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Powderfinger — My Happiness
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 03, 2013 - 16:25
 
And my RP musical education continues. Never heard it before.  This song grows on a fellow. Thanks, Bill. This is rather smokin'. Sing it along and play it again. 

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 08:40
 
Wicked.  There is something immense about the vibe when I see bands from me homeland in a room full of ex-pats in London in winter.  These guys and the Waifs to name but a few raised the absolute roof off the joint with this and a few other numbers.  Normally I don't like loads of crowd singing but when its right its right.... or maybe I was so loud I was ruining someone else's enjoyment.  Whoops.

srose96
(grandma's house)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 08:39
 
{#Curtain}

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 08:37
 
 le_colonel wrote:
Man, sometimes Bill has a knack for pulling out these old gems that I haven't listened to in ages and have, in fact, forgotten that they existed.

This was a good song.

7.
 


haven't heard it in ages. love it. reminds me of my first days at RP!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 10:35
 
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I remember when you went from 33 to 34. Guess we put a stop to that?
 
yep. i'd be lily44 now. bill got the idea of what i was going to be doing and knew he didn't want to change it every year

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 10:32
 
 gatorade wrote:
Best NY song IMO. So anyone who does a cover gets a positive rating for that. 
 
This song is not a cover, but the band is obviously named after Neil's tune.

Spud
(Newcastle, Australia)
Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 00:13
 
 bookem wrote:

What a shame that they are disbanding!


 

Yes, great pity for we fans, but they put out a double best of CD with some unreleased stuff. I picked it up and it is played frequently when I drive to Sydney.  A great band.

le_colonel
Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 00:11
 
Man, sometimes Bill has a knack for pulling out these old gems that I haven't listened to in ages and have, in fact, forgotten that they existed.

This was a good song.

7.

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 23:24
 
Best NY song IMO. So anyone who does a cover gets a positive rating for that. 

bookem
(Barbados)
Posted: May 27, 2010 - 07:18
 

What a shame that they are disbanding!



Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Nov 19, 2009 - 03:41
 

Powderfinger’s Golden Rule Posted by Eddie Ruckus - Rockin' Blogger 11 September, 2009 - 10:35 AM

Powderfinger

Powderfinger have just revealed the release details for their new studio album.

It’s called Golden Rule and it will be out November 13.

The first single is a track called “All Of The Dreamers” and you’ll be able to hear right here exactly two weeks from today. <Obviously we’ll try and steal a copy to let you hear before that!>

“On this record we made our approach from a different angle,” says Bernard Fanning. 

“We made an effort to steer away from the ‘habits’, whether good or bad, that we had developed when writing together over the years. It gave the songs an entirely new energy that we have never really tapped into before.

“‘All of the Dreamers’ is the most consistently upbeat song that we have written in our entire career. It’s a sideways glance at the sometimes redundant nature of party politics.

“It’s not a particularly political song actually, in the sense that it is taking a side, just a general dissatisfaction with the way ‘democracy’ can be blindsided by the self interest that holding onto power can generate.

“I suppose in that sense it alludes to any kind of relationship, whether it be political, business or personal.”

No worries, Bern – as long as we can sing along!



BRT
(Connecticut)
Posted: Oct 18, 2009 - 17:04
 
Bad body odor music. done that.

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Aug 16, 2009 - 15:29
 
If my regular rotation, but haven't heard here in AGES!

gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jun 14, 2009 - 04:53
 
Fantastic groove. Jars of Clay meets Buck Cherry meets Meil Young.

martindi
Posted: Mar 11, 2009 - 08:08
 
{#Frustrated}

cattail321
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 18:34
 
what do you tell a police officer who doesn't arrive at the scene of a crime on time?




...........COP-U -LATE{#Stupid}{#Dance}......................GOOD TUNE!!

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 18:26
 
Love the finger!

omniphiliac
(Relative to Where?)
Posted: Jul 01, 2008 - 15:38
 
Sweet. Sad but sweet.
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Dec 25, 2007 - 19:53
 
lily34 wrote:


i really dig it too. reminds me of early days of RP.


The first comment on this song in 2001, lily33 wrote:
never heard of these guys. liking it!


I remember when you went from 33 to 34. Guess we put a stop to that?
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Dec 25, 2007 - 19:50
 
2003, ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I've heard it quite a few times m'self, but it's only just beginning to penetrate my consciousness. I think I want to give it a 7 but dang! now I can't remember it. That is one lightweight song. I'll try harder to notice when it's on next time.


years later and I still think this is some band I've heard once or twice is all. I do think I'll give it a 7 now. Really when the song started just now, if you had asked me how old it was, I'd have said it came out in 2006 maybe. I don't know what that means but maybe it just isn't making any impression on me other than I sort of like it.

/incisive analysis
lily34
(derby, ny)
Posted: Nov 24, 2007 - 10:18
 
Platypus wrote:
I really dig this song - haven't tuned into RP in a long while, and it was good to hear this one again when I did.


i really dig it too. reminds me of early days of RP.
papaman
(Downstate New Mexico)
Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 07:43
 
Meh
King_Balt
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 11:31
 
this song is makin' me cry for a completely different reason...

huebdoo wrote:
I had been away from home on business for sometime and I can remember comming through the front door and seeing my little girls faces as I walked into the house....

I also remember there faces as I had to go to work the next day pressed up to the window looking very sad

this song was on the radio and I balled like a baby all the way to work that morning... I think the other commuters must have thought I was nuts or something...

Everytime I hear this song I think of my girls faces pressed up against the front window looking at me drive off... I tear up just thinking of it.


Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 11:30
 
I really dig this song - haven't tuned into RP in a long while, and it was good to hear this one again when I did.
enidualc
(Guyville)
Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 11:29
 
i just love this song. makes me feel like i need to see someone far away that i havent seen in years
electronicshaman
(miskatonic)
Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 21:16
 
hunthunthunt wrote:
AKA poo poo finger ;-)


damn....

beat me to it!


hunthunthunt
(London)
Posted: Dec 18, 2006 - 09:25
 
AKA poo poo finger ;-)
ibcoleman
(Dodge City, NE)
Posted: Sep 21, 2006 - 15:09
 
I give this a 4, because I'm not an Aussie. Ok, a 5 because I am an Aussie sympathizer.
Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Sep 21, 2006 - 15:07
 
For a moment there, I thought it was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Not a bad thing to be comparable to, BTW.
huebdoo
Posted: Aug 23, 2006 - 08:47
 
I had been away from home on business for sometime and I can remember comming through the front door and seeing my little girls faces as I walked into the house....

I also remember there faces as I had to go to work the next day pressed up to the window looking very sad

this song was on the radio and I balled like a baby all the way to work that morning... I think the other commuters must have thought I was nuts or something...

Everytime I hear this song I think of my girls faces pressed up against the front window looking at me drive off... I tear up just thinking of it.


Mari
(Broome, WA)
Posted: Apr 28, 2006 - 11:29
 
The_Seeker wrote:
I'm always impressed to hear such good Aussie bands on RP.

Powderfinger have been one of my favourite bands for about 10 years. Vulture Street is a truly great album. Another one to look out for is 'Internationalist'.
... Definately, and now Bernard Fanning has just released his solo album Tea and Sympathy which is really really good.
Still, I can't get enough of Powderfinger, even though I've got all their albums, they are just such a tight band of professionals... ... My Happiness! ...
Jacksonstat
(Columbus OH)
Posted: Mar 30, 2006 - 06:36
 
I love this song. I added the CD to my Wish List on Amazon when I noticed that My Happiness isn't on the album shown. It's on Odyssey Number Five.

TobalMoreno
(2,981 mi Due East (Sitting on a Catchbasin))
Posted: Mar 15, 2006 - 13:36
 
I love this song, can't understand the negatives. BUT, it's probably because of nostalgia to my days back in '02 travellin' from Melbin to Cairns, with a 4 month stop in Bundaberg to pick zuchinni in a large field (ok, aussies, corgete (sp?)).
lovetractor24
(Saranac Lake, NY)
Posted: Mar 15, 2006 - 12:45
 
shua wrote:
As an aussie, this song died for me while living in a ski town in the US. Ski towns in the US are filled with aussies and if had a penny for every time I was forced to listen to this crap by sad sentimental girls who'd left thier boys down under........ arrrggg.

This song is considered their "sellout" song in australia and I was surprised to hear it on Radio paradise, but this station is always good for a surprise .


That's interesting. I've lived in a ski town for five years and have yet to meet an aussie. Maybe it's a western ski town thing. I'm in lake placid, it's all eastern european (not a bad thing, just interesting is all)

oh, and yeah, this song sucks.
MissIncendium
(The land of OZ)
Posted: Feb 28, 2006 - 18:25
 
Surprized to hear this one here. I'm over it, it gets flogged on the radio
ingoldsby
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 09:43
 
Surprised to hear this on here :) Great Australian band!
TheLoneIguana
(Central California)
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 09:41
 
diane wrote:
There's a really annoying hum/buzz in the background of this tune. Unfortunately, it's the song, not the 'recording'...
Aggghhhhh!


Sounds like they're playing on the Pigeon-o-tron 3000 or something.
djblitz
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 - 09:40
 
I hadn't heard this song in years, great poppy track! 8/10
The_Seeker
(Adelaide, Australia)
Posted: Jan 01, 2006 - 06:41
 
I'm always impressed to hear such good Aussie bands on RP.

Powderfinger have been one of my favourite bands for about 10 years. Vulture Street is a truly great album. Another one to look out for is 'Internationalist'.
huebdoo
Posted: Oct 20, 2005 - 07:47
 
This song reminds me of my little girls (4 & 2) running to me after I have been away on business... and how they are so excited to see me when I return home..

That time between road trips is magical and we are living life burning the candle at both ends trying to get as much time
And how they react when I have to leave again...

Love the song.. totally reminds me of my girls everytime I think of it...
piz_palue
(zurich, switzerland)
Posted: Aug 22, 2005 - 05:18
 
have a nice day....enjoy this easy song...
Johray63
(The Lowlands)
Posted: Jun 24, 2005 - 01:46
 
Good sound and song. A bit like Live doing a Crowded House song.
rascal420
(Truckee, CA - 5000 feet above Paradise)
Posted: May 25, 2005 - 16:45
 
shua wrote:
As an aussie, this song died for me while living in a ski town in the US. Ski towns in the US are filled with aussies and if had a penny for every time I was forced to listen to this crap by sad sentimental girls who'd left thier boys down under........ arrrggg.

This song is considered their "sellout" song in australia and I was surprised to hear it on Radio paradise, but this station is always good for a surprise .


I live in a ski town. I know the horror. Jesus.
masterhead
(Sacramento, Ca)
Posted: May 25, 2005 - 16:44
 
IListenToTheWind wrote:



Sounds like Live. Great song...I put this on a mix cd and have listened quite a bit to it... Thanks Bill!

You must be shitting me..Live? come on...This sounds like a Pepsi commercial
masterhead
(Sacramento, Ca)
Posted: May 25, 2005 - 16:43
 
I rate this a 4, which is acceptable according to RP standards
rulebritannia
(England - Where God does not run for public office...)
Posted: Apr 26, 2005 - 10:15
 
Ouch.
coding_to_music
(Marlborough Massachusetts)
Posted: Jan 13, 2005 - 08:26
 
first time this morning I have come to rate a song badly...
yellowdog
(Harrisonburg, VA)
Posted: Jan 13, 2005 - 08:26
 
Still love this song! Just a good groove. :D
diane
(seacoast, nh, usa)
Posted: Dec 14, 2004 - 19:38
 
There's a really annoying hum/buzz in the background of this tune. Unfortunately, it's the song, not the 'recording'...
Aggghhhhh!
stevo_b
(Mentally, no clue.... Got a compass?)
Posted: Dec 14, 2004 - 19:35
 
I still love this tune!!!