Deborah Harry at 73

•        Personal Thoughts -- Here are my favorite Blondie and Deborah Harry tracks over the years. She is such an icon of the rock era, recording many classic songs during her long career. My first encounter with the beautiful Debbie Harry was on the old music show in the 70's here in Australia called Countdown. Many local and overseas artists got their break on this show and two of the biggest worldwide artists of all time were broken here. They were ABBA and Blondie. Blondie were struggling to make an impact on their home soil in the USA with their newly released single X Offender and as rock folklore goes, Countdown compere and main music man, Molly Meldrum accidently played the Bside, of the new single, called In The Flesh, on the program. No accident though, Molly knew his audience. The reaction was instant with requests flowing in. This moment in rock history is forever implanted on my brain as I was one of the thousands of viewers that day. 

In The Flesh

• The Hits -- Many hits followed and its very hard to choose out of so many greats like One Way Or Another, Heart of Glass,Rapture and Call Me. I have a real affinity to the song called Picture This. Love the way the beautiful Miss Harry lays out the lyrics and love the reference to a pocket computer. Its her awesome persona, her smile and those piercing eyes which seem to portray truth into the humorous lyrics. That's what todays music is missing truth,humour  and passion !

Picture This

•  Rapture -- Another ground breaking recording from the group was Rapture. It was the first hit song to include rap. Deb Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie championed rap and got involved in the community, often attending block parties in New York.  Blondie brought rap to a far larger audience with this song. At this stage rap music was not welcome on commercial radio. This song changed that! Even though it was goofy rap done by Harry . It was a game breaker for the genre. Here is some trivia for you Flash is Fast ! Flash is Cool ! This was in reference to one of the first rappers and friend of Deborah and Chris in the mid seventies, Grandmaster Flash. 

Rapture

•     The History -- Photographer and guitarist Chris Stein began taking photos in 1968 around the NYC rock scene and in 1974 was asked to fill in as a guitarist for Deborah's band, The Stilettos. It was the beginning of a love affair and friendship that has stood the test of Rock'n'roll. Chris was fascinated with Deborah from the start and her photogenic personality taking many backstage photos which are to come out in his new book Me,Blondie and the Advent of Punk. It was this meeting of Chris Stein and Deborah that launched the group Blondie and in the early days they may have been categorized as new wave but their music included punk, electronica, reggae and funk but as Debbie once said, "we always lent towards the pop sound".  They first became a household name in Australia in 1977 with a release of In The Flesh which was off the bands self titled first album, Blondie which failed to chart anywhere two years previous. The commercial and critical success came with their third album, Parallel Lines and the song "Heart of Glass" which reached No. 1 worldwide. It was followed by many other chart toppers like "Call Me," "The Tide Is High" "French Kissing "and "Rapture."

Deborah Harry on stage pic.twitter.com/hlMD35RO8R

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          The story continues with their new song Doom or Destiny from their latest album Pollinator

Gypsy Women and Ancient Queens

        Our music wave from the dance floor this month is about the gypsies and queens of the rock era. The ladies we have chose were strong,mysterious and influential. Joan Jett, the tough guitar toting queen of the 70's and 80's. Kate Bush the little girl who reached Wuthering Heights at such a young age with her unique voice and wispful dancing. Stevie Nicks the gypsy queen of Fleetwood Mac and the last. Goddess on the mountain top with the love buzz, Mareska Veres from Socking Blue .

• Joan Jett -- Born September 22nd 1958 . Joan Jett is one of the most influential figures in rock history. The bands manager Kim Fowley introduced Joan to drummer Sandy West in late 1975 and soon after The Runaways were formed signing to Mercury Records in 1976. Their debut album of the same name, soon followed. Their second album, 'Queens of Noise' was released in 1977 and the band began a world tour. They have always been linked to the punk scene because of their alliances with mostly male punk bands such as the 'Ramones' and in the UK ,'The Sex Pistols'. After the breakup of the band a couple of years later. Jett would go on to work with producer and former Shondell, 'Kenny Laguna' on her new solo career with the 'Blackhearts'. After being rejected by 23 record labels, they formed their own label, Blackheart Records, in 1980. But how many people who adore her punk attitude would guess that one of the rocker’s early influences was Liza Minnelli “I wanted to be an actor before I fell in love with music and 'Cabaret’ was really the combining of the two."

• Quote -- Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.

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Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.
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Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/joan_jett

• Kate Bush --  Born on July 30th 1958. Kate has always lived a secluded lifestyle making intermittent appearances on the music scene throughout her career. She wrote Man with a Child in His Eyes at the age of 13 and this was amongst the recordings Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd heard when he went to visit Kate at her home when she was 16. "She had around 50 songs written at that time and I chose three of them" said, Dave. It took two years before the recordings were released  because the record company wanted to record her with their own producers. Finally when she was 18, Kate had her hit record, the mystical, Wuthering Heights. Which was written due to Kate's fascination with the author, "Emily Bronte" who had the the same birthday. Her family farm was full of books when she was growing up.  Her Albums like Hounds of Love, The Dreaming and Red Shoes all have left a mark on the rock era. She retreated away from the entertainment industry after the death of her mother in the 90's. Aeriel her return album in 2005 included a track called King of the Mountain which became her third highest ranking UK single of her career.

• Quotes -- Its not important to me that people understand me. I think its important that things are flawed but i do want to try and come up with something interesting.

Dont Give Up 

Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel 

• Stevie Nicks -- The Gypsy herself  was born in Phoenix on may 26th 1948 and often would sing along with her country singer, grandfather as a 4 year old. Stevie has a career of many facets. Her time with Fleetwood Mac her friendship with Tom Petty and Prince. While their is her own individual career. Some of Stevies songwriting credits are as follows Dreams;Gypsy;Landslide;Rhiannon;Gold Dust Woman,Leather and Lace and Stand Back a song written after hearing Prince's, Little Red Corvette,on the radio.

• Quotes -- The clothes I wear dont change. I love long dresses. I love velvet. I love high boots. I never change. I love the same eye makeup. I'm not a fad person. I still have everything I had then. That's one part of me... that's where my songs come from. There's a song on the new Fleetwood Mac album Mirage that says, 'Going back to the velvet underground/back to the floor that I love,' because I always put my bed on the floor. 'To a room with some lace and paper flowers/ back to the gypsy that I was.'

But never have I been a blue calm sea . I have always been a storm.

And you just can't make a comeback. Comebacks are no good. You have to just keep singing. Or keep dancing.

Gypsy

• The Dutch Queen Mareska Veres -- born in The Hague on 1st October 1947. The Goddess on a Mountain Top, Mariska Veres was the daughter of the gypsy violinist Lajos Veres, and often accompanied her father on the piano. She recorded a couple of solo singles before joining a group called the Bumble Bees. Shocking Blue was formed in 1967 but it was the following year when the Bumble Bees performed at a party where Veres's stunning appearance and powerful vocals attracted the attention of Shocking Blue's manager and publisher. He talked band leader and songwriter "van Leeuwen' into having Veres come into the band. Van Leeuwans said"She had a very impressive voice, quite different from all the other girl singers,". "In one year, everything we dreamed about happened". The addition of vocalist Mariska Veres and with his self penned song "Venus,"Shocking Blue became the first act from the Netherlands to sell over one million copies in the U.S.A.  Their song "Love Buzz" was covered by Nirvana in '88 becoming that band's debut single.They recorded a total of ten albums from 69 through to 74 but its these two songs which they will forever be remembered by. 

•  Quote -- "I was just a painted doll, nobody could ever reach me. Nowadays, I am more open to people." 

Venus Shocking Blue 

  

Fleetwood Mac and Neil Finn

• Fleetwood Mac Original Members -- Consisted of  Mick Fleetwood and John Mcvie and founding members Peter Green who left in 1970 after taking some bad LSD and Jeremy Spencer who abruptly left the group in 1971 to join the Children of God cult. 

• Mcvie's --  After John McVie married Christine McVie. The pianist and singer joined Fleetwood Mac and remained a member for the next 25 years. She and John McVie divorced in 1978, although both continued as members of Fleetwood Mac through the albums Tusk 1979 and Mirage 1982.   

• Mick Fleetwood --  In 1974 he was searching for a new guitarist to replace the departed Bob Welch, when he ran across Buckingham Nicks at Sound City Studios. He was impressed by the song “Frozen Love” from their Polydor album. He rang Lindsey Buckingham on New Year’s Eve, 1974 inviting him to join the group. This was a huge turning point for the band as it was the bringing together of Stevie Nicks and Christine Mcvie which would form the nucleus of one of the greatest bands in rock history.The biggest strengths of the group is the friendship between Stevie Nicks and Christine Mcvie which has never wavered . The seductresss,' Stevie Nicks' is the band's, witchy goddess, McVie, the warrior queen, strong and steady. She's also one of its key creative forces, having written half the songs on the band's Greatest Hits album.

Dont Stop written by Christine Mcvie 

• Lindsay Buckingham -- Born into a wealthy San Francisco family in October 1947, Lindsey Buckingham, fell under early influence of Elvis Presley’s guitarist Scotty Moore and folk groups such as The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul And Mary. He taught himself guitar and by 1968 found himself playing bass in a local Bay Area in a band called Fritz with high school girlfriend Stevie Nicks. They moved to Los Angeles as a duo in 1971. Nicks and Buckingham met in high school in San Mateo, Calif. Their fiery relationship has always been a contributing factor in the bands on again, off again ,history. It was 1973, and the then-25-year-old singer Nicks and her guitarist boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham were posing for the cover of their first album, Buckingham Nicks. When their record label had asked the duo to look sexy for a  photo shoot but when the self conscious Nicks was told to remove her blouse by the photographer. She didn’t want to do it. Buckingham allegedly lost it.“Don’t be a f — king child,”. “This is art!”

• Stevie Nicks -- The Gold Dust Woman, Nicks was born in May 1948 and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, she first met Buckingham when she transferred to a high school in San Francisco in 1966. Interesting trivia about the mystical Stevie. She's as blind as a bat . She would sing Darling Clementine with her country singing grandpa A.J.Nicks at the age of 4.  Nicks once said “I’ll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet. And nobody will know who I really am.”. She also sings in one of her greatest songs, “Silver Springs,” . Time cast a spell on you, but you won’t forget me,”. “You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman who loves you.” The legend of Nicks grows every year and she did a huge arena tour last year with the Pretenders. It showed that people will show up in droves just for her.

Frozen Love Buckingham Nicks

 

• Latest News -- The firing of Lindsey Buckingham and the addition of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn as touring members.

• Neil Finn -- Split Enz was initially founded by Tim Finn in 1972 and went on to become one of the most successful bands to ever originate from New Zealand. Tim's brother Neil was too young to join the band initially, as he was still in school, but sometimes opened for Split Enz as a solo artist in the band's early years. One day the call came from older brother Tim, asking him to join Split Enz as lead guitarist. Though Neil only was proficient on acoustic guitar, not electric. Split Enz trusted in his talent and ability to learn, and after a period of keeping his guitar playing low in the mix, Neil settled in. Some of Split Enz's biggest hits are Neil's originals, including "Message to My Girl" and "I Got You".It was Neil Finn's "I Got You," the band made the big break. The single and album hit number one in Australia and New Zealand.

I Got You Split Enz

Battle of the Sexes Soundtrack

    Songs connected to the Battle of the Sexes Soundtrack  is our subject matter this month. Our lead song is Rocket Man by Elton John and its use by Donald Trump and the current state of world affairs . The other Elton John song not used in the movie but a strong link to the story of Billy Jean King and that song is Philadelphia Freedom . Then next is What is Life by George Harrison. While our flashback song is Tommy James, Hanky Panky. Tommy James has Crimson and Clover on the Battle of the Sexes Soundtrack.

 Rocket Man 
Elton John

• The song came out around the time of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. The inspiration for Bernie Taupin's lyrics, was the short story The Rocket Man, written by Ray Bradbury. The sci-fi author's tale is told from the perspective of a child, whose astronaut father has mixed feelings at leaving his family in order to do his job. It was published as part of the anthology, The Illustrated Man in 1951. Bradbury's story also inspired the folk group, Pearls Before Swine song of the same name in 1970 and Taupin states this gave him the idea for "Rocket Man" .  In the Pearls Before Swine song, a child can no longer look at the stars after his astronaut father perishes in space. Elton John's Rocket Man was produced by Gus Dudgeon, who worked with David Bowie on his 1969 song "Space Oddity." Both songs have similar subject matter, and lots of people accused Elton of ripping off Bowie. Which apparently is'nt so.

• Trump is a fan of the song, and often played it at his campaign rallies. Speaking at the United Nations on September 19, 2017, American president Donald Trump reffered to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as "Rocket Man" because of his missile program. "Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself," Trump declared. This song immediately began trending. This wasn't the first time the phrase was used in this context in The Economist magazine they put Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, on the cover of their July 8, 2006 issue with the headline  "Rocket Man". Kim Il sung, is considered to be the founding father of North Korea. Kim Jong un was born on January 8, 1983 in Pyongyang.

Elton John 
Rocket Man /Kim Jong-un

Battle of the Sexes Soundtrack 
 What Is Life George Harrison

What is Life /George Harrison

• What is Life was actually written for Billy Preston but George decided to do the song himself. It was produced by Phil Spector and was the B side to My Sweet Lord. Battle of the Sexes is a movie made about the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs which became the most watched televised sports event of all time. Billie Jean was wanting equal pay for women. 
  

• Our next song this week linked to the movie is Philadelphia Freedom. The story goes, Elton John was looking to honour his friend, Billie Jean King in 1974, and so asked Taupin to write a song called "Philadelphia Freedom" as a homage to her tennis team, the Philadelphia Freedoms.

Philadelphia Freedom Live 1975

 Flashback 

• Crimson and Clover was a song, written by Tommy James when looking for a change in direction from their first hits, Mony Mony and Hanky Panky . He came up with the lyric after waking up one morning, thinking of his favorite color and his interest in clovers actually went together well lyrically. Crimson and Clover has been covered by artists like Prince and Joan Jett. Here is Tommy and the Shondeles first hit Hanky Panky pulled out of a rubbish bin by a DJ and played at his sixties club in Pitsburgh in 1965 to become a nationwide number one by 1966. 

 Hanky Panky 

Tommy James and the Shondelles 

Rocket Man 
Pearls Before Swine Song

Thunder Egyptians and Lets Stick Together

•       The new music clip for this month is Thunder by Imagine Dragons. The track is off their new album Evolve. Really enjoy their music and Dan Reynolds seems such a genuine guy ! Something genuine coming out of Las Vegas . Viva Las Vegas ! A real rock band is something  this world is missing so its great that we have a survivor, here. We're a typical band," says lead singer/
songwriter and founder Dan Reynolds, 27, a week before the Grammys. "We're not tatted-up, trying to make a statement. The spirit of rock'n'roll is not that you're living on the edge, that you're a cokehead -- those are just lifestyle choices."

•       Dan about there music choices  "We have guitars and drums and bass, so people call us a rock band," says Reynolds. "But I love big, poppy melodies. And I'm not going to apologize for that." Radioactive is still one of my favorite rock songs of recent times. It won the Grammy in 2014 for the best Rock Performance of that year.

•       Dan Reynolds on Radioactive . "When I wrote Radioactive, we'd been a band for two and a half, maybe three years," he said. "We were at that point so many bands get to - where we're playing small clubs and filling them, but to break out at that level is a difficult thing. I was questioning my own career choice. I really wanted to have a family at some point and be able to support them, and still do what I love. So it was a difficult time. I'm a really up and down person; I've always struggled with depression.""I was writing in the studio with Alex. (their producer ) " Reynolds continued. "We knew we wanted something that was heavy. I've always loved songs that present a beautiful and sensitive subject in a heavy way. So we came up with this heavy beat and instrumental that just felt like an awakening. It expressed a feeling that was happening with me, so I started to write the lyrics and the melody.""In truth, the song is about becoming self-empowered and saying, 'I'm happy with who I am, happy with the choices I'm making,'" he added. "It's about sweating off all the dust and grime of self-doubt and judgment, and embracing who you are."

    

Thunder 

Dan Reynolds and Imagine Dragons 

Susanna Hoff and her influence on Prince and Mike Myers

•      The Bangles were known as "The Bangs", but when the band accepted a record deal, an already signed band of the same name sued, so they added "les" to their name as a tribute to The Beatles. Susanna Hoffs lead singer of  The Bangles has been married to director Jay Roach since 1993. Prince and Mike Myers both had an attraction to Susanna which led to the following creations . 
• Manic Monday -- Prince first decided to give “Manic Monday” to his girlfriend Apollonia who had joined a band called Vanity 6 . Renaming themselves Apollonia 6, they recorded the track for their first album. However, just on release, Prince pulled it from the album because he’d lost interest in the group. Two years later he would offer it to Susanna under the pseudonym Christopher, which was the name of his character in Under the Cherry Moon. Rumors suggest that Prince gave the song to Susanna Hoffs in exchange for sleeping with him .
• Austin Powers -- Around 1991 Susanna and Jay Roach were in a bar when Mike Myers introduced himself because he desperately wanted to meet Susanna and telling her how much he loved The Bangles. Jay and Mike became friends, working together on the Austin Power script and two years later, Austin Powers became a reality ! 

   

 Live Music of the Month 

Susanna Hoffs Nashville Acoustic Concert 1997. 

Walk Like An Egyptian /Mrs Robinson 

Flashback Music for this Month 

Lets Work Together 

Wilbert Harrison

•        Wilbert Harrison was born Jan 5th 1929 and died Oct 26th 1994 at the age of 65. He had his first hit with Kansas City in 1959 with one of the first songs written or legally obtained, lol by the famous early rock'n'roll songwriters Leiber and Stoller in 1952. It was originally an old blues tune called KC Loving. The song stayed at number one for a couple of weeks. Let's Work Together was his own song written and released originally in 1962 but due to contractual issues was pulled and never charted until Harrison again released it in 1970 with new lyrics and title Let's Stick Together. This time made it to 32 on the billboard charts. A couple of months later, Caned Heat had success with the original song in the UK and Australia charting at number 2 in both countries. Later of course it was a huge hit worldwide for Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music

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Here is Harrisons 1970 version of  
Lets Work Together/ Let's Stick Together

 

Latest Releases

 Video of the Week

Bon Appetit
 Katy Perry 

    Released on the 28th of April as the second single from her album Witness. The video was released on 12th of May breaking records for the quickest amount of views. The follow up single has been released two days ago it is Swish Swish ft Nicki Minaj.

 New Music of the Week

Miley Cyrus and Malibu

Miley and Liam Hemsworth recently purchased a two story, two and a half million dollar Malibu mansion with Paradise Cove beach a short walk through their property.

 Live Music 

 Secrets by One Republic

The song was their second single off of their second album Waking Up it reached number 21 on the billboard charts back in 2010.

Flashback Music

Whats a Matter Baby 

Ellen Foley

        Our track this week is Whats A Matter Baby written for Timi Yuro by Joy Byers in the sixties and later covered by Ellen Foley in 1979. Joy passed away recently at the age of 82. The Nashville songwriter was married to record producer Bob Johnston and wrote many sixties hits for people like Elvis Presley, Timi Yuro,Brenda Lee, Bill Haley and many others. A housewife growing up in the fifties, she was caught up in the rock'n''roll wave. She has said how thrilled she was to have her songs recorded by people like Elvis. Some of her songs Elvis recorded ,were, Let Yourself Go, Cmon Everybody,It Hurts Me and one of my favorite movie tracks There's a Brand New Day on the Horizon from the movie Roustabout.

Picks of the Month

• Live Music Pick 

Harry Styles 

Live SNL with Sign of The Times 

Got to give credit when someone performs above your expections. Really didnt think the One Direction guys would have it in them but Harry does a good job here. His vocals may not be perfect but that is what gives this live version its authenticity. 

• New Recording Pick

Lady Gaga The Cure 

 This is the best thing Gaga has done in ages, epic song. Her album Joanne was OK and enjoyable but this song is a gem . Love It !   

• Way Back Music Pick

Billy the Kid Emerson Apron Strings 

• Trivia Song

Last Months Highlighted Music

Our Australian artists of the week goes to a Brisbane dance company Mega Jam . 
Thanks to my good friend Miss Sugarcake who always shares their awesome choreographed dance sequences. Enjoy them all ! 
Follow Miss Sugarcake here on twitter @MY_SUGARCAKE

Mega Jam was started in 1996 in Brisbane Australia by Luis Pinto and Jasmine Meakin.

 The concept of Mega Jam is to learn to dance Hip Hop and other styles of commercial street dancing, in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

 KEEP IT FRESH! That is why we choreograph a different routine every week, to the latest and hottest tracks. Our street dance classes are for teens to adults, all fitness levels welcome!Check them out here.........

Check out their dance routine to one of my favorite tracks right now 

Applause by Lady Gaga
Mega Jam dance routine

Lady Gaga  Applause

Quote Jessie J on Lady Gaga ---- I really appreciate her eccentricity.There are moments when i go really & there are moments when i go WOW.
You took the words right out of my mouth Jessie !

Our cover artist this week is Ailee . Thanks goes to my good friend Miss Karla for this. Follow Karla on twitter here @karla_pia96 with the Whitney Houston classic.

Ailee is from New Jersey who came to the South Korean spotlight via reality television. Her first single was Heaven a huge long lasting hit in South Korea.
I Have Nothing

    

Our flashback is a look back on the blues. I'm a big blues/jazz fan so back in the seventies and eighties got to hear a lot of artists that were unheard of out here in Aussie land. I never heard of Koko Taylor before and must thank my good mate Darrell Fields for sharing this track. The song was written by the amazing 

 

Willie Dixon

US-American blues bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.
 Willie Dixon has been called “the poet laureate of the blues” . The blues songwriter is credited with writing more than 500 songs by the end of his life. Many of them appearing as Rock'n'Roll recordings for other artists.While on staff at Chess Records, Dixon produced,arranger and played bass for so many artists. Chuck Berry,Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf to name a few. He was a crucial link between the blues and rock and roll.

The Wang Dang Doodle

Koko Taylor 

    Going back a long way for our trivia music this month. Back to the early sixties with a song called Your The Boss performed by La Vern Baker and Jimmy Ricks. This song was edited out of the legendary Elvis movie Viva Las Vegas. The duet was performed by the beautiful Ann Margret and Elvis for the movie. I'm going to include both versions here. La Vern Baker must have had such a strong influence on Elvis Presley and his music. He covered so many of her songs. Love that big gravelly blues sound!

La Vern Baker and Jimmy Ricks 

Your The Boss 

Elvis Presley and Ann Margret
Your The Boss

Jessie J is one of the best live performers out there right now. Love her way of connecting with an audience. Her Nice To Meet You tour commences in the UK in two days and then she is off to try and break into the USA in 2014.This is a recent live performance of her self penned track she asked Brandy to perform on. Brandy so kindly accepted. This is their performance at the Itunes Festival in London . All the good quality recordings have disappeared off you tube so we are left with this one. Its all to do with atmosphere,her amazing voice and audience connection at a Jessie J concert !

Conquer the World 
Jessie J and Brandy

This Months Sound Waves

Brisbane Artist

 Emmaline

Love And Understanding

i am music, i am art, i am just like you , 

i am emmaline without my fans and constant support i am nothing! 

Follow on Twitter

 @iamEmmaline

     Busby Marou

                 Our second Aussie artist is Busby Marou who recorded alot of their latest album in Nashville.The boys from Rockhampton ,Singer songwriter duo Busby Marou have announced their sophomore LP Farewell Fitzroy will be released this October. Their debut self-titled album, scored well ewith fans nationwide.The first single from the album will be Get You Out of Here which the band recorded at the Nashville’s Alex The Great studio. 

Busby Marou on Twitter   @BusbyMarou

Get Me Out of Here

Mila Falls
Acoustic Version of Voices

Mila has written songs for the Bring It On soundtrack!
Mila Trivia
Mila's name has an Australian link. While holidaying in North Queensland,she visited Mila Mila Falls. At that time she was searching for a stage name . Mila Falls was born!
Follow Mila on Twitter   @MILAFALLS


 

Something I Need
One Republic  Last night I think i drank too much
I call it a temporary crutch


 
La La La
Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith  
I'm covering my ears like a kid 
When your words mean nothing,
I go La La La !

Our trivia song for this week is 
Wake Me Up When September Ends
by Green Day 
  This song was written by Billie Joe Armstrong about the death of his father from cancer when Billie was 10 years old! Alot of people connect with it through the September 11th attacks. 

Michael Jackson 
 August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

Slave to the Rhythm 
Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson 



Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson

Big Names Dropping New Tracks

    This has been a week of big names dropping brand new tracks from upcoming albums! First up is  Lady Gaga with Applause which at first listen I was'nt taken in by but must admit it is growing on me. The second track is from Jason Derulo with Talk Dirty. A good track for the nightclub scene and I'm sure with that catchy sax piece is going to get plenty of airplay. That sax piece is by a band called Balkan Beat Box who do Gypsy funk music, checkout Hermetico where the sampled sax piece originates from.
   Then we have Katy Perry and Roar. This is just pure pop and probably not up to her massive last album but hey i love Katy. There is some controversy with Roar. That i want to mention. They say a few months back she was tweeting and congratulating a Sara Bareilles on her song Brave. Which sounds very similar to Katy's Roar! We are going to have a listen to Sara's song as well this week! Finally highlighting an up and coming  young UK artist Ellie Lawson is our final song for this week Down With You from the soundtrack of the movie Monster In Law. 

Lady Ga Ga
 Applause

Jason Derulo 
Talk Dirty

 Balkan Beat Box

Hermetico

 Katy Perry 
Roar 

Sara Bareilles
 Brave

Ellie Lawson 
Down With You

Empire of the Sun and Mike Chapman Aussie music!

 Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun are an Australian electronic music duo from Sydney, formed in 2008. The duo consists of longtime friends Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore. 

The duo had international success with their debut album the award winning Walking on  a Dream.

New Single
Alive

We Are the People
Empire of the Sun

Light of Day 
Springsteen and Joan Jett

 Songwriters
Chapman and Chinn

 From 1970 until 1978 scored a run of hit singles. From 1973 to 1974 alone the pair had 19 hits in the charts.
The Australian record producer and Songwriter Mike Chapman was born in 1947 Nambour Queensland . Mike and Nicky Chinn produced and wrote for a string of amazing artists in the seventies and eighties! Which included Suzi Quatro,Sweet,Blondie,Smokie,Racey and many others!
The amount of artists they have written for is amazing!The folowing are two Chapman Chinn songs !There are hundreds! Awesome songwriters!

Nick Gilder 
Hot Child in the City 



Smokie 
If You Think You Know How to Love Me

Chinn and Chapman written 

The Part of Me That Needs You Most by Jay Black

Tweeted by my awesome South African friend Brenda! 

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Julie Kathryn
Let This Be
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Thank you Darrell for sharing.
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Music Trivia artist of the week is George Jones born September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas died April 26th 2013 .
George was married to another famous country performer her name Tammy Wynette. Georges first number one hit was White Lightning. Many thanks goes to my good Twitter friend Diana aka Miss Texas for tweeting this! 
Follow Diana Johnson here! 

White Lightning 
George Jones

Make The World Dance

 Passenger

Let Her Go 

A 26-year-old Brighton born singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, Passenger is a 21st cetury troubador. Currently touring Australia! Mike Rosenberg  Quote -- "Even my darkest songs have a sense of humour. The worst crime you can commit in pop is taking yourself too seriously. Passenger has its down tempo moments and some our songs are quite sensitive, but they all share a certain quirkiness. In the end, it’s about storytelling – creating characters and sending them off on a journey.” 

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 @passengermusic
 

Bruce Springsteen 

Shackled and Drawn from his Wrecking Ball album 
live performance
 Pinkpop Festival Landgraf Netherlands

Rob Thomas

In 1999, Rob Thomas penned "Smooth" which earned Rob three Grammy Awards and today ranks 1 on Billboard’s "Top Hot 100 Rock Songs" chart and 2 on

Hot all time 100 songs!

First of all we will have a listen t0 a new hit written by Rob for the Matchbox 20 North Album ! Then we will have a listen to a live version of Smooth! 
   

 Overjoyed 
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Smooth
 Rob Thomas ft Carlos Santana

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Payton Taylor
Follow Payton Taylor Here @PaytonTaylor129
Checkout more Payton Music at paytontaylor.com 
Special thanks to my good Twitter friend! 
@farmerdarrell
for putting me on to Payton's music! 

  17 year old Payton Quote “I know I have a lot to learn, and a lot of time to grow and mature as a singer, a songwriter, and an artist. I want to do whatever I can and take as much time as I need to achieve my dreams and make a career out of doing what I love.”
 

Merry Go Round" by Kacey Musgraves (Cover)

David Bowie 
 David Bowie is regarded as one of the most influential writers of pop music. Born David Jones, he changed his name to Bowie in the 1960s, to avoid confusion with the then well-known Davy Jones lead singer of The Monkees.

Magic Dance 
From the movie Labyrinth 

Queen's Bicycle Race

This is sampled in the song  written by Skylar Grey - C'mon Let Me Ride  
feat Eminem

Skylar Grey Cmon Let Me Ride 

The UK Voice 

kicked off this weekend with the same judges from last year Will I Am, Tom Jones, Danny O'Donoghue and Jessie J ! Here is the opening of the show on Saturday night!