"hush, not a word to Mary" by John Rowles

words cannot describe the emotion this song makes me feel.

make - bailter space

can't resist this kind of topic...if a (cool hip) foreigner asked me what nz music to listen to for a good overview of nz music, and I really wanted to impress them, I'd whip out...

• DLT & Che Fu - Chains (and maybe DLT's Black Panthers)
• Straitjacket Fits - Bad Note for a Heart
• Split Enz - I See Red, Dirty Creature, My Mistake
• Swingers - Counting the Beat
• Shihad - Bitter
• Dave Dobbyn - Loyal
• Gordons - Sensible Shoes (I think it was the Gordons)
• Blam Blam Blam - There is no Depression in NZ

hmmm...that'll do. could sit here all day thinking about it.

now that I think about it, maybe a top 5 albums might be a good idea, maybe a new topic.

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The Verlaines - "This Train"
3d's - "Dust""
Chills - "Come Home"
Dance Exponents - "Victoria"

this song has been bugging me and im looking for it on napster, does anyone here know who sings that song jezebel? wasnt the singer of that going to tour here with inxs?

john rowles.. cheryl moana marie.

I have finally remembered. well truth is i saw the ad on telly again: chris knox "not given lightly" phew that wa really bugging me
hey i dunno about a song called jezebel but i do know one called "isabelle" by greg johnson?

Straightjacket Fits - Cast Stone

in no particular order:

• Straitjacket Fits- Cast Stone. Gotta love that feedback outro.
• HDU- Lull
• 3D's- Spooky
• Able Tasmans- Mary Tyler Moore
• anything by Bailterspace
• The Nixons(now Eye TV)- Basement Static

At the mo it's gotta be Zed's 'Come On Down'. Of all time it's gotta be something of the band that I've forgotten their name. Dammit!!! Something starting with F.

"I'm gonna build a room a room that echos..."

zed:glorafilia
oh!daisy
im cold
renegade fighter
come on down!!!!!!11

i think the greatest nz song ever is shihad - home again what do you think?

...and Jesus I was Evil by Darcy Clay.

Actually, I'm suffering from that malady when you write something one day, then read it a few days later and think "What was I thinking??". Oh well.

I reckon Counting the Beat will win, out of sheer recognition value.

Most recognised: "Counting the Beat" by The Swingers (of course)
Homesick Value: Anything by the Exponents
Most rockin: "Renegade Fighter", "Little Things", "Home Again"

I have not heard a lot of Weta or Betchadupa, but that's all gonna change come Orientation! :-))

Cheers,Tim.

BAD NOTE FOR A HEART straitjacket fits
nice one.

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Yeah! Not Given Lightly!

For sheer longevity Nature must be a classic.

Hit for the Formuyla in 1969, more recently for The Muttonbirds and even more recently released by Margaret Urlich.

For those in our late 30's anything by Dragon, Dudes, Dance Exponents,Hello Sailor, Herbs etc.

Some oddities also like Dance Around The World - Blerta, Saint Paul - Shane ( a saccharine go at Paul McCartney ) , Out On The Street - Space Waltz, I Need Your Love - Golden Harvest and there was a song with a girls name by Dave McCartney and The Pink Flamingos that I can't think of.

It's great that we are going through another period now where there is heaps of good NZ music to choose from. Keep up the good work.

Well, looking at the 35 or so replies so far, nothing purely electronic has been mooted, and even though i can't argue with "counting the beat" or "not given lightly" my vote goes to Mechanism's "This reign will fall". Good on Kog for re-releasing Morningstar. If you haven't heard it and want to appreciate the roots of NZelectronica, go out and pick up a copy, wait until very late at night when things are starting to get really bent, turn the lights down and volume up and prepare to be assaulted. If you'all think Shihad rocks try this stuff out for size.

"Deb's Night Out" - Shihad, Without a doubt their coolest song. A bit mellow for some, but damn it gets me going every time. When I saw the boys play at O-week '99 at Vic Uni Jon said this was his favourite song on the Shihad playlist, however this was pre-General Electric so maybe that's changed for him. Honorable mentions to Che Fu/Dam Native for "Chains", Anything by Bic Runga, and Breaks Co-op, Most Shihad stuff, and "Better get used to it" by the Dead Flowers, any Crowded house/Split Enz stuff etc. etc. all and all heaps of good stuff, and all New Zealand product.
Cheers.