As we approached the first year anniversary of Rita Houston's passing on December 15, we reached out to three artists - Citizen Cope, Yola, and Jill Sobule - who shared a special connection with our beloved former program director and music director. Retrieved 14 February 2020.The journey of grief is one of shifting tides, fluctuating between tears, gratitude, disbelief, loving recollections, and rumination. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). "The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. ^ "1999 Music Awards Nominations: Song of the Year".Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. : CS1 maint: uses authors parameter ( link) Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000. ^ Fanning, Middleton, Haug, Collins, Coghill et al.Archived from the original on 28 June 2002. ^ a b Watts, Benedict (November 1998).^ Last.fm, The Day You Come – Powderfinger – last.fm.In May 2001, APRA, as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "The Day You Come" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. "The Day You Come" received the ARIA Award for Single of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 and was nominated for the APRA Award for Song of the Year, though this award was won by " Addicted to Bass" by Amiel. Indeed, the song's release fell within the political peak of Hanson's party, One Nation. When the song was released, there was speculation that it alluded to Pauline Hanson's political climb however, the band has reported that the song is more vague than specifically referring to one person, indicating that the song was not directly describing or attacking Hanson, though not ruling out that she may be one of many described. Fanning didn't rule out political messages altogether, however, but enforced the need for moderation and for not "preaching". Haug said the band was happy to be quoted on politics, but not to have their words preached, telling Benedict Watts: "I personally like to separate a bit If someone asks us what our views are, we'll tell them, but we don't go out to our gigs and preach about things." Fanning agreed, saying, "We would never try and preach, we would only ever try and suggest things to people as possibilities.", comparing the band to Midnight Oil, especially its lead singer-turned-politician and activist, Peter Garrett. "The Day You Come" was the first Powderfinger song to contain notable political references, although the band denied attempting to "preach" through their music. Problems playing this file? See media help. The video for "The Day You Come" features the band along with many others at a formal gathering/party at The Tivoli in Brisbane.Ī 29-second sample from Powderfinger's "The Day You Come". "The Day You Come" also featured Nick DiDia for the first time, who would go on to be a long term producer for the band. They would also provide backing vocals on " Passenger", and on future songs including " Like a Dog" and " Thrilloilogy". This was the first time the trio worked with Powderfinger. Īs well as the band's usual line-up, "The Day You Come" featured backing vocals from Brisbane trio Tiddas. Guitarist Ian Haug agreed, adding that the band had not intended for "The Day You Come" to be the first single off the album, but it was released because the band couldn't decide on any other songs to release. He said one of the reasons the next single released was "Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray" was that it was the complete opposite a much more "thrashy" single than "The Day You Come". Lead singer Bernard Fanning said this impression was inaccurate, describing the song as being "not very up-tempo" compared to the rest of the album. "The Day You Come" was the first single off Internationalist to be released, and thus gave an impression of what the album was set to contain.