It's about bloody time, isn't it? It's a well known fact for most long time visitors here that this is one my favourite bands.. so... The one and only original Little River Band, please accept no cheap copies... EVER! Even if they come legally approved! Little River Band is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975. The group chose the name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success in not only [...]
Lonesome loser - Little River Band Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, i guess. No don't. The following is taken from the SongMeanings comment page for this particular song , posted because if i had any opinion on this song at all, i hope it would follow somewhat the line of this guy's shoulder chip. You know this song is the most definite proof of what shallow mindset existed back in the 70s. Now we know even the [...]
This summer was unusual. The past fifteen or twenty Aprils through Octobers I have spent almost all of my leisure time pursuing trout. I became addicted to fly fishing in the mid-1980's. Even prior to then, I would gather my spinning rod and gear and head to a river, stream, lake or pond to stalk Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo trutta, Salvelinus fontinalis and Oncorhynchus aguabonita - rainbow, brown, brook and golden trout. I have pursued the fish from the Arizona desert through the Sierra Nevada, Rocky and Cascade Mountains onto the plains of Saskatchewan. [...]
I keep seeing commercials for some new Will Farrell flick with a bit involving the Little River Band. I've never been much of a fan of Farrell's work. I've had friends that I've found far more entertaining and amusing, but I do know that the man has his devotees that still flock to each new offering. And, aside from death, one of the surest ways to reboot a career or revitalize interest in a song or catalog is an appearance in a popular movie. The use of Unchained Melody in Ghost [...]
Australia has been on my radar since the early '70s, when my father bandied about the idea of moving the family there. He had a gig secured, but, at the eleventh hour, my mom put the kibosh on the venture. I was five and pissed. Cornfields and cows did not match the allure of koalas and kangaroos. I don't think Australia was of much consequence to me again until later in the decade and the success of Olivia Newton-John in Grease and the dominance of the Bee Gees in pop culture. I [...]
Little River Band's greatest hits collects 12 of LRB's best known songs, and biggest radio hits. Hits like Reminiscing, The Other Guy, Lonesome Loser, Help is on It's Way, and Cool Change are all here, as well as some equally good, but lesser known songs. Little River Band's greatest hits does an excellent job of collecting all of the songs, that the casual fan will want. None of Little River
The studio version of this was something I heard on a DJ Harvey tape a while back, but this live version just pips it for me. Heard this on a Renee tape, and I am pleased to say she is back in the land of the DJing - so here's hoping there will be some [...]
Little River Band are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1975 and named after a road sign for the Victorian township of Little River. They were the first Australian rock group to enjoy sustained commercial success in the United States. During their career the band have sold more than 25 million records and scored 13 American Top 40 hits. They released this compilation "Greatest Hits" in 1982 and unlike a lot of compilation albums this album truly is a "greatest hits" package. LRB were all over the radio throughout the late 70's and early 80's, hell you couldn't [...]
It's almost over, finally. After an almost ludicrous amount of time and money spent on this year's American election, it's almost over. What has it been, almost 2 years and billions of dollars spent on this campaign? Mercy me I don't know what the 24 hour news networks are going to do when this election is over. I have a suggestion, Report the actual news eh. Say what you will about the great white north but when they have an election they don't fuck around. Election announced and 4 or 5 weeks later, boom [...]
Once upon a time, way back in July (well it feels like forever ago, anyway), I caught a rare live show performed by Philadelphia's The Bye Byes . Since that night, front man Pete Shauger and I have been playing interview tag. Over the course of a three month long conversation, we talked about our respective histories with the saxophone, the MySpace/Facebook revolution, and the band's vacancy for an agent. Enjoy! Jessica, PopWreckoning : I haven't been able to find much in the way of a biography on The [...]
As one of Australia's most successful pop music exports to America, Little River Band had found a growing audience in the States since they first the charts with Help Is On The Way in 1977. As the '70s closed, the band had notched their greatest success, yet, as their 1979 album First Under The Wire had not only become their first Top Ten album, but they had scored two of their highest-charting singles with Lonesome Loser and Cool Change . After a brief hiatus and a live album, Little River Band [...]
The Little River Band - It's A Long Way There (MP3) It's Monday; I want it to be Friday. It feels like an age away... Coming on like the antithesis of Stevo's last post (seriously, who the hell puts 40 tracks up?!). Here is a 4 minute ditty from Australia's finest (bar INXS of course); the Little River Band. The 8 minute wig out version of this track is where it's at, but unfortunately I don't have the LP to hand, so this will have to do. Roll [...]
David Cross David Cross had a tough time growing up in Atlanta. His bit on the mid-80's "Light Up Atlanta" street festival is brilliant (Caution). Download (Right-Click Save As): MP3: David Cross - Austin Powers Saying "Yeah Baby" Bonus Tracks: MP3: Alison Krauss & Union Station - Oh, Atlanta MP3: Little Feat - Oh Atlanta MP3: Little River [...]
Australia's Little River Band could lay claim to being one of that country's most successful exports on the American charts in the late '70s and early '80s. From their Top 40 debut with It's A Long Way There in 1976, they group had matched that success with ten more singles by early 1983. However, coming off their biggest studio album, 1981's Time Exposure , and a gold-selling Greatest Hits collection from the following year, Little River Band lost their original lead singer, Glenn Shorrock, to a solo career. They replaced him with popular [...]
Losers. Download : Little River Band - Lonesome Loser
Frank Black : What is going on, Peter? We’ve never backed away from anything. We’ve even faced evil incarnate. Peter Watts : Evil incarnate can’t sue. (from Millennium , “Jose Chung’s ‘Doomsday Defense’â€) I was all set with a post celebrating my reasonably successful upgrade to the new beta version of Blogger, when a certain someone lamented that no one was jumping at a recent juicy piece of celebrity gossip. It seems a former 70’s teen heart throb-turned-fading superstar actor was photographed [...]
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