Uncategorized 07 Oct 2007 07:00 am
Throw Your Arms Around Me
Over at Crossed Wires, Mel has a post about the Doug Anthony Allstars, an Australian comedy troop from the 1990s (Doug Anthony was a Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in the 1970s - one of those situations where you have to live here to get the joke).
She’s put in a link to a clip of the DAAS singing Mark Seymour’s “Throw Your Arms Around Me” and I urge you to go watch it. This song is one of those anthemic songs for Australians in the 1980s. At every concert it’s performed at, and lots of bands still do versions of it including Pearl Jam, everyone sings along with the chorus. It’s a song about yearning.
I had a search on YouTube and saw the original Hunters and Collectors version (they were so young!) then watched a recent version with Mark Seymour, who’s one of those men who gets hotter with age. Ah me-o-my. What a blast from the past.
on 08 Oct 2007 at 9:01 pm 1.Sami Lee said …
Very nostalgic. I used to hang out for the DAAS spot on the Big Gig every week, one of my favourite shows back then.
Sami