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My Top 25 Songs for 2012

1. Madness - Muse
2. Smoke and Mirrors - Gotye
3. Secret Fear - Daniel Bedingfield
4. Put Your Hands Up - Nerina Pallot
5. Everything Means Something - Pet Shop Boys
6. Intergalactic Rockit (Beastie Boys vs Herbie Hancock) - 2ManyDJs
7. Survival - Muse
8. Nightfall - PVT
9. Six Months in a Cast - The Trouble With Templeton
10. Why Don’t We Do Something? - Hey Geronimo
11. Nineteen - Millions
12. Devo Was Right About Everything - The Attery Squash
13. O.V.E.R. U. - Daniel Bedingfield
14. All I Know (Triple Kit Extended Mix) - Eagle and the Worm
15. Extraloveable - Prince
16. Easy Way Out - Gotye
17. Skyfall - Adele
18. Jesse - Mia Dyson
19. Timebomb - Kylie MInogue
20. Spare Change - Ingrid Michaelson
21. Invisible - Pet Shop Boys
22. Girl Gone Wild - Madonna
23. Don’t Stop (St Lucia Remix) - Foster the People
24. Slut Like You - P!nk
25. You’re Mine - Devin

Honourable mentions:

• Go Right Ahead - The Hives
• Unashamed Desire - Missy Higgins
• See and Don’t See - The Afghan Whigs
• Horse Named Regret - Mojo Juju
• Dreamboat Jack - Hey Geronimo
• 50 Years of Bond Mini Mix - A.Skillz & Krafty Kuts
• Sound Off - The Basics
• The Summer Place - Fountains of Wayne
• Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka
• Get Free - Major Lazer feat. Amber

My friends, it is up to us to stop the new One Direction album from debuting at No.1 

This will be easy.

In the week beginning November 9, just buy multiple copies of John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John’s Christmas album (and be sure to encourage your friends).

That will ensure we have an appalling album at No.1 instead of an awfully appalling album.

Thanks for your time.

A week is a long time in Music

This week’s Top 10 Albums on my iTunes list …

1. Mojo Juju - Mojo Juju
2. Elysium - Pet Shop Boys
3. Anxiety - Ladyhawke
4. The Truth About Love - P!nk
5. Making Mirrors - Gotye
6. Texicali EP - ZZ Top
7. The Moment - Mia Dyson
8. Moonrise Kingdom - Original Soundtrack
9. MDNA - Madonna
10. Nightflight - Kate Miller-Heidke

Opportunities
(I’ve got the Psychology Degree, You’ve Got the Looks, Lets Make Lots of Money)

I’m convinced a psychologist wrote “What Makes You Beautiful”.

By tapping into the #1 phobia amongst young girls of being ugly and turning it on it’s head (You don’t know you’re beautiful, and that’s what makes you beautiful), the writer was practically guaranteed a payday of titanic proportions.

All that was needed was a spunky young male to sing it, and that year-long vacation to the Bahamas was all but paid for. Ah to hell with it, make it 5 pretty young boys in case the girls are feeling fickle.

On the flipside, the same psychologist was obviously suffering from a horrid break-up when they penned ‘Small Dick Man”. Sheesh, talk about preying on insecurities!

Thankfully they made a welcome return to form with Nyan Cat’s subtle, yet deeply moving “Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!”

It does make you wonder about the power of words though.

Boom boom boom, now,
Boom boom boom, now,
Boom boom pow,
Boom Boom.

Wow.

The intrinsic nature of existence juxtaposed by the cognitive belief of embedded schema within schema. People seriously underestimate the insight offered by the Black Eyed Peas.

When you consider that “Running Up That Hill” was Kate Bush’s barbed response to critics of her earlier albums, and Flo Rida’s “Round Round” is actually a call for empowerment for women to reclaim their pride by refusing acts of sexual favour demanded by obnoxious sexist bigots; it helps open your eyes to the subtext towards your favourite toe-tapper.

So the next time you are listening to “American Pie”, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or “Call Me Maybe”, just remember what Beck so aptly said of his seminal “Devil’s Haircut”: ‘You know, when I’m upset, I write a song about it. Like when I wrote Devil’s Haircut, I was feeling really… what’s that song about?’

The Top 10 Albums That I’m Listening To On My Birthday

1. Elysium - Pet Shop Boys
2. Texicali EP - ZZ Top
3. Moonrise Kingdom - Original Soundtrack
4. Making Mirrors - Gotye
5. MDNA - Madonna
6. The Moment - Mia Dyson
7. Nightflight - Kate Miller-Heidke
8. The Sapphires - Original Soundtrack
9. Hey Geronimo EP - Hey Geronimo
10. My Head Is An Animal - Of Monsters and Men

The Top 20 Songs That I’m Listening To On My Birthday

1. Madness - Muse
2. Horse Named Regret - Mojo Juju
3. Intergalactic Rockit - Beastie Boys vs. Herbie Hancock vs. INXS vs. AC/DC
4. Smoke and Mirrors - Gotye
5. Survival - Muse
6. Invisible - Pet Shop Boys
7. Blue Eyes - Ladyhawke
8. I Gotsta Get Paid - ZZ Top
9. Dreamboat Jack - Hey Geronimo
10. Blood Brothers - Ingrid Michaelson
11. You’ll Be Mine - The Pierces
12. Careless Rebel - George Michael vs. Billy Idol
13. I Can Make You Love Me - British India
14. Six Weeks - Of Monsters and Men
15. Heart of a Lion - The Griswolds
16. Duquesne Whistle - Bob Dylan
17. Boy - Bertie Blackman
18. When The Moment Comes - Mia Dyson
19. Bless This Mess - Lisa Mitchell
20. Passerby - Grinspoon

Muse, Achtung Baby’s The Fly, Zooropa’s Lemon & a Brian May guitar riff are proud to announce the birth of bouncing baby “Madness” (4lb 39oz). Seriously good

My Top 30 for the week of June 6 2012

My, there are some great songs out there right now. Here’s my high rotation songs at this point in time …

1. Timebomb - Kylie Minogue (she’s still the queen of dance)
2. See and Don’t See - The Afghan Whigs (haunting)
3. Extraloveable - Prince (he released this sneakily last year)
4. Unashamed Desire - Missy Higgins (quite edgy for Missy)
5. Empty Room - Prince (heard this for the first time at this concert in Brisbane - awesome!)
6. Masterpiece - Madonna (classic Madge - yearning and bittersweet)
7. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men (thanks for the introduction, Mr Jimmy Fallon)
8. Intergalactic Rockit - Beastie Boys vs. Herbie Hanckock vs. INXS (RIP Adam - damn the Beasties created some amazing tunes)
9. Home Again - Michael Kiwanuka (long term top 10 fav, soulful, rich voice carries and is carried away by a stuning melody)
10. Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey - John Mayer (new album is surprisingly good - this is the highlight)
11. Girl Gone Wild - Madonna (why isn’t this a hit?)
12. You’re Mine - Devin (UK pop-punk with attitude)
13. Hanging On - Active Child (laid back falsetto bliss)
14. Titanium 500 - David Guetta feat. Sia vs The Proclaimers vs Midnight Oil (guilty secret of the tweens meets guilty secret of the 80’s)
15. Secret - Seal (only just discovered this soulful gem)
16. Don’t Stop (St. Lucia Remix) - Foster the People (dance!)
17. 5678! - Butterfly Boucher (great new Aussie songstress)
18. Transformer - Grace Woodroofe (smokey, dark and addictive)
19. Go Right Ahead - The Hives (welcome back you wacky zany madmen)
20. The Heron and the Fox - Little Scream (another hauntingly beautiful track)
21.Carbon Affair - Hey Geronimo (sophomore single shows they’re no one trick pony. It’s a free download - get it!)
22. Lost In The Light - Bahamas (laid-back guitar-driven alt-pop)
23. Sunday Drive - Ladyhawke (not receiving enough mainstream attention - give her a go)
24. Party Song - Pet Shop Boys (off their 2nd B-Side album)
25. Wild Love - Gossling (unique voice draws you in)
26. Body Crazy - Beastie Boys vs Prince and the Revolution
27. Smoke and Mirrors - Gotye (why not - every song on this album is amazing)
28. Chic Franzie Boys - Beastie Boys vs Franz Ferdinand vs Chic
29. Standing Strong - Yung (anthemic hip hop from upcoming indigenous Australians)
30. Gone Tomorrow - Lambchop (rounding out the 30 is another laid-back alt-pop with understated class)

Kiss by Nick Runge - for Fandom Menace

Prince is coming back to Australia! I’ve got my tickets to the Brisbane show, and now just have to get in the mood. Here’s my Prince playlist 4 2day …

When Doves Cry
Gett Off
Violet The Organ Grinder
Joy In Repetition
It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
Tick, Tick, Bang
Superbowl XLI Medley
My Name Is Prince
Let’s Go Crazy
Mountains
Take Me With U
She’s Always In My Hair
Girls & Boys
Nothing Compares 2 U
Purple Rain
Kiss
Housequake
Alphabet Street
F.U.N.K.
Play In The Sunshine
Little Red Corvette
1999
Sexy M.F.
Thieves In The Temple
Sign “☮” The Times
Erotic City
Baby I’m A Star
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
I Wish U Heaven (Part 1 2 3)
New Position
Pop Life
Musicology
Le Grind
The Human Body
U Got The Look
Chelsea Rodgers
She’s Always In My Hair (12” Version)
Kiss (Extended Version)
Shockadelica
It
Let’s Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
Delirious (single version)
Paisley Park
Let’s Work (Dance Remix)
Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix)
Fury
Controversy
Raspberry Beret (12” Version)
Starfish And Coffee
Letitgo
Black Sweat
Christopher Tracy’s Parade
Raspberry Beret
Cream
1999
Loose!
U Got The Look (Long Look)
When You Were Mine
Hot Thing
I Feel For You
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Peach
Partyman
3121
Batdance
America
Thunder
Daddy Pop
Diamonds And Pearls
Push
Glam Slam
I Wish U Heaven
7
Life Can Be So Nice
Anotherloverholenyohead
I Would Die 4 U
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Lolita
Erotic City 12”
Alphabet St (This Is Not Music This Is A Trip)
Sexy Mutha
2 Whom It May Concern
My Computer
Guitar
Hello
Lovesexy
Sometimes It Snows In April
The Beautifiul Ones
Darling Nikki
Let’s Pretend We’re Married
D.M.S.R.
I Wonder U
Sign “☮” The Times (album)

Anything I’ve missed?

Go Go Gotye!

lunaticentertainment:

Weekly US charts just released - Gotye (@Gotye) has a top 5 single with ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ (feat Kimbra)! Album moves up to #16. Can the single make #1?

And the album would have charted higher if the stupid 25 cent digital album deals didn’t happen during the week. It makes me so happy to see a true artist (and lovely human being) gaining recognition globally. Hopefully these people will delve back to his previous albums and see that Wally isn’t an overnight sensation. He’s been sensational for years!