Melbourne Songs

[IAMDASH]

JJJ are running on show next week about the best Melbourne songs of all time(i.e songs about Melbourne). They did a similar show on Sydney last year which was pretty good but I am tippin the Melbourne one will be heaps better. Anyone got any songs about Melbourne they can suggest both well known and obscure.
To start the ball rolling here are five:

Under the Clocks - WPA

Leaps and Bounds - Paul Kelly

Mourningtown Ride - TISM

Grey Skies over Collingwood - WPA

The Mordiallic Road Duplicator - TISM

 

[topdon]

The Living End - All Torn Down

Well...Melbourne was featured in the clip anyway!

 

[BIG POPPA PUMP]

28 Days are from Melbourne and Im pretty sure 28 Days are as well...

 

[JUBJUB]

Isn't there a Skyhooks song about Carlton ?

 

[SS11]

Love this city- Whitlams
altho i dont like it myself. the song that is

 

[Eagle_Fan]

Except that 'Love this city' is about Sydney

They've got another just called 'Melbourne' though....

 

[ptw]

"From St Kilda to Kings Cross" Paul Kelly - I'll give you all of Sydney Harbour....all that land and all that water....for that one sweet Esplanade"

some song about "My Brown Yarra" by someone (weddings parties anything ?"

ptw

 

[Anton Grbac]

A couple more from the Weddos..."Brunswick", "The Swans Return"

where's wally?

 

[Mr Ripper]

'Balwyn Calling' by the 'Hooks

 

[walshy1993]

28 days are from melbourne, out frankston way

The Living End are from melbourne aswell, but Prisoner of Society would be their best song

for a good melbourne band check out http://www.mp3.com/rubberbullet

they are having their cd launch at edwards tavern in prahran this saturday night, so as molly would say "do yourself a favour"

 

[Jars458]

Happy Birthday Helen- famously taken off by the Late Show and renamed "just another Melbourne cliche"

Also Mr Big Mouth by Hunters which was about Jeff Kennet I know but close enough.

 

[Jars458]

"Here comes the rain again" - Eurythmics

"We gotta get out of this place" - Angels

"Highway to Hell" - AC/DC

"Ghost Town" - The Specials

"Why does it always rain on me" - Travis

 

[madboy]

Also by the Skyhooks: "Toorak Cowboy", "Carlton", "This is my city" (or not), "Westgate Light" (?) and "Jars458 is a twat"

 

[Shinboners]

"Melbourne, Au." by the Kissing Book
"Winter In July" by the Sixths
"Ahprahan" by the Sugargliders
"Brunswick Street Girls" by the Fish John West Reject
"The Suburb In-Between" by the Mabels

 

[lioness]

Originally posted by Jars458
Happy Birthday Helen- famously taken off by the Late Show and renamed "just another Melbourne cliche"

Love that song. Actually, Things Of Stone and Wood's whole first album 'The Yearning' was very Melbourne-based, they have one song called 'Heidelberg' on there and another, 'Barkly Street' as well as 'Happy Birthday Helen'.

 

[Mobbs]

D-Gen's 'Got No More Melbourne Cliches' would be my favourite, along with TISM's 'Mourningtown Ride'.

Question - could the original 'Morningtown Ride' have been a reference to Melbourne? I can't even remember who sang it.

 

[IAMDASH]

Mobbenfuhrer,

I think original was done by the Seekers but i dont think it was about Melbourne. I would have to agree that it is an absolute classic by TISM.

 

[lioness]

When is this show on? I'd like to tune in.

 

[IAMDASH]

Next Thursday at 10.00pm

 

[ptw]

Originally posted by IAMDASH
Mobbenfuhrer,

I think original was done by the Seekers but i dont think it was about Melbourne. I would have to agree that it is an absolute classic by TISM.

Actually I think you will find that it is. It refers to Morningtown as opposed to Mornington but I read an interview with the frumpy woman from the seekers who said it was.

ptw

 

[Mobbs]

Well, there I go!

Should've been enough on its own to warrant not closing the line.

 

[Chris_23]

Paul Kelly 'Leaps and bounds' for me.

Hey, didn't 'Live' have a song called 'Sh!t Town'? Great song for Adelaide i reckon....

 

[lioness]

Originally posted by IAMDASH
Next Thursday at 10.00pm

Thanks heaps for that.

 

[dee_girl9]

Originally posted by Chris_23
Hey, didn't 'Live' have a song called 'Sh!t Town'? Great song for Adelaide i reckon....

good one Chris