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WA Today (Australia) - Sounds of Then: 100 Australian Songs That Shaped Our Lives (2019)

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https://www.watoday.com.au/national/wes ... 50tf8.html

Given how long it'll be until the next update, I'm not going to be too hard on myself if I post a few more lists than I have been as I dig through my bookmarks on my phone and computer and saved photos I've taken from different books and magazines. I figured this would be a decent one to start with because I'm conflicted about if we should count it or not. On the one hand: it was put together with input from multiple sources, albeit not any kind of poll or vote. On the other hand, the author straight-up admits to not liking all of the songs and including them for historical significance. Would that invalidate the list or what?

I dunno. Presented for your approval, here it is, broken down into categories.

Aus-Rock Classics:
Sadie - John Farnham
It's Because I Love You - Masters Apprentices
Most People I Know - Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
The Loved One - The Loved Ones
Wild One - Johnny O'Keefe
Jump In My Car - Ted Mulry Gang
Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
The Real Thing - Russell Morris
Evie (Parts 1, 2 and 3) - Stevie Wright

Tear-Jerkers:
Waiting - Spy V Spy
The Day You Went Away - Wendy Matthews
One Perfect Day - Little Heroes
True Blue - John Williamson
Father's Day - Weddings Parties Anything
I Still Call Australia Home - Peter Allen
Into My Arms - Nick Cave
Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters and Collectors
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Tenterfield Saddler - Peter Allen

Iconic Australian Songs:
I Am Australian - The Seekers
Reckless - Australian Crawl
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Under the Milky Way - The Church
My Island Home - Christine Anu
Cattle and Cane - The Go-Betweens
Great Southern Land - Icehouse
Solid Rock - Goanna
Sounds of Then - GANGgajang
Down Under - Men At Work

Bangers and Belters:
In The Summertime - Thirsty Merc
Better - Screaming Jets
Take Me Back - Noiseworks
Run To Paradise - Choirboys
Kick - INXS
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes
You're The Voice - John Farnham
Horses - Darryl Braithwaite
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel

Political/Protest Songs:
I Was Only 19 - Redgum
Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
Anthem - Tiddas
Took The Children Away - Archie Roach
From Little Things Big Things Grow - Paul Kelly
400 Miles From Darwin - The Whitlams
Treaty - Yothu Yindi
Blackfella/Whitefella - Warumpi Band
Birth of a Nation - Wild Pumpkins at Midnight
Man Overboard - Do Re Mi

Road Trip Songs:
Flame Trees - Cold Chisel
Wide Open Road - The Triffids
Driving Wheels - Jimmy Barnes
To Her Door - Paul Kelly
Heaven - Eurogliders
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Dancing In The Storm - Boom Crash Opera
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
One Word - Baby Animals
Leaving Home - Jebediah

'90s Pub Rock:
Berlin Chair - You Am I
Nude School - Painters and Dockers
Greg! The Stop Sign - TISM
Weak as Piss - Front End Loader
Soldiers - You Am I
Fuckwit City - Cosmic Psychos
The Girl in the Sweater - The Hard-Ons
Daddy Long Legs - Tumbleweed
The Honeymoon is Over - The Cruel Sea
I'll Be Around - Kim Salmon

Guilty Pleasures:
Some Kind Of Bliss - Kylie Minogue
Funkytown - Pseudo Echo
Ordinary Angels - Frente
Cry In Shame - Johnny Diesel and the Injectors
I Want You - Savage Garden
Stimulation - Wa Wa Nee
Live It Up - Mental As Anything
Absolutely Everybody - Vanessa Amarosi
He's My Number One - Christie Allen
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy

The Countdown years/New Wave/70s & 80s:
What About Me - Moving Pictures
Out Of Mind Out Of Sight - Models
Science Fiction - Divinyls
Shivers - Boys Next Door
Aloha Steve and Danno - Radio Birdman
(I'm) Stranded - The Saints
Unguarded Moment - The Church
Current Stand - Kids in the Kitchen
Tojo - Hoodoo Gurus
Listen Like Thieves - INXS

Weird Stuff/Comedy Songs:
Up There Cazaly - Mike Brady
Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
Howzat - Sherbet
I've Been Everywhere - Lucky Starr
Home Among the Gumtrees - Bullamakanka
Australiana - Austen Tayshus
I Don't Like It - Pauline Pantsdown
A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty
I'm An Individual - Mark 'Jacko' Jackson
Bloke - Chris Franklin
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Sir Duke (1976)
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