The "official Aussie" Music thread 2 Years, 4 Months ago
I love Aussie music obviously..not much of it got shared over here in the US..so as my flag waving thread here are some of my favourites and notables (note the differnce), feel free to add your best here..And of course create one for your nation of choice..
Re:The "official Aussie" Music thread 2 Years, 4 Months ago
Great idea this one! I reckon you and me might be doing most of the posting here Matt
Anyway, here's ACDC when Bon Scott was fronting them. What a charisma this guy had and like so many, such a sad ending. ACDC, acknowledged as an Australian band even though they were mostly Scottish immigrants, has no Australian born member left in it. Bon Scott once lived in my suburb here in sleepy little Adelaide and he is STILL legendary.
Re:The "official Aussie" Music thread 2 Years, 4 Months ago
Iva Davies who now writes for film created two bands..The FLowers then Icehouse..COuld put up a dozen tunes...Probably best way to describe him..Aussie Bowie
TGMatt wrote:
To kick this off..I will start with Cold CHisel
Cold Chisel have always had a special place in my heart for all the wrong reasons.
When in Sydney 2006 we were enjoying our new years eve in a pub with a guy playing guitar and singing. He was brilliant and really had the crowd in his hands.
However occasionally he would play something which had all us English boys looking at each other and saying "what is this, this is awful".
Our enquiries always led to finding out it was cold Chisel.
In the interests of balance, this is my favorite Aussie band - Jet
I guess Mr. Segovia doesn't give a damn!
- Les Paul answering an audience question (while playing with Segovia) about why he tuned his guitar after every song and Segovia didn't.
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Re:The "official Aussie" Music thread 2 Years, 4 Months ago
Mark that's a consistent opinion in my experience. Cold Chisel are an Australian legend but their music is not appreciated outside of this country at all. When they tried their luck in the States as all rising bands do they were shown the door really quickly by American record executives. They wrote this song about the experience:
I guess Mr. Segovia doesn't give a damn!
- Les Paul answering an audience question (while playing with Segovia) about why he tuned his guitar after every song and Segovia didn't.
The administrator has disabled public write access.
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