Top 5 Australian songs of all time!!!!!!

[Kooley]

1.cattle and cane - the go-betweens
2.spiritlevel windowsill - icecream hands
3.i don't wanna go out - x
4.the ship song- nick cave and the bad seeds
5.wide open road- the triffids

 

[tess]

Spicks and Speaks - The Bee Gees

Help is on The Way - LRB

Lost In Love - Air Supply

It's a Long Way to The Top - AC/DC

Howzat - Sherbet

 

[Drummond]

Great Southern Land- Icehouse.

 

[Fossie 32]

Spicks and Speaks - The Bee Gees

Help is on The Way - LRB

Lost In Love - Air Supply

It's a Long Way to The Top - AC/DC

Howzat - Sherbet

Ohh, no, you like Chain Reaction too? That was the first pop song my daughter sang when she was little!

 

[goDees22]

KHE SANH, best ever

Holy Grail pretty good too

Most of ACDC's songs

Land down under is sh*t i reckon

 

[krisholio14]

woman youre breakin me - the groop
sorry - the easybeats
everlovin' man - the loved ones
aloha steve and danno - radio birdman
you need a friend - the sunnyboys

and

almost with you- the church
im stranded - the saints
frantic romantic - the scientists
tears me in two - the stems
he lives my life - go betweens

and

summer love - sherbet
i like it both ways - supernaut
carlton (lygon st limbo) - skyhooks
short memory - midnight oil
leaps and bounds - paul kelly

and

pressure sway - machinations
send me an angel - real life
leilani - hoodoo gurus
stranger in me - pseudo echo
my pal - god

and

dull - hard ons
freak - silverchair
old man sam - spiderbait
gimme head - the radiators
i hear motion - the models

and

ah ******** it theres at least another 100

 

[belfast_bomber]

my own highly subjective top 5

1. go-betweens - cattle & cane
2. the hummingbirds - alimony
3. ac/dc - it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
4. triffids - wide open road
5. hunters & collectors - throw your arms around me

 

[windyhill]

1. High Voltage
2. You just like me cos` I`m good in bed
3. She was only 14
4. Million dollar riff
5. Winmar to Lockett

 

[Jeffers]

1. Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
2. AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long
3. Cold Chisel - Flame Trees
4. AC/DC It's A Long Way To The Top
5. Australian Crawl - Reckless

 

[Jumpin' Jimmy]

Far too hard to choose only 5. These are 20 Aussie classics, each by different artists, and not in any specific order:-

1. Long Way to the Top (AC~DC)
2. Land Down Under (Men at Work)
3. Eagle Rock (Daddy Cool)
4. Pub with no Beer (Slim Dusty)
5. Friday on my Mind (Easybeats)
6. Massachusetts (Bee Gees)
7. Better be Home Soon (Crowded House)
8. New Sensation (INXS)
9. Khe Sahn (Cold Chisel)
10. I was only Nineteen (Redgum)
11. You're The Voice (John Farnham)
12. Grease (Olivia Newton-John)
13. Reminiscing (Little River Band)
14. April Sun in Cuba (Dragon)
15. Downhearted (Australian Crawl)
16. Love and other Bruises (Air Supply)
17. Great Southern Land (Icehouse)
18. Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)
19. The Real Thing (Russell Morris)
20. Love is in the Air (John Paul Young)

 

[Alexis Logan]

Hunters & Collectors- Holy Grail
GANGgajang- Sounds of then (This is Australia)
Icehouse- Great Southern Land
Hoodoo Gurus- Whats my scene?
Cold Chisel- Khe Sahn

Now thats a top 5!!!

 

[Kingpin]

Another Australian song I really liked from way back was a song called Temporary Heartache by Swanee, very rarely heard these days.
Saw it on RAGE once when they were showing old episodes of Countdown.

 

[ashylon]

So many great aussie songs!!!

Throw your arms around me
Long Way to the Top, T 'N' T
Land Down Under
Eagle Rock
Friday on my Mind
Better be Home Soon, Dont Dream its Over
Khe Sahn, Flame Trees
You're The Voice
April Sun in Cuba
Run to Pradise
Great Southern Land
Beds are Burning
The Real Thing

 

[spunky_d]

Bittersweet- Hoodoo Gurus

 

[oaksy]

1. Shook me all night long - acdc
2. khe sahn - cold chisel
3. Run to Paradise - the Choirboys
4. Better - The screaming jets
5. Cheap Wine - cold chisel

 

[TigerFan]

jesus, only 4 people have Friday On My Mind...

SHAME.

SHAME ON YOU.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Bittersweet- Hoodoo Gurus

That's not even in the top 5 Hoodoo Gurus songs

 

[MartinLutherWallace]

Reminiscing - L.R.B
All my Friends r getting married - Hooks
Evie 1,2 & 3
Back In Black - AC DC
Headin' in the right Direction - Renee Geyer

 

[Rule]

anything by nikki webster

yea rite lol.
Cant go past nikkii i LUUUVVV HERRRR!!! LOL!!

 

[belfast_bomber]

this thread is great. it's the audio equivalent of mullet-spotting

 

[spell_check]

In no order:

Evie Parts 1,2, & 3 - Stevie Wright (the recent cover was ok too)
Run to Paradise - Choirboys
The Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Pleasure and Pain - Divinyls

 

[oaksy]

1. Shook me all night long - acdc
2. khe sahn - cold chisel
3. Run to Paradise - the Choirboys
4. Better - The screaming jets
5. Cheap Wine - cold chisel

6. Errol - Australian Crawl
7. Back in Black - ACDC
8. Original Sin - INXS
9. You're the Voice - John Farnham
10. Prisoner of Society - The Living End

 

[Alexis Logan]

this topic has been done to death, more or less

 

[Captain Sensible]

One Long Night - Cold Chisel

That'd be One Long Day Fossie


One long day is all it takes
to steal her heart away

One long night its alright
Shes done it again.

She was only 14

Is that the Cosmic Psychos song Goin' Down you're thinking of?


How was I to know she was only 14?
How was I to know she was only 14?

Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down;
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down;
Gooooooin' down...
Gooooooin' doooooown!

My Five;
1. Release The Bats-The Birthday Party
2. Brisbane (Sin City)-The Saints
3. Cattle and Caine-The Go Betweens
4. Winterland-Died Pretty
5(a)Man is Not A Camel-I Spit In Your Gravy
5(b)She's a cat-Cosmic Psychos
5(c)Sweetness and Light-Itchee and Scratchee

 

[Casey]

1 Paul Kelly - To her door
2 Men at Work - Land Down Under
3 Icehouse - Great Southern Land
4 Gangajang - This is Australia
5 Crowded House - Dont Dream its over
6 INXS - Never Tear us appart
7 Midnight oil - Beds are Burning
8 Cold Chisel - Khe Sahn* note not Australian
9 ACDC - Thunderstruck
10 Australian Crawl - Reckless