Contrary to what some may think, the singing and dancing may indeed last forever and a day. Patrick Donovan reports on the music.
Dylan bemoaned the state of modern music, going as far as to say decades.
Is the situation really that bad? Did rock really die in the late '70s along with jumpsuits, long hair and guitar wig-outs? Or has Bob had his head stuck in the sand?
Well, the crew at EG - as well as the 37,000 punters can't help thinking Bob has a bit of catching up to do.
in the late '60s to mid-'80s as their focus, but that's not to say there haven't been some great sounds since.
To celebrate our 21st birthday, the crew at EG sifted edition.
It's been great fun. What better excuse to spend weekends Go-Betweens, AC/DC, INXS, Midnight Oil, the Divinyls, Icehouse, the Scientists, Rose Tattoo, the Beasts of Bourbon, and the Hoodoo EG was launched in 1985.
Not only have we been thrilled by the response from you, our treasured readers, but also by the fact that many of the award Paul Kelly, Kylie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, the Espy, the Big icons - and our Breakthrough Artist, the Ground Components, may well become one.
the Triffids' Wide Open Road, the Cruel Sea's This Is Way.
the 21-year range. They seem to preface it so perfectly, it doesn't seem right to not include them," lamented Remote Control's Steve Cross.
Kylie lacks in cool, she makes up for in sequins.
exercise, even if some punters accused us of being too mainstream and others of being too obscure. Mainly, however, people just wanted to get behind their favourite bands.
"Where are The Go-Betweens?" asked one reader at The Age blog. "They were the most exceptional Australian band of the past 21 years, but strangely ignored at home.
They were up '80s."
ridiculous."
10 for each selection, and I was personally quite happy not to see John Farnham, since I do not classify his output as anything remotely resembling music.
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One punk fan asked: "What about the Hard-Ons? International superstars that can still shop at their local corner store."
What exactly do we look for in a song?
Sharp lyrics and clear diction, or raw power? Was Midnight Oil's Red Sails in the Sunset better than Diesel and Dust? Which is the better song, the Bad Seeds' The Mercy Seat (covered by Johnny Cash) or one of their ballads, The Ship Song, Into My Arms or Straight to You?
Which song would You Am I send to the starter's gate? The blistering Berlin Chair or the heartbreaking Heavy Heart? What about the Cruel Sea?
This Is Not the Way Home or Black Stick?
years of music? This category caused the most frustration on The Age's blog.
Where were the Triffids, Powderfinger and Augie March?
Silverchair, Vines, Living End and Jet were all close, and will albums under their belts.
Sadly, when it came to voting in the Best Venue category, such legendary spots as the Old Greek Theatre, the Punters Club and the Continental Cafe seemed to have been forgotten.
And while it was nominated best tours and artists, perhaps some on the committee low stage.
decided to limit the category to shows from this century. The ones as word got around.
The Flaming Lips dressing up in animal suits and throwing giant balloons into the Big Day Out crowd. Neil Young Music Bowl. You am I inviting the hottest band in the world at the time, the Strokes, to support them at the Palace.
Hall missed the cut, but the lack of air-conditioning on a event. But that's just us. The point is that the EG Music Awards belong to you, the readers, and we are thrilled that you have decided to embrace them.
and cheer on our inaugural winners, and we'll be back next year.
It's a very personal record and it's focused. We had a very definite idea about how we wanted to sound on record, and it get it right.
I think that's what makes it artistically interesting. The eccentricity of it makes it interesting - we were dirty. It was a very tumultuous year for me and I was writing about things going on in my life that were almost immediate.
People said by the woman and being frustrated by that. It kind of suited what I was going through that as well! I was aware that we were starting Years down the track, that's what they were doing, so that was one of the small wins we had.
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Metropolis in South Melbourne. The title track was a song I'd had for a while. I was going to record it the year before with Andrew Duffield as a kind of Suicide electronic number.
Eventually I got it together with the band. We used to play at the Lounge every week. I stopped playing it live for about six months as it was getting bashed about and losing its delicacy.
In the recording, I Wolverine.
some harmonies. Amanda Brotchie (now a filmmaker) sang some great parts.
It was all full of little associations and chance meetings. I was also brilliant.
A lot of people heard my stuff for the first time then.
We went and Collectors and then the Cruel Sea. (They screamed so hard for other up). Our next record was heavier, then we went really soft When you see news happening: SMS/MMS: 0406 THE AGE (0406 843 243), or us.
Keywords: Cruel Sea, Midnight Oil, You Am, Am i, This Is, Go Betweens, You Am i, Bad Seeds
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