Posts by Russell Brown
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Speaker: SIBs: The reality of…, in reply to Kyle MacDonald,
Very interesting, in particular the quote:
“There is a clue to this mindset in the 2013 cabinet paper mentioned above. It says “government agencies are now focusing on what is being achieved, not how services are delivered.”
So they're saying "focusing on what's being achieved" like it's a bad thing?
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Grant McDougall,
It was number one in every major centre so that also knackers the chart rig story.
Given the number of copies Tony Murdoch sold at Vibes in Gisborne, I suspect it was probably number one in every minor centre, too.
I remember me and my mates in Christchurch being very excited about the release. As Simon notes, the delays just built anticipation
Didn’t know it was Hauraki that sparked off the rumours.
Yeah, what was that about?
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Sacha,
this changed my basic expectations about what music could be (regardless of how it charted).
An early incarnation of the band featured Chris Bell (yes, the Chris Bell who lives in Auckland and is on Twitter).
They subsequently morphed into Underworld.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Jack Harrison,
Still a tribute to the kids who listened down through 40 songs back in the time. That was our playstation.
Haha. True.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Matthew Goody,
They still play re-runs of the Casey Kasem's American Top 40 show every week on the Oldies radio station here. They're doing about 1976 right now, and let me tell you, most of it makes my ears burn.
That would be an interesting listening experience. For a short time.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Barnaby Nicholls,
Iit’s like the old chestnut about U2 – I don’t know anyone who likes Six60, but apparently they’re getting plenty of listens from somewhere.
I’ve examined my conscience on this, and I’m convinced I’m not just being a hater:
1. At the NZ Music Awards. I was interested to hear this band everyone was talking about and they came on and about a minute in, I thought “Ohhhh … I really don’t like this …”
2. The last Big Day Out at Mt Smart. Slightly confused, we wandered into the Boiler Room area expecting to hear something else and I stood there for a minute thinking, what the hell is this shit? . It was Six60, playing to most of the people in the stadium.
3. Hearing ‘Don’t Forget Your Roots’ every fucking time a plane landed in Auckland made me want to become a terrorist.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Mark Cubey,
And I have to disagree about "Bad Blood" - the "hey!"s get me every time. Most of that _1989_ album is perfect pop ("Wonderland" is genius).
We'll have to disagree there. I listened to the original version via a YouTube lyrics clip. It really was cringe-inducing. And in general, Taylor's stuff just sounds really ordinary to me.
Also, the Jewel School New Zealand Music Mix 2015 is a good listen.
That's very cool – thanks for the heads-up. A track listing would've been handy though ...
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Barnaby Nicholls,
It’s a mite depressing, but not half as depressing as that awful Charlie Puth song – I’ve never been so hopeful of a Gaye family lawsuit. “Let’s Marvin Gaye and get it on” deserves to go down as the worst chorus lyric in history, it might be intended as wry or playful (although I wouldn’t credit them with that level of self-awareness) but it makes no sense.
It’s hideous.
There is something awful about current top-40 music, barring the odd exception. It’s all paint-by-numbers and designed by committee, flashes of inspiration are hard to discover.
Yes, this. The terrible Taylor Swift song is somewhat redeemed by Kendrick, but even the remix is still a painfully obvious by-the-numbers affair.
Thank god for Jamie xx, then. The album is terrific, all melancholy and euphoria.
Yep, got that this week. The new Hot Chip is a return to form too.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Grant McDougall,
Oh, I see what I did: transcribed from the Wikipedia table excerpted here, which of course cites release dates, rather than chart dates. So they were all in 1981.
But this says LWTUA and 'Atmosphere' were both number ones and Transmission reached No2.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Up the Charts, in reply to Grant McDougall,
LWTUA a #1 and Atmosphere a #6, charted in 1981,
Oops. I did mean to say 1981.
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