Beyond the Hit
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Stage, Then Politics
The artist you only know from the stage suddenly appears in the parliament or city hall. Doing the actual job, the unglamorous parts, with a different entourage.
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The Eastern Bloc version of this story is full...
The Church: Under the Milky Way (1988)
Everyone hears space in this song. Kilbey wasn’t looking up.
THE STORY YOU KNOW
Chiming 12-string guitars that lift the whole song, a singer who sounds indifferent yet mysterious and vague lyrics that let you read into them wha...
Perfect Soundtracks
A good soundtrack is like a mixtape a friend made for you. It can become so deeply tied to a film that it’s hard to imagine one without the other.
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The Graduate is basically built around two Simon & Garfunkel so...
The Hit Nobody Planned
Someone always thinks it’s the wrong choice. A B-side, a last-minute song to fill the album, a track a band wants to leave off the record. Then it’s the only thing anyone remembers by them.
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Queen’s label wanted...
Men at Work: Down Under (1982)
A Scottish immigrant wrote Australia’s unofficial anthem. The most Australian thing in it wasn’t his to use.
THE STORY YOU KNOW
The flute over a reggae-ish rhythm. Vegemite sandwiches, world where beer does flow and men chunder...
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