This morning on the train I was listening to the following and they made me feel happy so I thought I would share them with you:

Florence & the Machine's awesome song - Dog Days are over and Gossip with Heavy Cross. I really like Beth Ditto's hair in this video.

Enjoy!

When I was still at school an ex-boyfriend of mine moved from Dunedin to Christchurch. Many international acts didn't travel down to Dunedin because it was just that wee bit too far away.

One of my trips up to Christchurch to see Robert was combined with a trip to see Violent Femmes. I really liked their first album. I saw them play in a dingy, small pub with soggy carpets. It was a fantastic gig,  one I will never forget.

Today's song: Kiss Off Violent Femmes

Recently I have been listening to lots of new music particularly indie pop and folk. I adore Angus and Julia Stone. Oh and the new Dead Weather album is superb. I am one of those travellers who are attached to my iPod with headphones like it's an umbilical cord that feeds my soul. Last night whilst pondering today's post I was thinking if there was a sound track for the movie of my life what music would be on it.

So I thought I might spend the next few weeks putting together the sound track of my life. I would like Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow or perhaps Jane Campion to direct. Props to my BF who has started on the sound track for the movie of the book that he is writing .

Like most kids growing up in New Zealand I used to listen to the radio we did not have a stereo in the house until I was fourteen. Here goes:

Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue

My mother bought and old radiogram in the late 70s. It was beautiful piece of furniture and came with a pile of old records. Peggy Sue was the song I like the best in her record collection and I played in over and over. Buddy Holly had style. Mum actually went to see the Beatles when they preformed in Dunedin in 1964. She said she couldn't hear a thing there was too much screaming.

Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn

My mother loved this song so much. I remember her listening to it on the radio and writing the lyrics on her cigarette packet. The ballad of Delta Dawn is sad and spoke to my mother who at the time was trapped in a violent marriage with four children under five. 

The Mixtures - Push Bike Song

I used to sing this song walking to school on below zero mornings. Growing up in Invercargill for the first few years of my life, I walked twenty minutes to school on my own when I was five. I wouldn't let my girls walk to school on their own at that age. They were different times. My dad walked 10K to school across farmland in bare feet. One of fourteen they didn't have shoes for a long time. He was raised by his Aunty and grew up in a place called Maungatautari. This is his mountain.

Tune in tomorrow for more songs.