A few weeks ago, Universal Music Australia UMA announced that they have reached agreement for the distribution and marketing of the Savage Garden catalogue of recordings. The fact these songs connected with such a massive audience across the world and remain so beloved… Read More ».
On the one hand we're the country that first embraced ABBA - at one point one in three homes own the Swede's greatest hits. The irony is our biggest musical exports have been unashamed pop bands: Kylie Minogue, pop's great survivor with Olivia Newton-John opening doors for her before that, Air Supply and Little River Band showing America they didn't have the monopoly on making iconic ballads.
It started the way many bands before them had - musician Daniel Jones placing an advertisement looking for a singer in covers band Red Edge. The only application was Darren Hayes, a man who knew his way around a classic hit, raised on a healthy diet of Madonna and Michael Jackson. That journey started 20 years ago in , when they'd outgrown other peoples' songs and found themselves in the studio recording their own. First single I Want You was released in Australia in , a year dominated by the angst of Alanis Morissette and not one but two versions of the Macarena.
Against the odds it soared to No. Hayes and Jones had spent years preparing for this moment and weren't going to be one hit wonders. To the Moon and Back still many peoples' favorite Savage Garden song displayed their prematurely mature approach to panoramic pop and Hayes as a lyrical surgeon penetrating the heart.
The pair were profilic in writing instantly familiar pop tunes, and who knew one of Australia's most special and most successful voices of all time would come from a dude from Brisbane with an ET fixation. Hayes and Jones had what would become a not so secret weapon in waiting - Truly Madly Deeply.
In becoming one of the most successful songs ever written by Australian musicians it transformed into 'our song' for lovers everywhere. The beauty of the first Savage Garden album was how naive it all was. Songs written in suburban bedrooms became global anthems; the intimacy and innocence of their tunes was immediately genuine and untouched by corporate fingerprints.
It was home-made world class music. Ironically it was following those hits around the world that would divide the duo. Hayes was born to be on stage, Jones born to remain behind the scenes. What made it work initially ultimately tore it apart. Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October Thursday 14 October Friday 15 October Saturday 16 October Sunday 17 October Monday 18 October Tuesday 19 October Wednesday 20 October Thursday 21 October Friday 22 October Saturday 23 October Sunday 24 October Monday 25 October Tuesday 26 October Wednesday 27 October Thursday 28 October Friday 29 October Saturday 30 October Sunday 31 October Monday 1 November Tuesday 2 November Wednesday 3 November Thursday 4 November Friday 5 November Saturday 6 November Sunday 7 November Monday 8 November Tuesday 9 November Wednesday 10 November Thursday 11 November Friday 12 November Saturday 13 November Sunday 14 November Monday 15 November Tuesday 16 November Wednesday 17 November Thursday 18 November Friday 19 November Saturday 20 November Sunday 21 November Monday 22 November Tuesday 23 November Wednesday 24 November Thursday 25 November Friday 26 November Saturday 27 November Sunday 28 November Monday 29 November Tuesday 30 November Wednesday 1 December Thursday 2 December Friday 3 December Saturday 4 December Sunday 5 December Monday 6 December Tuesday 7 December Wednesday 8 December Thursday 9 December Friday 10 December Saturday 11 December Sunday 12 December Monday 13 December Tuesday 14 December Wednesday 15 December Thursday 16 December Friday 17 December Saturday 18 December Sunday 19 December Monday 20 December Tuesday 21 December Wednesday 22 December Thursday 23 December Friday 24 December Saturday 25 December Sunday 26 December Monday 27 December Tuesday 28 December Wednesday 29 December Thursday 30 December Friday 31 December Saturday 1 January Sunday 2 January Monday 3 January Tuesday 4 January Wednesday 5 January Thursday 6 January Friday 7 January
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