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Royal In The Afternoon
"Royal in the Afternoon" is a song by Australian band, The Whitlams. It was released in February 2003 as the third single from their fifth studio album, ''Torch the Moon''. It received moderate success, peaking at number 66 in Australia in February 2003.. The song on ''Sunrise'' on 1 August 2008 to promote their latest release ''Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You''. Reception ''The Guardian'' described the song as, "A blokey rock song about leaving behind the life of a hellraiser for domestic bliss. Freedman sounds as if he is having fun as 'the mad king of it all', while Jak Housden provides the bouncy guitar." ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' agreed the song was "bouncy" and said it was "sure to be a live singalong favourite". Track listing #"Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58 #"Buy Now, Pay Later" (live) – 4:55 #"Met My Match" (live) – 4:34 #"No Aphrodisiac" (live) – 6:01 #"I Make Hamburgers "I Make Hamburgers" is a song by The Whitlams. It was first released to radio in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whitlams
The Whitlams are an Australian indie rock band formed in late 1992. The original line-up was Tim Freedman on keyboards and lead vocals, Andy Lewis on double bass and Stevie Plunder on guitar and lead vocals. Other than mainstay Freedman, the line-up has changed numerous times. From 2001 to 2022, he was joined by Warwick Hornby on bass guitar, Jak Housden on guitar and Terepai Richmond on drums – forming the band's longest-lasting and best-known line-up. Four of their studio albums have reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 20: ''Eternal Nightcap'' (September 1997, No. 14), ''Love This City'' (November 1999, No. 3), ''Torch the Moon'' (July 2002, No. 1) and '' Little Cloud'' (March 2006, No. 4). Their highest charting singles are " Blow Up the Pokies" (May 2000) and " Fall for You" (June 2002) – both reached number 21. The group's single, "No Aphrodisiac" was listed at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 by listeners of national radio s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torch The Moon
''Torch the Moon'' is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002. It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It received platinum album certification from ARIA. Track listing #"Cries Too Hard" – 4:11 #" Fall for You" – 3:47 #"The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44 #"I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" – 3:53 #"Kate Kelly" – 4:18 #" Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58 #"Gone Surfing" – 2:12 #"Best Work" – 4:33 #"Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08 #"Coming Over" – 4:26 #"Out the Back" – 4:31 #"Breathing You In" – 2:56 #"Ease of the Midnight Visit" – 4:20 Re-releases Initial prints of ''Torch the Moon'' contained a second CD, entitled ''Side 4''. The track list contained: #"Don't Believe Anymore" – 5:22 #"Last Life" – 4:45 #"Witness Protection Scheme" – 3:52 #"Back into the Wild" – 3:40 #"Still in Love with You" – 3:23 A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Freedman
Timothy James Freedman (25 November 1964) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay lead singer and keyboardist of the Australian band The Whitlams formed in 1993. Note: n-lineversion was expanded from the 2002 edition. The song "No Aphrodisiac", co-written by Freedman, was their break-through hit in 1997; their top four ARIA albums by sales are ''Love This City'' (1999), ''Torch the Moon'' (2002), '' Little Cloud'' (2006), and their compilation album '' Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You: Best of the Whitlams'' in 2008. A highlight of his career was receiving an ARIA Music Award for 'Song of the Year' in 1998 from the former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam—after whom his band is named. Biography Tim Freedman was born in 1964 in Sydney and was raised in Collaroy, in Sydney's Northern Beaches region, and was educated at the Shore School in North Sydney. Prior to co-founding The Whitlams, Freedman was the front man of ska band Itchy Feet, and later th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Work
Best Work is a song by Australian band, The Whitlams. It was released in September 2002 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ''Torch the Moon''. It peaked at number 35 in Australia. Reception ''The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...'' said, "Freedman’s falsetto opener and bold piano sound makes it stand out – along with the great bridge, where the lovely yowl of an electric guitar spills over the crescendo." Track listing # "Best Work" (Single Edit) — 3:51 # "Cries Too Hard" — 4:11 # "Out the Back" (Peter Sculthorpe Variation) — 9:45 Charts References The Whitlams songs 2002 singles Songs written by Tim Freedman {{2000s-Australia-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Believe Anymore
"Don't Believe Anymore" is a single by Australian band Icehouse (band), Icehouse. It is the second single from their third album, ''Sidewalk (album), Sidewalk''. It was released on 15 June 1984 in the UK and on 2 July 1984 in Australia. It peaked at No. 31 on the Kent Music Report, Australian singles chart. Charts The Whitlams version Australian band the Whitlams cover the song and released in it June 2003 as the fourth and final single from their fifth album, ''Torch the Moon''. It peaked at number 47 on the Australian Australian Recording Industry Association, ARIA singles chart. The track "Je N'y Crois Plus" is a French-language version of the song, since Tim Freedman is a fluent speaker of the language. Track listing # "Don't Believe Anymore" [single version] – 3:50 # "Don't Believe Anymore" [full version] – 5:26 # "Je N'y Crois Plus" – 3:48 Charts References 1984 singles 1984 songs 2003 singles Icehouse (band) songs The Whitlams songs So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunrise (Australian TV Program)
''Sunrise'' is an Australian breakfast show program. It is broadcast on the Seven Network, and is currently hosted by David Koch and Natalie Barr. The program follows '' Seven Early News'', and runs from 5:30 am to 9:00 am. It is followed by '' The Morning Show''. History The history of ''Sunrise'' can be traced back to 14 January 1991 when '' 11AM'' news presenter Darren McDonald began presenting an early morning ''Seven News – Sunrise Edition'' bulletin prior to hostilities breaking out during the Gulf War. In 1996, Seven introduced a one-hour weekday bulletin called ''Sunrise News'', later renamed ''Sunrise''. Seven recruited Chris Bath from NBN Television to present the bulletin alongside Peter Ford. Ford moved to other presenting roles in 1996 and was replaced by finance editor David Koch. In 1997, Chris Bath was transferred to Seven's ''10.30 pm News'' and was replaced by Melissa Doyle. Sport presenter Nick McArdle and reporter Natalie Barr were regular substitute p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truth, Beauty And A Picture Of You
''Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You'' is the first greatest hits album by Australian rock band The Whitlams. It was released in August 2008 and peaked at number 3 on the ARIA charts. Upon release, Tim Freedman said, "I decided to leave a couple of singles off, because I wanted to tell a story of The Whitlams in song, and I needed to put a couple of early tunes in there, and a couple of songs which were about the dramas that the band lived through, and I tried to make a nice mix between the popular songs and those that are an emotional journey." A two disc deluxe edition includes a bonus DVD with documentaries on the making of the ''Love This City'' and ''Torch the Moon'' albums, and footage of their concerts at the Sydney Opera House in 2007 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. An article in The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Met My Match
Met My Match is a song by The Whitlams The Whitlams are an Australian indie rock band formed in late 1992. The original line-up was Tim Freedman on keyboards and lead vocals, Andy Lewis on double bass and Stevie Plunder on guitar and lead vocals. Other than mainstay Freedman, the .... It was released on 2 June 1995 as the second single from their second studio album, '' Undeniably''. Track listing # "Met My Match" - 3:36 # "Following My Own Tracks" - 3:31 # "Pass The Flagon" - 3:32 # "You'll Find a Way" - 4:25 References {{authority control The Whitlams songs 1995 singles Songs written by Tim Freedman 1994 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Aphrodisiac
"No Aphrodisiac" is a song by Australian band the Whitlams, released in December 1997 as the second single from their third album, ''Eternal Nightcap''. The song peaked at 59 on the Australian Singles Chart. The lead track was written by the band's founding mainstay, Tim Freedman, together with Pinky Beecroft (Matt Ford) and Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab (Glen Dormand): both from the band, Machine Gun Fellatio. It was produced by Freedman with Rob Taylor. "No Aphrodisiac" won Song of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998. It was listed at No. 1 on their Hottest 100 for 1997. Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, for whom the band was named, announced news of their win on air. One of its B-sides is "Gough". Machine Gun Fellatio provided a re-mix of "No Aphrodisiac" for the remixes version of the single. Details "No Aphrodisiac" was written for Freedman's then-girlfriend, who was living in Melbourne, while he was in Sydney. He later recalled, "We were growing apart, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Make Hamburgers
"I Make Hamburgers" is a song by The Whitlams. It was first released to radio in February 1995 as the band's debut single. It was released on CD single in November 1995 as the first single from their second album, '' Undeniably''. The song was number 79 in the 1996 Triple J Hottest 100, a ranking of songs voted for by Triple J listeners. It was included on the compilation CD for that year. Reception ''The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...'' said the song was, "the closest to a novelty song the Whitlams have. Hollering 'more sauce!' during live performances ranks up there with ' no way, get fucked, fuck off' in the pantheon of Australian music call and responses. But underneath the fun, it still has heart: a burger-flipping lothario who just likes giving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
