She Speeds
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She Speeds is a song by Dunedin
, New Zealand
band Straitjacket Fits
. The song was released on their debut 'Life in One Chord EP' in 1987. The EP was recorded at the Lab Studios in Auckland
, New Zealand and reached number 10 on the NZ Top 40 charts later that year. A video was filmed for She Speeds for just $250 by Johnny Ogilvy and the song quickly became a cornerstone of their live sets. The song would later be dropped from their sets as the band moved away from its early sound.
She Speeds was the last song played by the band at the Auckland Big Day Out
in 1994. The band went on semi-permanent hiatus after this show. At a show during their 2005 reunion tour, Shayne Carter
humorously murmured 'Uh-oh suppose this had to happen' before launching into the opening riff of the song.
She Speeds is number 9 on the top 100 New Zealand songs of all time as voted by APRA
members
Drummer John Collie said in 2008 that after listening to a live recording of their 2005 reunion tour, She Speeds along with Dialling a Prayer were still the best songs the band recorded during their career.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
band Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits
Straitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...
. The song was released on their debut 'Life in One Chord EP' in 1987. The EP was recorded at the Lab Studios in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand and reached number 10 on the NZ Top 40 charts later that year. A video was filmed for She Speeds for just $250 by Johnny Ogilvy and the song quickly became a cornerstone of their live sets. The song would later be dropped from their sets as the band moved away from its early sound.
She Speeds was the last song played by the band at the Auckland Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
in 1994. The band went on semi-permanent hiatus after this show. At a show during their 2005 reunion tour, Shayne Carter
Shayne Carter
Shayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...
humorously murmured 'Uh-oh suppose this had to happen' before launching into the opening riff of the song.
She Speeds is number 9 on the top 100 New Zealand songs of all time as voted by APRA
APRA
APRA or Apra may refer to:* American Popular Revolutionary Alliance , a Peruvian political party* Australasian Performing Right Association, a copyright collecting society...
members
Drummer John Collie said in 2008 that after listening to a live recording of their 2005 reunion tour, She Speeds along with Dialling a Prayer were still the best songs the band recorded during their career.