Friday, January 8, 2010

Australia Day is Almost here so hey!

So what were the best Aussie songs of the past decade? As a mega music nerd I have compiled this rather long list:

1 - Powderfinger - My Happiness
2 - Silverchair - Straight Lines
3 - Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
4 - Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section
5 - Missy Higgins - The Special Two
6 - Wolfmother - Woman
7 - Bernard Fanning - Wish You Well
8 - The Presets - My People
9 - The Vines - Get Free
10 - Empire Of The Sun - Walking on a Dream
11 - Wolfmother - Joker & the Thief
12 - Sneaky Sound System - Pictures
13 - Silverchair - The Greatest View
14 - Spiderbait - Black Betty
15 - The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
16 - Missy Higgins - Scar
17 - Wolfmother - Mind's Eye
18 - Killing Heidi - Mascara
19 - Ben Lee - Catch My Disease
20 - Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine
21 - The Waifs - London Still
22 - Faker - This Heart Attack
23 - Lior - This Old Love
24 - The Presets - This Boys in Love
25 - Sneaky Sound System - I Love It
26 - George - Breathe in Now
27 - Pete Murray - So Beautiful
28 - Alex Lloyd - Amazing
29 - John Butler Trio - Zebra
30 - Augie March - One Crowded Hour
31 - Kisschasy - Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night
32 - Sarah Blasko - Flame Trees
33 - Grinspoon - Chemical Heart
34 - John Butler Trio - Funky Tonight
35 - Gotye - Hearts A Mess
36 - Missy Higgins - Ten Days
37 - The Panics - Don't Fight It
38 - Little Birdy - Beautiful to Me
39 - Powderfinger - My Kind of Scene
40 - The Living End - White Noise
41 - Hilltop Hoods - Clown Prince
42 - Eskimo Joe - From the Sea
43 - The Presets - Talk Like That
44 - Youth Group - Forever Young
45 - George - Special Ones
46 - The Cat Empire - Hello
47 - The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
48 - TV Rock vs. Dukes Of Windsor - The Others
49 - Empire of the Sun - We Are the People
50 - 28 Days - Rip it Up
51 - Pnau - Baby
52 - Little Birdy - Relapse
53 - The Wrights - Evie Parts 1,2,3
54 - The Grates - 19-20-20
55 - Something for Kate - Monsters
56 - Machine Gun Fellatio - Pussytown
57 - Pez feat. 360 and Hayley Cramer - The Festival Song
58 - The Living End - What's on Your Radio
59 - Bluejuice - Vitriol
60 - Art vs. Science - Parlous Vous Francis?
61 - Bliss n Eso - Woodstock 2008
62 - Hilltop Hoods - Chase that Feeling
63 - Amiel - Lovesong
64 - Lisa Mitchell - Neapolitan Dreams
65 - Kate Miller-Heidke - The Last Day on Earth
66 - Machine Gun Fellatio - Rollercoaster
67 - Eskimo Joe - Foreign Land
68 - Magic Dirt - Dirty Jeans
69 - Sarah Blasko - All I Want
70 - Machine Gun Fellatio - The Girl Of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)
71 - Angus and Julia Stone - Paper Aeroplane
72 - Josh Pyke - Middle Of The Hill
73 - Bluejuice - Broken Leg
74 - Motor Ace - Death Defy
75 - 28 Days - Sucker
76 - Washington - Cement
77 - The Whitlams - Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)
78 - Operator Please - Just a Song About Ping Pong
79 - Drapht - Jimmy Recard
80 - Birds of Tokyo - Silhouettic
81 - Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
82 - Lo-Tel - Teenager Of The Year
83 - Lisa Mitchell - Coin Laundry
84 - Bliss n Eso - Eye of the Storm
85 - paulmac featuring Peta Morris - Just the Thing
86 - Gyroscope - Snakeskin
87 - The Living End - Roll On
88 - Sia - Breathe Me
89 - Ben Lee - Gamble Everything for Love
90 - Jet - Look What You've Done
91 - Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore
92 - Sarah Blasko - Explain
93 - The Living End - Pictures In The Mirror
94 - The John Butler Trio - Better Than
95 - Missy Higgins - Steer
96 - Groove Terminator - One More Time (Sunshine Song)
97 - Powderfinger - Sunsets
98 - The Herd - 77%
99 - Pnau - Wild Strawberries
100 - The Living End - Who's Gonna Save Us?

And because 100 songs is just not enough, I have gone all the way to 110:

101 - Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine
102 - The Presets - Yippiyo-Ay
103 - The John Butler Trio - Good Excuse
104 - Jet - Rollover DJ
105 - Missy Higgins - Where I Stood
106 - Hilltop Hoods - Light You Burned
107 - Little Birdy - Brother
108 - Sarah Blasko - No Turning Back
109 - Karnivool - Set Fire to The Hive
110 - The Cat Empire - So Many Nights

1 comment:

Big Red said...

Powderfinger number ONE!!!
Oh you're a HOOT!
too funny
(yes, yes sarcasm, lowest form of wit blah blah)
;)