The Soundtrack
Eastern Europe - New Zealand - Australia
If you’ve ever been on holiday you might have noticed that particular pieces of music for one reason or another remind you of particular places and times. These are mine. I’m not saying I like all of them, just that they have those particular associations. They are the soundtrack to my journey.
For ringtones and truetones follow the ‘play’ links. Where both a ringtone and a truetone is available I’ve used the truetone for the ‘play’ link and added the ‘play (Low Q)’ link for the ringtone.
Eastern Europe
Rammstein - Amerika Play
All over the radio in westernised Riga and St Petersburg
Enrique Iglesias - No Es Amor Play
Having checked all the Frankie J versions I’m 95% convinced that the one I kept hearing was Enrique Iglesias.
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words Play Play (Low Q)
Infuriatingly catchy, and everywhere.
The Village People - YMCA Play
New Years’ Eve in Bratislava, with hundreds of revelling Slovakians doing the actions. Very random.
Chris Rea - Stainsby Girls
Zagreb
New Zealand
Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer Play
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Play
The Kiwis love their 80s rock, these two tracks were just everywhere, especially in Christchurch
Righteous Brothers - That Lovin Feeling Play Play (Low Q)
Closing time at the Holy Grail in Christchurch, with the staff standing on the bar singing into air mikes
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man
Aussie rocker popular in Christchurch
John Farnham - You’re the voice
Big in ‘The Tap Room’
Lotus - Hybrid Flower (album)
Kiwi Lotus sang live at the Denniston Dog Saloon, Westport
Abba - Fernando Play Play (Low Q)
Auckland, The Brown Kiwi - driving to the chippy
Tom Petty - Free Falling Play
An American guy stayed one night and picked up the hostel guitar. This was the song that stuck in the mind.
Green Day - The Boulevard of Broken Dreams Play
You can’t get away from it
Australia
Men at Work - Down Under Play
Obviously
Bomb the Bass - Winter in July
Self-explanatory
Slinkee Minx- Summer Rain Play
Everywhere in my early days in Sydney. It was winter and dry.
Thelonious Phunk - Lets Get Down
The Pink House (July/Aug)
Radiohead - Idioteque Play
London bombings
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Play
The PH Olympics - Joe’s favourite song
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful Play Play (Low Q)
Comedian Tom Gleeson had a great dig at this at the Sydney comedy store
The Killers - Mr Brightside Play Play (Low Q)
Pink House party favourite (December)
The Pogues & Kirsty McColl - Fairytale of New York Play Play (Low Q)
Christmas in the Pink House
Beau Smith - Leaving on a Jet Plane Play
Beau Smith at O’Malleys is a Sydney legend. He sings ‘Leaving…’ at least six times a night.
Gorillaz - Dare Play Play (Low Q)
All Over Sydney, all the time
Bob Sinclar - Love Generation
Perth
Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
Here come the drums Here come the drums….
Lemonjelly - Ramblin’ Man
Kentish Town… Stockholm… Prague… Tokyo… Sydney… Like a checklist
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
[shudders at the thought of it]
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