Quintessential Aussie and Kiwi Tunes

Jumpy · 04-12-2008 6:21pm

shane86 wrote: »

*: Sweet mother of God, Tooheys New makes Dutch Gold seem like a contender for awards at Oktoberfest. I can count on one hand the amt of undrinkable brands of beer I have had (Prazyky, Fink Brau and one more French beer whos name escapes me) but holy god Tooheys New just takes the piss. Aussies dont seem to realise it is so cheap due to the (presumably) near zero costs of producing that rubbish. My mate has turned into a long haired flip flop wearing surfing Tooheys schooner drinking Aussie. Schooners are the girliest method of beer drinking Ive ever seen, proper pint of Heineken for me thanks

What...the...feck.

I cant even go into the things wrong with this.

AND ITS THONGS* no pansy flip-flops in Aussieland.

*Although I did get into trouble with this in Ireland when I was going to La Hinch and said I was going to wear my thongs.

dSTAR · 05-12-2008 2:45am

shane86 wrote:

Schooners are the girliest method of beer drinking Ive ever seen, proper pint of Heineken for me thanks

Jumpy wrote: »

What...the...feck...

That is what I thought too.

I would be a long haired flip flop wearing surfing Tooheys schooner drinking Aussie any day rather than some fat Irish bloke with a cheap barber cut wearing a Celtic jersey, tight levi jeans the make your balls shrink, clumpy looking shoes and extremely pasty and spotty looking skin from too much pints and crappy food.

Anyway this thread is about Aussie / Kiwi music so if ya don't like it GTFO.

watna · 05-12-2008 8:40pm

ok, back on topic boys. Lets keep the post and chat to Aussie/kiwi music not hot room mates or beer. We have threads for those (ok, we have a beer thread but go to the off topic thread to discuss hawt room mates please!)

pclancy · 07-12-2008 1:34pm

Excellent thread some great tunes hidden amongst the madness

This fecking thing has been stuck in my head for 8 months...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdTUG0TGVI

and that John Farnham post way back made me go luck for another version.....LOOK-HE CAN STILL SING BEGORRAHH! Fair play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDI-f8NI1FE

Also I didnt see the Black Seeds mentionned anywhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyUcmoIkl0

dSTAR · 07-12-2008 9:53pm

pclancy wrote: »

Also I didnt see the Black Seeds mentionned anywhere...

Good call. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were probably one of the best gigs I have been to in a long time even though it was back in the 1990's!

I swear I have been to a gig since then

Bearhunter · 08-12-2008 4:37am

dSTAR wrote: »

Good call. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were probably one of the best gigs I have been to in a long time even though it was back in the 1990's!

I swear I have been to a gig since then

Eeeh, I think eh said Black Seeds, rather than Bad Seeds. Two different bands.

dSTAR · 08-12-2008 4:40am

Bearhunter wrote: »

Eeeh, I think eh said Black Seeds, rather than Bad Seeds. Two different bands.

Ooops my bad. Misread. Scratch that last statement

Bearhunter · 08-12-2008 4:44am

Although fair play to ye, the Bad Seeds are a waaaay better band than the friggin Black Seeds.

dSTAR · 08-12-2008 4:49am

TBH I don't even know the Black Seeds :-s

Bearhunter · 08-12-2008 4:55am

You're not missing much. They're a Wellington dub band, similar to Fat Freddy's Drop and Salmonella Dub. All right for background music, but that's about it.

pclancy · 08-12-2008 5:04am

Yeah its just dub, nothing amazingly progressive or influencing but sweet for a day on the deck with beers and some greenery

shane86 · 08-12-2008 7:01am

Cant wait to get a CD on the iPod, I bought of a digiridoo (sp) player performing with speakers blasting techno near the opera house. A girl in the hostel called it touristy selling out- pfft, I call it musical evolution

Well worth picking up if you walk around there.

The music here (not necessarily Aussie) in the clubs is jaw dropping brilliant compared to the cheese back home.

dSTAR · 08-12-2008 8:35am

shane86 wrote: »

The music here (not necessarily Aussie) in the clubs is jaw dropping brilliant compared to the cheese back home.

I actually found it the other way around. Ireland being so close to England and mainland Europe was exposed to some of the better stuff coming out of there before it reached Australia thats if it even made down under.

Not many DJ's actually travel down here unless they are big names and can pull in a decent crowd whereas in Ireland you get fairly well known DJ's dropping in all the time. For its size I think Ireland has produced some quality DJ's compared to the Aussie counterparts which play a lot more cheeze imo.

I was in Ireland during the whole rave explosion in the 1990's and have to say it was a lot more advanced than the club culture that followed here a few years after. But then again I haven't been back in Dublin/Ireland for nearly 10 years and all that could have changed

shane86 · 11-12-2008 11:09pm

dSTAR wrote: »

I was in Ireland during the whole rave explosion in the 1990's and have to say it was a lot more advanced than the club culture that followed here a few years after. But then again I haven't been back in Dublin/Ireland for nearly 10 years and all that could have changed

Dublin has changed. Your average club is playing Pussycat Dolls and Britney, lucky if you hear two decent floor wreckers. Oz clubs seem to be stuck in the early to mid 90s. Great

Half the reason Im going back is because you can dance your arse until 4am to quality tunes pissed on 7 odd euro dbl vodka and coke, rather than back home sitting in a corner waiting for a decent tune to come on whilst sipping on your 28 AUD dbl vodka or 12 AUD pint

Sometimes I would nearly swear pubs and clubs in Sydney were playing my iPod on the system- the clubs had all my dance and a few classic hip hop, the pub live acts played alot of decent indie and britpop type stuff. Tailor made

(although the live acts ALWAYS played the ubiquitious Sex on Fire.....often twice in one night

) Some of the clowns playin the likes of kips such as Barcode back home would have never heard half these tunes.

And I have yet to even hit The Ivy or Home or any of the other massive spots. Rave on!

88show · 13-12-2008 2:17pm

Bearhunter wrote: »

You're not missing much. They're a Wellington dub band, similar to Fat Freddy's Drop and Salmonella Dub. All right for background music, but that's about it.

maybe brotha but this is how cruisy and easy life is in Aotearoa compared to other places

old gregg · 16-12-2008 4:35pm

no mention of the Eagle Rock?

dSTAR · 16-12-2008 11:53pm

shane86 wrote: »

Dublin has changed. Your average club is playing Pussycat Dolls and Britney...

Forget that. I would probably give these types of places a miss anyway preferring to hang out at a late bar listening to an unknown DJ play some down tempo / eclectic stuff.