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Some of My Favourite Things

26 Sunday Apr 2015

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Lapsed novitiate makes good her getaway …

Playlist by Algernon the Great !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVaF4t-zFc

I only want to be with you – Dusty Springfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-zvQ

Riders on the Storm – The Doors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kknV4BRq8yU

Girls on the Avenue – Richard Clapton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-GueNOKolo

Stranded – The Saints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkKiZ9VSD6U

Aloha Steve and Danno – Radio Birdman

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

Should I stay or should I go – The Clash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M

What’s going on – Marvin Gaye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9jmusgMgro

First time I ever saw your face – Roberta Flack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo

Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers

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

Tiny Dancer – Elton John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKPNnk-JhE

Power and the Passion – Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf4EFDGP4yg

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight – The Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7LnBxC45Bk

Strange little girl – The Stranglers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msARqF8Wshk

Just can’t get enough – Depeche Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrnvPCSP6Q8

Welcome to the Pleasuredome – Frankie goes to Hollywood

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

Is this Love – Bob Marley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

It’s the end of the world – R.E.M.

Pigs Arms Favorites Part 4

10 Saturday Jan 2015

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Playlist by Algernon

It’s raining men – The Weather Girls

Like a Hurricane – Neil Young

Fire on the mountain – Grateful Dead

Take a letter Maria – R.B. Greaves

Hurt – Johnny Cash

Forever Now – Cold Chisel

Marseilles – The Angels

Please Please Me – The Beatles

Yellow submarine – The Beatles

Yesterday – The Beatles

Wedding Cake Island – Midnight Oil

Beds are Burning – Midnight Oil

My Boyfriends Back – The Spazzys

A little less conversation – Elvis Presley

Midnight Oil 10 to 1 but not really

20 Friday Jun 2014

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The Oils

The Oils

 

 

Midnight Oil 10 to 1 but not really
Playlist by Algernon

I heard this week that Midnight Oil maybe reforming with Peter Garrett as lead. Here’s a small selection for your enjoyment

Wedding Cake Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOV2CXB8AYE
Power and the Passion

US Forces

The Dead Heart

Beds are Burning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnb3KdhkSAI
Put down that weapon

Blue Sky Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYeRuGVvcwY
King of the Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdvhiHryIRA
Truganini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rOTwJ1PwE
The Real Thing

Fire

17 Saturday May 2014

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fire

Playlist by Algernon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-A4QFHZBA

We didn’t start the fire – Billy Joel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE

Jump into the fire – Nilsson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHj9MPS8zQo

The fire down below –Bob Seger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzQvGz6_fvA

I’m on Fire – Bruce Springsteen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1l8T2Lcl0

Light my fire – The Doors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDKNnJUP2FI

Fire – The Pointer Sister

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBTg7q9oNc

Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

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

Fire – The Ohio Players

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0HhrwIwp0

Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8wV2ON9K5w

or ……   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxdMqiKI08g

This Wheels on Fire – The Byrds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYxQpxD3oQk

The Unforgettable Fire – U2

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

Chariots of Fire- Vangelis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkGvk1rQBI

Beds are Burning – Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SHhInzoSss

Rooms on Fire – Stevie Nicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhEi7W1ib0

Fire on the mountain – Grateful Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0GAhe_9Was

Fields of Fire – Big Country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4

Fireflies – Owl City

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

Smoke from a distant fire –Sanford Townsend

 

Music for Pubs

29 Friday Nov 2013

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Playlist by Algernon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OwLIY9moA

Bury me deep in Love – The Triffids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpJrtCmcoq0

Alone with you – Sunnyboys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWR5n-ZT4xI

Aloha Steve and Danno – Radio Birdman

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

Suburban boy – Dave Warner

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

Know your product – The Saints

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbf5gD6S2W8

Man Overboard – Do Re Mi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mkidP2OUCk

Great Southern Land – Icehouse

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

State of the Heart – Mondo Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG74cOf5-EM

Girls on the avenue – Richard Clapton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlnz95SZwBk

Stares and Whispers – Renee Geyer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepSg0HswdE

What’s my scene – Hoodoo Gurus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWrW3qJ2HOA

Run to Paradise – The Choirboys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbovKqsJPc4

He’s gonna step on you again – The Choirboys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69wQsfrbSU

Throw your arms around me – Hunters and collectors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS6MU0R-2c0

Live it Up _ Mental as Anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5etdXzGAZWA

Quasimodo’s Dream – The Reels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKPNnk-JhE

Power and the Passion – Midnight Oil

 

Yirrikala and other influences

26 Friday Jul 2013

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Playlist by Algernon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7cbkxn4G8U

Treaty – Yothu Yindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG-CNqOhO2c

Djapana – Yothu Yindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ-hbpWlXNQ

Tribal Voice – Yothu Yindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7TWJMO4k3k

Timeless Land – Yothu Yindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-YMpYbRqY

Wiyathul – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-i0FQBbO8E

Djarimirri – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC-Jd7KN64

Bapa – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhgDqY7_RGs

Gopuru – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LerRV-CGeFU

Before too long – Paul Kelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ndC07C2qw

From Little things big things grow – Paul Kelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWhj4sVeVD0

Dumb things – Paul Kelly and the coloured girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXBGr-U5PIs

Rally round the drum – Paul Kelly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E

Beds are Burning – Midnight Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs

Blue Sky Mining – Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3oYeVYdvg

Truganini – Midnight Oil

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

The Dead Heart – Midnight Oil

For and Against Conflict – ANZAC Day Songs

25 Thursday Apr 2013

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Playlist by Algernon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQbcAQ9SqmM

Smiley – Ronnie Burns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY

I was only nineteen – Redgum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82UpqFCwe_w

Postcard from Saigon – James Blundell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvqh3ghEqtk

Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V94eo1F3T8

Warnings moving clockwise – Do Re Mi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAFv2NEE-_c

US forces – Midnight Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI

The Band played Waltzing Matilda – Eric Bogle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whiN4s60wPc

Homecoming – Bruce Dawe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQyhVXUwM0

In Flanders Fields – John McCrae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8u00l0CnE

Can you hear Australia’s Heros Marching – Peter Barnes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cohkaLM3AjQ

Hey True Blue – John Williamson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-XXTs1w5tc

Blossom and Blood – Midnight Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K0rK6L6a1w

Curl the Mo, Uncle Joe – George Trevare & Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tv5gBa9DQs

Battle of the Somme

 

Family Favourites from the Pig’s Arms # 4

08 Friday Feb 2013

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Algy fam fav 4

Playlist compiled by Algernon, originally compiled by Warrigal Mirriyuula and Algernon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03g8nsaBro

The Tremeloes, Silence Is Golden

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

Diana Krall, I’ve Got You Under My Skin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXi3mCfv15k&feature=related

Pulp Fiction Theme, Dick Dale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E32p6ZyhSgU

Jeff ST John & Copperwine, Teach Me How To Fly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtGUt703oA

The Porkers Swingin’ Like Tiger Woods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDhR1R3S0s

The Allman Brothers Band Stormy Monday

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

Stevie Wonder – Happy Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19wAAyxZhUo

Ernie the fastest milkman in the west. – Bennie Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

War – Edwin Starr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4

Mad World – Gary Jules

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DFTxdGzQkM

Train to Skaville – The Ethiopians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0

The impression that I get – The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4339EbVn8

Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9XKVTNs1g4

Jumping Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9-epdDw9E

Always the sun – The Stranglers

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

The Harlem Shuffle – Bob and Earl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpkGvk1rQBI

Beds are Burning – Midnight Oil

 

Family Favourites at the Pig’s Arms Part 1

30 Sunday Dec 2012

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algy pigs fam fav 1

Playlist Compiled by Algernon and Warrigal Mirriyuula

I’ve been spending some time trawling through the archives looking at older lists. I’ve compiled a lists of the favourites being those which had the most comments. There were many so over the next weeks and months I’ll bundle them up so they can be enjoyed again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJVlrhWaZhA&feature=fvwrel

Graham Parker & The Rumour – Don’t Ask Me Questions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNBh73L88r0

Late Flowering Lust -Sir John Betjeman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8xDSPjII8

Diana Krall – The Look Of Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgwr3wrenkQ

Jean Sibelius – Finlandia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4dbvMgJMno

Blue Oyster Cult – The Last Days Of May

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnFfKbxIHD0

The Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7OxTVxGhHFM

Phoebe Snow – Poetry Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rH73D8KAgpM

Julie London – Two Sleepy People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3FQwovIJw0

Wedding Cake Island – Midnight oil

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

Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa911_8TP2s

Heart of Glass – Blondie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhkyyCvUHk

Venus – Shocking Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPuKoqu6kMk

Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc5oqjFsT5g

Massachusetts – The Bee Gees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQG6-DojVw

Nine Million bicycles – Katie Melua

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZ7x9u9wLY

Summertime – The Troggs

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

In the summertime – Mungo Jerry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun, Surf and Sand

02 Friday Dec 2011

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Wedding Cake Island - our thanks to Wikipedia

Playlist by Algernon

First days of Summer are upon us. All these tunes have Summer, surf or sand in the lyrics somewhere.

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

Summer – War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_opWg9_qI

Up on the Roof – The Drifters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-_9z641CDk

Summer in the City – Loving Spoonful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahhmiuyko0

Hot fun in the summertime – Sly and the family stone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9wIzi96_E

In the summertime – Mungo Jerry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg

Summer of 69 – Brian Adams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1oRP7FfBw

Sunny Afternoon – Kinks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG2naf70MbY&feature=fvst

Wipeout – Safaris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3FQwovIJw0

Wedding Cake Island – Midnight oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_CttIV7VY

Bombora – The Atlantics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1p1rNN548&feature=related

Live for the Sun –The Sunrays

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeD_6Y3GQc

Good Vibrations  – The Beach boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6qcafgLHe4

Spill the Wine – Eric Burdon and War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5usbS-EHjo

The Boys of Summer –Don  Henley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BsBbtp4gW4

Antonio Vivaldi –Summer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9wNfAheqnA

Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onKb2DETmhQ

Vacation – Connie Francis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDOEsQL7lA

Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

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

Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=its0qifGDxU

Summer Breeze – Seals and Crofts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9aX56j9oZg

Long hot Summer Night – Jimi Hendrix

 

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