Kiwi nostalgia - gone and almost forgotten (44)

in music •  7 years ago 

NZ Music Month's Melodic Memories (25)

Beaver
(Beverley Jean Morrison)
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(1970s-2010)
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You can watch her, along with some other great names, perform Don't You Just Know It here:


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Hammond Gamble
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(late 70s-onwards)
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You can watch him performing Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out live, here:


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Clap Clap Riot
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(cir 2009-onwards)
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You can watch the video for their Everyone's Asleep here:


(I love this song. Discovered it after it was used as soundtrack on an episode of The Almighty Johnsons. Loved that show, too.)

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Goodshirt
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(2000-2005/2012-onwards)
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You can watch their video for Sophie here:


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Assembly Required
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(?-current)
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You can watch them perform their cover of Seether's Broken here:


(I recommend also checking out their cover of Dolly Parton's Jolene.)

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Bibliography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_(singer)

https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/hammond-gamble

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap_Clap_Riot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodshirt

https://www.facebook.com/Assemblyrequirednz/


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The guy from Assembly Required sounds very like Eddie Vedder to me.
I loved Almighty Johnsons too, though I didn't remember the song.

It was part of a scene from s03e07. (I looked it up, lol)

http://almightyjohnsons.co.nz/music

Yeah I do that too, quite often.