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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 181It
has a good beat but can you dance to it?
Alone
With You - Sunnyboys, a single from their self-titled debut album,
from 1981. It's sort of a new release because they've just given it
the reissue treatment, a four-LP vinyl-only box set version of the
album, to mark 45 years since it came out. Sunnyboys were from New
South Wales and were led by brothers Jeremy and Peter Oxley.
Don’t
Tear It Down – v Spy v Spy from their
1986 album A.O. Mod. TV Vers , which is an
abbreviation for
Adults Only Modified Television Version, a censorship notification
on Australian television at the time. This
version from the 2016 compilation The Glory Days of Aussie Pub Rock,
vol. 1.
Rooms
For The Memory - Michael Hutchence, the dynamic frontman from INXS,
singing a song from the soundtrack to Dogs in Space , a 1986
Australian film set in Melbourne's post-punk music scene in 1978. It
was written and directed by Richard Lowenstein and starred Hutchence.
The song was written by Melbourne musician Ollie Olsen.
Maybe
you can dance to this
What
Is Ashwagandha -
the
Babe Rainbow, from
their 2025
album Slipper
Imp And Shakaerator.
FYI, ashwagandha
is a multi-purpose herbal remedy, and the Slipper Imp and
Shakaerator
are mechanical farming implements used in plowing.
Rattle
My Chain - the Basics, a band featuring Wally De Backer, better known
as Gotye, from their 2007 album Stand Out/Fit In.
Deserted
Dunes Welcome Weary Feet - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, it was
on their album Polygondwanaland, which was number four of five albums
they released in 2017.
Into
the vault
Rose
Tattoo, one of the hardest rocking Aussie bands of the 1970s and 80s,
featuring Gary "Angry" Anderson singing and Pete Wells on
slide guitar, from their first album, released in 1978, produced by
Harry Vanda and George Young of Easybeats fame. We heard three songs
from the LP:
-
Rocknroll Outlaw
-
Nice Boys
-
Bad Boy For Love
Nice
Boys was covered by Guns N' Roses in 1986 on their Live ?!*@ Like a
Suicide EP and re-released on their 1988 EP G N' R Lies. Rock &
Roll Outlaw has has also been covered a number of times.
The
US had Lassie the dog and Flipper the dolphin
Australia
had Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo, who had a series on Australian TV from
1968 to 1970. We started the set with the closing theme music from
the show.
Chewing
Gum -
Amyl and the Sniffers, from
their 2024 album Cartoon Darkness.
The
Big Beat -
Young Modern,
a 1979 single.
and it's
on their
2023 best-of set titled It's Automatic.The
lead singer in the band is John Dowler, who continues to write and
record music.
Mingle
- Georgia Knight rockin
the autoharp in 2025 from
her album titled Beanpole.
Concert
tour of the decade?
In
2013 Paul Kelly and
Neil Finn joined
up for a 20-date tour
that peaked at the Sydney Opera House on
March 10, 2013.
In November
2013 it was released as
an album and DVD titled Goin' Your Way.
We heard:
-
Distant Sun
-
Private Universe
Both
songs are originally by Neil Finn from the 1993 Crowded House album
Together Alone.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
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