Songs about Australia

[Leaping Lindner]

Orstralia by the Saints off the Album Eternally Yours.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpGA8NBt3mY

South Australia by The Pogues from If I Should fall from the grace of God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5x3TJpP24

[MatteeG]

Time this doozy resurfaced:

[Leaping Lindner]

Hey Pseudo, If you're looking at Australian place names you'll need skyhooks' first album
Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)
Toorak Cowboy
Balwyn Calling

Also this Painters and Dockers classic!!!
"And the driver of the train to St Kilda to this very day is filled with a deep infatuation."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym2bvFrpQ6E

[am Bays]

I'm fair dinkum - John Williamson
Boys from the Bush - Lee Kernaghan
The Outback Club - Lee Kernaghan
She's My ute - Lee Kernaghan
Raining on the Rock - John Williamson
Streets of your town - Go Betweens
Stompin Ground - Warumpi Band
Pub with no beer - Slim Dusty
Lights on the Hill - Slim Dusty
Cootamundra Wattle - John williamson
The Breaker - John Williamson
The Aussie BBQ song - Frankie Davidson

Christine Anu's version of My Island Home is banned at my place - "Down here living in the city vs Down here West of Alice Springs" give me a break - why ruin perfection Christine???

[Mr Beefy]

[Q.]

The Drones - Taman Shud
The Smith Street Band - Wipe That Shit Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face
Illy - Our Country

[cracka]

I've Got A Car - Shannon Noll.

[Failed Creation]

Time this doozy resurfaced:

That's almost as shit as this:

[whufc]

Ben Folds- Adelaide.

[The Jack]

Powderfinger - Hindley Street
Gyroscope - Australia
Cold Chisel - Bow River
Cold Chisel - Star Hotel
Cold Chisel - Breakfast At Sweethearts
Dan Sultan - Kimberley Calling
Traditional - Bound For South Australia (as performed on the Musical Pub Crawl in Dublin I did a couple years ago!)
Courtney Barnett - Depreston
Custard - Queensland University
Midnight Oil - Kosciusko
Mojo Juju - Train Along the Hawkesbury

A few more to add for next year perhaps! Was thinking something similar in the lead-up also, good topic Pseudo.

[Dogwatcher]

Another boring night in Adelaide - Redgum

[FlyingHigh]

I'm fair dinkum - John Williamson
Boys from the Bush - Lee Kernaghan
The Outback Club - Lee Kernaghan
She's My ute - Lee Kernaghan
Raining on the Rock - John Williamson
Streets of your town - Go Betweens
Stompin Ground - Warumpi Band
Pub with no beer - Slim Dusty
Lights on the Hill - Slim Dusty
Cootamundra Wattle - John williamson
The Breaker - John Williamson
The Aussie BBQ song - Frankie Davidson

Christine Anu's version of My Island Home is banned at my place - "Down here living in the city vs Down here West of Alice Springs" give me a break - why ruin perfection Christine???

Great list am

Gotta add by Slim:
Walk a country Mile
Where Country Is
Indian Pacific
A Picture of Home
Australia is His Name

The Way It is - Lee Kernaghan

I Scored a Hundred - Greg Champion

[MatteeG]

@pseudo

[Pseudo]

Nice one.

[therisingblues]

And the band played waltzing Matilda: The Pogues
Come on Aussie: Dunno
Bound for South Australia: Dunno
Waltzing Matilda: Banjo Patterson
Marijuana, Australiana: Dunno

[bennymacca]

Ben Folds- Adelaide.

Only just saw this thread, and this is the first song that came to my head




Although this is a christmas song, I think it captures australia perfectly. And it is something that resonates with me given Im not religious.

[bulldogs]

On the prowl

[LMA]

Bad Dreems - Sacred Ground
Boy & Bear - Southern Sun
Sticky Fingers - Australia Street
1200 Techniques - Karma

I reckon you could find a few out of the Go-Betweens, Ed Kuepper, Paul Kelly, Hoodoo Gurus, Midnight Oil, Cosmic Psychos, Frenzal Rhomb, Hunters & Collectors, You Am I, The Panics & Australian Crawl to name a few