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ARIA Number 1 Memories – 1992 – Under The Bridge

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Aug 21 2011

Under The Bridge

Under The Bridge


“Under the Bridge” is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on March 10, 1992 as the second single from the group’s fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics to express a feeling of loneliness and despondency and to reflect on narcotics and their impact on his life. Kiedis initially did not feel “Under the Bridge” would fit into the Chili Peppers’ repertoire and was reluctant to show it to his band mates until producer Rick Rubin implored him to do so. The rest of the band was receptive to the lyrics and wrote the music.

The single hit the ARIA number 1 spot on 18th April 1992 where it was to remain for 4 weeks.


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ARIA Number 1 Memories – 1992 – Marvellous!

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Aug 20 2011

“Marvellous!” is a comedic cricket parody by Billy Birmingham from the “Still the 12th Man” album. Ths song was number 1 on the Aria charts from April 4 1992 and lasted until 2 weeks. The song is a classic for anyone from the time as the commentary team are all featured brilliantly.

The concept of the album is a day in the life of Richie Benaud, the “captain” of the Channel 9 cricket commentary team. Resembling a game between Australia and Pakistan, this album includes Bruce Reid literally falling apart, Tony Greig and Bill Lawry hijacking the commentary box and Max Walker streaking and hijacking the commentary box.


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ARIA Number 1 Memories – 1992 – Saltwater

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Aug 19 2011

Saltwater

Saltwater


“Saltwater” is a 1991 song performed by English singer, songwriter, and musician Julian Lennon. It was written by Mark Spiro, Leslie Spiro and Julian Lennon. Originally released on the album Help Yourself, it topped the Australian singles charts for four weeks from 7th March 1992.

Unlike most of Lennon’s previous songs, “Saltwater” combines subtle melodies with gentle vocals to bring forward the issues of environmental conservation and world poverty. The lyrics juxtapose the many marvels and feats of human civilization with the death of the natural world, constantly emphasising the passing of time – ‘Time is not a friend, ‘cos friends we’re out of time’

The recording features a lead guitar solo in the style of George Harrison. Julian Lennon originally wrote a guitar solo for the song. At the suggestion of his producer Bob Ezrin, he then contacted George Harrison to play the solo instead. George was busy at the time consoling Eric Clapton whose son had recently died. He recorded a couple of riffs and sent them back to Julian. Guitar player Steve Hunter then played the actual solo on the song, combining the solo’s of Julian’s and George’s. In the liner notes for the Help Yourself album George Harrison is given special thanks.


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ARIA Number 1 Memories – 1992 – Love You Right

Music | Posted by Dean
Aug 18 2011

“Love You Right” is a 1991 house/techno/dance-pop track recorded by the Australian act Euphoria. The track reached number one on 22nd February 1992 and stayed there for 2 weeks. It would be the first of two number one singles for Euphoria in Australia for the trio. The track is best known for house-styled piano and string-synthesizer inspired technopop beats.


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ARIA Number 1 Memories – 1992 – Let’s Talk About Sex

Music | Posted by Dean
Aug 17 2011

Let's Talk About Sex!

Let's Talk About Sex!

Salt-N-Pepas “Let’s Talk About Sex” hit number 1 on the ARIA charts on 25th January 1992 and stayed there for 4 weeks.

The song talks about safe sex, the positive and negative sides of sex and the censorship that sex had around that time in mainstream media. The song was later included in the trio’s Greatest Hits (2000) album. It samples “I’ll Take You There” by the Staple Singers. An alternate version of the song entitled “Let’s Talk About AIDS” was released to radio on a promotional single and included as a b-side on various singles for the song. The lyrics were changed to more directly address the spread of AIDS and HIV.

The music video for “Let’s Talk About Sex” starts in a black-and-white scene with a girl turning on a radio and listening to the song. Then she starts kissing her boyfriend and scenes of Salt-N-Pepa and other couples kissing and hugging are shown. Next the video colorizes when Salt-N-Pepa are shown dancing. Another version of the video has a scene in which a skeleton is shown after the word ‘AIDS’ with a stamp written ‘censored’ in his mouth.


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