3665. “Throw Your Arms Around Me” by Hunters & Collectors
Official Video: “Throw Your Arms Around Me” is an absolutely gorgeous song from Hunters & Collectors 1986 album Human Frailty. Singer/lyricist Mark Seymour wrote the song (and others on this album) about a woman that he’d had an intense relationship. … Continue reading
Live: “What’s A Few Men” is a song about the callousness of the World War I military leadership towards their own soldiers. The Australian soldiers of that war were treated very poorly by the English leadership – losing a few … Continue reading
3663. “Do You See What I See?” by Hunters & Collectors
Official video: “Do You See What I See?” might borrow its title from a line in a classic Christmas song, but it has always struck me as a less positive song. In “Do You Hear What I Hear,” the thing … Continue reading
Official video: Australia has had no shortage of excellent bands and its a shame that some of their best failed to make much of an impression outside of their home country. Hunters & Collectors, for example, had the songs, the … Continue reading
Video: The evidence suggests that “I Live In The City” by The Humans was released in 1980. AllMusic has almost no information about the band, so I had to resort to going to their MySpace page for information. They were … Continue reading
Fan video: Another excellent track from Secrets, the synthesizer lines on “Liar” would not sound out of place on a Kraftwerk album – and I say that as high praise. It sounds like The Human League was finally comfortable with … Continue reading
3658. “All I Ever Wanted” by The Human League
Official video: In 2001, The Human League (who had never broken up) released Secrets. Like similar albums by their contemporaries Depeche Mode, New Order and the B-52s, Secrets managed to walk a line between the band’s classic sound and the … Continue reading
3657. “Louise” by The Human League
Official video: “Louise” was a moderately sized hit in the UK. I’d always thought (until today, in fact) that it was a sweet story of reconciliation, but according to the current iteration of Wikipedia: The lyrical story telling of “Louise” … Continue reading
3656. “I Love You Too Much” by The Human League
Fan video: Hysteria was The Human League’s 1984 follow-up to their enormously successful Dare LP. It was not a total flop, but it didn’t even come close to the success of the earlier album. The lead single was a politically … Continue reading
Official video: As it turns out, “Mirror Man” is a song inspired by Adam Ant. The poor sod was much maligned, at least in part due to his success. Its funny to hear a band that would transform into a … Continue reading