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Smattering of songs I currently like a lot.

1. Call On Me
2. Higher Love
3. Lately
4. The One Thing
5. The Wait
6. The Killing Moon
7. Showdown
8. Sledgehammer
9. Cinema Italiano (from "Nine")
10. No Fit State
11. Push Th' Little Daisies
12. Fall From Grace
13. Cold Case Love
14. Better In Time
15. Dreadlock Holiday
16. A Message To You Rudy
17. Prodigal
18. World as It Is

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

Best songs of 1978

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1. Dead Boys - Ain't It Fun
2. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
3. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
4. Blondie - Picture This
5. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
6. Sniff'n'the Tears - Driver's Seat
7. Lou Reed - Berlin (Live; Take No Prisoners)
8. Graham Parker & The Rumour - Don't Ask Me Questions
9. Rockets - On the Road again
10. Rahul Dev Burman - Shalimar (Title Music)

11. Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
12. Ijahman Levi - Jah Heavy Load
13. The B-52's - Rock Lobster

Rock Lobster

14. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
15. San Ul Lim - Nae MaEumE JuDanEul GgalGo (Lay Silk On My Heart)
16. Bob Dylan - Changing Of The Guards
17. Wire - Outdoor Miner
18. Penetration - Free Money
19. Devo - Come Back Jonee
20. Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper

21. Tom Robinson Band - Glad To Be Gay
22. Annette Peacock - My Mama Never Told Me How To Cook
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Original band member Graham Gouldman who has put this incarnation of 10cc together wrote many songs for other bands during the 1960's and in the first half hour we were treated to some of his songs that he had written. It was a wonderful acoustic set of glorious 60's music. This was the first time I've ever seen a band act as support for themselves!

You may not realise what great songs Graham wrote back then so here's what they played and who had hits with them!

Pamela, Pamela : Wayne Fontana Pamela Pamela

Heartfull of Soul : The Yardbirds Heartfull of Soul

Bus Stop : The Hollies Bus Stop

No Milk Today : Herman's Hermits No Milk Today

For Your Love : The Yardbirds For Your Love

Look Through Any Window : The Hollies Look Through Any Window

There then followed a 20 minute break before the band returned this time with electric guitars, two keyboards and full drum set! (plus bongos, saxophone, etc!)

The 10cc set was the same as the last time I saw them in 2007 :
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Sat 28 Feb – 10cc

10cc doing a theatre tour through the Netherlands. it sounds strange but it turned out to be a great succes. 10cc nowadays is mainly Graham Gouldman, the only founder member left of the four who started 10cc in 1972. Besides Graham Gouldman Rick Fenn and Paul Burgess are involved with the band since 1977. Mick Wilson joined in 2000 and Keith Hayman is the musical director of Cliff Richard and working with 10cc since 2006.

Still the subtitle for the tour is "Featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends". But it's nice to see such respected artists perform in a theatre creating an intimate atmosphere. Although I've never seen the legendary line-up or the two plus line-up in later years, this re-incarnation of 10cc delivers a good evening of great songs performed with a lot of fun and enthusiasm. It was just a walk along memory lane with a pack of great seventies hit singles, some sixties tracks written by Graham Gouldman for various artists during those days like The Hollies and Herman's Hermits…

Featured Artist: Crowded House/Neil & Tim Finn (songwriters)

1. Green Day - Waiting (3:13)
2. A - Nothing (3:42)
A heavy song, but one that still gets a message across. It is as much about physical love as it is about emotional love as well. Perhaps not as deep as some love songs can be, but as I said a simple message is pushed to the listener and that makes the lyrics rather effective.
3. OK Go - Get Over It (3:18)
4. Foo Fighters - No Way Back (3:16)
5. The Irresponsibles - Somebody Else (4:07)
Great pop rock band from Adelaide. Topped the Unearthed charts for months on end with this song. It's a little beauty. Had the pleasure of seeing them live when I was in Adelaide in 2007. Solid tunes. Great lyrics. A good "moving on" song.
"You're somebody else's problem now"
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - How Strong (4:43)
7. Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Lounger (3:39)
8. Ben Kweller - In Other Words (5:32)
9. Tism - Greg! The Stop Sign (3:28)
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Ska. An introduction (AKA BeckSka) - A brief dive into ska music... all waves of ska explored, from 1st wave way back in the 50s (?) all the way to ska-punk and the not-really-ska-at-all-just-happy-brassy-summer-music like The Cat Empire...

The Cat Empire: Party Started

: [track artist=]Skanking Song[/track]

Reel Big Fish: Beer

Dancehall Crashers: The Problem

Howards Alias: You

Reel Big Fish: Take On Me

: [track artist=]Friend Called Fred[/track]

Catch 22: San Francisco Payphone

Slightly Stoopid: Comb for My Dome

Dancehall Crashers: Cricket

10cc: Dreadlock Holiday

Finley Quaye: Sunday Shining

Chris Murray: Ex-Darling

The Cat Empire: The Chariot

Longbeach Dub Allstars: Take Me Down to Mexico

Chris Murray: California Time

Toots And The Maytals: 54-46 Was My Number

Skatalites: You're Wondering Now


This was made for someone who had never heard of Ska, Reel Big Fish or ... any of the other srtists here, so it's a taster more than anything.