I met Winny at school (his daughter is in my son’s class) and I quickly grew jealous of him: he seemed to be constantly travelling to one tropical paradise after another! When I enquired after his line of business I found out that he is a professional surfer – “Winny” is how bodysurfing in-the-knows call the champion Dave Winchester.
I watched a few bodysurfing videos on the net and was amazed at what Dave can do in the water: he harnesses the waves’ energy and uses it to propel his acrobatics: he remains airborne – frog legs out wide – for way longer than the laws of physics should allow and his mid-air somersaults look graceful, almost effortless. As someone with better lingo than me said on YouTube: “Winny shreds!”.
This music compilation carries Dave’s name because I pinched his surfing videos soundtracks and mixed them. Gotye contributes the first three tracks. He deservedly cleaned out this year’s ARIA awards and he just makes for a great start to my list. I owe the Cee Lo Green song to my friend Annamaria, who showed me his beautifully choreographed video; the rest is what I could find scouring the programs of a couple of US music festivals. Jovanotti features twice (both songs are from his latest album “Ora”); he is a great Italian singer songwriter and he sits – in this mix – very pretty.
Maurizio Viani
| Title | Artist | Album |
| Eyes Wide Open | Gotye | Eyes Wide Open – Single |
| Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) | Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) – Single |
| Learnalilgivinanlovin | Gotye | Whip It (Music from the Motion Picture) |
| Dangerous Boys | The Protectors | Tarantula – EP |
| Shakeytown | I Heart Hiroshima | The Rip |
| Playing God | Paramore | Brand New Eyes (Deluxe Version) |
| A Shot In the Arm | Wilco | Summerteeth |
| Can’t Stand It | Wilco | Summerteeth |
| Cry Baby | Cee Lo Green | The Lady Killer (Deluxe) |
| La notte dei desideri | Jovanotti | Ora (Deluxe Version) |
| Megamix | Jovanotti | Ora (Deluxe Version) |
| Cinco | The Ruby Suns | Fight Softly |
| Chariots of Fire | Mission Control | Innerspace – EP |
| Smile | O. Children | O. Children (Bonus Track Version) |
| Tin Roof (feat. Nathan Edwards) | Barnstormers | Graveyard Town |
| Little Bit of Feel Good | Jamie Lidell | Jim (Bonus Video Version) |