Great Australian albums - a new TV series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNgfcIIaeE

What, not "Frogstomp"?

i hope they show the house where the <i>(i'm) stranded</i> clip was shot, it still exists!

15 year old girls might see the silverchair release as a masterpiece. as for the rest of us...

Yeah, Silverchair, obvs just filler because Robert Foster wouldn't have had the inclination to do it.

Is there a decent p2p site for Aussie television akin to UKNova.

I've been on a massive Triffids kick the past couple of days and I'd love to see that doc.

..I mean Forster.

Surely they could have spun thirty minutes of Lindy "former Federal Senate candidate for the Australian Democrats - remember that party?" Morrison going off about how only students and wanky journalists listened to the G-B's.

Not that I would watch *that* or anything.

For some reason that escapes me, I wasted an hour of my life watching the Silverchair episode. Yep, Daniel Jones whinging and bitching like he shit himself on stage and had cancer and whatever. Fuck that.

The Crowded House ep was much much better and more interesting than I thought it would be - mostly down to Tim Finn being his affable self at the mixing desk.

Looking forward to The Triffids next week...

Er, I mean Neil.

Not Tim.

Tim was there but being his kinda arsehole self.

definitely the two less interesting records out of the way already. the crowdies one did hold my attention though, which mildly surprised me as i've never cared about them that much. neil finn was good, yes. how awful was the 'four seasons in one day' clip, though!

wonder if the triffids one touches on dave mccomb's journal (relevant bits of which were reprinted in a book that came with the born sandy reissue), cos that thing's a goldmine for finding out how that record was meant to sound.

i didn't bother w/ the silverchair one.

No Loved Ones?

the silverchair one was bizarre. it seemed to be trying to fabricate some premise that the 'diaroma' record was untouchable, existing in an exclusive network of elite records by 'special' artists. from that show's appraisal, you'd think overwhelming good opinion of the record was unanimous or something

or at least taken for granted

"Woodface" is great. But I'm puzzled there is no "Back In Black". Must be the most famous album from Oz ever.

Haven't watched it yet, but will def watch the Triffids one.

OTM re Loved Ones.

Anyone here know the Swingers? I think they were really great. I just bought a CD of them.

Geir OTM too. That is very odd!

The Swingers were a NZ band. Definitely Bones Hillman's best band.

The chair episode was great, the Crowded House one not so good. But, it's the material they're working with I guess.

The Triffids one next week though should be phenomenal.

Of course, there are so many Aust albums that could've been in that series... what about Saturday Night Fever for example?

Perhaps 'A Night On Disco Mountain' blights that as a contender, I don't know.

Back In Black not recorded in Australia, its "story" centered on extra-Austral locations too: death of Bon, importation of Geordie singer.

Thoughts on the Triffids episode?

I enjoyed. The keyboardist chick and the dude from the Church scared me a little bit though. But the drummer, I thought, seemed a really nice, gentle, positive guy.

Could have done without Kingsmill's prattling too.

Cool bunch of dudes.
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/06/15/triffids_2_wideweb__470x347,0.jpg

yeah that was an excellent episode, though ppl overseas will probably "wtf" at some of the interview choices.

steve kilbey came across like one of his blog posts.

dave mccomb was really hott back in the day, i had no idea!!

Great episode, although it didn't really offer much that a die-hard fan wouldn't already know I guess.

Jill Birt (the "keyboardist chick" :) ) came across really well I thought, as did Alsy and Evil. Robert kinda looked like he was going to burst into tears a couple of times though, which was a bit uncomfortable to watch.

And yeah, Kingsmill doesn't really bring much to the table. Not enough Amanda Brown for mine either...

I should really try to avoid using 'really' in every...

"Jill Birt" was indeed interesting, but I just thought she came across kind of crepey..

I didn't think Jill Birt was being creepy at all. However, I almost kicked the telly in after three seconds of that cunt, Kingsmill.

"Seabirds" has been playing non-stop in my head all day today.

Yeah, Kingsmill. Dude's a BIG WANKER.

How's how he was saying "I don't mean to sound pretentious, but..."

Exactly which corner of Australia are Crowded House from?

2/3rds of them were from melbourne!

yeah, two out of three members were Australian, band was formed in Australia, band based in Melbourne, management based in Sydney, business registered in Australia = there's no reasonable argument that can be made for them being from any other country!

... except that their frontman/songwriter hails from elsewhere?

So that makes the entire band as an entity from elsewhere?

No, it makes the most important person in the band an entity from elsewhere.

Er, so you're discounting your own argument?

SAINTS NEXT WEEK

..I think that's what the ad said

Since they've shown the other three, it seems just a little bit likely.

And the date's at the top of the thread.

i'm not gonna make a point of being home at 8:30pm on a saturday. but if that's where i have the misfortune of being...

"well all RIGHT!!"

I have made plans to go on Saturday night.

I don't buy into The Saints myth, kthxbye.

Enjoying the Saints one then? I am. How fierce is Kuepper's live gtr sound from that old live footage?

In the add break, Sliverchair. Incongruous - what are they doing in this series? They don't belong, they're not in the same league.

Hmmm, now that they're interviewing Nick Cave - why isn't Junkyard, say, in this series? Perhaps in series two? Wouldn't mind seeing Foetus's 'Hole' in that one too. Huh, that'll be the day.

shit, i missed this and it's the only one that i really wanted to see!

junkyard would be a great one for a second series. what would some other possibles, say with the same time spread (one for each decade - '70s/80s/90s/00s)?

Given the way this one went, it'd be High Voltage, Junkyard, 16 Lovers Lane and whatever Grinspoon album had some strings on it.

Yes, haha!

hahahaha

lolz

Second series coming to SBS soon after the Olympics. The albums being profiled are...

HUMAN FRAILTY Hunters and Collectors

16 LOVERS LANE The Go-Betweens

MURDER BALLADS Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

ODYSSEY NUMBER FIVE Powderfinger

Obviously very interested in the 16 Lovers Lane episode. Rather less interested in the others.

is this

http://a3.vox.com/6a00c11413006fc40800cd972b03334cd5-320pi

only seen as a great album outside Australia?

what about this

http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b1nBiYbZL.jpg

?

just wonderin' like.

"MURDER BALLADS Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds"

I'm speechless.
Their most pretentious album ever (and Nick Cave knows a thing or two about pretensiousness).

(xp) If the Australians don't want to claim that one, can Scotland have it?

absolutely not.

Oh, I don't mind giving away Nick Cave.

We'll even throw in Jet too.

no-one wants jet, don't be stupid.

'kick' would be much worthier than powderfinger. pato do you think time is ripe for an inxs critcal rehabilitation or what

i sort of assumed most aussie rock fans would have written off hutchence as a faggot the moment inxs "got the funk".

Wow, before I clicked on this thread, I was snarkily thinking "ha, yeah, like they'd do an episode on the Saints or SPK"

And I was half right, holy shit!

I do demand an SPK Information Overload Unit episode. If they do this, I will be officially looking to emigrate to Australia.

Wasn't Midnight Oil's 10,9,8... insanely huge down there? Seems like that'd be one of the first they'd do an episode on.

I would have guess 10,9,8... also. Hell, Cold Chisel didn't even make the list.

2/3rds of them were from melbourne!

-- haitch, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 14:41 (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

yeah, two out of three members were Australian, band was formed in Australia, band based in Melbourne, management based in Sydney, business registered in Australia = there's no reasonable argument that can be made for them being from any other country!

-- energy flash gordon, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 20:52 (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

Many many many u+k songs written 2 min walk from our flat. 'wrong side of the yarra' my flaming arse

ugh go-betweens + nick cave + ac/dc = waste of oxygen

okay you could make a case for the go-betweens but the other two, arse gravy

fucking powderfinger.

only good thing these cunts have done is call that other cunt a cunt.

followed by that other cunt getting about with a t-shirt saying 'ben lee is a precocious little cunt'

ugh go-betweens + nick cave + ac/dc = waste of oxygen

-- Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 07:58

Human Frailty isn't even close to being the best Hunters and Collectors album. And I'd prefer any Birthday Party album over Nick Cave, but there you go. SPK won't be there, nor Jim Foetus, nor The Angels, and yeah, where is Highway to Hell and Kick? Or X or Rose Tattoo or Severed Heads (Since the Accident)? The Divinyls?

And you'll never see Tumbleweed, Cosmic Psychos or feedtime or any of those excellent grungebucket bands beloved by Sup Pop either, cos people here haven't even heard of them. What's the point of bellyaching.

I think this all comes back in some tangential way to Everett True's beef with the Australian music press (and, by extension, the way that the Australian media judges Australian music):

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24165280-7484,00.html

how do i shot grant to fund production of all this documentaries

This material will be covered in documentaries eventually, I'm sure, but probably twenty or thirty years' hence.

Everett True is a big part of the reason why Melody Maker no longer exists. Obv.

Melody Maker no longer exists?!

A Cosmic Psychos episode (Go The Hack!) would be the single greatest thing on Australian TV. Ever.

they should do one of these for WASTE SAUSAGE

MM died in 2000 due to poor sales.

That long ago? Wow.

(I know, jfgi &c.)

jim OTM x 1,000,000

Given the way this one went, it'd be High Voltage, Junkyard, 16 Lovers Lane and whatever Grinspoon album had some strings on it.

I'd just like to point out that I have been OTM on this thread.

Murder Ballads is the one with the Kylie song on it right? So probably their best selling album & not a particularly suprising choice.

yeah silverchair and powderfinger albums both probably sold well and are both lame though

hangon what was the big pf single from odyssey #5?

They should do Whimpering Jack

that would be 'my happiness' (xp)

If I can't get Matt Tow onto this show then at least I'll campaign for Starfish or Priest = Aura

if you did it would have to be for the first drop city album (as i don't think the chiaroscuro ep would be allowed)

If it were a sales-based contest (how typically Australian, though, to equate sales with quality), Saturday Night Fever, Kick and Back In Black would be up there, with no complaints from me!

If it was just a sales thing, what about Kylie? Fever IS quality!

But over-privileging sales would be typically Australian. I guess it's more like "big sellers from rock bands which produced Spokesmen and Elder Statesmen. Every vocalist in all the groups profiled still has a relatively high media presence (or is dead, and only recently so).

If it were a sales-based contest (how typically Australian, though, to equate sales with quality), Saturday Night Fever, Kick and Back In Black would be up there, with no complaints from me!

-- moley, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 16:14 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

YES^^^

pato do you think time is ripe for an inxs critcal rehabilitation or what

Oh, christ no.

I really wouldn't have minded if they threw in a Chisel album, through. And not just for Barnsey's drinking stories!

how typically Australian, though, to equate sales with quality

You just hit upon a meme with which haitch and I are unnervingly familiar.

LUBRICATED GOAT

If it was on Channel 9, they would have gone with the "Billy Thorpe at Sunbury" meme.