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Show 163
Always Look On the Bright Side of Life, says Eric Idle
"If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly, chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing"
Let's Cook - Mental As Anything, from their 1981 album Cats & Dogs. We're thinking about the Mentals because there's a new film out about the band titled Live It Up.
Still Knockin' Out - Nicky Del Rey and the Slowtown Social Club, from their 2008 album Dead Pig Heaven.
What’s My Scene - the Hoodoo Gurus, it was a single off their 1987 album Blow Your Cool.
The Trumpet Song - the Particles, it came out on an EP in 1984 titled I Luv Trumpet and was reissued in 2023 on the album 1980s Bubblegum.
Finish - the Double Happiness, it's on their 2020 debut album, Surfgazing.
Gimme Gimme - the Belair Lip Bombs, from their 2023 album Lush Life. After they made this album they signed to Jack White's Third Man label, reportedly the first Australian band to do so, and they are currently on tour here in the US.
Light the torches and head into the vault
From 1974, here's Skyhooks, three songs off their debut album Living in the 70s
We heard the title track
followed by Whatever Happened To the Revolution and
You Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good In Bed.
The name Skyhooks came from the great 1956 film Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.
Whatever makes you happy
A bit from Kath and Kim, an Australian TV comedy series from the early 2000s.
Money - Frank Bennett (in real life David Wray) from his album Cash Landing, which came out in 1998. Many listeners might remember the original from the album Dark Side of the Moon, by a band called Pink Floyd, it came out in 1973.
Prefab Heart - the Reels, it was on their 1982 album Beautiful.
Don't Worry About a Thing - Vince Jones, from his 1986 album Tell Me A Secret.
Oi1234 - the band was called Essendon Airport and they recorded the song in 1981. This version from a 2011 reissue of their album, which was titled Palimpsest, including live and unreleased studio recordings from 1980 to 1983.
New Zealand Spinach - the Babe Rainbow, the song was on their 2021 album Changing Colours.
Living In the Neighbourhood - Cyndi Boste, it's on her 2002 album Push Comes to Shove. Now more than ever we need to be mindful of our friends, families and neighbors.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell us when we're done.
