You forgot to mention Angry Anderson!! :P

Oh, no - Dannii's got a new song out!! :angry:

does she? :lol:

Oh, no - Dannii's got a new song out!!

 

he he mc² i wonder how you find these things out :thinking: ;)

Oh, no - Dannii's got a new song out!!

 

he he mc² i wonder how you find these things out :thinking: ;)

 

It's impossible to avoid - she's all over the TV!! Talk about hype!! :P

Acca dacca is like a band that does AC/DC covers. I first thought that it was name for them.

oh... i thought it was a battery thing as well :/

Archie Roach...truly beautiful song " took the children away" about the Stolen Generation :cry: and he was on of the kids taken away too.

 

archie and his beautiful wife Ruby. Seen him live - very raw and emotive

Archie Roach was one of the thousands of Aboriginal children taken away from their parents to be fostered by white families. He survived the trauma to become one of Australia’s most distinctive singer-songwriters.

 

His new CD, Looking for Butter Boy, is deeply moving in both personal and political terms.

 

It is arguably the most compelling record of the year. It is simple, painfully honest and recalls his experiences as an Aboriginal person in an often-hostile society. His songs and haunting voice illuminate the pain and misery suffered not only by his people but also his own personal experiences.

 

Snatched from his family at the age of four, Archie was deposited with several orphanages and foster parents. They told him that he would never see his brothers and sisters or his parents again. They just said it was for his own good, so they could teach him how to read and write and pray.

 

Later the authorities told him that his real family had been killed in a fire. When he was about 14 years old, Archie discovered the authorities had lied to him. Anger, hate and rage ripped through his soul.

 

With a guitar strapped across his back, Archie spent the next 14 years living hard on the streets, searching for his family and his identity.

 

It is from these grim origins that Archie draws his inspiration for his powerful music — straight from the heart.

 

Since the day he wrote the song "Took the Children Away", his life has never been the same. It’s the story of the day when he was stolen from his parents. The song brought the plight of the Stolen Generation to public consciousness — becoming almost an anthem — and started his healing process.

 

"When something like that happens, you’re trying to write while you’re hurt and angry. When you hurt like this, it’s the worst feeling in the world," he says.

 

 

 

Looking for Butter Boy is a record that provides such a powerful message. The music and lyrics tell the stories about matters that are difficult and painful and serve to remind us of the human anguish, physical suffering and courage that Archie and his people have had to endure.

 

The title of his new record has a funny story behind it. "I was about three...I was on the mission where my mother’s from, and I got into the pantry and covered myself from head to foot in butter. Mum told me off a bit because butter wasn’t easy to come by, everybody had a good laugh, and from then on I was known as Butter Boy."

 

His songs of his experiences are painful memories and the scars of unresolved injustice.

 

"I’ve been to hell and back. If I hadn’t travelled that path, I probably wouldn’t have been a musician. In my own life I’ve done some things I’m not proud of. I have stuffed up, and I’d like to make up for it wherever I can."

 

Despite his need to understand his grim start to life, you can’t help but admire the compassion that he feels for his people. But his music offers everybody, Indigenous and non--Indigenous, a unique view of life through the eyes of a stolen child.

 

fromhttp://svc003.wic001g.server-web.com/News_Room/ATSIC_News/December_1997/archie.asp

accordint to the website he once shared a bill with American legend Bob Dylan :cool:

Guys! :o i could not find this thread, what happened to ya's?

 

just letting u know that :

 

YOUTH GROUP ...are going to be supporting coldplay on their tour!!!!!

Which yeah, i already posted in the other forum, but .. its .. its just so damn awesome!

 

Got 2 admit its getting better 'n better :D

YIPPEEEE!!! :D oh shocking we're losing our marbles :stunned: !letting it slip :angry:

 

guess what gona see The Herd today first time i'll see them live. gotta wear something grown up looking so they let me in......platforms :confused: :/

:lol: platforms! cheata.

im dreading going to over 18 stuff. ill be thirty and they'll still be asking me for ID. It sucks being small. :rolleyes: The Herd. Are they hip hop or something? (i've not really heard of them...)

midnight oil ;) they're great

 

powderfinger

john butler trio

end of fashion

missy higgins

pete murray

THE VINES

jet

the living end

the whitlams

savage garden (they were classic :cool: and i still love darren hayes :lol: )

sarah blasko

grinspoon

natalie imbruglia

evermore

the cat empire

ben lee

thirsty merc

eskimo joe

 

aus actually has alot of great artists, they just never crack it big time over in the usa :embarrased:

 

yeah, they are great, is Ben Lee Australian?! God, I hate that song

*and thats the way i like it*lol

i just bought that eskimoe joe album and it is pretty darn good.

haha yeah ben lee is australian, but dated an american and has been in america for ages.

 

so i guess he's not australian but for some reason we still hold onto them :dozey:

 

and yeah the eskimo joe album is ex-celllenntt

except that weird carousel song :rolleyes3: :rolleyes4: :roll:

ITs 3.38 am I've just come from The Herd gig theywere EXCELLENT. i got to go right up front at the stage. one of them sweated on me YIPEEEE!!! and i shook three of the rappers hands. also they had two acts before them and then they came on. what with all the acts and the setting up then finding out trains do not run at this hour :rolleyes: and buses run every hour :rolleyes: came home later than planned.

platforms! cheata.

im dreading going to over 18 stuff. ill be thirty and they'll still be asking me for ID. It sucks being small. The Herd. Are they hip hop or something? (i've not really heard of them...)

 

yeah they're hip hop and they rap- don't let it fool you this is aussie style! and political :cool: the crowd was amazing singing along...the only problem was too much smoking and beer spilt all over places.

 

my sister brought both her passport and her student card incase they didn't let her in, i decided to go without the platforms :lol:

he's not australian but for some reason we still hold onto the

 

i thought he still was cause he's been nominated for some arias :huh:

glad to see you had fun at the herd's gig ;)

 

oh yes kekita i guess he is australian as he was born here and all that shit, but once an artist goes to america and lives there forever and has long relationships with american actresses and forgets about australia, then theyre practically not australian, if you know what i mean. they basically have no link with australia apart from the fact that they once lived over here but once they've gone voer there they've forgotten about aus.

 

and then we still kinda say BEN LEE IS OURS lets give him 7000 nominations. :dozey: you know what i mean?

The Herds :lol: :huh:

^ :angry: ...THE H.E.R.D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:P

and then we still kinda say BEN LEE IS OURS lets give him 7000 nominations. you know what i mean?

 

yeah get what you mean. it happens alot to many artists especially actors.

i still don't see that has happed to Ben Lee yet, he's famous but i think he still but not as much. He's getting lots of exposure in the US just recently so he will probably end up like that in the near future :(

^ :angry: ...THE H.E.R.D

 

 

Never HEARD of them!! :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:P

:P :P

and then we still kinda say BEN LEE IS OURS lets give him 7000 nominations. you know what i mean?

 

yeah get what you mean. it happens alot to many artists especially actors.

i still don't see that has happed to Ben Lee yet, he's famous but i think he still but not as much. He's getting lots of exposure in the US just recently so he will probably end up like that in the near future :(

 

What about Russell Crowe? I he considered to be a "defector", too?? :P