The off topic thread #2

[jd2010]

Top 5 Aussie artists

1. Hunters & Collectors
2. INXS
3. Crowded House (going to claim them all day at work today)
4. Powderfinger
5. Silverchair

 

[Zidane98]

Men at Work a shout.

 

[jd2010]

Yeah probably would be in there if Crowded House weren't counted as Australian. Would probably have Powderfinger higher than 4th. Listening to them on the way in today and they're up there with the top 2

 

[chef]

It's just "Eagles" so you shouldn't have capitalised the "The".

You a fan of The Eagles WR?

 

[chef]

My top 10 Oz bands would be

1. Custard
2. The Smith Street Band
3. Violent Soho
4. The Vines
5. Regurgitator
6. The Living End
7. Sonic Animation
8. Children Collide
9. Powderfinger
10. Jebediah

 

[WealstoneRaider]

You a fan of The Eagles WR?

Not bad, like some of their tracks Desperado, Take it to the limit, Lyin' Eyes. Only heard their big hits to be fair

 

[WealstoneRaider]

1 AC/DC
2 AC/DC
3 AC/DC
4 AC/DC
5 AC/DC

Not sure if the Bee Gees count as brits or Aussies, if the latter they can be fifth

 

[Loonerty]

Crowded House are number 1 for me and it isn't close.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

I thought CH were kiwis?

 

[chef]

I thought CH were kiwis?

Yep. They are.

 

[jd2010]

Happy 'straya day WealstoneRaider

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Happy for you and your fellow Aussies mate. We're all part of a big British family at the end of the day, just living in different parts of the world

Happy ANZAC day to everyone

 

[Loonerty]

Yep. They are.

One member is, Neil. And I guess technically later Tim but he wasn't a founding member.

1 Kiwi, 2 Aussies, 1 American formed in Melbourne.
That's an Aussie band.

 

[Loonerty]

Happy ANZAC day

Not quite...

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Not quite...

So this isn't ANZAC day then? So you want two special national days now? Greedy bastards

 

[chef]

So this isn't ANZAC day then? So you want two special national days now? Greedy bastards

Nah, it's Australia day......the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson. The day the British took possession of Australia.

 

[Loonerty]

So this isn't ANZAC day then? So you want two special national days now? Greedy bastards

ANZAC Day isn't an Australia specific day. NZ have it too.

They "celebrate" different things.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Nah, it's Australia day......the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson. The day the British took possession of Australia.

So it's really a kind of a British day then.

God save the Queen

 

[chef]

One member is, Neil. And I guess technically later Tim but he wasn't a founding member.

1 Kiwi, 2 Aussies, 1 American formed in Melbourne.
That's an Aussie band.

There you go, I always thought there was more Kiwis in it.

 

[chef]

So it's really a kind of a British day then.

God save the Queen

Invasion day is what it's known to by a lot nowadays.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Does anyone like Sia?

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Invasion day is what it's known to by a lot nowadays.

Figures. You know the types who'd call it that - some of them post here

 

[Loonerty]

I don't call it Invasion Day but I do support the idea of moving the date given it's a pretty horrific reminder for many Australians.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

I don't call it Invasion Day but I do support the idea of moving the date given it's a pretty horrific reminder for many Australians.

What about "Snowflake Day"?

 

[Loonerty]

What about "Snowflake Day"?

You're not Australian so I'm not sure how much of the story you would know beyond "Britain arrives, Australia happens" but I think (might need to fact check) the wiping out of the Aborigines is one of (if not) the biggest massacres of a native race ever. From Wiki: "On the Australian continent during the colonial period (1788–1901), the population of 500,000–750,000 Australian Aborigines was reduced to fewer than 50,000. Most were devastated by the introduction of alien diseases after contact with Europeans, while perhaps 20,000 were killed by massacres and fighting with colonists."