[Music] Australian Non Hits Not At The BBC

[Tyrone Biggums]

Skulker were also great live, all gal band. Too Fat For Tahiti was a good little album.

 

[Music City Gull]

Is Boy and Bear popular? They aren’t here in the states but this is one of my favorites. This particular album is a top 5-7 all time for me.

 

[Stato]

More for indie pop lovers. Definitely some Talulah Gosh/Shop Assistants fans in Australia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGy0XD2knLo

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This track always blows my bollocks through my cerebral cortex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgl57vINmw

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

In my top five of all time Aussie rock songs.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Is Boy and Bear popular? They aren’t here in the states but this is one of my favorites. This particular album is a top 5-7 all time for me.

They don't chart very high here but get nominated for ARIA awards.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And Brendan also sings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf00KI2MEGg

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And there is the divine Mark Seymour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7ttf5umeQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JpYQbLmNWA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxxaQjt2J88

 

[OzMike]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9GWamslKU

This my fave from them but it didn't chart well I believe.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

How did I forget this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E

And a surprising cover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoWfnFJ52rc

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

This my fave from them but it didn't chart well I believe.

Was just about to post this. My fave of theirs.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Oh my fuxy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8Ygt_t69A

Seen 'em 3 times

 

[Stato]

Far more interesting hearing what's been popular in Aus from [MENTION=4800]Tyrone Biggums[/MENTION] than seeing the BBC playing Gina G and John Farnham. I was waiting for the bleeding Bee Gees to show up on their programme, but got three different Kylie contributions instead. Nick Cave only got shown because he made a record with her rather than, just a for instance, because he wrote one of the finest love songs ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0-cncMpt8

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

1:46 of pure power pop.

 

[Stato]

Oh my fuxy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8Ygt_t69A

Seen 'em 3 times

I reckon you probably liked this lot as well? Wim Wenders certainly did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrMRks07XyY

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And I sink into my usual pool of melancholy and darkness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRtMcV_T4c

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Far more interesting hearing what's been popular in Aus from [MENTION=4800]Tyrone Biggums[/MENTION] than seeing the BBC playing Gina G and John Farnham. I was waiting for the bleeding Bee Gees to show up on their programme, but got three different Kylie contributions instead. Nick Cave only got shown because he made a record with her rather than, just a for instance, because he wrote one of the finest love songs ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0-cncMpt8

Been using this site to check who or what did chart.

https://www.officialcharts.com/

Quite surprised how many artists and songs aren't listed.

My era was the 90's and that was huge for festivals and live music. Yet most of the big Aussie bands from that time don't seem to have charted anything.

Yet a band like Wolfmother who most people thought was a bit rubbish charted.

We seem to throw the occasional huge hit single like a Gotye's Somebody That I used to Know or a Riptide by Vance Joy then nothing.

A lot of the good Aussie bands don't get much of a go in the charts as it's dominated by US garbage like Cardi B at present. Auto tune shite is ever present too.

Triple J most played charts are probably where to find the better low profile Aussie music these days.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Powderfinger were huge in Australia but don't seemed to have charted in the UK.

 

[Stato]

Yet a band like Wolfmother who most people thought was a bit rubbish charted.

Yes, they turned up on the programme. Apparently they had an international hit because they had a song on the Guitar Hero video game. I listened to a bit of them, decided that they sounded like Budgie and wound them on.