season 588 - an australian selection

[Charley B]

a bit of Kylie from me ... but i draw the line at any of that 'La La La, La-La La-La La'ing ...

 

[CeeJay]

An original whimsy that sort of arrived as soon as I saw the seasons subject. About 2008 I bought a didgeridoo from a safari Park gift shop. Largely neglected it , got a drone going but can't do the circular breathing thing . Since the missus buggered off in sept I have been determined to have a went at it and then blow me this season cfops up, ideal !! So you get a tune thas sort of Australian....in flavour a bit like the Discworld novel The Last Continebt..... I really ca't see anything now as I need lasing in the eyed...sothis is going to be my last effort for a while .Cheerst

 

[Canada Jim]

TO HER DOOR - Paul Kelly

I'll admit that I'd never heard of Paul Kelly till this season, and this is the only song of his that I've heard, but you can bet I'll listen to more. Thanks for introducing me to his music Brian.

 

[pabrizzer]

some of the artists in the list are real favs of mine - others not so much - i tried to have a gender balance and have a bunch that would deliver songs that seasonistas liked enough to give a went if they went searching - they also had to be born here - australian music has a habit of claiming artists as australian despite not always being so

 

[Canada Jim]

some of the artists in the list are real favs of mine - others not so much - i tried to have a gender balance and have a bunch that would deliver songs that seasonistas liked enough to give a went if they went searching - they also had to be born here - australian music has a habit of claiming artists as australian despite not always being so

An example might be our friend Wendy Keilin. (...and Eric Bogle)

 

[pabrizzer]

An example might be our friend Wendy Keilin. (...and Eric Bogle)

and bands like dragon and crowded house - john farnham olivia newton-john bee gees acdc etc - some australian but all originally from overseas - there are many - we are a land of immigrants - all welcome and important

 

[mountain goat]

a Backsliders song from their Wide Open album

 

[jtsteam]

I've been listening to John Williamson. Here's one that ought to be sung by a campfire. I'd never heard this until a couple of hours ago, so if I sing the wrong notes, well, I suppose that's just the way I do this song now (also, sorry ).

 

[uke4ia]

Here's a Midnight Oil song, and I hope it won't be my only one this week.

 

[TCK]

As I say in one of my videos, the first time I heard Kasey Chambers I was stopped in my tracks- let’s have some fun.
She didn’t write this, but she has a few covers of songs I dearly love that she just kills. This is one of ‘em.

 

[TCK]

This is the first one I heard her do. Jumped on line to see what it was and who did it and was floored she was Australian.

 

[TCK]

And well- you know me. Couldn’t leave well enough alone…

 

[pabrizzer]

took longer to get a second page than any season i can remember but we're moving along ok now
i will say that Jon's brilliant backsliders bring has pleased me big time and Jim brought the oils and an overload of Kasey from TCK and all the other contributions of course - i do hope tones and i gets a went

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

took longer to get a second page than any season i can remember but we're moving along ok now
i will say that Jon's brilliant backsliders bring has pleased me big time and Jim brought the oils and an overload of Kasey from TCK and all the other contributions of course - i do hope tones and i gets a went

I was going down the list of artists, listening to see what struck me and Tones and I completely dropped my jaw. I had heard Dance Monkey plenty enough and usually don't pay attention or even change the station... but when I came across her acoustic stuff. Ho-lee (insert curseword).

I've been working on one, but I definitely won't do it much justice. She's got a voice!!!

 

[mountain goat]

a Paul Kelly song

 

[jtsteam]

Here's a Bob Dylan song that The Seekers covered on their 1965 album "A World Of Our Own". I thought about doing this earlier in the week, but decided it was a bit too obvious. However, I went to the pub after work today, and after a beer or three it suddenly seemed like a good idea. I sing this one in the hope that one day it will come true. Or, at the very least, that I never become a target for the lyrics...

 

[pabrizzer]

paoriginal for 588
australia has the worst record for mammalian extinctions on the planet (and all since the 'british settlement')

 

[paulmg]

Here is a John Williamson tune "Cootamundra Wattle" I was out in our yard today and noticed our wattles are just starting to bloom
A bit of time pressure and fluffed it a bit near the end, oh well.

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

Mark one down for Tones and I!
Here's my much more mellow attempt at the acoustic version of 'Eyes Don't Lie.'

I decided I'm okay with a brain fart on a line here or there and a couple slightly missed chord changes. Perhaps an unseasoned'nista entry, but I'll take it as a stepping stone.

Thanks for hosting and exposure to more new and amazing music!

 

[Yukio]

Even though Sia is from Australia, she is helping to take on some of the Goliath-sized problems facing the USA.
Here is a message she released last month on her YouTube channel: