I’ve been a little naughty including this in 1992 but, technically, I can just about get away with it. So I will. The song was actually released in 1991 as the soundtrack for Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, but the album on which it appeared didn’t...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Crap. I have to pick just one song. I guess I knew this year would eventually come! I narrowed it down to a final four, from which I eventually picked my winner. The other three, for the record, are: You Can Call Me All by Paul Simon, Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On...
1985 was my first year at high school and, as much as I’d like to share a story of angst that brought me to this song that then led on to a character defining time in my life…I can’t. High school wasn’t that remarkable from either a positive or...
For a while The Cars were about the only group I listened to. They were big back in the mid-1980s and really popular, without appearing too mainstream. That suited me fine. You Might Think is a nice positive, uplifting song that screams ’80s and it had a cool...
Now we’re really delving into my youth. In another good year, Blue Monday stands out as it is one of the few pieces of music that has been imprinted on my brain from the moment it was released. I remember watching Blue Monday on RTR (check out this...
