Well, the winners aren't announced yet but APRA (the songwriters' and publishers' organisation) has announced a list of the 20 songs just below the top 10 of New Zealand's best songs.
Some months ago APRA, to acknowledge its 75th year, sent out voting forms to its members, plus 100 invited guests,
who nominated their top local songs. More than 900 songs were nominated but, in a shakedown of the votes, a clear consensus emerged.
This week APRA announced the list of those from 11 to 30. In a month the top 10 will be revealed. But we are told the song which accrued the most votes is a clear winner. To find out what that song is, and the other top nine, you'll have wait for the announcement at the APRA Silver Scroll function on October 29. Meantime, start speculating.
But here are the songs and their writers ranked 11 to 30 which you can take out of contention, a diverse mix of old and new, big hits and songs which grew in stature over the years:
11. I Got You, Neil Finn (Split Enz, 1980)
12. Whaling, Dave Dobbyn (DD Smash, '84)
13. Not Given Lightly, Chris Knox ('90)
14. Pink Frost, Martin Phillipps (The Chills, '84)
15. Jesus I Was Evil, Darcy Clay ('97)
16. Weather With You, Tim Finn/Neil Finn (Crowded House, '91)
17. Blue Smoke, Ruru Karaitiana (Pixie Williams and the Ruru Karaitiana Quartet, '49)
18. Dance All Around the World, Corben Simpson, Geoff Murphy (Blerta, '72)
19. Lydia, Julia Deans (Fur Patrol, 2000)
20. Blue Lady, Graham Brazier (Hello Sailor, '77)
21. Drive, Bic Runga ('96)
22. Chains, Che Fu/DLT/Angus McNaughton/Kevin Rangihuna ('96)
23. Dominion Road, Don McGlashan (Muttonbirds, '93)
24. Glad I'm Not a Kennedy, Shona Laing ('86)
25. I Hope I Never, Tim Finn (Split Enz, '80)
26. Tears, Fane Flaws/Arthur Baysting (Crocodiles, '80)
27. Be Mine Tonight, Dave Dobbyn/Ian Morris (Th'Dudes, '78)
28. I See Red, Tim Finn (Split Enz, '79)
29. Beside You, Dave Dobbyn ('98)
30. Home Again, Karl Kippenberger/Tom Larkin/Phil Knight/Jon Toogood (Shihad, '97).
YET MORE NET WIZARDRY: A new trailer for the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring has been made available on the movie's official website (www.lordoftherings.net) this week. The trailer is available either in a full-screen Quicktime format or in a series of 100-plus scene-by-scene small stills with a script of the trailer voiceover. It roughly follows the story chronology of the first of Peter Jackson's Tolkien adaptations and shows most of the major characters - including Liv Tyler in warrior maiden mode - and a frightening array of orcs, goblins, trolls and ringwraiths. A cinematic version is expected to be on local cinema screens in two weeks. Viewing the trailer comes recommended to anyone suffering hobbit fatigue. Just the thing to revive that sense of anticipation for the first LOTR film which starts on December 19.
COMPUTE-PUTE-PUTE-COMPUTER-GAMES I: Auckland Garageland say they have been the victims of internet fraud - apparently their old website garageland.net was "stolen" by someone from Wisconsin who wanted $US100,000 to give it back. And that explains why the old address diverts to either a home-loan business or a shopping channel, or a porn site (no, that's not their last video, okay?). So they've set themselves up a spanking new one www. Garageland.co.nz just in time for the October release of their new album Scorpio Righting.
COMPUTE-PUTE-PUTE-COMPUTER-GAMES II: Signs that Christmas (and Microsoft's X-Box) is coming - the PlayStation 2 which started out here priced at $999 last November dropped its retail price to $679.95 yesterday.
NELLY NEARLY: It's almost certain that we'll see a November tour by Nelly Furtado, one of pop's cooler breakthrough stories of 2001. The Canadian singer-songwriter has already confirmed an Australian tour including paying the Rumba pop and fashion festivals in Melbourne on Saturday, November 17 and in Sydney on November 24, where she is part of a line-up which includes Shaggy (heading here in between the Oz dates), Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Craig David, a lot of Aussie pop acts we don't really get ... and Zed.
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Well, the winners aren't announced yet but APRA (the songwriters' and publishers' organisation) has announced a list of the 20 songs just below the top 10 of New Zealand's best songs.
Some months ago APRA, to acknowledge its 75th year, sent out voting forms to its members, plus 100 invited guests,
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