The Kiwi Ton
Posted by: PJT on 31 May 2007
Any Kiwi's listen to The Rock?
If not, what do you think of their public choice top 100 singles from Kiwi bands, and more importantly how many do you own....
Kiwi ton
Here is the Kiwi Ton Countdown:
1 Home Again - Shihad
2 Who Loves Who The Most - The Exponents
3 Bliss - Th' Dudes
4 Larger Than Life - The Feelers
5 Pacifier - Shihad
6 Phlex - Blindspott
7 Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
8 I'll Say Goodbye - The Exponents
9 Crawl - Atlas
10 Loyal - Dave Dobbyn
11 Dominion Road - Muttonbirds
12 No Ordinary Thing - Opshop
13 Sitting Inside My Head - Supergroove
14 I See Red - Split Enz
15 Communicate - The Feelers
16 Forever Tuesday Morning - The Mockers
17 Running - Evermore
18 April Sun In Cuba - Dragon
19 George - Headless Chickens
20 Gutter Black - Hello Sailor
21 Lydia - Fur Patrol
22 It's Only Natural - Crowded House
23 Trippin' - Push Push
24 My Minds Sedate - Shihad
25 Long White Cross - Pluto
26 Anchor Me - Muttonbirds
27 Stuck Here or Days - Datsuns
28 Outlook For Thursday - DD Smash
29 Violent - Steller
30 Renegade Fighter - Zed
31 I Love My Leather Jacket - The Chills
32 Pressure Man - The Feelers
33 Victoria - Exponents
34 Maybe - Opshop
35 I Got You - Split Enz
36 The General Electric - Shihad
37 Locked Out - Crowded House
38 Sophie - Goodshirt
39 Whaling - Dave Dobbyn
40 Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
41 Snapshot - Weta
42 Erotic - Exponents
43 Sake Bomb - D4
44 Something So Strong - Crowded House
45 Say What You Want - Sommerset
46 Heavenly Pop Hit - The Chills
47 Comfort Me - Shihad
48 Backdoor - Tadpole
49 Comfortably Shagged - HLAH
50 Slice Of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn/Herbs
51 Nil By Mouth - Blindspott
52 You Drink The Water - Dead Flowers
53 One Step Ahead - Spilt Enz
54 Ways To Run - Autozamm
55 All That Glitters - The Bleeders
56 Blue Day - Mi Sex
57 Dance Stamina - Pluto
58 Burning Rain - Midge Marsden
59 Fast Times In Tahoe - Elemeno P
60 Yours Truly - Blindspott
61 Moments Gone - Eight
62 There Is No Depression In NZ - Blam Blam Blam
63 Harmonic Generator - The Datsuns
64 Rain - Dragon
65 Cat In A Can - Straight Jacket Fits
66 Why Does Love Do This To Me - Exponents
67 Song 27 - Push Push
68 In Love - The Datsuns
69 White Trash - Steriogram
70 The Way I Feel - Jan Hellriegal
71 Devil You Know - Dave Dobbyn
72 La La Land - Shihad
73 Got The Ju - Weta
74 All It Takes - Stellar
75 Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
76 Scorpio Girls - Supergoove
77 Who The Hell Do You Think You Are - Garageland
78 Everydays A Saturday - Elemeno P
79 Blowing Dirt - Goodhirt
80 Fiji Baby - Goodshirt
81 The Fear - The Feelers
82 The Tide That Left And Never Came Back - The Veils
83 Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
84 Love You Like I Should - Dave Dobbyn
85 I Wanna Know - Dead Flowers
86 Out On The Street - Space Waltz
87 Is This Real - Atlas
88 Cornbag - HLAH
89 Young Single And Dangerous - Blackjack
90 Saturated - Opshop
91 Feel It Like It - D4
92 Chocolate Cake - Crowded House
93 Rust In My Car - Citizen Band
94 Beers - Deja Voodoo
95 Won't Give In - The Finn Brothers
96 Carry On - The Rabble
97 Walking In Light - Th' Dudes
98 What You Owe - The Have
99 Friend - The Feelers
100 All The Advice - Donald Reid
If not, what do you think of their public choice top 100 singles from Kiwi bands, and more importantly how many do you own....
Kiwi ton
Here is the Kiwi Ton Countdown:
1 Home Again - Shihad
2 Who Loves Who The Most - The Exponents
3 Bliss - Th' Dudes
4 Larger Than Life - The Feelers
5 Pacifier - Shihad
6 Phlex - Blindspott
7 Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
8 I'll Say Goodbye - The Exponents
9 Crawl - Atlas
10 Loyal - Dave Dobbyn
11 Dominion Road - Muttonbirds
12 No Ordinary Thing - Opshop
13 Sitting Inside My Head - Supergroove
14 I See Red - Split Enz
15 Communicate - The Feelers
16 Forever Tuesday Morning - The Mockers
17 Running - Evermore
18 April Sun In Cuba - Dragon
19 George - Headless Chickens
20 Gutter Black - Hello Sailor
21 Lydia - Fur Patrol
22 It's Only Natural - Crowded House
23 Trippin' - Push Push
24 My Minds Sedate - Shihad
25 Long White Cross - Pluto
26 Anchor Me - Muttonbirds
27 Stuck Here or Days - Datsuns
28 Outlook For Thursday - DD Smash
29 Violent - Steller
30 Renegade Fighter - Zed
31 I Love My Leather Jacket - The Chills
32 Pressure Man - The Feelers
33 Victoria - Exponents
34 Maybe - Opshop
35 I Got You - Split Enz
36 The General Electric - Shihad
37 Locked Out - Crowded House
38 Sophie - Goodshirt
39 Whaling - Dave Dobbyn
40 Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
41 Snapshot - Weta
42 Erotic - Exponents
43 Sake Bomb - D4
44 Something So Strong - Crowded House
45 Say What You Want - Sommerset
46 Heavenly Pop Hit - The Chills
47 Comfort Me - Shihad
48 Backdoor - Tadpole
49 Comfortably Shagged - HLAH
50 Slice Of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn/Herbs
51 Nil By Mouth - Blindspott
52 You Drink The Water - Dead Flowers
53 One Step Ahead - Spilt Enz
54 Ways To Run - Autozamm
55 All That Glitters - The Bleeders
56 Blue Day - Mi Sex
57 Dance Stamina - Pluto
58 Burning Rain - Midge Marsden
59 Fast Times In Tahoe - Elemeno P
60 Yours Truly - Blindspott
61 Moments Gone - Eight
62 There Is No Depression In NZ - Blam Blam Blam
63 Harmonic Generator - The Datsuns
64 Rain - Dragon
65 Cat In A Can - Straight Jacket Fits
66 Why Does Love Do This To Me - Exponents
67 Song 27 - Push Push
68 In Love - The Datsuns
69 White Trash - Steriogram
70 The Way I Feel - Jan Hellriegal
71 Devil You Know - Dave Dobbyn
72 La La Land - Shihad
73 Got The Ju - Weta
74 All It Takes - Stellar
75 Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
76 Scorpio Girls - Supergoove
77 Who The Hell Do You Think You Are - Garageland
78 Everydays A Saturday - Elemeno P
79 Blowing Dirt - Goodhirt
80 Fiji Baby - Goodshirt
81 The Fear - The Feelers
82 The Tide That Left And Never Came Back - The Veils
83 Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
84 Love You Like I Should - Dave Dobbyn
85 I Wanna Know - Dead Flowers
86 Out On The Street - Space Waltz
87 Is This Real - Atlas
88 Cornbag - HLAH
89 Young Single And Dangerous - Blackjack
90 Saturated - Opshop
91 Feel It Like It - D4
92 Chocolate Cake - Crowded House
93 Rust In My Car - Citizen Band
94 Beers - Deja Voodoo
95 Won't Give In - The Finn Brothers
96 Carry On - The Rabble
97 Walking In Light - Th' Dudes
98 What You Owe - The Have
99 Friend - The Feelers
100 All The Advice - Donald Reid
quote:Originally posted by bhazen:
I have every song on the list by Split Enz/Crowded House/Finn Brothers in any incarnation. I regret I've not heard anything else on the list.
If Neil Finn & company are anything to go by, NZ has lots to be proud of, musically; in my opinion Crowded House are about as close as this world has come to the Beatles this last couple of decades.
How about trying something by Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash/Th' Dudes.
Dobbyn is from a similar era as the Finn bros. with a real rock attitude especially with Th' Dudes in the early/mid '70's. My favourite Kiwi band by a fair margin bringing memories of lazing on the varandah drinking beers on a Saturday afternoon with Bliss blasting full bore
Another avenue is the "Natures Best" series release with the top 100 Kiwi singles from the whole music spectrum.