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My quarantine project - 90s Australian music tables. Tonight - Table 1!

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Mar 20 '20, 18:21

Table 1 features the three biggest alternative bands of the 1990s. It's only three bands, but I've selected long catalogs for each one, as their musical styles changed significantly over the years.

Responses:

Men without Hats -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 19:09 5
- That dance was not as safe as they claimed. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 19:16
- lots of men without hats outside Australia -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 19:15
- Montreal -- nm - mud Mar 20, 19:11
- Dexys midnight riders -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 19:09 1
  - Birmingham -- nm - mud Mar 20, 19:11
Let's see...Men at Work...and, uh, Colin Hay, and, uh... I'm out. -- nm - David Mar 20, 18:37 15
- INXS! -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:45 4
  - (I could do a whole other one on Australian 80s music) -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:45 3
    - What's the name of that underwear model that gay guys think is famous? -- nm - David Mar 20, 18:55 2
      - The whole point of this is to provide something ST hasn't heard before! -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 19:02 1
        
        Exactly! -- nm - David Mar 20, 19:11
- AC/DC ring a bell? -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:44 5
  - No, but I am familiar with AD/BC. -- (link) - David Mar 20, 18:50 [youtube] 1
    - Stupid, sexy Flanders. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:52
  - INXS. And now I think I am out. Oh, Kylie and Olivia or is one or both Kiwi? -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:47 2
    - Neither. Crowded House was 2/3 Kiwi though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:49 1
      - Google told me how dumb I am. I should have known more. -- nm - VMan Mar 20, 18:51
- Meednight Ole! -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 18:40 3
  - I’m amazed Midnight Oil made it so big. Growing up in Australia is like being in a bubble. - Roger More Mar 20, 18:48 2
    - The flip side is every Australian seems to assume I’m deeply familiar with the works of Cold Chisel and Paul Kelly. - mafic Mar 20, 19:28
    - Yeah, I remember Beds are Burning on MTV, and then Blue Sky Mine made a splash as the lead single on the followup album -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 18:55
Regurgitator - the most diverse musically of the three, Regurgitator flips between Licenced to Ill Era Beastie boys, electronic dance music and rock. - Roger More Mar 20, 18:32 10
- I remember that name from my brother's zine days -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 19:03
- Blubber Boy - about *that* Inuit story -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:32 [youtube] 8
  - Kong Foo Sing -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:33 [youtube] 7
    - I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:33 [youtube] 6
      - Everyday Formula -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:34 [youtube] 5
        
        Polyester Girl -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:34 [youtube] 4
        
        Black Bugs -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:35 [youtube] 3
        
        ! (The Song Formerly Known As) -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:35 [youtube] 2
        
        Fat Cop -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:35 [youtube] 1
        
        Super Straight -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:36 [youtube]
You Am I - the most revered 90s Australian band. They started out playing big guitar rock but hit their stride with plaintive melodic songs about - Roger More Mar 20, 18:27 8
- Berlin Chair -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:27 [youtube] 7
  - Cathy's Clown -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:28 [youtube] 6
    - Mr. Milk -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube] 5
      - Soldiers -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube] 4
        
        Good Mornin' -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube] 3
        
        Tuesday -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:30 [youtube] 2
        
        Heavy Heart -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:30 [youtube] 1
        
        Oh - What I Don't Know About You - video features Ben Mendelssohn -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:57 [youtube]
Powderfinger - the most popular Australian band of the 90s, though they had international success. They sang nice, inoffensive alternative rock songs -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 18:21 9
- I wonder how they got that name -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 20, 18:29 [youtube]
- Pick You Up -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:22 [youtube] 7
  - D.A.F. -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:22 [youtube] 6
    - The Day You Come -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:23 [youtube] 5
      - Don't Wanna Be Left Out -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:24 [youtube] 4
        
        My Kind of Scene - as featured in Mission: Impossible 2! -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:24 [youtube] 3
        
        My Happiness -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:26 [youtube] 2
        
        These Days -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:26 [youtube] 1
        
        Passenger -- (link) - Roger More Mar 20, 18:26 [youtube]

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