Soundtrack of my life: 1991 – The One And Only (Chesney Hawkes)

The One And Only is the classic one-hit wonder that identifies all one-hit wonders. It’s a nice positive, upbeat song and classi early-90s. It was actually one of the biggest songs in 1991. Then that was about it for Chesney Hawkes (maybe having a name –...

Soundtrack of my life: 1990 – What It Takes (Aerosmith)

And so we tick over to the 1990s and, I have to say, the music selection suddenly takes a dive. Thank goodness, then, for Aerosmith. What It Takes is a good theme tune for my first year at university, living away from home, sort of out on my own. My biggest memory of...

Soundtrack of my life: 1989 – Simply The Best (Tina Turner)

Here’s another anthem to add to my list. It was so popular here when it came out, then made a comeback when Turner teamed up with Jimmy Barnes to use this song to promote the NRL. The sax solo is magnificent. Simply The Best is a great song to mark the end of...

Soundtrack of my life: 1988 – Man In The Mirror (Michael Jackson)

This is my favourite Michael Jackson song, although probably not for the obvious reason that the lyrics are very self-responsibility focused. No, it’s because the first time I heard it was actually when watching one of those gratuitous American awards shows (the...

Soundtrack of my life: 1987 – Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd)

I mentioned Learning to Fly in an earlier year. This is the song that got me curious about Pink Floyd and led me to their other, even greater stuff. Pink Floyd’s music is, well, big. Even though this is somewhat different to their earlier stuff it is still...