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Nature's Best 3
''Nature's Best 3'' is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 66-100 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See ''Nature's Best'' for more information on the selection process of this list. ''Nature's Best 3'' was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005. Track listing Disc one #"Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than The Both Of Us" – Blam Blam Blam (Don McGlashan, 1981) #"Gutter Black" – Hello Sailor (Dave McArtney, 1977) #"Long Ago" – Herbs (Lundon/Hona, 1984) #"There Is No Depression In New Zealand" – Blam Blam Blam #" You Oughta Be In Love" – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1986) #"Andrew" – Fur Patrol (Andrew Bain/Julia Deans/Simon Braxton/Steven Wells, 2000) #"Billy Bold" – Graham Brazier (Graham Brazier, 1981) #"Distant Sun" – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1993) #" Suddenly Strange" – Bic Runga (Bic Runga, 1997) #" Forever Tuesday Morning" – The Mockers (Gary Curtis/Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature's Best 2
''Nature's Best 2'' is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See '' Nature's Best'' for more information on the selection process of this list. ''Nature's Best 2'' was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005. Track listing Disc one #"Outlook For Thursday" – DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash, 1983) #" Down In Splendour" – Straitjacket Fits (Andrew Brough, 1990) #" Better Be Home Soon" – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1988) #" How Bizarre" – OMC (Alan Jansson/Pauly Fuemana, 1995) #"Language" – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1994) #"Message to My Girl" – Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1984) #"Poi E" – Pātea Māori Club (Dalvanius Prime, 1984) #"Stuff And Nonsense" – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1979) #"Venus" – The Feelers ( James Reid, 1998) #"System Virtue" – Emma Paki (Emma Paki, 1993) #" Fraction Too Much Friction" – Tim Finn (Tim Finn, 1983) #" Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician who is known for being a member of Crowded House, Split Enz (which he co-fronted with brother Tim), and Fleetwood Mac. Finn rose to prominence in the late 1970s with Split Enz and wrote many of the band's most successful songs, including " One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", " I Got You", and "Message to My Girl". After Split Enz broke up in 1984, Finn founded Crowded House with Split Enz's final drummer Paul Hester in 1985 and served as the band's lead singer. The group achieved international success in 1987 when they released the single "Don't Dream It's Over", written by Finn. After Crowded House disbanded in 1996, Finn and his brother released two albums as the Finn Brothers, before reforming Crowded House in 2006. In April 2018, Finn joined Fleetwood Mac for their forthcoming tour that year. Finn has also recorded several successful solo albums and assembled diverse musicians f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E Ipo
"E Ipo" (English: "By Love") is a 1982 song written by Prince Tui Teka and Ngoi Pēwhairangi in tribute to Teka's wife Missy, sung bilingually in Māori and English. The song was a number-one single in New Zealand for two weeks. The melody was based on the popular Indonesian love song "Mimpi Sedih" by Aloysius Riyanto that Teka had heard from New Zealand soldiers stationed in Singapore while he was performing overseas from 1980-1982. The video for the song was taken from a TV special filmed at the Mandalay nightclub in Newmarket, Auckland. The song later made the ''Nature's Best 3'' compilation, a collection of the top 100 New Zealand songs as voted by members of APRA. "E Ipo", alongside "Poi E" (1984) by the Pātea Māori Club Pātea Māori Club is a New Zealand cultural group and performance act formed in the South Taranaki District, South Taranaki town of Patea, Pātea in 1967 as the Pātea Methodist Māori Club. In 1983, the group began to release Māori language, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sensitive To A Smile
"Sensitive to a Smile" is a single from the New Zealand reggae band Herbs from the '' Sensitive to a Smile'' album. The single reached #9 in the New Zealand chart. Background "Sensitive to a Smile" was written by Dilworth Karaka and Charlie Tumahai with the American poet Todd Casella, who had moved to New Zealand and was a fan of the band. Karaka calls it "very much a family song". The song and album were originally set to be released in 1986, but the success of the song "Slice of Heaven", that Herbs had recorded with Dave Dobbyn, meant that they held back the release of "Sensitive to a Smile" and the album. Music video The video was made in Ruatoria so that the band could give support to the Rastafarian protests happening in the area. The video was shot by Lee Tamahori, the future director of ''Once Were Warriors''. Track listing # "Sensitive to a Smile" # "Station of Love" Awards and critical acclaim At the 1987 New Zealand Music Awards, the single won the best video award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peking Man (band)
Peking Man were a 1980s New Zealand new wave band made up of Margaret Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ... and Pat Urlich, Tim Calder, Perry Marshall, Jan Foulkes, Neville Hall, John Fearon and Jay F-bula. The band had a number of hits in their homeland. Discography Studio albums Singles Awards References External links Room That Echoes music video New Zealand on Screen Peking Man New Zealand on Screen {{Authority control APRA Award winners New Zealand pop music groups New Zealand new wave musical groups Musical groups established in 1985 Musical groups disestablished in 1988 1985 establishments in New Zealand 1988 disestablishments in New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Room That Echoes
"Room That Echoes" (also called "Room That Echoes (Round and Around)") is a 1985 single from New Zealand pop band Peking Man. It peaked at number one in the New Zealand singles chart. The song was included on Peking Man's self-titled album. The song was written by band saxophone player Neville Hall and features lead vocals from Margaret Urlich, with Pat Urlich on backing vocals. Awards "Room That Echoes" won Best Single at the 1986 New Zealand Music Awards, along with five other wins for Peking Man. In 2001 the song was voted by New Zealand members of APRA as the 79th best New Zealand song of the 20th century. The song also appeared on the associated compilation CD ''Nature's Best 3'', and the video was on the ''Nature's Best DVD The Nature's Best DVD is a DVD release of 60 music videos to songs from the three ''Nature's Best'' compilation albums. Track listing #Dave Dobbyn - " Loyal" (Dave Dobbyn, 1988) #The Swingers - " Counting the Beat" (Phil Judd/ Mark Hough/ Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Universe
"Private Universe" is a 1993 song by rock group Crowded House from the group's fourth studio album ''Together Alone''. It was released as a single in Australia in October 1994. The single peaked at #46 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in January 1995, and spent 14 weeks in the top 100. "Private Universe" is the only song to be featured on all of Crowded House's compilation and live albums (including the greatest hits compilation ''Recurring Dream'', an acoustic mix version on the rarities compilation ''Afterglow'', and on both live albums '' Special Edition Live Album'' and ''Farewell to the World''). Reception Junkee said, "the song may be among the quietest in their discography — which, rather than being easy to ignore, only makes you want to listen more intently. Doing so will lead you to its wafting keyboards, hypnotic tablas and Finn embracing these fleeting moments of unity while he’s able." Track listings Standard CD single Live tracks recorded at The Boathouse, No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Feelers
The Feelers is a New Zealand pop rock band formed in the early 1990s in Christchurch by James Reid (singer/guitarist) and Hamish Gee (drums/guitar). History The Feelers was signed by Warner Music and released their first album, '' Supersystem''. The album went to number 1 in New Zealand in September 1998, and became the second biggest selling album in the country that year. An instrumental version of single "Pressure Man" featured in 1999 American film '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' during Kirsten Dunst's tap-dancing act. At the 1999 New Zealand Music Awards Supersystem won Album of the Year, Song Writer of the Year ( James Reid), Band of the Year, and Producer of the Year (The Feelers and Malcolm Welsford). The band was also awarded the most played song on New Zealand Radio two years running, with "Supersystem" 1998 and "Venus" the following year. After extensive touring the band started work on their next album, recording demos with Des Broadbery (U2) before starting production wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headless Chickens
The Headless Chickens was a New Zealand band. Going against the grain of the Dunedin sound that dominated the Flying Nun Records roster at the time, the Headless Chickens made extensive use of electronic instruments in their music. History The Headless Chickens recorded three albums, ''Stunt Clown'' (1988), ''Body Blow'' (1991), and ''Greedy'' (1997), plus various EPs for Flying Nun Records in the 1980s and 1990s. The band first became known in New Zealand when they won the 1987 Rheineck Beer Rock award. The prize money from the award went into the funding for their innovative (for its use of sampling) 1988 debut album ''Stunt Clown''. The 1988 CD release of ''Stunt Clown'' compiled the vinyl release of this name with the 1986 ''Headless Chickens'' EP. A second album, ''Body Blow'', appeared in 1991 which featured singer Fiona McDonald. It was during this time with McDonald that the Headless Chickens would attract their widest audience. Two versions of ''Body Blow'' were re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruise Control (Headless Chickens Song)
"Cruise Control" is a song by New Zealand band Headless Chickens. Written by members Chris Matthews and Michael Lawry, the track was released as the second single from the band's second studio album, ''Body Blow'' (1991), in 1991 and reached number six on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Three years later, the song was remixed and re-released as the "Eskimos in Egypt" mix. This version of the song peaked at number 26 in Australia and topped the New Zealand chart as a double A-side with "George". An accompanying video was made for the remix, featuring Headless Chickens riding in a car at night. Both versions of the track were produced by Rex Visible and included on the band's 2002 compilation album, '' ChickensHits''. The song and its videos have received numerous accolades, including being named the 76th-greatest New Zealand song of all time by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Release, reception, and promotion "Cruise Control" was first released on Headless C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Fagan
Andrew Fagan (born 1962) is a New Zealand writer, singer-songwriter and long-distance solo sailor. He grew up in Wellington. He gained fame in New Zealand in the 1980s as the lead singer of the pop group The Mockers.The Mockers music.net.nz. Retrieved 31 March 2010. Following the success of The Mockers' 1985 hit "Forever Tuesday Morning", Fagan won the 1985 award for ''Top Male Vocalist of the Year''. Since The Mockers broke up, he has recorded and performed as a solo artist under the name Fagan (releasing his debut solo album ''Blisters'' in 1994); and with his band LIG. He has written two sailing-themed autobiographie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mockers
The Mockers were a New Zealand pop band formed in Wellington in 1979 by Andrew Fagan. Fagan was the only ever-present of the band's line-up whose initial members were mostly drawn from Fagan's Rongotai College classmates. Their songs include "One Black Friday" and "Forever Tuesday Morning". The Mockers' style drew on punk and new wave influences from the UK and performances centered on Fagan's flamboyant stage presence. Other band members included Chas Mannell (drums) Gary Curtis (keyboards, vocals), Steve Thorpe (drums), Dale Monaghan (guitar), Dean Heazlewood, Brett Adams, Geoff Hayden, Tim Wedde, Murray Costello, Chas Mannell, Gordon Costello, Brendan Fitzgerald, Baz Caitcheon and Paul Lightfoot (guitar). Artists, musicnret.nz, retrieved 1 August 2009 The group broke up in 1988, after which Fagan embarked on a solo career. ...
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