April, 2010 | My Seventies Music

Mother Goose – “Baked Beans” And “This Is The Life”

April 25th, 2010 by Paul

Last night by chance I came across an old favourite from New Zealand in the Seventies: Mother Goose singing their slightly ludicrous “Baked Beans” – which just goes to show you can make a rock song outof anything! I had forgotten about Mother Goose, but they actually did pretty well for themselves, having coming up […]

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The Scavengers – “Mysterex” And “True Love”

April 24th, 2010 by Paul

The Scavengers were one of the first New Zealand punk bands in the late Seventies (along with The Suburban Reptiles), most well known locally for their songs “Mysterex” and “True Love”. The band was actually formed pre-punk in the mid Seventies by graphic design students at the Auckland Technical Institute and renamed The Scavengers in […]

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The Knack – “My Sharona” And “Good Girls Don’t”

April 23rd, 2010 by Paul

One song I remember from 1979 was “My Sharona” by The Knack. It was apparently the biggest hit of the year and spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart as well as five weeks at No. 1 in Australia. The followup single “Good Girls Don’t”, from the […]

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Nils Lofgren – “No Mercy” And “Keith Don’t Go”

April 22nd, 2010 by Paul

I don’t know a lot from Nils Lofgren, just two songs really, “No Mercy” and “Keith Don’t Go”. Nils Lofgren, who has had a long solo career, also worked with Neil Young in the Seventies, as well as playing in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band for 25 years. But I didn’t know that until just […]

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Hello Sailor – “Gutter Black” And “Blue Lady”

April 21st, 2010 by Paul

The 1977 album “Hello Sailor” by New Zealand band Hello Sailor from Auckland was the first record made in New Zealand to be certified gold, producing two top 20 and one top 30 singles in that country: “Gutter Black”, “Blue Lady” and “Lyin’ In The Sand”. To be honest, at the time I found Hello […]

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