Comments on: Top 5 pays homage to New Zealand http://www.unfspinnaker.com/expressions/2009/06/03/top-5-pays-homage-to-new-zealand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-pays-homage-to-new-zealand Official Newspaper of the University of North Florida Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Yurgartis http://www.unfspinnaker.com/expressions/2009/06/03/top-5-pays-homage-to-new-zealand/comment-page-1/#comment-12654 Jason Yurgartis Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:42:51 +0000 http://www.unfspinnaker.com/?p=1907#comment-12654 How could you omit the La De Das 1966 NZ hit "How is the Air Up there?" Though I've read it's actually, for all intents and purposes, a cover of a skeleton of a song by Blues Magoos or The Changin' Times (depending on who you ask), it's definitely the best song ever to be played by Kiwis. This is a very challenging list though. I rate it an 8.9 on my difficulty scale, which is relatively similar to the pompously confusing and intentionally vague rating system on Pitchfork. Nice work! How could you omit the La De Das 1966 NZ hit “How is the Air Up there?” Though I’ve read it’s actually, for all intents and purposes, a cover of a skeleton of a song by Blues Magoos or The Changin’ Times (depending on who you ask), it’s definitely the best song ever to be played by Kiwis.

This is a very challenging list though. I rate it an 8.9 on my difficulty scale, which is relatively similar to the pompously confusing and intentionally vague rating system on Pitchfork. Nice work!

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