Comments on: Suburban Boy

By: Sean 78

Sean 78 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:44:38 +0000

G’day peoples,

I am trying to find the name of the band that also sung Dave Warners ‘Convict Streak’.

I have heard the original version by Dave Warner and the one I remember had a quicker beat.

It was one of those songs that would played and rewound over & over when I was younger.

At first I thought it was Nick Cave & the bad Seeds, the Pogues or the Beasts of Bourbon but I am just not sure. I have done a few searches to see if these groups had sung this song with no success.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Sean

By: Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:36:21 +0000

Growing up in the UK, anything by Rolf Harris, especially Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport and anything with a wobble board. I like Paul Kelly’s From Little Things, Big Things Grow, which my kids introduced me to. My wife introduced me to Cold Chisel and I like the Hoodo Gurus, but don’t ask me to name any songs. There must be more.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:54:36 +0000

I first thought of Land Down Under by Men at Work but I also can’t forget Up There Cazaly – this was an anthem when I was a kid. Suze, I also thought of Khe Sanh.

By: Guido

Guido — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:04:12 +0000

For me the quintessential Australian song is ‘The Power and the Passion’ by Midnight Oil.

“Sunburnt faces around, with skin so brown
Smiling zinc cream and crowds, sundays the beach never a cloud
Breathing eucalypt, pushing panel vans
Stuff and munch junk food
Laughing at the truth, cos gough was tough til he hit the rough
Uncle sam and john were quite enough

Too much of sunshine too much of sky
Its enough to make you want to cry….

I see buildings, clothing the sky, in paradise
Sydney, nights are warm
Daytime telly, blue rinse dawn
Dads so bad he lives in the pub, its a underarms and football clubs
Flat chat, pine gap, in every home a big mac
And no one goes outback, thats that……….”

I reckon that line ‘Too much of sunshine, too much of sky’ really means Australia to me.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:55:12 +0000

ROTFL

This has been going through my head for the last couple of weeks. I’ve tried to drive it out with Mental As Anything, but it only works temporarily, then back comes the Suburban Boy. At least it drowns out What About Me, which also gets stuck in my head. But anyway… I just wrote a post (scheduled to publish on my blog in a week and a half) about my own ‘quintessential Aussie’ song… The Nips Are Getting Bigger

By: Suze

Suze — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:14:42 +0000

I really like “This is Australia” by Gangajang and some of the stuff by The Sunnyboys. Cold Chisels “Khe Sanh” would have to be another Australian classic I like, and “He was only 19″ by Redgum.