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Isabel Hitchings

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:22:33 +1300

Am I alone in really not loving the Beck thing? The things I love about the original are its sparseness and the emotional flatness of the lyric. It's the song of a man who is right at the end of his ability to express how he feels. The song's charm…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:44:03 +1300

You’d be mistaken Russell. Artists and labels can, and frequently do, submit Bandcamp sales for the national charts (Official Top40 and IMNZ). As @Peace’s team have done this week… so expect a pretty good showing on the charts on Monday.

Thanks for that, Paul. I've updated the post accordingly. I'm…

Paul Kennedy

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:54:07 +1300

But unless I’m mistaken, iTunes sales count towards the national charts and Bandcamp sales don’t.

You'd be mistaken Russell. Artists and labels can, and frequently do, submit Bandcamp sales for the national charts (Official Top40 and IMNZ). As @Peace's team have done this week... so expect a pretty good showing…

bob daktari

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:21:19 +1300

Hype Wrong – having your release hit the number one spot is most surely gratifying... but it is way better to climb and maintain position (thus sales) than to appear for an instant... pat yourself on the back only to see chart position and thus sales slide away.

Especially for…

Biobbs

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:23:43 +1300

She was cool. And I think it was unusual at the time for a young woman to be writing and performing her own songs.

I liked her really early stuff best of all. From Foreign Affairs onwards they started putting that benighted 80s reverb sound on her albums that ruined…

TracyMac

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:04:27 +1300

And it's not just the menz thinking about Sharon O'Neill all those years ago. ;-)

Totally cool, and very hot. She gave an aura of being confident in her sexuality without it being "slutty" or gratuitous in a skin-exposing kind of way. Lots of my friends modelled themselves on her,…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:37:49 +1300

I loved Sharon O’Neill. To young women at the time, me anyway, she evoked glamour and cool and elegance of a very down to earth variety. Shark tooth earrings were the height of sophistication.

She was cool. And I think it was unusual at the time for a young woman…

Russell Brown

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:13:00 +1300

New Strokes song on Soundcloud.

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:45:58 +1300

Girls Songs got good exposure on Music 101. A bright spot on National Radio on a Saturday afternoon,

Jackie Clark

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:27:45 +1300

I loved Sharon O'Neill. To young women at the time, me anyway, she evoked glamour and cool and elegance of a very down to earth variety. Shark tooth earrings were the height of sophistication.

JacksonP

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:07:15 +1300

In this case, because a car manufacturer paid Beck to create it …

Oh right. Missed that bit.

Russell Brown

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:56:07 +1300

ETA: Although there is a nagging question; If you’re going to go to all that trouble, why not just get Bowie to do it? Still good.

In this case, because a car manufacturer paid Beck to create it ...

John Armstrong

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:24:22 +1300

Beck covering Bowie's 'Sound and Vision'

Wow is right. It's not often that you feel proud to be human. That is just wonderful.

JacksonP

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:53:11 +1300

Beck covering Bowie's 'Sound and Vision'
That is the nuttiest, but best, intros to the song you're ever likely to hear. I was less excited when you mentioned it, until I listened. Wow.

ETA: Although there is a nagging question; If you're going to go to all that trouble, why…

Russell Brown

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:42:31 +1300

Keyword: saxophone.

Feeling fear.

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:38:17 +1300

I'm really stoked to have discovered the quality Shaz! For the first time I was able to appreciate the power the video had over a generation of NZ teen boys.

By the way, I have an epic blog post about NZ Music ready to publish next week. Keyword: saxophone.

Public Address

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:38:17 +1300

Discussion from blog post.