Elvis

An album presentation by Algernon

As many of you will know dine and discover handouts were available to spend at food outlets and businesses. Mrs A used ours to watch the Elvis biopic which we both enjoyed. The soundtrack is 35 tracks and goes for nearly two hours, there are many interpretations by other musicians that have sampled Elvis’s fine work. There are many by himself. We enjoyed the soundtrack as well.

For your musical entertainment after a short break, Elvis the soundtrack

Playlist by Algernon

Some you’ll know, some you won’t, some are just there.

Something wicked this way comes – Barry Adamson

La Femme d’argent – Air

How to open a door – Finnish instruction video.

Strange Brew – Cream

Your party – Ween

You’ll always find me in the kitchen at parties – Jona Lewie

Forever is a very long time – The Tallest man on earth

Le rythme et le candence – Dimitri from Paris

Jazz for Cows

David Watts – The Kinks

Howl with me – Dope Lemon

Feeling Alright – Joe Cocker

This time (I’m gonna try it my way) – DJ Shadow

Goodbye Mr Blue – Father John Misty

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Eye of the Tiger – Survivor

What about me – Moving Pictures

Tainted Love Soft Cell

Mickey – Toni Basil

I love rock ‘n roll – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners

Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band

I ran – A Flock of Seagulls

Our lips are sealed – The Go-Go’s

Six months in a leaky boat – Split Enz

Shy Boy – Bananarama

Down under – Men at Work

Physical – Olivia Newton John

Rock the casbah – The Clash

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Without you – Nilsson

American Pie – Don McLean

Boppin’ the blues – Blackfeather

The first time ever I saw your face – Roberta Flack

Brand new key – Melanie

Most people I know think that I’m crazy – Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs

Silvia’s mother – Dr Hook

Long cool woman in a black dress – The Hollies

Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west) – Benny Hill

Horse with no name – America

Hurting each other – The Carpenters

Baby don’t get hooked on me – Mac Davis

Burning love – Elvis Presley

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My ship is coming in – The Walker Brothers

Set the controls for the heart of the pelvis – Barry Adamson feat. Jarvis Cocker

Marie douceur Marie colère – Marie Laforêt

Who is he (and what is he to you?) – Bill Withers

Going down to Liverpool – The Bangles

Drunken wedding speech – The Two Ronnies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcliR8kAbzc

A room with a view – Fawlty Towers

Happy – The Rolling Stones

Love and Happiness – Al Green

Walking back to happiness – Helen Shapiro

Femme Fatale – The Velvet Underground & Nico

Since you’ve been gone – The Heavy

Make me smile (Come up and see me) – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Summer Wine – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood

Four Candles – The Two Ronnies

Hello Miss Lonesome – Marlon Williams

Hello Miss Lonesome – Marlon Williams

Keep on going – Fleetwood Mac

Wings of Love – Nirvana

Pop Corn – Gershon Kingsley

Daughter of Darkness – Tom Jones

Papa won’t leave you, Henry – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

One Step Beyond – Prince Buster

Tous les garçons et les filles – Françoise Hardy

Monkey spanner – Dave and Ansel Collins

People have the power – Patti Smith with Joan Baez

You’re so vain – Carly Simon

Why does my heart feel so bad? – Moby

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The night they drove ol dixie down – Joan Baez

The Letter – Joe Cocker

Mandolin Wind – Rod Stewart

Gemini Dream – The Moody Blues

I touch myself – The Divinyls

I started a Joke – The Bee Gees

King of wishful thinking – Go West

This girl is a woman now – Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

Mine forever – Lord Huron

What’s going on – Marvin Gaye

I feel the earth move – Carole King

Will you still love me tomorrow – Amy Winehouse

Down city streets – Archie Roach

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Streets of your town – The Go Betweens

Maggie May – Rod Stewart

Child in Time – Deep Purple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omEX35pbelI

Beautiful world – Devo

Vienna – Ultravox

Fever – Peggy Lee

I’m a Believer – The Monkees

Rainy night in Georgia – Tony Joe White

Love like you used to – Lord Huron

Inner city blues – Marvin Gaye

You’ve got a friend – Carole King

Roll away the stone – Leon Russell

The year that was by Algernon.

We all know that 2021 is a year most of us would prefer to forget with lockdowns due to COVID outbreaks, working from home for those who work along with other restrictions. But our marvellous politicians tell us it’s all freedom now so it’s not a problem.

2021 was also the year where my father entered his eleventh decade of existence. His birthday was in September. My sisters thought we’d throw a party for him with 20 or 30 of his nearest and dearest. We thought it might be nice to organise congratulatory messages which he could receive, given he was turning 90.

Who can get what is shown here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/congratulatory-messages

All this is handled through the State Members office and two months is required to receive them. I rang his local members office to find out what was required. The young staffer told me it was all easy, just fill in the online form, attach the pertinent proof and they’d do the rest, alternatively drop it into their office or post it. He sent me the link for the online form. No need to contact the Federal member they’d look after everything.

Simple I thought, filled the form in attached the relevant documents and done. Sent in early June so plenty of time.

Then a limo driver thought it OK to not wear a mask whilst driving international flight crews to quarantine. Slow to act and not wanting to impact on the hedonists of the Eastern Suburbs and what passed for normalcy evaporated for 4 and a half months. As time moved on the party was put on ice.

We’d organised for the messages to come to our place and bring them to the party. I made a phone call to local members office in August asking for the change. Once again, no worries.

Over time spoke to a couple of the staffers, all friendly and pleasant.

Anyhow, Dad’s birthday came, no messages, a couple of weeks pass, still no messages. On 28 September 2021, I again rang the Local Members office asking about the Congratulatory messages which had not arrived. The staffer tells me that the only contact that your office had had with my father was back in 2016. They asked me how I had sent the request, where I advised them that I had used your online form and received an acknowledgment by email from your office. He then checked and apparently found the request. They also recalled the telephone conversation in August. He said he would investigate what had happened and would call me back. He never called back.

It would appear to me after that conversation, that the online form with the attachment, is sitting somewhere electronically in Local members office and most likely the request for the Congratulatory messages has not been progressed anywhere.

Beginning of October comes Binchook resigns as Premier, still nothing, by the 5^th time to write a blunt letter to the Local Member. Within an hour I receive a call from another sheepish staffer. Wondered if his office should send flowers or something, WTF his birthday had passed. An excuse was that they had his birthday in October not September.

The messages started to come, first from the local state member and the Mayor, a month after his birthday, next came one from his local Federal member and Scotty from Marketing in November. The last ones came from the Premier, Parrothead not Binchook.

A few days later the Governor congratulated him on turning 100. Dad thought it hilarious, more excuses for a sleep. My sisters and I thought given how botched the whole system had been well what the heck! We’ve had a lot of laughs about all of it

We’ve organised his belated 90^th for January. Now we see Parrothead is letting COVID rip and a sense of déjà vu ensues.

I might say they’re all Liberals would you expect anything to be organised properly.