Pom Needs Musical Help....

[Mekon]

To help celebrate the birthday of this great nation, i will be having a BBQ on Monday.

I want to put together a difinitive ipod playlist of music from Australian bands.

This is where I need your help, can you suggest songs for the mix, they can be from any genre, so long as they are aussie (and not adopted aussie). Anything from AC/DC to Yothu Yindi (don't know any Z's)

Thanks
M.

 

[bellzy]

I think VB brought out a few genre's of great Aussie band hits, specifically for a BBQ. Not sure if you can check this out, but maybe a pop into Sanity would be worth your while - just for some idea's of course. Downloading music's way cooler than buying it.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

To help celebrate the birthday of this great nation, i will be having a BBQ on Monday.

I want to put together a difinitive ipod playlist of music from Australian bands.

This is where I need your help, can you suggest songs for the mix, they can be from any genre, so long as they are aussie (and not adopted aussie). Anything from AC/DC to Yothu Yindi (don't know any Z's)

Thanks
M.

Some would say AC/DC are adopted Aussie

And Yothu Yindi would say that everybody else is adopted Aussie.

 

[The Other Dean]

To help celebrate the birthday of this great nation, i will be having a BBQ on Monday.

I want to put together a difinitive ipod playlist of music from Australian bands.

This is where I need your help, can you suggest songs for the mix, they can be from any genre, so long as they are aussie (and not adopted aussie). Anything from AC/DC to Yothu Yindi (don't know any Z's)

Thanks
M.

Off the top of my head.....The Zebras (great guitar pop band from Brisbane), The Zillions (the excellent lo-fi project of Nick Craft from Sidewinder), The Zimmermen (cult legend Sydney band from the late 80's).....

......well, you did say......

 

[The Other Dean]

Some would say AC/DC are adopted Aussie

And Yothu Yindi would say that everybody else is adopted Aussie.

Nice.

 

[Boozeroo]

Zoot for great covers?

 

[Boozeroo]

I think VB brought out a few genre's of great Aussie band hits, specifically for a BBQ. Not sure if you can check this out, but maybe a pop into Sanity would be worth your while - just for some idea's of course. Downloading music's way cooler than buying it.

I disagree my friend. The computer is damn handy for research and compilations, but downloading is in no way superior to the pleasure of sharing the joy of an Album listen, or a flick through the liner notes, or a scratched vinyl copy of Powerage that gives 'gimme a bullet' just the right tone- and before you ask, yes, I am an old bastard.

 

[bellzy]

I disagree my friend. The computer is damn handy for research and compilations, but downloading is in no way superior to the pleasure of sharing the joy of an Album listen, or a flick through the liner notes, or a scratched vinyl copy of Powerage that gives 'gimme a bullet' just the right tone- and before you ask, yes, I am an old bastard.

I figured.

 

[Mekon]

Some would say AC/DC are adopted Aussie

They would be wrong

And Yothu Yindi would say that everybody else is adopted Aussie

That's a more than fair point

But none of this is getting me closer to my playlist. I have (Pre BJ) AC/DC, The Oils, Goanna, Gangajang, Cat Empire, Casanovas, 1200 Techniques, MAW. Chisel, Barnsie, Icehouse, MGF, Wolfmother, Pendulum.

I know I need INXS (old), Hunters & Collectors, Little River Band, but i need a few more suggestions of bands and songs.

 

[Lidge]

here's a start, although there are a couple of Kiwis included:

http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/The+Best+Ever+Australian+Album+(disc+1)

 

[wombles]

just a few worth mentioning, no particular genre or theme

The Saints, a brisbane punk band before there was punk in Australia, look up a song call 'Stranded', its a beauty

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, for some of their most revered tunes try anything off the 'Murder Ballads' album

Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes corker by the name of 'Rock and Roll is Where i Hide'


You Am I all hail Tim 'the great man' Rogers, anything by them is doubly pleasurable as Timmy is clearly a dead set legend of kangaroo proportions.

Tex Perkins a friend of Tim and therefore a friend of the NMFC, rocks out too! try Dark horses the album.

Hilltop Hoods - best known aussie hip hop act, they're 'heaps good'.

Xavier Rudd incredible musician, one man band, very surfy/rootsy

 

[Mekon]

Thanks for help Lidge, unfortunately the link didn't work.

M.

 

[Mekon]

just a few worth mentioning, no particular genre or theme

The Saints, a brisbane punk band before there was punk in Australia, look up a song call 'Stranded', its a beauty

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, for some of their most revered tunes try anything off the 'Murder Ballads' album

Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes corker by the name of 'Rock and Roll is Where i Hide'


You Am I all hail Tim 'the great man' Rogers, anything by them is doubly pleasurable as Timmy is clearly a dead set legend of kangaroo proportions.

Tex Perkins a friend of Tim and therefore a friend of the NMFC, rocks out too! try Dark horses the album.

Hilltop Hoods - best known aussie hip hop act, they're 'heaps good'.

Xavier Rudd incredible musician, one man band, very surfy/rootsy

Thanks Wombles, forgot I have best of Nick Cave. Also like the Hoods, but haven't got anything by them yet. Will take your advice on the others.

 

[Lidge]

Some mandatory additions...

Paul Kelly
Hoodoo Gurus
Painters & Dockers

Plus the bands that supported Roo-sistence

You am I
Tex Perkins
Something for Kate
The Living End
Jet
Spiderbait
Grinspoon
Dallas Crane
Ruck Rover/Rob Clarkson
Weddings Parties Anything/Mick Thomas
The Rockmount Five

And if you're inviting TOD along to your BBQ,be sure to have something from Powderfinger & Silverchair on hand.

 

[roobear]

If you don't have The Angels, Rose Tattoo and Australian Crawl, your party will be shit. You have been warned.

 

[Mekon]

Thanks again....keep em coming (man this is going to get expensive)

 

[wombles]

it need not get too expensive, bittorrent and limewire are your freinds, embrace them

 

[Mekon]

it need not get too expensive, bittorrent and limewire are your freinds, embrace them

I don't rip off music, it directly effects the artists (I believe Metallica were right).

 

[The Other Dean]

Here's a few......

Architecture In Helsinki, Augie March, The Avalanches, Beasts Of Bourbon, Big Heavy Stuff, The Birthday Party, The Black-Eyed Susans, Bluebottle Kiss, Bodyjar, The Cannanes, Nick Cave, The Celibate Rifles, The Church, Rob Clarkson, The Clouds, Cosmic Psychos, Crime & The City Solution, Custard, Cut Cop, Dappled Cities, The Dead Slaesmen, Deadstar, Decoder Ring, Died Pretty, The Dirty Three, Disaster Plan, DM3, The Eastern Dark, Essendon Airport, Even, The Falling Joys, The Fauves, Robert Forster, Fur, Further, Gaslight Radio, Gerling, The Givegoods, Glide, The Go-Betweens, Godstar, Dave Graney, The Grates, The Guild League, Darren Hanlon, The Hard Ons, Bernie Hayes, Hedy’s Lament, The Hollowmen, Hoodoo Gurus, The Hummingbirds, Hunters & Collectors, Huon, Huxton Creepers, Ice Cream Hands, Ides Of Space, International Karate, Iron On, The Jackson Code, Jebediah, Jericho, Paul Kelly, John Kennedy, The Killjoys, Knievel, Ed Kuepper, The Laughing Clowns, Laura, The Lime Spiders, Love Me, Love Of Diagrams, The Lucksmiths, The Mabels, Machine Translations, Magic Dirt, GW McLennan, The Meanies, Midnight Oil, Minimum Chips, The Models, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, The Nation Blue, New Buffalo, Ninety-Nine, Not Drowning Waving, New Buffalo, Orange Humble Band, Tim Oxley, The Panics, The Paradise Motel, Tex Perkins, The Pictures, Pollen, Pollyanna, Powder Monkeys, P76, Radio Birdman, Ratcat, Rebecca’s Empire, The Reels, Tim Rogers, Ruck Rover, The Saints, Sandpit, Sandro, Screamfeeder, The Screaming Tribesmen, Sea Stories, Sekiden, The Simpletons, The Sleepy Jackson, The Smallgoods, Smudge, Sneeze, Snout, Something For Kate, Sounds Like Sunset, Spiderbait, The Sports, Spy Vs Spy, The Stems, The Sunnyboys, The Superjesus, Swirl, Mick Thomas, TISM, The Triffids, The Trilobites, Tumbleweed, Mick Turner, Underground Lovers, The Ups And Downs, Via Tania, Violetine, Waylayd, Weddings Parties Anything, The Welcome Mat, X, You Am I, Youth Group.

Now stop ya whinging......

 

[The Other Dean]

And if you're inviting TOD along to your BBQ,be sure to have something from Powderfinger & Silverchair on hand.

You forgot to mention Jet.

Replace Powderfinger with Delta.

And there you have it, the trinity of evil.

 

[Lidge]

You forgot to mention Jet.

Replace Powderfinger with Delta.

And there you have it, the trinity of evil.

Got room for two more? How about The Angels & The Whitlams.

 

[The Other Dean]

I don't rip off music, it directly effects the artists (I believe Metallica were right).

Not entering into this debate, but.......aaah, Metallica.

I implore you to watch the doco "Some Kind Of Monster".

Best laugh you'll have all year.

 

[The Other Dean]

Got room for two more? How about The Angels & The Whitlams.

You're risking an attack from the mythical Australian outback creature, the roobear.

And, yep, there's always room for The Whitlams in any discussions of evil incarnate.

 

[Lidge]

I don't rip off music, it directly effects the artists (I believe Metallica were right).

To avoid any moral issues - you could always hire a juke box - stacked 100% with Aussie tunes.

There's party hire companies out there that'll do that for you. Not cheap, but less exy than buying 50+ CD's in a single outing.

 

[Lidge]

You're risking an attack from the mythical Australian outback creature, the roobear.

And, yep, there's always room for The Whitlams in any discussions of evil incarnate.

I'm a big boy and can handle roobear. Rose Tattoo are utter shite. The Angels I can tolerate. The Whitlams I like.