I'm leaving Melbourne soon which is a place I have lived for the last 22 years! I thought I'd give the world a little hint of what Melbourne is like in regard to pop culture. I have a list inside my head about this city which will make all you internationalists realise either shit Melbourne what have you done? or thank you for the music Melbourne
Let's start with the 60s
My fave Aussie song of all time! Produced by Molly Meldrum & written by Johnny Young!
I am the Real Thing!
Into the 70s
A much shorter version than the one on the Ball Power LP. Ball Power being the best Australian Rock Record ever recorded.
I was reading the credits on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories the other day and noticed one D.Braithwaite as a co-writer of the last track Contact. I thought cool these guys really know their cheez. I thought they may have hired Daryl Braithwaite to write with them but it turns out they just sampled his former group Sherbet. By the time Sherbet made this track We Ride Tonight in 1982 they'd changed their name to The Sherbs to break into the US market. I assume the lolly co. had something to say about their old name. Anyway I don't even recall this being a hit in Australia but it was a hit in America. Aussie Rules fans take note the drummer is wearing a Geelong Football Club guernsey, trendy!
Daft Punk? Daft Cheez!
I always liked the tune below from 1988 which was a big hit. As The Days Go By was a comeback single for the (then) now solo Daryl Braithwaite.
Here's the original Sherbet from 1976 with their massive Antipodean and British hit Howzat!
*This track was used to incredible effect in a scene from the NZ movie Rain (2001).
** Also I once saw Daryl Braithwaite down the beach.
