It was late – probably a Friday night and I’d been burning something that got me thinking of Down By the Sea – the final track from Men At Work’s seminal album Business As usual.
While the world got terribly familiar with Down Under, I kept coming back to this track. And I’m sure most Australians are now jaded by the band and saxophones from the 80’s never age terribly well but – sometimes a track is just sonically perfect for certain situations.
I knew I wanted to start a playlist with it and knew that Chris would be a great partner as he’s way hipper than I am when it comes to music and Aussie bands in particular, but we’d been playing with making playlists in threes and I suspected Jenna could benefit from a couple old bastards dropping goodness in her ears ;-p
Of course – we benefited more as we got exposed to new stuff.
It’s striking that tracks that are released over 4 decades from each other can still sit beautifully together. Trends and fashion come and go but cool, good music never goes out of style.
Track Listing
- Down By the Sea – Men At Work
- Yesterday – Dan Croll
- Cold Was The Wind – Kurt Vile
- Star Dream Girl – David Lynch
- Seventeen Going Under – Sam Fender
- Dark Child – Marlon Williams
- This Night Has Opened My Eyes – 2011 Remaster – The Smiths
- In Consideration – flipturn
- Blood And Roses – The Smithereens
- New Orleans Is Sinking – The Tragically Hip
- Portrait of a Blank Slate – Lovejoy
- Anemone – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Never Saw It Coming – Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
- Young Blood – Noah Kahan
- New Speedway Boogie – Courtney Barnett
- Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
- I Know The End – Phoebe Bridgers
- Tangerine – Remaster – Led Zeppelin
- Fucked Up – Shannon Moore
- Bootleg Firecracker – Middle Kids
- Dirty Work – Steely Dan
- Rush – The Brook & The Bluff
Playlist image by GPT4
About the Curators
Chris Mccann
Jenna Barton
My name is Jenna Barton. I currently live in a small town in Illinois. Although I live in small town I have always been a big city girl at heart. I live near the great city of Chicago, where I try to visit as often as I can. I enjoy seeing new places and being around people. I'm not sure what my future holds, but I do know that music will be apart of it.
Music has always been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. You can find me listening to music in between classes and during nature walks. Ive had a passion for music at a young age when I started my own musical discovery. My journey into music led me into the boyband area for a while, but now its very diverse and I am always looking for something new to listen to.
I wouldn't be able to pick a favourite artist or song right now because its constantly changing. Music has changed my life for the better and I want nothing more than to share that with you.
