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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: mightytiges on October 28, 2005, 07:39:42 AM
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This is what they had last night on tv as the top 10 Oz songs:
1. Easybeats - Friday on my mind
2. Men at Work - Down Under
3. Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
4. Peter Allen - I still call Australia home.
5. INXS - Never tear us apart
6. Crowded House - Don't dream it's over
7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
8. Flowers/Icehouse - Great Southern Land
9. Kylie - Locomotion
10. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
What do you guys think?
Nothing from the last 10-15 years.
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No AC/DC - absolutely criminal. What a load of rubbish - obviously chosen by some limp-wristed Peter Allen fan.
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If i had a choice out of that lot it would be Eagle Rock - never get sick of it and is as fresh as the day it was released.
Who picked this stuff lol
:rollin
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Yeah they did have AC/DC in the top 20 - "Long Way to the Top". They also did mention Savage Garden.
How was last week's 20-1 - the best dummy spits (no Richo didn't score a mention). Number 1 was the biff between Ron Casey and Normie Rowe - classic!
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I've never heard of any of those songs! :rollin
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If i had a choice out of that lot it would be Eagle Rock - never get sick of it and is as fresh as the day it was released.
Who picked this stuff lol
:rollin
Just goes to show the difference in musical tastes because.............................
Eagle Rock - is one of my all time disliked songs - if I never hear it again it would fantastic ;D
So glad I missed 20 to 1 last night. Watching the Chicago White Sox win the World Series was far more pleasant my the looks of it ;D ;)
This is what they had last night on tv as the top 10 Oz songs:
1. Easybeats - Friday on my mind
No problem with this one being number 1
2. Men at Work - Down Under
3. Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
:help :help
4. Peter Allen - I still call Australia home.
I can actually know someone who loved this song so would be very happy to know this :thumbsup
7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
I am sorry but I have to ask am I the only person in Australia who thinks is one the most over-rated songs of all time ::) ;D :help
8. Flowers/Icehouse - Great Southern Land
Should have been number one ;D or at least in the top 3 - leaves "Down Under" in its wake :thumbsup
9. Kylie - Locomotion
How can a cover version of 30+ y.o. song be one of Australia's top songs - it wasn't written by an Aussie so how did it qualify
Nothing from the last 10-15 years.
:gobdrop :gobdrop no Delta or Aussie Idol winners - can't believe it :rollin :lol :rollin :lol
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Yeah they did have AC/DC in the top 20 - "Long Way to the Top". They also did mention Savage Garden.
How was last week's 20-1 - the best dummy spits (no Richo didn't score a mention). Number 1 was the biff between Ron Casey and Normie Rowe - classic!
Thanks Jules.
I'm not the world's biggest AC/DC fan, but I could find 4 or 5 songs that slot above several of those. And that is before you start talking about the quality of the live performance. Icehouse ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Essentially channel 9 are cowering to the sort of people who are likely to be watching, and be as inoffensive as possible. Look at their line-up.
7:30 Getaway
8:30 20-to-1
9:30 RPA
Who in their right mind wants to watch other people go on holiday and have a great time. I'll be stuffed if I am paying for Tom Williams or some other talentless bum to go strutting around the world on advertising revenue. This ranks as close to the most depressing show on TV.
Who in their right mind wants to know some jumped up limp-wristed vaggots opinion of the best 20 songs ever. The fact that locomotion and peter allen are there more or less confirms that it was chosen by a dag rattler.
Who in their right mind wants to watch people dying in hospital.
I don't want to sound as if I am having a go at anyone who watched this, but WTF has TV come to?
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7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
I am sorry but I have to ask am I the only person in Australia who thinks is one the most over-rated songs of all time ::) ;D :help
Hooray!!! At last someone else who doesn't rate it. :D I'm worse than that, I can't stand it.
I like quite a few Cold Chisel songs but not that one.
Just to prove tastes differ, Eagle Rock is one of my favourites. I was a big fan of Flowers (1 album called Icehouse) before they became Icehouse but didn't think much of them after.
For the AC/DC fans, Riff-Raff must have been knocking on the door. For me it would have been anyway. ;D
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Did I mishear the tv in the background or did they have Peter Andre's mysterious girl in the top 20 :gobdrop?
Their explanation for Kylie's locomotion being in there was because it was the song that got her her musical break in the UK and US.
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7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
I am sorry but I have to ask am I the only person in Australia who thinks is one the most over-rated songs of all time ::) ;D :help
Hooray!!! At last someone else who doesn't rate it. :D I'm worse than that, I can't stand it.
I not only don't rate it FF - I absolutely hate it - change radio stations when it comes on.
For me it is on par with "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell (my most loathed, hated annoying song ever) - absolute CRAP
But apart from that I have no problem with it ;D
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Going back to my teenage footy trip days couldn't go past chucking in an oils songs from 10 9 8 .. legendary stuff. Beds are burning is a poo song. Obviously something from the chisel.
What about Angels Am I ever gunna see your face again no way get f f off. Village green memories there.
One that allways gave me a chill was Gang ga jang This is Australia. Saw Aussie crawl a few times bloody awesome band in their day.
Then you could allways chuck in a cosmic physcos - Lime spiders - hard ons track in for a bit of flavour. :cheers
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What about Angels Am I ever gunna see your face again no way get f f off. Village green memories there.
One that allways gave me a chill was Gang ga jang This is Australia. Saw Aussie crawl a few times bloody awesome band in their day.
They all were mentioned on the show. We must be around the same age CUB :thumbsup.
Khe Sahn and Down Under have been overplayed and spoiled to death. I still reckon Overkill was Men at Work's best ever song.
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What about "Be Good Johnny" by Men at Work or "What about Me? by Moving Pictures.
Actually the Gangajang song is called "Sounds of Then" - don't ask me why - "This is Australia" is a better name. I am surprised though that there was no Delta and Anthony Callea's "The Prayer" which is the highest selling Australian single. Maybe all these songs are Mr. Packer's favourites.
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This is what they had last night on tv as the top 10 Oz songs:
1. Easybeats - Friday on my mind
2. Men at Work - Down Under
3. Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
4. Peter Allen - I still call Australia home.
5. INXS - Never tear us apart
6. Crowded House - Don't dream it's over
7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn
8. Flowers/Icehouse - Great Southern Land
9. Kylie - Locomotion
10. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
What do you guys think?
Nothing from the last 10-15 years.
What do i think ?
I think the nations mentality needs to get over songs that endear ouselves to songs that describe the landscape an the bogan psyche
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1. Easybeats - Friday on my mind - :thumbsup
2. Men at Work - Down Under - If the lyric was up 'n under it wouldnt be here
3. Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock = :thumbsup
4. Peter Allen - I still call Australia home.- Good song but again,more self adulation
5. INXS - Never tear us apart- I would have opted for "Remeniscin'" by LRB.
6. Crowded House - Don't dream it's over- Kiwi song :shh
7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn - LMAO. Great song though :thumbsup
8. Flowers/Icehouse - Great Southern Land - Again with the "our place is cool" stuff.
I agree we are the greatest countery in the world but lets keep it to ourselves and not judge everything by it.
9. Kylie - Locomotion - SERIOUS ? Real Aussie tune this one ???Who wrote it ?
10. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning - As genuine a protest song as u can get. :thumbsup
but thats just what i rekkon n' that.
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I think the nations mentality needs to get over songs that endear ouselves to songs that describe the landscape an the bogan psyche
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Well said.
10. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning - As genuine a protest song as u can get. :thumbsup
But how many bogans actually know, relate to or understand the message when they are signing along?
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What about the Bee Gees ?
No , they were poms.
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If i had a choice out of that lot it would be Eagle Rock - never get sick of it and is as fresh as the day it was released.
Who picked this stuff lol
:rollin
Just goes to show the difference in musical tastes because.............................
Eagle Rock - is one of my all time disliked songs - if I never hear it again it would fantastic ;D
You would have loved being my bro WP - i would have driven you insane like i did everyone else playing that song. That and "Come Back Again" and "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" hahahah! Memories lol :rollin
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Not much of a chisel fan these days - they've been done to death. But my favourite of theirs was "When the War Is Over".
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Yeah I like that song too. :thumbsup
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Yeah "when the war is over" and "flame trees" were my favourite Chisel songs.
IIRC Sherbet's "Howzat", John Farnham's "Your the voice", Olivia Newton-John - "I honestly love you" were also in the top 20 along with Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn". I didn't see the rest but I'm guessing Johnny O'Keefe's "Shout" and the Seekers "Georgie girl" would have been in there too for Ch 9's demographic. Nothing from Hunters and Collectors ???, Silverchair or Killing Heidi's "Weir"?
What about Aussie classics like "shut uppa your face" by Joe Dolce or Pseudo Echo :o LOL.
Maybe all these songs are Mr. Packer's favourites.
C'mon Aussie C'mon would have been number 1 lol.
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What about Aussie classics like "shut uppa your face" by Joe Dolce
Bottom 10 songs by "celebrities" (I use those inverted commas loosely) would be more fun, and the competition would be fierce.
Franco Cozzo
Warwick Capper ;D
Abigail - she did a French number. I'm sure she did lots of French numbers but, in this case, I mean a song.
Mark Jackson
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What about Aussie classics like "shut uppa your face" by Joe Dolce
Bottom 10 songs by "celebrities" (I use those inverted commas loosely) would be more fun, and the competition would be fierce.
Franco Cozzo
Warwick Capper ;D
Abigail - she did a French number. I'm sure she did lots of French numbers but, in this case, I mean a song.
Mark Jackson
LOL
Kerri-Anne Kennerley
Sam Newman
Kayne Pettifer ;D
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Where did Peter Andre's Funky Junky come in?
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What do i think ?
I think the nations mentality needs to get over songs that endear ouselves to songs that describe the landscape an the bogan psyche
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1. Easybeats - Friday on my mind - :thumbsup
2. Men at Work - Down Under - If the lyric was up 'n under it wouldnt be here
3. Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock = :thumbsup
4. Peter Allen - I still call Australia home.- Good song but again,more self adulation
5. INXS - Never tear us apart- I would have opted for "Remeniscin'" by LRB.
6. Crowded House - Don't dream it's over- Kiwi song :shh
7. Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn - LMAO. Great song though :thumbsup
8. Flowers/Icehouse - Great Southern Land - Again with the "our place is cool" stuff.
I agree we are the greatest countery in the world but lets keep it to ourselves and not judge everything by it.
9. Kylie - Locomotion - SERIOUS ? Real Aussie tune this one ???Who wrote it ?
10. Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning - As genuine a protest song as u can get. :thumbsup
but thats just what i rekkon n' that.
lmfaooo some good calls.
I think we need to stop trying to forge an identity as bush dwelling ocker bumpkins in love with our land. The way our cultural creators sing, write and produce films it's no suprise that foreigners get the impression that we ride on the backs of kangaroos on the way to work.
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Thanks Jules.
I'm not the world's biggest AC/DC fan, but I could find 4 or 5 songs that slot above several of those. And that is before you start talking about the quality of the live performance. Icehouse ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Essentially channel 9 are cowering to the sort of people who are likely to be watching, and be as inoffensive as possible. Look at their line-up.
7:30 Getaway
8:30 20-to-1
9:30 RPA
Who in their right mind wants to watch other people go on holiday and have a great time. I'll be stuffed if I am paying for Tom Williams or some other talentless bum to go strutting around the world on advertising revenue. This ranks as close to the most depressing show on TV.
Who in their right mind wants to know some jumped up limp-wristed vaggots opinion of the best 20 songs ever. The fact that locomotion and peter allen are there more or less confirms that it was chosen by a dag rattler.
Who in their right mind wants to watch people dying in hospital.
I don't want to sound as if I am having a go at anyone who watched this, but WTF has TV come to?
roflmaooo, great post. Couldn't agree more.
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Where did Peter Andre's Funky Junky come in?
Tied with Redgums "I was only 19" I would suggest ;) ;D
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Where did Peter Andre's Funky Junky come in?
Tied with Redgums "I was only 19" I would suggest ;) ;D
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I think we need to stop trying to forge an identity as bush dwelling ocker bumpkins in love with our land. The way our cultural creators sing, write and produce films it's no suprise that foreigners get the impression that we ride on the backs of kangaroos on the way to work.
It's funny you should say that JohnF - I was reading Sunday's HUN, Eva Longoria from "Desperate Housewives" who was a guest at Derby Day made a comment about this very thing and I thought 1/ she makes a lot of sense and 2/ sometimes we are own worst enemy
This is what she said :
"You always hear about this country called Down Under and all the cliches, like how everyone looks like Crocodile Dundee," Longoria said.
"That's the only correlation we Americans have so it's nice to come here and know it's totally wrong."
Full article http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17085138%255E2862,00.html
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I think we need to stop trying to forge an identity as bush dwelling ocker bumpkins in love with our land. The way our cultural creators sing, write and produce films it's no suprise that foreigners get the impression that we ride on the backs of kangaroos on the way to work.
It's funny you should say that JohnF - I was reading Sunday's HUN, Eva Longoria from "Desperate Housewives" who was a guest at Derby Day made a comment about this very thing and I thought 1/ she makes a lot of sense and 2/ sometimes we are own worst enemy
This is what she said :
"You always hear about this country called Down Under and all the cliches, like how everyone looks like Crocodile Dundee," Longoria said.
"That's the only correlation we Americans have so it's nice to come here and know it's totally wrong."
Full article http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17085138%255E2862,00.html
Good spot WP. She wouldn't be alone in thinking that.
We did little to dispel this image the last time we had the world stage (Sydney Olympics). The best we could do is trot out tired cliche's about corrigated iron sheds, victor lawn mowers and sheep sheering bogans.
roflmaooo@Greg Norman smacking golf balls into the crowd.