A few days back I made mention of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's trip to Washington to meet with President Obama. On the trip she introduced him to Aussie rules football but she also gave him an iPod filled with some "quintessential Aussie" tunes. I am not Australian no matter how much I want to live there, but I am a bit of an Oz music fan. I've introduced friends and family (and blog readers by the tonka truck full) to some of my favorite acts from down under. So this recent PM to POTUS gift got me thinking of what my list would look like. Then I thought: Hey Greazy, you need a blog for Friday why not do this. So I did.I've compiled a list of 145 songs by 53 different Australian Acts that I would want to give to any head of state. They run the gambit from the 60's to last month and from Rock to pop and anywhere in between which are listed below iTunes alphabetically:
Angus and Julia Stone: Black Crow, Yellow Brick Road
Architure in Helsinki: Debbie, Hold Music
The Audreys: Lay Me Down, Chelsea Blues
Augie March: One Crowded Hour, Victoria’s Secrets, Pennywhistle
Ben Lee: I Love Pop Music, Ripe, Gamble Everything For Love
Boom Crash Opera: Hands Up in the Air
Butterfingers: Yo Mama, I Love Work, F.I.G.J.A.M., Get Up Outta the Dirt
Butterfly Boucher: Another White Dash
The Cat Empire: Two Shoes, So Many Nights
The Church: Under the Milky Way, She’ll Come Back for You Tomorrow
Clare Bowditch: Divorcee by 23, You Looked So Good
Cold Chisel: Choir Girl, Bow River, My Baby Khe Sanh
Colin Hay: The End of Wilhemina, Waiting for My Real Life to Begin
Crowded House: Four Seasons in One Day, Weather With You, Something so Strong, She Called Up, Don’t Dream it’s Over
Diana Anaid: Dumb Opinion
The Divinyls: Pleasure & Pain, I Touch My Self
The Easybeats: Friday On My Mind
Flying Foxes: Lost in a Low Cloud
Grinspoon: Hard Act to Follow
The Herd: I Was Only 19, The King is Dead, Comrade Jesus Christ
Hoodoo Gurus: What’s My Scene, Come Anytime, I Want You Back
Hunters & Collectors: Holy Grail
Icehouse: Great Southern Land
INXS: Suicide Blonde, Listen Like Thieves, Don’t Change, Never Tear Us Apart
The Jezabels: Disco Biscuit Love, Easy To Love
Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Man
John Butler Trio: Used to Get High, Better Than, Thou Shalt Not Steal
John Farnham: You’re The Voice
Kasey Chambers: Pony, Captain, Not Pretty Enough
Kate Miller-Heidke: Delay, I Got the Way
Kev Carmody: I’ve Been Moved, From Little Things Big Things Grow
Killing Heidi: Mascara, Kettle, Undertow, To Fly, Black Sheep, Weir
Kylie Minogue: Love at First Sight, Can’t Get You out of My Head
Lenka: The Show, Knock Knock
Little Birdy: Beautiful to Me, Come On Come On, Summarize
The Living End: Roll On, Long Live the Weekend, Raise the Alarm
Men At Work: Who Can it Be Now, Overkill, Upstairs in my House, Dow Under
Midnight Oil: Beds are Burning, US Forces, Power and the Passion, Harrisburg
Missy Higgins: Going North, Ten Days, Scar, Steer, Where I Stood, Warm Whispers, Dusty Road, Sugarcane, The Wrong Girl
New Buffalo: Cheer Me Up Thank You
Paul Kelly: From St. Kilda to Kings Cross, Everythings Turning to White, Deeper Water, Anastasia Changes Her Mind, They Thought I Was Asleep, Meet Me In the Middle of the Air, Roll On Summer, Every Fucking City, You’re 39 You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine
Sarah McGregor: More to Life
Sia: Breathe Me, Broken Biscuit, Little Black Sandals, You’ve Changed
The Spazzys: Paco Doesn’t Love Me Anymore
Split Enz: Stuff and Nonsense, I See Red
The Temper Trap: Love Lost, Soldier On, Science of Fear, Sweet Disposition
The Verses: Running Away, Forever More
The Waifs: Bridal Train, Lies, The Waitress, Gillian, Since I’ve Been Around, The Haircut
Washington: Navy Blues, I Believe You Liar, Rich Kids, I Still Call Australia Home, Underground, Sunday Best
The Whitlams: 400 Miles From Darwin, Gough, Melbourne, God Drinks at the Sando
Youth Group: All This Will Pass, What is a Life, Daisy Chains, Start Today Tomorrow, Forever Young
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