Help With A Countdown

[Pag]

Hey guys,

We've got an Aussie-themed show at our footy club coming up, and we're putting together a Hottest 100 Aussie Songs Of All Time Countdown for the night and we'd love some help compiling the list.

So, what are your 10 favourite Aussie songs of all time? Your votes will be included in the making of the countdown.

[whufc]

1. Something for kate- monsters
2. Cold Chisel- Khe sanh
3. Paul Kelly- to her door
4. Terrafirma- the nights the heavens cried
5. Hilltop Hoods- left foot, right foot
6. Sneaky Sound System- pictures
7. Men at Work- Down Under
8. Wolfmother- minds eye
9. Jet- wanna be my girl
10. Midnight Oil - beds burning

[gadj1976]

Just some Aussie hits I can think of

Land Down Under - Men At Work
Holy Grail/Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors
Jump In My Car/Jamaica Rum - Ted Mulry Gang
Solid Rock - Goanna
Ego Is Not A Dirty Word/Women In Uniform - Skyhooks
Ita/Cheap Wine/Khe Sahn - Cold Chisel
Gimme Head - The Radiators
Summer Time - Billy Thorpe
Turn Up Your Radio - Masters Apprentices
Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool
She Was Only 16 - Dr Hook
Like Wow Wipeout/Generation Gap/1000 Miles Away/My Girl - Hoodoo Gurus
Leaps and Bounds - Paul Kelly
Blue Sky Mining - Midnight Oils

just off the top of my head....

PS. Sorry Pag too many to put into a top 10.

[GWW]

Some great Aussie songs listed on this thread

Re Dr Hook, I think that was an American band.

[Pseudo]

Being on This August Forum, I would be expected to cast a vote for GANGgajang's "Sounds Of Then" and a vote against Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning".... G'day PhilG (not PhilH), if you are still browsing here

Will post a more serious list later, if I can narrow down a list of top songs to 10.

[Strawb]

Australian Crawl - Boys Light Up
GANGgajang's - Sounds Of Then
Ian Moss - Tucker's Daughter
The Curel Sea- The Honeymoon is Over
The Dingoes - Way Out West
Mondo Rock - Come said the Boy
Stevie Wright - Evie parts 1, 2 and 3
The Screaming Jets - Better
Johnny Diesel & The Injectors - Soul Revival
Billy Thorpe and the Aztec's - Most People I Know
The Divinyls - Boys in Town
I tried to list songs that have not been mentioned

[GWW]

A couple of others i can think of, some of which are favourites of mine:

* Help Is On Its Way - LITTLE RIVER BAND
* That's When I Think of You - 1927
* Dumb Things - PAUL KELLY
* Great Southern Land - ICE HOUSE
* Change In Mood - KIDS IN THE KITCHEN
* You're The Voice - JOHN FARNHAM

[Pag]

I know how hard it would be to only pick 10 guys, we're trying to pick 100 and having a very hard time trying to narrow it down.

[GWW]

Are you counting out the bands that had their start in NZ, such as Dragon and Crowded House (admittedly i think both had Australian born band members).

[Q.]

Glen & The Peanut Butter Men - Penny's a Hooker

[Wedgie]

ACDC and Angels fill the top 10 of mine between them.

[am Bays]

Being on This August Forum, I would be expected to cast a vote for GANGgajang's "Sounds Of Then" and a vote against Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning".... G'day PhilG (not PhilH), if you are still browsing here

Will post a more serious list later, if I can narrow down a list of top songs to 10.

"Sounds of then" never heard of it, don't you mean Gangajang's, "This is Australia"....

[Strawb]

Being on This August Forum, I would be expected to cast a vote for GANGgajang's "Sounds Of Then" and a vote against Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning".... G'day PhilG (not PhilH), if you are still browsing here

Will post a more serious list later, if I can narrow down a list of top songs to 10.

"Sounds of then" never heard of it, don't you mean Gangajang's, "This is Australia"....

Hang on what is the song called it is This Is Australia I think that is right

[am Bays]

Are you counting out the bands that had their start in NZ, such as Dragon and Crowded House (admittedly i think both had Australian born band members).

Given the original Crowded House line-up is 2/3rds Australian (Seymour and Hester) I think it is fair to claim them as Australian especially when Neil Finn was residing in Australia when they were first formed and dd so for the first five years of the bands existence.

[Leaping Lindner]

1). KNOW YOUR PRODUCT - The Saints
2). MY PAL - God
3). SWAMPLAND - The Scientists
4). EXECUTION DAY - Spencer P Jones
5). CHASE THE DRAGON - Beasts of Bourbon
6). TV GLUE - X
7). SONNY'S BURNING - Birthday Party
8 ). ALOHA STEVE AND DANNO - Radio Birdman
9). STRAIGHT UNTIL MORNING - Powder Monkeys
10). FEAR (late at night) - Exploding White Mice

I can do another 90 if you'd like the full 100

[Leaping Lindner]

Glen & The Peanut Butter Men - Penny's a Hooker

Classy!

[sapaul]

Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce

[Mr66]

Shaddap You Face - Joe Dolce

I think this is still the biggest selling single in OZ ever.

[Pidge]

Karnivool - Themata
Birds of Tokyo - Wild Eyed Boy
Grinspoon - Chemical Heart

[LMA]

I reckon these would go down well Pag