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Speaker 1: What an incredible song. That is the unmistakable sounds of the Hoodoo Gurus who are celebrating their forty fifth year anniversary and they're holding a special tour to commemorate that. And we are joined by lead man Dave Faulkner, who has been good enough to join us this morning. Dave, thank you so much for coming on five double a Breakfast. How are you really really well? That is such a great song. You've got so many and you guys are coming to Adelaide as part of this forty fifth anniversary tour later in the year. Tell us all about it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, basically, you had this idea that there's a bunch of songs we haven't played for a long time, and they were actual singles, you know, sort of hits, and we just can't squeeze them into our step normally, like to put in a bit of this, a bit of that, and some of the times those songs got pushed to the side, you know, and you realize after a while that day, you haven't played that song for decades, So we're going to just do singles this time. That's the idea. And there were some of the you know, pretty well loved songs. As I say, we haven't been able to play live much, so we're going to bring them all out and people can hear all the hits plus all of these sort of some of them are close missus, but they're still a good songs.
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Speaker 1: It is so good, Dave. And what I love is you've already sold out a show on Saturday, November twenty eight. Now that's at the Heinley Street Music Hall, So you're that popular. You've had to produce another show which is going to play on the Friday night, the twenty seventh of November, so there's a chance for people to still get there.
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Speaker 2: Totally. We're over the moon about that. When we love playing Adelaide, and you know, sometimes it can be tricky because people have been trained to kind of wait till last minute in the case they might get cheaper tickets, but our shows sell out, So don't do that.
00:01:48
Speaker 3: Hey, Dave, you're a Perth Laddern't you have Adelaide to compare to performing in your hometown and then all states across the country.
00:01:56
Speaker 2: Well, I've got cousins in Adelaide, so it's kind of like a yeah, I've got cousin all over Australia, so I've always got a bit of a home away from home going on. But yeah, look, you know it's it's kind of nice actually, you know, it's a little bit less of the sort of the hurly burly and Adelaide is a very livable city.
00:02:12
Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 2: I love walking around and going to Central Market and stuff like that. So we really enjoy hanging out.
00:02:17
Speaker 1: And it's called the rewind to all kill it no feeling. Now I'm a bit biased, Dave, but I think it depends on when you grow up. So I'm an eighties kid, so I just love the eighties and that's when you guys formed. How do you sort of see the state of music? And what about you? What's your sort of favorite genre or time for music?
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Speaker 2: Oh that's a lot of questions, sorry about well look, well look as far as what what do I my favorite genre of music, there isn't one. I mean, obviously we've done rock and roll, you know, yeah, with pop flavored, I guess in the sense I've got, you know, kind of good melodies and stuff. That's what I think of pop songs, you remember, But there there's rock and roll basically that's kind of my favorite genre, you know, but you can get that goes cup a lot of bassis. You know, you go all the way from you know, sixties stuff to you know, sort of heavy metal, and you know, even though i'd call R and B part of that genre. You know, So it's just everything really. But as far as the eras go, obviously we come up in the eighties and that was kind of a special time. There was seemed to be there was still some things to discover in music. You know, it still didn't feel like it was kind of reached the end of it's you know, where you could go. There was sort of people doing electronica stuff, and hip hop was coming in, and you know, later on, of course, grunge came in the nineties. But no, music's the West growing and there's always room for new music. So you know, it doesn't matter. You know, where you are in the world and what time you're living in, and there's always room for an artist to write a song that expresses the moment. And that's what I look forward to, is what the next song is going to be, whether it's mine or someone else's.
00:03:48
Speaker 3: And Dave, you and the band you've never shied away from political and cultural kind of undertones within you.
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Speaker 2: I thought, actually I have reluctantly being forced into it a couple of times.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was going to say, do you think there's a place for that in modern music or do you think less?
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Speaker 2: So Now, look, the fact is people have a right to express themselves any way they want, any time they want. No one can tell them to shut up. But my personal preference is not to have to say things like that and let people make their own minds up about what they believe. And you know, I'm not a preacher, I'm not a people to my way of belief. But you know, people tell me this isn't to shut up and not talk about politics. Well, how about politicians stop using music for politics. That was what we were complaining about when last time I made a bit of a noise fascinating was attached to something and we weren't asked.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and lastly, obviously Johnny Farnam and others have kind of had to had to stop performing live.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's terrible, terrible.
00:04:42
Speaker 3: Isn't it? But how are you going? How's the voice box? After all that time?
00:04:45
Speaker 2: The voice is good. I had a couple of health issues in the recent last year or so so that was a bit of a wake up call to me that you know, you are getting old and things start to happen a bit more seriously. But I'm kit of the fiddle at the moment, so touch, I've got to do this tour and you know, hopefully a couple more afterwards. I don't know, we'll see what happens, which is so at my age, you know, you do know that there is an end point at some point that's coming closer and closer.
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Speaker 1: But it's amazing that you can keep performing. There's nothing like live music, you know, particularly a rock band. It's just so much fun and so cool. Actually, I've got to ask you as well, David Perth boy, what's your AFL team? Who's your team?
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Speaker 2: I'm a Sydney so I'm the fellow. I moved to Sydney in eighty one fair enough on the Gurus and they just moved to sit in the same time. So I went for the Swans. But you know, I'm a waffle person when you go down to the deep part of me. So on Districts in Perth is my club side.
00:05:37
Speaker 1: Love it well, Dave, we cannot wait. And for those that want to get tickets.
00:05:41
Speaker 2: What's the best way Frontier Touring dot com dot au they are handling this tour.
00:05:45
Speaker 1: Well, Dave. We cannot wait to see you November twenty seven. There is that show available at the Heinley Street Music Hall here in Adelaide. The Saturday night's already sold out. It is going to be a cracking couple of nights. Rest up that voice box and we cannot wait to see you in a few months time.
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Speaker 2: No, it's a way to be fun, brilliant. Thanks guys,
Speaker 1: What an incredible song. That is the unmistakable sounds of the Hoodoo Gurus who are celebrating their forty fifth year anniversary and they're holding a special tour to commemorate that. And we are joined by lead man Dave Faulkner, who has been good enough to join us this morning. Dave, thank you so much for coming on five double a Breakfast. How are you really really well? That is such a great song. You've got so many and you guys are coming to Adelaide as part of this forty fifth anniversary tour later in the year. Tell us all about it.
00:00:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, basically, you had this idea that there's a bunch of songs we haven't played for a long time, and they were actual singles, you know, sort of hits, and we just can't squeeze them into our step normally, like to put in a bit of this, a bit of that, and some of the times those songs got pushed to the side, you know, and you realize after a while that day, you haven't played that song for decades, So we're going to just do singles this time. That's the idea. And there were some of the you know, pretty well loved songs. As I say, we haven't been able to play live much, so we're going to bring them all out and people can hear all the hits plus all of these sort of some of them are close missus, but they're still a good songs.
00:01:20
Speaker 1: It is so good, Dave. And what I love is you've already sold out a show on Saturday, November twenty eight. Now that's at the Heinley Street Music Hall, So you're that popular. You've had to produce another show which is going to play on the Friday night, the twenty seventh of November, so there's a chance for people to still get there.
00:01:35
Speaker 2: Totally. We're over the moon about that. When we love playing Adelaide, and you know, sometimes it can be tricky because people have been trained to kind of wait till last minute in the case they might get cheaper tickets, but our shows sell out, So don't do that.
00:01:48
Speaker 3: Hey, Dave, you're a Perth Laddern't you have Adelaide to compare to performing in your hometown and then all states across the country.
00:01:56
Speaker 2: Well, I've got cousins in Adelaide, so it's kind of like a yeah, I've got cousin all over Australia, so I've always got a bit of a home away from home going on. But yeah, look, you know it's it's kind of nice actually, you know, it's a little bit less of the sort of the hurly burly and Adelaide is a very livable city.
00:02:12
Speaker 1: You know.
00:02:12
Speaker 2: I love walking around and going to Central Market and stuff like that. So we really enjoy hanging out.
00:02:17
Speaker 1: And it's called the rewind to all kill it no feeling. Now I'm a bit biased, Dave, but I think it depends on when you grow up. So I'm an eighties kid, so I just love the eighties and that's when you guys formed. How do you sort of see the state of music? And what about you? What's your sort of favorite genre or time for music?
00:02:34
Speaker 2: Oh that's a lot of questions, sorry about well look, well look as far as what what do I my favorite genre of music, there isn't one. I mean, obviously we've done rock and roll, you know, yeah, with pop flavored, I guess in the sense I've got, you know, kind of good melodies and stuff. That's what I think of pop songs, you remember, But there there's rock and roll basically that's kind of my favorite genre, you know, but you can get that goes cup a lot of bassis. You know, you go all the way from you know, sixties stuff to you know, sort of heavy metal, and you know, even though i'd call R and B part of that genre. You know, So it's just everything really. But as far as the eras go, obviously we come up in the eighties and that was kind of a special time. There was seemed to be there was still some things to discover in music. You know, it still didn't feel like it was kind of reached the end of it's you know, where you could go. There was sort of people doing electronica stuff, and hip hop was coming in, and you know, later on, of course, grunge came in the nineties. But no, music's the West growing and there's always room for new music. So you know, it doesn't matter. You know, where you are in the world and what time you're living in, and there's always room for an artist to write a song that expresses the moment. And that's what I look forward to, is what the next song is going to be, whether it's mine or someone else's.
00:03:48
Speaker 3: And Dave, you and the band you've never shied away from political and cultural kind of undertones within you.
00:03:54
Speaker 2: I thought, actually I have reluctantly being forced into it a couple of times.
00:03:59
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was going to say, do you think there's a place for that in modern music or do you think less?
00:04:03
Speaker 2: So Now, look, the fact is people have a right to express themselves any way they want, any time they want. No one can tell them to shut up. But my personal preference is not to have to say things like that and let people make their own minds up about what they believe. And you know, I'm not a preacher, I'm not a people to my way of belief. But you know, people tell me this isn't to shut up and not talk about politics. Well, how about politicians stop using music for politics. That was what we were complaining about when last time I made a bit of a noise fascinating was attached to something and we weren't asked.
00:04:34
Speaker 3: Yeah, and lastly, obviously Johnny Farnam and others have kind of had to had to stop performing live.
00:04:40
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's terrible, terrible.
00:04:42
Speaker 3: Isn't it? But how are you going? How's the voice box? After all that time?
00:04:45
Speaker 2: The voice is good. I had a couple of health issues in the recent last year or so so that was a bit of a wake up call to me that you know, you are getting old and things start to happen a bit more seriously. But I'm kit of the fiddle at the moment, so touch, I've got to do this tour and you know, hopefully a couple more afterwards. I don't know, we'll see what happens, which is so at my age, you know, you do know that there is an end point at some point that's coming closer and closer.
00:05:10
Speaker 1: But it's amazing that you can keep performing. There's nothing like live music, you know, particularly a rock band. It's just so much fun and so cool. Actually, I've got to ask you as well, David Perth boy, what's your AFL team? Who's your team?
00:05:21
Speaker 2: I'm a Sydney so I'm the fellow. I moved to Sydney in eighty one fair enough on the Gurus and they just moved to sit in the same time. So I went for the Swans. But you know, I'm a waffle person when you go down to the deep part of me. So on Districts in Perth is my club side.
00:05:37
Speaker 1: Love it well, Dave, we cannot wait. And for those that want to get tickets.
00:05:41
Speaker 2: What's the best way Frontier Touring dot com dot au they are handling this tour.
00:05:45
Speaker 1: Well, Dave. We cannot wait to see you November twenty seven. There is that show available at the Heinley Street Music Hall here in Adelaide. The Saturday night's already sold out. It is going to be a cracking couple of nights. Rest up that voice box and we cannot wait to see you in a few months time.
00:06:00
Speaker 2: No, it's a way to be fun, brilliant. Thanks guys,
