20-1 aussie songs

[j_tig]

anyone else watch this last night?
for the most part i agreed, the no 1 song was friday on my mind but eh 18th song was torn by natalie imbruglia, how the hell that made it i dont know!

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Didn't see it - you got the list?

 

[newtownbluebags]

Yeah, like to see the list...but Torn....OMG!

 

[Godz Illa]

Torn is a great song imo. Pathos, a pretty voice, and a perfect pop hook.

 

[newtownbluebags]

natalie imbruglia looks like she has been dug up from the dead.....

 

[Godz Illa]

Yeah, hideous

 

[carcharias]

FTR it was a repeat of the version Bud Tingwall did at the end of last year only Moonface was hosting this time.


It was hard to disagree with some of them but "Torn"?

Geeze it was one of a few covers in that list written by non Aussies.

 

[j_tig]

didnt realise it was a repeat. im at uni at the moment, but i taped it so ill try and put up the list in the next few days.

 

[Iafeta]

I thought Never Tear Us Apart, Khe Sanh, and Beds are Burning would have rated significantly higher. To me, they're great Australian songs.

I've got nothing against that Austintacious thing or whatever it was, but that to be frank is not a song.

 

[tlk]

list?
anyone?

 

[bartman]

APRA did a top ten list five years ago, don;t think it's the same one you're talking about, but it might be similar?

1. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
2. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
3. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
4. Down Under - Men At Work
5. Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty
6. The Loved One - The Loved Ones
7. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
8. Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel
9. It's A Long Way To The Top - AC/DC
10. Quasimodo's Dream - The Reels

From memory they released some postage stamps of each song as well? :lol:
They also put out a list of the songs that almost made it and finished 11-30:

Along The Road To Gundagai - Jack O'Hagan
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle
I'll Be Gone - Spectrum (?)
The Real Thing - Russell Morris
Cattle And Cane - The Go-Betweens
Even When I'm Sleeping - Leonardo's Bride
I'm Stranded - The Saints
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors
Wide Open Road - Triffids
Cool Change - Little River Band
Only Nineteen - Redgum
My Island Home - Warumpi Band
Reckless - Australian Crawl
The Ship Song - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
To Her Door - Paul Kelly
Truly Madly Deeply - Savagae Garden
The Day You Come - Powderfinger
Science Fiction - Divinyls
Treaty - Yothu Yindi