One of my biggest inspirations behind creating Lost Treasures Review
in the first place was aussie rocker Ross Wilson, who i`ve always
regarded as the true king of australian rock`n`roll. Despite many
years languishing as a record producer in the 70`s and as a near
has been throughout the 90`s, Ross `The Boss` Wilson has written
enough classics, or at least sung enough good ones, to be worthy
of getting the mantle i have personally annointed him with. If i
was to pick a classic rock`n`roll song written in the past twenty
years which tickles my fancy the most, then no, it isn`t a beefed
up re-recording of Eagle Rock, which is considered to be up in the
top three best rock`n`roll songs of all time in Australia, but it is
in fact a 2 minute ditty recorded by Daddy Cool when they brief-
ly re-united in 1994. The song is a groovy piece of doowop boogie
called `$64000 Question`. I love the song, it rolls more than it
rocks actually, it`s as slick as anything Ross `The Boss` cooked
up with his late 70`s and 80`s outfit Mondo Rock but it has this
real grainy blueseyness about it, not to mention some great bass
chugging it along. But it retains a level of sophistication which
makes it sound and feel very house jazzy and intimate. I believe
`$64000 Question` is up there in the top 6 six songs RW has sung
in his career, confident, brash, and with some laidback attitude.
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