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author: alpher
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 12:12:40 am
content: When I think of anything aussie i do hear this:How come it's only number 10 of all time australian hits?

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 12:54:54 am
content: Quotesurprised it got that high considering the output of the young clan.

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 01:12:05 am
content: Quote from: themadhippy on February 04, 2024, 12:54:54 amYup ... AC/DC. Not to mention the BeeGees. Kylie. Olivia. Air Supply. LRB. Midnight Oil. Icehouse. Wiggles. Farnham, Divinyls (one huge song!), the Chisels, Crowded House, INXS, Empire of the Sun.It's hard to get into the top ten bands, let alone top ten songs.

author: alpher
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 01:29:13 am
content: There's no olivia nor Bee-Gees in the top 10.

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 01:35:09 am
content: Quote from: alpher on February 04, 2024, 01:29:13 amI have no idea where you found your top 10 list, but as I listed 15 artists/bands (and there are surely more that didn't immediately come to mind, and I'm not even Australian and have only ever spent a few weeks there) it's obviously impossible for them to all have songs in the top 10. Especially if one or more of them have more than one song there, which seems probable.This list, for example, has "Down Under" at #4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APRA_Top_30_Australian_songsIt's over 20 years old, so there could well be new entries.Oh, wow .. I didn't realise "Tones and I" were Australian. Pretty big song, right there. Everyone in the world knows it.

author: YurkshireLad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 01:35:55 am
content: Don't forget the great Jimmy Barnes.

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 01:42:31 am
content: Quote from: YurkshireLad on February 04, 2024, 01:35:55 amI listed Cold Chisel, but yes he has a solo career also.

author: alpher
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 01:43:44 am
content: Quote from: brucehoult on February 04, 2024, 01:35:09 amI get them from there:https://rateyourmusic.com/list/vtzZt7/top-100-greatest-australian-songs-of-all-time/But still I think this is the australian anthem:

author: YurkshireLad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 02:05:21 am
content: Quote from: brucehoult on February 04, 2024, 01:42:31 amAh right, I completely forgot the band he was in! Oops.

author: Andy Chee
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 03:16:25 am
content: Quote from: alpher on February 04, 2024, 01:43:44 amNope. Waltzing Matilda is Australia's unofficial national anthem.

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 03:39:39 am
content: Damn, I always thought it was this ...

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 03:47:07 am
content: Quotethe american anthem played by aussies

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 04:11:35 am
content: Aussie, you say? The announcer, Roy Billing, was born in Ruawai NZ (well, probably Dargaville, not 50 km from where I'm sitting). Also stars Kiwis such as Sam Neill (unusually, without a Russian accent).

author: aeberbach
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2024, 07:32:15 am
content: Come on Bruce, anyone knows that if any NZ thing is any good it becomes Australian! Split Enz, Russell Crowe, Pavlova etc. The process increases the average IQ in both places, my kiwi friends tell me.

author: Fredderic
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2024, 12:40:34 am
content: Quote from: alpher on February 04, 2024, 01:43:44 amI still prefer this version of the original anthem:

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2024, 09:57:35 pm
content: Quote from: alpher on February 04, 2024, 12:12:40 amThat song is actually one of the first songs that i remember hearing on the radio.I still like it a lot.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2024, 10:41:01 pm
content: Another great piece of Aussie New Wave.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2024, 11:27:11 pm
content: Not a bad output for 1 family

author: calibrationfixture
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2024, 07:05:07 am
content: Hi alpher,Sent you a PM.Calibrationfixture

author: 5U4GB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2024, 01:28:02 pm
content: Quote from: YurkshireLad on February 04, 2024, 01:35:55 amAnd Kevin Bloody Wilson, dunno why he isn't in every top 10.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2024, 02:36:12 pm
content: Quotealways though he should be austrailas head cultural attaché

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2024, 11:01:32 pm
content: Quote from: themadhippy on February 25, 2024, 02:36:12 pmChopper Reid.

author: Fredderic
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2024, 04:26:38 am
content: Quote from: themadhippy on February 25, 2024, 02:36:12 pmThe world needs more Kevin Bloody Wilson...!

author: 5U4GB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2024, 07:09:58 am
content: Quote from: brucehoult on February 25, 2024, 11:01:32 pmOr Steve Hughes (damn YT auto-insert.