She’s broken all her promises And found another place to sleep He’s a little boy that never thought about the consequence She’s like a letter bomb waiting for another man Sitting on a fence in another dreary disco town – Isabel, Baxter Dury The music industry landscape is littered with the detritus of the failed careers [...]
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Mashup Monday: Smells Like Rockin Robin
The 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind album has prompted a fair amount of mainstream media-led nostalgia about grunge music and its legacy. Smells like nostalgia. But it’s a decent – or shoddy – excuse to kick off the new earworm ‘Mashup Monday‘ series with this Nirvana vs The Jackson Five mashup.
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Album review: Black Lips ‘Arabia Mountain’
You smoked all my dope, chased a rainbow, and then you sang a song You drank all our beers, picked some flowers and things were going strong You tripped all our blotter and went out for a ride Now settle down and have some children ’cause your brain is fried – Don’t Mess Up My [...]
READ MOREearworm weekend open thread: 19-21 August
It’s the weekend! Which song has been soundtracking your life this week/weekend? Leave the YouTube link for the song in the comments section and it will soon magically appear in this post to build an earworm soundtrack for the weekend. Or, alternatively, nominate a song by mentioning @crikey_earworm on the Twitter. You can listen to [...]
READ MORENo.1 Superhits! (week ending 15 August 2011)
Relive the days when you used to care who was number 1 in the singles chart each week here at earworm where the Australian and one other random country’s best-selling song (this week: Norway) is aired. Australia #1: Gotye (featuring Kimbra) ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ Adele’s seven-week reign at number 1 is over with [...]
READ MOREearworm weekend open thread: 12-14 August
It’s the weekend! Which song has been soundtracking your life this week/weekend? Leave the YouTube link for the song in the comments section and it will soon magically appear in this post to build an earworm soundtrack for the weekend. Or, alternatively, nominate a song by mentioning @crikey_earworm on the Twitter. You can listen to July 2011′s earworm compilation here as compiled [...]
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Classic album? U2 ‘Achtung Baby’
Occasionally, here at earworm, a ‘classic album’ will be listened to and (re?)assessed to determine whether it truly deserves its place in the fabled pantheon of all those Best Albums Of All Time lists music magazines love to publish. Feel free to join the debate and nominate albums for future ‘classic album?’ listening. I’m ready, I’m [...]
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Album review: Bon Iver ‘Bon Iver’
There’s a fire going out But there’s really nothing to the south Swollen orange and light let through Your one piece swimmer stuck to you – Calgary, Bon Iver Who decides what’s hip? Does some secret society of those in the know sit in a circle stroking their chin – and another body part – [...]
READ MORENo.1 Superhits! (week ending 8 August 2011)
Relive the days when you used to care who was number 1 in the singles chart each week right here on earworm where the Australian and one other random country’s best-selling song (this week: India!) is aired. Australia #1: Adele ‘Someone Like You’ Seven weeks at number 1 for the seemingly immovable Adele. India #1: [...]
READ MOREearworm weekend open thread: 6-7 August
It’s the weekend! Which song has been soundtracking your life this week/weekend? Leave the YouTube link for the song in the comments section and it will magically appear in this post to build an earworm soundtrack for the weekend. Or, alternatively, nominate a song by mentioning @crikey_earworm on the Twitter. Have a great weekend and let’s be careful [...]
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