80'S AUSTRALIAN MUSIC---WHICH ONES ARE YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITES?
I'm drowning on a sea of nostalgia. Am just barely into my teens then but I remember the times as probably the happiest, most carefree days of my life. And the 80's produced a lot of AWESOME songs that blasted the music airwaves...ever! This was the time of the true spirit of MTV. For more than a decade, it was like a shooting star, an explosion of some of the most awesome pop music ever. Now they're still with us, but what you get to hear mostly are today's music...well, naturally. BUT Today's music mostly sucks!
HERE'S A SAMPLING OF SOME SELECTIONS: You can give as many examples as you want, with or without music links. All I ask is you list the title and the performing band (and maybe the year of release?..maybe?). Naturally, 10 points for the best anthology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wrUj019zsY
EUROGLIDERS - ABSOLUTELY (Perth 1986) --Eurogliders are from my home city of Perth, Western Australia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKDYyFf1s0I
ICEHOUSE - HEY LITTLE GIRL (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew&feature=fvw
MEN AT WORK - LAND DOWN UNDER (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjBwAYIxUso
CROWDED HOUSE - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML9h3I5Uktw&feature=related
GANGgajang - Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia) This song is from when we were proud to be Australian, the ultimate Aussie song of the 80's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBif6w-SiY
ICEHOUSE - NO PROMISES (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82XqMN_Ot8E&feature=related
EUROGLIDERS - GROOVE (Perth 1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-mQyRuHIuA
THE CHURCH - UNDER THE MILKY WAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
REAL LIFE - SEND ME AN ANGEL (1983)
@Valdis K...I'm not asking u to choose from my list...rather your own selections.
@Star Fairy...thanks!, but The Buggles and The Vapors are English...not Aussie.
@Steve...yes they're all pure Aussie, except perhaps Crowded House, (they were led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn).
@ninjamusician--eeeww...as you said, " you like what u like and i'll like what i like." thrash metal bands ain't for me, mate.