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Even more #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #protest More indigenous Australians and Paul Kelly collaborating for a banger: A.B. Original - Dumb Things The original version was about all the dumb things we do in life and became a defacto national anthem in Australia. Some 25 years later A.B. Original collaborate with Paul Kelly to epically flip this into a classic protest song: 🎶 We got We got islands for the ones who seekin' asylum We got silence for the ones who died in confinement If you're complacent to the words of a racist Don't you dare complain when that's what leading your nation Send in the clowns, they're blackfacing They're locking up couples, they're locking up brothers But they ain't leavin' the station The date's changin' ... What's a Royal Commission To the ones who live on a mission? To the ones who's killed by the system? By the ones that's meant to assist 'em? At the hands of policemen, who's gonna police them? They killin' us Kooris, they got it on footage They need to release them 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 3/4

Hey it's #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #protest Staying close to home for the first one. Grab a drink and sit somewhere quiet to take in this beautiful re-imagining of the quiet yet powerful Kev Carmody & Paul Kelly song: Ziggy Ramo - Little Things A modern take on the classic protest song From Little Things Big Things Grow: 🎶 The wars continued since Captain James Cook And this side of history, you don't write in your books You don't want the truth and you don't want to listen But how can you stomach Australia's contradiction 'Cause we went to war in 1945 We were allies against a terrible genocide And I know it's uncomfortable but the irony I see Is that you fought for them, but you don't fight for me From little things, big things grow We should move on Move on to what? I still remember, have you forgot? That Vincent Lingiari knew others were rising Gurindji inspired us to keep on fighting So call it Australia, go on call it what you like I just call it how I see it and I see genocide Now that you hear me, can you understand? There will never be justice on our stolen land From little things, big things grow This is the story of so called Australia But this is the story of so much more How power and privilege can not move my people We know where we stand, we stand in our law From little things, big things grow Since 1991, four hundred and forty-one Indigenous Australians have died in custody The casualties of a war that never ended But we are not yet defeated Always was, always will be Sovereignty was never seeded 🎶 The original track is here @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 1/4

The cue for #alternateFridayMusic today is #remix, brought to you by @krejgo@mojos.eco. Here is Icehouse: Glam (12" Extended Dance Mix by Cameron Allan) https://youtu.be/Hqwwl55nrjo (If the link doesn't work, look it up - remix from the re-released Primitive Man album, for some cool 80s pop.) #Icehouse #AusMusic

I can't believe that no-one put this up for  #alternateFridayMusic so I'm dipping in again, because it's just sitting there. You pour heart out writing a plaintive rock / love song in the 70's, even going so far as to name it Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again replete with Renoir references. The song's a hit, the band's a success and you take it on the road... ...and you're met with #vitriol by your fans. every time you play the song. Even in the year you died, the band replaced you with some other bloke and while sounding worse than a cover band of themselves, the audience is still at it: The Angels - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Gov - Adelaide, 2014 I mean, FFS, the uploader named it after the audience chant - not the song title 🤣 50 years after the song was released, 12 years after you died, it's the still the audience chant that's being remembered. Sorry Doc 🤷🤣 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 6/4

Hej! Jen #alternateFridayMusic kun la signalvortoj de: #kolera ( #vitriol ) Kun versoj en la hispana, la franca kaj la esperanta, ĉi tiu estas kovro de A las barricadas kiu estis #anarĥiisma kaj #kontraŭfaŝisma himno de la hispana enlanda milito en la 1930-aj jaroj jOmO - Al La Barikadoj por la anglalingvanoj: With verses in #Spanish, #French and Esperanto, this is a cover of A las barricadas which was an #anarchist and #antiFascist anthem from the Spanish civil war in the 1930’s 🎶 Black storms shake the air Dark clouds blind us Although pain and death may await us Duty calls us against the enemy The most precious good is freedom It must be defended with faith and courage 🎶 En la bela lingvo: 🎶 Nigraj ŝtormegoj skuegas aerojn Kaj grandegaj nuboj nin malhelpas vidi plu Eĉ se nin atendas doloro kaj morto Kontraŭ malamiko nin antaŭenpuŝas dev’. Nenio pli prezas al la Liberec’ Devas ni ĝin savi kun fid’ kaj kuraĝ‘ 🎶 @dgar@aus.social @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #esperanto #muziko #ausMusic 4/4

Yet more #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #vitriol I'm doubling down on a bonus Oils track because the more I researched this cue, the more the vitriol built up: Midnight Oil - Blossom and Blood I'll let these lyrics from 1985 do the talking: 🎶 You the mothers who sent your sons Wipe away your tears For those who fought and those who fell Become our sons as well You the warriors with your words Throw away your spears You talk of times of peace for all And then prepare for war All the people with dreams, all the mothers with sons All the people with dreams never woken at night by the sound of guns Like a child that's born on a moonless night Like a child that's born, we parachute down to an unknown fight This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes not washed away, not washed away ... Whatever you've done, whatever you think you've done, whatever you've done There's a hope in the heart says never again Never again, whatever you say, whatever you say It's the price of peace to remember that day 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 3.5/4

Even more #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #vitriol It makes me angry that this song from 1979, is still word for word relevant: Midnight Oil - Stand in Line Video is a live performance from their iconic 1985 "Goat Island" gig which 14 year old me was gutted that he was too young to go to 🎶 Oh get down, getting down, so much money in the ground For the people who don't deserve it now It's a circus, we're the clowns, everybody knows, They take away something that we call home Well it's a pity 'bout the middle class Holden mass We get a bit to play around with, doesn't really matter They kid us with their dole, kid us with the dope But generally speaking, nobody's got a hope ... Everything's set, everything's fine You just got to stand in line 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 3/4

It's still #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #vitriol Taken the time to look into the mirror and laugh at rock stars who've bitten off a little bit more than they can chew? Wouldn't mind something you can sink your teeth into? I'm taking it up a notch: Ground Components - On Your Living Room Floor This track still resonates and punches 20 years later. 🎶 It's not always about, what's bigger and better It's not always about, driving faster 🎶 When #triplej starting dropping this track in 2006, I referred to this as "the angry song" for a while because I never caught the back-announce. Fastforward 20 years and it's hard to find a high quality upload so I uploaded it myself. @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 2/4

Hej! Jen #AlternateFridayMusic kun la signalvortoj de: #malgaja ( #bleak ) Kelkaj vivoj estas pli malgajaj ol aliaj, kaj tiuj artistoj de Brisbano kaj Melburno bele esprimas tion en ĉi tiu kanto kaj filmeto. Granda aplaŭdo al @raevan@aus.social kies grupo estas ĉi tiu EKDE TIAM - Paĉjo por la anglalingvanoj: Some lives are bleaker than others and these #brisbane / #melbourne artists capture it beautifully in this song and video. Big shout out to @raevan@aus.social who’s band this is 🎉 (antaŭ unu el miaj instruistoj - bonvulo korekti min! 🤣 ) 🎶 Paĉjo donis al li pistolon Kaj ideojn pri homoj malsamaj al li Li kreskis konfuza, kalkulis kontuzojn kaj deponis multan malamon tre enen de si Je suna mateno li pafis koleron en homplena strato kaj mem manĝis kuglon Cent homojn li murdis cent vivojn abortis Sed kien ni metu la kulpon pri ĉio ĉi 🎶 @dgar@aus.social @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #esperanto #muziko #ausMusic 4/4

Dance time for #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #parody This Molvanian entry for Eurovision may have been disqualified but it lives on forever in our hearts and on our dancefloors: Zlad! - Elektronik Supersonik The Cold War never ended but lives on in this melodic fusion combining hot disco rhythms with cold war rhetoric. Grab your cosmic guitars: 🎶 Hey baby ride with me away We doesn't have much time My blue jeans is tight So onto my love rocket climb Inside tank of fuel is not fuel but love Above us, there is nothing above but the stars, above 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 4/4

Even more #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #parody This R.E.M. one's thick with in jokes from 1993, particularly Australian ones: The Late Show - Everybody Hurts R.I.P. Peter Brock who makes a guest appearance. It was a line ball to go with Tony Martin's cutting take down of R.E.M.'s Stand - in particular Michael Stipe's lyric writing. Definitely one for the music nerds. @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 3/4

It's still #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 and the cue this week is: #parody Every city has had a band like this. This was the one #Melbourne had: The Late Show - No More Melbourne Clichés 🎶 We went down to a place, I think it was Captain Cook's Cabin. We're not all that sure But at least it rhymes with Moorabbin We've just run out of Melbourne clichés oh nooo, oh nooo ... 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 2/4

Even more #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 Well now history is a pack of lies, as any fool can tell. So when I got down to Hobart town I told my story well. But do you think they would believe one word I said? For they thought that I was covering for my mates still at large. Said they'd be roaming in the bush so wild and free and back to old Macquarie Harbour they sent me: liar A true tale of horror in the most beautiful place in the world. You should visit all the places named in this song: Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe Like the setting and story, the film, Van Dieman's Land, is also both beautiful and frightening. The juxtaposition of the sweet sound of Scot's Gaelic, the beauty of Tasmania and the horror of what's unfolding in this true story is unforgettable. 🎶 Well the four of us kept marching to a place called Western Teirs A country full of tasty game but for us it held no cheer We had no guns we were traveling without hope But the axe it loomed so ominous and God's hand was at play A sick man is a type of game which can not run away So stay easy, my poor man, your time's at hand So that night we made fires out of twigs and out of bark And our stomachs they were grumbling all through the night so dark I can't say I feel guilty, after all it wasn't me But when the sun came up next morning the four had turned to three And I said, right there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down, It's a tale they won't believe When I get down to Hobart town 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 3/4

It's still #alternateFridayMusic 🎉 Thought that you, could pretend. The walls are closing in. I didn't suspect anything at first. You were quicker than, the rest. You let me down. I read your book. Now your dreams will not exist. I caught you in my yard. You're a: liar I missed them in their heyday but when I was 19 in about 1990 I bought this cassette and played it in my 1964 Holden until it was worn out: Sunnyboys - Liar 🎶 So you see me and it's true I'll never be the same I didn't mean any harm It was just a game You lost Take my pride 🎶 @dgar@aus.social  @electric_gumball@mastodon.social @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 2/4

Hey! It's #fortnightFridayMusic & the cue is: #thunder Sometimes songs don't age badly, society does. Lyrically, they foresaw the future in this banger, probalby my favourite of theirs: TISM - Thunderbirds Are Coming Out Shot in one take, the video features 30 bands from the Melbourne scene in 1998 miming to this song. It's not only funny but also now a nostalgic snapshot. Of all the bands in this video,on #TISM and the Ringwood Secondary College Choir & Orchestra are the only two you could go and see play today. 🎶 I was my parents' puppet till my teenage years When I rebelled and swapped them for my peers I used to sit for hours all alone Without an opinion to call my own I had to keep this compulsion to myself This need to be like everybody else But now I'm out of the closet and I feel free 'Cos I just saw Thunderbirds on TV Sing if you're proud to be plastic now Thunderbirds are coming out Yes I've been outed and I'm so happy I've found a role model just for me I think I could be like those puppet guys 'cos there's less to them than meets the eye 🎶 @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @dgar@aus.social @electric_gumball@mastodon.social  @stormygleason@hachyderm.io  @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 1/4

The theme for this week's #FortnightFridayMusic is #Thunder I reckon this fulfils all the required conditions for submission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJJ5WEmW5OI Tom Ellard also lurks among us here, which I think is pretty damn cool 🙂 #AusMusic

It's still #fortnightFridayMusic & the cue is: #thunder How do you make a world-wide hit? Plaguarise a children's song and add quirky lyrics about a place most people have never been: Men At Work Down Under "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" never sounded better: 🎶 Traveling in a fried-out Kombi On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said "Do you come from a land down under Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover" Buyin' bread from a man in Brussels He was six-foot-four and full of muscle I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich And he said "I come from a land down under Where beer does flow and men chunder Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover", yeah Lyin' in a den in Bombay With a slack jaw, and not much to say I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me? Because I come from the land of plenty" 🎶 @Bishopjoey@writing.exchange @dgar@aus.social @electric_gumball@mastodon.social  @stormygleason@hachyderm.io  @fc@universeodon.com #ausMusic 2/4

#AusMusic / #Olympia / #Melbourne / 2016

Don’t you wave at the waving man, he’ll steal your thoughts and load them into RAM. https://dgar.bandcamp.com/track/waving-man #fuckAI #DgarMusic #Indie #Rock #Music #AusMusic