Aussie Rock - Who is Your favorite Band

[John Watt]

I haven't been here for a while, but a lot of Australian movies have passed through the DVD player.
Or Australian actors in Hollywood productions.

I'm here to comment that of all the musicians that have ever come out of Australia,
AC/DC have to be the band that's been played and is still being played all over the world, the most.
I see that as corporate,
That's right, from the Jolly Swagman singing "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Jack",
through Men at Work, to Kylie Minogue, they all come off as just having chart hits,
compared to the career of AC/DC. Even the Rolling Stones had them as an opening act.

It wasn't a wombat that I saw, here along the Niagara River.
It was small, not a groundhog, and it moved with legs like a turtle.
This is the third week of January, and there isn't any ice or snow out there at all.

 

[bob32116]

^^ but do you have any comments about favourite Australian rock bands?

This thread is quite a few years old, yet from what I see hardly anyone seems to be actually addressing the topic, just trotting out the same old comments about Australian stereotypes.

 

[John Watt]

You have to admit, Australians have some of the best stereotypes.
Today, I'm eating some "Australia's Darrell Lea, Traditional Soft Liquorice".
And I have to admit, I never saw that in any music videos.

The last I heard about Men at Work,
was the lead singer going on a solo acoustic tour of the United States,
a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0OX_8YvFxA

Okay, I know, it's for Australian bands, but, I've gotta be Canadian with you.
You hafta admit, Ann Wilson, the lead singer of Heart, could be the younger twin sister of Xena, Warrior Princess.
Ann even has her blonde sister onstage, like Gabby is, only with a guitar, not a staff.

And she's singing about burning it down to the wick, and that sounds like midnight oil to me.
I'm even typing like modern, global news reporters, confusing New Zealand with Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gpNqB4dnT4

This one starts with some classical acoustic, and they do get "Crazy on You".
When Ann and Nancy Wilson fired their first lead guitarist, after their first huge hits,
and had open auditions in British Columbia, I felt so bad I couldn't make it out there to try.
I still think they both need me onstage.
I saw that guitarist as hard rock with some Yes, Steve Howe influence, if not the actual riffs,
when my down and low heavy rhythm with Hendrix effects and leads,
could have taken them somewhere that kept them together, getting into some funk eventually.

That's one thing I'm not hearing from Australia, and that's funk.
I'm seeing it all over, just not hearing it.
It's not starting to smell, but if it was I could tell.

 

[bob32116]

^^ I guess that answers my question.

 

[John Watt]

You didn't ask a question,
and obviously you didn't listen to at least, "Crazy on You".
Heart toured Australia, and that makes them a kinda Australian band.
You gotta have Heart.
When Nancy Wilson breaks into the opening chords of "Crazy on You",
that's one of the most exciting moments in rock music, live onstage.

I don't know what two ^^ of these mean, never typing them before.

I'm not hearing new songs from any Australian bands,
in the Niagara Peninsula,
and there hasn't been any concerts from touring bands either.
Too bad, but that's why I can't update my comments.

Those ghosts are still appearing and fading away.

 

[John Watt]

Time for some Wombat action!

I might not agree with this line,
singing a little debauchery makes life sweet.
Scottish people say "a gang fit's ay gettin',
a pushy person gets the most out of life.
I find I get into more kinds of life, when I let them push me around.
That's one thing wombats and I have in common.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpadYhXHgwA

 

[John Watt]

It's one thing to be Australian, and have pop dance hits that go global,
it's another to make it up onstage in England, for the Queens "Diamond Jubilee Concert".
Kylie Minogue, looking good, if not a little too thin.
They're saying the stage cost $350,000, American, to build, in the center of a plaza,
with seating arranged around the circular stage.
A long boulevard leading up to the plaza was done up, full of spectators.
I saw ten minutes, seeing close-ups of the Royal Box, but didn't see the Queen.
And yes, "the Royal Box" was the subject of a few lines used by the comedic host,
and a couple of the entertainers.

Why did I watch?
I wanted to see how Kylie Minogue was doing.
She was on and off too fast.

 

[John Watt]

It's been what, almost a year since my last post here, but so much has changed.
I'm hearing more new Australian bands and musical acts without hearing anything here.
Considering I'm not cable TV, just movies and TV episodes, that's saying a lot of huge success.
I'm reminded of when Rick Springfield hit it huge in California and a lot more Australian stuff followed.
oh-oh, I'm even remembering that sad feeling you got watching that koala bear for Quantas commercials.

Sorry about saying the previous is gone.
Guess who's still coming on strong?
Hugo Weaving.

Over and out from the Niagara Peninsula, the locus of electronic and media concentration,
the result of having the first commercial hydro generation in the world, for a very long time,
situated beside the grand trunk line between Toronto and New York,
where, for a six hundred mile radius, is the greatest income concentration on earth.
Hugo Weaving never performed here. He doesn't have to.
We're sending him too much money already.

 

[alcaponedudu]

I've just found this thread...

I voted for ACDC. They're like the phoenix (Greek mythology) of Rock N' Roll. No matter what happens they always find a way to get over it. Very consistent sound, great guitar player (Angus) and fun songs.