Show 162
In which we claim the sovereign nation of New Zealand as the beloved territory of the Down Under Hour
Australia and New Zealand have had close cultural, political and social ties going back well over a hundred years, and here at the Down Under Hour we've always been proud to include New Zealand in our Down Under family.
I Got You - Split Enz, from their 1980 album True Colours, recorded in Melbourne. The song was written and sung by Tim Finn's younger brother Neil, who went on to form his own band, Crowded House, but that's a story for another day.
Rain - Dragon, a single from 1984, and it was on their album Body and the Beat. As with many of the bands we're hearing today, Dragon started out in New Zealand but moved to Australia in search of fame and fortune.
Made My Day - Tim Finn, singer songwriter, co-founder of the New Zealand band Split Enz, the song was on his 1983 debut solo album Escapade, recorded in Sydney.
Baked Beans - Mother Goose, from their debut album, Stuffed, released in 1977. Mother Goose started in New Zealand, moved to Australia, and were so successful they often had up-and-coming future headliners such as Men At Work opening their shows. They moved to the US in 1978 but by 1979 had returned home Down Under.
Light the torches and head into the vault
This week it's three songs by the La De Das
How Is the Air Up There, a single off their 1966 self-titled debut album. The song was written by US songwriters Artie Kornfeld and Steve Duboff, working as The Changin' Times, in 1965. Artie Kornfeld went on to be one of the main guys behind the 1969 Woodstock music festival.
Jump Back - another song from the 1966 album
All Purpose Low - a single from the La De Das' 1967 album Find Us a Way.
The Dunedin Sound, centered on the city of Dunedin on New Zealand's south island
Anything Could Happen - The Clean, from their 1981 EP Boodle Boodle Boodle
North By North - The Bats, from their album Daddy's Highway, a 1987 release.
16 Heart-Throbs - The Chills, another 1987 release, from their album Brave Words.
She Speeds - Straitjacket Fits from their 1987 EP, Life In One Chord.
Kiwis
Business Time - musical comedy from 2007, Flight of the Conchords, it was on their album The Distant Future.
Home Again - Shihad, it was on their self-titled 1996 album.
Don't Go Back - Marlon Williams, from his 2022 album My Boy.
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor
Royals - Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, better known as Lorde, this was her first mainstream hit, from her 2013 debut studio album Pure Heroine.
This week's only non-Kiwi,
Living in the Neighbourhood - Cyndi Boste, from her 2002 album Push Comes To Shove. Going to out to the brave folks looking after their friends and neighbors in these troubled times.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell us when we're done.
