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I love the discussion going on in the "least favorite songs" thread and intend to return to that, but recently I've been listening to a lot of Australian music and have a bit more appreciation for the music scene down under. So here are my top 10.
10) The Seekers - I'll Never Find Another You
9) AC/DC - Highway to Hell
8) INXS - Need You Tonight
7) Divinyls - Boys in Town
6) Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section
5) The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind
4) Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
3) Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know
2) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
1) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tupelo
Honorable Mentions: Bee Gees - Jive Talkin', Redgum - I Was Only 19, Pete Murray - So Beautiful, The Church - Under the Milky Way
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Here's the playlist I've been relying on for new discoveries, BTW, but more suggestions are always welcome (also, Eagle Rock = very catchy, but I wouldn't necessarily call it an all-timer). It's missing the tracks by Icehouse. I believe the list can be found in the summary of lists to be added.
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1. Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
2. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow
3. AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
4. The Veronicas - Everything I'm Not
5. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
6. Kylie Minogue - Slow
7. Nick Cave - Into My Arms
8. Crowded House - Into Temptation
9. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
10. Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted to You
11. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
12. AC/DC - Thunderstruck
13. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
14. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
15. Kylie Minogue - Please Stay
16. The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over
17. Men at Work - Down Under
18. Dannii Minogue - Put the Needle on It
19. Dead Can Dance - The Ghost of Serafim
20. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby
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*waits for the old debate about whether Crowded House are Australian*

per AM they're classed as NZ, which seems right given the nationality of the main songwriter
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bonnielaurel wrote: 6. Kylie Minogue - Slow
13. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Ooh, I forgot those two.
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My favorites:

1 | AC/DC | Back in Black
2 | Tame Impala | Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
3 | Sia | Cheap Thrills
4 | AC/DC | You Shook Me All Night Long
5 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell
6 | Tame Impala | Elephant
7 | Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know (featuring Kimbra)
8 | Kylie Minogue | Can't Get You Out of My Head
9 | Cold Chisel | Khe Sanh
10 | Sia | Chandelier
11 | Bee Gees | Stayin' Alive
12 | INXS | Never Tear Us Apart
13 | The Temper Trap | Sweet Disposition
14 | Augie March | One Crowded Hour
15 | The Easybeats | Friday on My Mind
16 | Courtney Barnett | Pedestrian at Best
17 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | There She Goes, My Beautiful World
18 | The Seekers | I'll Never Find Another You
19 | Tame Impala | Let It Happen
20 | Tame Impala | Apocalypse Dreams
21 | Empire of the Sun | Walking on a Dream
22 | Tame Impala | Solitude Is Bliss
23 | Courtney Barnett | Avant Gardener
24 | AC/DC | Hells Bells
25 | Tame Impala | 'Cause I'm a Man
26 | AC/DC | Thunderstruck
27 | Sia | Breathe Me
28 | The Avalanches | Since I Left You
29 | Bee Gees | To Love Somebody
30 | INXS | Original Sin

(31 | Jet | Are You Gonna Be My Girl)
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Top 20, 1 song per artist :

1. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Cannibal's Hymn
3. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
4. Courtney Barnett - Avant-Gardener
5. Eric Bogle - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
6. Architecture in Helsinki - Heart It Races
7. Men at Work - Overkill
8. Operator Please - Just a Song About Ping Pong
9. Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death
10. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl ?
11. The Easybeats - Friday on My Mind
12. Sia - Chandelier
13. Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes
14. The Vines - Ride
15. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
16. Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
17. Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief
18. INXS - Original Sin
19. Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
20. The Living End - White Noise

Not a big fan of Tame Impala !

As for NZ :
1. The Chills - Tally Ho!
2. Flight of the Conchords - Issues (Think About It)
3. The Clean - Pink Frost
4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)
5. Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man

Probably should throw something by The Bats instead of Steriogram but haven't heard Daddy's Highway in ages.
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I discovered Triple J when I was just the right age for it at 14. It's been love ever since.

For this, I'll go by my last songs submission. It's a bit out of date, but I'll include some newer additions after I post the Aussie songs from the last list in order.

1) Powderfinger-These Days
2) AC/DC-You Shook Me (All Night Long)
3) Gotye-Heart's a Mess
4) Birds of Tokyo-Plans (was my #1 in the mid-decade poll)
5) Midnight Oil-Beds are Burning
6) Silverchair-Straight Lines
7) Gotye and Kimbra-Somebody that I Used to Know
8) Temper Trap-Fader
9) Hilltop Hoods-Nosebleed Section
10) Nick Cave-The Mercy Seat
11) You am I-Berlin Chair
12) Silverchair-Tomorrow
13) John Butler Trio-Betterman

Other Recommendations:

A.B. Original-26 January
The Easybeats-Come and See Her (though I also recommend the cover by the Kooks)
The Saints-Stranded
Tame Impala-Cause I'm a Man
Tame Impala-Elephant
Tame Impala-Let it Happen
Temper Trap-Sweet Disposition
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Not forgetting: Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream

And Crowded House are a NZ band.
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Some other recommendations not listed so far

Augie March - One Crowded Hour
Australian Crawl - Reckless (Don't be so....)
The Badloves - Lost
The Beautiful Girls - Blackbird
Blank Realm - Palace of Love
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
Dave Graney & the Coral Snakes - Rock n' Roll is Where I hide
Do Re Mi - Man Overboard
Eskimo Joe - Black Finger Nails, Red Wine
G Wayne Thomas - Open Up Your Heart
George - Special Ones
The Hummingbirds - Blush
Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife
The Loved One - The Loved One
The Middle East - Blood
Paul Kelly - To Her Door
Royal Headache - Another World
The Rubens - My Gun
Sarah Blasko - We Won't Run
Something For Kate - Monsters
Spectrum - I'll Be Gone
Stevie Write - Evie
The Triffids - Wide Open Road
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1. Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy
2. Cold Chisel - Flame Trees
3. Augie March - One Crowded Hour
4. Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
5. British India - Run The Red Light
6. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
7. Paul Dempsey - Ramona Was A Waitress
8. Sandrine - Trigger
9. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
10. Powderfinger - These Days
11. Courtney Barnett – Depreston
12. Yves Klein Blue - Getting Wise
13. The Drones - Why Write A Letter That You'll Never Send
14. george - Breathe in Now
15. Something for Kate - Monsters
16. Matt Corby - Brother
17. The Jezabels - Easy to Love
18. Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird
19. The Cat Empire – Hello
20. Kirin J Callinan – Landslide
21. Tame Impala - Let It Happen
22. Amiel – Lovesong
23. Seth Sentry - The Waitress Song
24. Bluejuice - Broken Leg
25. The John Butler Trio - Revolution
26. Gang Of Youths – Magnolia
27. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Wiyathul
28. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
29. You Am I - Berlin Chair
30. Silverchair - The Greatest View
31. Vance Joy - Riptide
32. The Presets - My People
33. Missy Higgins - The Special Two
34. Amy Shark – Adore
35. Violent Soho - Covered in Chrome
36. TISM - Greg! The Stop Sign!!
37. The Panics - Don't Fight It
38. Josh Pyke - Leeward Side
39. The Temper Trap - Love Lost
40. Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You
41. DMA's – Delete
42. Grinspoon - Chemical Heart
43. The Middle East - Land Of The Bloody Unknown
44. Seeker Lover Keeper - Even Though I'm A Woman
45. Illy featuring Hue Blanes - Cigarettes
46. Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
47. Washington - Sunday Best
48. The Smith Street Band - Death to the Lads
49. Eskimo Joe - Foreign Land
50. Regurgitator - ! (The Song Formerly Known As)
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Craig wrote:Some other recommendations not listed so far

Augie March - One Crowded Hour
Sarah Blasko - We Won't Run
Thanks. Great songs. We Won't Run is close to making my list, but One Crowded Hour was a glaring oversight. Added it at No. 14. It might even deserve to be higher.
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Favourite Australasian Songs:

1. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
3. Tame Impala - Let it Happen
4. Split Enz - Message to My Girl
5. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
6. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head
7. Bee Gees - I Started a Joke
8. Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
9. Crowded House - Four Seasons in One Day
10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There She Goes, My Beautiful World
11. The Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist
12. Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
13. Split Enz - I Got You
14. Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener
15. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue - Where the Wild Roses Grow
16. Sally Seltmann - Dream About Changing
17. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
18. Crowded House - Don't Stop Now
19. Sia – Chandelier
20. Crowded House - Into Temptation
21. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)
22. Crowded House - Weather with You
23. Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
24. INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
25. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
26. Crowded House - Distant Sun
27. Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
28. Men at Work - Overkill
29. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
30. The Church – Under the Milky Way
31. Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
32. Angus & Julia Stone - Heart Beats Slow
33. Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me
34. Powderfinger – These Days
35. The Go- Betweens – Streets of Your Town
36. AC/DC - Back in Black
37. Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream
38. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Straight to You
39. Lorde – Royals
40. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good at Being in Trouble
41. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow
42. Empire of the Sun – We are the People
43. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
44. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand
45. INXS – Need You Tonight
46. Bee Gees – How Deep is Your Love
47. The Easybeats – Friday on My Mind
48. Courtney Barnett – Depreston
49. Kylie Minogue – Spinning Around
50. Julia Jacklin – Pool Party
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One of my favourite Aussie cuts (which I don't believe has been mentioned yet) is "I Can't Break Away" by Big Pig.
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