The Beat Generation

Journey with us this week on our Season 3 finale, as we take a look at an album by an band who shined a light on the Seattle Grunge movement, were responsible for one of the biggest bands in the world, Foo Fighters and single handedly changed the music industry. The band was Nirvana and the album was Nevermind. 

Shayne and Andrew take a look at the legacy of Nevermind that kicked Michael Jackson off the charts and produced a sound like the Bay City Rollers getting attacked by Black Sabbath. One of the most impactful albums of all time and a fitting end to Season 3.

Songs from Nevermind includes:

Lithium

In Bloom

Drain You

Come As You Are

Something In The Way

Polly

On a Plain

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Plus selected pieces from Nevermind Its The Interview

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Journey with us this week as we take a look at a homegrown Australian classic, one that is possibly the greatest Australian album of all time, not so much for its effect on the music industry, more for its effect on helping build a bridge between white and black Australia. Of course the band is the one and only Midnight Oil and the album is Diesel and Dust.

Shayne and Andrew take a look at the legacy of Diesel and Dust which has been felt for generations and the effects of which have been far reaching contributing towards the rise in Indigenous music across Australia

Songs from Diesel and Dust includes:

The Dead Heart

Put That Weapon Down

Bullroarer

Dreamworld

Sell My Soul

Gunbarrell Highway

Warakurna

Woah

Sometimes

Beds Are Burning

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Journey with us this week as we take a trip into Motown with arguably the greatest funk, soul and r&b artist of all time - Stevie Wonder and his landmark album Innervisions. 

Shayne and Andrew take a look at the man who reshaped R&B music with his unique blend of synthesisers and electronic instruments and nearly didn't survive to make another album after an horrific crash. This is the story of Innervisions and Stevie Wonder's "Classic" period.

Songs from Innervisions includes:

Living For the City

Too High

Visions

Golden Lady

Higher Ground

Jesus Children of America

Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing

He's Misstra Know It All

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Journey with us this week in Episode 9 as we head to the Dark Side of the Moon and explore the world of Pink Floyd with their classic album from 1973. 

Shayne Brian and Andrew Hackett take a look at an album that would go down in history as arguably the greatest concept album ever, one that still has us wondering how such a magnificent piece of music could come into being.

Songs from Pink Floyd in today's show include:

Speak To Me

Breathe

On The Run

Time

The Great Gig In The Sky

Money

Us and Them

Any Colour You Like

Brain Damage

Eclipse

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Journey with us this week in Episode 8 and one of the most iconic artists of all time Van Morrison and the album that officially kickstarted his solo career… Moondance.

Shayne Brian and Andrew Hackett take a look at the songs that have gone down in music history from an album the set the path for Van the Man.

Songs from Van Morrison in today's show include:

Into the Mystic

And It Stoned Me

Come Running

Crazy Love

Brand New Day

Everyone

Caravan

These Dreams of You

Glad Tidings

I Shall Sing

Moondance

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Journey with us this week in Episode 7 and our look at the album that rebooted a career of one of the biggest artists from the Jersey Shore - of course we are talking about Bruce Springsteen and Born in the USA.

Shayne Brian and Andrew Hackett take a look at the man they called The Boss and he had already had hits with albums like Born to Run, Thunder Road, Hungry Heart but this album struck a chord and brought in a whole new generation of fans.

Songs from Bruce Springsteen in today's show include:

Dancing in the Dark

My Hometown

Glory Days

Cover me - Live Version

I'm Goin' Down

I'm On Fire

Bobby Jean

No Surrender

Darlington County

Born in the USA

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Journey with us this week in Episode 6 and a look at the album that did more for the reconciliation of black and white than any other album in history - Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Shayne Brian and Andrew Hackett take a look at the iconic release from 1982 that was the highest selling album of all time until 2018. Micheal Jackson was seen a one-man rescue team, a singer and dancer than not only cut the boundaries of style and taste, it gave confidence back into an industry that was floundering.

Songs from Micheal Jackson in today's show include:

The Girl Is Mine

Billy Jean

Beat It

Wanna Be Startin' Somthin'

Baby Be Mine

Human Nature

PTY (Pretty Young Thing)

Thriller

Plus snippets from an interview with Quincy Jones

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Journey with us this week in Episode 5 and part 2 of our look at the David Bowie Trilogy of albums that forever changed the way we look at David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. This is David Bowie - Life on Mars?

Shayne Brian and Andrew Hackett take a look at the Bowie years from 1971-1973, the start of the glam rock period for David Bowie and some of the most important characters of his character. This is the period David Bowie officially became David Bowie.

Songs from David Bowie in today's show include:

Ziggy Stardust - Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

All You Young Dudes/Oh You Pretty Things - Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

Space Oddity - Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

Aladdin Sane - Aladdin Sane

Drive-In Saturday - Aladdin Sane

Time - Aladdin Sane

Cracked Actor - Aladdin Sane

The Jean Genie - Aladdin Sane

Plus snippets from an 1974 David Bowie interview with Dick Cavett

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Journey with us this week in Episode 4 and a look at the David Bowie Trilogy of albums that forever changed the way we look at David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. This is David Bowie - Life on Mars?

Shayne Brian and Andrew Hackett take a look at the Bowie years from 1971-1973, the start of the glam rock period for David Bowie and some of the most important characters of his character. This is the period David Bowie officially became David Bowie.

Songs from David Bowie in today's show include:

Changes - Hunky Dory

The Man Who Sold The World (from the album of the same name)

Oh You Pretty Things - Hunky Dory

Kooks - Hunky Dory

Song for Bob Dylan - Hunky Dory

Life on Mars? - Hunky Dory

Starman - Ziggy Stardust

Five Years - Ziggy Stardust

Moonage Daydream - Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust - Ziggy Stardust

Suffragette City - Ziggy Stardust

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This week we go bad to 1985 when we took up arms...Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits.

Brothers In Arms was an album that spent a staggering 34 weeks at number 1 in Australia (a record that has never been beaten), and a tour that sold 2.5 million tickets and once again in Australia set a record for the most number of consecutive appearances at a single venue in Sydney…21 nights.

Songs from Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" in today's show include:

Walk of Life

Your Latest Trick

Ride Across the River

One World

So Far Away

Why Worry?

Brothers In Arms

Money For Nothing

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