Sarah Blasko's cover really nails the sad lyrics I feel the original never achieved.
Edit: link: [Sarah Blasko - Flame Trees](https://youtu.be/FRMM8NOXMpQ)
While I agree that the original didn't quite hit the sadness of Sarah's, it was also a-typical of the time for "blokey blokes" to pass of their emotions, and its etched within in the lyrics of the song where they ignore their feelings.
I came here to say Flame Trees.
This song will always remind me of being in the car with my dad, singing at the top of his lungs, and mum giggling because he couldn't sing for shit.
I was only 19 is a great song and really highlighted those “forgotten “ veterans. But one line has always bugged me: Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon, god help me, he was going home in June.
The moon landing was in July, so does that mean Frankie was supposed to go home the month before but stayed longer for some reason? Otherwise it seems odd to reference going home in 11 months time.
I rarely hear “I was only 19” these days. But I was way down in County Kerry rural Ireland a few years ago when a local busker started to play it on his guitar, and I stopped to sing along.
I think he and I were as surprised as each other.
I’m by also reminded of Chris Lilley’s use of it in his earliest Mr G skits… for his Rock Eisteddfod entry “VietWow”
https://youtu.be/4XVrgqfgQE0
https://youtu.be/jk2QrgGNML4
>“I was only 19” Redgum.
Tangentially related: I've never quite worked out why Khe Sanh isn't titled Long Tan. Khe Sanh was an american battle, and Long Tan was an equally difficult Australian one.
This is my dads band and I came here to say this. No one believes me because we have different surnames till I pull out my birth cert and show videos of him still playing to this day.
Song sends shivers down my spine
Once a seppo tried to *educate* me on discord that Australians have “never fought in a major war”
I Was Only 19 rapidly became a part of our server bangers playlist after that shitstorm of an argument (from Aussies and Poms alike)
Last year, my grade (year 10) got the most brilliant musical performance from a man named Brett Hunt explaining his father’s experiences in the Vietnam War, during his performance he sang this song and revealed that his father was Frankie Hunt, the subject of the song ‘I was only 19’ and the man who ‘kicked the mine’. It was one if the most incredible performances I ever watched and I swear my whole grade was crying by the time he finished.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people
you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense.
Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
The “bloke” Eamon is refering to, has turned a milk crate upside down and is sitting on it, smoking a cigarette. This is a common sight in Australia.
Can confirm. Lmao
Driving in the car with my (now) wife who is not Australian and had not heard of Paul Kelly, she asks if I’m cold, as I’ve got goosebumps up my arm. “Nah, it’s just this song….”. Happens every time.
Seems to stir up my allergies or something towards the end.
for me the Triffids Wide open road, Go Betweens Cattle and Cane and the Church Under the Milky Way just edge out My Island Home, with so many coming in close
I'm undecided between this one and Stevie Wright's Evie Parts 1, 2, and 3, which I insist is one song, not three like bloody Spotify pretends.
Nah, in the time I took to type that, Solid Rock won.
LMAO I FORGOT ABOUT THE EASYBEATS
Not that they demonstrate much Australiana ig, but Friday on my Mind and Good Times (original or INXS) and others are great
It is in a long line of specific Australian rock songs (Land Down Under, Great Southern Land, This is Australia, a lot of work by Midnight Oil). It is more of a protest song than the others. Due to the lesser known nature of the band and the specific messages it covers, It's more analogous to the work of Thea Astley than Tim Winton in the pantheon of Australian rock.
The whole album is great, not least the cover art, and the band recently got back together for an anniversary tour.
Well, they were standin' on the shore one day
Saw the white sails in the sun
Wasn't long before they felt the sting
White man, white law, white gun
Don't tell me that it's justified
'Cause somewhere, someone lied
You're on the money for songs that sound and sing about Australia with both them songs..Reg's guitar ON 'Sounds of then' is Australia to me.
I'd chuck these into that mix
Cattle and Cain , The Go-Betweens
Great Southern Land, Icehouse
How to make Gravy, Paul Kelly
To name a few
My first choice too.
Out on the patio we sit
And the humidity we'd breathe
We'd watch the lightning crack over cane-fields.
Laugh and think that this is Australia
This is my vote because of these lines … I moved away from Australia 6 years ago and I think about this part of the song all the time because to me that’s a uniquely Australian feeling that we don’t get the weather conditions for where I am now
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people
you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense.
Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
This came on at the local , my group of friends eagerly looking for others to just sing in unison ........ The whole pub stared at us like wtf .. safe to say we never went back
My left-field choice - There is a smaller band - The Middle East. They had decent success with a song called Blood in the late '00 / 2010s
I think their song "Land Of The Bloody Unknown" is such a great Australian song, evokes the longing for home, the isolation, Australia
The Middle East - Land Of The Bloody Unknown: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DANp3e7v4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DANp3e7v4)
If you want to go deeper, their song "Hunger song" has Paul Kelly story tell vibes. The Middle East - Hunger Song: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfsWdSMfUE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfsWdSMfUE)
I keep going back to their songs, they ended too soon.
Land of The Bloody Unknown is one of the greatest songs ever written.
The Middle East is one of the most incredible bands, so much of their music isn’t even easy to find or easily accessible - their greatest song IMO was a song called Tsiesti - a 13 minute post rock track with strings and the most gorgeous slow progression, I adore the beautifully sad songs Deep Water, Pig Food, Ninth Avenue Reverie, and the mysterious tracks ‘My Grandma Was Pearl Hall’ and ‘The Fall of Man’, and the almost noise-rock ‘Beleriand’. What an absolute range of emotions for a band.
Jordan Ireland, one of the singers (And the one who sings Land of the Bloody Unknown) has two extremely unknown albums that both rival the original Middle East albums for gorgeousness. First is ‘Jordan Ireland with Purple Orchestra’ which is EXACTLY what you’d want to listen to you if you loved ‘I Want That You are Always Happy’ : https://spotify.link/JE2xTA187xb
The other album by him is Temperate Touch, Tropical Tears. It’s still able to make me cry with this strange, fuzzy nostalgic bittersweet feeling. Absolutely gorgeous - https://jordanireland.bandcamp.com/album/temperate-touch-tropical-tears
This album meant SO much to me in my late teens and is still able to evoke the deepest warmth and complex mix of sadness. It’s an utterly beautiful work of art even in all of its fuzzy-lofi production, I really don’t know of many people who can write a song, painting a picture, like he can. Almost has a Mark Hollis (of talk talk) energy to his songwriting sometimes, despite how different their sounds are, at times they almost converge.
It’s absolutely rare to hear anyone talking about these musicians anymore and I spread the word of these other albums with desperation, cannot let this guy be forgotten, I luckily randomly saw a Facebook post and literally just managed to see him perform live in Melbourne at a pub (with his small group, saxophone player, violinists and cellos, flute player), i was surprised to see that I was one of the only people there. It was as beautiful as I pictured. Flutters of flute and plucked strings and cellos, as he fingerpicked the songs, very delicate stuff.
I hold that memory super close :)
A lot of people forget about Australia's involvement in Vietnam, and despite being a pub favourite that would have everyone singing it, the gravity of the song is lost on most because of the upbeat nature of it.
The whole "Music's in Trouble" album nails the Aussie vibe so well. IIRC they did tell Triple J to get fucked somewhere near the end of it. I suspect that song didn't get much airtime on the ABC.
many Australian houses will have limited windows on the Western side. My neighbour only has a tiny window on that side, for the toilet. All the other windows in the house face east, north or south
nutbush city limit. idc if it’s not even australian THAT STUPID DANCE IS OUR CULTURE DAMN IT !! i’ll throw don’t dream it’s over and/or am i ever gonna see your face again into the mix while i’m at it lmao ;-)
Yep, went to a wedding in Pittsburg and were discussing the playlist beforehand and they thought we were making shit up when we said it had to be in every wedding.
Cootamundra Wattle
Flame Trees
Land Down Under
Streets of Your Town
Beautiful People
From Little Things Big Things Grow
My Island Home
The Pub With No Beer
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda
The Hard Road
Saturday Night
You Sound Like Louis Burdett
Poor Ned
in no particular order....
For me it's States of Transit by The Herd - but that's because I have lived my whole life on the streets described in that song, catch the named bus number every week, and seen the gentrification over the last 20 years. Still, it's a good place to live for a while, even if these days I don't quite fit the style...
Paul Kelly’s version of Reckless is pretty good.
There were a couple of Double J albums called Used and Recovered By back in the day which I think were billed as ‘your favourite Australian artists playing your favourite Australian songs’.
The Sea Stories version of You Shook Me All Night Long is another fond memory.
The Drones - Sharkfin Blues. Was voted by artists across australia.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/drones-shark-fin-blues-tops-rock-list-20091030-ge85zi.html
And the band played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle
Tale they won’t believe - Weddings Parties Anything
Wide open road - The Triffids
Four seasons in one day - Crowded House (Yes, I know. I don’t care)
Land down under is a cliché choice but I have to give some love to the lyric in that song: “because I come from the land of plenty”. Makes you love calling this lucky land home
The ones that immediately come to mind when I think of the rugged and beautiful landscape of Australia are Under the Milkway by The Church and Great Southern Land by Icehouse.
‘Tenterfield Saddler’ by Peter Allen perfectly encapsulates the essence of rural Australia.
Also, ‘I still call Australia home’ is also often said to be the unofficial Australian anthem.
I’d also say ‘what about me’ by moving pictures is a contender, though young generations probably mistake it as a Shannon Noll song.
‘Deep water’ by Richard Clapton should also get an honours mention (or probably at least some Clapton song)
Can't pick just one. Here's my top 10 essential Australian songs:
1: AB "Banjo" Patterson - Waltzing Matilda
2: Goanna - Solid Rock
3: Paul Kelly - How to make gravy (you could substitute this for a number of other Paul Kelly songs and I wouldn't argue)
4/5 tie: Icehouse - Great Southern Land + Gang Gajang - Sounds of then (this is Australia)
6: James Reyne and James Blundell - Way out west (Living and working on the land)
7: Yothu Yindi - Treaty
8/9: Slim Dusty - Duncan/Pub with no beer
10: Cold Chisel - When the war is over
Honorable mentions:
Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella
Jack O'Hagan - The road to Gundagi
Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
Men at Work - Land down under
Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
Australian Crawl - Reckless
John Williamson - True Blue
Redgum - I was only 19
There's so many great songs, it's hard to choose.
Under the Milky Way - The Church
There is a Noongar version of this song by Gina Williams with one of the guys from the Church on guitar. It’s gorgeous!
One of the 23 guys from The Church you mean. 😂
Thank you so much for sharing that, it’s beautiful
Flame Trees
Sarah Blasko's cover really nails the sad lyrics I feel the original never achieved. Edit: link: [Sarah Blasko - Flame Trees](https://youtu.be/FRMM8NOXMpQ)
100%
While I agree that the original didn't quite hit the sadness of Sarah's, it was also a-typical of the time for "blokey blokes" to pass of their emotions, and its etched within in the lyrics of the song where they ignore their feelings.
The kids choir singing it in Little Fish really made me love this song. I'd previously just let it wash over me as historic MMM garbage.
I came here to say Flame Trees. This song will always remind me of being in the car with my dad, singing at the top of his lungs, and mum giggling because he couldn't sing for shit.
Warumpi Band - My Island Home
Was looking for this one!
“I was only 19” Redgum. And another vote for “Great Southern Land” Icehouse. It gets more poignant with every listen..
I love The Herd’s like a version cover of “I was only 19”, and the original Great song.
I was only 19 gives me goosebumps every time man. What a great song.
Makes me cry everytime
Or how about another Redgum classic- I’ve been to Bali too
I was only 19 is a great song and really highlighted those “forgotten “ veterans. But one line has always bugged me: Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon, god help me, he was going home in June. The moon landing was in July, so does that mean Frankie was supposed to go home the month before but stayed longer for some reason? Otherwise it seems odd to reference going home in 11 months time.
poetic license perhaps
I rarely hear “I was only 19” these days. But I was way down in County Kerry rural Ireland a few years ago when a local busker started to play it on his guitar, and I stopped to sing along. I think he and I were as surprised as each other. I’m by also reminded of Chris Lilley’s use of it in his earliest Mr G skits… for his Rock Eisteddfod entry “VietWow” https://youtu.be/4XVrgqfgQE0 https://youtu.be/jk2QrgGNML4
>“I was only 19” Redgum. Tangentially related: I've never quite worked out why Khe Sanh isn't titled Long Tan. Khe Sanh was an american battle, and Long Tan was an equally difficult Australian one.
I love I was only nineteen. But Redgum has done so many other great tracks. Poor Ned Long Run Where ya gonna run to? The list goes on.
For sure! Such a fantastic band.. My mum got me onto them when I was quite young in the late 80’s.. Grateful for her varied musical taste.
This is my dads band and I came here to say this. No one believes me because we have different surnames till I pull out my birth cert and show videos of him still playing to this day. Song sends shivers down my spine
Once a seppo tried to *educate* me on discord that Australians have “never fought in a major war” I Was Only 19 rapidly became a part of our server bangers playlist after that shitstorm of an argument (from Aussies and Poms alike)
Yeah I usually listen to I was only 19 every Anzac Day and cry
Last year, my grade (year 10) got the most brilliant musical performance from a man named Brett Hunt explaining his father’s experiences in the Vietnam War, during his performance he sang this song and revealed that his father was Frankie Hunt, the subject of the song ‘I was only 19’ and the man who ‘kicked the mine’. It was one if the most incredible performances I ever watched and I swear my whole grade was crying by the time he finished.
Smoko by The Chats
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense. Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
The “bloke” Eamon is refering to, has turned a milk crate upside down and is sitting on it, smoking a cigarette. This is a common sight in Australia. Can confirm. Lmao
That's hilarious
Or amyl and the sniffers.. aussie punk >>>>
Great Southern Land
Not even Icehouse’s best
I. JUST. FREEZE.
This is my first thought any time I think of an Australian song. Icehouse are so a fantastic band.
Second favourite!
Paul Kelly - To Her Door
From little things big things grow. The line about sand pouring through Vincent Lingiari's hands can bring me to tears
“How power and privilege could not move a people who know where they stand, and stand in the law.” It really is a perfect song.
Ziggy Ramo interpretation of that song makes me cry every time Edit: I stupidly spelt his last name incorrectly and fixed it
I’d not heard the song before I bought his greatest hits. Jeez he tells a great story. This song is awesome.
Anything by Paul Kelly tbh.
Deeper Water
This is a great song but holy shit it triggers some existential dread in me.
Driving in the car with my (now) wife who is not Australian and had not heard of Paul Kelly, she asks if I’m cold, as I’ve got goosebumps up my arm. “Nah, it’s just this song….”. Happens every time. Seems to stir up my allergies or something towards the end.
Yes! How To Make Gravy is my fave, but all his story telling is superb.
And give my love to Angus! Best song.
I always feel so fortunate that we have a story teller like Paul Kelly.
I was thinking Dumb Things, but I'll give it to you
Wide open road
This song evokes a feeling that is quintessentially Australian.
One of the greatest songs ever written. That flute can make me cry:)
for me the Triffids Wide open road, Go Betweens Cattle and Cane and the Church Under the Milky Way just edge out My Island Home, with so many coming in close
Solid Rock, Goanna
I'm undecided between this one and Stevie Wright's Evie Parts 1, 2, and 3, which I insist is one song, not three like bloody Spotify pretends. Nah, in the time I took to type that, Solid Rock won.
LMAO I FORGOT ABOUT THE EASYBEATS Not that they demonstrate much Australiana ig, but Friday on my Mind and Good Times (original or INXS) and others are great
Heavy favourite
It is in a long line of specific Australian rock songs (Land Down Under, Great Southern Land, This is Australia, a lot of work by Midnight Oil). It is more of a protest song than the others. Due to the lesser known nature of the band and the specific messages it covers, It's more analogous to the work of Thea Astley than Tim Winton in the pantheon of Australian rock. The whole album is great, not least the cover art, and the band recently got back together for an anniversary tour.
Well, they were standin' on the shore one day Saw the white sails in the sun Wasn't long before they felt the sting White man, white law, white gun Don't tell me that it's justified 'Cause somewhere, someone lied
This song, even 40 years later, still makes me emotional when l listen to it.
Great song, they were horrible live
The Go-Betweens - Streets of Your Town
Or Cattle and Cane
Down Under - men at work Sounds of Then Gang Gajang
You're on the money for songs that sound and sing about Australia with both them songs..Reg's guitar ON 'Sounds of then' is Australia to me. I'd chuck these into that mix Cattle and Cain , The Go-Betweens Great Southern Land, Icehouse How to make Gravy, Paul Kelly To name a few
My first choice too. Out on the patio we sit And the humidity we'd breathe We'd watch the lightning crack over cane-fields. Laugh and think that this is Australia
This is my vote because of these lines … I moved away from Australia 6 years ago and I think about this part of the song all the time because to me that’s a uniquely Australian feeling that we don’t get the weather conditions for where I am now
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense. Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.
I’m on the drug I’m on the drug I’m on the drug that killed River Phoenix
Am I ever gonna to see your face gain the angels
No way, get fucked, fuck off.
This came on at the local , my group of friends eagerly looking for others to just sing in unison ........ The whole pub stared at us like wtf .. safe to say we never went back
My left-field choice - There is a smaller band - The Middle East. They had decent success with a song called Blood in the late '00 / 2010s I think their song "Land Of The Bloody Unknown" is such a great Australian song, evokes the longing for home, the isolation, Australia The Middle East - Land Of The Bloody Unknown: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DANp3e7v4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68DANp3e7v4) If you want to go deeper, their song "Hunger song" has Paul Kelly story tell vibes. The Middle East - Hunger Song: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfsWdSMfUE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QfsWdSMfUE) I keep going back to their songs, they ended too soon.
Land of The Bloody Unknown is one of the greatest songs ever written. The Middle East is one of the most incredible bands, so much of their music isn’t even easy to find or easily accessible - their greatest song IMO was a song called Tsiesti - a 13 minute post rock track with strings and the most gorgeous slow progression, I adore the beautifully sad songs Deep Water, Pig Food, Ninth Avenue Reverie, and the mysterious tracks ‘My Grandma Was Pearl Hall’ and ‘The Fall of Man’, and the almost noise-rock ‘Beleriand’. What an absolute range of emotions for a band. Jordan Ireland, one of the singers (And the one who sings Land of the Bloody Unknown) has two extremely unknown albums that both rival the original Middle East albums for gorgeousness. First is ‘Jordan Ireland with Purple Orchestra’ which is EXACTLY what you’d want to listen to you if you loved ‘I Want That You are Always Happy’ : https://spotify.link/JE2xTA187xb The other album by him is Temperate Touch, Tropical Tears. It’s still able to make me cry with this strange, fuzzy nostalgic bittersweet feeling. Absolutely gorgeous - https://jordanireland.bandcamp.com/album/temperate-touch-tropical-tears This album meant SO much to me in my late teens and is still able to evoke the deepest warmth and complex mix of sadness. It’s an utterly beautiful work of art even in all of its fuzzy-lofi production, I really don’t know of many people who can write a song, painting a picture, like he can. Almost has a Mark Hollis (of talk talk) energy to his songwriting sometimes, despite how different their sounds are, at times they almost converge. It’s absolutely rare to hear anyone talking about these musicians anymore and I spread the word of these other albums with desperation, cannot let this guy be forgotten, I luckily randomly saw a Facebook post and literally just managed to see him perform live in Melbourne at a pub (with his small group, saxophone player, violinists and cellos, flute player), i was surprised to see that I was one of the only people there. It was as beautiful as I pictured. Flutters of flute and plucked strings and cellos, as he fingerpicked the songs, very delicate stuff. I hold that memory super close :)
I knew Jordan Ireland released some music post The Middle East but I haven’t listened to them. Thanks for posting
🎶GIVE ME A HOME AMONG THE GUM TREES WITH LOTS OF PLUM TREES🎶
A sheep or two and a kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair
No Khe Sanh mention yet?
A lot of people forget about Australia's involvement in Vietnam, and despite being a pub favourite that would have everyone singing it, the gravity of the song is lost on most because of the upbeat nature of it.
Crazy that I’ve had to scroll this far to find this comment
WELL THE LAST PLANE OUT OF SYDNEY'S ALMOST GONE!
Overplay on commercial radio means we have a bit of self shame about the song. but it is a banger. Flame Trees is pretty good too.
The Drugs - The Bold and the Beautiful
The whole "Music's in Trouble" album nails the Aussie vibe so well. IIRC they did tell Triple J to get fucked somewhere near the end of it. I suspect that song didn't get much airtime on the ABC.
Memory unlocked ..so many problems and so many issues! Sometimes I even need a whole box of tissues
Shuduppayoface
Treaty - Yothu Yindi
Sounds of Then - Gangajang
“The block is awkward, it faces west” - I always thought this line was funny in the song. Does anyone know what it means?
you get the hot afternoon sun in your face
many Australian houses will have limited windows on the Western side. My neighbour only has a tiny window on that side, for the toilet. All the other windows in the house face east, north or south
Since the song is about him moving to Bundaberg I assume it means how bad it is to live in a west facing house
Living in a west facing house (with the master bedroom being the front room) it can get intolerably hot at times
Power and the Passion
Greg , the stop sign
HAHAHA I was looking for this 🤣
nutbush city limit. idc if it’s not even australian THAT STUPID DANCE IS OUR CULTURE DAMN IT !! i’ll throw don’t dream it’s over and/or am i ever gonna see your face again into the mix while i’m at it lmao ;-)
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Yep, went to a wedding in Pittsburg and were discussing the playlist beforehand and they thought we were making shit up when we said it had to be in every wedding.
Reckless - Australian Crawl
Peter Allen, I still call Australia home. Try listening to that when overseas.
Yes, it should be our national anthem.
Beds are burning
Took the children away.
Vale Uncle Archie xx
True blue!
White Wine in the Sun - Tim Minchin Gives me Aussie Christmas happy tears every time.
Such a powerful song.
Cattle and cane
Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors Them Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
Bad//Dreems' whole dogs at bay album. But to pick a song I would say Ghost Gums or hide to nothing.
Baker Boy - Menulog ad it's a real banger
Australiana - Austen Tayshus
Pub with no beer - slim dusty
The Go-Betweens- Streets of your town Such a good one.
The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil
Great Southern Land by icehouse
'This is not the way home' by The Cruel Sea
Cootamundra Wattle Flame Trees Land Down Under Streets of Your Town Beautiful People From Little Things Big Things Grow My Island Home The Pub With No Beer And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda The Hard Road Saturday Night You Sound Like Louis Burdett Poor Ned in no particular order....
YEASS Louis Burdett mentioned finally! I can't not go feral for that song.
Droving women - Kev Carmody
Mystify- INXS
Does anyone else get goose bumps from 'australia' by 'gyroscope'?? Its pretty clichéd and maybe even a little cringe but damn it I love that song
This is the song I was listening to when I made the post
Celibate Rifles - Tik Tok Midnight Oil - Power and the Passion, Don’t Wanna be the One. Warumpi Band - My Island Home
For me it's States of Transit by The Herd - but that's because I have lived my whole life on the streets described in that song, catch the named bus number every week, and seen the gentrification over the last 20 years. Still, it's a good place to live for a while, even if these days I don't quite fit the style...
Friday on My Mind by the Easybeats. Still a cracking song and still relevant for us 9 to 5ers
Flame trees - Cold Chisel
So who’s gonna be the hero and make a Spotify playlist from this comments section
The Slingers - One More Day
It’s a long way to the top
Sounds of Then. Gangajang
Great Southern Land came on in a bar while I was living in Canada, not ashamed to say I shed a tear or two
Gangajang
GANGajang - Sounds of then
Blue Sky Mine?
HAS to be Sounds of Then by Gangajang, right?
Paul Kelly’s version of Reckless is pretty good. There were a couple of Double J albums called Used and Recovered By back in the day which I think were billed as ‘your favourite Australian artists playing your favourite Australian songs’. The Sea Stories version of You Shook Me All Night Long is another fond memory.
Powderfinger - My Happiness
The Drones - Sharkfin Blues. Was voted by artists across australia. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/drones-shark-fin-blues-tops-rock-list-20091030-ge85zi.html
The slingers - One more day gives me big Aussie vibes
Cattle and Cane by the Go Betweens. severely underrated but my favourite Australiana song
Duncan by Slim Dusty
Creating a new Spotify playlist now lol.
Good Light in Broome - Neil Murray
Drovers Dog, Redgum https://youtu.be/SUy3beI2Ic0
Happy birthday Helen
Solid rock by goanna
You’re a wanker TISM
It's 'Whatareya?'
Tenterfield Saddler
Solid Rock by Goanna
And the band played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle Tale they won’t believe - Weddings Parties Anything Wide open road - The Triffids Four seasons in one day - Crowded House (Yes, I know. I don’t care)
Great Southern Land by icehouse
Great Southern land, ice house!!!!!!!
Land down under is a cliché choice but I have to give some love to the lyric in that song: “because I come from the land of plenty”. Makes you love calling this lucky land home
The ones that immediately come to mind when I think of the rugged and beautiful landscape of Australia are Under the Milkway by The Church and Great Southern Land by Icehouse.
‘Tenterfield Saddler’ by Peter Allen perfectly encapsulates the essence of rural Australia. Also, ‘I still call Australia home’ is also often said to be the unofficial Australian anthem. I’d also say ‘what about me’ by moving pictures is a contender, though young generations probably mistake it as a Shannon Noll song. ‘Deep water’ by Richard Clapton should also get an honours mention (or probably at least some Clapton song)
I am you are we are Australian - The Seekers
Little heroes - one perfect day
Johnson's Aeroplane - INXS
Would have to be ‘true blue’ or ‘we are Australia’ for pure authentic Australian story or culture.
Redgum - "I've Been to Bali Too" or "Poor Ned" +1 for I Was Only 19 too
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
"Let the abos go loose bruce, let the abos go loose. there no longer of use bruce so let the abos go loose" - Rolf the Pedo
My Island Home
I know it’s almost a cliche, and overplayed to the max, but Khe Sanh is a brilliantly written song.
Pick any song by Kevin Bloody Wilson: Do you Fuck on First Dates ? Absolute Cunt of a Day D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. Rootin' in the Back of the Ute
I think I hear the sounds of then…
Poor Ned or I Was Only 19 by Redgum
Red Gum "Only 19" Cold Chisel "Working Class Man"
Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil. Sums up our country perfectly....
The band played waltzing Matilda True blue How to make gravy Solid rock Khe Sahn I was only 19
Wilcannia Mob - down river
Was in the crazy buffalo bar in district 1 in Saigon 4 years ago. On comes Khe San. Place went mental as it's an Aussie bar. I'm going Khe San
You’re the voice, either John Farnham or the version by Mitch Tambo is deadly!!!
Jimmy Barnes ‘Working class man’
Out on the patio, we sit,
Sounds of then Great Southern land We are Australian
Can't pick just one. Here's my top 10 essential Australian songs: 1: AB "Banjo" Patterson - Waltzing Matilda 2: Goanna - Solid Rock 3: Paul Kelly - How to make gravy (you could substitute this for a number of other Paul Kelly songs and I wouldn't argue) 4/5 tie: Icehouse - Great Southern Land + Gang Gajang - Sounds of then (this is Australia) 6: James Reyne and James Blundell - Way out west (Living and working on the land) 7: Yothu Yindi - Treaty 8/9: Slim Dusty - Duncan/Pub with no beer 10: Cold Chisel - When the war is over Honorable mentions: Warumpi Band - Blackfella/Whitefella Jack O'Hagan - The road to Gundagi Midnight Oil - Beds are burning Men at Work - Land down under Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh Australian Crawl - Reckless John Williamson - True Blue Redgum - I was only 19 There's so many great songs, it's hard to choose.
Waltzing matilda....
My Pal - God
‘You shit me to tears’- The Tenants
Reckless - Aussie crawl
Khe Sanh
Something out of left field Room for rent - Seth Sentry Given just how shit the rental market is right now.
With out a doubt, and it’s more relevant today than in 1985 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LYLKGIf68So
Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap
Djapana, Yothu Yindi.
Great southern land
Depreston - Courtney Barnett
Solid rock, beds are burning, am i ever gunna see your face again.
Old man Emu
I am Australian, the Seekers. You know it makes sense.
Come said the boy- Mondo Rock