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- They are 35 songs that changed Australian music, from pioneering rock to banging dance.
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- The Godfather: Michael Gudinski Launches Mushroom. Michael Gudinski was the first to acknowledge his ignorance. He could have been better at selling watermelons, for instance.
- Chart Attack: ARIA Introduces Australia’s First Official Music Charts. The claims about the demise of the music sales charts have been grossly overblown.
- Big Day Out Bags Nirvana. 1992 became a pivotal year for Australia. We had survived the necessary recession; the ABC introduced two bananas dressed in pyjamas, Queensland rejected daylight saving time, the Prime Minister acquired the nickname “the Lizard of Oz” after caressing the monarch’s back, and, most importantly, Australian music underwent a permanent transformation.
- The Countdown Revolution Begins on ABC TV. It’s hard to communicate the significance of Countdown to someone who wasn’t of a specific age at the time.
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- ‘Boys In Town’ – Divinyls. You’d be hard-pressed to find a debut single that sets the bar as high as this sultry stomper. When Chrissy Amphlett passed away in 2013, many in the Australian music industry cited this as one of their favourite songs ever, and it’s not hard to hear why.
- ‘Beds Are Burning’ – Midnight Oil. With a song as overtly political as ‘Beds Are Burning’, it’s no surprise that Midnight Oil have gone on to be considered one of the most important Australian bands of all time.
- ‘Tomorrow’ – Silverchair. If you’re ever in need of an inferiority complex, just remember that the members of Silverchair were only 15 when they wrote and recorded this song.
- ‘Errol’ – Australian Crawl. What could be more Australian than a track by a band whose name actually includes the word ‘Australian’ in it? Why, it would be a song by that very band about one of Australia’s most famous exports, actor Errol Flynn.
Mar 7, 2023 · Iconic Australian music moments are everywhere. A moment in time married with music can break down barriers, ignite movements, start trends, launch industries, give birth to icons, and change...
- True Blue – John Williamson
- Down Under – Men at Work
- Still Call Australia Home – Peter Allen
- Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel
- Great Southern Land – Icehouse
- Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil
- You’Re The Voice – John Farnham
- Sounds of Then – Ganggajang
- Better Be Home Soon – Crowded House
- For The Working Class Man – Jimmy Barnes
You cannot get much more iconic than this 1981 Australian folk song. The song is jam packed with Aussie slang lyrics and hidden meanings about mateship and the Australian way of life.
This patriotic song topped the Australian, Britain and American music charts in the 1980s, giving the band instant success. Singer Colin Hay has said “The chorus is really about the selling of Australia in many ways, the over-development of the country.”
This 1980s ballad portrays a longing for the Australian home life. Versions of the song have been used in many advertising campaigns, such as Qantas and TasTV.
Released in 1978, this popular Australian song is regularly seen as a resonant symbol of the Australian culture. The lyrics focus on a bitter and disillusioned Australian Vietnam veteran who struggles to fit into society after returning from the war.
This single was released by Australian rock band Icehouse in 1982. Noted as one of the most enduring songs about Australia, it describes the hidden spirituality our country possesses, without reverting to over-worked cliches.
This 1988 rock song hit not only the music charts, but also a few political nerves. The song is about giving Australian land back to the Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
Released in 1986, this song is one of Farnham’s biggest international successes. The song is crying out for unity and peace within the world, and was awarded the 1987 ARIA Award for ‘single of the year’.
GANGgajang are an Australian rock band formed in the 1980s. Although their success wasn’t immediate, the band became instantly popular when Sounds of Then, otherwise known as This is Australia, was used as a promotion for the Nine Networks Station in 1996.
Crowded House are a very successful New Zealand/Australian based rock group formed in the 1980s. The band has had consistent commercial and critical success all over the world, and is a major contributor to Australia’s music culture.
Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes released this hit song in 1985, from his self-titled album Jimmy Barnes. This song defines what it is to be an Australian, and is a tribute to the working class man of the 1980s.
Former Mess + Noise editor Doug Wallen and David James Young teased out the history of indie rock, Kish Lal has chronicled Australian hip-hop over the decades, Bianca Davino did the same with heavy music, and Joseph Earp and I pulled together the biggest list of them all in the history of Australian pop music.
Jul 30, 2016 · This without a doubt includes the iconic songs and popular bands that have graced the world with their Aussie charm. Go on a journey to discover the iconic songs widely known and celebrated to this day, starting in the 1970s…
Jan 26, 2014 · Daddy Cool’s classic, Eagle Rock has taken out the number one spot in MAX’s countdown of the Top 100 'Greatest Australian Songs Of All Time' - as determined by a panel of Australia's finest musicians.
