I usually associate trips that I have been with songs that were aired in the radio at the same period. For instance, Tony Rich Project’s “Nobody Knows” is associated to my first visit to Chicago, USA. Couple of years later, during my road trip to Los Angeles, Jewel’s “You Were Meant For Me” was played all the time. Coincidentally, both road trips (company training) happened right after a major heartbreak. What those heart wrenching songs are! As if God was speaking right to my face.
During my recent road trip in around Melbourne, I remember hearing “Don’t Give Up” all the time in the radio. “Don’t Give Up” is probably one of my top 20 favourite songs of all time originally performed by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush back in 1986. Whenever I felt down during my university days, I played “Don’t Give Up” loud. The version I heard over the radio in around Melbourne is covered by some other artists. “Don’t Give Up” has been covered by Alicia Keys and Bono as well as Australian artists Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte and it was the later version I have heard on the radio. Just a bit of background here. Shannon is an Australian Idol runner-up and Natalie is the frontwoman of the electro rock band Rogue Traders. I do enjoy Rogue Traders’s music (reminds me of an old band Republica) and it is certainly strange to hear Natalie singing a ballad.
Anyway, hail to YouTube, we have a video to watch.
PS. I will try to organize my Melbourne pictures fast so that I can share them progressively with you all a.s.a.p. Stay tuned for koalas next.