I love this song. The fact that it didn’t get to number one because of one of the biggest musical mistakes of all time makes me almost physically sick (not really).
It’s still a work of genius, in my honest opinion. One of the finest songs to emerge from the early 80s and still one of my favourites.
I love brass band music. Not quite as much as Metal, but there are certain pieces that really create an emotional response that Metal cannot normally get anywhere near. One of these pieces is the..
So, my mammoth listen-through of Metal Hammer’s top 100 albums of 2017 begins. My ears have been subjected to 2,275 different artists, according to Last.fm, but I have not heard of any of the first..
Christmas always starts early for me. I don’t want it to, but I play in a brass band, and so I’m required to practice Yuletide tunes as early as late October some years. I am..
“Whassamatta you? (hey!)
Gotta no respect?
Whaddaya think you do?
Why you looka so sad?
It’s-a not so bad
It’s-a nice-a place
Ah, shaddap you face!”
Classic piece of Aussie culture.
Midgie deserved that for inflicting us with all those pious, sanctimonious, hypocrite do-gooders, like Bongo and his sycophantic followers.