... I'm thinking of songs that you hear when you're out and about, on commercials, in bars, on C4, etc., that have a New Zealand connection. Songs that pretty much everyone in the pub can sing along with. Good songs that may or may not have made it overseas.
Up until today (when I found some way to procrastinate rather than study pathology), I didn't know the artists or song titles. Now, for our mutual willing cultural indoctrination.... Please add your favorites...
Why does love do this to me? (The Exponents)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwaD4GFjSjY
I walked out...you left me
You know I’m hurtin’ for you
It seems now that it’s over
But there is nothin’ I can do
I don’t know...oh...oh...oh...why does love...do this to me?
I don’t know...I don’t know
Jackie came...she went away
Deep in the valley I kissed her that day but
It seems I’m thinkin’ of you
But I’m still thinkin’ about myself
I don’t know...oh...oh...oh...why does love...do this to me?
I don’t know...oh...oh...oh...why does love...do this to me?
I don’t know...I don’t know...
Bliss (Th' Dudes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a0z9ZcSwPQ
Yaaaaaah ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Yaaaaaah ya ya ya ya
Ya ya ya ya
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Forget about the last one
Get yourself another
Drink yourself more bliss
Have a stiff one all night
Everything is alright
Try and reach the bar
Coppers took the car
Offers from the sidewalk
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Slice of Heaven (Dave Dobbyn)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0pWejAnLUQ
Hey, I got a lot of faith in you
I'll stick with you kid- that's the bottom line
Yeah, you have a lot of fun don't you
And living with you is a ball of a time
Hey beauty when the mood gets you down
Your bottom lip's near dragging on the ground
That's when I gotta play the clown for you
Black humour made you kick your blues
Howdy Angel
Where did you hide your wings
Her love shines over my horizon- she's a slice of heaven
Warm moonlight over my horizon- she's a slice of heaven
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