Song Sunday: Early Warning
“Too young to know, too old to listen…”
Sunday evening’s playlist submission is Early Warning by Australian band Baby Animals. The second track from their debut album Baby Animals, it was released on April 21, 1991, as their debut single. Written by Suze DeMarchi, Dave Leslie and Eddie Parise, the song was nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year in 1992 by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The album was awarded Album of the Year at The Arias Awards.
I discovered this band when their third track Painless was released in the US in November 1991. Suze’s voice is stunning and powerful and, her band is as hard rocking as any from Downunder. I bought the CD and there’s not a bad song on it. It deserved Album of the Year. They broke up in 1996 but, reformed in 2007. They continue to perform and record.
Baby Animals Channel From 1992
MTV’s Video From 1991
18 thoughts on “Song Sunday: Early Warning”
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May 17, 2020 at 7:19 PM
Reminds me of Blondie.
May 17, 2020 at 7:56 PM
Really? I hadn’t thought of that.
May 19, 2020 at 1:20 AM
Strong strong voice…and music is edgy. I like it because it has a raw feel to it.
May 19, 2020 at 1:45 AM
That album was the only one I owned. I haven’t heard any of their later stuff. They were so Australian. They toured some here with Van Halen (apparently Valerie heard them and liked them) but, I never heard much more out of them.
I loved her voice.
May 19, 2020 at 1:51 AM
Her voice was the best part. The music is really good and thank goodness they didn’t smooth it out…but it’s her voice…strong…very strong.
May 19, 2020 at 2:00 AM
A little trivia for you…she was with Gavin Rossdale before blonde bitch. “Comedown” was about Suze:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedown_(song)
May 19, 2020 at 2:04 AM
Oh you mean Gwen? I thought at first Madonna
May 19, 2020 at 2:08 AM
LOL! I don’t recall Rossdale being involved with THAT material girl. At least Madonna had a decent voice. Holla-back bitch has NO talent.
May 19, 2020 at 2:09 AM
Madonna’s voice…squeaky…and NOW creaky. I don’t like either one really.
May 19, 2020 at 2:18 AM
She got some voice training esp. when she was working on “Evita” in the middle 90s. Her voice got better. It’s a shame her personality is shit.
Ever heard Frozen? I do like that one.
May 19, 2020 at 2:23 AM
I just heard it…she did do a…gulp…good job. You know I usually can separate art from artist…you have to at times…but my dislike for her exceeds usual limits.
I do like one song…one song…Borderline. I told my cousin when we saw it…that lady will be huge…unfortunately I was right.
May 19, 2020 at 2:25 AM
I liked Borderline, too, back in the day. It got played too much.
May 19, 2020 at 2:29 AM
I only saw the video…our rock station would not play her..God bless them
May 19, 2020 at 2:01 PM
LOL!
May 19, 2020 at 2:03 AM
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/rockers-baby-animals-magnetism/news-story/33b1805ac9ecf8e339a5c8cc8de4cf6f
May 19, 2020 at 6:18 PM
I’ve got this cd. Played it last week. Love it.
May 19, 2020 at 7:07 PM
Wow. It’s obscure as hell, here.
May 20, 2023 at 12:19 AM
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