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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 161We
got the boogie woogie flu
My
Man’s Got A Cold - Vika Bull singing with Paul Kelly’s band on
his 2017 album Life Is Fine. Along with being in-demand backup
singers for Paul Kelly, Joe Camilleri and others, Vika and Linda Bull
have been making their own records for many years.
Days
- the Gin Club, from their 2008 album, Junk.
You're
In A Mess - the Rinehearts, with their 2024 single.
Good
As Gold - Ashley Naylor, from his album Alexandria Sunset, a
September 2025 release. When he's not making his own records, Naylor
plays guitar in Paul Kelly's band, sits in with the Church, Even, and
half a dozen other combos.
State
of Things - Private Mountain, from 2022, their EP Optimism Cult.
What's
That Sound - Snout, it's the title track of an album they put out in
1994.
We
went into the vault and came out with
Tamam Shud
From
the album Evolution - a 1969 release although some sources say 1968.
Falling
Up
I'm
No One
It's
A Beautiful Day.
The
Persian phrase tamam shud translates as "ended", "it
is finished" or "the very end") and are the closing
words of The The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, an 11th-century poetry
collection. The phrase is also associated with a Western Australian
mystery from 1948 involving "the Somerton Man." Well worth
looking up.
Cold
Chisel in four parts
Telephone
Booth - Ian Moss, the band's guitar player, released his debut solo
album Matchbook in 1989.
In
The Early Hours - Don Walker, the band's keyboard player and main
songwriter, calling himself Catfish,the song was on his 1988 album
Unlimited Address.
Working
Class Man - the Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes with his biggest solo
hit, from his self-titled 1985 album.
Star
Hotel - Cold Chisel, from 1980, from their album East.
The
song tells the story of the riot at the Star Hotel on the streets of
Newcastle, New South Wales, on the night of September 19, 1979, said
to be one of the largest riots in Australian history, where an
estimated 4000 people fought with police
Chugging
into the station
Big
Old Steam Train - Opelousas, from their 2019 album Opelousified.
Two
More Bottles of Wine -
Suzannah Espie,
from her 2006
album A Few More Days.
Living
In the
Neighbourhood
- Cyndi
Boste, the
song is on
her 2002 album Push Comes To Shove.
Each week we're
sending it out to all
the brave folks out
there who are looking
after their friends
and neighbors during
these troubled times.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
