Presented chronologically from oldest (at Number 1) to most recent, it contains entertaining details and history on each song. As I was reading, I was constantly googling songs to remind me of the tune or the music video and desperately wanted a playlist associated with the book for easier reference.
Each section was well-researched and the footnotes were funny, but I wish they'd been included in the text as the frequent page flicking in ebook format was distracting^.
The list contains songs that 'made' Australia and were important within the music scene or within Australian culture at the time so it's definitely not a list of the 'most popular' or 'most well-known' songs.
I’ll admit not knowing many of the songs listed, while rushing off to listen to old favourites with renewed zeal and appreciation for their back-stories. Every reader is bound to have an opinion on the songs and their fair share of omissions, but overall this was a nostalgic and informative look at Australian music from 1958 - 2016.
My rating = ***
Carpe Librum!
^ See what I mean?
I enjoyed this one. About one chapter in I created a playlist for the entire book and listened as I read. It made for a great Saturday, for me anyway, not sure about the rest of my family!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Theresa, and glad you enjoyed it as well. I should have created a playlist too, but didn't want to look ahead to the songs on the list, hehehe.
ReplyDeleteHa! I'm a serial read the back matter of every book before beginning type of person.
ReplyDeleteNooooo Theresa, you shouldn't do that, lol.
ReplyDeleteIt's all about the antici.........pation!