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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 191Beds
Are Burning - Midnight Oil, in concert in Sydney, from their album
Armistice Day, Live at the Domain, recorded in 2017 and released in
2018. The song first appeared as the first track of their sixth
album, Diesel and Dust, which came out in 1987.
Treaty
- Yothu Yindi, the first single from their second album, Tribal
Voice, released in 1991. Writing Treaty was a group effort involving
Yothu Yindi members Mandawuy Yunupingu, Stuart Kellaway, Gurrumul
Yunupingu and others, along with Paul Kelly and Midnight Oil singer
Peter Garrett. After a disappointing initial release, the song was
was remixed by the Melbourne-based Filthy Lucre production group and
became the first song by a mainly Aboriginal band to chart in
Australia. This version is that remix, from the band's 2012 greatest
hits album Healing Stone.
I
Believe - Hunters and Collectors, covering Ray Charles on their 1984
album Jaws of Life. Ray released the song I Believe To My Soul in
1959 as the B-side of his single I’m Movin’ On.
The
Ant who roared
Gary
"Angry" Anderson, died September 21, 2026
-
Buster Brown - Buster Brown, one of Angry Anderson's first bands,
doing a song titled Buster Brown, from their 1974 album Something To
Say.
-
Bad
Boy For Love
-
Rose
Tattoo, the
band he took to international acclaim,
from
their
debut LP, which was released in 1978, although the
single came out in 1977.
Produced by Harry Vanda and George Young in Albert Studios in Sydney.
The song was written by the band's bass player Ian Rilen.
-
Scarred
For Life - Rose Tattoo,
the titled track of their
their
1982
album.
Calendar
year 2026
Hands
- the Silversound, a single from an album promised for November and
reportedly titled The Brightness Will Come.
Still
Fishin' - Tex Perkins and Matt Walker from their album Before the
Show, an August release.
I
Wanna Live -
Joeys Coop, it came out in July on an album titled Sawdust Memories,
a project led
by
Brett Myers, the former guitarist-songwriter
from the band Died Pretty.
Nothing
Better -
Lava Fangs,
released in September
as a double-A side,
split 7-inch
vinyl EP with
label-mate Benny J
Ward.
Footy
songs
Aussies
love their sports, especially footy, Australian Rules Football. They
love it so much they write songs about it. The 2026 footy season just
finished, so here' are some footy songs to help get us through until
next year.
-
Red Hot Go - Greg Champion and the Coodabeen Champions, in concert in
1991.
-
Up There Cazaly
- Mike Brady.
The
player in the song's
title is
Roy Cazaly, who started
his footy career in 1911.
Footy fans have been singing along to the song since 1979.
-
In a 1970s
TV ad campaign
Australian car maker Holden listed
things Australians love, including meat pies, kangaroos and football.
-
That's What
I Like About Football
- Greg
Champion, from 1994,
possibly the greatest
footy anthem.
Musician Greg Champion was part of a radio program called the
Coodabeen Champions, on the air from 1961 to 2024.
Music
Big
American Car - Lisa Miller, it's on her debut album Quiet Girl With A
Credit Card, a 1996 release.
I
Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus, from
1984, a single from their debut album Stoneage Romeos.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
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