Tuesday 30 April 2013

A-Z '13 - Zanzibar


During April a bunch of bloggers have been participating in the A-to-Z blogging challenge of 2013. My theme this year has been an A-to-Z list of classic Aussie tunes - either classic or just plain songs I like. Today we are up to the VERY LAST LETTER of the alphabet (PHEW!), "Z", and the song I have chosen is:

Zanzibar - Hoodoo Gurus


Hoodoo Gurus are a great Aussie band whose heyday was probably in the 80s, though they've remained popular ever since and continue to tour (yep, they still exist). I saw them in April last year when they went on their DIG IT UP! tour in celebration of 30 years of music releases for the band. It was a great show made even better by support from Redd Kross, but anyway, moving on! "Zanzibar" is a track from the Gurus' fabulous 1984 album Stoneage Romeos, which they played in its entirely at last year's show, along with a selection of other tunes. Some of their better known songs are "Tojo", "My Girl" (such a cute video), "What's My Scene" and "Bittersweet".



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Right, folks, that's it for now! But I will see you on or around May 3 for the A-Z Reflection of 2013. Until then, I think I'm gonna fall in a heap of not-posting-anything-at-all-no-way-no-how and enjoy a brief respite from the mad pace I've been keeping up in April. How 'bout you? :)

19 comments:

  1. Cool song. Congratulations for making it to the end and yes, a rest will do us all good.

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  2. Congratulations in completing the A to Z Challenge.

    Yvonne
    A to Z AMBASSADOR.

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  3. You made it to the end! Congrats! I'm looking foward to returning to my one or two blog posts a week pace. There's always plenty of writing going, but now it will be focused more on stories instead of blog posts. :)

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  4. Congrats on surviving the A-Z! And how amazing that you've introduced us to all these cool songs.
    Nutschell
    www.thewritingnut.com

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  5. I learned about so many bands and songs thanks to you! Your theme was a lot of fun. :)

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  6. Mmmmm...I like. I see why they're still around. Thanks for putting together such a great tour of Aussie music!

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  7. Oh, I like it. Thanks for the introduction to Aussie music. And congrats on finishing the A-Z!!

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  8. Been a long time since we heard from the Hoodoo's stateside...

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  9. Kinda mellow and nice.

    Relax you've earned it. Well done! I've loved listening to all the Aussie music this month. Thanks for sharing it with me :)

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  10. I like it. I had fun listening to all the new music you posted on here during the A to Z Challenge.

    Dark Thoughts Blog

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  11. Z-Man and Zanzibar are my only Z songs!

    Great list you put together! I'm definitely going to have to spend a lot of time going through it all to find new music.

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  12. Hi Trisha .. well done on finishing .. and as Steve says I'll be over to relisten to the new music to me you've highlighted ..

    Congratulations - cheers Hilary

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  13. This is a really great song!

    www.modernworld4.blogspot.com

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  14. We made it, Trisha! :D Congratulations!

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  15. Another band I knew nothing of. Thanks for the tune. Cool that you got to see them!

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  16. i have actually heard of the hoodoo gurus!
    love silver chair and ONJ!
    now i'll be singing xanadu all day!

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  17. congratulations finishing the challenge!!

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  18. Great song!

    Congratulations on finishing the A to Z Challenge.

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  19. Hooray for finishing A-Z! If it makes you like the alphabet any more, today my friend told me that entire books are composed of only 26 letters. I never really thought of it that way, but you have to give those letters credit. ;) That's a lot of work to do.

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