Sam Hall

#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Icicle icicle, where are you going? Icicle - Tori Amos (1994) https://youtu.be/8GI7hopIxzI?si=jZIjpV88Ci9RYRxa

#JukeboxFridayNight#PowerPlay The christmas video of this has already been posted, and I can't find the 80's TV appearance I taped off Juice TV around 1995 where an overdressed Holly Johnson is sweating his makeup off under the studio lights and forgets he is supposed to be lipsynching near the end, but here is the 2000 remix from the Maximum Joy greatest hits comp from the same year. Recommended for late night city motorway drives Power Of Love (Rob Searle Club Mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (2000) https://youtu.be/DrarKRI6X6U?si=jx4DswBFgvwU04yw

#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold If you're out there, can you touch me? Can you see me? I don't know If you're out there, can you reach me? And lay a flower in the snow Fallen Angel - Robbie Robertson (1987) https://youtu.be/HdtAfUtOEWA?si=FRjLqv5QqKj6ZyG7

#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Let the salt spray lash The shivering skin Anchor Me - The Muttonbirds (1994) https://youtu.be/kPIhhqM4b4s?si=FRY2Ubw2BuzCqV30

#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Fire Woman - The Cult (1989) https://youtu.be/8g6h1vI4Xv0?si=aLyAd8xEMzQNZzAV

#JukeboxFridayNight#PowerPlay I don't think I've seen this clip since 1985, and even for the mid-80's there is a lot going on. Robert Palmer as a priest? Sure, why not Some Like It Hot - The Powerstation (1985) https://youtu.be/Hw1t7OCESUw?si=AnyEOTI3lac97X-R

#JukeboxFridayNight #AllThatJazz Produced by Jaz Coleman Screwtop - Shihad (1993) https://youtu.be/5Pp4l-vSwRY?si=rqqXnLxC6giCgBaJ

#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold I'm a snow plough I must now plough on Antarctica - Midnight Oil (1990) https://youtu.be/keLIiMi7ttI?si=OndJj8Sn3dzr-EgX

#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Cold Chisel describing what sounds like a perfect summer day in Sydney Surfboards through the turnstiles Speedboats on the bay All around, seagulls screaming The children out to play Ferry sits like a holiday As the harbour heaves and sweats Like the faded jeans and tube tops On the Manly surf nymphets Misfits - Cold Chisel (1980) https://youtu.be/bY0SwAG76nY?si=IVIJsXl9keorZpoy

#JukeboxFridayNight #AllThatJazz Featuring the late Maxi Jazz God Is a DJ (Live At Alexandra Palace 2005) - Faithless https://youtu.be/1ltoAcZrjBw?si=w4tlC7DsIkLcM4rh

#JukeboxFridayNight #DogsCatsAndOtherPets Call me a dog Well that's fair enough Call Me A Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1990) https://youtu.be/i7dvT047kjo?si=GYCMBMugi56K9sVV

#JukeboxFridayNight #AllThatJazz I won't go as far to as saying I *hate* jazz, but a theme is a theme Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz (1988) https://youtu.be/ctwqa3QCwMw?si=9Okez3AY4-JMeSL8

#JukeboxFridayNight#Dirty Speaking of covers, a musical hill I'll die on is that there is no reason for the somehow even more over the top Meatloaf cover of this to exist when the original is perfect You've been through a lot of pain in the dirt And I know you've got the scars to prove it Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman (lead vocals Rory Dodd) (1981) https://youtu.be/3qqhc9Id-Os?si=1LeS5xJbDetGVCOD

#JukeboxFridayNight #Birds Kārearea - Troy Kingi (2025) https://youtu.be/5AwXlq_vT0k?si=ofOXlcXQqCBD7Q6d

#JukeboxFridayNight#PersonalPlaylist I dated a Juliette in the '90's Enough said :) Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK / July 1983) https://youtu.be/cIZ_tHZJjEs?si=FaTnKZ4VLIL2IbJ5

#JukeboxFridayNight#History One of the inspirations for Saving Private Ryan, the five Sullivan brothers who all served in the same ship and all died when it was sunk at the battle of Gaudalcanal At least they were together On a mighty fighting battleship Somewhere in the South Pacific The letters never got much more specific Sullivan - Caroline's Spine (1995) https://youtu.be/ipdPatM07Vo?si=1-Ukizq_W8xugR0I

#JukeboxFridayNight#Dirty And if hope could grow from dirt like me. It can be done Down - Pearl Jam (2002) https://youtu.be/dhh21crSohs?si=bbHxl5irUvZUaJpo

#JukeboxFridayNight #Birdshttps://youtu.be/Bh-6UrKm5jY?si=Mw4p8mCr7II3qEsB Piwakawaka (The Flight Of The Fantail) - Te Aratoi (2015)

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist I have no idea if that is what the song is even about, but this song has helped me with many a stressful situation and always comes to mind with the relief when that situation ends Out of here We're out of here Out of heartache Along with fear There goes the fear again There goes the fear There Goes The Fear - Doves (2002) https://youtu.be/eUEIW37aoAA?si=jWqjr9ONxVLnJzDF

#JukeboxFridayNight#History Written about the destruction of Pompeii by Mt Vesuvius in AD 79 (ish) and it's subsequent rediscovery We found you hiding, we found you lying Choking on the dirt and sand Your former glories and all the stories Dragged and washed with eager hands Cities In Dust - Siouxsie And The Banshees (1985) https://youtu.be/wsOHvP1XnRg?si=FWgkaWdFWWF4tikx

#JukeboxFridayNight#PersonalPlaylist Thinking of my "personal" playlist with over 300 songs on it, or the 40+ mix tapes and CD's I've made over the years or the 500+ CD's and tapes in my house, which may still be rookie numbers compared to some, but still we could be here for a while even if this being the internet I don't want to get "too" personal :) I recently turned 50, so here is a song I like from 1976, although it has to be the album version which I didn't hear until around 1994 with that amazing bridge that the radio edit omits entirely Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1976) https://youtu.be/oWqBTAk0Qk8?si=sx81sRZrBwZ5BTMl

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting This bloody road remains a mystery This sudden darkness fills the air What are we waiting for? Won't anybody help us? What are we waiting for? Invincible - Pat Benatar (1985) https://youtu.be/vKdE3Am55hQ?si=A8kQxoFxCJIyzXzJ

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting If your world collapses I'll be down in the rubble I'd build you another I'll wait out the summer Out Of Sight (Live at RNZ) - The Beths (2020) https://youtu.be/f_5uVLoiTVk?si=HKlk97jp7e_Qj6qT

#JukeboxFridayNight #DogsCatsAndOtherPets Pet the dog, pet the dog, pet the dog Scratch my ear, scratch my ear, scratch my head Please play with me, play with me, play with me Oh, but Jessie It's cold outside, and I'm not coming home I don't know where I'll be, oh when the morning comes And Jessie you're a good dog, please don't follow me Just go on home I ran away, dog tagged along, I lost the dog Dog tagged along, I lost the dog, it broke my heart Please stay with me, and play with me, stay with me Jessie - Paw (1993) https://youtu.be/Z8He-Bto3xc?si=1LR22_ZfJe8eoPuI

#JukeboxFridayNight #Birds Kererū - Dr Reknaw (2019) https://youtu.be/2IPXuNNwYis?si=mlcbsRjkhB04Rdno

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting We said we'd walk together baby come what may That come the twilight should we lose our way If as we're walking a hand should slip free I'll wait for you And should I fall behind Wait for me If I Should Fall Behind - Bruce Springsteen (MTV Unplugged 1992) https://youtu.be/_FhiNkZtJgk?si=KaeVToVniBiTcLgG

#JukeboxFridayNight#Dirty Digging in the dirt Stay with me, I need support I'm digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt Open up the places I got hurt Digging in The Dirt - Peter Gabriel (1992) https://youtu.be/X0C3DHp36zc?si=w_PLVptaGVcnFllu

#JukeboxFridayNight#Dirty Yeah, your head's in the clouds But your soul's in the dirt So you try to see God But he isn't at work Head In The Clouds - The Beths (2022) https://youtu.be/LGzannHdxxU?si=O83b7C7HcWpXomUz

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting I'll be waiting for you On Fountain and Fairfax Fountain And Fairfax - The Afghan Whigs (Live on KCRW 2013) https://youtu.be/-QBppT9837M?si=I0-3HjcVUZtLVZN-

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife You don't have to do what your mother has done She has done, this is your life, this new life has begun It's your day, a woman's day Shaking The Tree - Peter Gabriel ft Youssou N'Dour (1989) https://youtu.be/HqcZd9qJjKc?si=m6DMI9zb20uZqOB4

#JukeboxFridayNight #Birds And another song about Kererū :) Kererū - Aro (2019) https://youtu.be/BRzU8QFzMhE?si=cW9XfLWs2d5p3E-x

#JukeboxFridayNight#History Inspired by the Bhopal industrial disaster in 1984 Martin checks into the chemical plant of Katta pella kopa leh As his young bride prepares for the evening feast And in zone three he starts the long day Martin works with strange blue waters (called) Niacetanovalain No Thunder, No Fire, No Rain - Tim Finn (1986) https://youtu.be/V7140SlRUQE?si=agoeu_ncjm1mGw_Z

#JukeboxFridayNight#History A long time ago came a man on a track Walking thirty miles with a sack on his back And he put down his load where he thought it was the best He made a home in the wilderness He built a cabin and a winter store And he ploughed up the ground by the cold lake shore And the other travellers came walking down the track And they never went further, no, they never went back Telegraph Road (live) - Dire Straits (1983) https://youtu.be/nuauBoqpono?si=OXZ6RBZBi0OHhr5L

#JukeboxFridayNight#Dirty The Cash version is good bordering on definitive, but the original is the one I heard first and will always go to :) I think this is the live version that Channel Z Wellington would play back in 1996 and 1997 And you could have it all My empire of dirt Hurt (live 1995) - Nine Inch Nails (1994) https://youtu.be/dhh21crSohs?si=bbHxl5irUvZUaJpo https://youtu.be/dhh21crSohs?si=D6yxB7aJ2AUX-fIK

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting Everything is quiet Everyone's gone to sleep I'm wide awake But these memories These memories can't wait Memories Can't Wait - Living Colour (1988) https://youtu.be/hzFJFvauMF0?si=U_Y_O_fSmHq2LedC

#JukeboxFridayNight#PowerPlay Ao NZ niche content, but the dad joke has become so ingrained in my household lexicon that I literally just looked up "I've got the Paua" to find this The Power - Snap! (1990) https://youtu.be/nm6DO_7px1I?si=6NKbCYwmlTyj7N8J

#JukeboxFridayNight #DogsCatsAndOtherPets Black Cat - Janet Jackson (1989) https://youtu.be/qH-rPt1ftSo?si=VvEt5D93-q1lVlR8

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting Don waiting in an airport lounge The plane touches down The lounge fills up again With retired couples from the midwestern USA They blink in the foreign light And admire each other's shoes I've seen a lot of new shoes today You should have let me know That you weren't getting on your flight You should have called me so I wouldn't be calling you now Ngaire - The Muttonbirds (1994) https://youtu.be/qKQ1LxKSAgo?si=oHgEW3wNBHfgtWya

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist Driving along with this playing not long after our eldest had graduated from the neo-nates ICU, and when that chorus hit so did a lot of pent up emotion. It had been a ride :) Also one of my favourite Shihad videos and the band themselves aren't even in it Shihad - Alive (2005) https://vimeo.com/249043316?fl=pl&fe=sh

#JukeboxFridayNight #Waiting Up on bedlam bridge somebody is waiting Up on bedlam bridge I'm shot to heaven Oh, up on bedlam bridge, waiting Bedlam Bridge - Midnight Oil (1990) https://youtu.be/qKQ1LxKSAgo?si=oHgEW3wNBHfgtWya