many of us, as Cream, Hendrix, Traffic and a host of others started to turn our perceptions to other sounds and heavier music. Funny then, that much later my taste for the band returned, and I came back to listening to the songs of my youth. Probably a sign of getting old! Still, The Beatles were a great band and the deaths of Lennon and Harrison mark major losses to music and reminders of mortality to the baby boomers' generation
My first Beatle memory is at age 3 (1964), bouncing up and down on the back seat of my mum's VW singing 'She Loves You' and my big brother, Ray (aged 13) commenting 'Hey, he sounds just like Paul!'
Hot HOT summer day '68. On the floor of the lounge at the holiday house at Port Elliot.
Should have been at the beach but Sgt Pepper's was on the new AWA stereo.
Waiting for the creaky chair in that long ending - so we could play it again.
How I loved Lucy in the Sky...
Thanks ABC for Digital radio.
I started an interst in the Beatles after hearing Get Back and seeing an add for "The Beatles latest and greatest Album - Let it Be" on TV - Happening 71? I think. I bought Let it Be for $5.75 after conning a dollar from my brother and sister to make up the total. I couldn't afford the box set that was $8.00 but managed to pick up the get Back book from Myer at $1.00 on a surplus book table. Unfortunately it fell apart and I put pictures up on my display board. I eventually got the box set at the now defunct Beatles Shop for $275 second hand - a major appreciation from $8.00. I still enjoy collecting all releases from Paul, Ringo and posthumous releases from George and John. My youngest daughter (9) likes to hear the Beatles in the car but is not impressed that my collection has taken all her wardrobe space. I hope Macca comes to Australia in his 2010 tour as he is still an incredible live performer.
Thanks for the Beatles Special but it is a pity it is not on DIG radio where a set top box can pick it up.
McClaren always struck me as a shameless, obnoxious self publicist who delighted in annoying and putting out things to irritate and confront everyone. IMHO absolute genius ! In mid to late '70s UK where I grew up he gave us 'The Pistols' and an outlet for our angst and with Vivienne the outrageous fashion to shock our parents and society. Ugly and obnoxious can be beautiful and bold and helped spawn some educated lefty agitprop which we still hold dear today. Even tho' you were annoying I appreciate very much what you did so thanks Malc.
I'm new to dig radio. I have a digitial radio, a digital TV and internet connection. Which is best to use for Beatles broadcast. What do I set the dial to? How do I find the actual broadcast?
Back in the late 80's I was a part of a film crew making a doco on the Sydney Biennale. Malcolm McLaren was one of the big attraction that year and we were just Babes in the Woods. We arranged face to face to meet him for an interview but after a number of assurances eventually he didn't turn up. So again we tracked him down and arranged another to the same result.
It became apparent that he was doing this deliberately as he found it amusing to make us look like schmucks and for us to lose money on crew payments?
I reflect on this often: what kind of person got their thrills by kicking out the chair from someone else?
The doco never got finished as the money ran out (like good Victorians and Australians, everyone got paid though).
Though I know a lot of people got a lot from punk, to me a lot of what MMcL was just ugly and stupid, exploitive and co-opted from others.
As a baby boomer living in London I remember the dullness of the country until The Beatles came along. It was the sheer joy in their music that made it special. Teenagers were waiting for something to happen. America had Elvis and Motown all we had was Cliff and the Shadows, Billy Fury and Tommy Steele who were poor attempts at the real thing. Along came The Beatles and it all changed. They were the first group I ever saw play live. In March 1962 they did a tour with American's Chris Montez and Tommy Roe as the headliners and played on the stage of my local cinema in Romford. During the tour, due to their growing popularity, The Beatles were promoted to end the first half of the bill. They did about 20 minutes but they were magic and everything changed from then on. The audience listened to them in silence and only went crazy at the end of each song. By the time they did their Christmas Show 9 months later you could no longer hear them for the screams and Beatlemania, swinging London, Carnaby Street, flower power, hippies and all the rest that followed in the sixties took off. England and popular music haven't been the same.
I grew up on Merseyside in the 50s and early 60s. But I was ten years (almost to the day) younger than Paul so I didn't get to see The Beatles then. I remember a night when one of my older cousins, Sheila, visited on her way back from a dance at (I think) the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey. She said "I'm giving up on Elvis, I've just seen a better act".
The Brighton Hippodrome, 1964, hysterical girls screaming, shouting, crying, fainting. Short pauses from the crowd as John Lennon tries to speak, before the screams of ecstasy drown out his luvly Liverpudlian voice again. The Fab Four persist in trying to be heard through the din. I catch snatches of “She Loves You, Yeah Yeah Yeah” but their wry grins only encourage more hormone-induced shrieks. We can’t hear a note of their music or a word of their lyrics but there they are, the Fab Four – in the flesh – a heart-palpitating, dizzying, sight that none of us will ever forget.
My early memory is of being 3 years old and the album with "She Loves You" being played over and again in our house. Then there was "Penny Lane", my favourite. Later I loved "Hey Jude", "Something" and "I Want You". Then there's John Lennon's "Imagine" and George Harrison with "Here comes the Sun" and Paul McCartney with "Live and Let Die".
Rock on Ringo and Paul!
Dad had the opportunity to interview the Beatles for ABC's "This Day Tonight" in 1964, when they came to Adelaide. The whole city lined the road from the airport to the Adelaide Town Hall. I wasn't born and can't remember that!
Memories of the 60's and 70's are vague at best, but I do recall as an immature 12 year old that I knew all of the lyrics to every Beatles song and would sing along with the radio every time a Beatles song was played. I never realised then that they would become legends of a generation and an inspiration to so many artists of today.
If I happen to hear a Beatles song today, I still sing along.
I don't remember when the Beatles split. I would've been too young to know much about them. I do sort of remember John Lennon's death. I was home sick from school when it was announced on television. I wasn't sure whether it was real or part of the fever. It was too weird to be true but it was.
The Beatles stopped being a boy band the same year I graduated to grammar school. This was the second big coincidence in my life, the first being that I was born the year Einstein died.
I'll never forget hearing A Day in the Life for the first time - on the day I bought the mono Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was like nothing I had ever heard before! I had to play it all over again and again. Is there anything to match that 'cacophonic' crescendo? Fortunately my landlady was away that weekend - she would've gone mad.
I'm a big fan of the Beatles and have all their albums, including some on LP. Unfortunately, I'm excluded from entering this competition as I wasn't born in 1970. I didn't 'arrive on the scene' until six years later. It's a shame as I would have loved to win a digital radio...
..was reading an interview with Ronnie Wood, he said Jeff was keen but he couldn't get Rod to commit either to a JBG or a Faces reunion... things have progressed since that interview obviously...
..but Ronnie was funny, he said, and I quote ('Classic Rock' magazine Issue 140): "the trouble is that Rod wants a greenhouse around the drums, and those little things in your ears... I don't think that's very rock'n'roll" ! Too funny!
You have been at the forefront of technical innovation on the electric guitar for over four decades and you are continually exploring new territory as a creative artist. Do you think that the electric guitar has a role in classical music and contemporary ‘art music’ composition in the twenty first century? If so what role do you feel the instrument has and is it a domain which you would like to be a part of?
I love this woman. I met her at Goulburn Blues Festival 10 years ago, at a Finger Picking course, She has influenced my guitar playing greatly. Her style of playing the same chord at any location on the frets alway reminds me of her while I am learning or writing new guitar music.
She woke me up this morning on Dig, thank you.
I have seen a million movies in the last 40 years but this movie remains the most prominent in my mind.
I wanted to be there, on a bike, sitting at the campfire. Bits of this movie come back at most unexpected moments, especially when out riding my softail.
Thanks for posting my comments. The copy of the film shown on Australian TV and available in Australia for many years was heavily edited(censored) particularly at the beginning, when the two protagonist are doing the big drug deal that underwrites there journey. Indeed, you could watch this version and be totally unaware of this part of the film. I remembered being baffled by them placing tubes of money in their petrol tank but having to be told about the drug deal. Similar, as a young person the whole tripping scene could be understood without understanding they were tripping. They were just having a GROOVY time.
Reading these comments i can see what an impact the film has had on a great many people and suspect I may under rate because I am at heart a contrarian.
As some one posted it was made on 16mm and for little money(relatively speaking) and featured actors who would go on to be fixtures in film and TV.
It was one of a group of films that was a lamp ligter and inspiration to emerging film makers and artists.
Another film that had an impact and was widely seen and made for next to nothing was Billy Jack and its sequels.
Arguable it(they) don't stand up as well as Easy Rider.
Thank you: It IS great to be writing again.
Love the page, love the thread.
PS: those who love to revisit the excesses, weirdness, romanticism, idealism,HUMOUR and rebelliousness of the late 60's+early 70's keep an eye out for Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. Ask for it your local library
Hiya Jeff.
Been a fan for years, just wish my fingers worked like yours.
Are you still into hot rods ? Years ago, a friend of mine Peter bennet ( used to do drag raceing at santa pod )
said you was the first to import a hot rod to this country, do you still have it, and whats your fav american car ?
I saw it in 1969 as a 12or 13yo. It changed my life.
Was shattered that people could be so narrow minded and bigoted. The attack at the camp site was very disturbing.
Obviously shortly after we had my lai, moratoriums and prior MLK and Bobby Kennedy but it was the big screen impact of this film that galvanised my thoughts.
I strongly believe that this film had a part in the person who I am today.
One of the most important rock albums. Neglected treasure!
Thirty six incredible songs from gospel through R'n'B and psychedelic to funk and acid jazz.
The Clash were the first artists (punk!) to hip hop!
It is is a story about a couple of blokes who make a lot of money selling drugs and then go for a ride on their motorcycles and take more drugs. Oh and have sex with prostitutes.
Not that I'm down on all drugs (hell, I'd be smoking a joint right now if i could be) but is an interesting reflection of the time it was made and the time since.
The domination of pop culture by the Baby Boomers and the orthodoxy of its artifacts.
I like the redneck interpretation of the movie now (and the one that supposedly occurred when the movie was shown regionally and down south in the USA), that is when people cheered when Captain America and the other bloke got wasted at the end!
It is an overrated movie with a good soundtrack and a questionable moral stance.
Great to see the ABC supporting such a pro-drug artifact!
Go home and give your kids some drugs (LSD) right now everyone!!
A big hello from Australia Jeff Beck, My wife and I cannot wait to see you in Melbourne on the 26th March 2010, Just 3 more sleeps. I was watching a music program (RAGE) on telly one night, a couple years ago, and fell asleep. I woke to the Nadia song and clip. It took me a while to find you but now, I'll never let you go, ever. I liked your experimenting with cars songs, like Roys Toy. My kids are into Jeff Beck, and at 9 and 12 years of age that is saying something. Oh, a question! What songs will you be playing in Melbourne?
What kind of wah/delay/overdrive do you use? What model of Marshall amp are you using? Anything else weird about your rig? Also when are we gonna see more Tal Wilkenfeld playing with you?
Cant wait for the new album! I pre ordered the deluxe edition already :)
Mastery of an instrument is fundamental, but style is important to distinguish one guitarist from another. Have you heard any styles lately that made you sit up and listen?
BTW, saw you in 1977 and for financial reasons I was not stoned. I didn't need to be. Enjoyed every moment of you concert.
Dig yourself indeed! Perhaps one day we could all dig ourselves out from beneath the several miles of Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Yadda Yadda Yadda bleak, depressing, monotonal mantra that has become the staple forced down all our throats by the tone deaf members of generation Y and their baby boomer god.
Thanks for the trip to the desert.........such a haunting voice.........so powerfully and enchanting, it evokes and whispers magic in my ears...........going to go out and get this album........xxx
Hey Jeff! Just wondering if you're going to do any more work with Tal Wilkenfeld and Vinnie Colaiuta, when I saw you guys in Ottawa it changed my life. I know they're going to be on the new album in April, do you think you'll do more together after that?
Hallo Mr. Beck,
will you play sometimes in Prague, Czech Republic?
Know some guitarplayers or bends from here?
Than you very much, you are one of few players, who play from The Heart
Robert R www.myspace.com/bitrabbit
Hi Jeff. I've been playing guitar my whole life and you've always been my favourite musician. I've seen you a few times and I have to say my favourite band I've seen you with included Tal Wilkenfeld and Vinnie Colaiuta. When I saw you in your recent tour with Eric Clapton you didn't play with them. I was really hoping and wondering if you were going to be doing any more touring with Tal and Vinnie in the next few years? I think your styles compliment each other beautifully. Thank you for continuing to push the boundaries all these years!!!
I saw you live way back in 1978 in Edmonton Canada. I was pretty out of it at the time but I was in row 6 so it was not hard to forget how good that show was!
I was wondering when you and Rod Stewart might get together again and do some of those old blues songs again? I know we've all moved on from that time but it was really so good. I still play Truth and Beckola now and then for my kids...I'm not quite sure what they think of the music but I am still really into it!!
Looking at these pictures my vote is with candyramone.
There was one picture she submitted that was fantastic!
Can't wait to find out who the winner is!
We saw Eilen and her band in concert for Dig and ABC radio - wonderful! Then on Sunday night she had the overflowing crowd in the Shabeen bar at Port Fairy in the palm of her hand. Young and not so young were entranced by her and her fellow band members. Especially when she sang "Shakin all over"... The place really rocked!
First heard today , rainy Saturday the 6th March, driving along listening to Dig Music.ABC
The sound of slide guitar with an Asian influence.
One of those albums one must have. But who was that?, as I missed the commentators mention.
So I spend Saturday eve on line in hope of tracking down what I now learn to be jeff Lang and Bobby Singh..
It has left an indelable print on my soul. I must have and I already know it will be one of those cds that will
remain in my heart. Harry Manx had the same effect, and he now holds a special place in my heart and soul.
Namaste
Ok so an advertisement has been made and contrived ... it's not clever nor is it a selling point.. No worries though... he'd just roll his eyes if he saw it. I'm not on some silly superiority trip... I just say that it's below me. It's below you the reader, too.
Spectacular spread of music..who needs a music collection if you have Dig Radio...Could you help...Name of arist?..Played Tues. late afternoon(2/3)....Wish it would rain...sounded like Renee Geyer...think you have also played Into temptation plus some other very cool soulful songs by same artist...thanks.
Guys, guys, guys.......absolutely beautiful music. Love Golden Rule!! Took GR to remove P!nk from my car CD player and that is a feat unto itself. Can't wait to hear it live.
Just watched 'oils on the water' DVD on the weekend and just now was tuned in and heard jims solo stuff... This guy is a legend - we need to hear more of Jim Moginie.
Thanks heaps Jim and dig
hope I get the spam question right, I was never any good at math..
Thank you for the fantastic concert last night at Port Macquarie NSW Australia... we all had a great time and it was such an experience to hear you sing live... Lorraine
This is just another example of Australia's finest and most consistent band. Guys, these sets and acoustic shows are fantastic for your fans. I'd love the opportunity to be able to purchase them off iTunes or similar - even if you set up a charity or something - that way we can listen to these sets again and again!
Excellent mixing also - great to hear it at it's best...
Thanks as always guys - 15 shows, countless CD's, DVD's and singles and never let me down - better than most friends!!
Jimmy
This song has always had my favouite mondegreen where the line "You flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia" misheard as "You threw your squirrel up the roller coaster" Still makes me laugh!
Isn't she fantastic. For the past 6 weeks her cd has been on constant rotation at home and in the car. Just waiting to see if I managed to score an intimate concert ticket.
Hello,
Just wanted to check when the deadline is to upload the track as on this website it is 5th March and on the radio stations website it is 3rd March?
Hi,
I have just discovered you have two closing dates for the competition, 3rd of March and the 5th, I was aiming for the 5th and will not be ready by the 3rd, is this OK.
Will there be a piano there?
I think it is ridiculous to claim Colin Hay and Ron Strykert ripped off that Australian folk tune because a short riff in "Down Under" matches a bar in that folksong. I agree with EMI. The match pays homage to the well-known song, just as the newer song refers to a "Vegemite sandwich". Marion Sinclair should be pleased for the compliment. Shouldn't 75 years after penning be long enough? How long does her copyright (or whatever) last anyway?
Thank you for the info regarding the Apollo Bay Music Festival I've been trying to find stuff about it but it's sort of difficult. I did chat to someone on www.knowyourmusicfestivals.info who forwarded me to this webpage. so cheers, keep it up
What a shock! I just saw her singing with Archie Roach at Federation Square 9 days ago. She looked so healthy and happy up there. It's hard to believe. And just a week into the new tour with Archie.
Lazy Life by Heart and Soul takes me back to those heady days of the late 60's as I was coming of age...it is a sensational song that cpetures how I felt at the time...haevn't heard it for ages...what great meories it brought back.
Do you know where I can obatin a copy of it...I've searched the web but to no avail.
Love the selection and variety of music played on this channel...keep it up.
Ruby was totally unique. A great artist and an amazing person. I had the pleasure of meeting her a few times at gigs in the 1990s. I am saddened by the news of her passing.
My deepest sympathy to Ruby's family, what a sad loss.
I saw Ruby Hunter perform on Sunday afternoon at the St kilda Festival.
She was a wonderful singer, entertainer and amazingly warm woman with so much love and wisdom.
This music is sooooooooooooooooo depressing. And not in a cathartic way. In a maudlin dirge way. Cheer up, whoever is programming the music today! This continuous stream of self-indulgent pap makes me want to ask for an "ABC refund" on my next tax return.
Better find a way to record a demo digitally quickly! Oh yes and find the cash to cover a train ticket just in case.
Would be fun to meet Kasey, who knows, can but try.
Part of what Bono, et al do is use their celebrity to attract more attention to a cause or charity than it would otherwise receive. Of course, there's a reflected glory for the star -- but what else would you have them doing with all that time on their hands? More drugs?
It was awesome to hear this today... I've never heard it on the radio before. I had the (equal) #1 Waifs fan with me when we turned on Dig today and now he's sold on digital radio! Thanks for all the Waifs, Jez and Deborah Conway songs you have been playing recently. I'd love to hear some Jodi Martin, Bluehouse and Kristina Olsen too... you guys do a great job :)
My deepest sympathy to Micks family and all involved with the band. We all should remember all the good things he has done.Fabulous player and performer!! Tourmaline Hotel-Vineyard-This will be one concert I will never forget!! R.I.P Mick.
Maybe this was their only hit, but it remains forever attached to a Morris 1100 with red vinyl seats and a single speaker am radio in the dash driving to a beach after hot day at school with my mum.
What an incidence of coincidence - my 14yr old took it out from the video store today! For me it was as crisp and passionate and poignant as when I first saw it all those moons ago, but for him, sadly, it could not compete with the dross of cinematographic pretence pumped to him today.
I first saw Easy Rider when I was 15. It blew me away then. I was captivated by the bikes, the music, the travelling, the lifestyle, but not the obvious drugs, even though I was a child of the 60's and 70's. Never got into the whole drug thing much. It blew me away again when I bought the DVD a couple of years ago, because it still stands up as a good story, but more so for me because I worked in TV for 12 years, and was astounded to discover it was shot mostly on 16mm film, and only cost US$360,000 or thereabouts to make! The guy with the shotgun who blows them both away at the and (sorry if you haven't seen it), was picked up literally sitting on the side of a street with one of his friends (the guy driving the pickup truck), and asked if he wanted to be in a movie! Laszlo Kovacs, the Director of Photography, remarked that the camer and he were almost too heavy for the chopper shot at the end, and he had to scream at the chopper pilot to "keep going higher" so he could get that incredible long shot with the burning chopper. And I still haven't been able to afford my first Harley! Damn! Priorities of a married man eh?
I'm a rock fan myself and enjoy AC/DC's music, but let's get a few facts straight:
It's not the music that threatens the rare birds but the 80,000 fans unwittingly trampling the nests, young birds and eggs that are actually laid directly on the ground where the concert is to take place in the middle of the breeding season.
BirdLife is not an animal rights group composed of activists but a wildlife conservation group composed of ornithologists. There's a big difference.
BirdLife is not requesting cancellation of the concert but postponement till after the breeding season when the young have hatched and gotten out of harm's way (or relocation of the concert).
The town of Wels, where the airport is located, neglected to inform the organizers that they need to go through a required permit procedure involving the government conservation agencies before they started selling tickets.
All this doesn't come out in the original report that all the online sources are quoting, but I live here and I know better.
More details: http://blog.robbsnet.com/2009/12/acdc-concert-threatens-rare-birds.html
I was impressionable and 15 when I first saw this film in November 69, I also became a bit of a bikie and a bit of a hippie but I never used cocaine or became a drug dealer. It put me off the south of the US for a long time. It was a sad and tragic movie, even though there were good times, the acid trip was freaky, in the cemetery with the oil derricks pumping up and down. I never realised Phil Spector was in it. Lets face it, nearly everyone in our generation was either an alcoholic, a pot smoker, a tripper or a scag head. I still love the music - I thought Peter Fonda was so cool with his sideburns and the ray ban sunglasses - seemed such a waste when him and Billy were blown away by the scum, the filthy bigoted scum that were a reflection of the filthy corrupt governments we had then, and still have in large part today. None of us is free, truly free but I sure like driving and riding long distances through the Territory, we were innocent back then but the movie blew that innocence away.Oh - and rednecks came about because southerners ate a corn rich diet, corn lacks Niacin, which gives you a red neck, thought I'd throw that in for a different discourse, it's been great reading all your contributions - what a generation us boomers are. Now in the Autumn of our lives we can tell our grandchildren all about the folly of the sixties - some like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day still fly the flag. It's a world away from the Indigenous centric world I inhabit now. Far out!
I don't have an issue with the albums selected but I would have liked to have seen these albums listed as well, though what I would have removed to find room for them is too hard for me,
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Townsend was found not to be involved in child porn, so this loud mouthed yank, another one, has to have her five seconds of fame. Maggots involved in this repugnant practice should be burnt at the stake.
I wasn't around alive when it came out, but my dad introduced it to me from a young age and I have watched it countless times and done several school projects on it. I love the freedom and imagery from this film.
I saw Easy Rider on Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada late in the summer of '69 when it was first released and I was twenty. There was my brother and I with his crazy friend Davie who drove us in from Dundas (near Hamilton -- about an hour's drive along the QEW).
The film blew us away of course.
I felt in a daze as we left the theatre, found our car and headed home.
As we were speeding along the Gardiner Expressway the fireworks from the Canadian National Exhibition were flaring to our right over Lake Ontario. Davie kept craning his neck to the bright lights and kept exclaiming "Wow! Oh fucking wow!"
At that moment my brother thoughtfully leaned over and revealed that Davie had dropped a tab of acid at the movie and was just now peaking!
Davie's driving style was pedal to metal as they say so it took a lot to stay cool.
He managed to keep it on the road that night although we were later pulled over by an unmarked OPP cruiser and ticketed for speeding down the QEW. The officer kept asking about the car's engine and configuration since the "family sedan" had been clocked at about 95 mph when we flew passed him and he was impressed.
I always associate Easy Rider with that night.
p.s. On another night, similarly enraptured, Davie did manage to total the "family sedan" and walk away unscathed.
Oh how I remember ! I was blown away at the time when I first set eyes on the movie. When it first came out I went every chance I could get I believe it was 22 times in a two year period. I also brought the record old style, I still have it. I just can't say how much this epic movie had done for me, in so many ways it showed me a peaceful way to enjoy oneself without pushing the boundiers. When ever I whatched this movie I always came away excited and in a different frame of mind I always found something new in it everytime. all I can say is ride on ride like the wind free as a bird soring high across this wonderful land high above a spirtual plain drifting to far off lands seeking new adventures till no boundiers remain.
I first saw Easy Rider in a cinema in Paisley,Scotland, on it's first release.
Back in those days, you could smoke in cinemas, and my mates and I were smoking...... ;-)
We got thrown out for joining in on the "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend" song.
We were so impressed with what we had seen that we stayed vaguely sensible and paid to go back in and see the whole film later that night.
It was, and still is, a great film, one of the only two that I have, in later life, bought as a pre-recorded VHS and then on DVD. (The other one is "Tommy")
In a kind of a way, I think Easy Rider influenced me in coming to Oz.
I loved the big long open road bits, but really didn't fancy the ending, so wanted to avoid Americans.
It's hard to live a bikie road movie in Scotland, where everything is only a few hours riding away from everything else.
The opening sentence of this article is completely bogus. if the claim was "archiving" then perhaps. I've used FLAC for years. ALAC is used for airtunes and other LAN based streaming.
But for portable devices it's going to be psychoacoustic compression for a long time yet.
None of these formats are new but yes they will continue to become more widespread. MP3 isn't going anywhere in a hurry. Apple AAC is superior to MP3 but only works on Apple devices (mostly).
I first watched this movie 8 years ago and I was mesmorised by the music the bikes and the freedom Fonda and Hopper portrayed so well. Anyone who feels sufficated by societies rules, regulations and laws will relate well with these two great actors. The movie makes you want to break the t.v screen and jump in and join along as they ride along fantastic long stretches of lonely country roads. It is easy to loose yourself in the story and ask yourself, "what is life all about?". If you are a fan of Nicholson, this is were you will see him at his absolute best, he plays his character out to perfection, what a brilliant bit of work! Anyway I hope that if anyone has not yet seen this movie, put it on your to do list this week! Fantastic movie, love it! Although be warned "non bikers", after watching this movie you will probably consider buying a bike and riding off into the sunset.
What a good innings old Willie Mitchell had. There's no way you could imagine all those early Al Green recordings on Hi Records without that magic production. That gorgeous Memphis drum sound was entirely his handiwork. I do wonder how his passing will affect Al's performances in Sydney over the next few days. I guess Al has a faith that Willie is leaning over a massive mixing desk somewhere in that great studio in the sky
RIP
I first saw Easy Rider back in the early 1980s, on the big screen at a small-town cinema in New Zealand. I had heard about the film, and of course it seemed like every home I went into as a kid in the 1970s had the poster on the wall (along with the obligatory Farrah Fawcett poster). The music of the film's soundtrack was the biggest drawcard for me - I was very much into the music of the 1960s and early '70s rather than what was then current in 1984 (Hendrix rather than Haircut 100, the Stones rather than the Smiths). The film itself made a huge impression on me as a 15-year-old. It was a strange, sometimes flickering display of acid imagery linked to a strong narrative thread that ended very unpredictably and shockingly - I remember stumbling out of the theatre feeling so cheated and angry that it could end that way, but later realising that - in context - Easy Rider came right at the end of the 1960s and that the counterculture it portrayed was to some extent already dead in 1970. And it was most definitely dead by 1984.
I was 16 when I saw it in Townsville in 1969. Can't remember issues about getting in to see it. We just went to the movies all the time and there seemed a rollercoaster of good things to watch post Sound of Music. Maybe the good movie thing all ended when we made Stone and we had our own film industry for a while. Thought the ending was strange. Loved the music. Loved the freedom and the experimentation. It was more than a road movie. It was culturally political. And our parents hated it, which was a good thing. Glad I was there. Glad I have retained the values and experiences from 40 years ago and not got totally screwed by today's affluential emptiness.
Love the station. LegsyBoy's Big Ones (Top 10) for 2009:
Federico Aubele - Amatoria
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Chumbawamba - The Boy Bands Have Won
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming
Raul Malo - Lucky One
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
The Duke & The King - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Diane Birch - Bible Belt
c'mon dig, get with it! the top 5 are most certainly:
The xx - Xx
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
I first saw Easy Rider when I was 321 and it was 1974. It inspired me to travel and the obvious destination was America, USA and Canada.
This movie shows the best and the worst of US society. In America, you can be brave and free, but you still have to conform the rules of American society. It was a subversive movie, and still is, and the contradictions in American society have not changed. Well, not yet.
Full credit to Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper for making this movie, because it took a lot of courage to be brave and free.
Melbourne 1970. Teenage years filled with Beatles, Stones, Dylan - Peace and Love, Anti Vietnam War moratoriums, Screw the Sabre Rattling Establishment. Winds of change were blowing.. Kicked out of home for my fledgeling political beliefs and hair over my collar. Easy Rider, a bit "groovey" man but aaaaaahh the music. I was straight [as in not bent], but after that movie couldn't wait to explore anything new and anti-establishment. Fonda, Hopper and Nicholson and for me, a whole new world. Saw Zabriski Point the same day and I was ready for the revolution. Did the "round Oz" motorcycle trip and I still get a hard on when I walk past a good looking motorcycle.
Say this classic when I was still at school, it was probably a couple of years old-I live in Perth Western Australia, very isolated city back then, had never seen anything like it and it challenged a lot of my thinking back then.
Later on got into bikes, still ride a Harley 30 years later and with family living in the USA was compeled to get over there and see those scenes, managed 4 trips across and still put EasyRider on every so often, one of those movies that's lives in you head forever.
Great movie that reflected the times that were,counter culture anti establishment against a government that was still entrenched in a war that should'nt of been and a generation that tried to escape it,by any means.
With hits like "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf and "The Weight" by The Band,this movie is destined to go from cult to classic.(If it has'nt already done so.)
I saw this movie while in my teens,in the seventies on vhs and i had it on vhs and now on dvd and is still one of my top ten films.
Was to young to make out the movie when it came out but as far as the music Steppenwolf blew them all away, yes even Jimi. The fact that John Kay & Steppenwolf is not in the "Rock n Roll" Hall of fame, and that Elvis wasn't the first one elected in, it ain't worth being in.
(not to mention Three Dog Night, Grand Funk, Yes, Blood Sweat and Tears and so on).
I first saw Easy Rider dubbed in French, which was good as I didn't speak English then! I loved it so much I saw it at least 5 times in English when I came to Australia! It opened the way to a new concept in movie making. Without it (and "Clockwork O"), I think American cinema would have become so stagnant, to bevcome quite boring. I will have to look into getting the DVD!
I saw this show at the Gateshead drive-in, a bunch of us kids (average age 18 ) went on a mixture of dift bikes ,yammy 175,honda 100's ect but the establishment would not let us in. So we parked our bikes in a neighbours yard and we jumped the fence.I was blown away buy the music and the bike culture and it started me of on my own adventures.I am now 57 and have owned 26 bikes in one form or the other and still have a 76 bultaco parked in the shed although it does'nt get ride much (bad back) but I still watch the dvd every couple of months, love it.
i was born in 73, and so saw it on vhs and was blown away, and still am. For me it represents the ongoing clash between our slave society and the outer fringe trying to break free. The film is honest and real, and so endures.
Wow, what a movie! Saw it in Canberra as an 18yo when it came out in '69. In every way it represented the generational gap I was experiencing in relation to my father re where I wanted to go (the Easy Rider way) and where he wanted me to go (as a result of his experiences in going off to war and coming back to start a new life). The relationship didn't improve after seeing the movie, let me tell ya' - even the red necks and their shotguns could be compared to the fisticuffs the old man and I engaged in once. And, seven years later, when the bride marched down the aisle, it was to the tune of Knights in White Satin.
In many ways 'Easy Rider' changed my outlook, if not my life.
To someone just making that awkward transgression from teenager to twentysomething, working as a junior reporter on a provincial weekly newspaper in the north of Ireland at the turn of the 1990s (while nearly all my closest friends were either at uni or on the dole), I was just discovering the music and the hippie subculture of the late '60s - primarily through my love of The Byrds, who were of course such a dominant influence on the film.
It was their music which prompted me to buy the video, that I sat down to watch for the first time with no undue sense of occasion.
'Easy Rider' didn't disappoint. It looked great, it sounded great and made me yearn to have been born 21 years earlier, rather than at the tail end of the year of its release.
Stylistically, it bowled me over, yet I recognised the over-ambitiousness lurking within its substance. It glamourised drugs, dealing and dropping out, sure, and aspects such as the repair of the bike wheel taking place next to a farmer changing a horse's shoe and the New Orleans trip scene were (charmingly) overblown.
However, it was the notion of personal freedom that awoke something in me. Captain America's tossing away of his watch inspired me to ditch mine, for example.
It was Jack Nicholson's character who really articulated the message of the movie for me. His campfire speech of how fear of freedom manifests as anger and aggression in many people hit home at a key stage in my life and answered a lot of questions about how the world works.
Maybe 'Easy Rider' didn't so much change my life, as alter my perceptions. From Belfast, I went on to travel and work in Europe, embracing new surroundings, new experiences and new ways of getting high. Many of these were valuable, probably just as many were fruitless, but the movie certainly was a catalyst for expanding my horizons and for not being so preoccupied with other people's norms and expectations.
I didn't watch it for around 15 years, after getting to know it almost inside-out. What surprised me about revisiting it after so long was that the nostalgic warmth of seeing it again was superseded by the realisation that - as someone judging it through fresh eyes and ears, with a degree of accumulated wisdom - it remained a great film.
Great, not just in the sense of 'very entertaining', but very important, influential and historic.
It also has one of my favourite movie one-liners - delivered by Dennis Hopper as he and Fonda are thrown into a cell for 'marching without a permit', I believe - "Hey, we're HEADLINERS, baby!".
What saddens me today, is that consumerist affluence and complacency dominate the developed world. While technology and transport allow most of us to venture further and more remotely than ever before, the concept of personal freedom appears to be ever more diluted and a commodity many are willing to trade for a more materially comfortable existence.
One can only hope that, like for me when I dabbled with LSD for a few months, it's just a phase that'll eventually see a brighter world.
This is a great show i have heard all the dylan TTRH for the last three years fantastick music and great humour..BBC 2 boadcasts it in Uk will dig be doing the same in Aust
I lined up to see Easy Rider with my older sister at the Mayfair in Elizabeth St. Sydney in 1970 - it was torn down years ago. They would not let me in as I was only 15 - I was bitterly disappointed as I was very curious about why the movie was for adults only!! I saw the movie the next year or so and was blown away by the music and teh madness
The two best albums of the year are "A Friend of a Friend" by Dave Rawlings Machine, and "Bible Belt" by Diane Birch which is the best soul record since Macy Gray's debut.
I also loved-
"Secret, Profane and Sugarcane" by Elvis Costello.
"Sleeping Patterns" by Jordie Lane
"Privileged Woes" by Oh Mercy
Midnight at the Movies by Justin Townes Earle
"Already Free" by Derek Trucks
" Live at Austin" by the Drive By Truckers
"Monsters of Folk".
I'm 50 now. The first & only time I saw the movie was in my early teens where I found it haunting familiar as the movie portrayed the lifestyle my three elder brothers were living. They too met their ending, so its still too close to home to ever watch again.
Funny, but seeing Pulp Fiction and Deliverance later in life jolted me straight back to Easy Rider - the "other side of life" is always a real eye opener.
For now as tribute I'll continue belting out the music to remember these authority questioners....and continue to ride my motorcycle cautiously !!
I was 12 years old, my dad decided to take me to a drive in, so lucky me i got to see easy rider, was totally amazed of the scenery the roar of the bikes, the life style to be lived, changed my way of thinking, and the music was so anti establishment the bad boy look. I still ride today, the boy on the central coast, california.
Ella and Jesse f--- i love you guys i am so glad to hear some new material, it's revitalising!
Ella you were my idol growing up, i learnt so much about singing and taught myself how to jump into falsetto just from listening to Reflector over and over again. I used to twist all my hair into fake dreads so i could look like you (lol hilarious) and i know all your songs word for word, it was so good to have someone with some personality to look up to cos all my friends cared about was Britney Spears, thank God you saved me from that.
Please come to Canberra again you guys did some really cool gigs there, especially the opening of the museum that was awesome.
I feel so at home listening to you and whenever i hear Ella sing i just want to spend the rest of my life singing cos your so inspiring and uninhibited by social norms, so pls don't ever stop.
Can't wait to hear more from you.
wow, love your songs so much i would kill for your singing voice. stars would kill for that beautiful husky voice, your gonna shine like a stra, (not that you arent already)
NZ is so proud of you ♥
I was in year 10, wagged school, and jumped a train into Sydney to see this at some obscure 'adult' cinema in George St (I think) before it got wider distribution. I was under-age, but it was a quiet weekday, so managed to get in. What a movie! The last movie I had seen was Sound of Music that my aunt had taken me to. I guess Easy Rider represented a coming of age for a generation - from the 'Sound of Music' Menzies era to the 'Easy Rider' years of Gough. It certainly influenced my life in terms of eurekan rebellion against imposed authority and choosing to follow your dreams. I still have the poster up on my garage wall as an inspiration.
I first saw this classic movie at the now defunct Schonell Cinema at University of Qld in the 1980's. What an eye opener. I loved everything about it; the music, the story, the characters. The promise of a way out of the insanity of the Cold War world where nations were acting like dangerously paranoid lunatics threatening each other with enormous nuclear arsenals. I also liked that the girl I was chasing at the time said I looked like Peter Fonda. That was a good sign :-)
I was 21 when the film came out, it's hard to explain now to the present generation but it was a feeling of the time to find an alternative lifestyle the time of change and big influences in music and culture.Peace and love .Easy Rider came out at just the right time .I love motorcycles and the freedom they give when riding ,nothing like it. Peace out man.
I saw the movie when it first came to our cinema in Whyalla. I loved the bikes and I had a great poster of them on my sleep-out wall. I recall speculating with my friends on how the movie finishes. Was it murder or suicide? A year or so later my parents and I were travelling in our Cortina to Mildura and found ourselves following a bunch of bikies headed in the same direction. One of the pillion riders imitated the Jack Nicholson manoeuvre, i.e., arms spread wide as he stood up on the foot pegs. I knew this was pure Easy Rider - a movie that influenced a generation.
While walking past the box
my ear heard a sigh
a voice I did not regonise
a sound I had not heard
a rift that got my pulse burning
a little lion roaring
I went to the local
record store all to no avail
must put it on order
as I sighed I tried
by listening very intently
to hear that sound again
a mix of colonal
folk, and folly
OH Mumford and Sons you are so
JOLLY
Good I say
as you helped me delay
the sadness inside
of a loss I must hide
the album arrives
as I drive the antispition
is almost overwheling
to my little farm in the middle of nowhere
your voices rang out
through my valley of doubt
my heart it did stop
as you spoke of the Grace
made me think of the Cross
covering my pain
with your beautiful refrains
without hesitation
I tell you that that day
you saved my life
as I was at the lowest
your music lifted me
with its honesty
for several days I did the usual
to escape my drama
painted for myself
an image inspired by
SIGH NO MORE
twelve songs in total
played over and over
got me over the hill
where I see clearly
the Grace in my own heart
WHAT A FABULOUS START
your art makes the world
feel better
i have just come to know of Dan Sultan and .... WOW!!! what a talent! love the voice, love the music!
i live in Brisbane and would like to know if there any future plans for a gig here? would love to see a live performance! i have just purchased "Get Out While You Can".... and love it !
I was there in 2006 and it was absolutely fantastic; the Models and Lior were the best! Unfortunately I couldn't make it this year but will be there in 2010 as I'll be living locally. Can't believe I'm the first one to comment on the pics; QMF finished several days ago! I guess you're all still recovering.
So nice to hear a woman with some of that MAGIC factor. simple and straight to the point., actually more than that! Bit of Janis J bit of heaven, hocked on the first listen! seriously indeed, emmy dee xo
this is insane ! im a metalhead , and it takes alot for me to "hear" something other than metal! i got your lp and MAN! its like the coolest thing ive heard in a hell of a long time! true heart/soul/creatvity, pure feeling and power in those vocals! insane!!!! god bless the new singer soul sister from heaven!!
I have a friend who honestly thinks that if someone has realeased an album, they must be loaded so it's ok to burn their music illegally. It amazes me how many people have no conscience when it comes to owning pirated music or DVD's. Would they walk into the Louvre and take the Mona Lisa off the wall so casually?
Yes it is Hope Estate in Pokolbin, ticketmaster have the details :-)
ticketmaster.com.au/Carole-King-James-Taylor-Reserved-Seating-tickets/artist/1384736?tm_link=tm_homeA_h4
You are a faboulous singer artiste !! I am a real fan ...You sing seems to come from a big heart ...I love your voice...Don't change , be yourself as far as longer you can.. Love, Sonia (french artist of paint)
Theres nothing on their website about James Taylor and Carole King but they *do* do a lot of concerts there - maybe this is it? Anyway, hope it helps...
My 21 year old Son gave me a 'burnt' copy of this album and said 'here mum, I think you'll like this' and I do, very earthy, it's brings us back to who we are and what it's all about,'as brother's we will hold your hand...........& we are not alone in this..........' Brilliant,just brilliant.
I agree that x factor and shows like it have little to do with true music or artistry. It's like trying to create something beautiful with a gun to your head. I don't judge those who watch the shows, for some light entertainment they are fine for passing some mind-numbing time! But not for the serious musician!
g. love is so under estimated as an artist. i absolutely love the vibe his music gives off and try to see him live as much as i possible can afford too! =) keep up the good work g. your music makes me feel ...... and it's a goooood feeling!
I was so excited that Paulo Nutini was actually coming to Australia and have been waiting for the gig dates. I am now hugely sad that Brisbane is not on the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yah, I thought singers used their voices as the instrument, so why Pretend to be singing?
That's what a mime artist would be doing .... making you think they're singing. The one with the voice gets paid heaps more too so work for it !
thanks for the info re shooglenifty. Great clip too - the tammienorrie with tassie mando wizard Luke Plumb to boot!. Can we hear the new double album ? its released in the UK but not sure if here - can you find out? would be grand to hear some. The Aussie guy according to a reveiw I read online has written most of the tracks!. Lvoe your programming - even if a tad light on the folk content. More SHOOGS I say!
Cheers,
Lydia
DIG deeper ABC. Clues and Sneakin' Sally (featured) are great albums but you need to get hold of DRIVE (2003). Anything on this is 100% up DIG's alley. Can I suggest 'Dr Zhivago's Train' as a future DIG featured track?
An artist's work should not be used for such political and controversial purposes without consent. Those at Guantanamo probably realise that if they did ask for permission they would probably never get it, so they just go ahead and use it anyway and hope nobody objects.
According to the book "The Men Who Stare at Goats" the music was played to one Guantanamo detainee who thought they were just being nice. He was from Britain and couldn't work out what the aim of playing western music on a portable cd player would achieve. The Iraqi prison music torture is much more sinister though.
A very honest interview David thank you. It makes me realise how much you get from live performances. I will cheer twice as loudly next year when you come out again.
Been a fan of these guys for a couple of years and have their various EPs. This album is good, but definitely go see them live if you get the chance. They are awesome.
I have seen G play in all parts of the country, and no matter what ,he always puts on a great show. From Hawaii to Wisconsinn to Fla. the more he plays , the better he gets. This was an all time treat, Unless you have watched him play in a small room with 10 or 15 people. Or if you check out his personal solo plays on (phillyglove) videos. They are incredible.This guy has soo much talent,i hope he keeps doing things HIS way. Were ready for the next album ....... GO G LOVE........ J,
I am a little confused. What makes a indigenous music 'indigenous' When is is played using western musicology and western instruments, it is hard to call it indigenous. Australian certainly, but indigenous? Perhaps I am missing something, and someone can clear up my confusion
love it! g love did an awesome job in atlanta with his whole band, but this acoustic side of him is fun too! he's just so entertaining!
(effnmusic.com)
Thanks for the reminder itchyfoot. Meant to cut those introductions before now but there's been the washing and the cleaning and all those odd jobs around the house. We have them removed as soon as we've done the dishes.
Please, please edit this song so that we only hear the musical content - not the long and very boring waffle at the beginning - the song is repititious and boring, but at least it is "listenable" without the waffle! Urggggggggggghhhh!
Thanks, Dig, you are absolutely the best and I do not listen to any other station, except Triple J when I am in the car. Keep up the wonderful array of music.
Been to Queenscliff for the last 3 or 4 years - its always fantastic. Moving house this year so no go :-( That shouldn't stop the rest of the world going though!
I think Gin has a great voice and a real presence. This is particularly represented in the videos of "These Roses" and in the more energetic "Under My Skin". She makes great listening to on the radio also.
Sample A is bright and sparkly with heaps of separation and clarity of the instruments. Sample B is dull, muddy and obviously the original. The remastering sounds great to me, like anything that has come out of those studios in the last century.
I am the Amanda Brown listed on this page. Not sure if the photograph of the woman playing dulcimer is supposed to be me...it definitely isn't me! Also most of the Youtube links aren't me either, although the lisitng with Glenn Richards from Augie March is me.
It can make things confusing when your surname is Brown.
Deep Forest - World Mix 1994 every track attracts your ears. I remember buying Deep Forest in 1990's but sold it because I wanted a small pocket-size CD walkman with studio quality headphones without those ear cushion pads overheating my earlobes. Well, this year 2009 is the year I bought Sony Ericsson mobile that you can record from CDs and listen through ear-plugs with strong clear bass and treble. I strongly wish a re-release of World Mix so I can listen with the latest audio technology from Sony.
That version was absolutely awesome and I loved it and will definately be chasing up the Anthology Album of Roy's. May you always Rest In Peace Roy 'cause you sure as hell made sure we wouldn't be, listening to great beats like that.
One of the most under rated bands of our time.
Their live shows were blistering!
They have just released an acoustic album with version of their classics and in my opinion, it takes nothing away from their timeless strength.
Typical laconic Walker drawl, pure genius to pull off this style and make it work for a music lovers audience,
I could listen to his voice all day and all night, GET ALONG Don GET ALONG!!!
I was 8 yreas old at the time but fully aware I was missing out on something big. The album and the movie were great but only served to reinforce that I'd somehow missed out. Now I finally feel as though I've participated - a brilliant broadcast, thank you and congratulations!
Is this link still valid? I am only hearing a few minutes of static/feedback and then nothing. (I thought the static at the start may have been part of the concert but it appears not!)
Streams from other digital services (such as Dig Jazz) play correctly via Real Player on both Fedora and Red Hat Linux but not this feed. Can you please investigate?
I wasn't sure if the recording was going to stay online as an archive or if it was a live feed to which you had to listen at the advertised times. If the link is no longer valid, please either remove it or put up an archived version of the broadcast so that we can enjoy it during office hours. :-)
Finally, please investigate open source broadcasting options in the future, beyond Windows Media Player and Real Player. Ogg Vorbis is an emerging, fully open standard that supports live streaming.
I think we (the people who work at Dig Music) are a little overwhelmed at the large response our Woodstock program generated. Your feedback has certainly let us know that
1. you wanted to listen to the program on Dig Music and/or on Digital TV channel 200
2. the promotion of the program on ABC Local Radio didn't make the fact that it was only on Digital Radio clear
3. the bit rate of the stream was too low
4. that it was not clear what we were presenting (i.e. documentaries and not all of the music)
So we've learned a fair few valuable lessons. Thanks for the feedback.
PS - the docos were good, the music great and by the way we're not all pixies from Hobbitland (why do so many posters feel the need to so obnoxious & bullying?).
Well done ABC for using the new digital radio medium to good effect. I listened on and off all weekend so caught most of the content...fantastic, thanks!
Well done, Aunty, for broadcasting Woodstock via digital radio. I was literally a babe in arms when Woodstock happened, so I don't remember it but have heard heaps about it over the years. When I was a teenager, I thought most 60s music was a bit naff, but now I'm old enough to appreciate it.
It's been fab hearing Crosby et al, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker and of course Jimi Hendrix. Thanks again, Aunty. My digital radio doesn't have the best speaker in the world, but who cares if I get to hear special events like rebroadcasts of Woodstock and the moon landing?!
Sound Quality is terrible on both real audio and windows media formats..for all the trouble you guys have gone to to commemorate this event..it is ruined by awful sound...any way u can improve it...
Consider yourselves lucky, that you have been given this opportunity to listen to THE BEST MUSIC you will ever hear. ABC have done this for you and DO NOT FORGET IT.
I heard the Digital Manager interviewed on Local Radio say that in the CBD (VIC) all the interference is removed when parked under tram wires. OH? Someone has marketted a DIGITAL CAR RADIO have they?
He also commented that as the transmitters have power issues, the reception would be better once the power is increased.
IMO it is highly unlikely bringing the DAB trasmitter up 3db will produce any discernable difference in the Melbourne CDB, it is DIGITAL not Analog and the carrier signal strength will hardly extend the service area by much unless you intend to increase the power ten fold.
In the mean time it will be the domain of the selected few.
As for DAB extending to regional Victoria.
Not while ANY CH10 TV stations are on the air in that band.
I'm all for it - dh lawrence said that picking a flower and putting it in a vase was selfish and against nature, however I would be ecstatic if the FULL the whole thing all the music and announcements and noises and commentaries - the whole lot could be put onto mp3 or some medium - - - ?
Sounding awesome in Dee Why on a Sangean DAB+ portable plugged into the hi-fi. 10.40pm on Friday and you're playing Sat night already - I was up for staying here 72 hours. More artist info on the DAB+ text stream please!!!
I'm listening over the internet, streaming from http://abc.net.au/streaming/events/network2.asx
mms://media3-ak.abc.net.au.edgestreams.net/reflector:44763.
The stream is only 3 KBps wide so its no wonder it sounds rubbish.
There doesn't seem to be any way of jumping further down the stream, so I have to listen to Santana playing a solo on symbals which seems to have gone on for ages - now its bongos !
I can't stand this any more.
Ends.
Very disappointing!!! All the promos for this on ABC Local Radio stated that it was being broadcast on Dig - not on some separate digital station. Please get you promos right in future and don't muck listeners around.
Yeaah! Richie rocked.... in an earlier interview he said he was onstage for 'three hours' but take a look at his setlist. What was he doing up there all that time? ;)
Only ever heard Bert Sommer's 'Jennifer' from Woodstock... hangin' to hear the other 2 tracks.
I think this is a great idea. With very few people owning digital radios, that only work in a few capital cities, most of the potential audience is lost. Computer stream, fine if you have unlimited download contracts and ADSL 2, again not available for many people on country properties. I'm on satellite, very slow download. The digital set top box network could have been used by many, but again you did not do that. Who is the ABC aiming at, do they pay more than 8cents a day? Maybe you will get it right next time, but I doubt it. ABC listener for forty years, but I wonder why.
Waddya reckon? Do you really think ABC got out those old reel-to-reels or eight-tracks to play back Woodstock. It's all digital - get off the grass! ;-)
Very disappointing!!! All the ABC radio promos for this on ABC Local Radio stated that it would be broadcast on Dig with no mention of any other special station. Get your promos correct in future and don't muck the listeners around. I've got better things to do than sit in front of my computer to hear this.
Sounds great so far...looking forward to Janis Joplin's set, although not her greatest performance it's well worth a listen. Happy Woodstock 40th - PEACE!!!
So much for all the hype surrounding the Woodstock event on DIG- they somehow neglected to mention that the vast majority of their listeners won't be able to hear it, because it aint being broadcast on DIG. Brilliant strategy for retaining listeners, DIG!
I suppose that for the rest of the weekend we'll be subjected to the usual deluge of jazz and country, despite the fact that there are special channels for that dross. Back to the CD collection.
Not true - if you haven't got a digital radio Woodstock is only available via the live stream on the web site - it's the regular Dig Music programming on the telly.
What's going on. I thought we were getting the concert? We can do without all the documentary crap. Just give us the music. Better still I will play my original LP.
Liz
Hey man, lotta freaks, far out, almost cut my hair but think I'll let my freak flag fly one more time tonight! Peace and love...and stay off the towers!
For those who missed the festival or simply want to re-live the historic event, Blender Gallery in Sydney is hosting a once in a lifetime Woodstock 40th Anniversary Exhibition. There are 70 images on display by official photographers Henry Diltz, Elliott Landy, Burk Uzzle and Amalie R. Rothschild. This is the first time that these images have been displayed in Australia. The exhibition runs until August 25th 2009. See www.blender.com.au for more details.
I am disgusted that you are not playing this on My dig ABC through my TV. I have looked at the map you have provided and I wouldnt get reception if I bought a radio so thats not an option. No opportunity to listen on computer as speakers would provide a crappy am experience. Shame on you
Out in RARA land we don't have digital radio. I don't want a
digital radio anyway, digital audio is made using lossy
compression as are the soundtracks on most DVDs and
digital TV. Audio on streaming audio is so bad one wondes
what on earth the bit rate is.
Put Woodstock on analog radio where it belongs.
Shows how out of touch the elites at the ABC are.
wow, more people NEED to hear about this guy - only stumbled across him by accident, now im scrambling to buy any music he has made, which is proving a hard task - come on sydney record stores and EMI: bring out his music and bring him out for some concerts in australia!!!!
Hiya, Canberrans who can't experience ABC Woodstock via digital radio or online may be interested to know there's a gig happening with local Canberra musos paying tribute to the music of Woodstock. I'll be tuning in online to ABC Woodstock the rest of the time! Have never heard any recordings of it before, apart from Jimi doing Star Spangled Banner of course.
Congratulations ona real mind bending, blowing programme. Hope you widely make it known as there are a lot of people out there who'll be listening. In Peace!!!!!
I thought this was supposed to be music only radio - broadcast this on JJJ - I don't want to hear this drivel, it spoils the best radio I've ever found
Gotye....fantastic! Saw him for the first time on TV the other day in a triple j program. I'm an old lady, but he is the best performer I have seen for a long time!....and he is good looking young boy!
hey, thanks for that. i think i've got it sussed now. it's fantastic being able to listen to all the "digs" without turning on the telly!! keep up the good work.
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this song has a good beat
Wow! Just heard Bad Luck Lately. Is this a Ray Davies song? If not, we have a serious, new song writing talent.
I love the song 'Wakun' by Gurrumul because of his cultural roots and this song sings to me.
Was doing kids bedtime reading, but was one of those songs the theme from The Persuaders? What was the song title?
this a great song of socilal coment
this song shows the true colours for getting rights for aborigenals and a way get atention withoutcausing strife they gott the right atention from the government. this so different to how they got atention befor this song.
Love these guys.. good to see them on here..
sounds like a great lineup.Peter Tim and Marianne would be well able to generate a fever pitch crwod response.
I ve been out of oz for 8 years so i didnt even know midnight oil had broken up. (was saddened to here of ther demise) any signs of a world reunion tour?
would be nice to see em at the 02 dublin or the marquee cork. I d even travel over to london from galway to catch a show. Ireland is a happening place in the summer.Aussies shoule make the most of the great value holidays and cheap flights within europe if they are venturing to london for the olympics. dont ever think the irish people are beaten cause there are loads of job opportunties being created here. IT call centre ,bio medical, engineering.
This is great Sunday arvo listening.. thanks Dig.. great work as always..
Oh more and more of Ben!
Who gets to watch these being filmed? Can I come too? This is a really lovely performance
Love the melodic cool of those bearded Melbourne boys. Thanks.
Wow. That Castlecomer song was so amazing!
Please keep playing their stuff!!!
Love Gloria
Noice!!!
nailed it again Dig!!
Dave Hole should be in the top two or three. It's an absolute travesty to have him ranked so low. He does not get the recognition in this country he deserves.
Pleeeeease stop playing this guy here, so so depressing for when stuck at work, surely you guys have a big enough back catalogue to move this to the world music station or something??
WTF??? Didn't know they'd split>>>>>
Where have this lot been hiding? Fantastic set...but why only the 2 tracks?
Awesome Sauce! Very good to see such good music in the informal "Messy Desk" space.
Thanks so much for playing TB "Sweet Surrender". It takes me back to my not-so-misspent youth. Soooooo good to hear this again. You've enspired me to seek out the CD of Greetings from L.A. and replace my old cassette!!! Good going, digmusic - play Tim more often, he's a true legend and was a remarkable songwriter. Peace, Love & Palmtrees.
This is a great track. If I could take only one album to a desert island, this would be it.
hah, dont you wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
You'd be amazed how many DON'T mules.......
Second that - bit Thursday will be great with 5cc
Loved it Lanie!
Apart from the fact that I just luv Saturdays, "Just Released" makes them even better. I'm usually on the run so really appreciate this site so I recap & catch-up anything I missed. Long live "Just Released".
What a sad fact that Johnny Adam is no longer with us!Love that song "Gone for good".Resounds with me!!RIP Johnny.
Lisa Mitchell is just lovely!
I am listening and 'black fella, whit fella' is the best ending song but this whole day has been wonderful and moving and I thank you from all of my heart for doing this. It is extraordinary that a state funeral has been only a footnote on the smh web site but thanks ABC for putting Jimmy Little front and centre. A moving tribute all day. Big up Jimmy Little
Best band ever. Greatest lyricist of my generation.
very tight song by jordie lane, first time i ever heard him.. choice tunes!
Looks and sounds great! Really liking this Untidy desk series! The band sounds really well mixed too. Great stuff guys!
Hi guys, What is the update on this, has anyone been able to download the acoustic version of Burn your name? Would really appreciate if someone could please let me know. Thanks
I second John Webster. While "Back 2 vinyl" was not the classic epic that Sat. night's "The Story of Pop" was, it still would be good to be repeated in full!
should more or your songs played on this station well
love the dig (and the jazz and the classic...) programming - great to hear some of the programmers talking about inspirational music.
It would be my dream come true if all four original members reunited for their 40th anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall. I can't tell you how disappointed I am with myself for never seeing 10cc in their heyday. They were a brilliant band so fresh and versatile, in my opinion they should never have split up so soon, i think they had so much more mileage left in their tanks. So if you would like to make a geordie the happiest girl in the world then all you need to do is show up on the night! Are you listening Lol and Eric? Brian Wilson said he'd never get back with The Beach Boys...just look at them now, celebrating 50 years in the business! Come on lads what are you waiting for get those guitars out and head for the gig. PLEASE!!! (you know you want to)!
This is some of the best Aussie radio i've heard for years....so good to hear presenters totally being themselves and reflecting their musical passions....So REFRESHING....Thankyou ABC and may we hear more of the Vinyl program in the future on some sort of regular basis? Many thanks for a great weekend...More please !
Well if vinyl is good for nothing else, it's good for memories. A lot of people have a very enjoyable period of their life locked up in their record collection. Playing the vinyl often opens the time capsule. .... Nobody remembers their first 'download'. And of course vinyl on a reasonable turntable leaves digital for dead sonically... Don't get me started! Having worked with quality Hi-Fi for 35 years, my aim when recommending a CD player to someone is to find one that sounds as close to a turntable as is possible.....
Hi guys. Love the show. Pretty sure your turntable is running a bit fast. Donald Fagen was sounding a little 'Castratto' Keep up the cool music. Cheers Dahl
Can't believe that "Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends" is not there. Also "The Tubes - Prime Time" would be a valid contender.
So many good songs in the 70's. Back in the days when songs made it to the charts primariliy on their merits and not the marketing and video like today.
The GLEE version was pretty crap -- had no heart at all, and lacked the best bit - the Kimbra solo!
Love Glee, but they need to calm down on their elocuation. They articulate way too much - although that can be useful, when they do a cover you can finally work out what the lyrics really said!
Hope Mr De Backer makes piles of cash out of his fabulous song.
Great bunch of tracks. Untidy Desk is getting pleasantly big in scale -- a couple more band-members and you'll need a bigger office.
What a loss. He had a unique voice and could stand out in the roar of The Bands music. I dont know if The Band ever came to Australia. Will have to dig out The Last Waltz for old time sake.
I saw these guys a few weeks back in Melbourne they were great then but better here - so together
OMG! This girl's voice is fantastic... I saw her supporting Lucinda Williams recently, and she and her band sounded every bit as good as this at the State Theatre. Nice clean close-up recording here in an intimate setting - she can Untidy my Desk anytime!
Forgot how good Died Pretty were. Doughboy Hollow was an epic album - thanks for the reminder Dave!
The great man delivers a wonderful song!
Former Nirvana front man ... that is hardly the best way to describe him
Tickets should be made in the name of the person who buys them (like airline tickets), so they can't be on-sold without arrangements made from Ticketek to transfer to a third person.
Just heard you on DIG. Saw you guys at the corner Thurs, keep up the great vibes!!!
Some good stuff Rob,I prefer yours!
I haven't heard that since my brother played it on rotation in the 70's. Amazing as a young impressionable thing at the time, the sounds just sunk in and I instantly knew it was Santana. Love it!
eclectic and subjectively idiosyncratic tastes epitomized by exceptionally musically rich performances by KRYSTLE.
Cant wait to hear the album.
Corgis - Everybody Gotta Learn Sometime, Eagles - Hotel California, Judy Tzilke - Stay with me Till Dawn, Dragon - April Sun in Cuba, Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart, Michael Sembello - (she's a)Maniac, Simon&Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Rich Clapton - Girls on the Avenue, Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are, Joe Jackson - Is She Really Goin' Out With Him, Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis, Layla - Derek and the Dominos, American Pie - Don McLean, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations, Roxanne - The Police, More Than a Feeling - Boston, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd, Living for the City - Stevie Wonder, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits, Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes, Fire and Rain - James Taylor, Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty, All Right Now - Free, Riders On the Storm - The Doors, Black Magic Woman - Santana, Night Moves - Bob Seger, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John, American Woman - The Guess Who, Reeling in the Years/Ricky Don't Lose that Number - Steely Dan, Aqualung - Jethro Tull, Moondance - Van Morrison, Instant Karma - John Lennon, Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock, The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff, Without You - Nilsson, Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon, Behind Blue Eyes - The Who, Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers, September - Earth, Wind and Fire, Fly Like an Eagle - The Steve Miller Band, LA Woman - The Doors, 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago, Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young, Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren, Dust in the Wind - Kansas, Running on Empty - Jackson Browne, More Than A Feeling - Boston,
great to see some ska an reggae in there. not sure about the top 5 but i is not a big punkster. good selection of soul and motown too. great top 100 in anyones book i reckon. well done NME.. way better than triple j's top 100 of any year!!
I love DIG. Joe Cocker followed by Tori Amos! Classic - keep up the variety guys!
good on him. cheers.
Ahh I just found this! Great stuff! Such a great artist.
Elbow is very talented ,keep on guys .you really impressed me.
Thumbs up for this song. It's now gonna become a well played song. Great chose.
:-)) :-)) :-))
Elbow is a great band, their music is totally original. Quite an achievement in these eclectic times where everything seems to have been played and written before.
This 5 songs playlist is a very nice surprise, good stuff.
Are you all crazy. I logged in to find out who it was as I enjoyed it so much. I need to hear more. So glad it was an Aussie.
Flying Junk from Original Soundtrack and Im Mandy fly me from How Dare you..sublime!
This is so sweet!
thanx for the new Waits track!! :) much appreciated. lols - had an argument with the whole room about whether or not it was actually Waits, looked online - found this funky site - and proved myself right. ;) cheers for the awesome tunes!!
Wonderful wonderful band. Lucky to catch them twice in Brisbane last month. See one of their gigs and you're set for the year. Was aching to see them since seeing them in 2007 and they did not disappoint. Took the pain out of not managing to score Radiohead tickets!
Hey! please add Tasmania to your tour!! We need your musical goodness down here. :)
They Might Be Giants are an amazing band.
Their music has always been of the highest quality.
Frank lives forever. If
I dont listen 2 frank every day, I dont feel good. Can not wait 2 see dwezil and. Band tonight
PLEASE come to Tasmania! Hobart, if you must, but def Launceston and play at The Royal Oak hotel. Please.
I saw Ben at The HiFi, great gig... this reminds me of being there..
It's Elbow, the one and only Elbow, The BEST band in the Whole Wide World. Get your bums into gear and go see them for yourselfs, YOU will not be dissapointed.
This is terrific stuff...can they be on every week?
Awesome, thanks for letting me know James. It's a shame it's done with a Flash control because it means it won't work on iPhone... it'd be great if you could see if it could be done with standard HTML5 at some point so it can work on browsers without Flash...
Yep, Parker was and still is one the best of British rockers. Legend. And yes, 'Can't be too strong' is absolutely chilling.
I loooovvveeee the Beatles.
Gad! That was wunerful!
The program's not available as a podcast, due to copyright restrictions, but is available as a media on demand via the Just Released website http://abc.net.au/local/justreleased
This is great stuff. Nick is amazing. His songs are so subtle and clever. And that voice. WOW!
Awesome!!
Another great session at the desk.. love em!
wow, wow, wow, wow
Love it! Onya, Untidy Desk. Also, is it just me or is Nick what Buddy Holly would have looked like now if the plane didn't go down?
great stuff. play more
My pick for an Australian icon - Skyhooks
Courtney Love makes the shortlist, but not Joni Mitchell?
I'd like a poll to see who is the bigger icon of the two
Go to More Dark Than Shark at http://www.moredarkthanshark.org for everything about Brian Eno - More dark Than Shark is the biggest site on the net dedicated to Brian Eno, his music and other work.
Ben brings back the bould-er. Bam Bam.
Is there a podcast available of this? I'd love to be able to subscribe to it.
Nice. I really enjoyed that. It made me remember the first time I saw Neil in a Split Enz filmclip with Tim. I think it was 'That was my mistake'. This young loopy kid. look at him now and how much water has gone under the bridge.
I reckon Sharon should get her hubbies mate Eddie to play Ukelele on a couple of tracks. Now that would be fun.
A sincere performance, beautiful voice. Thanks ABC DIG Music, keep up the good work! NPRs Tiny Desk would be proud!
These pics totally capture the atmosphere! Lovely! :-)
Nice one. Neil sings & plays best when he tries to get a message across
Just check the reviews on Amazon Uk......gushing!....can't wait to hear.
Would have loved to have been there. Glad I I could pretend i was there by looking at the photos and then listening to one of his albums whilst remembering some of your photos that I had looked at a little earlier.
The Bad In Each Other - Feist - What an amazing artist - such talent, great track !
Amy Winehouse with a splash of Sia...
First shot's the winner! Nice seeing set design from such a unique perspective : )
Nicely done!
Wow...love this pic Cass, hope you had a fab night, your shots are amazing as always!!
Canned music, that's about all we get now. Thank the powers that be, I was around during the 60's 70's and 80's, right in the guts of the best Rock and Roll on the planet. Australian hard core Rock and Roll was, and still is, the best of the lot, nothing comes close.
I was at the Tote last Saturday night, with some friends, to see Endless Boggie, an American band, and they raved all night about Lobby, Billy, Buffalo, the Tatts, Buster Brown and many others. God bless Aussie rock!!!!!
I heard this program for the first time today on Dig Radio. Loved listening to the music and especially the commentary. Jocks with style! Congratulations on a great show. I would like more commentary on Dig Radio but I wouldn't be surprised if I am flying in the face of the popular viewpoint.
Brilliant sound. Humble performers. Awesome band. Well done on capturing these pics ABC!
Argh! I couldn't get tickets!! Looks great though..
Still giggling about your determination and getting that pit all to yourself!! Wheres your next gig Miss Hannagan?? You are number 1!!
Take a surf around You Tube for A.A. Bondy there's some great music. Personally I think this guy sums up the word simplicity, less is more. His sound (band included) doesn't need anything other than what you hear them playing live, as for his voice, unique and very special. Love it to bits, (as if that's not already apparent)
brings back lots of great memories
I would like to enter 2012 blues & roots cd comp but don't know how could u please help thanks reg listener chris
What a voice A.A Bondy!
Another great desk... nice one
This sounds so good I hardly believe you recorded it on the spot! Sounds like it's right out of a studio. How many microphones have you hidden about the place to get it sounding like this?
Fantastic, cant get enough of this music
Saw AA at Sydney Festival but this was much better...nothing to get in the way of his voice
A hero in music and life.
Nice work, Untidy Deskers!
I wondered how they recorded it myself. Then I saw a microphone in the Dan Sultan and Alex Gow instalment. It's a (very expensive) Neumann MS stereo shotgun mike. The American "Tiny Desk" series is recorded with a Sennheiser MS shotgun. Of course the ABC had to go one better (or at least more expensive!).
Of course a great mike has to be used well. And in this setup, that's mostly about putting it in exactly the right place!
Great sound.
This song brings back great memories of Dave Mason at the local, thanks for playing this one!
smoooooooooth,th,th.
he's a different. needs to be. succeeds.
Julie could use the strength of this song to garner some energy to be PM. Great drum backing too.
I know Nick didn't write Shivers but hearing him sing it was for me the first hint of what was to come. Listening to it still brings me that instant shot of joy. Its delight has never faded.
Woah! This is great news. I was just looking at his website yesterday...
Love the reviews
Couldn't agree more!!
Just beautiful. this man knows no (musical) bounds!
Hi Bill, I just brought one of those new fangled digitial radios and while I was trying to work out how to use it I stumbled across you playing music,took me back to the 1960's 4KQ and the stud.Best times of my life. Memories Pity we have to grow up.I will never forget those days. I keep in touch with Ken Bradford, he is still as mad as ever.Good to hear you doing what you do best.Ran into Dennis Plimmer at Ross Goldsmiths mothers funeral recently.
Ah parties at the stud how good were they!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheers Peter Daff (now retired and turning into a grumpy old man well that's what SHE tells me)
Not the last thing I'd ever expect to hear on here, but close to it. Nice job.
Rock is dead. Long live rock.
MD
P.S. and FYI, FYI, this is listed as 1971 - it's actually 1973 for all the rock geeks out there.
How did this talent slip under my radar fr sooo long.great voice thrown out there with a raw edge missing in so many artists these days (and many days before that) there are hints here of a great variety of vocality that I predict at the very least a strong cult following,at best worldwide recognition,and dare I say it,,,,"stardom" ??? my hand is reaching fr my wallet to buy her work,,,,thanks ABC....yuve done it again,,,,brought an artist to my humble attention,cheers,gavin.
so cute!
More Shooglenifty Pleeeeeeeze!. There is NOTHING else like them in OZ. Latest double CD is AWESOME! All hail the MIGHTY Shoogs!
Love Blur, and the new song is lovely. If there's any other Blur fans out there in Australia, come out of the woodwork and join us on twitter @BlurAustralia. We'll keep you up to date with all the latest goings on in Blur land. Promise not to spam! xx
No they can't.they have to come.please.
Agreed Clutterbells. Utterly appalling. Does anyone remember a guy called Trent Reznor?? Barnes has probably never even heard of him haha!
Enjoying all the music. Dig music is becoming a natural preference for me when I'm working in the evenings. :)
Great song ... I believe it features the great James Jamerson on bass.
Wow! That was great!
Great to hear these songs without all the studio trappings...there's nowhere to hide!
Nice one -- more please. Are you releasing CD/downloads of the 'desk' series?
This is lovely... well done!
This is great! Thanks Dig..
Love these guys, thanks Dig.. another great production!
I now turn my stereo down when you play Gurrumul, if I don't, I swear I'm going find a cliff and launch myself off it. His music is the most depressing sound ever. Yeah, OK, he's a blind aboriginal who sings in his native tongue, cudos. But that doesn't make it any easier to listen too. I'm pro-aboriginal but that doesn't mean I instantly like his music because of that. I've listened to his album and it's all depressing, whiney and frankly an offence to my mood. Please, please, please, please, please take it off the play list - you may lose listeners otherwise!
That's disgusting Sony and you should be ashamed...
Love this show - one of my favourites. It's the kind of show you would never hear on commercial radio who rarely stray from their prescribed format and playlists. Great to hear Bill back on the airwaves as well !! - and on the ABC !! Keep up the good work, guys.
Whie I don't confess to know anything about music, I thought DeVotcka was great. I would to hear more.
Why didn't you play the whole track from Birds Of Fire?
And then to go to that idiot Garrett!!! What the .....?
all this is actually worth weaving your way through.
Just heard 'Jackson Hole' on ABC Dig Music...my ears pricked up to a very cool song! Nice one!
Did Lisa cover these 5 songs or did she just take them and you played the original versions? Is there any chance of putting the audio back here? I found this way too late apparently. Thank you very much in advance!
Great song!
The Killer. Never been anything like him; never will be again. It's impossible This whole album stinks. I love Dig.
I'm glad to see you've booked Canned Heat for the Bluesfest! They continue to keep real boogie music alive after over 40 years.
Those familiar with their hit songs, "On the Road Again" and "Going Up the Country", will surely remember band cofounder Canned Heat. His mysterious death in September 1970 has long been considered a pivotal point in the band's direction. Until recently, however, his musical genius has gone unrecognized by casual listeners or those who are confused by a frequently changing Canned Heat lineup in recent decades.
I've written a biography of Wilson, whose work also included recordings with blues legends Son House and John Lee Hooker. Currently I'm offering a special discount for select US customers, and would like to include Blues Fest fans in this.
I hope you'll take a few minutes to check out my website, read an excerpt, and pick up your own copy:
http://www.blindowlbio.com/us-sale.html
Thanks to the Blues Fest for keeping the music alive, and as Canned Heat always says, don't forget to boogie!
Beth is a fav, but saw her live a couple of weeks ago - not so good, in comparison the previous gigs, bit off note vocally and quite a few bung notes on the guitar, shenkept forgetting to speak directly into the mike so people at the back couldn't hear her. Probably just needed a bit more rehearsal.
Mr Eno's work and production has been one
greatest influences in modern music of late last century and continues into this new millenium.
And such his music can be compared to
acid reflux relief compounds found at your
local pharamacist or grocery store.
This is in referral to the "ambient" stream he focused on
after his initial recordings in 1973 and '74, after a breakaway from Roxy Music, where it is believed controversy was rife with Brian having to fend off countless fans much to the dislike of lead singer - Mark Ferry; media portrayed "sex symbol" when Xerox park was still in infant years.
Influenced as well Talking Heads, where mentioned in the song "King's Lead Hat" from the seminal album "Before and After Science."
The album is believed a fave' with a great many of
his diverse fans.
The song mentioned talks about "riding around in a big black Ford,"
as to his personal times with the band that became one of the greatest live performers and realised too a host of thousands of
bands in emmulation.
"801 - Live", (Eight Nought One), showed around 79 - 80 that indeed he could cut it Live, though preferred studio recordings it seems.
Possibly in respect to the Roxy Music days.
His pc program KOAN was used by artists and himself in ambient productions and id still regarded as many as a great mix and match format that can create incredible ambient tracks.
Sitting on the verandah at Bonnie Doon... "Enjoy the ambience."
Thank-you Digg for releasing the man who grew from dust and coal
and now shines like the evening star.
Ah, The Moody Blues...... what a sensational band of talented men! I was fortunate enough to see the Moody Blues at the Sydney Entertainment Centre back in 1984 with my late wife Kym who was six months pregnant then with our son Justin, I tell my son that he was actually at the concert inside his mothers belly, we named Justin after Justin Haywood because of our love for the Bands music! I now live in the central west of NSW & work as a volunteer DJ on Peak Hill FM 89.5 airing my show Steve Douglas' Magical Musical Tour on Sunday Night's from 6-9pm, it's streamed & can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world via the net..... it's not uncommon for me to be airing The Moody Blues & infact airing once a month starting from this Sunday night will be 90mins of uninterrupted music DVD's of live concerts with the intention of airing The Moody Blues live at the Albert Hall in London, 2000. would love to personally meet Justin Heywood, he has always come across as a very dignified man..... 10 out of 10 for the Moody blues from me!
Stephen Douglas
Peak Hill FM 89.5
Lovely new track and excited about the new album. I look forward to seeing Beth in the UK later in the year. Thanks for posting the set :-)
wonderful set. really loving the new song and; great renditions of two of her classics. looking forward to her new LP!!!
I'd be very happy to not hear this song ever again, but I'd like to hear his other songs.
Wow this is beautiful.. thanks dig!
Sydney folk get all the good shows!!!
She's so inspiring! Great interview
Very good indeed!
Your pics are great!
Such a sweet, close-up performance. Really really lovely.
Awesome!
Nice. I thought after you played 'Up on the Roof' that it would be nice if you followed through with Ben Folds' 'Philosophy', but you played another song by him... spooky that he turned up in any case.
great pics
great pics, very atmospheric
Trailer Park is one of my all time fave albums, great to hear her doing some live intimate songs here.
She looks so dramatic! Amazing woman and artist, good to see her here.
good ol' Beth...glad you got to document her!...usual great shots!
Great! Love PJ, wish I'd made the show..
Enchanting!
aww Isn't she lovely?
Thanks for brightening my day by playing Take me to Chicago by Dave Hole.
I have been a fan of this type of music since the early sixties with the Paul Butterfield blues band and many more such fresh sounds coming Holes playing Timeless.......
I Love Beth!
Smaller halls and lower prices I would like as well,but a horn section and backing singers are needed if they are gowing to tour.Remember their in there late 60's.As far as a set list.....expect a Greatest Hits pkg.
I would not see them now.the time to have seen them would have been 1969 till 1982.
Love this song, she has a fantastic voice!
Ditto Thank-you Mr Young. Never tire of your beautiful words and music
Been a long, but good day. Was just about to crash out when I stumbled on to this channel. Feel like I've found a musical oasis :) don't wanna sleep anymore. spin on...
These pics are great! They really capture the festival atmosphere!
Brilliant, inspiring stuff.
Well done ABC Digmusic and thank you Stevie.
Wonderful stories and compliments from one artist to many others, including from one awesome female vocalist to another. I understand more why as a 14 year old male in the 80s Stevie was, well, so noticeable.
Boy that woman can talk. On and on and on and on...about herself.
Awesome! Love em! Wish I'd been there
Best Festival Ever!!! Had a fab time down and these pics bring it all back!!
good song never heard it before
your shots are wonderful!...John Butler has amazing photo presence!!...Easy Allstars...my favourites!...your pics do them justice!! and I love pic # 7...
Top shots!
great photos...makes me jealous that i missed it all...especially liking Arctic Monkeys pics...and JJR of course!
I've just heard some of your programme for the first time on ABC local.Excellent, loved it. Will there be repeat of the programme on DIG at the advertised times this week??
Once again amazing photos - keep it up!
Wish I was there this year! Can't wait to see more :-D
You're quite right, Tarcey75, it should be Dandies. And yes, it's Greg's new line up. The album is well worth checking out. Good on you DIG for picking it up! You should play Olivia - great sing a long number.
this song really grates on my nerves, and i hear it on this channel EVERY f***ing day at least once. i didn't mind it to start with, but now it really irritates. i really LOVE this channel otherwise, but this is one that really sucks. you'll lose me as a listener if you keep playing it. please leave it for a bit. otherwise, only compliments.
What a waste of time this article is. Didn't debunk anything, simply stated something I already new. Please try harder.
"Badge" What a great track! cut in 1969 & still has the goods!!
THAT IS SOOOOO COOOOL !
BET THE FOOs ARE RAPT.
I'm SURE Shea Stadium was rockin and buzzin when I saw the Beatles there in 1965.
Scientists said "this set up a nice harmonic vibration in the ground" - what more could a band want?!?!
Go FOOs
Best wishes Molly get well soon
Thank you for being YOU! That is all!
........... couldn't agree more,give it a REST.So much great music out there ....
Wait a minute, Kesha and Adele singing together????
Diverse range, perfect voice for all the genre's.
Beautiful shots!...Gurrumul with guitar absolutely stunning...captured his charisma :)))
Would love to see these guys do an untidy desk shoot, that Jordan sure can sing!!
just such a good day. of all the overpriced concerts really Homebake 2011 brought it back to why I go, not just to say I was there and I saw this but to get lost in a good time.. to swan over to the tent and see great southern Land by one of the greatest bands of all time - Icehouse to see Gotye perform somebody I used to know and to see Pnau play embrace it was like all just too much... all just too good and it was fun - thank you and wow from someone who has been going for about a decade now. Cheers!
Cool shots! Great line up....well captured : )
I love Adele, but it seems as if royalty is beginning to get a little snooty. I will miss seeing her in concert this year.
Good to see the old bands again... shots are great!
This is one of the most original honors any musician could receive! Go Seattle! Jimi invented Metal and everything Rock knows about the guitar after 1970 came from his psychedelic twisting of what the instrument could do. I paid homage to Hendrix with a portrait called Purple Haze on the anniversary of his passing recently. You can see it at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/09/purple-haze-jimi-hendrix.html and tell me how the voodoo child’s music has influenced you!
Fantastic photos. Makes me wish I was there. The shots are amazing.
Magic music.
really great music again, thanks
Such a good day!
Nice one!!
Images are amazing!!! I didn't get to see the homebake but shots really makes feel the atmosphere there.
Great stuff!!
Lovely stuff. She's very soulful
Beautiful songs! Looking forward to the Untidy Desk CD set (I'm old-fashioned enough to want such things in these downloady times!). K.
Excellent diversity of style with a voice to match.
Incredible shots. What a day.
Excellent photos. Really captured the day.
I saw Bryan Ferry @ Expo 88 in Brisbane and he was brilliant....
Pretty
My ABC: if you must replace your costly humans with el cheapo robot researchers AT LEAST MAKE SURE THEY'RE UP TO THE JOB. I clicked on to 'Thorns' to find out more about this delightfully mellow song only to be directed to the website of a homicidal Norwegian deathmetal band (of which Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins were not members. It's 'The' Thorns. 'The'. THE !!
What about Tasmania - yet again we miss out and with flights - OH WELL - Au revoir c'est la vie!
wow, these guys are still kicking around... reminds of my mispent youth in the UK
AAAArg. Portishead so old now. cant look. we'are all getting old.
Ah Gomez! Wish I'd seen them when they were here, this is the next best thing though..
I thought when I first heard this, that it was the voice that I found annoying. NO, it's the guitar, which sounds like a bunch of hornets. I
It is really annoying and in no way doing justice to a Dylan song - he must be horrified!
Like a fine wine, Wayne Coyne just improves with age :) Luscious pics, thanks!
Gr8 new tunes by Mr Freedman. How are these things recorded at the ABC? I don't see a microphone anywhere. It's not like Countdown and they're lip-synching? Either that or you have invisible mikes!
Those guys play the geetar like a-ringin' a bell! More please.
Awesome photography! I didn't make it to Harvest but it looks amazing (or maybe that's just amazing shots?)
killer! Great stuff!! thanks dig!
Wicked shots Cassandra! Looks like it was a great festival.
I Love these guys! I'm SO impressed you got them in! Great stuff!
I Love Dick Dale One Of The Great Surf Guitarists !!!!
They dropped Richard Thompson from 19 to 69? Oh well, I do recall there was some controversy in him being at 19 - mainly from metal heads and hard rockers - along the lines of 'who is he?'
I thought 19 was about right. At least he is still on the list, though as jazz and classical guitarists are missing (even those like John Williams who crossed genres) you do wonder at the value of the list.
Great song. Thanks.
Jimi at one, I don't think you will find many who will argue with that. And I don't have a problem with Clapton at two. But the rankings of the rest leave me a bit cold.
Robert Johnson dropped? Clapton in second? They're joking!!
Ry Cooder is at 31, not dropped completely
Not a bad line up, pity we will never see a fair few of them. Jimi was the only player I would have sold my soul to see.
The Church are a national treasure I agree with you on Seance also, great words indeed Crammond
Nice Lanie, Loved it.
Such a good festival, bringing back the good times looking at these..
Brisbane Harvest was an awesome day. Flaming Lips put on a great evening show - so glad I went!
brilliant stuff. love it
EMO Blasko...
Brilliance ! what a wonderful voice..
Killer player, great stuff, never heard of him before - like JosieJo, this is the first time I've seen or heard of him, keep up the good work supporting local up-and-coming artists!
Sarah Blasko is so painful to listen to I had to turn the radio off for this song.. It's like please put me out of my misery!!
Love it! Keep em coming!
Wow!
Great stuff. Been digging these guys everyday on Dig, thanks for introducing me to them.
Brilliant album!
I just discovered this guy on here, thanks Dig!
I reckon Wayne needs to clean the inside of his bubble.
Great shots, captured an awesome looking day.
Awesome! Wish I'd gone...
Awesome shots!!!
When did Bic Runga become an Australian artist? (Tagged under Australian??)
Rocking shot!!
Thanks for letting us know the time of playing!
Great to hear another new releases program. That it is different to 2JJJ's "2011" is good (even though yours tends to the middle-of-the-road).
A third encouragement is that it is repeated if we miss it, or want to hear something good again.
Wow he really is a one man band.. great sound!
Sorry Sarah. I over reacted.
As if Neil could pick 5 bad tracks - just not possible, Itwo would love to see and hear him and Don on stage together along with Shane Howard and Brian and David and Tjupi so bloody Australian and in a seriously proud creative humble and truthful way - we have such a huge and brutally honest talent base of singers and songwriters here but sadly we don't hear enough of them.
Thanks Drifters for a mid packing dance.. sahweeet!!
Oh my god Miss Hannagan, if only you could be here to take my wedding pics tomorrow. You are amazing and i just love ya work :0)
I would have taken photos of the artists at the Melbourne Harvest Festival but I was stuck in a toilet queue the whole time so all I saw was the back of some dude's head!
Wow!!! These shots are amazing!! Nice work!!
He's incredible!!!
I loved the movie and music from "Mad Bastards"?
What is the point of this page if you can't buy the music or even hear it?
Wish my pics from the day looked half as good as these - nice one Cass.
Great shots!!!
..long live the organic RocKwiz. Switch over.
Flames Trees is one of the most beautifully perfect songs ever written; lyrics, music and the expression of emotion as performed by Cold Chisel. The Blasko version is insipid, like someone singing to themselves mindlessly while performing a mundane task (like washing the dishes, or pulling weeds in the garden).
If you ever want to play this song again, it should only ever be by Cold Chisel. Thank you.
love it!
Just found this page. Had never heard of dig music but I luv claire bowditch. You have won me!! (:
Im going to miss this show!! Always good to know that i will always be entertained when watching the show. My ass is booked for the couch so me and spicks and specks can have some alone time.... hahaha... u guys will be sadly missed.
who really cares
OK. What's the name of these guys? What's the name of the album?
fantastic......known lj for years as a local in armidale who i used to see and say hi to when i was the photographer for the local paper and often crossed paths at functions or in the local mall....great song and great to see him getting some playtime on dig...well done
Right, that's it, I'm heading off to Antarctica, next stop the moon!
Fantastic photos, wish I was there.
Awesome photos Cass! looks like you had a blast! Keep 'em coming =)
Great shots Cass! Looks like a fun day x
Hooray! Someone asked Mogwai Stuart about peddle boards!
Great photos that put a fun twist to the portrait...but some of your pics..like the National - are amazing for their candid and relaxed positioning. Very nice indeed.
Looks like a lot of fun. Some stella shots.
Wow!! love these pics! MORE PLEASE!!!
Absolutely fantastic pictures!! Well done !!
Awesome pics. Love the bubble pipe...
Awesome pics!
We have been living in OZ since June 2011, Dig Music is the best ..... not a tv fan ..... have it on all day long.
An amazing album too long coming. Go Tim fuckin awesome
A consummate album. Tim at his ever best.
OK, I recognise Julian Assange on the right, but who are the other three?
I seem to recall the original version by H&C of this song featured a beautiful THUNKING big bass line going "thunka-da-thunka-da" all the way through. Way cooler than the wishy washy popular version we're all used to hearing. How about DIGging out the original?
I'd rathe rthey continued this than support everything the obnoxious Chris Lilley does - now all his stuff stayed too long - the first episodes were more than enough for me.
Love the retro laid back vibe..
..sort of agree with our Courtney
What a beautiful song.
The Cure have announced the release of their first new live album in almost 20 years. That's awesome!
Incredible, so good and new to me since the Sopranos plays a different version. Thanks heaps, how to I get hold of it.?
Great choice for Feature Album DIG. Danny has long been one of Australia's most underrated guitarists and as I have watched his career grow he is now an equally great singer and songwriter. I wish him all the best with his current fight with leukeamia.
I love the show and will miss it a lot, but I'm sure you guys will come up with something similar soon.
Loved him and Alexander Gow together when they played in Adelaide. Two very different characters each with their own charm and warmth. The Paul Kelly song they did together was such a treat.
Just saw this one... love it! Now I have Lanie at my untidy desk.. :)
This is a GREAT track!! Took me back to good times... cheers :-)
This song is so cool. I love it. When did it come out? Where are The Primitive Radio Gods from? I guess I'll do a wiki search....ipod song worthy for sure
Hi Bill and Brandon , I represent a Sydney based band called whitecitylight who have recently released a four track album some of the tracks are getting airplay on AM rap and Fbi .I would like to send you a copy of the CD where do I post it ? You can listen to the complete album on whitecitylight.com maybe you would like ' For dear life ' or Desent into liberation ' even if you dont play it on your show I would appreciate your comments .Regards Leigh Moulds
Wow! What a voice!! She is such a cool gal!
Fantastic - can't wait :)
i heard you on abc dig today.
and i dig the streets of castlemaine.
a great town to live in, at least i think so.
say how can i get your music.
thanks mark.
a fan.
marinus.
I was a bit releived when it was revealed that Mr Fry was NOT singing 5 songs.. haha.
my that girl has a beautiful voice, great song too. wouldn't think it's a Australia band
What happened to a show in Darwin.....?
very lovely :)
Not bad but a little too much like "Far Away Eyes" ....so I can see why they left it off Some Girls. Always nice to hear MJ imitating MJ.
A very interesting and entertaining selection!
Hi...I know this is probably a long shot, but I'm an old friend Of Garry's from the past. I worked with him in a great little band in Toowoomba eons ago. Id love to make contact again if possible.
Contact details as below.
ph 0407 415143
email hillbillydix@hotmail.com
Cheers
Tony Reynolds
Hillbilly Dix
Great programme!
Stephen you are definitely a man of great taste...
But that's no news ;) (both taste and talent of course).
I really enjoyed your selection, all songs!! It was as if I would have chosen them myself...
Greetings from Paris, France...
One of your greatest fans,
Alexandra Maclachlan.
I am thoroughly in love with this man and his crazy music tastes. This is wonderful!!
what the.........
Absolutely FANTASTIC! Can't wait to see the QI show in Melbourne =D Now if you will excuse me I have some tunes to download from iTunes!
Loved this, excellent quality and interesting as usual, thanks DIG!
'Swanee River' ,maybe a subconscious selection while sitting in Perth (on the Swan River) maybe Mr Fry.....not that it's a bad selection mind you.
So eclectic. So Mr Fry. Excellent. Saw Herb A & the T Brass in concert a billion years ago. Very funny night. The trombone player was a clown.
Not just a superb performer but also explains modern music with such insight and so articulately. What a pleasure this has been. He deserves to have his own weekly slot.
Awesome music!
I don't think we need "jocks" on the Dig site, I thought you were trying to get away from that?????
Thanks for sharing this song....
Nearly as bad as John butler...
Nice selections boys
What are we going to watch 8.30 wednesday nights? Love the show especially the guests from years gone by! Will miss Adam, Alan & Myf and also the comedians each week. Although we will miss the show we understand why you are finishing on a high. Love to you all and the best of luck for all your future ventures. Lin & Andy
Can't wait for this album! From what I have heard I know it is going to be amazing!
The camerawork is getting better and better in this series. Top marks, Untidy Desk Operatives!
Nice camera work guys! And as always, a beautiful recording.
Feels like Josh is at the desk next to me! Great, love it - can't wait for the next untidy desk installment.
Flew all the way to Jakarta (from Melbourne) to see The Cranberries for the first time. Best concert I have ever been too and love the new tracks from the upcoming album.
This song touches my soul, even though I have no idea what he's singing. Beautiful.
Ahhh Josh....so relieved to see he's stopped shaving the neck off his beard!!! Great work!! Music quality is brill as always...
Catchy tunes from Josh, nice work 'desk'....!
I would've liked to hear a bit more of Josh's voice, the guitar sounds a bit loud, or maybe it's just me... but I really enjoyed it, keep them coming, look forward to the next one.
All the voices cheering at the end, are they ABC staff people, or can the public attend these performances perhaps?
These are outstanding! They sound so professional, and look like they could even be used in an artist's film clip!It's great to see these performers up close and 'personal'. keep up the good work..., and keep them coming!
The intro and chords have an uncanny resemblance to Tim Buckley's "Get On Top of Me Woman".
Best artist of all time indeed.
Nice, thanks for the great information!
OH my goodness!! I love these clips! Great song selection too :) thank you!!
I can't get enough of Tom Waits.. he just tugs at my heartstrings .. even when I don't recognise it's him singing doesn't surprise me ( I rarely jump on 'just played list' .. when it piques my interest). .. I have just about worn out my copies of Heart Attack and Vine and Blue Valentine... have Closing Time on Vinyl. Yes, Crammond I remember seeing him on Don Lane.. classic.. Don was sweating like a pig and Tom chain smokin.. off his face.. then sat down at the piano and played 'postcard from a hooker' and all was forgiven.. just magic <3
same same question as beryl - how/where do we get tickets crom ???
How do you buy tickets for the show? Interested in the Perth shows.
great to hear this song again
How do I get tickets for Melbourne show in January 2012?
Great music as usual on DIG ... everything but the girl great remix
I like Bogan Rock Gods as much as the next ghostly fraud poet but Gunners version of Knocking is an abortion. Nirvana are just an overarted zeitgeist band, Joe Cocker is a Baby Boomer Idiot Icon, Jimi Hendrix is, lets say it, an over rated mess and the Hallelujah done by anybody is THE WORST SONG EVER, I'd rather here "Who Let the Dogs Out"! Fair Dinkum!
perfect pm music...
Cornelius is great! Thanks for introducing me..
Can you please play more songs from Robyn's albums Malaria and Only Human? She's awesome.
alright then, a guess from further left field - Josh Orange, Irish former singer of Oblivia who had a magnificent single about a decade ago with 'My Friend'.
Is it possible to listen to the 'New Orleans Piano Playing' explained again? I only caught the last bit and it sounds fantastic!
Sound is fantastic guys... how do you get it so good, outside of a studio? Doesn't matter, really enjoyed the expansive ambience of these songs... and I love the Double J poster in the background too! :-)
OK, let's go out on a limb then. I know Tim Farriss was good mates there for a long time with Iva Davies, who seems to be getting a bit of notice lately...................ridiculous I know, but if no-one else is putting up a prediction...
new track, sweet!!
These guys are great!
I couldn't agree more with Tlee21 and I live in Melbourne. Gabriel is a master. As for the other crew AAAAAHHHHG
I've only ever seen these guys with smoke & lights, they still belt it out in daylight at the desk, great stuff.
Killer Tracks! They really pull it off in this stripped back way.
A very talented Musician song writer !!
Really great stuff peeps.... Sound quality is great. Is it boomed?
Love it! Great sound and love this approach to video. When do we get to see Mick Jagger leaping up on someone's messy desk? Cheers.
would like to hear more of this album, loved it
I started to seriously dig Pattie some 35 years ago and guess what nothing has changed, a very talented humble musician in a different genre when it was difficult to use spoken word with music, interesting woman interesting life and now her kids are sharing the gene pool in a creative way.
What were their 5 songs?!?!? Not listed here....
Great voice, loved this track
liked this track thought it was Bryan Ferry singing
I love these guys - it's an acquired taste. I think a lot of people find it hard to cop his accent, musically and lyrically I think they're great.
Thanks ABC Dig, great series, keep 'em coming
Considering Barbie Girl was deliberately tongue-in-cheek, more fool the people who took it seriously enough to vote for here. Looks like their satire went through to the keeper.
I knew about Mark Lanegan's solo stuff, but just discovered his collaboration with Isobel here, great stuff, what's this I hear about last collaboration??
Well done .. I liked them all !
Tim stole my girlfriend ... before I had even met her. Y'see nobody can compete with an ex that wrote songs about her .. and they topped the charts. There's just no competing with that. damn you and your exceptional talent mr Freedman .. it's ok I'm all better now. breathe breathe
i love your music, also liked youthu yindi alot . good luck in europe! i play your 1st cd all the time. i believe u hav ya 2nd one out now, i'll get it when i can afford to... looking forward 2 it, your'e the BEST luv ya tez xoxoxox
The "TOUR" is only taking in the east coast!! No Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart etc etc. I'm gutted! So very disappointed. Especially given it's for AUSTRALIAN music month. Sigh.
Good one Paul - it's not like you haven't ever poured your heart out in a song!
Awesome! So intimate... and such saucy bedroom music...
They are so sweet together.I'm devastated that Hawk seems to be their last collaboration.
He's smiling as well!
OMG! Is that Mark Lanegan in the daylight???! Amazing!! LOVE it!!!
Victoria?
The master speaks.
Fabulous music. Please play more music from Gurrumul
Sounds like Daniel Ash
Brilliant new album he has just released.
im very upset that i missed seeing Gotye at the Syd Opera House the other night, so if this is the closest i can get to him, im happy. i love hearing little anecdotes about what artists like to listen to or what inspires them. :)
great aussie artist five songs definately worth a listen. also good to get an idea of wat wal listens to, very insightful
I thought he had left the planet! Great to hear his new album.
An awesome voice. It does something to me...like draws my attention...touches my soul...I love his voice...Indiginouse people of, Australia, have great talent...and this man is exception.
I love Lior - he has the most pure voice and wonderful control of his vocal register. Me thinks he's had lessons.
What a wonderful songwriter and vocalist. Thank you Lior xx
My fave Frank album and fave song!
No-one has a sense of humour like Frank Zappa had.
Love this - I just bought the cd!
Beautiful music - thank you Fleet Foxes!
they were funny when i was a kid in the 80's but this is rubbish. i wish the abduction was more permanent and spared earthlings of this song
I hate this song
Love the Patti Smith version, bur wonderful to hear Bruce do it himself. As an aside: The Promise, the title track, is something particularly special. I had a vinyl bootleg of it that I played to death and it still moves me now over 30 years later.
Cannot wait for Jeff Lang's new album 'Carried in Mind' yay!
I have heard heaps of music from this person on JJJ etc. It is so repetitive and so boring - I could gnaw my arm off!
Can't get it out of my head...
Is that all done on just the one microphone?? Sounds a bit like it..
Just one more mic would have made a huge difference. Raw can be good , but vocalist camera right was left out a bit on "I shall be released"
Is the fact you are streaming it an issue?
Love this song! Can't stop listening!!!!
Fantastic record, thanks DIG and ABC Radio!
Love these guys! Love their taste in music, love their music....thank you :):) Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Would have loved to have seen them at Splendour one more time. Every performance of theirs I have seen has made it to my "Best Ever" list and given me goosebumps. The world needs more creative people to share their beauty, creativity & insight so that we may all connect with ourselves & each other. Many thanks!
The first half of the video sounds a lot like the segue that bridges track 2 (Svefn-g-englar) and 3 (Starálfur) on the album Ágætis byrjun, although different as though it has other sounds mixed into it. The second half sounds completely unfamiliar, could be from an upcoming new release, I hope! Also, "Inni" is Icelandic for "inside".
the look by metronomy http://abcdigmusic.net.au/features/5-songs-elbow
Would someone please tell me the name and artist of the song immediately preceding the Fats Waller song. The fourth of the songs Elbow played.
I'm a bit of a 5 Songs connoisseur and this has got to be the best so far - those 2 are naturals!
Love it
Brilliant
What a pair of hotties! Made me feel like I was in the room with them... love it!
Love these Guys Good one!!
Nice songs, Dan and Alexander...
I have to say, I think Dan Sultan, as much as he can truly rock when necessary, is shaping up to be a worthy successor in later years to the Jimmy Little/Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu tradition.
And he has a nice line in understated country riffs, a good guitar player, not just a background 'strummer'.
Thanks 'Untidy Desk', another worthy addition to the series... btw, nice background mess around the mid 3-minute mark in the first song, good to see :-)
now that's "Hot" "Hot" music !
Another great untidy desk session - keep it up! Can't wait for the next one.
Trouble is, that desk is too tidy... I've worked in the media, and there should be piles a foot high before there's any suggestion that an annual cleanup could be beneficial...
However, the music is great, as always - and maybe if you could mock up a scenario where the musos sweep a huge pile of books/CDs/newspapers etc aside to find a spot to sit - would make for an amusing setup... and the pile could get bigger every time...
Nice sound too, by the way - the acoustic properties of a filthy cubicle are vastly underrated, I reckon!
Great song, will definitely put as a favourite
These guys are hilarious! Watched them perform at Splendour, what an incredibly entrancing performance. Nice to hear they've got personality and excellent music taste too!
Keep these programs coming, it's always really awesome to hear what music musicians have popping around their playlists at home. Nice word Dig!
Love it!!! GO the UKE!!!
these shots made me want to head off to Splendour next year!!!!!....so atmospheric!..luv yr work!
Who's desk is that anyway? Could do with a tidy up!! Keep the tunes coming!
got to be the best shots of Jarvis i have ever seen , ey up them yorkshire men are bloody gorgeous
awesome photos!! Thanks for the memories!!!
Wow great pix! love to see anything Pulp related! Alex from Sparkadia will be happy with the shot of him, its brilliant!
that hippy guy with the beard is the sorta man my friend dreams about!
overall it looked like a great show even if it did need more cut off jean shorts!
What brilliant photos. Has brought it all back in awesome colour - such a great festival! Thanks for providing such high quality pics for the enjoyment of everyone.
Another Great Untidy desk... Loving this series, keep it up!
Loving this Untidy Desk series -- more please!
well I will miss them - wonderful laughs over the years and some marvellous guests. Life will not be the same without Spicks and Specks!
Good song, but please move on!! I've over-heard this already!! Let's get back to the BIG playlist!! Great music on DIG!!!
Tangerine Dream is the best space/rock electronic group in the world. It has been quite a long journey (45 years). I agree with many followers when they say that their TD collection is very satisfying. There are lots and lost of people that had been touched or influenced by TD, like this one which I find rather interesting:
"Space Ambient Musica Electronica"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yD7M161tqo
I missed Splendour but saw these photos and it was like I was there, excellent!!!, loved all the shots, superb!
Captured the event perfectly!!! Just love them :)
Amazing photos of the artists and the crowds - each shot really captures a mood and energy. Just makes me wish I could have been there even more!
Wow these photos are outstanding, truly captured the vibe of splendour , especially loved the Jarvis Cocker shots,
Exceptional, splendid, the lighting is superb. Well done Cassandra.55
Wow .... I Love him. I hope he's Single ; )
Great p-hotos...
Love the Jinja Safari leap shots in particular...
And the nice girl in the balck and white dress...
l can't get enough of his beautiful music, lt's so calming and he's just one talented young man. may he enjoy every success.
Fantastic photos!
I think Chris Lilly can play both parts. He is very versatile...
welcome back Thomas!
I love these gigs! Will there be more? Who's next?
Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother to play Hutchence.
Wonderful stuff girls, I thought it was an old Adelaide band you may or may not have heard of called 'Fruit'. Very earthy and the voices take me to another plain..I had to stop in my tracks and log on to see who did this song. Wow..good luck and if you don't at least make a decent living out of your endeavours then there's something really wrong with the Aussie music industry.
Colin Farrel, although a bit too handsome would do a great Bon Scott I think. I'm sure the make up dept can ugly him up a bit, and a crash diet to get Bon's scrawny build. And I can't think of a single person that could fill Michael's shoes, even if it is just make believe.
Boy - what a patronising comment (ka86)!!!
I like his music because, surprise surprise, I like his music not because he is indiginous. I also like Dan Sultan but how can you compare their music? They are totally different.
Geez, tough crowd. Go on, off you go...do better.
johnny depp should definitely play michael hutchence :)
Eric Bana should play Michael Hutchence... only once again his character meets an early demise.
I LOVE this song! Barramundi rocks!!!!
I just spent 6 months living in Athens Georgia and this band is HUGE! Listen to "I Do Believe" it is awesome. Love their accents!
Yeah Jimmy help me get through work man , yeah BOI!
Man, i wish that my untidy desk could host musicians as cool as these guys.
Mayeb I need to make it untidier...
iOTA is exceptionally great and the same to listen to.
I read about Fleet Foxes a few months ago and without having heard them bought "Helplessness Blues" and thought I recognised the track this morning - I'm a 60's teenager into young adult and now in my 60's - this group reminded me immediately of America, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and other similar - listening to Dig much more from now
a fun sound, and what a fun concept!
Great show in Castlemaine. generous in length and quality.
Respect to Powderfinger but No. 1 ?
I'd would have voted for Radio Birdman - Radios Appear as did Richard Kingsmill.
A different league in creativity, musical influence, and energy.
Your joking...
Wow. This takes me way back. Brilliant song.
very nice song....
don't you just love dave graney ?
?? What about Queensland ??
Nardi & Kaleen's 5 Songs just made my day! Especially the intro to "Voodoo Child". One of my all-time favourite artists introducing another of my all-time favourite artists! Now when I listen to Angelique Kidjo I'll be thinking about that sci-fi movie....
You gals have geret tatse in music !! Lovin' it.....love your music too!
And don't forget Dan Sultan is playing solo in Brisbane at the Old Museum on Tuesday 19 July but his special guest for that show is Loren (www.facebook.com/lorenmusic) as Alexander Gow is not joining him for the Brisbane leg.
Biding my time= Amazing song <3 Loving it!
Keep up the amazing work
Bother! Can't make the 30th July. Please add another concert in Adelaide - Monday 1st August would suit me just fine! This is an opportunity too good to miss.
Awwwwww miss tiddas!!! They proper set the standard ofr indigenoud music, They were underated!!!! When I sing and play I hope that one day they can hear me!!!! Too deadly my TIDDAS!!! Luv ya
Wicked ! Guthrie go off!!!!
love it! nice work ABC, lets hope to hear more PETE CORNELIUS on DIG radio
Hilarious! Great music, and hot little film Guthrie.
Awesome clips - such great Tassie talent!
G'day all - check out granddaddyjackarse on youtube - I've been playing the didge for approx. 10 yrs and now experimenting with effects to broaden horizons :)
Without doubt the guitar riffs are of the great Scottish band Big Country!
loved them then - love them now!
I'll be making a bid for Weird Al Yankowicz's jacket he wore in his hilarious satire "Eat it."
It's great to see Joe Bonamassa letting us know his 5 picks. I saw him in Perth recently and he was fantastic. Now if only Dig Music would start playing some of his music I'd be a happy man..........
More of their own songs...write songs myself and then bring to the musical expression, this is the real art in music. And Joe´s own music is really great...
Love that voice, full and fruity!
this man is one in a million, a fantastic voice and a talented artist
No Jimi, either.
Beautifull - Gurumul has a beautiful voice and Yolgnu is a beautiful language. Great production
A great song by a great late artist. Long live Warren Zevon's music.
Mmmmmmm?.....No Peter Green in Joe B's %...ah well, maybe it was 6th on list
What a voice!
What a terrific voice...that's what so good about these live things. No auto-tune and nowhere to hide - just pure talent like Imelda.
Such a chilled performance and a great idea. Do you accept suggestions for future performers? I
Think Neil Finn would be great...anyone else got any suggestions?
Fantastic music!
For full details see Terms and Conditions
Cool song, you spelt Steve Kilbey wrong, so your links and youtube stuff is also all wrong.:P and have nothing to with the artist you just played:)
Yahoo! Love hearing Stiff Gins on Dig Radio! Look out for the clip for Yandool, and for Stiff Gin's numerous perfromances around town for NAIDOC Week, as well as Art & About at The Art Gallery of NSW on Wednesday July 6 - www.stiffgins.net for more info.
Nothing brings the goosebumps up quite like hearing the Big Man play on Thunder Road... Vale, Clarence.
what wild side perhaps a satellite of love can get me closer to a perfect day
That song was perfect it really brightened my day. Dig music keep it UP!!!!
Raw and down dirty, but a sound from the gods! Next I want to see music performed in canteens, on railway platforms, in Tony Abbott's office...
Please, no more! Her 'singing' is like fingernails down a blackboard or a cat wailing!
awesome song, have never heard it before, so I came on line to 'find' it
many thanks.
cheers
gaz
port macquarie nsw
nice one, guys. made our morning!
Specialt stuff.....just.heard reading comics......they are a couple of great australians...capturing delightful memories from past australia...brought a tear................
I sure I heard Ready to Roll from Rae and Chrsitian's great Sleepwalking album, you have right cover but wrong artist and song, definitely not Billy May's trio
That's hillarious!!!
Love this concept, the songs, the production quality and the intimacy make this really great!
Love this song....
Very excited too! I know Alex and his songs will be excellent (I've heard him sing solo and acoustic before, and the songs, if anything, sounded even better when played in this manner), and I'm really looking forward to seeing Dan play his stuff live and stripped back for the first time. If it's anything like his normal live performances, well, whoah, we're in for an amazing night of music!
So excited for this tour! Already have tickets for Melbourne but thinking of a weekend away in Castlemaine too!
I love Piggy's husky voice - he is an Aussie legend - and in front of an untidy desk with fairy lights - it doesnt get much better than this!
..about 2 years to late. Corny and often embarrassing - we can do better.
Just heard Salwater Band and trheir song, 'Baywara' on ABC1Dig. I'll be listening for more:)
Great review. I was one of the lucky ones who got a ticket and the night exceeded my expectations. Robert and the guys could have put their guitars away after "Faith" and I would have been one happy Cure fan. But the encores where the "icing on the cake", "Charlotte Sometimes" was a particular highlight (love that song). I told my friend prior to the show I wouldn't be dancing, I lied.
Love the intimacy of the Untidy Desk gig. Great sound, straight from the office - nice work guys! Perfect for a Friday.
Sorry to learn of this great man's passing.
Spirits got to me !
Sarah Harmer is an amazing artist. Her song "Washington" is truly great.
....at last..
Bon Iver......how long have I been waiting for a new release from these guys. I love them and saw them live and they totally blew me away. When they finished their set people wanted more but they had no other songs to sing but I could have listened to it all over again. I will down load this new one.
M x
It is a shame that this album leaked prior to it's release. But I am guilty of hearing this leak. The album is absolutely phenomonal, so I have been telling everybody about it in the hopes that more folks will burchase it as I will be when it is finally released.
Actually there is a Brisbane show that Dan Sultan is doing at the Old Museum on Tuesday 19 July. Alexander is not attending that show. Instead, special guest is Loren.
Pls help.. I just heard the end of a great song while changing channels, it had the words "if you follow me" in it. Was it "all of you"? Can't find it on You Tube.
Ok great, and thanks for the reply. Also it seems the playlist has been blank a few times lately. The other morning I was listening to a ripper song, at about 10:30 or 11:30 in the morning but it was down. Hope I hear it again sometime, was absolutely brilliant. Anyway thanks for all the good music. :)
Dear ABC Dig Music - just started following you on Twitter and wanted to say thanks for the great tracks. However am having tech issues - when tried to play the Chaka Khan song the JWPlayer on your site won't play - do I need to install something for it to work? Also, I want to keep following you on Twitter but your tweets are filling up my 'inbox' - do you have an "ABC Dig music -Lite" with less frequent tweets? Thanks - Louisa.
He comes on several times a day to share his 5 favourite songs and tell why he likes them, but never does? Often I wonder if any humans are running Dig Music, as the 5 favourite songs thing is repeated several times a day, with the same artist for several days in a row, gets really annoying. A lot of your music is really good, and have discovered some great songs, but sometimes it gets a bit amateurish.
First heard Ash at Narooma when he came back from Memphis... still loving his stuff !!!
Fabulous to listen to these amazing songs again and reflect on such a wonderful night. Can't say a big enough thank you to the ABC for the great evening with kd - it was such a remarkable experience. kd and the ABC rock.
Sux they can't include Queensland in this tour.
Stunning.
thanks so much ABC kds voice is so strong and pure..an absolute delight..can we have some more highlights..waters edge..sing it loud...hungry bird....sugar buzz..oh just the whole video would be enough..for now.!!!!
I saw Dave Dobbyn umpteen times in the 80s and 90s in Wellington, New Zealand. He's a great live performer and his concerts are always great fun. For guys that are interested in his music the album "Loyal" is probably his most well liked. One of the albums that both the missus and the mister can enjoy (rare in many households).
Fabulous photos Cassandra. Thank you. You've inspired me to go to the festival next year and take my camera!
I was lucky enough to see John Martyn twice in the early '80's in Perth. Both shows were outstanding.
So excited about this tour - incredible talents both of these guys!
Hi Stuster
Most of my stuff was released under "Jeff Cashen" although my first EP was under my real name of Geoff Cashion.
Suggest avoid the early stuff - poorly produced (by me)
Jeff
Hey Cassie – love the shots. Really capturing the mood of the festival. Great stuff!
Thank you for looking in to this...I would definitely be interested in this for wedding music.
Thanks so much abc I really enjoyed the insight into kds choices...when will you air the footage of the concert you did with kd..make sure you make it well known
WOW!! Chitty chitty bang look out
I cant wait to see the pics and hear all about it, the photos from last year were awesome also taken by Cass.
Thought my vacuum cleaner had changed the channels ..................... beautiful........... thank you......
Well, he's the epitomy of an angel these days . . .
No buts. Dylan is something special and always will be.
His wavering ability to sing and perform fifty years on is a very small reflection on him and his talent.
Give the man a break. He's done his time, he's given his magic to the world and surely now his concerts are about being reminded of that magic- even if it is just a little.
black crow is legendary and jane silberry is jane siberry
Everything about the Four Tops is wonderful.
Loving this one - great voice. Thanks for playing.
Thank you for playing this song. Ive never heard it before and i love it. Robert Plant is a legend. I will be buying this album.
Thanks again
Please add extra shows for Michelle Shocked...
21st April 2011 and 22nd April 2011 at the Clarendon Guesthouse Katoomba, 68 Lurline Street, KATOOMBA NSW 2780
Thank you and for any enquiries please contact the booking agent Loretta Rosa
great afternoon listening for a Monday
I hadn't heard 3 of Steve's 5 choices before, but he spoke so passionately about them that I REALLY wanted to hear them by the time he'd finished. I wasn't disappointed.
This program keeps getting better - even though some of the choices are a bit out there, I love it!!
Love you Love you kd you are THE BEST!!!!! mwwwaahhhh hope I get to Riverstage in November to see you!!! thanks ABC
great songs and a great change of feel - DIG is getting a bit too predictable/commercial with some music. But this was a journey into some lesser known or remembered music that is genuinely interesting. And Steve's commentary gives it another dimension.
Oh -"Atlantis"- I had almost forgotten.Thank you.
I first heard it early 1969- and it still awakens the tsunami of grief felt worldwide for the death of hope brought by 1968- Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, the Prague Spring, Paris'68, Nixon elected- it was like a banshee wail for the beautiful dreams of "flower power"- just before Brian Jones drowning death, Altamont and Charles Manson.
Thank you for all of your choices- less well-known tracks of fine artists.
You managed to get me to listen to Genesis with an open mind, and I will investigate further.
She is an absolute genuine talent, proud to share her with the world, but prouder still she is a Canadian. I have seen her many times in concert, and feel blessed.
a mighty fine selection of songs sir.
It's good to see the Captain's marvelous Trout Mask Replica preserved in such a fitting manner.
Loved Steve's fav 5 listing.....great that someone out there remembers how good Tyrannosaurus Rex were - you know - nymphs(?), fairies, and all things mystically magic under the moon......not to mention Atlantis.
great album- i loved the single as played on radio-she said-but listening to the whole album puts a new perspective on the song. couldn't wait to hear the outcome of the judgement. one of the best new albums around. get it and enjoy!!
I saw k.d last night too. A fantastic,generous performer and the band was rockin! I was one of the lucky ones who got to 'meet and greet' again she was generous and warm. The sound was superb a great venue thanks ABC.
I saw k.d. last night live, and hope that it was as good one air as it was in the studio. Do not miss this broadcast. Lang announced that it was actually their first stage performance together - could have fooled me. They are a tight unit. You could come away thinking that Reminiscing (Little River Band) was perhaps written for her voice. Great match.
I was one of the lucky ones who saw k.d. perform with her new friends last night. What an amazing artist and such a voice. i have sung a couple of her songs after listening to her live NO ONE can do her justice. ABC thank you for such a wonderful night and opportunity to see a truly talented artust.
Many thanks Pattie Pearson
So what were the 5 songs?
In particular, what was that French song with the chickens in the chorus?
I disagree. This is not cool.
Shame on you Larrikin. A children's song written 83 years ago that should've been in the public domain 65 years ago becomes the latest weapon against the creative morphing of music in Australia. And it wasn't the main riff, but a portion of a bloody solo! What if the composers of La Marseillaise and God Save the Tsar sued Tchaikovsky for releasing the 1812 Overture?
Yay, Fiona's on DIG!!! She didn't win the international Blues Challenge for her fashion sense... (altho not too shabby) She ca!n really play! not to mention sing and write from deep within!
On ya DIG!
Classic mash! heard it the first time in IKEA of all places a couple of years ago! Great stuff. Rock on Debby and Jim!
classic.
It was good back in the late '70's and early '80's to go and see Dave at the early session on Sundays at the now demolished Scarborough pub on the beach in Perth. Dave is a true rock and roll survivor, he never stops. More power to you Dave.
Please, please, please come to Australia !!!!
Straight, gay, old young, particularly into country-feel music or not. Whether you've loved her for years or just the last few...it doesn't matter. It's all about the voice, her warm spirit, appealing song choices and ability to bind many different types of people together at her performances. Admired and respected by other singers and musicians, k d is also loved by her fans in general. Doesn't need dancers, acrobatics or smoke machines to entertain....not even shoes!!! Just the purity of that voice. Like everyone else, I'm praying to win tickets. Although I may be a tad envious, I wish any winners a great night. (how could it not be?). Annie Rossini.
i was very fortunate to win a double pass to the show. I entered the online competition and recevied an email on monday afternoon letting me know.
It should be a fantastic night. Thanks again ABC
I don't know if the winners have been announced yet, but I've never won anything in my life! LOL! It would be such an romantic evening though! AAhhhhh :) (fingers crossed) :D
This is a great collaboration!
Have the winners of the competition been notified? My junk folder has been over zealously deleting and I'm terrified I've missed an email - they'd call you to tell you that you've won? I'd really love to see KD Lang in such a special event - she has the best voice I've ever heard sing live.
Congratulations to the winners :)
I heard a runner up last night (I got in the car part way through the segment so didn't hear the winning song) but can't remember their full name - Lilly was part of it though and was also the name of the songwriter herself. Please tell me their name!
Can’t make it this year but will be attending Cairns Blues Festival and getting to see Eric Bibb so better than nothing.
epitomy of an angel
I used "Empty Glass" as reference for rough tuning of concert p.a.'s for years. Great music.
He's right. His solo albums are brilliant but neglected. All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.
To go would be a dream come true. Have loved her and sung her stuff for years.
My wife Lyndall and I are stylish seniors who have been great fans of kd from the word go. It would be a wonderful privilege for us to take part in this outstanding experience!
Who the hell's he fooling, let go of it Pete, you'll go blind as well as deaf.
WOW! How amazing does this sound. Fingers crossed for some tickets. x
After thoroughly enjoying Dan's performance at the factory theatre, Marrickville last night we were disappointed when we went to put on the CD that we purchased from the venue only to find a dvd of Breaking Bad inside.
We would like Dan's CD "Dan Kelly's Dream" which is what we purchased.
Is there a way this error can be resolved.
Thankyou
Chris and Andy.
My husband wants her "Hallelujah" played at his funeral. Would be great to see her while they are both alive.
Would love to see her in person, thank you for the opportunity.
I am trying so hard to win these tickets! All the best to you anyway kd - I love your music and your wonderful voice. Thanks for the great pleasure of hearing you sing.
Enjoy your stay in Melbourne./
Sincerely Nikki Cranston
Wonderful opportunity to hear and see a truly great performer in such an intimate venue.
kd lang is among the people I would most like to meet in life. To have the pleasure of an intimate evening with her and her music is a wild dream. The concerts I have enjoyed have been utterly transfixing and some of the very best musical memories I will ever experience. I hope your musical life goes on for ever. You bring so much pleasure to ordinary folk, like me.
Enjoy your visit to Melbourne and Australia
Sincerely
Nikki Cranston
kd lang is the ultimate in musical pleasure for me. I have been to each concert, here in Melbourne and kd never disappoints. I can think of very few things that would give me as much pleasure as an intimate evening with kd lang and her music.
If I can't be at your evening, kd lang - enjoy your stay in Melbourne and I look forward to all your new (and old) music and songs.
Sincerely Nikki Cranston
K.D. is a legend,
would love to see her live,
hope to win 2 tickets
for April FIVE.
KD. is a legend - would love to hear her live...Hallelejah....
Thanks ABC Dig Music for arranging this mini kd concert. I'd love to go along and I hope I win some tickets
I have been a fan of k.d. for many years, hope to get to hear and see her.
I Love K.D. I'm an old schoolgitl from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, another great genre of music. An intimate evening with K.D. would give this disabled chick a reason to Relax and Enjoy life, as it Should be. Besides, I have a face that will light up a room! ;D
Missed your recent Australian shows very unfortunately but love your work.
Well done, we love it. We are on night shift tonight, and it has cheered up the whole place!!! Barramundi.....
Superb version of a classic "Que sera". Wonderful voice and musical arrangement.
Enjoyed it lots.
A truly inspirational recording. Try to catch them live before they head back over the seas.
I would ask Megan what is her reason for supporting the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy program. Also who inspires Megan most in the current batch of Australian songwriters
Fantastic new album from Waifs, and a long time coming. Saw them in concert just a few weeks back. "Buffalo was a stand out track - almost tear jerking. . "Temptation" has put these guys back on my faves list. Deeper and more soulful than last two albums. They have come a long way since Albany days.
Looking good; now, to start working on tattoo removal...
bit of a Reba copy
Love these guys!
The King of Limbs is one experimental journey through the mystical fields that has been the recording life of Radiohead, the past couple of years. Always one to experiment with sounds, The King Of Limbs sees Radiohead further develop the wacky sounds that began to shine on previous releases such as Ok Computer and Kid A.
Although only going for a total of thirty seven minutes, the music that has been produced over the past four years since the release of In Rainbows is great. From 'Morning Mr Magpie' to the first official single 'Lotus Flower' TKOL is another amazing record from these british rockers.
Definately worth buying if your a radiohead nut (like me!) or just after some different music
Never heard of them personally but they do induct more than one artist each year to the Hall Of Fame so there is room for both.
Mary, I have sent two emails to ARIA and left a message/comment on their facebook wall abou the Hall Of Fame this year and if The Crowdies will be considered but I did'nt a reply either, in fact I know quite a few people who have emailed asking and nobody has gotten a reply
More importantly.....This has to be the year for MADDER LAKE!
They were Mushroom Records first Gold Album....and the very first 100% Australian owned, written, performed and recorded album.....even Slim Dusty couldn't claim that!
They were the opening band at the first Sunbury Music Festival, and subsequently played at everyone of them after that, including the year that the fabulous Freddie Mercury & Queen were booed off stage for them.
They supported the Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann and many other big names.
They are an enormous part of Australian Music History!
It's their turn!
TISM might be correct for those who think the Doors were just Jim. But like all music that lasts its the combination of his voice, "crappy symbolism", Ray's, Robbie's and John's musicianship and the damn good tunes. I'm looking forward to being in Paris on the 3rd of July for the fortieth anniversary of Jim's death. I'll be there with my 21 year old son who found the Doors without any help from me.
Pricked up my ears at the NW Tassie references. How come I've never heard of this bloke before?
It's great to see Archie up and about after his stoke late last year.
For those of old enough to remember the first collaboration of these 2 greats, this could be something to treasure.
"Ain't Superstitious", "Old Man River" & would you believe "Greensleeves" were brilliantly done on Truth.
I can't wait to see what they come up with !
Reg.
One of the Greatest soul songs of all time, and nobody did it like Percy did!
Nice song selection, last two were especially haunting.
Great songs choices and passionate intelligent comment...well worth a listen!
Thanks for the info. For those listening via the digital TV channel 200, these times are AEDT, so be careful setting your recorders :)
Same applies if listening online of course. That stream is the same regardless of where you are in the world. Just for those who might not have realised.
Saw the lads last year at Fly By Night Club in Freo WA and was blown away! The new stuff on Tracks is as good as anything in their great back catalogue, which is not always the case with comeback albums/tours by bands. No Rain No River is a standout and rates as another anthemic classic Oz track like Way Out West.
Saw them again last Saturday 19th Feb '11 at an outdoor concert on South Perth foreshore with Joe Cocker, George Thorogood, Diesel. Dingoes were again in great form but only got to play for an hour; Should have made Diesel's self indulgent set shorter!
Heard from Kerryn Tolhurst that this may be the end of the road for the band; very sad if true! Keep it together guys as we'll keep coming to see you in Perth, just like we did at the Court Hotel and White Sands circa 1973.
Cheers,
Taj (aka Mick)
PS - those beards made Brod and Kerryn look older than they are, but their voices and playing gave them away as young rockers at heart still. Rock on!
What a wonderful and touching gesture. In the end it's only love that matters. I'm so pleased for the people in the detention centre to get a glimpse of a good australian!.
@ABC Dig Music So how do we get them on the shortlist?
I'm also desperate for this version for my wedding song!
How can I stream or download this? Will it be played again? Thanks!
Will the folks at ARIA be shown these comments, so many just here alone supporting for this to happen
Crowded House certainly more than 'fit' ARIA guidelines.
I have asked them myself but did not get a response.
who else has provided a sound track to so many peoples lives? beauty, death, pain, life. all of human life is there.
crowded house-enough said!!
Hey Sal - Im the same we would like it for our wedding song - perhaps we should start a campaign? :)
If you want it to be 'special' induct the Crowdies.
what was that young bands name?
It warms the heart to see so many posts in support of our Crowdies being inducted
Fellow fans will of course understand the love we share for all the music and memories, quite simply Crowded House music makes the world a better place
How about Leon Russell playing for Joe Cocker. Remember Mad Dogs and Englishmen?
find the inclusion of Baba O' Riley a bit offensive - its one of my personal anthems!
Crowded House are long overdue for this recognition.
I'm surprised Crowded House aren't in the hall of fame already. Their albums are fantastic. Who's in it, then, AC/DC, INXS and ??? The BeeGees?
Bic Runga Australian?? Another great Kiwi claimed by the West Island!
Yes, it's about time Crowded House were inducted into the AIRA Hall of Fame! :)
Crowded House to be inducted into the Aria Hall Of Fame!!
I most certainly do agree
Absolutely, and not before time!
Lets hope so Kittybear, put the boys where they belong!
Absolutely Kittybear,and Archers Arrows is fantastic!
So many Australians have grown up with the music of Crowded House. It is a real shame that they haven't been recognised in such a way (so far)! Let's have the Crowdies inducted this year :D
What a joy it would be to see and hear artists with genuine talent take over the ARIAs
There is so little REAL talent left in music that is on offer today, everyone either sounds the same or the music is so manufactured it sounds like nothing.
Make 2011 the year we embrace the people who make actual music, meaningful music, music with something to say.
And for me, yes I agree with most of the posts already here...........why are'nt Crowded House already in the ARIA Hall Of Fame ?? 25 years of quality music, more than a truckload of support for charity,more talent than 90% of what ARIA thrust on us in 2010, what EXACTLY is 'required of them' for ARIA to give them the prize?
Give something back! Pick Crowded House
Couldn't agree more with Michael. Watching the AMP Awards in person the other day was so much fun, made all the more special as it was hosted by Alexander Oh Mercy and Kram Spiderbait. Two actual musicians, hosting a music event - what an amazing concept! Alexander in particular was a classic.
Not up to your usual high standard. I didn't dig it in the least and wished I could skip to the next track... big thumb down.
What a fantastic album! I heard their single on Triple J last week and decided to buy the album.... seriously great songwriters!! These guys are going to be the next big thing.
Please Please Please put Crowded House where they belong!!
I also think it's about time Crowded House made the hall of fame. I think the ARIA's and Crowded House's shared 25th anniversary is the perrfect time to do so.
would be nice to have crowded house inducted into aria's hall of fame, 25 years since the first LP this year, well overdue i'd say
I love Thomas's blue jacket in that photo. I wish it had a little anchor on the front of it though.
Crowded House in the Hall of Fame
This is a deeply moving, complex and beautiful piece. Transcendent.
Crowded House being inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame is long overdue, and would make an excellent start to bring back the 'good' ARIAs
gutsy slide and strongish vocals... well done
I totally agree. Whilst I like Green Day any resemblance to the sex pistols is non existent. Pistols were one of a one off Punk group in 1977 and so individual that they killed themselves. Green Day are good but not unique and do not deserve any comparison. Lydon is right as usual.
Onya John
fantastic
You little bloody beauty!!!!!
Words fail me. Not in a good way.
Since when is Kyle Sandilands a band member of Doves? (Centre of pic)
Isn't this the triple-M playlist?
Anything by Lady bloody Gaga...
Pleased to see "Your Body Is A Wonderland " made the list; but YMCA??? Really???? C'mon people, let he (or she) who has never done the YMCA dance cast the first stone.
Rob Messenger has participated in the activity of cheap political point scoring; some others have jumped on the bandwagon and unjustifiably demanded free service from professionals; remember, Powderfinger was a band of human beings, not a commodity owned by Queenslland.
Oh no! We have tickets for Saturday and didn't realise the A-Z ran across all nights - missed Before Too Long & Dumb Things! We're opening itunes to try to calculate where we're going to start!
Give me a break. How long are they supposed to be 'indebted' to queensland for, 1yr - 10yr they did not sign any contract with their fans saying that if a natural disaster happens in qld we will get back together. Any single person or group of people who try to raise money for the disaster ' in whatever way they see fit' is doing their part to help the recovery of these communities.
Such harsh words from a so-called fan! Powderfinger have played their final shows...show some respect for their decision and get over it! They are contributing to the relief effort in another way but perhaps you missed that?
For the first time ever I was forced to leave Dig when Norman Greenbaum spirit in the sky was played tonight. Terrible song, totally deluded subject. Hopefully NEVER to be played again.
I have to say it's very sad indeed after all Queensland did for them. I've been a fan since 1989 but not so sure now. Appears they got their money and now they are running out on those that count.
Most of these songs aren't overplayed in Australia (clearly this is a U.S. list as I don't think Hootie and the Blowfish has had much play here since the 90s). Some of them are my favs and shouldn't be on the list.
Particularly:
'Blister in the Sun'
The Violent Femmes
'Creep'
Radiohead
'Fade Into You'
Mazzy Star
Fortunate Son'
Creedence Clearwater Revival
'I Want to Hold Your Hand'
The Beatles
Lisztomania'
Phoenix
At the moment it seems like every time I turn on commercial radio there is a Katy Perry, Lady Gaga or Ke$sha on so they are on the top of my current never want to hear again list
I'm surprised not to see "You aint seen nothin yet" by BTO, or anything by Michael Bolton! Strongly disagree about "Baba O'Riley" being on the list tho....
NOW we are talkin'!!! True Raw Power!
If you like this check out the Sisters of Mercy version from the 80's - one of the best things to ever come out of a "Goth" band, ever.
I'm just putting it out there, you playing this song just made my day.
So freaking awesome.
Damn, we're in a tight spot.
Just realised this was on again... I hope I haven't missed out but if you could give a time to listen in (or if I have missed it) I'd love to know. Thnx!
Beautful song, love listening to it.
way cool and groovy. will be checking this band out. so retro and yet so now.
Hi folks,
I realize this was posted last year, but if you are looking for a pro didge player with 18 years experience, I'm interested in talking with you. You can find me at www.pitzondidge,com I've performed with Pete Seeger, Guy Davis and the Dark Star Orchestra to name a few. I look forward to hearing from you .
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Great sound, loved the song. Can you please play more from this artists
Great song, Check out the Moby version too...
Harmony singer grossly out of tune. Appalling.
Fantastic sound
I love Dig music on ABC TV , it would be fantastic if it featured a 'pull through' across the screen to advise the listener what we are listening to, as songs are being paid . the best 'viewing' most nights . keep up the good work!!
Thought I knew all (and loved most) Talking Heads albums... What is this "Sand In the Vaseline"? Another name for "77"?
I Zimbra - yes!
Animals - yes, yes!!!
Unfortunately, I can't get to Byron, but as a consolation I get to see ZZ Top in Melbourne in April. That will have to do. I would have liked to see a lot more for example, Robert Raymond and Los Lobos. Hopefully some other time and place. Everyone out there have a ripper over the festive season and stay safe and happy.
Cheers.
Shane.
Ditto...thought it sounded familiar. Thanx Dig 4 the feature album I shall buy it:-)
Great chat Tim,
Always a pleasure to find out what you've been listening to...hey the side band with Davey Lane sounds fun.'.Night' something...keep up the great work, we love ya Man...
Only 'Left Field Holler' has Ian Collard. Jim Conway played the amazing harp on all the other Backsliders CD's. Absolutely Brilliant!
is she coming to vic?
Awesome!
Hello! I'm Halo, i've been playing the didgeridoo and performing professionally for 5 years. I would love to send you a video clip of my sound. I live in California but used to live in Plainview,Texas. I love Texas! And traveling to Australia, to perform didgeridoo with a live band would be an honor! Please email me with your contact information and any more details about the tour, if it hasnt passed yet. Thank you
Whoever does the research (or whoever writes the scripts) for your news articles should be fired, or at least receive a good talking to! John Lennon's birthday was October 9, not December 9 as this article suggests! It's obviously too late to record a new item correcting the mistake, but can it please be amended on the website?
Brings to mind the song by Todd Snider about the band that became more famous when they wouldn't play, and they were invited onto MTV unplugged where they refused to play acoustical versions of the electric songs they had refused to record in the first place - 'Talking Seattle Grunge Blues'
if only I could afford the ticket on the Indian pacific! my two favourite (especially Mark) musicians ever! will it be followed by a tv crew? this would make for great viewing! not to mention listening!
A HUGE Trilobites fan in my prime and still LOVE the music, especially the early days with Mike Dalton!!! Great site but please be selecitive and delete the last 2 clips that are ridiculuosly irrelevant. Why haven't the Trilobites released their earlier albums/singles on CD or download??? There are many fans out there like me who have lost old singles and records (my mum binned mine while I doing the usual O'S trip) and the You Tube Clips are not enough to satisy!! Where can I buy I them? Have been able to purchase Lime Spiders (same era and often played as support) but having a lot of probs with The Trilobites. Can anyone offer advice?
I don't know anything about tweeting, but I do know about the music of Paul Kelly, and I'm going to be the one sitting in those seats in Sydney as soon as I create my twitter account and tweet my fantastic respose for this competition.
Hey, notice there was an earlier post on here for a request for this as a wedding song?? Just wondering if she had any luck, as I want it to for my wedding! I've emailed, bernard, but not heard back so far......... lol. Please, there must be something I can do to get this version!
Katie you dont no me but you have the best vioce i think that you stole it from an Angel lol i love song Still Real. Stuart x.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/vedderperth
lets bring him to perth
Malk - Saltwater Band. A beautiful album, heard it first on ABC overnight.
Pity the price retailers are charging is up to 75% more than the latest mainstream artists albums at $19.99. Saltwater Band album is priced in Cairns : JB Hi Fi $27.99 ABC Shop $34.99. The shop assistant in JB Hi Fi asked what country they were from ! They had several copies on the shelf but I was a little surprised at the higher than usual pricing. So much for music retail staff nowadays taking in interest in all genres as they did when I was in the record shop business in the 70's. By the way the ABC offered to price match the JB Hi Fi price and after making a price check, purchased from ABC as it is where I heard it first.
Saw the band play at an open air concert in Cairns on the Esplanade last year and they were excellent. Good to see the ABC at least give them airplay.
Hi Suzanne,
I think Aussie fans just have to wait and see if the current petition to stream a-ha's last concert live will actually happen...and then organise a venue to watch it. It may only be possible to organise a private event and then let Aussie fans know via www.a-ha-live.com or/and www.a-ha.com. I will actually be travelling to Oslo - but I wanted so much for them to come to Australia too, which would be a totally different experience. I also would have loved to see a-ha live with my Aussie friend, who can't go to Oslo.
Unfortunately, because I'll be away, I can't be part of anything being organised here but I'll help if I can. Maybe we could organise a get together to watch it later, seeing that it will be released on DVD.
Saw Joe at Caravans In Oakleigh last Sunday night. After a warm, humourous, totally enjoyable performance, Joe personally greeted every person as we left!
Great gig, top bloke!
A great live act. First saw at the Cambridge Folk Festival in the UK this year. Definitely worth seeing!
Hi Alise,
Sorry for not replying earlier - it's been one of "those" weeks!
I've added my name to the petition and also added a comment.
I think it's a great idea to add a comment on www.a-ha-live.com and also on www.a-ha.com
There's only two other things I can think of doing that might help.
I've managed to google the contact details for a-ha's booking agent Neil Warnock. His email address is: NeilWarnock@theagencygroup.com
I also came across an Australian website called Friends of Norway
http://friendsofnorway.asn.au/
I've left them a message on their website also.
Would be so lovely to watch the final a-ha concert live - even if we can't be in Oslo.
I had the following message posted in iTunes and it last 24 hours before being deleted:
How come we pay $259 for the Beatles Box Set at iTunes Australia while the same product sells for $149 at iTunes in the US.
Bring on Revolution #10.
With the currencies almost at par and with no physical product needing to be shipped, where's the extra $110 going? Either Apple Corp or Apple Inc needs to explain.
There is a petition that you can sign for the final concert to be streamed live at http://www.petitions24.com/a-halivestream Then Aussie fans could arrange a gathering somewhere to watch it.
Hey what about BadNews. This is way funnier than Spinal Tap!
How could we ever forget such gems as "Warrior of Genghis Khan" and "Drink til I die"!
I think that's a good idea, Suzanne - it's all a-ha could do for their Australian fans, who remained hopeful, like you say. Could an online petition be organised and then advertised on http://www.a-ha-live.com/ ? Then possibly a-ha may also find out about the interest for this event to happen.
This is why America is going down the toilet. This is lunacy beyond belief. Where is the justice in destroying some persons life for a hand full of songs (only a few of which are any good anyway). How can you not be angry at this. Seriously. I'd like to see any one of the artists involved tell this woman that they justify her fine of $1.5 million and demand that she start paying up. If this is supposed to defend the artists rights then let's hear from them.
more willy deville!!
Seriously the best versions I've heard and seen on both songs. I will miss the guys releasing songs that everyone loves!!
I totally agree. A really trashy telecast not worthy of honouring our the amazing talent we have in this country. For the first time in many years - I turned it off!
Wow, the 2010 ARIA awards were unspeakably bad. The format was matched in its dreadfulness only by the arrogance of the musicians who continue to insult the public by showing up year after year to accept the very awards they pretend not to care about. It makes me sick. I'm looking at you Powderfinger, inter alia. A waste of time and a complete load of garbage. A piss-weak effort Australia.
Oh dear, what a tragedy, my sincere condolences. Love music and he will be very missed. Was hoping to hear a resurrection. Rest well James.
Not a bad summation, but I would also have given Augie March a geurnsey for Moo You Bloody Choir, The Gin Club for Junk and Powderfinger for Internationalist..... What a hard task to limit it to 20..... Maybe 200?!!!
Ooh YAY fantastic! Never forget their "farewell" concert in Perth in 2005, and Shirley handing out champagne to all the front row of the audience, and some guy yelling out "Just play the songs and get on with it"....
Butch Vig!
Hi this is simon, saw the pics of the finger bird - just wanted to say I went to school with JC and Ian and it is good to see them going out on a high. My mate is flying from USA to Australia to catch the last show - shows how cool some songs are I guess - lots of respect - denty in china
Slit ya wrists kinda music. This guy must be miserable.
boring !!!
Gurrumul's singing is to beautiful for words. What a man. His mun & dad must be so proud.
How old is Gurrumul? Does he have brothers & sisters that can sing?
It’s a really interesting album. I’ve reviewed it here http://danieljames.com.au/?p=931
Brilliant - I'll buy the album
hiiiiiiiii
I went to down load this track from itunes and it is not the same track. Shaft of light has a male singing. Does anyone know the name of the track played?
Crammond not the only one that thinks "Waiting for Columbus" is best live albumn
so where can i hear this? pleeeeeeeeease.
UNREAL !!!
I luv this song, so cruisey....definitely going to investigate further...
Its a long time since I've heard any Zappa on the radio. Last time was JJJ about 12 years ago. Nice to hear it again.
....mmmm .......lucky he had Bernie to write his
nice top 5, can relate. cheers SB
Very late one night during sessions for the Starstruck movie, I was asked by the producer Mark Moffat to do him a favour and sing a quick guide vocal of a Tim Finn song to help Jo Kennedy pitch and phrase the song. I listened to the cassette of Tim's demo, wrote out the words and sang them...total time...15 to 20 minutes. Went home. Next I knew it was a single...a duet....I was the male voice ( mimed by an actor). The song was No 1 for weeks and weeks, made Tim thousands of dollars...I got zilch...zilch for the session...zilch for the sales and airplay. So...who got the artists share of royalties?? Imagine my joy and excitement at this re release of a song that, really, I saved from oblivion. It was not going to survive till I sang it.If Glenn Richards even hints at my vocal treatment then what does that make him.
Archie...Sending you many Blessings, Love and Light (o:
Get well soon Archie, thinking of you, hope to see you on stage again real soon x
Am deeply shocked,pull through Archie,am thinking of you .
I would cut my arms off and run to perth from airly to play with jeff.. However it would be rather inconvenient to have no arms in a band.. Well i'd learn the harmonica better than any other before me anyhow.
the lawd be praised.......keep on keepin' on jeffrey....you got it & I feel good.
This should get very interesting if it comes to fruition. Looking forward to more.
Youre a bloody legend Keith. still one of the best guitarists in rock.
Marry Me Glenn....x
It would be absolutely amazing to see a-ha in concert and experience such beautiful music live.
Unfortunately I won't have the opportunity to travel to attend any of a-ha's final concerts.
I did think though that it would be wonderful if they could broadcast their final concert live - particularly in Australia who had remained ever so hopeful of a-ha making it here.
Perhaps a venue in one of our major cities would consider broadcasting it on a large screen and entry fees to the venue could be donated to Mercy Ships.
What do Australians think of this idea?
Stevie still rokz
the lion had pretty bad taste
LOVE powderfiger! I have been looking everywhere for an acoustic version for my wedding! :(
Where can I get it/download it?
Thanks!
Grat song - great band.
Good stuff !
I have great respect for President Obama and for Dylan.
That said, that's Dylan. I think I would have been a little disappointed if Dylan had shown any more enthusiasm than he did.
Just fantastic I wonder what it feels like being there in person at their concerts, can't wait to go to the Territory and meet people from another country.
Incredible acoustic set! Great duo with soulful melodies and the passionate voice of Dan Sultan. This intimate acoustic show is one for the studio as well as video distribution. Great sound and visual quality. Thank you for this you made me a fan!
I would love to play my didgeridoo for you guys! been playing for about 7 month's and not to shabby. Learned circular breathing and all that. The thing wrong is that i'm from North Dakota and I'm 17 but turning 18 in December. Ive always had a fascination with Australian culture, and would love to go.
As per usual the ABC outdoes itself - keep up the great work- this is fantastic!!!
what a great track, dennis chambers is on his drumming game here.
Anton
Since Hell does not exist I guess it doesn't matter - and if there is confess on sunday and it doesn't matter and you get to go to heaven anyway. BTW the Koran says there are more women in Hell so If I'm wrong it all turns out for the better anyway. - Get a better argument!
i Love the song Prescilla <3
ooooooooooo..lovely!
Just tuned into song called Plainsong by Cure......... Bein an oldie it sounded a lot like Pink Floyd.......anyway it was good to listen to...... Cheers Plonk
same, great memories from early 80's...I think The Mosman Hotel, with maybe The Girlfiends & The Skolars......lucky to be part of the generation that had live music on every corner, Sydney & Melbourne were absolute gold-mines
Lets face it 1988 you had it on vynal???????????
George has a wonderful voice but George needs to wake up to himself...........
the album is timeless....
Let's go Stones! _o/
Come on guys! You still have to do many tours around the world.
Classic Prog rock track from classic group; music has never been this good!
Surely you're kidding. It took scientists at a university to tell us this? Music has had a major influence on our behaviour for centuries.
Struggling to find pertinent topics to post about.
But I'll keep trying . . .
Are listens aware that Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes and Counting Crows grew up in the same family in the town of Crowville, Crow County, Texas, USA?
It's true.
Would I make up stupid stuff just to amuse myself?
That's right; of course not!
In his autobiography, EC certainly creates a feeling that he was always reluctant to lead and a bit surprised by the attention and adulation he received for his guitar play. So it is easy to imagine him not being confident about his singing. I don't think he would say this for any other reason than that it is how he really feels. If there is one thing that Eric Clapton has done pretty consistently it is to not fall for gimmicks or ways to attract attention in any other way than by his guitar work.
Having said that.. I better go and buy the album..... there's always room for one more!!!
re The Fall touring news it's complement, not compliment,
AC/DC a band that never, ever varies!
I went to see the fellas at Northcote social club 25th August 2010, and I have to say listening to their songs from my childhood brought reminiscent tears to my eyes. Way out west - the real version, Boy on the run, Last place that I wanna be, I was like 17 or 18 when these songs were current, I had the records and wore them out. Brod Smith hasn't changed a bit... well maybe slightly less hair, like me... and hearing Chris Stockley's riffs and fills, inspirational. The downside was the crowd of old geezers jammed into such a small place, but for the musical experience it was worth every minute.
To summarise: quite possibly the most moving musical experience I have ever had.
People at Dig compare the CSNY harmonies, eg, the 1970 songs "Carry On" and "Ohio" whereas on hearing "Bus Stop", I'm reminded of the 1970 song "The Pushbike Song" by the Mixtures. (not meant as a slight on the band, however)
given the incredible amount of grassroots talent in all styles aound Australia - some of which i've witnessed in local pubs (good ol' maligned Adelaide...) - i'm surprised by this
given the logistics of availability & ability to secure some mainline acts can prove difficult though
keep it going though... a very good local exposure venue
also appreciate the massive organisation involved for these events - well done thus far
Etihad Stadium? ANZ Stadium? Suncorp Stadium? Dear oh dear, ABC - what's gotten into you?
Surely you mean Docklands Stadium, Homebush Stadium (or even Olympic Park), and whatever the ***non-sponsored*** name of that stadium up in Brisbane is?
Is that it? I was expeting a story, an article not just two short sentences
Go Brod.
PG, please don't take this as a sign of lack of support from your Aussie fans. I for one would have flown from Perth to see you but having a shared bill like a festival of "who's who" didn't interest me. I'm passionate about your stuff, but don't care for the rest that much to spend big dollars on airfares & accommodation etc when prices are already inflated because of the Cup. Different matter if it was just you; that I would have gladly done! Please come sometime soon, but just your gang and then see the support you have.
Hmmm, I know you young people love Nick but wouldn't his world view be a bit grim?
Clearly though he would do a better job than Peter Garrett but that is thin praise at best.
Dave Graney comes to mind for his charisma and Clare Moore would be hot as first lady, though I think DG's taste for John Pilger Doco-ganda would indicate he is a bit delusional.
My posting last week suggesting Ronnie as the Rockin-ous name failed to include one of the great rockin Ronnie Van Zandt. I appologise for this oversight.
Interesting, but hardly surprising that Morrissey cites Sparks Kimono My House as an important album. The difficulty would be choosing which Sparks album, I would have thought. We all know about his obsession with the NY Dolls but hitherto I'd not been aware of his sparks fetish. It's indeed wonderful to see the most important singer ever acknowledge a band that unbelievably is still making albums 30 years later. Go Mozz, go the Mael brothers.
Nick Has my vote for sure!!
He has my vote!!
Wow just love all the variations in this song and thekind of music I love to dance to...
After five weeks of election-speak, I'm ready for some poetry in our politics.
hi. what a great band
loved it, more
this bloke never disappoints. he is a true legend and should be prime minister. this photo of joe shows how he just gives everything and leaves nothing in his performances.
Her performance on Sunday Arts yesterday was pretty special. I'm really getting into her new sound on her new album.
thanks for your great music. we still love ya! keep on rockin' dude. you're awesome!
Great rendition of this classic song, Play it again
well it seems that all the legal issues re:Jimi's estate seem to be settled and so "lets milk all the money we can out of the sucker consumer".
it's all been heard before,save your money!
Ronnie Wood was in two of the greatest bands ever; The Face and The Rolling Stones.
The Faces stuff really stands up to the test of time. They are a band that does not have a huge profile here in Oz but are worth seeking out as an important part of the puzzle of modern rock. A bridge between The Rolling Stone and Led Zeppelin, if you like. And a lot better band than The Who and a zillion others.
Ronnie Wood joined the Stones and fitted immediately like a glove. His first full album with the band was Black & Blue, an under rated album (and my fav Stones outing). If you haven't heard it or don't rate Ronnie Wood download Hey Negrita and Hand of Faith . . . then reconsider.
In closing, I would like to speculate that the name Ronnie is the most rocking and rolling-est boys name.
Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane and Ronnie James Dio . . . can anyone top it for coolness and cred?
Peace-out,
EoM
Old soldiers never die - they rock on.
Is it just me or is the news featured on DIg getting a tad mainstream? If I wanted to know about Black Eyed Peas or Sheryl Crow or Britney Spears I have every tabloid available to me. And with Rolling Stone aiming straight for the money makers I am sure I can get my fill of news about the Lady Ga Ga crowd there too.
I am listening to DIG because you are NOT TOP FORTY, you are eclectic, popular, intergenerational, original and retro. I want news about the musicians I am listening to on here, not news about the ones I don't. ( please tell me the news is not the direction you are wanting to head with the music you play)
Love DIG !!!!
Well what a team,the greatest rock and roll band around since 1965 and still going!!! with Rolf from Perth WA,where I live right now!!
Cheers
Steve Madden
And I might respectfully add Mr Mick Thomas of Weddings Parties Anything to this list as well - a proud Australian singer, and all the better for it as well.
proud to be an aussie when i hear sarah on the 'waves, thanks. re: neg comments, right place,wrong time i guess. not everyones cup of tea, i hope one day you'll get it tho. feel for ya guys. rock on s.b.
What a great example he set. Could not even acknowledge the crew that WERE there to see him. Clown.
Nice stuff. Is it just me or does he sound a bit like Van Morrison on this number?
I heard talk of JM recording an album before his untimely demise with the one armed drummer from Def Leapard to be entitled " Leggless but 'armless." I was wondering if anyone else had any information about this project.
Fascinating too, now to gain a fuller understanding of the man. That he was an often angry-ant Scotsman who would rather have a fight than a feed sits quite incongruously with most of his body of work, with its celebratory lyrics (when not about scoring) and with the epic aural sculpturing of so much of his music.
All of which just adds to a fascinating career and life.
(WAS it it the MoR dog((s)) that ripped his leg off? Have your say!)
Well,
that's not the story told on Channel 9 some weeks ago, and this latest story does come from News Of The World, so the source may be dubious.
Just great that that JM is experiencing a minor revival (unfortunately) after his death. Those who saw him at Dallas Brooks Hall in Mel-boom, in the early 80's will recall a muso of rare ability, originality and humour.His music was the soundtrack for mine and many others stoners odyssey through the late 70's and early 80's. His late career did include some MoR dogs but fortunately before he died, he reemerged as a contrarian, journeyman and virtuoso.
I would enjoy hearing other reflection on JM by his Australian following.
And pose this question: was JM, in his final years, the greatest one legged musician in contemporary music?
This should be a ripper!!!
This was great more of this please.
Those from the USA fail to see why they are hated by the rest of the world, and here is just another reason why.
Awesome sound !!
Great track. Shane Howard has such a distinctive voice.
Hi all at Dig Music. Can you help all the a-ha fans in Australia to convince a-ha to tour here - even one date? Is it possible to put up a petition on your site?
Love this. Havn't heard this in ages!
My partner heard this song coming from my office and wondered if I was playing Jackson Browne...so there's a recommendation for you, Shane.
Yes, truly a creative band of artists that have produced some of the most sublime and influential music in the last 25 years. I really hope that they somehow can come down here and play a few shows before they call it quits. How can we get them here? Petition? a-ha come to Australia please!!!! Suggested listening- 'Memorial Beach', 'Foot of the Mountain'.- just for starters.
a-ha have been a favourite band of mine for their entire career and if they don't tour Oz..I will be one of many aussies that will never have seen them perform live. So many memories of listening to their albums with my cousins on the farm at Melrose.
PLEASE a-ha come to Australia!!!!
I support the Karratha idea - we love live music here in the Pilbara & JBT is so kid friendly asides from being awesome - please come on down, we'd love to see you
Too good a band to receive the abuse they do from media outlets in this country such as Spicks & Specks... Truly an innovative band; there isn't anyone quite like them. Australia shouldn't miss out on the chance to host one of a-ha's breathtaking live shows. Add another local fan to the list!
C'mon Australian fans, add your comments....we want a-ha to know that they do still have fans here...and plenty......and we want them to cross the seas to visit us too. For those that don't know, a-ha have just released their final single 'Butterfly, Butterfly (the last hurrah)' - Listen here http://www.warnerwall.no/h%C3%B8r-den-nye-singelen-til-a-ha/ ....it is beautiful....we need to hear their melancholy sounds on Australian airwaves again!!!!!!
Brian Eno is not in the picture -is he really going to be part of the new album?
Awesome band, they've always had good involvement with initiatives outside the music industry (electric cars and so forth) but good to see them getting involved in their chosen field as well
It'd be spectacular if they did come and tour down under ... there's still a couple of weeks 'til Japan so perhaps they'll decide a couple of 'surprise' concerts for us :) I know a heap of people who'd be way excited if they did.
BANG ON IT'S WORTH THE WAIT
fantastic thanks dig and dan. I'm only a fairly recent convert to both, how did I survive without them!?..have both albums and saw dan in canberra, a truely unforgettable night..come to the jindabyne and play during the ski season please!
He's been avin' a laugh for years.
Seen JBT twice :) Lurrrve HIM! Can't afford to go this time, but anyone that does will NOT be disappointed! :)
It's great to see a-ha reinvest back into the music industry. a-ha have produced some absolutely beautiful music over the last 25 years, which is why it would be wonderful to see them tour Australia in 2010. a-ha originally did announce that Australia would be included in their farewell tour, however no dates have been announced as yet. Although I love 'Take on me', there is so much more to a-ha than this - just take a look at YouTube!
I love Shane Howard, and I loved this song... great to hear him again. Loved Goanna... whole bit!
Sorry, Berry Oakley was bass player, Butch Trucks drummer. And Derek is Trucks' nephew.
As an avid Allman Bros. fan i wonder if Derek is related to Butch Trucks the original base player in the A.B.B.
And roll over Duane nothing, Dereks cool though.
WoW, That was brilliant! I love dig radio!4
No one played rock and blues like Led Zepplin.and they were all classically trained musicians (well maybe not Bozo)to this day people cannot emulate the exact sound that Jimmy Page accomplished.They were the Everest of Rock everything else that came after was a watered down version.
COOL
Thought this was a new 'Collard Greens n Gravey' track whilst it was playing. But yeah with Ian Collard now with The Backsliders on Harp (& singing this track?), it explains why!
Page first played/recorded the song with the Yardbirds - is on live in New york album that he had pulled as soon as it was released back in the day. I'm pretty sure it was called 'I'm Confused' on that, and there is no doubt hearing that that it basically a cover of the Jake Holmes song. This was before Page even met Plant...
What's new - 'Whole lotta love' is a straight out rip off from Muddy Waters http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/8670/Led%20Zeppelin-Whole%20Lotta%...
That is a gorgeous perfomance. Thank you for taking notice of a Perth girl too.
no, they knew exactly what they were doing - fully embracing SD&R&R!!
was really dissapointed he isn't coming to Karratha in WA - my 11 year old loves him & i would love to take him to his first real concert - oh well
Like Jeff Buckley minus the songwriting appeal.
what a great sound
Cool :). They sound very errie. I just had a thought. Those loops must be the solar systems largest tuning fork :), although they are not very well tuned since they have harmonics :)
Go girl! Loves ya! Twas great to see you in Cairns!
brilliant
They said we should make a noise to ask them back. Well, here it is. Pleeease bring them back. It was the most alive music I have heard in a long long time.
AWESOME Harp Playing
Fantastic new album from the boys, Saturday Sun and Inside Out are the standout tracks for mine. Great experiments with new sounds, new styles of music and even Sharon Finn gets to sing.
Loved it. And the Itunes deluxe edition comes with 10 live tracks and the video for the first single.
That was the most pretentious piece of tripe I have heard in a long time .... "in England-town the rain came down"? What!? Rubbish.
what a rarity! a politician has shown good musical taste and canceled the excruciating Sting!
Should be a classic
this is like rowing upriver or like the oldtime ballad of mighty jim. Thom beats Sean Selig.
again
idiots.......!!!!
All I can say is please play a concert for your long suffering fans !
I am feeling very inspired by their choice of music. Radio can be worth listening to after all. But was very annoyed that when the Perth band Tame Impala was chosen to be played they were cut off and cut out (Friday end of programme). I wanted to hear them and think they are a great new talent. Just because they are not from New York doesn't mean they can't be great. Shame on radio national for cutting them off.
Well. It's a line up to be prepared to kill for. But why the hell Meatloaf? I've never noted him as a player. Other titles come to mind, but would not look good in print, and I can't afford a lawyer. I will keep eyes and ears open for this delight.
hi dan just love you your music and you are so unique and talented seen u 3 times so far hope to see u at the dreaMING
Silly me, should have just googled it - the Cocteau Twins! I love the way Dig keeps reminding me of stuff I loved back then but didn't actually own.
Loved this version! (Also knew and loved another version in the 80s but can't remember who did it ...? Was it the Thompson Twins?)
Fantastic Tunes & real commentary. The most enjoyable radio I have heard in years. This is what radio should be!!!
HI, i FIRST HEAR YOUR SOUND ON GOOD NEWS WEEK. I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR SOUL, SOUND AND DEPT OF MUSIC. KEEP ONGOING ,FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC. YOUR ARE THE BLUES OF AUSTRALIA, THE BLUES OF MANY SOUL ARTISTS.
THANK YOU
Amazing development, and very astute of Jesse to make the discovery back in the days of '06. Will the clamour for a re-release of King of the Delta Blues will be commencing forthwith??
Saw you on Spicks and Specks. Flipped when I found out you were in Australia. Looked up the dates on the computer> Been and gone. Love to know when you will return on tour.
Heard your voice for the first time in a bookshop in Rutherglen Victoria. I was hypnotised. It was so haunting and honest. Went back to the propretor and asked him who the singer was. Mary Goshey he said. Searched high and low to find a record. Bought it and was completely Gobsmacked. Can't get enough of her voice. But then I am also crazy about Waylon Jenning and Johny Cash. The music just gets me.
Adelaide muso Jesse Deane-Freeman suspected this back in '06. Check this out and scroll about halfway down until you see Mr Johnsons picture.
http://www.jessedeanefreeman.com/historyofblues.html
I am really enjoying this show. A very special expeirence. A great initiative and very generous of Lou and Hal to share their time with us. I'm also a long term fan of the Planet.
When I heard about the concert for dogs on Margaret Throsby's Morning Interview with Laurie Anderson I had a really warm feeling. I'm a dog lover and also an admirer of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. My only regret is that I am in Perth and me and the dogs will miss this gig. Great idea.
I don't love you Dan, ha ha, but damn man you can play some awesome tunes
I love you Dan
Epic, if you like this you should see them with thier band it is amazing!
RIP man! guess i'll be off to the video shop and grab a copy of Easy rider. (unless you kind folk at the Abc wanna replay it? hint hint)
Just heard "Don't want to know" by the late John Martyn. Marvelous music and a tragic loss. Lucky enough to see him twice in the late '70's in Perth, super slick. One of those gigs was supposed to be with Burt Jansch but some how he apparently broke his hand on the plane. Brandy (aka lunatic soup) ruled in those days. Wonderful memories.
80's art rockers? What then, was the band doing in the 70's?
Well that sucks! Just found this after coming back to Perth from Brisbane!!! Was even there on 20/5. Please come to Perth Ed and Chris...
What ever happened to Peace,Love and Understanding!
Luvin Junglehammer :))))))) Iota was originally from Pinjarra, small town in WA where I am from and we spent our teen years lovin him in "Loose Goose".......It's so great to know he has followed his passion and still giving us great music!! Thanks for playing it Dig!!!!!
Please keep playing more music ! I love this station so much I have trouble turning it off.
For a long time I never thought that I would find something to better radio national, but congratulations, you have achieved it.
Feel free to change the announcements, or turn them off all together, as they can be a bit jarring and annoying.
I like what I hear so far... may well go out and get your album... from one wrinkly to another.
Had I ever been dim witted enough to buy one of/some of EC music I would be boxing them up for the op shop.
Love the performance and lyrics. Cello fits into the song beautifully!
Brilliant playlist. Soundtrack to my life. Please drop the very crap music news. Let the music play. Gawd bless the ABC.
Sounds fantastic, can't wait to see it.
I cant stand her music.
I am very pleased to hear this news as I have a son who at the age of 19 was diagnosed with severe tinnitus and meneires disease which we are told by specalists may have happened due to him listening to very loud music through earphones over extended period of time.
He is now not able to go anywhere that is loud including parties, hotels, concerts etc as you can imagine this is very hard for a young person and restricts his social life greatly.
He now has restricted hearing and constant ringing in the ears that effects his everyday life greatly.
I do not think warning signs would do any thing to deter young people from these venues, as at that age they are invincible in their own eyes, I think that an overall restriction on the noise level is needed without impinging on every ones enjoyment.
What an amazing night!! Dan Sultan truly is a fantastic performer..
I'm with Cleo on the changes in the playlist in recent years. I used to listen to DiG and nothing else for great stuff you used to only hear live at folk festivals (Waifs, Bluehouse, Deborah Conway, Jodi Martin, Bluehouse etc), but find myself turning off if things get to loud, tribal, or just grating. I still love DiG and will always support it, but getting back to your roots (literally) would be sensational.
I would have to agree with Onno, Annonymous & Dutchwood by saying the announcements/promos become totally nauseating after the first listen.They have me reaching for the off button quick smart-but I generally hit the on button within five minutes.Aside from that I love 99% of the music. Warm regards
Went to the ABC show last night. Both artists Dan and Grant Wilson? were great. Loved the 'steel' guitar work, dan's voice, and his demenor
A great opportunity to see a real talent.
G
I've completed the survey and I hope my response is of some use to you (it was all good). I didn't mention but I ahve now read other commentaters here and I agree with about the irritating presenter. I listen at work and she pops up far to often with the same tid-bit, like watching ads on tv. I wouldn't mind so much if she was saying some thing different each time, or some thing useful.But with a different voice. Latly it just all sounds very amateur and very unnecessary.
Thanks for listening (I AM enjoying the music!)
Martin
GREAT music, I work from home and listen to ABC dig music all day, but that boring voice of the girl with the same boring corny messages is driving me MAD!!
Please get some variety in regard to presenters, someone a bit more genuine (hopefully a male with a warm voice)
What ever your doing don't change!
I always get nervous when I see online surveys like this......
I have completed the survey and look forward to receiving the newsletter.
Keep up the good work!
Magic sound, I'll be buying this music soon.
awsome track...will be getting this ablum for sure...
Very melodious and refreshing to listen to. Perchance the meaning of the words was just as beautiful.
Exile on Main Street was something of a misunderstood album with the exception of Tumbling Dice, it did'nt spawn too many songs that were commercial. It was among those four great studio albums the Stones released in the seventies. My previous Stones favourite was Sticky Fingers but, opinions change and l think Exile....is the best of those four albums that included; Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers.
Musically, it is true to their roots, the blues, than any of the above mentioned albums. Not since the debut Stones album did they produce a more bluesier effort. It is the one Stones album l continually listen to because who plays dirty white blues better, other than Johnny Winter ?
I came to the Frames through the Swell Season and am very happy that I did. Their body of work is tremendous
farwel the finger :(
The Allman Brothers make me think of summer. GO AWAY winter!
Surprisingly far, far better then New Buffalo. I will be buying this weekend. Do you know if she's got any tours happening?
I have completed the survey and thank-you for the opportunity to provide feedback. I have commented similarly to Onno Benschop, the only irritating part of the format is the announcement voice over. Everything else is great and I love the music mix. Well done ABC, you may me happy to pay my taxes! Well, a bit of them anyway ;-)
I think I first heard DIG in around '05 or '06 while living in Townsville. I wasn't sure, at first, what I had found. First thoughts were James Cook Uni had gone mad and fired up a station, though I soon found out otherwise. Now I'm in Ballarat and being inside a fair bit means DIG gets a work out. The format is spot on. Here is to many more decades of DIG.
I've completed the survey, but found that I had a lot to say in the final comments which was a little disappointing. My thoughts below can be added to those "other" comments.
I've been listening to ABC Dig for some time and agree that there should be Classical music and often wondered why there was not. I've begun to get a little better appreciation for Jazz, thanks to ABC Dig Jazz but there are times when I feel lost and unable to recognise music within the jangle of tones - I suppose that might grow on me :)
I highlighted some of the following in my survey, but wondered if others might share their view in public.
I have to confess that I've been listening to ABC Dig less because the announcements during the day are getting longer and repeating themselves. There seems to be a trend that is attempting to make ABC Dig like other radio stations. Until now Dig has been different, which I was eternally grateful for - if I wanted to listen to the radio, I would - Dig was offering me an alternative.
I feel that there is less and less to differentiate Dig from other stations. The announcements are repeated and if you're listening to it all day, it's not unusual to hear the same announcement many times during the week.
Finally, is there a way that the ABC can approach BigPond and get this content, the audio stream to be unmetered, if it were, I'd listen online.
Hi! Have been a fan of Dig since Sept 08 and love the mix of blues, quirky country and retro rock. Am listening today 3rd May from 8.30 till now 9.45 and have enjoyed most of the selection. I don't like tribal music at all, nothing personal I also dislike some of the mod/rock/experimental type stuff that's jarring to the ears. My preference is for mellow harmonious music, specially blues/soul etc, easy listening but very definitely Dig, not mainstream. Programming has changed since I first found you and loved what I heard, I now often have to turn you off for longer periods even days when you seem to be moving too far from the Digh I know and love. surprise me by all means but pleese, pleese keep it smooth, bluesy and edgy most of the time cause I can't get that mix anywhere else only from you!! It's a format that works, please don't change direction I don't want to lose you!! My constructive criticism aside you're still the only station that plays my type of music (not as much as you used to) Keep it going pleeese!!
Regards Cleo
This song of course has immense cultural value, and when "4000 Holes" goes under the hammer, I predict that the handwritten lyrics of the song will fetch considerably more than Sotheby's figures.
I have only recently started experiencing the joys of Digital ABC radio so I can't really comment fairly, though I know what I like. So, what follows is not really aimed at Dig Music.
It's great that there is a Digital ABC presence in jazz and pop/alternate pop (or whatever DIG music is). Though I think it would be great if there was also a contemporary/alternate 'classical' music station (i.e featuring music from 1850 - 2010 and a great proportion of Australian composers), to compliment the rather lovely but narrow ABC Classic FM. And an alternate jazz/funk/soul/jazz fusion station which features music other than the over-intellectualised American fare e.g. Jan Garbarek, Brad Mehldau, Sylvain Luc, Biréli Lagrène, etc. (as well as the over-intellectualised American fare - of course).
Thanks for listening, or reading - that's if you did of course. :-))
i really want burn your name acoustic for our wedding song! does anyone know where i can dowload the acoustic version?? or buy it???
Im desperate, i only have one week left before our wedding and it would just be perfect.
Any help would be unreal!!!
Thanks,
Aimz
Brilliant talents
I reckon this band (The Frames too) are underrated...the success of the movie and it's one real hit overshadow what's a really solid body of work
Brilliant track, brilliant artist. More please.
Plugging your own music??? Not cool.
Being a child of the early 50's, the Beatles were very much part of my adolescecnce - first kiss, first single bought. While I was living in Melbourne at the time, finding the money for tickets to the concert was only a dream. The closest I could come was in Exhibition Street, outside the Southern Cross Hotel. I recall being jammed in the midst of a swaying crowd, chanting the names of the Fab Four. And then they appeared - on a balcony some ten or so floors up. The mayhem turned to hysteria.
People around me were screaming, i was probably screaming myself. I remember some being carried off by ambulance officers - either fainted or crushed. The police were powerless to control the crowds - barricadews disappered under the weight of numbers.
All I recall of the aftermath is piles of shoes...
...and a memory of the Beatles waving - just to me!
Magnificent!
Just tuned in via my new TV, heard Gin, Loved her voice and style.
I missed The Swell Season whilst they were here in Melbourne.
This small insight into there songs is lovely. Everyone should listen
to one of their CD's. They will stand the test of time.
Stephen
so nice to hear musicians talk intelligently about their work...more please!
Cool song
Liked it, a nice piece of easy funk got me strutting play more of this artist around 4th drinks on a saturday.
you totally NAILED this!!!....awesome Cass!
I just heard 2+2=5 and it shook me with it's brilliance. Fabulous and exciting. please listen.
Fantastic interview, great insight into Jeff. Hope like hell the Jeff Beck Band, with Rod Stewart, come storming into Australia. That would be something special.
good stuff
Terrible movie, apart from the live band sequences.
This is one of the few occasions when the Garcia/Dead/Dylan connection really worked. It's a hell of a song though, and that helps. Willie Nelson's version on the I'm Not There soundtrack is great too.
Thank you DIG for this great interview; and thank you Jeff - for all the albums, Truth still twists the gut with its intensity; BBB still a seminal album and not dated, the newie is crystal clean and very moving - and for the gigs, 1977, 2009, 2010... thank you, even, to Rod for his incredible vocals on Truth.. Jeff Beck is a true exponent of the 'less is more' school; all the great players can play lots of great stuff - the hard bit is deciding what to leave out. Jeff is there.
Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!!!
Encore, Encore, Encore!!!
Thank you so very, very much ABC for broadcasting your Beatles special last weekend – I can honestly say it’s been life changing – the endless attention to detail, the perfectionism, the persistence, and the straight out genius of the Beatles, and many of those surrounding them (George Martin, Chris Thomas, Alan Parsons, Brian Epstein … ) - so incredibly inspiring, making you want to never ever, ever, give up .. never!
The tale of George Harrison (in the BBC program The White Album At 40), endlessly trying to get his guitar solo right on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and finally deciding to ask his friend Eric Clapton to do it; and Eric saying, I can’t play on a Beatles album! George replying, Yes you can! and Eric saying, Well, what do you want me to play?; and George saying, Whatever you want to. Many years ago I heard the story of a guitar player, not long after the albums release, going up to George and saying, That guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps .. not bad, and George saying Hmm, that was my mate, Eric .. Beautiful. (Rest in peace George.)
I have a few recollections I’d love to share with you, all about my hero, John Lennon.
To introduce what I have to say I’d like to make mention of a MOJO monograph on Marvin Gaye; in the last couple of pages of it, as I recall, the author quotes Marvin’s brother who spoke of an incident he’d heard about in which somebody was about to go out and do something bad to someone, when on the radio What’s Going On came on - it stopped him in his tracks – he never went out – Marvin’s magnificent song may have saved someone’s life.
I heard somewhere that there was a DJ who was so taken with Dobie Gray’s Drift Away, presumably when it first came out, that he announced on his show, All songs should be like this one! and proceeded to play it for 24 hours straight!!! I told this story to a girl who’d spent quite a bit of time in America, and she told me that there are stations in the States where they can do that .. we got to talking about September 11, and she told me of how her husband, a qualified private pilot, had been in his office on the phone to his daughter on that fateful day when he noticed a passenger jet flying close to the cityscape, and said He shouldn’t be there! not long before the plane flew into the Twin Towers. I told her how I happened to turn the TV on a few days afterward to see the first broadcast of Dave Letterman’s show following September 11; one of his guests was Dan Rather, the CBS News anchor, who broke down three times when he thought about the firemen he’d interviewed so many times over the years, who’d lost their lives trying to save their fellow New Yorkers; I said to her I heard that the most requested song on American radio after September 11 was Imagine, John’s song; and she told me there were stations following September 11 playing it 24 hours a day (I’ve just lost it myself – tears streaming down my face – God bless you Dan).
There are places I’ll remember All my life, though some have changed,
Some forever, not for better, Some have gone and some remain.
All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living. In my life I’ve loved them all.
(From In My Life (John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1965), voted greatest
song of all time by fellow songwriters including Carole King, Jimmy Webb,
Jerry Leiber, Hal David, and Paul Weller, in the MOJO Songwriters Special,
August 2000.)
In one of the documentaries you broadcast, the Beatles Story (another wonderful BBC production – thank you BBC!), it was related how there was one day when John Lennon was in Hamburg, on his own, contemplating his future – the rest of the band weren’t there – George had played at another club; the club owner they were contracted to had got unhappy about it, and knowing that George was underage, had had him deported – so there’s John, on his own, no band, thinking to himself, Eight to nine hours a night for tuppence, is it worth it? I told this story to a young friend, a musician and artist, and she said Thank God he did!
In many a book in the frontispiece the author quotes from people who’ve inspired them.
In the case of Michael Jackson (in his book Moonwalk) he quotes Thomas Edison and John Lennon. According to Michael, John said this,
When the real music comes to me (I’m crying again)–the music of the spheres,
the music that surpasseth understanding—that has nothing to do with me ‘cause
I’m just the channel. The only joy for me is for it to be given to me and transcribe
it. Like a medium. Those moments are what I live for.
Rest in peace my friends John & Michael (one day we’ll be together once more, when all of the ships come back to the shore (Peter Allen))
To finish on a lighter note, apparently John Lennon’s favourite song was A Whiter Shade of Pale, so much so that, according to the Wikipedia entry for the song (in the subtext, because there is no reference supporting it – somebody?), he would have to be chased out of his limousine when he arrived at appointments, because all he wanted to do was keep listening to his favourite song!!! Good on you John! We miss you …
Thanks again ABC, and looking forward to a repeat performance, sometime soon! (Hint, hint!!!)
My memories begin with the beatles cartoon series. Every morning before primary school the old "pye" tv blasting out the early beatle hits in glorious black and white "tech- no- colour".
The same grainy telly showing a hip looking Paul quitting the beatles just as I was discovering their middle creative period of Help, Rubber Soul and Revolver. Over the next 10 years the remaining albums became the soundtracks to my life in magical psychedelic and experimental colours.
I never felt the beatles had broken up. Like millions of other hopefuls, I thought they would reunite one day.
Until that surreal day in December 1980. My world lost focus. All my emotions mixed together and left me empty. To this day I can still feel the river of tears from my shell shocked friends.
This was our "Kennedy" moment.
I can never forget when I heard John was shot.
I remember where I was.
The dream was over and like all dreams it was in black and white.
Love both tracks guys
They are a great bunch of lads,I had the Pleasure of meeting them at there rehearsal room in Brizzy.
So sad they are pulling the Pin. :-(
I know Powderfinger will be played in my Car & @ home for many years to come.
(ps Can't wait to seen them on there Sunsets Farewell Tour)
One of my favourite recollections of the Beatles was standing outside theSheridan hotel that they were staying at in Sydney (must have been '62), waiting for hours for just a mere glimpse of any of them. My poor, long suffering parents also having to endure the vigil because I was not allowed to go to the concert (I was 11) and this was a consolation prize, I guess. Alas, no glimpse, but I did get a 1inch square of sheet that was "guaranteed" to be Paul's bedsheet from the hotel. Ah, memories!
It was 1964 and (yes I am a "Baby Boomer" or as I am called these days an old fart) when I first heard 'Love Me Do" at a friends party. . Played on a small record played with a maximum output of about 5 watts of pure mono sound. (Breathtaking!!) The best thing I'd ever heard. The person with the record played only had one Beatles single and I kept on annoying them to play it over and over again.
Finally they got a little tired of my requests and flipped the record over to play the 'B'' side.
I saw all the news items of their arrival at Sydney Airport in 1964 (black and white T.V.) and the inane questions posed by the largely inadequately prepared media.
All these years later I can still remember that particular moment in time. Of course ask me why I went upstairs three times yesterday and forgot what I went up there for and I can't tell you.
I am only thirty, but my love of The Beatles came from an old cassette I found in my dad's music cabinet when I was seven. It was the 'With The Beatles Album'. The Traveling Wilburys came out the same year (1988) and I seemed to be hooked on Harrison's slide guitar licks.
That music seemed to stay with me and I have read almost every book and heard every Beatles and solo recording. I have been lucky enough to meet Sean Lennon, but my most vivid memory was the day George died.
George's music (with the band, solo and Wilburys) seemed to connect with me the most. It was a terrible feeling when he passed. I wore a black arm band for a week. As a primary school teacher, many of the students wanted to know what the arm band was for. What turned out as a 'week of mourning', turned out to be a week of celebration as I was able to turn most of the students at the school on to Beatles music. We had it blaring on assembly, coming from the tuckshop and singing in the classrooms. I was however, warned of workplace health and safety when my Principal talked me out of performing a rooftop gig on top of the undercover games area.
Now I am lucky enough to play Beatles Rockband on the Wii with my two beautiful daughters. My wife shakes her head as she walks past us as we sing 'A Hard Day's Night'. We have fun, as long as I get to be George.
Long live The Beatles.
I'm 52 years old, and I've always enjoyed the Beatles, it was like losing a part of my family when I heard about the death of both George Harrison ( I always had a crush On George, it was his spiritual ways that I loved) and John Lennon.But the funny thing is, it has been my 18 year old son that has re ignited my enjoyment of the Beatles. He is an old soul, and enjoys the likes of The Beatles, Neil Young and even Johhny Cash. Thank you Shane for re enlightening me. Shane once said he would never get to a live concert. Because the musicians he likes are either retired or dead. But within weeks of him saying that, Neil Young announced that he was coming to Australia. I reckon Shane bought the first ticket.. lol.
April 70, we heard this news as teenagers. That was the excuse we need to gather all the Beatles music we could find and get it onto a reel to reel tape setup. We ended up wit a little over 16 hours which made for one outrageous party weekend ..... can remember most of the weekend, no one not one person complained at all about the music .... something pretty special. Their music has never faded, and will be remembered down the path called time as the band that changed the face of popular music. Long Live the Beatles!
amongst other vinyl Beatles albums i own ( with no turntable ) i once owned a limited edition of ABBEY ROAD which had the cover art also printed onto the vinyl record.
unfortunately, and with no knowledge of how, following a shift of house this album went missing.
to top it off this record was given to me in london by my first wife 30 years ago.
she and i have recently reunited and as well as being lifelong Beatles fans we desperately rue the loss of such a classic and sentimental work of art
we would love to replace the loss with the ultimate replacement
My friend at school was in love with Cilla Black ( We were 13) and bought 2 tickets to go and see her on 24 December 1963. It was the sart of the daily `Beatles Christmas Shows', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, Cilla Black, and the Fourmost, plus the Barron Knights with the Duke D'Mond, and Rolf Harris as compere.
I was into the Beatles so gladly went along and saw and heard most of the music until the Beatles came on stage (In their Beatle Suits)
For an hour or so I saw them perform but heard nothing other than 000's of screaming girls. Quite an experience !
Many years later, I ended up employing someone who was one of their music publishers, who had many, many tales to tell.e
As a very young child, i sat by my uncles side and watched a yellow submarine in cartoon form float across the tv screen...my uncle had his trusty tape to tape recording machine out...my innocence was fired up by the image and the sound of the Beatles..i just wanted more! So future music was mine to experience in real time (amazing stuff) and the most wonderful music that had come before me...mine to explore and learn about how the Beatles evolved..all triggered by a yellow submarine!
Awful. Sounded like unmelodic screeching. Not sure what the appeal of this song is?
I don't have a fancy story, or one claiming a particular song or moment, but one which extends through my life. My first memories of the Beatles were watching the cartoons on telly in the 60s - 'follow the bouncing ball' to sing-a-long. My Aunty made a full size George Harrison doll complete with plastic wig. She sowed a pair of slip-on shoes to the toes so that she could dance with him and of course as kids we would take our turn. My elder brother took me to the pictures as a 10 year old to watch 'Let It Be' which really turned me on to live music - I was already a Beatles fan. Through the 70s and beyond I listened to their music as 'The Beatles' and individually and like the rest of the world was left somewhat shattered as the news of Lennon's death came across the radio. When CDs came on the scene I slowly collected them all including "Live at the BBC" (thanks Mum!) and it was great to hear bits of that over the weekend. Since then I start each Sunday morning with a Beatles CD and my teenage kids not only know the difference between The Beatles and the rest but also whether it's John, Paul, George or Ringo singing. And tonight my younger daughter made sure 'Yellow Submarine' made it onto her brand new iPod!
Thanks ABC for last weekend!!
Hi Stewart,
Saw your comment and thought I'd suggest you are eligible, and that there's still time to enter too (the 18th being the deadline) - I mean to say the question does mention John's tragic loss & George's passing, as well as general Beatles recollections, not necessarily during the time they were together - I say, Go for it!!! That complete CD collection, & especially those DVDs sound fantastic - GOOD LUCK!
Cheers,
Stephen.
I got 'the bug' when the Hollywood Bowl album came out. That was one of the first albums I bought myself, followed quickly by Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road, Revolver and the rest. That was also the year I began piano lessons. In the days before personal computers, if you really wanted to learn the keyboard solo from In My Life, there was no choice but to slowly rotate the turntable by hand. I got that down pretty well, also the Billy Preston solo in Get Back. Years later, I had 15 seconds in the limelight in a one-off spot with the town's Beatles covers band, playing the Get Back solo on a borrowed Wurlitzer electric piano. There'd been no chance to rehearse with them or hear the piano before the big moment. The piano was way out of tune and that was The End of that.
I was 17 in 1964 and was listening to "The Top 10" (hit parade), on 2GI Glen Innes, which was broadcast at lunchtime on Saturdays, and the announcer said "here's the new Beatles single, which was "Can't Buy Me Love"
and half way through, in George's lead break, the announcer came on and said, "sorry, we were not supposed to play that yet", there was an embargo on it.
Being in the mountains 18 miles east of Glen Innes, 2GI was the only station clearly heard in the daytime, but at night I could listen to 4BC Brisbane, and on week nights at 8 o'clock, they had a 30 minute Beatles "latest program. And in the early '60's, listening on the old Bakelite radio, powered by a 12 volt battery (no electricity),
it was FAB !!!!
It is impossible for me to choose just one single memory from my many years of dedication and adoration of The Beatles, but it is possible for me to choose a single lyric which sums up my many Fab moments with The Beatles:
"You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead".
-The Beatles.
We need to keep this issue alive and not be complacent. An election is looming and we need to make sure that live music and late night night club violence are once and for all kept separate. Those of us who go to our local "Chicken Shop" once a week, listen to live music and have a glass of wine don't want to loose this very important part of our personas. Don't be a couch potato, stand up and be counted!
I've loved the Beatles ever since I can remember - I'm 54 now. I remember being obsessed with the idea that I had to have UK copies of all their LPs to be closer to the 'real' thing - something I acheived on my first trip to London in 1976. When I moved to the UK to live for 2 years in 1980 I boxed them all up and took them, and my stereo, with me. I couldn't imagine not having their music with me.
I arrived in the UK for the second time in October 1980. I remember listening to the John Lennon interviews from New York each morning on BBC Radio 1. The day after hearing the last one, with John so happy about releasing a new album, was the morning of the terrible news of his death - which I also heard on Radio 1. I couldn't believe it, I was in shock - I'd been listening to his voice just yesterday, fresh from New York and full of hope for the future. I took to my bed and cried all day, listening to the new album.
When George Harrison died I was devastated, but it wasn't such a shock as we all new he was struggling with cancer. Those cigarettes he was always smoking... It's funny though, the sense of loss is more enduring for me with George. For me he was always the deepest thinker, his own man with diverse interests and very much undervalued.
Listening to the broadcast today I feel the same mixture of elation at hearing the music and interviews and sadness at the loss of the group and, more deeply, of George and John.
Ahhh, the Beatles. I grew up with them (born in 1950) and loved them from the first day I ever heard them until now. When John was murdered, it was one of the worst days in my life. Most people wouldn't understand, but I felt like a family member died. I remember that my husband and I had tickets to see Bruce Springsteen the next night and it was the last thing I wanted to do. I was in mourning. I finally did go and wore a black armband, as did many others at the concert. Bruce told us if it weren't for John and the Beatles, he wouldn't be on the stage at all! The Beatles were (and still are) a major force in my life. They were always there when I needed them and never disappointed. I love them to this day.
Lana Gavin
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
USA
Beatles music spans 3 generations in my family. But alas, together we have been 3 times unlucky in actually seeing the Beatles live-:
My mother had purchased a ticket to a Beatles concert in Liverpool and she was not allowed to attend the concert, because her parents thought the Beatles too wild!!
Years later my mother then married and moved to South Africa where the Beatles were banned from touring South Africa after John Lennon said that they (The Beatles) were more popular than Jesus Christ!!
I am now living in Australia and have a daughter who is envious of anyone born in the 60's-70's because they had the opportunity to see The Beatles - she continually says she was born in the wrong generation!!
My favourite memory was The Beatles stepping of the airplane in Australia, everyone was going crazy and they looked so full of life bounding of the tarmac. It's a picture in my head that never fades.
ABC,
In case you're wondering, Renee has both parents consent, support and encouragement to enter this competition and is using an e-mail address controlled monitored by both of us. We are both well over 18.
I have a number of Beatles memories dispite being younger than a teen at the time. There was the the music, the cartoons, the ep's brought home by the older brothers, the first album I bought which was Sargents Pepers (I was still in primary school). I had a scrap book with all the many (over the top) articles of the time, claiming they had some insight into the inner workings of the world, if only it was really so! They did make very interested in music which has stayed with me for my life. I have met a number of people who did have a beatles number zero over the years (they actually met them). One recently I met one a plane to Chicago. He worker for the American army and had noticed I had a Rolling Stones Magazine with a Beatle's artilce. He admitted to growing up at the same time in Liverpool and related a memory of Paul and John walking down his street with John carrying a monkey on his sholder. It made me wonder if the song "everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey" was another semi auto-biographical song of John's? Then again probably not.
Very happy to hear Carus getting some air play.
I have lived with the Beatles all my life. I can remember being about 5 years old and hearing "She Loves You" for the first time, and my father raving about it. My mother took me to see a Hard Day's Night, and I was scared because of all the girls screaming in the theater!! I saw Paul McCartney sing Yesterday on the Ed Sullivan show, and watched them everytime they appeared on TV when I was a kid. I danced to "Im down" on the Oriana as we travelled from Canada to Australia when I was 8 years old. I saved my pocket money to by EPs and then LPs and still have all of them stilll in the plastic covers I bought to protect them! I thought the end of the world had come when Paul McCartney announced the end of the Beatles.
When the Beatles Anthology was shown on television, I told all of my friends not to call me, and put everything on hold so that I could watch it without interruption.
Trite but true - they have been the soundtrack of my life - I play them when Im happy, or when Im sad, and when I play my Beatle records I am immediately tranpsorted back to a more innocent, happier, less complicated time
i can't enter the competition because i am not yet 18 but i made both my parents enter! haha!
our beatle memories are all different, my favourite memories must be either
1. hearing the bycyclops line in in the yellow submarine for the first time
or
2. seeing and meeting the fab four this year (even though they weren't the real beatles)
I have 2 early memories.
The first was a send up of the Beatles on Brisbane's TV Chanel 7 program Theater Royal run live on Friday nights. Four individuals in black & white horizontal stripes looking like some kind of insects lumbered around the stage to the song "Love Me Do". At the end a big hand holding an apparently giant can of insect spray appeared in camera and let them have it. Down they went. Quite funny but it got me interested in this new group.
The second was in the 1967 world wide television hookup "Our World". The scene was the recording studio as the Beatles were recording "All You Need Is Love". As we viewed the orchestra firing up the announcer said something like " these are not just rock & roll youngsters these are symphony men."
Standing in front of the family radio on the mantle peice and listening to "when I saw her standing there" when I was 16 changed my life. Grew my hair, looked like Ringo, bought every album and EP as they came out and played them on my portable record player and my sisters friend's home built stereo.
I fell in love to the beatles and grieved to the Beatles when it was over. Watched them on the TV as they arrived at Essendon Airport. and was late for work and was glued to the tv with friends all weekend as they came to the window way up on the Southern Cross Hotel. I stood on the tramtracks in Swanston Street as they walked out on the Balcony of the Melbourne Town Hall.
Weeks of shoving my tranny into my ear to listen to "Long Tall Sally" on the train home from work as I lusted after Sue who loved Elvis and "Little Egypt".
Months of "with the Beatles" and Beatles for sale with another passionate love and painful end.
Queued up for hours to see "Hard Days Night" and remember all their hits on our car radio as we surfed the south coast.
Remember Paperback Writer played on the radio by Pete Smith, on the mud track to Bells and my first hearing of Michelle after I fought with my best friend.
Hours of study as a young married man with a young family, studying for my Accounting exams listening to "Bang Bang Maxwell"
Sign posts of my life have been marked by Beatles events and releases and re-releases. Each one touches my soul as much as the first. Each track I hear takes me to a time and a place.
I recall the emtpiness I felt as I heard, at a BBQ, that John Lennon had been murdered. I was there with my children after separating from my wife.
So I have moved from the family radio to listening to this magic Beatles broadcast on my PC, every track defines me and at the grand age of 63 I look forward to playing their music as I learn the guitar.
I don't want to win the box set, of course I already have it. I just wanted to tell you how I connect to my life through the Beatles. My favourite beatles track "Things we said today". Don't know why and it is just a breath in front of dozens of others.
Thank you Beatles
Steven
I will never forget the day when I first discovered The Beatles.
Unfortunately the year was 2008, not 1964 when I discovered the Beatles. I was 14 and up until then, music was only sound, until one rainy day I turned on the TV to open my ears to a wonderful song, featuring a beautiful man wearing Granny Glasses sitting at a white piano and singing his heart with words. It was beautiful. It was like nothing I had ever heard before. It was John Lennon's Imagine.
I immediately turned to my mother, ''Mum, tell me about John Lennon'' and that she did, she explained about his death which made my heart sink (I had never felt this way before, and I didn't even know him!), but made me feel alot better when she told me of his life in the land of Submarines (The Beatles, of coarse!).
Though my mother grew up with ABBA, she managed to find me a Beatles record, Rubber Soul, among her vast 70's collection. My eyes welled up when I put the needle to the grooves of the record. I had never heard such a sound! I knew I would love them forever!
Though I cannot pin-point one single great moment I have had with The Beatles, each moment I live in my everyday life as a Beatlemaniac is a wonderful experience on it's own.
So it just goes to show, The Beatles have inspired many generations. Even though I am only 16, I am not afraid to admit that I'm a Beeatlemaniac, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
fantastic broadcast! can't turn it off... loving it. I lived in London in the 60s and it takes me back to my Beatle Days.
At first I had vague memories of the beatles from trips in the car when I was around 5. It grew on me through the years - ofcourse, and as per the intention of the beatles, I liked the 'whimsical' kids songs - Bungalo Bill, All Together Now, Yellow Submarine, Octopuses Garden. But then my father opened up the wonderful world of Lennon, Harrisons and Mccartney, even Starrs (Don't pass me by etc) song writing. Still listen to them all the time now - the anthology, all the movies etc. Their profound effect on music is immeasurable, their music and influence echoing through the world for even 50 years after The Beatles.
Now if I don't listen to the Beatles for a while, I get withdrawel symptoms! I just crave it, and crave the game Beatles Rockband, for which I love playing as it lets the players get closer to the Beatles than ever before.
Listening to each album in full, notably Sgt peppers and Revolver, opens ones soul up to musical immersion of a brilliant level. So now I am a Beatles Fan boy, and always will be, and am ever grateful for the beatles music. The Beatles has had a massive effect on my teenage years/childhood and has moulded me into the person I am - from the seeds of Beatles being planted in my early years , growing throughout and coming to full bloom at the end of my teenage years. I am appreciative for their MASSIVE amount of hits, not one of their songs is "bad."
These days bands struggle and slave away in the studio for years to produce an album with AT MOST 5 songs that are great, however in the 60's the Beatles were pumping out an average of an album or so a year, and nearly every song on each was MARVELOUS. Right now I am listening to the Beatles Marathon on DIg Radio and am grateful to the ABC for sharing this musical magic to Australia.
At first I had vague memories of the beatles from trips in the car when I was around 5. It grew on me through the years - ofcourse, and as per the intention of the beatles, I liked the 'whimsical' kids songs - Bungalo Bill, All Together Now, Yellow Submarine, Octopuses Garden. But then my father opened up the wonderful world of Lennon, Harrisons and Mccartney, even Starrs (Don't pass me by etc) song writing. Still listen to them all the time now - the anthology, all the movies etc. Their profound effect on music is immeasurable, their music and influence echoing through the world for even 50 years after The Beatles.
Now if I don't listen to the Beatles for a while, I get withdrawel symptoms! I just crave it, and crave the game Beatles Rockband, for which I love playing as it lets the players get closer to the Beatles than ever before.
Listening to each album in full, notably Sgt peppers and Revolver, opens ones soul up to musical immersion of a brilliant level. So now I am a Beatles Fan boy, and always will be, and am ever grateful for the beatles music. The Beatles has had a massive effect on my teenage years/childhood and has moulded me into the person I am - from the seeds of Beatles being planted in my early years , growing throughout and coming to full bloom at the end of my teenage years. I am appreciative for their MASSIVE amount of hits, not one of their songs is "bad."
These days bands struggle and slave away in the studio for years to produce an album with AT MOST 5 songs that are great, however in the 60's the Beatles were pumping out an average of an album or so a year, and nearly every song on each was MARVELOUS. Right now I am listening to the Beatles Marathon on DIg Radio and am grateful to the ABC for sharing this musical magic to Australia.
come on abc 20kpbs for the webcast you can do better than that, we cant all get dab+ radio you know.
The memories are real. The time stands still
You can pick lines from any of their songs – mix them up and it is still poetry
We are all together
Speaking words of wisdom
Except for me and my monkey
I’ve got a feeling
You let your knickers down
See how they fly
What are you going to play
Don’t let me down
Jai Guru Deva, om
A school mate claimed that Elvis was better than the Beatles – we laughed and laughed. We had seen the dawning of a new age!
The humour – the Goons… John was up there with Spike. The movies: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!
At school we sang “ Love me Do” “She was just a 103” we played “ Roller Derby” in the playground and screamed “ I wanna hold your hand “ as we spun each other around.
oompa oompa stick it up ya jumpa – we translated that into our school war cry!
I read the news today, oh boy!
Paul is Dead – we listened to Chris Winter on 2BL trawling over all the “facts” as to why Paul was dead. I did not believe it
I saw a film today, oh boy
I went to the State Theatre in Sydney to see the film Let It Be – and I did not believe it. They were a part of my life.
When I heard that John had been shot I sat in my car with the radio blaring “ John is dead !!!” .. I did not believe it…I’m crying.
George being bashed by an intruder and then getting cancer – that doesn’t happen to a Beatle!
For my 50th we just had to have a Beatles theme – We had the pedestrian crossing out front, Lucy in the sky (well stuck in a tree), a yellow submarine in the pool, John & Yoko in the shower, Strawberry Fields, even Elvis made an appearance!
The Beatles live on!
It's unusual that being told to "Fook off" should be one of my greatest memories, but it is.
I grew up in Esher in Surrey, just down the road from where George Harrison lived in a walled estate called Claremont. They lived in a bungalow that had huge walls around it and a massive wooden door that was inevitably closed when we cycled up to pay homage.
Well, one day it was open and so my brother and I (aged 12) parked the bikes at the end of the drive way and wandered in because Patti was at the front window having a chat with a few people - it was as if she was holding court. I did my best to explain that I was a local because in fact I used to caddy on the golf course that was part of the Claremont Estate.
I was already in love with the Beatles and everything they represented, but from that point on Patti became the most beautiful woman of my life (sorry darling, but you know what I mean!), her angelic beauty almost stuck in aspic in my mind.
The spell should have been broken when George came roaring up the driveway, got out with his burly minder and told us to "fook off". It didn't, though. To this day, I still find George the most interesting of the Beatles, the one who achieved most in his post Beatles career, though who is still ridiculed by those Lennon-obssessed critics who think he was lightweight. May he rest in peace with "Life of Brian" running as a loop commemorating a great and very eclectic life.
The Beatles had a profound effect on my younger years and their songs and inventiveness really opened my eyes and ears to the world of music, which up until 63 had been so boring and lacklustre. As a kid entering high school and adolescence I suddenly discovered what being a teenager was all about! The Beatles gave us a music our parents hated, and we loved them for it! Clothing styles,footwear, hairstyles, language & slang, even attitude, were all influenced by the lads from Liddypuddle. The Lennon books "A Spaniard In The Works " and "In His Own Write" were so amusing and became part of our group's culture. The first single I bought was "I wanna hold your hand" and the first album was "Beatles For Sale", and from there I collected 'em all avidly. (I even shed tears when I found my mum had tossed out my scrap-book of Beatles clippings, photos and keepsakes.)
But there came a time, soon after "Sgt Peppers" and "Magical Mystery Tour", when the group started to lose their sense of being cool among many of us, as Cream, Hendrix, Traffic and a host of others started to turn our perceptions to other sounds and heavier music. Funny then, that much later my taste for the band returned, and I came back to listening to the songs of my youth. Probably a sign of getting old! Still, The Beatles were a great band and the deaths of Lennon and Harrison mark major losses to music and reminders of mortality to the baby boomers' generation
My first Beatle memory is at age 3 (1964), bouncing up and down on the back seat of my mum's VW singing 'She Loves You' and my big brother, Ray (aged 13) commenting 'Hey, he sounds just like Paul!'
Hot HOT summer day '68. On the floor of the lounge at the holiday house at Port Elliot.
Should have been at the beach but Sgt Pepper's was on the new AWA stereo.
Waiting for the creaky chair in that long ending - so we could play it again.
How I loved Lucy in the Sky...
Thanks ABC for Digital radio.
There's not a hour In My Life when I don't think about the Beatles or their songs...even When I'm Only Sleeping.
How could you????????
I started an interst in the Beatles after hearing Get Back and seeing an add for "The Beatles latest and greatest Album - Let it Be" on TV - Happening 71? I think. I bought Let it Be for $5.75 after conning a dollar from my brother and sister to make up the total. I couldn't afford the box set that was $8.00 but managed to pick up the get Back book from Myer at $1.00 on a surplus book table. Unfortunately it fell apart and I put pictures up on my display board. I eventually got the box set at the now defunct Beatles Shop for $275 second hand - a major appreciation from $8.00. I still enjoy collecting all releases from Paul, Ringo and posthumous releases from George and John. My youngest daughter (9) likes to hear the Beatles in the car but is not impressed that my collection has taken all her wardrobe space. I hope Macca comes to Australia in his 2010 tour as he is still an incredible live performer.
Thanks for the Beatles Special but it is a pity it is not on DIG radio where a set top box can pick it up.
Why is this wonderful stuff only being netcast in mono?
McClaren always struck me as a shameless, obnoxious self publicist who delighted in annoying and putting out things to irritate and confront everyone. IMHO absolute genius ! In mid to late '70s UK where I grew up he gave us 'The Pistols' and an outlet for our angst and with Vivienne the outrageous fashion to shock our parents and society. Ugly and obnoxious can be beautiful and bold and helped spawn some educated lefty agitprop which we still hold dear today. Even tho' you were annoying I appreciate very much what you did so thanks Malc.
they rocked
I'm new to dig radio. I have a digitial radio, a digital TV and internet connection. Which is best to use for Beatles broadcast. What do I set the dial to? How do I find the actual broadcast?
Back in the late 80's I was a part of a film crew making a doco on the Sydney Biennale. Malcolm McLaren was one of the big attraction that year and we were just Babes in the Woods. We arranged face to face to meet him for an interview but after a number of assurances eventually he didn't turn up. So again we tracked him down and arranged another to the same result.
It became apparent that he was doing this deliberately as he found it amusing to make us look like schmucks and for us to lose money on crew payments?
I reflect on this often: what kind of person got their thrills by kicking out the chair from someone else?
The doco never got finished as the money ran out (like good Victorians and Australians, everyone got paid though).
Though I know a lot of people got a lot from punk, to me a lot of what MMcL was just ugly and stupid, exploitive and co-opted from others.
As a baby boomer living in London I remember the dullness of the country until The Beatles came along. It was the sheer joy in their music that made it special. Teenagers were waiting for something to happen. America had Elvis and Motown all we had was Cliff and the Shadows, Billy Fury and Tommy Steele who were poor attempts at the real thing. Along came The Beatles and it all changed. They were the first group I ever saw play live. In March 1962 they did a tour with American's Chris Montez and Tommy Roe as the headliners and played on the stage of my local cinema in Romford. During the tour, due to their growing popularity, The Beatles were promoted to end the first half of the bill. They did about 20 minutes but they were magic and everything changed from then on. The audience listened to them in silence and only went crazy at the end of each song. By the time they did their Christmas Show 9 months later you could no longer hear them for the screams and Beatlemania, swinging London, Carnaby Street, flower power, hippies and all the rest that followed in the sixties took off. England and popular music haven't been the same.
Thanks a lot. Don't the out of touch elites
at the abc realize that there are beatles fans outside
the mainland capital cities?
I grew up on Merseyside in the 50s and early 60s. But I was ten years (almost to the day) younger than Paul so I didn't get to see The Beatles then. I remember a night when one of my older cousins, Sheila, visited on her way back from a dance at (I think) the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey. She said "I'm giving up on Elvis, I've just seen a better act".
The Brighton Hippodrome, 1964, hysterical girls screaming, shouting, crying, fainting. Short pauses from the crowd as John Lennon tries to speak, before the screams of ecstasy drown out his luvly Liverpudlian voice again. The Fab Four persist in trying to be heard through the din. I catch snatches of “She Loves You, Yeah Yeah Yeah” but their wry grins only encourage more hormone-induced shrieks. We can’t hear a note of their music or a word of their lyrics but there they are, the Fab Four – in the flesh – a heart-palpitating, dizzying, sight that none of us will ever forget.
Still sounding fresh
I was thinking Sydney Film Festival.
Why only on Digital Radio - Not Digi? Us poor Canberra persons miss out on this iconic event!
Hi Beatles Fans,
My early memory is of being 3 years old and the album with "She Loves You" being played over and again in our house. Then there was "Penny Lane", my favourite. Later I loved "Hey Jude", "Something" and "I Want You". Then there's John Lennon's "Imagine" and George Harrison with "Here comes the Sun" and Paul McCartney with "Live and Let Die".
Rock on Ringo and Paul!
Dad had the opportunity to interview the Beatles for ABC's "This Day Tonight" in 1964, when they came to Adelaide. The whole city lined the road from the airport to the Adelaide Town Hall. I wasn't born and can't remember that!
Cheers,
Kate
without Mick Waller (RIP last year) and Nicky Hopkins I don't see the point
horrible droning wailing with incessant click-track tom-tom beat - i think my cat could've done a midi better than this on cakewalk...
Memories of the 60's and 70's are vague at best, but I do recall as an immature 12 year old that I knew all of the lyrics to every Beatles song and would sing along with the radio every time a Beatles song was played. I never realised then that they would become legends of a generation and an inspiration to so many artists of today.
If I happen to hear a Beatles song today, I still sing along.
I don't remember when the Beatles split. I would've been too young to know much about them. I do sort of remember John Lennon's death. I was home sick from school when it was announced on television. I wasn't sure whether it was real or part of the fever. It was too weird to be true but it was.
The Beatles stopped being a boy band the same year I graduated to grammar school. This was the second big coincidence in my life, the first being that I was born the year Einstein died.
Looking forward to my Beatles boxed set!
I'll never forget hearing A Day in the Life for the first time - on the day I bought the mono Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was like nothing I had ever heard before! I had to play it all over again and again. Is there anything to match that 'cacophonic' crescendo? Fortunately my landlady was away that weekend - she would've gone mad.
I'm a big fan of the Beatles and have all their albums, including some on LP. Unfortunately, I'm excluded from entering this competition as I wasn't born in 1970. I didn't 'arrive on the scene' until six years later. It's a shame as I would have loved to win a digital radio...
Wow! The JBG back together... Nice scoop DIG...
..was reading an interview with Ronnie Wood, he said Jeff was keen but he couldn't get Rod to commit either to a JBG or a Faces reunion... things have progressed since that interview obviously...
..but Ronnie was funny, he said, and I quote ('Classic Rock' magazine Issue 140): "the trouble is that Rod wants a greenhouse around the drums, and those little things in your ears... I don't think that's very rock'n'roll" ! Too funny!
Is there anything you would like to be able to play which you are struggling with or have given up on?
Thanks for all the wonderful music over the years.
You have been at the forefront of technical innovation on the electric guitar for over four decades and you are continually exploring new territory as a creative artist. Do you think that the electric guitar has a role in classical music and contemporary ‘art music’ composition in the twenty first century? If so what role do you feel the instrument has and is it a domain which you would like to be a part of?
Zane Banks
I love this woman. I met her at Goulburn Blues Festival 10 years ago, at a Finger Picking course, She has influenced my guitar playing greatly. Her style of playing the same chord at any location on the frets alway reminds me of her while I am learning or writing new guitar music.
She woke me up this morning on Dig, thank you.
I have seen a million movies in the last 40 years but this movie remains the most prominent in my mind.
I wanted to be there, on a bike, sitting at the campfire. Bits of this movie come back at most unexpected moments, especially when out riding my softail.
GO THE SHARPIES...... YEH BABY.........
HAHA gold. Phil Manzanerra is wonderful.
There are some really great interpretations of TNK - this is one.
Thanks for posting my comments. The copy of the film shown on Australian TV and available in Australia for many years was heavily edited(censored) particularly at the beginning, when the two protagonist are doing the big drug deal that underwrites there journey. Indeed, you could watch this version and be totally unaware of this part of the film. I remembered being baffled by them placing tubes of money in their petrol tank but having to be told about the drug deal. Similar, as a young person the whole tripping scene could be understood without understanding they were tripping. They were just having a GROOVY time.
Reading these comments i can see what an impact the film has had on a great many people and suspect I may under rate because I am at heart a contrarian.
As some one posted it was made on 16mm and for little money(relatively speaking) and featured actors who would go on to be fixtures in film and TV.
It was one of a group of films that was a lamp ligter and inspiration to emerging film makers and artists.
Another film that had an impact and was widely seen and made for next to nothing was Billy Jack and its sequels.
Arguable it(they) don't stand up as well as Easy Rider.
Thank you: It IS great to be writing again.
Love the page, love the thread.
PS: those who love to revisit the excesses, weirdness, romanticism, idealism,HUMOUR and rebelliousness of the late 60's+early 70's keep an eye out for Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. Ask for it your local library
Hiya Jeff.
Been a fan for years, just wish my fingers worked like yours.
Are you still into hot rods ? Years ago, a friend of mine Peter bennet ( used to do drag raceing at santa pod )
said you was the first to import a hot rod to this country, do you still have it, and whats your fav american car ?
I saw it in 1969 as a 12or 13yo. It changed my life.
Was shattered that people could be so narrow minded and bigoted. The attack at the camp site was very disturbing.
Obviously shortly after we had my lai, moratoriums and prior MLK and Bobby Kennedy but it was the big screen impact of this film that galvanised my thoughts.
I strongly believe that this film had a part in the person who I am today.
One of the most important rock albums. Neglected treasure!
Thirty six incredible songs from gospel through R'n'B and psychedelic to funk and acid jazz.
The Clash were the first artists (punk!) to hip hop!
It is is a story about a couple of blokes who make a lot of money selling drugs and then go for a ride on their motorcycles and take more drugs. Oh and have sex with prostitutes.
Not that I'm down on all drugs (hell, I'd be smoking a joint right now if i could be) but is an interesting reflection of the time it was made and the time since.
The domination of pop culture by the Baby Boomers and the orthodoxy of its artifacts.
I like the redneck interpretation of the movie now (and the one that supposedly occurred when the movie was shown regionally and down south in the USA), that is when people cheered when Captain America and the other bloke got wasted at the end!
It is an overrated movie with a good soundtrack and a questionable moral stance.
Great to see the ABC supporting such a pro-drug artifact!
Go home and give your kids some drugs (LSD) right now everyone!!
Well done Aunty!!!
He never left (my speakers, anyway).
A big hello from Australia Jeff Beck, My wife and I cannot wait to see you in Melbourne on the 26th March 2010, Just 3 more sleeps. I was watching a music program (RAGE) on telly one night, a couple years ago, and fell asleep. I woke to the Nadia song and clip. It took me a while to find you but now, I'll never let you go, ever. I liked your experimenting with cars songs, like Roys Toy. My kids are into Jeff Beck, and at 9 and 12 years of age that is saying something. Oh, a question! What songs will you be playing in Melbourne?
Hi How long will you guys be streaming this music for before it is pulled off?
Burn your Name accoustic version is awesome and would love to get a copy if it was ever released..
What kind of wah/delay/overdrive do you use? What model of Marshall amp are you using? Anything else weird about your rig? Also when are we gonna see more Tal Wilkenfeld playing with you?
Cant wait for the new album! I pre ordered the deluxe edition already :)
Wonderful news if the singing is good - count me in for any concerts in Spain.
Jeff
Mastery of an instrument is fundamental, but style is important to distinguish one guitarist from another. Have you heard any styles lately that made you sit up and listen?
BTW, saw you in 1977 and for financial reasons I was not stoned. I didn't need to be. Enjoyed every moment of you concert.
Yes, the ABC just doesn't play enough Nick Cave.
Dig yourself indeed! Perhaps one day we could all dig ourselves out from beneath the several miles of Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Yadda Yadda Yadda bleak, depressing, monotonal mantra that has become the staple forced down all our throats by the tone deaf members of generation Y and their baby boomer god.
Personally I rather liked it.
Thanks for the trip to the desert.........such a haunting voice.........so powerfully and enchanting, it evokes and whispers magic in my ears...........going to go out and get this album........xxx
When did you stop using a plectrum to play, and why?
One of the best tracks on this awesome album.
Hey Jeff! Just wondering if you're going to do any more work with Tal Wilkenfeld and Vinnie Colaiuta, when I saw you guys in Ottawa it changed my life. I know they're going to be on the new album in April, do you think you'll do more together after that?
Thanks for being so awesome :)
Hallo Mr. Beck,
will you play sometimes in Prague, Czech Republic?
Know some guitarplayers or bends from here?
Than you very much, you are one of few players, who play from The Heart
Robert R
www.myspace.com/bitrabbit
SMooth, cool nd how about the ct that he's black and this was 1947 WOW!
Hi Jeff. I've been playing guitar my whole life and you've always been my favourite musician. I've seen you a few times and I have to say my favourite band I've seen you with included Tal Wilkenfeld and Vinnie Colaiuta. When I saw you in your recent tour with Eric Clapton you didn't play with them. I was really hoping and wondering if you were going to be doing any more touring with Tal and Vinnie in the next few years? I think your styles compliment each other beautifully. Thank you for continuing to push the boundaries all these years!!!
Jeff,
Could you explain why it is important for aging rockers to keep dying their hair?
Hi Jeff,
I saw you live way back in 1978 in Edmonton Canada. I was pretty out of it at the time but I was in row 6 so it was not hard to forget how good that show was!
I was wondering when you and Rod Stewart might get together again and do some of those old blues songs again? I know we've all moved on from that time but it was really so good. I still play Truth and Beckola now and then for my kids...I'm not quite sure what they think of the music but I am still really into it!!
Dick Mahoon
Peninsula not peninsular
Looking at these pictures my vote is with candyramone.
There was one picture she submitted that was fantastic!
Can't wait to find out who the winner is!
If you are going to writee anything please use spellcheck. That is not how peninsula is spelt...Shame on you
omg i love u kate bush!
Where do you get it. Cannot find DVD of Melbourne or Sydney Sound Relief concert any where. Have tried Sanity, J.B.Hifi etc.
A beautiful photograph. Perfectly exposed and composed with great handling of DOF, shutter speed and stage lighting. A master at work.
whath a great artist
Definitely my favourite. Captured a beautiful moment.
just in the nick of time! good luck to everyone
awesome pics. awesome music. you guys rock!!
Great shot. U have some awesome fotos of julian marely!
I love this photo. Great capture!
I agree. Great tones and lighting and what a pose! Rasta for life!
This is the best photo I've ever seen. Seriously.
We saw Eilen and her band in concert for Dig and ABC radio - wonderful! Then on Sunday night she had the overflowing crowd in the Shabeen bar at Port Fairy in the palm of her hand. Young and not so young were entranced by her and her fellow band members. Especially when she sang "Shakin all over"... The place really rocked!
This is fantastic! Thanks for posting
love it
Love the colours!
This pic is amazing! You have really captured the moment!
Wow, cool motion shot with the hair...Was it swinging to the beat? ;-) Love the pic!
Bob or Julian? Classic Bob Marley pose captured well. Great shot. Well done.
Brilliant shot this one!
First heard today , rainy Saturday the 6th March, driving along listening to Dig Music.ABC
The sound of slide guitar with an Asian influence.
One of those albums one must have. But who was that?, as I missed the commentators mention.
So I spend Saturday eve on line in hope of tracking down what I now learn to be jeff Lang and Bobby Singh..
It has left an indelable print on my soul. I must have and I already know it will be one of those cds that will
remain in my heart. Harry Manx had the same effect, and he now holds a special place in my heart and soul.
Namaste
Ok so an advertisement has been made and contrived ... it's not clever nor is it a selling point.. No worries though... he'd just roll his eyes if he saw it. I'm not on some silly superiority trip... I just say that it's below me. It's below you the reader, too.
be cool folks
Annnnnnnnd ..... *peace*
Spectacular spread of music..who needs a music collection if you have Dig Radio...Could you help...Name of arist?..Played Tues. late afternoon(2/3)....Wish it would rain...sounded like Renee Geyer...think you have also played Into temptation plus some other very cool soulful songs by same artist...thanks.
They are a remarkable band with such beautiful melodies and acoustic harmonies.
Guys, guys, guys.......absolutely beautiful music. Love Golden Rule!! Took GR to remove P!nk from my car CD player and that is a feat unto itself. Can't wait to hear it live.
Just watched 'oils on the water' DVD on the weekend and just now was tuned in and heard jims solo stuff... This guy is a legend - we need to hear more of Jim Moginie.
Thanks heaps Jim and dig
hope I get the spam question right, I was never any good at math..
Love Mag.7's take on Tubular Bells.
Great Perth band from the 90's. So good to hear them again!
Superb! Roll on the UK tour next month!! London and Birmingham (again) can't wait...
Thank you for the fantastic concert last night at Port Macquarie NSW Australia... we all had a great time and it was such an experience to hear you sing live... Lorraine
Brilliant! Can't wait to see them on their UK tour in April!
Love this song. We had Burn your name as our wedding cake cutting song. Love it!!!
Great stuff. Fat chance I'm gonna to see'em in Greece ha?
This is just another example of Australia's finest and most consistent band. Guys, these sets and acoustic shows are fantastic for your fans. I'd love the opportunity to be able to purchase them off iTunes or similar - even if you set up a charity or something - that way we can listen to these sets again and again!
Excellent mixing also - great to hear it at it's best...
Thanks as always guys - 15 shows, countless CD's, DVD's and singles and never let me down - better than most friends!!
Jimmy
Brilliant.. just bloody brilliant!!
Awesome, i really like powderfingers acoustic music! The best music to come out of australia in my opinion. Is this video available for download?
This song has always had my favouite mondegreen where the line "You flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia" misheard as "You threw your squirrel up the roller coaster" Still makes me laugh!
Isn't she fantastic. For the past 6 weeks her cd has been on constant rotation at home and in the car. Just waiting to see if I managed to score an intimate concert ticket.
Hello,
Just wanted to check when the deadline is to upload the track as on this website it is 5th March and on the radio stations website it is 3rd March?
Big Thanks,
Laura
Hi,
I have just discovered you have two closing dates for the competition, 3rd of March and the 5th, I was aiming for the 5th and will not be ready by the 3rd, is this OK.
Will there be a piano there?
Many Thanks
Voice and melody so Rodriguez
I think it is ridiculous to claim Colin Hay and Ron Strykert ripped off that Australian folk tune because a short riff in "Down Under" matches a bar in that folksong. I agree with EMI. The match pays homage to the well-known song, just as the newer song refers to a "Vegemite sandwich". Marion Sinclair should be pleased for the compliment. Shouldn't 75 years after penning be long enough? How long does her copyright (or whatever) last anyway?
Not a good look Pauley boy - the sunglasses or the jealousy!
Thank you for the info regarding the Apollo Bay Music Festival I've been trying to find stuff about it but it's sort of difficult. I did chat to someone on www.knowyourmusicfestivals.info who forwarded me to this webpage. so cheers, keep it up
If only he could put if to good use!
good stuff!
a victory for live music, musicians, the venuers, punters, common sense and the 3rd song in the 1st set!
onya Melbourne!
I can't wait to see Eilen play. I've enjoyed her on CD so much. and of course it'd be lovely to be a part of your DIG intimate concert ;)
Great! Love both tracks. Want more please....!
What a shock! I just saw her singing with Archie Roach at Federation Square 9 days ago. She looked so healthy and happy up there. It's hard to believe. And just a week into the new tour with Archie.
R.I. P. dear Ruby
I remember an interview where the special romance she shared with Archie was so moving ! Thanx Ruby R.I.P.
Lazy Life by Heart and Soul takes me back to those heady days of the late 60's as I was coming of age...it is a sensational song that cpetures how I felt at the time...haevn't heard it for ages...what great meories it brought back.
Do you know where I can obatin a copy of it...I've searched the web but to no avail.
Love the selection and variety of music played on this channel...keep it up.
cheers
Ed
Ruby was totally unique. A great artist and an amazing person. I had the pleasure of meeting her a few times at gigs in the 1990s. I am saddened by the news of her passing.
We'll miss you Ruby - thanks for the love & the life you shared with us... BLESS YOU!
Thank you Ruby.
Ruby's music will live on, but today is a sad day. Rest in Peace.
My deepest sympathy to Ruby's family, what a sad loss.
I saw Ruby Hunter perform on Sunday afternoon at the St kilda Festival.
She was a wonderful singer, entertainer and amazingly warm woman with so much love and wisdom.
what a honey,,,,,,,
Beautiful music. Amal is appearing in Womad 2010. Cannot wait.
Didn't pick that up but I absolutely adore the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack and have always loved the Cocteau Twins so that's alright with me.
This music is sooooooooooooooooo depressing. And not in a cathartic way. In a maudlin dirge way. Cheer up, whoever is programming the music today! This continuous stream of self-indulgent pap makes me want to ask for an "ABC refund" on my next tax return.
Great song... great songwriter... great guitarist.
Consistent every time.
yeah!
Better find a way to record a demo digitally quickly! Oh yes and find the cash to cover a train ticket just in case.
Would be fun to meet Kasey, who knows, can but try.
jeff
pleazzzzze just say goodbye to me , i'm dying yet i all i do is listen to your effort
Part of what Bono, et al do is use their celebrity to attract more attention to a cause or charity than it would otherwise receive. Of course, there's a reflected glory for the star -- but what else would you have them doing with all that time on their hands? More drugs?
go Charlie ... a man after my own heart ... good job the stones were there to give it some stick !!
love of my life !
dont waste our good name,
just start your own brand and forget about corporations making money out of you.
best concert I've ever been too, whole floor started shaking when they came on.
MAGNIFICENT - CAN'T LISTEN ENOUGH
It is a lived in scone, that's for sure.
Er, Steve.... walk THIS way.
Diana Anaid is amazing!!!
She is one of Australia's most underrated singer songwriters
and I simply cannot wait for her new album this year!!!
Agreed Megan,Time to revisit Waits after all these years.Brilliant !!!!
It was awesome to hear this today... I've never heard it on the radio before. I had the (equal) #1 Waifs fan with me when we turned on Dig today and now he's sold on digital radio! Thanks for all the Waifs, Jez and Deborah Conway songs you have been playing recently. I'd love to hear some Jodi Martin, Bluehouse and Kristina Olsen too... you guys do a great job :)
My deepest sympathy to Micks family and all involved with the band. We all should remember all the good things he has done.Fabulous player and performer!! Tourmaline Hotel-Vineyard-This will be one concert I will never forget!! R.I.P Mick.
Top stuff - very quirky and interpretations on many levels depending on your mood!
Maybe this was their only hit, but it remains forever attached to a Morris 1100 with red vinyl seats and a single speaker am radio in the dash driving to a beach after hot day at school with my mum.
an old favourite. thankyou.
That's very sad news. My heart goes out to the Wainwrights and McGarrigles. She will be missed.
What an incidence of coincidence - my 14yr old took it out from the video store today! For me it was as crisp and passionate and poignant as when I first saw it all those moons ago, but for him, sadly, it could not compete with the dross of cinematographic pretence pumped to him today.
An amazingly crafted album.
Loved every second of every song.
This song and the duo responsible are bloody brilliant and deserve all the chart success they can get!!!!!
Steve :)
I first saw Easy Rider when I was 15. It blew me away then. I was captivated by the bikes, the music, the travelling, the lifestyle, but not the obvious drugs, even though I was a child of the 60's and 70's. Never got into the whole drug thing much. It blew me away again when I bought the DVD a couple of years ago, because it still stands up as a good story, but more so for me because I worked in TV for 12 years, and was astounded to discover it was shot mostly on 16mm film, and only cost US$360,000 or thereabouts to make! The guy with the shotgun who blows them both away at the and (sorry if you haven't seen it), was picked up literally sitting on the side of a street with one of his friends (the guy driving the pickup truck), and asked if he wanted to be in a movie! Laszlo Kovacs, the Director of Photography, remarked that the camer and he were almost too heavy for the chopper shot at the end, and he had to scream at the chopper pilot to "keep going higher" so he could get that incredible long shot with the burning chopper. And I still haven't been able to afford my first Harley! Damn! Priorities of a married man eh?
R.I.P
I'm a rock fan myself and enjoy AC/DC's music, but let's get a few facts straight:
It's not the music that threatens the rare birds but the 80,000 fans unwittingly trampling the nests, young birds and eggs that are actually laid directly on the ground where the concert is to take place in the middle of the breeding season.
BirdLife is not an animal rights group composed of activists but a wildlife conservation group composed of ornithologists. There's a big difference.
BirdLife is not requesting cancellation of the concert but postponement till after the breeding season when the young have hatched and gotten out of harm's way (or relocation of the concert).
The town of Wels, where the airport is located, neglected to inform the organizers that they need to go through a required permit procedure involving the government conservation agencies before they started selling tickets.
All this doesn't come out in the original report that all the online sources are quoting, but I live here and I know better.
More details: http://blog.robbsnet.com/2009/12/acdc-concert-threatens-rare-birds.html
eilen jewell 'sea of tears' jumped out at me every time you played a track. Thanks for introducing it Dig.
I LOVE the Sarah Blasko album. That's all I need on my list!
I was impressionable and 15 when I first saw this film in November 69, I also became a bit of a bikie and a bit of a hippie but I never used cocaine or became a drug dealer. It put me off the south of the US for a long time. It was a sad and tragic movie, even though there were good times, the acid trip was freaky, in the cemetery with the oil derricks pumping up and down. I never realised Phil Spector was in it. Lets face it, nearly everyone in our generation was either an alcoholic, a pot smoker, a tripper or a scag head. I still love the music - I thought Peter Fonda was so cool with his sideburns and the ray ban sunglasses - seemed such a waste when him and Billy were blown away by the scum, the filthy bigoted scum that were a reflection of the filthy corrupt governments we had then, and still have in large part today. None of us is free, truly free but I sure like driving and riding long distances through the Territory, we were innocent back then but the movie blew that innocence away.Oh - and rednecks came about because southerners ate a corn rich diet, corn lacks Niacin, which gives you a red neck, thought I'd throw that in for a different discourse, it's been great reading all your contributions - what a generation us boomers are. Now in the Autumn of our lives we can tell our grandchildren all about the folly of the sixties - some like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day still fly the flag. It's a world away from the Indigenous centric world I inhabit now. Far out!
Just luuuuvvved that Farah Fawcett poster.
cool dood
I don't have an issue with the albums selected but I would have liked to have seen these albums listed as well, though what I would have removed to find room for them is too hard for me,
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Townsend was found not to be involved in child porn, so this loud mouthed yank, another one, has to have her five seconds of fame. Maggots involved in this repugnant practice should be burnt at the stake.
I wasn't around alive when it came out, but my dad introduced it to me from a young age and I have watched it countless times and done several school projects on it. I love the freedom and imagery from this film.
Great Flik,
Gave the joe public a glimps,
But to understand you had to have lived that way,even if just for a while ;-)
I saw Easy Rider on Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada late in the summer of '69 when it was first released and I was twenty. There was my brother and I with his crazy friend Davie who drove us in from Dundas (near Hamilton -- about an hour's drive along the QEW).
The film blew us away of course.
I felt in a daze as we left the theatre, found our car and headed home.
As we were speeding along the Gardiner Expressway the fireworks from the Canadian National Exhibition were flaring to our right over Lake Ontario. Davie kept craning his neck to the bright lights and kept exclaiming "Wow! Oh fucking wow!"
At that moment my brother thoughtfully leaned over and revealed that Davie had dropped a tab of acid at the movie and was just now peaking!
Davie's driving style was pedal to metal as they say so it took a lot to stay cool.
He managed to keep it on the road that night although we were later pulled over by an unmarked OPP cruiser and ticketed for speeding down the QEW. The officer kept asking about the car's engine and configuration since the "family sedan" had been clocked at about 95 mph when we flew passed him and he was impressed.
I always associate Easy Rider with that night.
p.s. On another night, similarly enraptured, Davie did manage to total the "family sedan" and walk away unscathed.
Oh how I remember ! I was blown away at the time when I first set eyes on the movie. When it first came out I went every chance I could get I believe it was 22 times in a two year period. I also brought the record old style, I still have it. I just can't say how much this epic movie had done for me, in so many ways it showed me a peaceful way to enjoy oneself without pushing the boundiers. When ever I whatched this movie I always came away excited and in a different frame of mind I always found something new in it everytime. all I can say is ride on ride like the wind free as a bird soring high across this wonderful land high above a spirtual plain drifting to far off lands seeking new adventures till no boundiers remain.
Fucken Great song ...Thats the spirit boys
I LOVE IT !!
I first saw Easy Rider in a cinema in Paisley,Scotland, on it's first release.
Back in those days, you could smoke in cinemas, and my mates and I were smoking...... ;-)
We got thrown out for joining in on the "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend" song.
We were so impressed with what we had seen that we stayed vaguely sensible and paid to go back in and see the whole film later that night.
It was, and still is, a great film, one of the only two that I have, in later life, bought as a pre-recorded VHS and then on DVD. (The other one is "Tommy")
In a kind of a way, I think Easy Rider influenced me in coming to Oz.
I loved the big long open road bits, but really didn't fancy the ending, so wanted to avoid Americans.
It's hard to live a bikie road movie in Scotland, where everything is only a few hours riding away from everything else.
regards,CrazyCam
The opening sentence of this article is completely bogus. if the claim was "archiving" then perhaps. I've used FLAC for years. ALAC is used for airtunes and other LAN based streaming.
But for portable devices it's going to be psychoacoustic compression for a long time yet.
None of these formats are new but yes they will continue to become more widespread. MP3 isn't going anywhere in a hurry. Apple AAC is superior to MP3 but only works on Apple devices (mostly).
I first watched this movie 8 years ago and I was mesmorised by the music the bikes and the freedom Fonda and Hopper portrayed so well. Anyone who feels sufficated by societies rules, regulations and laws will relate well with these two great actors. The movie makes you want to break the t.v screen and jump in and join along as they ride along fantastic long stretches of lonely country roads. It is easy to loose yourself in the story and ask yourself, "what is life all about?". If you are a fan of Nicholson, this is were you will see him at his absolute best, he plays his character out to perfection, what a brilliant bit of work! Anyway I hope that if anyone has not yet seen this movie, put it on your to do list this week! Fantastic movie, love it! Although be warned "non bikers", after watching this movie you will probably consider buying a bike and riding off into the sunset.
What a good innings old Willie Mitchell had. There's no way you could imagine all those early Al Green recordings on Hi Records without that magic production. That gorgeous Memphis drum sound was entirely his handiwork. I do wonder how his passing will affect Al's performances in Sydney over the next few days. I guess Al has a faith that Willie is leaning over a massive mixing desk somewhere in that great studio in the sky
RIP
I first saw Easy Rider back in the early 1980s, on the big screen at a small-town cinema in New Zealand. I had heard about the film, and of course it seemed like every home I went into as a kid in the 1970s had the poster on the wall (along with the obligatory Farrah Fawcett poster). The music of the film's soundtrack was the biggest drawcard for me - I was very much into the music of the 1960s and early '70s rather than what was then current in 1984 (Hendrix rather than Haircut 100, the Stones rather than the Smiths). The film itself made a huge impression on me as a 15-year-old. It was a strange, sometimes flickering display of acid imagery linked to a strong narrative thread that ended very unpredictably and shockingly - I remember stumbling out of the theatre feeling so cheated and angry that it could end that way, but later realising that - in context - Easy Rider came right at the end of the 1960s and that the counterculture it portrayed was to some extent already dead in 1970. And it was most definitely dead by 1984.
I was 16 when I saw it in Townsville in 1969. Can't remember issues about getting in to see it. We just went to the movies all the time and there seemed a rollercoaster of good things to watch post Sound of Music. Maybe the good movie thing all ended when we made Stone and we had our own film industry for a while. Thought the ending was strange. Loved the music. Loved the freedom and the experimentation. It was more than a road movie. It was culturally political. And our parents hated it, which was a good thing. Glad I was there. Glad I have retained the values and experiences from 40 years ago and not got totally screwed by today's affluential emptiness.
James has never sounded better! Love the acoustic textures/mix/music. Must check-out the album.
I was shown this film in my first 20th Century History class in 2003, aged 16. What a way for a teenage lad to learn about the century that was!
Might as well ban several players as well, as quite a few have convictions for serious crimes.
Sorry. Bob Dylan = overrated
Might as well ban any musician who's been arrested for drug posession.
Bad role models for children.
I'm still living the movie....
Love the station. LegsyBoy's Big Ones (Top 10) for 2009:
Federico Aubele - Amatoria
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Chumbawamba - The Boy Bands Have Won
Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming
Raul Malo - Lucky One
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
The Duke & The King - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Diane Birch - Bible Belt
c'mon dig, get with it! the top 5 are most certainly:
The xx - Xx
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Fever Ray – Fever Ray
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
I first saw Easy Rider when I was 321 and it was 1974. It inspired me to travel and the obvious destination was America, USA and Canada.
This movie shows the best and the worst of US society. In America, you can be brave and free, but you still have to conform the rules of American society. It was a subversive movie, and still is, and the contradictions in American society have not changed. Well, not yet.
Full credit to Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper for making this movie, because it took a lot of courage to be brave and free.
Melbourne 1970. Teenage years filled with Beatles, Stones, Dylan - Peace and Love, Anti Vietnam War moratoriums, Screw the Sabre Rattling Establishment. Winds of change were blowing.. Kicked out of home for my fledgeling political beliefs and hair over my collar. Easy Rider, a bit "groovey" man but aaaaaahh the music. I was straight [as in not bent], but after that movie couldn't wait to explore anything new and anti-establishment. Fonda, Hopper and Nicholson and for me, a whole new world. Saw Zabriski Point the same day and I was ready for the revolution. Did the "round Oz" motorcycle trip and I still get a hard on when I walk past a good looking motorcycle.
I love this movie and everything about it, I still watch it at least 3 times a year, it's what it was all about for me.
Say this classic when I was still at school, it was probably a couple of years old-I live in Perth Western Australia, very isolated city back then, had never seen anything like it and it challenged a lot of my thinking back then.
Later on got into bikes, still ride a Harley 30 years later and with family living in the USA was compeled to get over there and see those scenes, managed 4 trips across and still put EasyRider on every so often, one of those movies that's lives in you head forever.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. The most irritating album Dig has ever played. I had to turn the volume down each time it was played.
Oh my God! How beautiful. I would love to know the meaning of the words, because it sounds so amazing...
Great movie that reflected the times that were,counter culture anti establishment against a government that was still entrenched in a war that should'nt of been and a generation that tried to escape it,by any means.
With hits like "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf and "The Weight" by The Band,this movie is destined to go from cult to classic.(If it has'nt already done so.)
I saw this movie while in my teens,in the seventies on vhs and i had it on vhs and now on dvd and is still one of my top ten films.
Was to young to make out the movie when it came out but as far as the music Steppenwolf blew them all away, yes even Jimi. The fact that John Kay & Steppenwolf is not in the "Rock n Roll" Hall of fame, and that Elvis wasn't the first one elected in, it ain't worth being in.
(not to mention Three Dog Night, Grand Funk, Yes, Blood Sweat and Tears and so on).
I first saw Easy Rider dubbed in French, which was good as I didn't speak English then! I loved it so much I saw it at least 5 times in English when I came to Australia! It opened the way to a new concept in movie making. Without it (and "Clockwork O"), I think American cinema would have become so stagnant, to bevcome quite boring. I will have to look into getting the DVD!
I saw this show at the Gateshead drive-in, a bunch of us kids (average age 18 ) went on a mixture of dift bikes ,yammy 175,honda 100's ect but the establishment would not let us in. So we parked our bikes in a neighbours yard and we jumped the fence.I was blown away buy the music and the bike culture and it started me of on my own adventures.I am now 57 and have owned 26 bikes in one form or the other and still have a 76 bultaco parked in the shed although it does'nt get ride much (bad back) but I still watch the dvd every couple of months, love it.
As Chuck Berry once sang go johnny go go go!
i was born in 73, and so saw it on vhs and was blown away, and still am. For me it represents the ongoing clash between our slave society and the outer fringe trying to break free. The film is honest and real, and so endures.
Wow, what a movie! Saw it in Canberra as an 18yo when it came out in '69. In every way it represented the generational gap I was experiencing in relation to my father re where I wanted to go (the Easy Rider way) and where he wanted me to go (as a result of his experiences in going off to war and coming back to start a new life). The relationship didn't improve after seeing the movie, let me tell ya' - even the red necks and their shotguns could be compared to the fisticuffs the old man and I engaged in once. And, seven years later, when the bride marched down the aisle, it was to the tune of Knights in White Satin.
In many ways 'Easy Rider' changed my outlook, if not my life.
To someone just making that awkward transgression from teenager to twentysomething, working as a junior reporter on a provincial weekly newspaper in the north of Ireland at the turn of the 1990s (while nearly all my closest friends were either at uni or on the dole), I was just discovering the music and the hippie subculture of the late '60s - primarily through my love of The Byrds, who were of course such a dominant influence on the film.
It was their music which prompted me to buy the video, that I sat down to watch for the first time with no undue sense of occasion.
'Easy Rider' didn't disappoint. It looked great, it sounded great and made me yearn to have been born 21 years earlier, rather than at the tail end of the year of its release.
Stylistically, it bowled me over, yet I recognised the over-ambitiousness lurking within its substance. It glamourised drugs, dealing and dropping out, sure, and aspects such as the repair of the bike wheel taking place next to a farmer changing a horse's shoe and the New Orleans trip scene were (charmingly) overblown.
However, it was the notion of personal freedom that awoke something in me. Captain America's tossing away of his watch inspired me to ditch mine, for example.
It was Jack Nicholson's character who really articulated the message of the movie for me. His campfire speech of how fear of freedom manifests as anger and aggression in many people hit home at a key stage in my life and answered a lot of questions about how the world works.
Maybe 'Easy Rider' didn't so much change my life, as alter my perceptions. From Belfast, I went on to travel and work in Europe, embracing new surroundings, new experiences and new ways of getting high. Many of these were valuable, probably just as many were fruitless, but the movie certainly was a catalyst for expanding my horizons and for not being so preoccupied with other people's norms and expectations.
I didn't watch it for around 15 years, after getting to know it almost inside-out. What surprised me about revisiting it after so long was that the nostalgic warmth of seeing it again was superseded by the realisation that - as someone judging it through fresh eyes and ears, with a degree of accumulated wisdom - it remained a great film.
Great, not just in the sense of 'very entertaining', but very important, influential and historic.
It also has one of my favourite movie one-liners - delivered by Dennis Hopper as he and Fonda are thrown into a cell for 'marching without a permit', I believe - "Hey, we're HEADLINERS, baby!".
What saddens me today, is that consumerist affluence and complacency dominate the developed world. While technology and transport allow most of us to venture further and more remotely than ever before, the concept of personal freedom appears to be ever more diluted and a commodity many are willing to trade for a more materially comfortable existence.
One can only hope that, like for me when I dabbled with LSD for a few months, it's just a phase that'll eventually see a brighter world.
Best movie ever. I grew up with Biker brothers, this movie cofirmede my desire to follow them..
Bob Dylan does not sing, he drones.
can I record this or listen to it at another time?
best in oz
what about of old Countdown footage or something live of the Tatts in action ....
please DIG, what about a special feature on the Mick Cocks era of the Tatts????
RIP Mick, best rhythm guitarist in the land, & one of the nicest blokes: will be sadly missed: condolances to the band & family
This is a great show i have heard all the dylan TTRH for the last three years fantastick music and great humour..BBC 2 boadcasts it in Uk will dig be doing the same in Aust
I lined up to see Easy Rider with my older sister at the Mayfair in Elizabeth St. Sydney in 1970 - it was torn down years ago. They would not let me in as I was only 15 - I was bitterly disappointed as I was very curious about why the movie was for adults only!! I saw the movie the next year or so and was blown away by the music and teh madness
The two best albums of the year are "A Friend of a Friend" by Dave Rawlings Machine, and "Bible Belt" by Diane Birch which is the best soul record since Macy Gray's debut.
I also loved-
"Secret, Profane and Sugarcane" by Elvis Costello.
"Sleeping Patterns" by Jordie Lane
"Privileged Woes" by Oh Mercy
Midnight at the Movies by Justin Townes Earle
"Already Free" by Derek Trucks
" Live at Austin" by the Drive By Truckers
"Monsters of Folk".
Has this show been played on TTRH ?
I'm 50 now. The first & only time I saw the movie was in my early teens where I found it haunting familiar as the movie portrayed the lifestyle my three elder brothers were living. They too met their ending, so its still too close to home to ever watch again.
Funny, but seeing Pulp Fiction and Deliverance later in life jolted me straight back to Easy Rider - the "other side of life" is always a real eye opener.
For now as tribute I'll continue belting out the music to remember these authority questioners....and continue to ride my motorcycle cautiously !!
Should be good.
Here is the wikipedia entry for Dirty Dozen Brass Band
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dozen_Brass_Band
and here for Branford Marsalis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branford_Marsalis
So good to hear Kate Bush on the radio.
i haven't seen this film for 20 years, so my 'recollection' is not so crisp. but the sentiment remains.
I was 12 years old, my dad decided to take me to a drive in, so lucky me i got to see easy rider, was totally amazed of the scenery the roar of the bikes, the life style to be lived, changed my way of thinking, and the music was so anti establishment the bad boy look. I still ride today, the boy on the central coast, california.
Ella and Jesse f--- i love you guys i am so glad to hear some new material, it's revitalising!
Ella you were my idol growing up, i learnt so much about singing and taught myself how to jump into falsetto just from listening to Reflector over and over again. I used to twist all my hair into fake dreads so i could look like you (lol hilarious) and i know all your songs word for word, it was so good to have someone with some personality to look up to cos all my friends cared about was Britney Spears, thank God you saved me from that.
Please come to Canberra again you guys did some really cool gigs there, especially the opening of the museum that was awesome.
I feel so at home listening to you and whenever i hear Ella sing i just want to spend the rest of my life singing cos your so inspiring and uninhibited by social norms, so pls don't ever stop.
Can't wait to hear more from you.
Love Always your Number One Fan
Sally xoxo
wow, love your songs so much i would kill for your singing voice. stars would kill for that beautiful husky voice, your gonna shine like a stra, (not that you arent already)
NZ is so proud of you ♥
I was in year 10, wagged school, and jumped a train into Sydney to see this at some obscure 'adult' cinema in George St (I think) before it got wider distribution. I was under-age, but it was a quiet weekday, so managed to get in. What a movie! The last movie I had seen was Sound of Music that my aunt had taken me to. I guess Easy Rider represented a coming of age for a generation - from the 'Sound of Music' Menzies era to the 'Easy Rider' years of Gough. It certainly influenced my life in terms of eurekan rebellion against imposed authority and choosing to follow your dreams. I still have the poster up on my garage wall as an inspiration.
Amazing 3rd wave ska band
I first saw this classic movie at the now defunct Schonell Cinema at University of Qld in the 1980's. What an eye opener. I loved everything about it; the music, the story, the characters. The promise of a way out of the insanity of the Cold War world where nations were acting like dangerously paranoid lunatics threatening each other with enormous nuclear arsenals. I also liked that the girl I was chasing at the time said I looked like Peter Fonda. That was a good sign :-)
I was 21 when the film came out, it's hard to explain now to the present generation but it was a feeling of the time to find an alternative lifestyle the time of change and big influences in music and culture.Peace and love .Easy Rider came out at just the right time .I love motorcycles and the freedom they give when riding ,nothing like it. Peace out man.
If anyone has seen the Will Ferrel Christmas movie "Elf", they will know Zooey D has a stunning Jazz voice! Can't wait to hear this album :)
I saw the movie when it first came to our cinema in Whyalla. I loved the bikes and I had a great poster of them on my sleep-out wall. I recall speculating with my friends on how the movie finishes. Was it murder or suicide? A year or so later my parents and I were travelling in our Cortina to Mildura and found ourselves following a bunch of bikies headed in the same direction. One of the pillion riders imitated the Jack Nicholson manoeuvre, i.e., arms spread wide as he stood up on the foot pegs. I knew this was pure Easy Rider - a movie that influenced a generation.
Such an amazing band:)
sure did, me! feb 1st, supported by the hard-ons
did the ramones do a concert at festival hall in 1991.
While walking past the box
my ear heard a sigh
a voice I did not regonise
a sound I had not heard
a rift that got my pulse burning
a little lion roaring
I went to the local
record store all to no avail
must put it on order
as I sighed I tried
by listening very intently
to hear that sound again
a mix of colonal
folk, and folly
OH Mumford and Sons you are so
JOLLY
Good I say
as you helped me delay
the sadness inside
of a loss I must hide
the album arrives
as I drive the antispition
is almost overwheling
to my little farm in the middle of nowhere
your voices rang out
through my valley of doubt
my heart it did stop
as you spoke of the Grace
made me think of the Cross
covering my pain
with your beautiful refrains
without hesitation
I tell you that that day
you saved my life
as I was at the lowest
your music lifted me
with its honesty
for several days I did the usual
to escape my drama
painted for myself
an image inspired by
SIGH NO MORE
twelve songs in total
played over and over
got me over the hill
where I see clearly
the Grace in my own heart
WHAT A FABULOUS START
your art makes the world
feel better
you may have seen this program they have just launched around this..
http://offsetoptions.cloudapp.net/u2-360/
It took me a while to finish going through my photos, should be up at:
http://photos.timchuma.com/QMF2009/
i have just come to know of Dan Sultan and .... WOW!!! what a talent! love the voice, love the music!
i live in Brisbane and would like to know if there any future plans for a gig here? would love to see a live performance! i have just purchased "Get Out While You Can".... and love it !
Cheers and rock on Dan!!!!...... PEACE!!!!
I was there in 2006 and it was absolutely fantastic; the Models and Lior were the best! Unfortunately I couldn't make it this year but will be there in 2010 as I'll be living locally. Can't believe I'm the first one to comment on the pics; QMF finished several days ago! I guess you're all still recovering.
Seattle Grunge is a very funny song!
Is it not "Voodoo Chile" ... which was a deliberate mispelling by Jimi?
So nice to hear a woman with some of that MAGIC factor. simple and straight to the point., actually more than that! Bit of Janis J bit of heaven, hocked on the first listen! seriously indeed, emmy dee xo
this is insane ! im a metalhead , and it takes alot for me to "hear" something other than metal! i got your lp and MAN! its like the coolest thing ive heard in a hell of a long time! true heart/soul/creatvity, pure feeling and power in those vocals! insane!!!! god bless the new singer soul sister from heaven!!
I think that version must be from a different album - I have the original, much more upbeat.
I have a friend who honestly thinks that if someone has realeased an album, they must be loaded so it's ok to burn their music illegally. It amazes me how many people have no conscience when it comes to owning pirated music or DVD's. Would they walk into the Louvre and take the Mona Lisa off the wall so casually?
Duane and the boys at their best!
Hadn't heard this song ('Blue Money') for ages ...
fantastic piece of live Aussie music!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for finding that LIVE video of Come on Eileen. just wonderful.
Yes it is Hope Estate in Pokolbin, ticketmaster have the details :-)
ticketmaster.com.au/Carole-King-James-Taylor-Reserved-Seating-tickets/artist/1384736?tm_link=tm_homeA_h4
You are a faboulous singer artiste !! I am a real fan ...You sing seems to come from a big heart ...I love your voice...Don't change , be yourself as far as longer you can.. Love, Sonia (french artist of paint)
Is it Hope Estate?
hopeestate.com.au
Theres nothing on their website about James Taylor and Carole King but they *do* do a lot of concerts there - maybe this is it? Anyway, hope it helps...
Does anyone know where "Hope Arena" is in the Hunter Valley? I've never heard of it, and can't seem to find it on the net.
My 21 year old Son gave me a 'burnt' copy of this album and said 'here mum, I think you'll like this' and I do, very earthy, it's brings us back to who we are and what it's all about,'as brother's we will hold your hand...........& we are not alone in this..........' Brilliant,just brilliant.
I agree that x factor and shows like it have little to do with true music or artistry. It's like trying to create something beautiful with a gun to your head. I don't judge those who watch the shows, for some light entertainment they are fine for passing some mind-numbing time! But not for the serious musician!
g. love is so under estimated as an artist. i absolutely love the vibe his music gives off and try to see him live as much as i possible can afford too! =) keep up the good work g. your music makes me feel ...... and it's a goooood feeling!
I believe
Just heard this on Dig! stunning - love the simplicity and beauty of the song.
Knew it was LB which shows she has developed her individual sound YEA
I was so excited that Paulo Nutini was actually coming to Australia and have been waiting for the gig dates. I am now hugely sad that Brisbane is not on the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yah, I thought singers used their voices as the instrument, so why Pretend to be singing?
That's what a mime artist would be doing .... making you think they're singing. The one with the voice gets paid heaps more too so work for it !
OC
Sorry Bruce - thought you was David Burn!
"Keep Music Live" has been a catch cry since the Seventies. It's as valid today as ever
hey ...
i love your songs
ur da best chick singer
later xoxo
nice one guys, some rich pickings up to and including 'seconds out'.
never thought i'd ever hear 'lamb lies..' pickings on radio.
nothing like bands that are full of composers
This chick is beautiful. What a voice...love her
Awesome cover of Led Zepplins song...gave me shivers.., slipping in horns where Plant's voice once was...truly awesome....xxx
Maybe both party's should listen to "The Devil came to Georgia". Slow the the song down a bit and sing the lines.
"Fire on the Mountain Run Boy Run,
The Devil's in the House of the Rising' Sun"
Pretty similar sequence of notes.
From the two shows I've heard he sounds like he is on fire.
David looks just like Mark Pickerill. uncanny
So nice. i saw g last year in berlin with jj hope you come back to germany for some concerts . such a nice music
Genesis when they were great with Peter Gabriel on vocals and Steve Hackett on geetar , aural bliss .
timeless! i can' t belive this was 1978
no one ever comes down here! by any chance will you be swinging by miami??? loveeee ur musicccccc!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for the info re shooglenifty. Great clip too - the tammienorrie with tassie mando wizard Luke Plumb to boot!. Can we hear the new double album ? its released in the UK but not sure if here - can you find out? would be grand to hear some. The Aussie guy according to a reveiw I read online has written most of the tracks!. Lvoe your programming - even if a tad light on the folk content. More SHOOGS I say!
Cheers,
Lydia
DIG deeper ABC. Clues and Sneakin' Sally (featured) are great albums but you need to get hold of DRIVE (2003). Anything on this is 100% up DIG's alley. Can I suggest 'Dr Zhivago's Train' as a future DIG featured track?
cp: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(Robert_Palmer_album)
loved these silky sounds for late evening chill out
great version of old favoruite
An artist's work should not be used for such political and controversial purposes without consent. Those at Guantanamo probably realise that if they did ask for permission they would probably never get it, so they just go ahead and use it anyway and hope nobody objects.
According to the book "The Men Who Stare at Goats" the music was played to one Guantanamo detainee who thought they were just being nice. He was from Britain and couldn't work out what the aim of playing western music on a portable cd player would achieve. The Iraqi prison music torture is much more sinister though.
A very honest interview David thank you. It makes me realise how much you get from live performances. I will cheer twice as loudly next year when you come out again.
This new album is really a return to form - great recordings and interview - thanks !
WoW!! I love this version of Babylon but the 2 new songs are really powerful...I hadn't realised he was so passionate...great interview.
Great! I'm in love with his music all over again...Fugitive best thing he's done for ages I reckon..
This is fantastic!
David Gray - as gorgeous as ever!
This is beautiful recording, especially of Babylon.
Are they the ears of an MP3 listener?
fabulous what a treat, will check out this album
Thsi song was great. So much so that I am not looking to get the album and listen to see if the rest of the album is like this.
Awww i really miss ANgie and Fente. it's very nice to have her back (where's she been??)
Welcome in Franga anytime! More bands should gig down here. We dont bite.
What a set........class , G.Love never fails to entertain me and take me somewhere with his bluesy style of music .
Been a fan of these guys for a couple of years and have their various EPs. This album is good, but definitely go see them live if you get the chance. They are awesome.
I have seen G play in all parts of the country, and no matter what ,he always puts on a great show. From Hawaii to Wisconsinn to Fla. the more he plays , the better he gets. This was an all time treat, Unless you have watched him play in a small room with 10 or 15 people. Or if you check out his personal solo plays on (phillyglove) videos. They are incredible.This guy has soo much talent,i hope he keeps doing things HIS way. Were ready for the next album ....... GO G LOVE........ J,
I am a little confused. What makes a indigenous music 'indigenous' When is is played using western musicology and western instruments, it is hard to call it indigenous. Australian certainly, but indigenous? Perhaps I am missing something, and someone can clear up my confusion
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ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great set and very well-produced. Go G.Love!
love it! g love did an awesome job in atlanta with his whole band, but this acoustic side of him is fun too! he's just so entertaining!
(effnmusic.com)
Thanks for the reminder itchyfoot. Meant to cut those introductions before now but there's been the washing and the cleaning and all those odd jobs around the house. We have them removed as soon as we've done the dishes.
Saw him on Sunday night in Hobart, Tasmania. AMAZING!!!! The man is brilliant!
BRians a nutter! Love him to bits but
I can't dsay I'd shed a tear.. long in the tooth. good bakc in the day
Please, please edit this song so that we only hear the musical content - not the long and very boring waffle at the beginning - the song is repititious and boring, but at least it is "listenable" without the waffle! Urggggggggggghhhh!
Thanks, Dig, you are absolutely the best and I do not listen to any other station, except Triple J when I am in the car. Keep up the wonderful array of music.
Are Tinpan Orange playing at Queenscliff this year.
Why didn't the Bawdies come again they were the best last year?
putting my neck on the line... sample A sounds better but is it the remastered one? Sample B has more mid range in the eq.
I'm voting is the new version....
go temper trap!
awesome band. Haven't heard this for some time. brings back memories of the very moody concerts at the Paddo Green in the 80's
Been to Queenscliff for the last 3 or 4 years - its always fantastic. Moving house this year so no go :-( That shouldn't stop the rest of the world going though!
Looks like an excellent program with a wonderful fusion of gifted Australians.
1st time iv heard u guys
great sound , very enjoyable
I think Gin has a great voice and a real presence. This is particularly represented in the videos of "These Roses" and in the more energetic "Under My Skin". She makes great listening to on the radio also.
I see ABCDig doesn't have a Wikipedia reference for Gin, but it can be viewed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Wigmore/wiki/Gin_Wigmore, with her own web page at http://www.ginwigmore.com/
Paul
Wouldn't you think that you'd just ring a mate from a Victoria and ask how to pronounce Warracknabeal?
saturday 10th Melbourne gig is now at the Tote with Witch Hats and Slug Guts!
Missing Link instore maybe cancelled....
Awesome, been waiting a long time for this cant wait to buy my copy of this DVD !!!
I've been waiting for this reunion for years and now Rod won't be in it?!?! aaaaaarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh
Love it!
"It's kinda deep" :)
Sample A is bright and sparkly with heaps of separation and clarity of the instruments. Sample B is dull, muddy and obviously the original. The remastering sounds great to me, like anything that has come out of those studios in the last century.
Hi
I am the Amanda Brown listed on this page. Not sure if the photograph of the woman playing dulcimer is supposed to be me...it definitely isn't me! Also most of the Youtube links aren't me either, although the lisitng with Glenn Richards from Augie March is me.
It can make things confusing when your surname is Brown.
Thanks and best wishes,
Amanda Brown
this song is so frickin amazing i love it. thanks for putting it on.
hope to hear my own band Fortune Fails on here one day. :)
stay true
just got booked 3 tickets through Preferred Seating pre-sale for Pixies. Can't wait!!!!
Beauty is in the ear of the Beholder.
I preferred A. More separation, less muddy in the tambourine and harmonica. More separation of the vocals. More dynamic range.
I would like to know which is which, so I don't buy the new version and be dissappointed!
Clearly number 2 is the new one. More seperation, less tinny etc etc.
Deep Forest - World Mix 1994 every track attracts your ears. I remember buying Deep Forest in 1990's but sold it because I wanted a small pocket-size CD walkman with studio quality headphones without those ear cushion pads overheating my earlobes. Well, this year 2009 is the year I bought Sony Ericsson mobile that you can record from CDs and listen through ear-plugs with strong clear bass and treble. I strongly wish a re-release of World Mix so I can listen with the latest audio technology from Sony.
<3 Ben Folds.
Nicely done... now if only Ben would do it in the flesh in other states...
always entertaining Ben. i;m goig to the opera house tonight!!!!
That version was absolutely awesome and I loved it and will definately be chasing up the Anthology Album of Roy's. May you always Rest In Peace Roy 'cause you sure as hell made sure we wouldn't be, listening to great beats like that.
Bleak, dark & sparse, but what a fabulous sound & the songs are awesome - love that growling sax.
I thought that was a really cool song. Well done Shane, I'll be listening and looking out for more.
Nice
One of the most under rated bands of our time.
Their live shows were blistering!
They have just released an acoustic album with version of their classics and in my opinion, it takes nothing away from their timeless strength.
MR
yeah Mr Willy Wagtail
Typical laconic Walker drawl, pure genius to pull off this style and make it work for a music lovers audience,
I could listen to his voice all day and all night, GET ALONG Don GET ALONG!!!
I was 8 yreas old at the time but fully aware I was missing out on something big. The album and the movie were great but only served to reinforce that I'd somehow missed out. Now I finally feel as though I've participated - a brilliant broadcast, thank you and congratulations!
Hey... where did it go... only got to hear about six songs.... been wanting to hear the Grateful Dead and CCR.... have I missed them already???
Stuart M,
I am presently trying to listen to the broadcast via Real Player on Linux via the address provided:
http://abc.net.au/streaming/events/network2.ram
Is this link still valid? I am only hearing a few minutes of static/feedback and then nothing. (I thought the static at the start may have been part of the concert but it appears not!)
Streams from other digital services (such as Dig Jazz) play correctly via Real Player on both Fedora and Red Hat Linux but not this feed. Can you please investigate?
I wasn't sure if the recording was going to stay online as an archive or if it was a live feed to which you had to listen at the advertised times. If the link is no longer valid, please either remove it or put up an archived version of the broadcast so that we can enjoy it during office hours. :-)
Finally, please investigate open source broadcasting options in the future, beyond Windows Media Player and Real Player. Ogg Vorbis is an emerging, fully open standard that supports live streaming.
I wish I could have known Magic Sam
Trevorc et al,
I think we (the people who work at Dig Music) are a little overwhelmed at the large response our Woodstock program generated. Your feedback has certainly let us know that
1. you wanted to listen to the program on Dig Music and/or on Digital TV channel 200
2. the promotion of the program on ABC Local Radio didn't make the fact that it was only on Digital Radio clear
3. the bit rate of the stream was too low
4. that it was not clear what we were presenting (i.e. documentaries and not all of the music)
So we've learned a fair few valuable lessons. Thanks for the feedback.
PS - the docos were good, the music great and by the way we're not all pixies from Hobbitland (why do so many posters feel the need to so obnoxious & bullying?).
U2 would have to be the most overated band in the world. I could care less.
Well done ABC for using the new digital radio medium to good effect. I listened on and off all weekend so caught most of the content...fantastic, thanks!
Certainly needs to be turned into a podcast afterwards!
Well done, Aunty, for broadcasting Woodstock via digital radio. I was literally a babe in arms when Woodstock happened, so I don't remember it but have heard heaps about it over the years. When I was a teenager, I thought most 60s music was a bit naff, but now I'm old enough to appreciate it.
It's been fab hearing Crosby et al, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker and of course Jimi Hendrix. Thanks again, Aunty. My digital radio doesn't have the best speaker in the world, but who cares if I get to hear special events like rebroadcasts of Woodstock and the moon landing?!
Cheers
Fiona, Melbourne
Sound Quality is terrible on both real audio and windows media formats..for all the trouble you guys have gone to to commemorate this event..it is ruined by awful sound...any way u can improve it...
Consider yourselves lucky, that you have been given this opportunity to listen to THE BEST MUSIC you will ever hear. ABC have done this for you and DO NOT FORGET IT.
I heard the Digital Manager interviewed on Local Radio say that in the CBD (VIC) all the interference is removed when parked under tram wires. OH? Someone has marketted a DIGITAL CAR RADIO have they?
He also commented that as the transmitters have power issues, the reception would be better once the power is increased.
IMO it is highly unlikely bringing the DAB trasmitter up 3db will produce any discernable difference in the Melbourne CDB, it is DIGITAL not Analog and the carrier signal strength will hardly extend the service area by much unless you intend to increase the power ten fold.
In the mean time it will be the domain of the selected few.
As for DAB extending to regional Victoria.
Not while ANY CH10 TV stations are on the air in that band.
So try 2013-2014 as a date for starters.
2c.
Wonderful !....The Band's full set....now that is something Im looking foward to hearing,
Why can't this be broadcast through my TV? Why am I limited to just 2 stations?
Good work ABC - sitting here at work streaming the show online. Makes up for being stuck in the office on such a beautiful weekend!
Thanks A B C,Got Tuned At Last,Peace.
I'm all for it - dh lawrence said that picking a flower and putting it in a vase was selfish and against nature, however I would be ecstatic if the FULL the whole thing all the music and announcements and noises and commentaries - the whole lot could be put onto mp3 or some medium - - - ?
Can we buy a copy of this please?
That would be unreal.Yes please ABC
Sounding awesome in Dee Why on a Sangean DAB+ portable plugged into the hi-fi. 10.40pm on Friday and you're playing Sat night already - I was up for staying here 72 hours. More artist info on the DAB+ text stream please!!!
Bucket of Janis coming up, loverley!
Can we obtain a copy of this stream please?
Is it possible to get a copy of the music and stage announcements played during this broadcast please?????
I'm listening over the internet, streaming from http://abc.net.au/streaming/events/network2.asx
mms://media3-ak.abc.net.au.edgestreams.net/reflector:44763.
The stream is only 3 KBps wide so its no wonder it sounds rubbish.
There doesn't seem to be any way of jumping further down the stream, so I have to listen to Santana playing a solo on symbals which seems to have gone on for ages - now its bongos !
I can't stand this any more.
Ends.
sad sound quality. sorry not good enough to put up with ABC. I've got better here and elsewhere on the net.
Right . so the times are the original schedule times. Are we left to guess when any given tracks are going to be on then ?
And now you're not posting messages - just goes from bad to worse.
And now the times on the website are incorrect as well. Anything else you want to get wrong with this special while you're at it?!
Very disappointing!!! All the promos for this on ABC Local Radio stated that it was being broadcast on Dig - not on some separate digital station. Please get you promos right in future and don't muck listeners around.
Yeaah! Richie rocked.... in an earlier interview he said he was onstage for 'three hours' but take a look at his setlist. What was he doing up there all that time? ;)
Only ever heard Bert Sommer's 'Jennifer' from Woodstock... hangin' to hear the other 2 tracks.
I think this is a great idea. With very few people owning digital radios, that only work in a few capital cities, most of the potential audience is lost. Computer stream, fine if you have unlimited download contracts and ADSL 2, again not available for many people on country properties. I'm on satellite, very slow download. The digital set top box network could have been used by many, but again you did not do that. Who is the ABC aiming at, do they pay more than 8cents a day? Maybe you will get it right next time, but I doubt it. ABC listener for forty years, but I wonder why.
Thank you. At Last. Here come the sets.
Cheers.
Waddya reckon? Do you really think ABC got out those old reel-to-reels or eight-tracks to play back Woodstock. It's all digital - get off the grass! ;-)
Its a pity you didnt patch this to ABC DIG radio on DTV-B TV Radio for country folks.
Not sure if we are going to get "sets" Deano, which is a shame. Unless it is yet to come.
Very disappointing!!! All the ABC radio promos for this on ABC Local Radio stated that it would be broadcast on Dig with no mention of any other special station. Get your promos correct in future and don't muck the listeners around. I've got better things to do than sit in front of my computer to hear this.
Sounds great so far...looking forward to Janis Joplin's set, although not her greatest performance it's well worth a listen. Happy Woodstock 40th - PEACE!!!
Who decided not to put this on some medium available
to most Australians? What on earth were they
smoking (and where can I get some)????
So much for all the hype surrounding the Woodstock event on DIG- they somehow neglected to mention that the vast majority of their listeners won't be able to hear it, because it aint being broadcast on DIG. Brilliant strategy for retaining listeners, DIG!
I suppose that for the rest of the weekend we'll be subjected to the usual deluge of jazz and country, despite the fact that there are special channels for that dross. Back to the CD collection.
Whats d holdup
What's Happen,Why are we waiting
Not true - if you haven't got a digital radio Woodstock is only available via the live stream on the web site - it's the regular Dig Music programming on the telly.
What's going on. I thought we were getting the concert? We can do without all the documentary crap. Just give us the music. Better still I will play my original LP.
Liz
Aaack! Why is this being webcast in such low bitrates?!
Could you please raise the quality, guys?
Hey man, lotta freaks, far out, almost cut my hair but think I'll let my freak flag fly one more time tonight! Peace and love...and stay off the towers!
Sounds like a great show this weekend!
For those who missed the festival or simply want to re-live the historic event, Blender Gallery in Sydney is hosting a once in a lifetime Woodstock 40th Anniversary Exhibition. There are 70 images on display by official photographers Henry Diltz, Elliott Landy, Burk Uzzle and Amalie R. Rothschild. This is the first time that these images have been displayed in Australia. The exhibition runs until August 25th 2009. See www.blender.com.au for more details.
some great music but sooooo much of it on at ungodly hours. Any chance of being able to buy the soundtrack of the broadcast, or parts of it?
I am disgusted that you are not playing this on My dig ABC through my TV. I have looked at the map you have provided and I wouldnt get reception if I bought a radio so thats not an option. No opportunity to listen on computer as speakers would provide a crappy am experience. Shame on you
Out in RARA land we don't have digital radio. I don't want a
digital radio anyway, digital audio is made using lossy
compression as are the soundtracks on most DVDs and
digital TV. Audio on streaming audio is so bad one wondes
what on earth the bit rate is.
Put Woodstock on analog radio where it belongs.
Shows how out of touch the elites at the ABC are.
just saw elvis on letterman play sulfur to sugarcane. really, really, really can't wait for this tour!
I am Event Assistant on this site:
http://australiansongwritersconference.com.au/ascteam.html
You should put this on Dig so more people can listem without having to fork out $150+ for a digital radio .. pretty please!
Ron
wow, more people NEED to hear about this guy - only stumbled across him by accident, now im scrambling to buy any music he has made, which is proving a hard task - come on sydney record stores and EMI: bring out his music and bring him out for some concerts in australia!!!!
Do you think Bob's spotted market opportunity now that Phil Spector is otherwise engaged?
Now this is the best reason to purchase a Digital Radio!
Just a quick question .. will I be able to pick it up via Dig on my digital TV?
Thanks man (and peace!)
Far out, man, far out! I can't wait!
i hope there will be a pod cast of this
What a wonderful way for this wonderful poet, songwriter, singer, performer, and Human Being, to celebrate his 75th birthday!
Why digital radio only, with hardly anyone owning a digital set? Taxpayer-funded event for the well-off. It should be on Dig!
Hiya, Canberrans who can't experience ABC Woodstock via digital radio or online may be interested to know there's a gig happening with local Canberra musos paying tribute to the music of Woodstock. I'll be tuning in online to ABC Woodstock the rest of the time! Have never heard any recordings of it before, apart from Jimi doing Star Spangled Banner of course.
what a clear bopping sound , her voice is so experienced for one so young..
I am always surprised by the the number of ex J's people are on commercial radio.
Congratulations ona real mind bending, blowing programme. Hope you widely make it known as there are a lot of people out there who'll be listening. In Peace!!!!!
What a time what a voice what a song
I thought this was supposed to be music only radio - broadcast this on JJJ - I don't want to hear this drivel, it spoils the best radio I've ever found
Richy
Legendary band, legendary song! All you Y-gen's should get into the Clash.
Gotye....fantastic! Saw him for the first time on TV the other day in a triple j program. I'm an old lady, but he is the best performer I have seen for a long time!....and he is good looking young boy!
hey, thanks for that. i think i've got it sussed now. it's fantastic being able to listen to all the "digs" without turning on the telly!! keep up the good work.
cheers
More Scott Henderson PLEASE
Thank you sarah for another incredible act
I loathe to think such a lovely song is *done to death*
How could anyone not love Emmylou?
I heard Sarah live today for the first time at the ABC official launch of Digital Radio in Sydney.
She has a unique style and presence - something I would liken to Australia's version of Nora Jones.
I am sure we will see and hear more of Sarah thanks to ABC Digital Radio!
Wow, not sure it this is a good thing or a bad thing? :) I am sure it will be cool though..
Fantastic. Sarah Blasco is really Australia's finest and innovative musical gems.
i saw her play in london