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(MID-WEEK BONUS) #846-842
#846 PUMP IT Black Eyed Peas
"Pump It" is a track which deftly uses a riff and marries it with a new rap/ hip hop song. This Black Eyed Peas hit samples Dick Dale's "Misirlou", an old folk song originally, that the surf rock guitar legend recorded in 1962. Nicholas Roubanis was the composer of that interpretation. The new song was the creation of group members Will. I. Am (William Adams), apl.de.ap (Allen Pineda) and Fergie (Stacy Ferguson) with Thomas Van Musser. The former produced the track which they recorded in Japan. "Pump It" is the opening track off their 2005 album 'Monkey Business'.   

#845 MESSAGE OF LOVE The Pretenders
On "Message of Love", The Pretenders rock out to great effect. Lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde wrote the song, which was released as a single in 1981 and made the Top 20 in the UK and Australia. It was included on their 'Pretenders II' LP.
#844 HOMEWARD BOUND Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon's lyrics for "Homeward Bound" convey the loneliness and emptiness of a musician on tour and feeling homesick. The melancholy is sharpened with Art Garfunkel's beautiful harmonies as the duo shuffles through the short track, featured on their 1966 'Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme' LP. The track served as the follow-up to the duo's first #1 single "The Sounds of Silence", following it into the US & UK Top 10.
#843 HOOCHIE GUCCI FIORUCCI MAMA Australian Crawl
Australian Crawl formed in 1979, a group of friends that grew up in the Mornington Peninsula area of Victoria. They were swiftly catapulted to the chart heights via irresistible hit songs including "Beautiful People", "The Boys Light Up", "Downhearted" and "Errol". Unfairly overshadowed by contemporary rock groups such as Cold Chisel and Hunters & Collectors, Australian Crawl delivered some of the sharpest and biting lyrics on the local music scene at the time. 
"Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama" was an album track on the group's 1980 debut LP 'The Boys Light Up', written by lead singer James Reyne and Little River Band's David Briggs. The latter produced that first album. 
Despite an impressive string of hits, Australian Crawl broke up in 1984. Guy McDonough died that year of pneumonia. Brad Robinson passed away in 1996 of lymphoma. Reyne was the only member to successfully sustain a career as a performer.

#842 THIS HOUSE IS EMPTY NOW Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
'Painted From Memory' is a lush and special treat, showcasing the talents of songwriters Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. The latter challenges Dionne Warwick for the title of best vocalist for the former's beautifully crafted songs. Together, they composed and produced the tracks on this unique album, released in 1998. One of its highlights is "This House Is Empty Now". Costello nails the vocal with agility, nimbly enunciating each lyric. Bacharach's gentle power at the piano further establishes his hallowed place among pop's pantheon of songwriters.



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