list was that plenty of great music didn't make the cut, writes Not to say the selection process wasn't entertaining. Still, Kelly, Nick Cave and Tim Rogers, the EG panel faced some tough calls. How do you choose between the masterful storytelling Her Door and Before Too Long?
From Rogers' vast catalogue, it was Berlin Chair that made the list.
moment," EG columnist Darre n Levin says of Berlin Chair, "but in terms of sheer, emotional catharsis it can't be beat. Stop-start, rudderless and full of vulnerabilities (imperfect about.
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There were plenty of differences of opinion. Should the songwriting prowess of the Farriss brothers, exemplified on INXS' mention? How about Powderfinger's Waiting for the Sun, The singles?
marked Dead Heart as the Oils' salient moment. "Lyrically, it represented a significant era in Australian race relations, a lot of which, sadly, seems reversed," he says. "Like Goanna's Likewise, from 1997's Prisoner of Society on, songbook.
Then there are the underdogs.
Such as Do-Re-Mi, the mid-1980s pop collective led by Deborah songs balancing female empowerment, anger, sharp wit and a comfortably Australian sense of irony.
Or Deadstar, who made the sort of "disposable" pop that ends up guitars and singalong hooks.
Sometimes, it's personal. Matt Handley's pop trio Pollyanna favourite band," columnist Sally Jeremiah writes. "I was introduced to them by a boy I had an almighty crush on.
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