The Horses Effect

06/01/22 • 64 min

In this episode, we’ll explore the phenomenon of particular Aussie songs becoming even more popular and significant, years after their release. I’m calling it “The Horses Effect,” after Daryl Braithwaite’s 1991 hit, The Horses, which enjoyed a cultural revival more than 15 years after its release, and is today firmly entrenched as an unofficial Aussie anthem.

Find the episode playlist on the Spotify Cara Diaria artist page. Send questions or compliments to mykindofscenepod[@]gmail.com.

Sources

Wikipedia
Cashmere, Paul. “Daryl Braithwaite ‘The Horses’ Celebrates 25th Anniversary” noise11.com, May 18, 2016
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Find the episode playlist on the Spotify Cara Diaria artist page. Send questions or compliments to mykindofscenepod[@]gmail.com.

Sources

Wikipedia
Cashmere, Paul. “Daryl Braithwaite ‘The Horses’ Celebrates 25th Anniversary” noise11.com, May 18, 2016
Jary, Marta. “Daryl Braithwaite reveals his classic song The Horses may have never have been released...” Daily Mail, Oct 23, 2020
“The Enduring Appeal of Daryl Braithwaite's The Horses | What Is Music” ABC News, 2018
Sewell, Eliza. “Hawthorn celebrates victory singing Daryl Braithwaite's pub rock anthem” Herald Sun, Sep 30, 2013
“Hawthorn drop Daryl Braithwaite’s hit song The Horses as its unofficial anthem” Herald Sun, Mar 22, 2017
True, Everett. “Friday on my Mind by the Easybeats – bristling with pent-up frustration” The Guardian, Dec 8, 2014
“Friday on my mind - YOU AM I ( easybeats tribute )” YouTube
“Step Back / Cara-Lyn: JOHNNY YOUNG AND KOMPANY” Bang a Gong
“I write the songs” Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 28, 2003.
“The Sounds of Australia” National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Broughton, J. “Jim Keays (Masters Apprentices) Interview 1999” Casey Radio via YouTube, 1999
Port Adelaide Highlights “Never Tear Us Apart - Round 8, 2021 vs Adelaide” YouTube, 2021
Carmen, Lo. “Riveting, terrifying, completely singular: how Chrissy Amphlett changed the game” The Guardian, Mar 1, 2022
Amphlett, Chrissy. “Pleasure and Pain: My Life” Hodder Australia, 2005
“TikTok Songs 2022 Australia – Most Used Music on TikTok 2022 (Australia Playlist)” Spotify, 2022
“I Touch Myself Project”

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This two-part episode explores the history and merits of cover songs in Australian pop music. We resume our exploration with one of the biggest and most enduring songs of the 90s... that just happens to be... you guessed it, a cover! We then uncover the covers that were breakthrough hits for some of Australia's best alternative bands in the 2000s. And we ponder some crossover cover hits of the 2010s before reaching our answer to the question: is recording a cover song a good way to make, or break, an Aussie artist’s career?
Find the episode playlist on the Spotify Cara Diaria artist page. Send questions or compliments to mykindofscenepod[@]gmail.com.
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Wikipedia
Patrin, Nate. “Torn” Between Worlds: One Hit, Many Artists Stereogum. Oct 27, 2017.
Holmes, Peter. “Minogue Wins Battle of Aussie Divas” Billboard. Jan, 2002.
Eliscu, Jenny. “Rooney, Jet Visit "The O.C."” Rolling Stone, Jan 30, 2004.
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Byron, Tim. “Number Ones: ‘You Don’t Own Me’, And The History Of The Cover Song On Australian Charts” Junkee. May 28, 2015.
Langford, Jackson. “Jolyon Petch responds to Reigan in ‘Dreams’ credit controversy” NME. Nov 25, 2021.
Weaver, Jackson. “TikTok video catapults Fleetwood Mac's Dreams back up the charts” CBC. Oct 6, 2020.
Allyn, Bobby. “TikTok Sensation: Meet The Idaho Potato Worker Who Sent Fleetwood Mac Sales Soaring”

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Find the episode playlist on the Spotify Cara Diaria artist page. Send questions or compliments to mykindofscenepod[@]gmail.com.
Sources:

Wikipedia
“Jimmy Little’s ‘The Coloured Lad’ was a plea for a fair go” abc.net.au. June 1, 2021.
Browne, D. “‘I Am Woman’: How Helen Reddy’s Feminist Anthem Quietly Changed Pop” Rolling Stone, Sep 30, 2020
“I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) by Redgum” Awesome Aussie Songs, Dec 30, 2021
Williams, M. “I was only 19: The real soldier behind the Australian Vietnam veterans' anthem” abc.net.au, Nov 10, 2016
“Vietnam War 1962–75” Australian War Memorial
Hughes, R. “How Midnight Oil made an art of mixing politics with music” Louder, Jun 22, 2017
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My Kind of Scene - The Horses Effect

Transcript

Intro 00:00

Welcome to My Kind Of Scene , where we uncover the past and present of Australian music.

In this episode, we’ll explore the phenomenon of particular Aussie songs becoming even more popular and significant, years after their release. I’m calling it “The Horses Effect,” for reasons that will become apparent very soon, if they’re not already.

To explore my first real experience of this phenomenon, let’s go back in time.