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    ... 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
    ...


    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
    ...
    Last edited by sweetpea; 17th August 2008 at 03:17 PM.

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    Why does love do this to me? (The Exponents)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwaD4GFjSjY
    Great tune and played heaps. It appears to have the same effect on people as "Come on Eileen" does in the UK.. everyone gets up to dance and yell the chorus... found ourselves doing it when in town with friends a few months back.

    I'd probably add Dave Dobbyn's "Welcome Home". Nice wee homemade video with this one (sorry, Sweatpea, I think there's a haka in it....)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZmCEdS7GU

    Great lyrics, too:

    tonight I am feeling for you
    under the state of a strange land
    you have sacrificed much to be here
    ‘there but for grace…’ as I offer my hand
    welcome home, i bid you welcome, i bid you welcome
    welcome home from the bottom of my heart
    out here on the edge
    the empire is fading by the day
    and the world is so weary in war
    maybe we’ll find that new way

    so welcome home, see i made a space for you now
    welcome home from the bottom of our heart
    welcome home from the bottom of our hearts
    keep it coming now - keep it coming now
    you’ll find most of us here with our hearts wide open
    keep it coming now - keep on coming now
    keep it coming now - keep on coming now
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    Oh, oh - and Anchor Me (Greenpeace fundraiser and commemorating 20yrs since sinking of Rainbow Warrior) .. it was a big hit when we arrived and it really smacks of NZ for me, plus features many of the NZ artists I love.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbQrev9-JUg&NR=1

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    One more while I'm thinking about it:

    Light Surrounding You (Evermore)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVMDqyR0Xq4

    I see you by the water
    Your toes dipped in the sand
    I thought that it was over
    I thought you'd understand
    But the feeling is returning
    Though time has made us change
    And I understand if you don't
    Wanna talk to me about it
    Tonight
    Oh, tonight

    Cos I see the light surrounding you
    So don't be afraid of something new

    Time was overtaking me
    And I guess I was confused
    They were all inviting me
    But I wish I had refused
    Cos I'd been there before
    And I've seen it all
    And I believe in you
    ...

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    Poi E is the one they played when Valerie Vili won the shot put gold. I can't help but smile everytime I hear it.

    lyrics: http://folksong.org.nz/poi_e/
    vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQLUygS0IAQ

    And there's one guy who unites a lot of the songs mentioned above:

    Dave Dobbyn: he was lead singer in Th' Dudes (Bliss, Be Mine Tonight and Walking in Light were their biggest and best hits); he was the singer of Slice of Heaven (along with Herbs) and he's responsible for Welcome Home, and my personal favourite: Loyal.

    Th' Dudes also started with Peter Urlich, who you might have seen on Dancing With The Stars. And Ian Morris who topped the charts with his version of Game of Love (under the name Tex Pistol)

    Added to Kiwi classics: anything by Split Enz and Dragon.

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    Great additions everyone! Here's another:

    For Today (Netherworld Dancing Toys)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE82oke8BWM

    If you told me this time last year
    That I would feel like I do now
    Well, I wouldn't have believed you
    It's not just a question
    Of my being alone
    The truth is I like my own company best
    If the truth is to be known
    I didn't realise babe how much I cared
    All I want to do is to be with you
    And everything else seems unimportant compared

    For today
    I remember your smile
    For today
    I remember your smile...

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    My particular favourite at the moment is...

    Gotta get a Garage
    Gotta get a Gottage
    Gotta get a Skyline

    From the Skyline Garages telly advert (http://www.skylinegarages.co.nz/). By the way, what's a Gottage?

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    4 Seasons in one day

    - and all of those are mostly wet at the moment........

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