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Dave Mason Oral History Interview Excerpt
Title:
Dave Mason Oral History Interview Excerpt
NFSA ID
1606076
Year
2020
Courtesy
Dave Mason
In February 2020, NFSA Oral History Senior Curatorial Officer Sean O'Brien interviewed Dave Mason, songwriter and lead singer with the innovative and influential pop group The Reels.
In 2001, Dave's song 'Quasimodo's Dream' was placed at number 10 in APRA's 'Top 30 Australian Songs of All Time' list. In this audio clip, Dave talks about writing 'Quasimodo's Dream' in Kings Cross in the early 1980s, crafting surreal lyrics that were wide open for interpretation.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.