Music blog end of year finale - Bangin' on about the classics

And so.... Here we are at the end of the year, with what looks like to be the final music blog. However- we will be back next year if there is enough popular demand. The music never stops, so why should this blog?

Heroes
By David Bowie

Aka The Thin White Duke Aka Starman Aka Ziggy Stardust. Bowie is a justifiable legend. If the music scene was like some kind of fantastical far away land, David Bowie would be some kind of rare beast. Like a Unicorn. NO!.. Like King of the Unicorns. David Bowie is the Supreme commander of all Unicorn kind.

This song has been covered many a time, but the original is still the best. It's also something of a karaoke staple, so it really gets my goat when they don't have it available to sing.

Spanish Castle Magic
By Jimi Hendrix

In this ficitonal far-away land, Jimi Hedrix would be a wandering minstrel with an enchanted loot wandering from town to town and casting spells on himself to get high. Eventually he'd cast sleep on himself too many times and wind up dead. Then his bust german wench would commit suicide. This isn't a happy fantasy land...

This song is for screaming out the window while hurtling down the highway on a roadtrip... Or sitting in your room.

Quinn The Eskimo
By Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan would be a drunk dwarf. And be followed around by his posse of similarly drunk dwarves.

Best drunken sing-along chorus ever.

Super Bonus Modern Classic:
Paranoid Android
By Radiohead

Radiohead would be like scientists, holed up in thier technofortress trying to kill magic because they don't fit into a magical based world.

If they created a nation of sentient robots and then attempted to invade the fantasy world, this would be their anthem.

Super Late New Australian Music Time.

War Coward
By Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! have an awesome name and are from the awesome city of Adelaide. The song came from the band members love of WW2 rather than any recent war atrocities. My favorite part is how the guitar part seems to sound like its a totally different song with totally different timing.

Flippers
By Art Vs. Science

Art Vs. Science, or AVS for short, are from somewhere in New South Wales and could very well be the next Presets. I'm not entirely convinced about their credentials as scientists, but they can rock a fine beat, so I guess they bring the art. This is also the 2nd or 3rd best song about dancing like a fish. That I can think of at the moment at least. Well.. I like it better than the salmon dance at least.

My Sun
By The Temper Trap

This one is actually a little older, but the Temper Trap have recently released their first album so I dont think its cheating to add it here. They also follow the great Australian tradition of having their early stuff be VASTLY different to what eventually ends up on the album (I'm still pissed at Expatriate.... why no killer cat damn you!), but their album is actually pretty nice too, so I'm sure I'll live.