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Nature's Best
''Nature's Best'' is a two-disc compilation album of thirty New Zealand popular music songs, selected by a panel as the top thirty New Zealand songs of all time. Selection The genesis of the idea was the 75th anniversary of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in New Zealand in 2001 and the selection of the top 100 New Zealand songs of the past 75 years. A list of over 900 candidate songs was prepared, and voting was open to APRA members and an invited academy. The list of the top 100 songs was announced in stages in 2001, with the number one place going to the 1969 song "Nature" by Fourmyula. A collaborative effort by representatives of major record companies and APRA - most notably Mike Chunn - took place to produce an album of the top 30 songs from this selection. The resulting album was named ''Nature's Best'' after the title song, and was released in January 2002 on the Sony Music label. Sales were extraordinary - in the first four months after its relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature's Best 2
''Nature's Best 2'' is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See ''Nature's Best'' for more information on the selection process of this list. ''Nature's Best 2'' was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005. Track listing Disc one #"Outlook For Thursday" – DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash, 1983) #"Down In Splendour" – Straitjacket Fits (Andrew Brough, 1990) #"Better Be Home Soon" – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1988) #"How Bizarre (song), How Bizarre" – OMC (band), OMC (Alan Jansson/Pauly Fuemana, 1995) #"Language (Dave Dobbyn song), Language" – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1994) #"Message to My Girl" – Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1984) #"Poi E" – Pātea Māori Club (Dalvanius Prime, 1984) #"Stuff And Nonsense" – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1979) #"Venus" – The Feelers (James Reid (musician), James Reid, 1998) #"System Virtue" – Emma Paki (Emma P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature's Best 3
''Nature's Best 3'' is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 66-100 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See ''Nature's Best'' for more information on the selection process of this list. ''Nature's Best 3'' was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005. Track listing Disc one #"Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than The Both Of Us" – Blam Blam Blam (Don McGlashan, 1981) #"Gutter Black" – Hello Sailor (band), Hello Sailor (Dave McArtney, 1977) #"Long Ago" – Herbs (band), Herbs (Lundon/Hona, 1984) #"There Is No Depression In New Zealand" – Blam Blam Blam #"You Oughta Be In Love" – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1986) #"Andrew" – Fur Patrol (Andrew Bain/Julia Deans/Simon Braxton/Steven Wells, 2000) #"Billy Bold" – Graham Brazier (Graham Brazier, 1981) #"Distant Sun" – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1993) #"Suddenly Strange" – Bic Runga (Bic Runga, 1997) #"Forever Tuesday Morning" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature's Best DVD
The Nature's Best DVD is a DVD release of 60 music videos to songs from the three ''Nature's Best'' compilation albums. Track listing #Dave Dobbyn - " Loyal" (Dave Dobbyn, 1988) # The Swingers - " Counting the Beat" (Phil Judd/ Mark Hough/ Wayne Stevens, 1981) #Bic Runga - " Sway" (Bic Runga, 1997) #Dave Dobbyn with Herbs - " Slice of Heaven" (Dave Dobbyn, 1986) #Dance Exponents - "Victoria" (Jordan Luck, 1982) #Dragon - "April Sun In Cuba" (Paul Hewson/Marc Hunter, 1978) #Split Enz - " I Got You" (Neil Finn, 1980) #DD Smash - "Whaling" (Dave Dobbyn, 1984) # Chris Knox - "Not Given Lightly" (Chris Knox, 1990) #The Chills - "Pink Frost" ( Martin Phillipps, 1984) #Crowded House - "Weather With You" (Tim Finn/Neil Finn, 1991) #Fur Patrol - "Lydia" (Julia Deans, 2000) # Hello Sailor - " Blue Lady" ( Graham Brazier, 1977) #Bic Runga - "Drive" (Bic Runga, 1996) # DLT featuring Che Fu - "Chains" ( Che Ness/Darryl Thompson/Angus McNaughton/Kevin Rangihuna, 1996) #Shona Laing - "(Glad I'm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyal (Dave Dobbyn Song)
"Loyal" is a single by New Zealand singer/songwriter Dave Dobbyn, released in 1988 from the album of the same name. The song reached number 19 on the New Zealand charts and has since become a cult song for the nation. Background Dobbyn wrote the song in Sydney, with the opening harmonic progression coming about from playing with a newly bought guitar. He co-produced the single, and in retrospect is not entirely happy with the result, preferring live versions such as that from the Together in Concert: Live tour with Bic Runga and Tim Finn. Music video The music video for Loyal was directed by Kerry Brown and is a one-shot video of Dobbyn and a woman moving out of a house. It was met with mixed reception and there is some argument about the appropriateness of the imagery for the song. Dobbyn's patterned jersey also received some derision. Legacy In 2001, Loyal was voted the third-best New Zealand song of the 20th century by APRA, and featured on the related '' Nature's Best' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slice Of Heaven
"Slice of Heaven" is a single by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn with the band Herbs, released in 1986 on the soundtrack of the animated motion picture, '' Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale''. The single reached 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart for eight weeks and on the Australian Singles Chart for four weeks. It appears on Dobbyn's 1988 album, '' Loyal''. Background Dobbyn was writing in Sydney when he was given the opportunity to compose for the ''Footrot Flats'' film. He had previously used the line "Slice of Heaven" in the DD Smash album ''The Optimist'', specifically "Don't Give Up" and chose to revisit it. He brought in Herbs to sing in the background based on his childhood experiences of Pacific gospel choirs. Composition The song incorporates a synthesised Japanese flute made with an E-mu Emulator II. Reception The song gained huge exposure in Australasia through the ''Footrot Flats'' trailer being shown before the popular ''Crocodile Dundee'' film, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bic Runga
Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom with her 1997 song " Sway". Early life Runga was born in Christchurch. Her mother, Sophia Tang, was a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer in Malaysia when she met Joseph Te Okoro Runga (died 2005), a Māori ex-serviceman and self-taught pianist. The couple moved to New Zealand to live. Runga is of Ngāti Kahungunu descent. Regarding her name, she explains: "You say it Bec, rather than Bic.... It's Chinese, it's a strange vowel sound which doesn't seem to translate in Australia. It means the colour of jade, which might mean green." Runga grew up in Hornby, Christchurch, surrounded by a musically inclined family, and started recording songs with her sisters, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sway (Bic Runga Song)
"Sway" is a song by New Zealand singer Bic Runga. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album, ''Drive'' (1997), in 1997. The song peaked at 7 in New Zealand and No. 10 in Australia. At the 32nd New Zealand Music Awards, the song won three awards: Single of the Year, Best Songwriter, and Best Engineer (Simon Sheridan). In 2001, it was voted the sixth-best New Zealand song of all time by members of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). A music video directed by John Taft was made for the song. An acoustic version of the song can be found on the charity album '' Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 2''. In September 2019, Runga re-recorded the song for '' Waiata / Anthems'', a collection of re-recorded New Zealand pop songs to promote te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). The new version, retitled "Haere Mai Rā / Sway", featured lyrics reinterpreted by scholar Tīmoti Kāretu. In June 2022, R3hab and Amy Shark released a cover ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy Finn (born 25 June 1952) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known as a founding member of Split Enz. Finn founded the band in 1972 with Phil Judd and served as lead singer and principal songwriter. Following Judd's departure in 1977, he was joined by brother Neil Finn, Neil. Finn wrote or co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs, including "I See Red (Split Enz song), I See Red" and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat". While still a member of Split Enz, he began a solo career, scoring the two hits "Fraction Too Much Friction" and "Made My Day" in 1983; he left the band in early 1984, briefly returning for their farewell tour later that year. He reunited with Neil and subsequently joined Crowded House for their third album ''Woodface'', co-writing the majority of the songs on the album, including the hits "Four Seasons in One Day", "Weather with You" and "It's Only Natural (song), It's Only Natural". Leaving the band after the alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972. Regarded as the first New Zealand band to gain significant recognition outside of Australasia, they were initially noted for their progressive rock, progressive/art rock sound, flamboyant visual style and theatrical performances. The band later moved toward a pop/new wave sound that yielded the breakthrough hit single "I Got You (Split Enz song), I Got You" (1980). Split Enz broke up in 1984. Since that time, the band has staged several brief reunions. History Tim Finn/Phil Judd era (1972–1977) Originally named Split Ends, presumably referencing Trichoptilosis, split ends of hairs, the band were formed by songwriters Tim Finn (vocals) and Phil Judd (guitar/vocals). The original line-up was completed by Mike Chunn (bass), Miles Golding (violin) and Mike Howard (flute), with the band making their first live appearance on 10 December 1972, at the Wynyard Tavern in Auckland, New Zealand. At the beginning of 1973, they were joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Months In A Leaky Boat
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in May 1982 as the second single from the group's album, '' Time and Tide''. The song became a top-10 hit in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, going on to be voted the fifth-best New Zealand song ever in the 2001 Australasian Performing Right Association list. Its chart performance was less successful in the United Kingdom, owing to its release during the Falklands War. Despite being recorded prior to the outbreak of the conflict, some in Britain considered the song to be veiled criticism of the war with Argentina. The song was consequently removed from many radio playlists in the United Kingdom, including the BBC, since it was considered that references to ''leaky boats'' were inappropriate during the naval action in the war. At the 1982 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single. Music video The video shows band members dressed in nautical gear, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bones Hillman
Wayne Stevens (7 May 1958 – 7 November 2020), known by the stage name Bones Hillman, was a New Zealand musician best known as the bass guitarist for the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, which he joined in 1987 and remained with until his death in 2020. Career Hillman played bass guitar in his first band the Masochists, an early New Zealand punk act, formed with Kevin Gray (vocals), Spike Nasty (drums) and Jimmy Sex (guitar), from the Auckland suburb of Avondale. They were alternatively known as The Metal Masochists, MM, Vandals, and The Avondale Spiders. In late 1977 he joined the Suburban Reptiles and appeared on their first single, "Megaton" (Vertigo, 1978). The name ''Hillman'' was coined by the make of car he drove. He left the band in early 1978 and joined the former Masochists in the Rednecks, a mainstay of the legendary Zwines punk scene in Auckland. In late 1979, Hillman joined the New Zealand band the Swingers with Phil Judd (ex-Split Enz) and Mark Hough (a.k. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buster Stiggs
Mark John Hough (8 December 1954 – 7 January 2018), known by the stage name Buster Stiggs, was an English-born New Zealand drummer. Hough was born in Harold Wood, Essex, England, in 1954, moving to New Zealand as a child. His family settled in Hawke's Bay, and he attended Hastings Boys' High School before studying art at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland from 1972 to 1975. He began studying to be a teacher in 1976, but his primary interests were art and rock music, especially the nascent New Zealand punk scene.Dix, J.Buster Stiggs" ''audioculture.co.nz'', 9 August 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Hough's first band was After Hours, the first band of a teenage Neil Finn, which lasted until 1977 when Finn was asked to join his brother's band, Split Enz. From here, Hough moved to the short-lived Fang, for whom he played drums. By late 1977 he was playing with up-and-coming Auckland punk band Suburban Reptiles using the stage name Buster Stiggs, which would remain with him for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
