“In the garden I was playing the tart / I kissed your lips and broke your heart / You, you were acting like it was the end of the world.” The lyrics insinuated a lover’s tiff where one of them was accused of over-reacting: Under less inspired hands, the song could have taken a ‘the sky is falling Chicken Little’ approach. The end result, based around a riff developed by Bono, was considered good enough for the band to include on their Achtung Baby album. German film maker Wim Wender asked U2 to whip up some music for his next movie, Until The End Of The World.
The title ‘Miles From Nowhere’ might sound like it was tailor-made for a road assistance agency ad campaignīu it was about a pilgrimage, the ups and downs of life and to attaining nirvana: “Lord, my body has been a good friend/ But I won’t need it when I reach the end.” 10. Cat Stevens – ‘Miles From Nowhere’/ ‘Moonshadow’īritish singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Cat Stevens born Steven Demetre Georgiou, began in a Roman Catholic household and went regularly to church as a kid.īut to avoid 2,000 years of guilt and to presumably widen his fashion sense from looking like Freddie Mercury’s understudy (a phrase from a Robin Williams routine) to homespun cotton wear, Cat Stevens went on to explore a number of Eastern religions and, after a near drowning experience, clambered on to the Islam Express in 1977. It was the first local rock track to feature a recorder, and came off Spectrum’s second album Milesago, the first Australian double album.
“He was there at the start of my search / I’ve travelled so far and since then I veered / And when at the bridge, His step I will see / And though alone His love I will feel / Just have faith in the things I do” Just exactly who the “He” mentioned in the lyric remained unconfirmed but some “Hare Krishna” chanting just before the track began offered a clue. Opening with swirling organ and recorder, the song echoed the joy of a spiritual journey. With these 26 songs interspersed with all those well-known songs, you'll get into the true spirit of Christmas, whether you love or hate it.After Melbourne ‘head’ band Ace Spectrum had a crossover hit with the Mike Rudd-penned ‘I’ll Be Gone’, they followed it up in June 1971 with ‘Trust Me’, which was written by drummer Ray Arnott, later to twirl sticks for The Dingoes and Cold Chisel. The perfect Christmas has some highs and lows, and a little bit in between. You've got to make sure there's songs for everyone, including those of us who are just plain Grinches about the whole holiday season. The perfect holiday playlist shouldn't all be upbeat or focused on love. All around, they prove that with the right imagination, you can inject a harder-rocking spirit into Christmas music-mall holiday playlists be damned. Meanwhile, other rockers have just gotten, well, a little weird with things, whether it’s peak Weird Al taking the piss, the Pretenders getting new wave, or Fall Out Boy shutting down any chance of mistletoe romance. (Sometimes it is better to leave things to Crosby and the other classic crooners, after all.) But from Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, guitar gods have successfully livened up the otherwise straight-laced proceedings, or at least given the tunes more personality. Many rock icons have tried their hand at Christmastime staples, with mixed results. Thankfully, there are plenty of rocking Christmas gems out there that tend to fall under the radar. It's Christmas time, but we all know you can only play so much Bing Crosby and Mariah Carey before you'll go mad.
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