c s 1987's Personal Top Ten

[pinkstones]

1. Look What You've Done - Jet

2. Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus

3. Bow River - Cold Chisel

4. The Nosebleed Section - Hilltop Hoods

5. Ride On – AC/DC

6. Unguarded Moment - The Church

7. Zebra - John Butler Trio

8. White Unicorn – Wolfmother

9. By My Side - INXS

10. Flame Trees - Cold Chisel

[Ombre Vivante]

^ Good suggestions BA - I didn't actually realise Fisher Z and Real Life were Australian. I will always consider Split Enz to be a New Zealand band only (it's why they spell Enz with 'NZ'). I couldn't think of any Men At Work songs I would like to nominate at the time I compiled this list, but I have thought of a few since.

Good turnout so far guys - keep the votes coming!

Ah, I thought you was inclusive of the kiwis since you listed Crowded House (aren't they from NZ?)

[c_s_1987]

^ No, Neil Finn was their only original Kiwi member, and they formed in Australia.

[Uncle Joe]

1-Chained To The Wheel – The Black Sorrows

2-Come On Come On – Little Birdy

3-Spicks And Specks – The Bee Gees

4-Standing on The Outside - Cold Chisel

5-Since You've Been Gone - Powderfinger

6- Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels

7-Tomorrow – Silverchair

8-Run To Paradise - Choirboys

9-Rush You – Baby Animals

10-Treaty – Yothu Yindi

Lot of fun, Chris. All but two of the songs on my (your) list are new to me.

[lonelyday]

1. White Unicorn – Wolfmother

2. Ride On – AC/DC

3. Rush You – Baby Animals

4. My Happiness – Powderfinger

5. Rosanna - Sebastian Hardie

6. Lights Of Manos – Orianthi

7. Good Times - The Easybeats

8. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels

9. Picture Frames – Georgia Fair

10. (Baby I’ve Got You) On My Mind – Powderfinger

Seeing as it was ANZAC day just this week, I couldn't help but vote! (Plus I actually had time this week yay!) This is probably the ptt where I've known the most songs (though definitely not all) which is soooooo weird since a lot of other people seem to know very few. I didn't realise how much music from across the ditch gets playtime here until I listened to this list!

[Lucky]

1. Bow River - Cold Chisel

2. Tomorrow – Silverchair

3. Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus

4. Lights Of Manos - Orianthi

5. Run To Paradise - Choirboys

6. Good Times - The Easybeats

7. To Her Door – Paul Kelly

8. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels

9. Unguarded Moment - The Church

10. Picture Frames – Georgia Fair

Thanks Chris .... I really enjoyed this, and ended up with more songs than I had spots for.

Edited April 30, 2010 by Guest
switcheroo

[blind-fitter]

1) Unguarded Moment - The Church

2) Red Pony - The Triffids

3) I’m Stranded – The Saints

4) White Unicorn – Wolfmother

5) Come On Come On – Little Birdy

6) Rush You – Baby Animals

7) I Was Only Nineteen – Redgum

8) Bombora – The Atlantics

9) Treaty – Yothu Yindi

10) Lights Of Manos - Orianthi*

*She's too damned gorgeous to be actually playing that guitar herself, right?

[c_s_1987]

^ You'd think so, but no.

[bluesboy]

1. Lights Of Manos - Orianthi

2. Bow River - Cold Chisel

3. Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus

4. To Her Door – Paul Kelly

5. Tomorrow – Silverchair

6. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels

7. Good Times - The Easybeats

8. Run To Paradise - Choirboys

9. Picture Frames – Georgia Fair

10. Unguarded Moment - The Church

[Farin]

1. Zebra - John Butler Trio

2. (I'm) Stranded – The Saints

3. The Nosebleed Section – Hilltop Hoods

4. Foreign Land - Eskimo Joe

5. Come On Come On – Little Birdy

6. My Happiness – Powderfinger

7. London Still – The Waifs

8. You're The Voice – John Farnham

9. Short Memory - Midnight Oil

10.The Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl

LOTS of great songs, I probably could have chosen another 10 (even though they wouldn't have been as good as THIS ones)

btw, and additionally to some cool Australian artists not included (like Nick Cave)... The Cat Empire!

and a whole lot of (other) Indie pop stuff from Melbourne too

[phil]

1. Foreign Land - Eskimo Joe

2. Cigarettes Will Kill You - Ben Lee

3. Lights Of Manos - Orianthi

4. To Her Door - Paul Kelly

5. I'm Stranded - The Saints

6. My Happiness - Powderfinger

7. Red Pony - The Triffids

8. Short Memory - Midnight Oil

9. I Was Only 19 - Redgum

10. Come on Come On - Little Birdy

Nice selection of songs. You can teach an old dog, new tricks. Good Job, Chris.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

1] Bow River - Cold Chisel

2] Rush You – Baby Animals

3] Lights Of Manos – Orianthi

4] Chained To The Wheel – The Black Sorrows

5] Foreign Land - Eskimo Joe

6] Since You’ve Been Gone – Powderfinger

7] Treaty – Yothu Yindi

8] Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels

9] The Nosebleed Section – Hilltop Hoods

10] Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus

I absolutely loved this PTT, Chris. I had never heard of Cold Chisel before you introduced me to them a year or two (or possibly three) years ago. Now whenever I see mention of them, I always think of you. (Awwww....).

Anywho, I had a blast listening to all your songs. I can't believe I've never heard of Baby Animals. That chick rocks me sideways.

[Steel2Velvet]

From Perth to Ayer's (it's) Rock and we can all thank Chris for turning us on our heads to some tunes with that down under flavor. Music that vibrated our collective didjeridoo

c_s_1987's Personal Top Ten

1. Bow River - Cold Chisel 63

2. White Unicorn – Wolfmother 58

3. Lights Of Manos - Orianthi 53

4. Ride On – AC/DC 53

5. Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus 50

6. Tomorrow – Silverchair 44

7. Good Times - The Easybeats 44

8. Look What You’ve Done - Jet 44

9. Zebra - John Butler Trio 43

T-10. Since You’ve Been Gone – Powderfinger 39

T-10. Rush You – Baby Animals 39

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movements from within the Outback:

Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels 34

Spicks And Specks – The Bee Gees 33

By My Side - INXS 33

Come On Come On – Little Birdy 31

Chained To The Wheel – The Black Sorrows 27

To Her Door – Paul Kelly 27

Treaty – Yothu Yindi 26

I’m Stranded – The Saints 25

Run To Paradise - Choirboys 25

The Nosebleed Section – Hilltop Hoods 24

Foreign Land - Eskimo Joe 23

Unguarded Moment - The Church 23

Short Memory - Midnight Oil 18

Standing On The Outside - Cold Chisel 18

My Happiness – Powderfinger 17

Flame Trees - Cold Chisel 15

Great Southern Land - Icehouse 15

Red Pony - The Triffids 13

Four Seasons In One Day – Crowded House 12

Come Said The Boy – Mondo Rock 11

On My Mind - Powderfinger 11

The Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl 11

You’re The Voice – John Farnham 11

Bombora – The Atlantics 10

Cigarettes Will Kill You – Ben Lee 9

Duncan – Slim Dusty 9

I Was Only Nineteen – Redgum 9

Rosanna - Sebastian Hardie 9

Horror Movie – Skyhooks 8

Oipic - Powderfinger 7

Learnalilgivinanlovin - Gotye 6

Don’t You Think It’s Time – Bob Evans 5

Picture Frames – Georgia Fair 5

London Still – The Waifs 4

Throw Your Arms Around Me – Hunters And Collectors 4

These Days – Powderfinger 2

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stranded on the Barrier Reef without paddles:

Four Walls - Cold Chisel

Saturday Night – Cold Chisel

The Special Two – Missy Higgins

Comments, questions, observations, odd coincidences? What do you have for Chris?

[c_s_1987]

I love it! I really didn't know how the voting would turn out for this PTT, but I'm really happy with the top ten. Thanks to everyone, especially you Ron.

Clearly no one here agrees with the Australian public that "Throw Your Arms Around Me" is the second greatest song of all time.

[Farin]

no, not really... it's better than the Jet song though, but that might just be me

(what's the greatest song btw?)

[c_s_1987]

Throw Your Arms Around me has been #2 in the Triple J Hottest 100 Of All Time three times now. The first two times Love Will Tear Us Apart was #1, the other time Smells Like Teen Spirit was #1. That list usually has pretty strange results.

[Viaene]

Wolfmother!

Thanks for reminding me of those guys!

[Lucky]

This was great fun cs, listening to so many songs new to me. I'm also terribly impressed by Orianthe. So much that I researched her a bit (she was set to be MJ's lead guitarist on his This Is It concert/album) .... I totally agree with the video comments comparing her sound (on that song anyway) to a combo of Vai & Santana. This girl has real talent and I'll search out more of her music.

[MindCrime]

I like Orianthi, I was already familiar with her being MJ's guitarist and some of her hits here.

[Lea]

It was great fun listening to your list Chris. You Aussie's have some great bands thank you for sharing

I finally got that "Boys Light Up" song out of my head

On a side note and you being a fellow ELP fan, did you know Greg Lake had to cancel a concert in Texas because he became ill? I don't know what happened but he said he will be continue the tour when he's feeling better.

I know some of our rock icons are getting older just like us. It's tragic and sad when health issues arise

[c_s_1987]

^ I hadn't heard that news about Greg Lake, but unfortunately these things seem to be happening pretty often these days.

[edna]

Chris, thank you for your great choice... you gave me some work... but it was worth it!!!

[LarryJcbs]

Seem to me like Orianthi has some of Santana's gutar tone (especially the later sound), but not sure if I hear Carlos Santana's licks in her playing.