Sly and the Family Stone, AC/DC and Australia’s Hottest 100

Two industrial wonder is passing, AC/DC returns to the tour to melt winter cold and some hot Aussie music. IA’s Music Gurus David Kowalski last.

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone passed away

In recent news, two giants of the popular music of the 1960s and 1970s, both of them are throwing a great shadow on all the music that comes after him – Sylvester stewartaka sneaky stone Sneaky and Family StoneAnd Brian WilsonFounding partners and brains behind the best job Beach Boys.

I will not say much about Brian here, because his life and work has already become chronic by Jenny Lecomte somewhere else in these pages. However, what I found interesting was the approach of the mainstream media to the passage of two musicians.

I was chatting lately Stuart CoupeA gentleman who interviewed with a fair share of Rock legends, including Mr. Wilson himself. When he needed someone to summarize the career of a falling pop star of breakfast television, Coupe was almost a go-to man. He told me that he was full of calls to be published and talk about Beach Boys, and he still had a single lonely call for Sly Stone.

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What does this Australian music fans and viewers say?

I think Beach Boys says that they have more permanent hits than Sly and Family Stone in public consciousness. In fact, it is difficult to find any data to show that any Sly and Family Stone records are drawn locally.

Sly and Family Stone broke a large ground as a very racial, very gender group, where most of the players played more than one different instruments. They said positivity messages designed to be life -threw Not every listener, not only the Afro -American community. The rhythms in their music influenced dance music creators and disco and Hip hop decades. They impressed Prince– Inxs– Noise (Covering Sly’s ‘I want to take you higher‘,), Red pepperLocal Funksters Raid And Skunhour And more. Bassist Larry Graham Created template For bass players everywhere, “Slap”. Sneaky stone is also pioneer The use of a drum machine in the records in the 1970s.

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Sly himself has achieved success as a difficult slog. He was accused rebel It was planned to arrive at a festival that started before the group. He pressured the militant groups. Black Panthers To remove the white member Strong, harder, more hard, more hard for the group and black viewers. Due to suspicious management practices, there were money problems and landed in alcohol and drug addiction. He made a series return Over the years, however, none of them returned to his success in the late 1960s.

Personally, I liked Sly’s music since I discovered the 1969 album with a very beaten second -hand vinyl copy. “Stop”. The energy of the songs in this album is quite rare and extraordinary. The person cannot help, but he is moved from Sly’s music to the world.

Valet, sneaky.

The hottest 100 of the Australian songs

Regular readers will know that I have reported to an English radio station Radio x and their annual “Best of the British” Every Easter is the countdown on Monday, because when applied to British music, the term “best” has very different results every year.

Australia Radio Station Triple J As a radio station, he decided that they would follow the compliance this year for their 50th anniversary. 100 HOT 100 The biggest Australian songs. The only capture is that Triple J will not be newer than the 50th birthday, so if they are released after January 19, 2025, the songs are not suitable.

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Former last The hottest 100s, this can be very polarized. Australian song writing is great examples of what I think is probably what I think half of my age is a great age. These days, the first song in which school children learned to play ukulele – ‘Riptide‘ with Vance Joy – From a groundbreaking objection for racial unity Warumpi band– ‘Blackfella Whitefella‘. Who knows? There is one thing that is certain. Pot for the election and 100 songs are not close enough to make justice to the great music catalog produced by this country. It will be fascinating to see how the last list will look. Let the discussions start.

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Voting Now it is open and it closes on July 17th. The publication of the countdown will take place on July 26 at 10:00.

What would you vote for in this countdown? Leave a comment below with your first 10.

AC/DC Touring, officially

For the first time in more than ten years, AC/DC existing type Australia in 2025. On November 12, they were ink in McG in Melbourne and at the Accor Stadium in Sydney on 21 November. Super vehicles BP Adameide Grand Final ran to Christmas on November 30, before going to Perth and Brisbane in December.

The group has reserved a great time from the tour since the end visited Our coast in 2015. Vocalist for a long time Brian Johnson 70 -year -old young guitarist returned to the curl Angus Young. The group will be completed by the oldJane’s addiction bassist Chris Chaney and oldAlice Cooper And Alanis Morrisette drummer Matt LaugStevie Young, the nephew of Angus, comes in for those who leave Malcolm Young As a rhythm guitarist.

For the group for such a long time, is it close to being the last tours?

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Hobsons Bay Coast Guard – Monsoon

Currently, the air in South NSW is producing freezing temperatures to greet every new dawn, while I look at my music choices to heat my soul. Melbourne Surf-Punk Band Hobsons Bay Coast Guard This week, I marked sweaty, tropical kindness with new single. ‘Monsoon‘His upcoming album is from Weather Report.

Invoice themselves Band Camp Page like, “Wind hair in the stormy eyes of Melbourne’s Sardinesque music scene”The group leaned against the psychedelic end of their voices by treating the guitars with vintage 80s guitar pedals to make the ocean sound view on the track. But it wasn’t without the difficulties of making the song.

Hobsons’ drummer Chris Loftis says:

“While making this album, we all devoted a lot of time from our hospital and teaching work and we were starting to stress about money. This song was our way to deal with how we felt and reminds us that the storm came and went, so you can enjoy the cleansing nature of the rain!”

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Absolutely a group to watch in the future.

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David Kowalski is a writer, musician, educator, sound engineer and podcaster. Podcasts ‘The Sound and The Fury Podcast’ and ‘Audio Cumulus’ is only heard HERE. You can follow David on Twitter/X @sound_fury_pod.

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