Yesterday Once More

Under the rubric Foreign Languages we present a range of international songs that were global hits with languages other than English. Italian: Grammy winning Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) by Domenico Modugno, Ti Amo (I Love You) by Umberto Tozzi and Quando, Quando, Quando (When, When, When) by Tony Renis. German: Neun und Neunzig Luft Ballons (99 Air Balloons) by Nena and Viennese Lolita’s Seeman Deine Heimat ist das Meer (Sailor Your Home is the Sea). French: Cést Pane Pour Moi (best translated as everything’s going well for me) by Plastic Bertrand, Charles Aznavour’s She and the French Belgian Dominque by the Singing Nun. Spanish: La Bamba (the name of a dance) by Ritchie Valens and Grammy winner Cuban Celia Cruz singing Guantanamera (from Guantanamo). Japanese is represented with Kyu Sakamoto’s Sukiyaki (a Japanese food dish) and Sergio Mendez & Brasil’66 sing about Mas Que Nada (colloquially to disagree with someone) in their native Portuguese.

PLAYLIST

* Quando, Quando, Quando – Tony Renis

* Ca Plane Pour Moi – Plastic Bertrand

* 99 Luftballons – Nena

* Ti Amo – Umberto Tozzi

* Guantanamera – Celia Cruz

* Volare – Domenico Modugno

* Sailor Your Home is the Sea – Lolita

* Sukiyaki – Kyu Sakamoto

* Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendez & Brasil‘66

* Dominque – Singing Nun

* She – Charles Aznavour

* La Bamba – Ritchie Valens

This week we celebrate World Environment Day by presenting songs whose writers expressed concerns about our environment. Some of the songs date way back to an earlier time such as Marvin Gaye’s sorrowful plea to save the environment in his song Mercy Mercy Me (also called the Ecology song). There are several songs about water and air pollution – The Beach Boy’s Don’t Go Near The Water, Tom Lehrer’s Pollution and the short song from the rock musical Hair titled Air. More local concerns are voiced in Let The Franklin Flow from Australian band Goanna, Don’t Kill The Whale from Yes and Only So Much Oil In The Ground by Tower Of Power. Three songs deal with the destructive force of progress on the environment – Verdelle Smith’s only hit Tar And Cement, Pete Seger’s Cement Octopus and finally, Joni Mitchell’s classic Big Yellow Taxi.

 

PLAYLIST

* Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye

* Let The Franklin Flow – Goanna

* Don’t Go Near The Water – Beach Boys

* Only So Much Oil In The Ground – Tower Of Power

* Great Southern Land – Icehouse

* Don’t Kill The Whale – Yes

* Tar And Cement – Verdelle Smith

* Pollution – Tom Lehrer

* The Day The Rains Came Down – Jane Morgan

* Cement Octopus – Pete Seger

* Air (from Hair) – Cast of Hair

* Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell

This week’s collection focuses on songs that make reference to activities that can be subsumed within the theme Leisure and Fun.

The 5th Dimension takes to the skies in their balloon, Allen Sherman highlights camping incidents in Hello Muddah, Hello Fuddah and Katrina & the Waves are Walking on Sunshine. Rod Stewart goes Sailing while Nick Noble enjoys swimming in the evening.

Australians Ol’ 55 and Lucky Starr are out driving around town and the country and the Bee Gees suggest hitting the dance floor.

Melanie is trying out her new roller skates while Teresa Brewer is playing with her hula hoop. Frankie Laine takes a gamble on love and the Drifters enjoy spending a Saturday Night at the Movies.

 

PLAYLIST

* Hello Muddah Hello Fuddah – Allan Sherman

* Up Up & Away – 5thDimension

* You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees

* On the Prowl – Ol 55

* Walkin’ on Sunshine – Katrina & the Waves

* Moonlight Gambler – Frankie Laine

* Sailing – Rod Stewart

* The Hula Hoop Song – Teresa Brewer

* Saturday Night at the Movies – The Drifters

* Brand New Key – Melanie

* I’ve Been Everywhere – Lucky Star

* Moonlight Swim – Nick Noble

Simply defined, pronouns are words we use in place of nouns. In the musical decades we cover it was easy. Pronouns fell into binary parts – male and female and ‘it’ for animals and objects. But now the English language is struggling to keep up with the plethora of gender identities which have emerged over the last few years. There simply aren’t words in our language to describe some of these recognised and accepted gender identities. So in this program Pronouns are binary. Starting with Rod Stewart‘s masterful rendition of the old standard They Can’t Take That Away From Me the program roams over different pronouns such as He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother (The Holllies), to the strong voice of Samantha Sang You Made Me What I Am to the grammatically correct Just Between You And Me from The Chordettes.

 

PLAYLIST

* They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Rod Stewart

* Is She Really Going Out With Him? – Joe Jackson

* He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother – The Hollies

* You’re My World – Cilla Black

* She Cried – Jay & The Americans

* Working My Way Back To You – The Spinners

* I Who Have Nothing – Normie Rowe

* She – The Monkees

* Run To Him – Bobby Vee

* You Made Me What I Am – Samantha Sang

* Just Between You And Me – The Chordettes

* We Will Rock You – Queen

Today, we acknowledge International Family Day by playing songs that are scored by families who sing together. The show commences with mother Shirley Jones and stepson David Cassidy followed by the American Ames Brothers quartet; The Australian brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young; brother and sister duo the Carpenters; brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb; Australian trio the Moir sisters; American sisters June, Ruth and Bonnie Pointer; the Rhode Island Cowsills siblings Bill, Bob, Barry, Susan, Paul, John plus mum Barbara; the UK’s Kalin Twins; Beach Boys brothers Carl, Dennis, Brian Wilson and their cousin Mike; father and daughter duo Frank and Nancy Sinatra and the American Everly Brothers complete the play list.

PLAYLIST

 

* I think I Love You – Partridge Family

* Red River Rose – Ames Bros

* It’s a Long Way to the Top – ACDC

* Superstar – Carpenters

* I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You – BeeGees

* Good Morning – Moir Sisters

* Jump – Pointer Sisters

* The Rain the Park & Other Things – The Cowsills

* Help Me Rhonda – Beach Boys

* When – Kalin Twins

* Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy

* Cathy’s Clown – Everly Bros

Birds have caught the imagination of many songwriters. This program is top and tailed by two memorable songs about birds. From the very popular ‘Rumours’ album Fleetwood Mac’s talented Christine McVie wrote and performed the lovely ballad Songbird as the opening number. The Beatles’ classic Blackbird completes the program. In between there are two songs about eagles from two Aussie singers, Russell Morris’ Wings Of An Eagle and Bobby Bright’s obscure Wedge Tailed Eagle. Class acts Patti Page Mockin’Bird Hill and the Everly Bros’ quirky Bird Dog also feature. Probably the only song about a flamingo is Manfred Mann’s Pretty Flamingo. Disco favourite Fly Robin Fly by Silver Convention and the Trashmen’s Surfin’ Bird add to an eclectic mix.

PLAYLIST

* Songbird – Fleetwood Mac

* Rockin’ Robin – Jackson Five

* Mockin’ Bird Hill – Patti Page

* Wings Of An Eagle – Russell Morris

* Wings Of A Dove – Ferlin Husky

* Fly Robin Fly – Silver Convention

* When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano – Pat Boone

* Pretty Flamingo – Manfred Mann

* Bird Dog – Everly Bros

* Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen

* Wedge Tailed Eagle – Bobby Bright

* Blackbird – Beatles

Dee Mason, well known JOY personality, joins Rob and Mossy this week for a chat over a few of their favourite songs. Dee’s current commitment to JOY includes her Pop Queers show airing on Thursday nights to reporting the news on Tuesdays. Previously, along with co-host Lisa Daniel, she had steered the popular drive time show Dano and Mason. During today’s show Dee discusses some of her interviews with international guests.

PLAYLIST

* Penny Lane – Beatles

* What About Me – Moving Pictures

* Howzat – Sherbet

* Ichycoo Park – Small Faces

* Real Men – Joe Jackson

* Never Tear us Apart – INXS

* Velvet Waters – Tony Worsley

* Don’t Think Twice – Peter, Paul & Mary

* Blackbird – Petula Clark

Our program this week commemorates ANZAC by presenting songs from talented Australian and New Zealand singers. Two classic Aussie tracks are featured: Kevin Johnson‘s Rock N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) and Rob’s favourite Australian song, Doug Ashdown‘s Winter In America. Perhaps the most influential New Zealander to cross the ditch was Max Merritt who scored a huge hit with the poignant Slippin’ Away. Two female New Zealand artists who gained popularity in Australia were Jenny Morris (She Has To Be Loved) and Sharon O’Neill (Words). Super group Split Enz presents one of their earlier songs My Mistake while respected Australian singer Margret Roadknight reprises her only hit – the sardonic Girls In Our Town.

PLAYLIST

* Gonna See My Baby Tonight – La De Das

* World Of Make Believe – Stylus

* Rock N Roll ( I Gave You The Best Years Of MY Life) – Kevin Johnson

* She Has To Be Loved – Jenny Morris

* Winter In America – Doug Ashdown

* What’s Wrong With The Way I Live – Twilights

* Slippin’ Away – Max Merritt & The Meteors

* My Mistake – Split Enz

* Girls In Our Town – Margret Roadknight

* Way Out West – The Dingoes

* Words – Sharon O’Neill

* Stomp The Tumbarumba – Johnny Devlin

Our program this week commemorates ANZAC by presenting songs from talented Australian and New Zealand singers. Two classic Aussie tracks are featured: Kevin Johnson‘s Rock N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) and Rob’s favourite Australian song, Doug Ashdown‘s Winter In America. Perhaps the most influential New Zealander to cross the ditch was Max Merritt who scored a huge hit with the poignant Slippin’ Away. Two female New Zealand artists who gained popularity in Australia were Jenny Morris (She Has To Be Loved) and Sharon O’Neill (Words). Super group Split Enz presents one of their earlier songs My Mistake while respected Australian singer Margret Roadknight reprises her only hit – the sardonic Girls In Our Town.

PLAYLIST

* Gonna See My Baby Tonight – La De Das

* World Of Make Believe – Stylus

* Rock N Roll ( I Gave You The Best Years Of MY Life) – Kevin Johnson

* She Has To Be Loved – Jenny Morris

* Winter In America – Doug Ashdown

* What’s Wrong With The Way I Live – Twilights

* Slippin’ Away – Max Merritt & The Meteors

* My Mistake – Split Enz

* Girls In Our Town – Margret Roadknight

* Way Out West – The Dingoes

* Words – Sharon O’Neill

* Stomp The Tumbarumba – Johnny Devlin

This week’s show commences with I’m Stranded as a salute to the Saints lead singer Chris Bailey who died on April 9th and who has been referred to as the voice that tore across the world and changed the face of Brisbane.

The song selection this week is themed as DAWN to DUSK. The line-up includes Grammy winner Starland Vocal Band’s Platinum album September Morn (with hit song Afternoon Delight), a gold record by Vanity Fare Early in the Morning, and the number 14 song on Rolling Stone’s Greatest 500 Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks.

Legends Nat King Cole, The Platters, Patti Smith, Elton John, the Eagles, The Four Seasons and Elvis Presley make an appearance as does a short lived Brisbane band, The Purple Hearts.

 

PLAYLIST 17/4/ 22

* I’m Stranded – The Saints

* Tequila Sunrise – The Eagles

* Twilight Time – The Platters

* September Morn – Neil Diamond

* Waterloo Sunset – Kinks

* Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – Elton John

* Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down – Sammi Smith

* Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band

* Stardust – Nat King Cole

* Mary in the Morning – Al Martino

* Early in the Morning – Vanity Fare

* Early In the Morning – Purple Hearts

* Dawn – Four Seasons