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1900's Sounds - Divinyls

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The Soundtrack of Your Life  (18+) Every February, you're invited to chronicle the music that has influenced your life! #1970896 by Jeff

#24 - 1990's Sounds The Divinyls

In 1991, The Divinyls released their 4th album, simply called Divinyls. This album has the famous "I Touch Myself," song. Honestly, I didn't think about the lyrics that much at time. I just know I liked the music, thought Amphlett's was unique, and I liked the presentation - that the Divinyls weren't afraid to be themselves.

Once again, I had no idea the Divinyls were Australian. Those Australian bands sneak up on me!

At this point it's just Christine Amphlett and Mark McEntee who were the divinyls. They wrote some songs for this album in Paris and some in Los Angeles. For I Touch Myself - Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly pitched in. To this day, I Touch Myself is probably their biggest number.

At this time, I'm in Germany, on my 2nd tour and really coming into a phase of getting to know myself and embracing the journey. It was okay to be myself. Ah, yes, I had a boyfriend. We chuckled, boy is this song cool. It resonates with me because it was during an impressionable period of time in my life. Not only that, the whole album is GOOD. The other songs on the album are fun, rocky, daring, and singable. This was another car jam on the 4 hour trip to Berlin.

Years later I wondered what happened to them. They never really had another hits after this one. They released albums but it wasn't the same. And sadly, in 2013, Christine died due to breast cancer.

The Divinyls will always have a place on my soundtrack. They were wild, fun, and freeloving during a time I was coming to embrace that about myself as well.

THE DIVINYLS
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