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Day 12

Mountain Man - The Johnnys

Spencer P. Jones was a member of The Johnnys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1w9y0egz2w

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Day 11

Top Of The World - Spencer P. Jones and the Escape Committee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3DmjwX1_Rc

A cover of Patty Griffin's song, it's about Martin Luther King Jr, how he kept on going whatever was asked of him.

Standalone single from 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWmud1OGkuA
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Day 10

You've Peaked Baby - Spencer P. Jones

So many crossovers here. Spnecer P. Jones worked with Gareth Liddiard in the Nothing Butts and also worked with Dan Luscombe from The Drones on numerous projects including The Last Gasp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX3ly0T5nJY

(Mountain ranges have cliffs, right?)

Back in 1985, Cliff went off to perform in the musical "Time". He plays a rock star who goes into space to defend the world. This song is an example of what he's defending.

Perhaps a bit sickly-sweet, it brought Cliff back into the top ten after a surprisingly long commercial slump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhIoDZF3SA
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Day 9

The Cockeyed Lowlife of the Highlands - The Drones

Gareth Liddiard was one of the founding members of The Drones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mQo7Ixiv-c

"You're not scared of climbing mountains. You're scared that you can't make them move. I would move them for you."

Buxton's greatest living troubadour shot to fame in autumn 2012, performing "Mountains" on national television. In the testing decade since, Lucy's found her level of fame, and is beloved by her crowd.

From 2013's "Join the Club"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuYuuF_JyKM
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Day 8

Highplains Mailman - Gareth Liddiard

Gareth Liddiard was one of the Alpha Males who played in Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrjmNack87w

Composed by Kern and Hammerstein for 1937's film "High, Wide, and Handsome", this definitive rendition came two decades later.

Peggy Lee brings a timeless mix of hope and wistfulness to this tune, setting out the plans she has to grow old with her beloved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu-z8mJKzs4
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Day 7

A Classical DJ At Dandenong Station - Dan Kelly

Dan Kelly is Paul Kelly's nephew and played guitar on The Merri Soul Sessions album. Mount Dandenong is the site of TV and FM signal towers for all of Melbourne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUyFO6cDuPI

Commercial success for The Shamen came in summer '91, with this industrial-house crossover. Hypnotic, shimmering, pulsing electrobeats, a gentle croon, but Mr. C's inaugral C-rap.

Success came at a nasty price; band member Will Sinnott drowned after filming the video in Tenerife.

This Beatmasters mix is from 1991's album "Progeny".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyW3MIkqvE
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Day 6

It's All Downhill From Here - Paul Kelly and the Messengers

Dan Sultan collaborated with Paul Kelly on The Merri Soul Sessions album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNdyzR95-mA

By summer '86, hip-hop had a massive underground following, but still needed a gimmick to crossover into the mainstream.

Lovebug Starski worked with Kurtis Blow on this top 20 seller, a mashup of samples and spooky noises around a quality rap and memorable beat.

Starski coined the name «hip-hop»; he died in 2018.

From the 1986 album "House Rocker".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHotPZDGxx8
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Day 5

Mountaintop - Dan Sultan

Not ready to move on from Dan Sultan just yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY7xM9Pr46A

Samu the singer is leaving town, and voices a mixture of regret and nostalgia, with confusion over his future plans. "I'm gonna come back to walk these streets again. Bye bye, Hollywood hills forever"

Sunrise Avenue were in their emo-pop phase, and at the peak of their commercial success

From 2011's album "Out of Style"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPQZSlC2zk
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Day 3

Final Midnight Oil song before changing artists tomorrow. This challenge I will only change to an artist the previous artist has collaborated with.

King of the Mountain - Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuC_k51NUqU

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Day 2

Sticking with Midnight Oil for a bit, but going overseas for some much higher mountains.

Mountains of Burma - Midnight Oil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px3nIlvA0HU

"Mountains" is an avalanche of noise, claps and snares and shouts. As we'll find a lot of people do, Prince uses "mountain" as a shorthand for adversity, something to conquer.

The video was shot in Nice, around the time of footage for Prince's film "Under the Cherry Moon"; there's a cameo from Kristin Scott Thomas.

Second single from the 1986 album "Parade".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WmPeLOLDnA
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This month's music playlist is #PeakOfThePops, from an idea by @nonoxcol.

Thirty songs and performers about hills, moors, summits, heights, peaks and generally going up in the world.

Five of the songs share a name, so it's Mountains Friday.