5.
You couldn't make it harder if you tried
I used to trust you, then you lied
further lyrics:
"This love affair. I used to care.
Was once so good. Now I wish you would,
go on and ........."
Disappear??? can't think of the band
7.
For rich and for poor ones the world is so wrong
Proceeds from this record went towards the Penguins around Port Phillip Bay. No kidding.
The "something" Penquins - Happy Xmas War is Over
13.
Seek and ye shall find, that is what they say.
Lead singer is a scientologist!
I'm Talking - Lead The Way (??)
[18.
Now's the time to assess the state you're in.
Can't afford to lose gotta strive to win.
"Just remember nothing stays the same.
It all depends on how you play the game"
Wendy and The Rockets - Play the Game (???)
21.
Lock it up so far inside and throw away the key
Like looking for the way out in a maze
Post Split-Enz band with a Germanic name.
"Whats right for you is wrong for me
We can only agree to disagree"
Schnell Fenster - Whisper (??) Band right -not sure of song
23.
I finally met an American who said he voted Reagan in.
He said he won't do it again if the world lasts that long.
Adelaide band.
"and the cops round here have different names
but they all sound just the same"
Redgum - The Long Run
27.
I am covered in filth, at least it's my own
My smell, well you know you can't get higher
1987. Sydney based experimental artist.
Had a huge hit in the '90s with a dance remix of one of their earlier (1982) songs.
Severed Heads - Covered with fleas (??)
28.
Now they fall again on the streets tonight
And we're waking up every day,
Looking this way looking that way
" wondering who will come and end this game
of one more move and it's all over ".
PhilG wouldn't know this one
Gangagang - "Gimme some loving"
29.
We're giving you all the love you need
Gary Burrows - Peter Motley (ex- Boys drummer)
39.
I'm looking for an answer and I'm trying to find,
Why I think of you, all of the time
Perth band. This song made number 1 in Perth but didn't even chart in Adelaide IIRC. This song was also featured on an episode of Neighbours.
The Dugites - Waiting (????)
40.
Say goodbye. Never die.
A chance at one thing is surely something.
I'm not actually sure about "Say Goodbye"... it might actually be something phonetically similar to this. Hey, I only had a scratchy vinyl copy!
1981. This band had a big hit later in the decade with a very downbeat cover of a Creedence Clearwater Revival song.
The Reels - Shout and deliver
56.
I said, what's goin on, you're just showin' off
Well I'm crackin' down on your crackin' up
Penned by Tim Finn, whom I believe recorded his own version much later on.
"I can't slee-eep at ni-ight
Keep seeing men all dressed in white
And they won't .......... "
Jimmy and the Boys - They won't let my girlfriend talk to me
58.
There's a bar right across the street
He's got a need he just can't beat
Out on the floor, he shuffles his feet away
John Farnham once sang with this band
Little River Band - Night Owls
62.
Catch a glimpse, remember it forever
And still I try to keep myself together
See my handle
Pseudo Echo - There's a beat for you
74.
So now we smile and we joke
And this pain is all behind us
One hit wonders.
"I remember a day when we could laugh and we could, cry-y-ee-eye
I remember a day when we thought our love would never, die-i-ee-ie
But we're *********
We're gonna face this break-up"
Electric Pandas - Big Girls
82.
I got friction I can't stop
I'm a dancing spinning top
The wife of a singer referred to in an earlier clue.
The video for this song was the screen debut of Nicole Kidman!
Pat Wilson - Bop Girl
94.
There's a corner to this room. A telephone chair, and memories.
From an Aussie movie.
I'm surprised LL didn't get this one....
Michael Hutchence - Rooms for the memories
95.
Honey you do me wrong but still I'm crazy 'bout you
Stay away too long and I can't do without you
A former Rockmelon.
Peter Blakely - Ain't that peculiar ????
100.
You can feel it in a heartbeat
You can feel it like a soul
You can hear it in a basement
You can feel it in a backstreet
I'm not sure that the second line is complete, but it was the best I could do from a snippet of the filmclip on YouTube, which is all I could find. This song was released as a single but did nothing. Duet between the singer from a one-hit-wonder band (mentioned above) and a former Oz Crawler.
Lyn Buckfield and James Reyne - R-O-C-K
103.
You say you're undone by his kiss
But don't you think for once in your life it should be like this?
Female drummer. "Everything I have is yours, and it's ............."
Should have got this one first time - The Go Betweens - Right Here110.
I can't let it get me down.
Change my smile into a frown.
This song was sung by a bloke, however this band had more success in the nineties with a different lead singer, who was black & female.
The Rockmelons - New Groove??
115.
What are you looking for, your world is in your hand
And you know just where your standin' by the way your heart's unfoldin'
Ex-Kiwi, female. Was lead singer in a band whose lyrics have already been sucessfully guessed in this quiz.
Jenny Morris - You're gonna get hurt
116.
There are murders, that aren't murders, and they happen every single day
We break our promises, we find it hard to, break away.
A couple of ex-Sportsmen.
Stephen Cummings/Andrew Pendelbury - Set fire to the house
119.
I don't need sociology, All I need's a hand to hold me.
"Just one hand, just one hand, just one, hand to hold me to you".
Adelaide band.
Know it! Driving me mad but can't think of it
121.
Should I depend on them? Should I depend on all of them?
The lead singer was allegedly the inspiration for the movie in which Q94 was sung!
That answer depends on who you speak to in St Kilda and when you speak to them
Is it Nick Cave??? Is it Sean Kelly??? Is it Bohdan X??? Is it Sam Sejavka????Ah!!! It's Beargarden!!! as for the song "In your eyes"?????
122.
'Cause what we had was strawberries and cream
Your favourite colours to make you smile
This band appeared on the Young Einstein soundtrack, but not with this song.
Christ!! How did I miss this????
The Stems - For Always
