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0 pointsnaikrovek1y ago0 comments

I’m American and I lived in Sydney for two years from 2001-2003.

> we got talent right here

You have no idea how right you are. Or maybe you do… There are writers and musicians and … every kind of talent on par with anything anyone else in any country has ever done.

It was extremely eye opening for me to listen to TripleJ or whatever station I would tune to after hearing some American pop junk, and hear music I’ve never heard, before or since, by bands I never heard before or since, play some of the best music I have ever heard, every single day I was there. And, that music was unlike a lot of other stuff on the radio, which was so refreshing. So new! So good! And so much!

My girlfriend (who was Australian and is why I moved there) pulled out her CDs and I was lost in them for weeks.

I was roommates with a guy, and worked with him, for six months before he texted me and told me to turn on the radio. Three minutes later I heard his voice followed by 45 minutes of the best DJ mixing set I have ever heard. He composed the best music I have ever heard, live, by ear, and it was something he did every damn week.

Australia is fucking amazing.

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lmpdev1y ago

NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts gets all these rave reviews for its production quality

But tbh Triple J’s Like a Version blows it out of the water

Especially giving artists the leeway to try genre switching

Like Denzel Curry covering Rage Against the Machine for instance

owenversteeg11mo ago

Oh yeah, Triple J's Like A Version is incredible. I don't know what they've got in the water there but so many artists put out their best ever work with those covers. Here are some I like:

- Someday (Julia Jacklin cover of The Strokes)

- Love (CHVRCHES cover of Kendrick Lamar)

- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (Arctic Monkeys cover of Tame Impala)

- Do I Wanna Know (CHVRCHES cover of Arctic Monkeys)

- Believe (DMA's cover of Cher)

And speaking of Australian childrens TV and Like A Version covers, the Wiggles covered Tame Impala's Elephant (bet you didn't expect that one!)

defrost11mo ago

- 'Feel Good Inc (Little Simz covers Gorillaz)

Australian covers go back further in time, of course ...

The Wiggles famously covered AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Shop (If You Wanna Sausage Roll)

and Rolf Harris infamously covered I Touch Myself originally by the Divinyls

These, and more, prompted by guest appearence's on Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge and collected on a couple of records (today on youtube etc.).

defrost1y ago

Or the King Stingray cover of Coldplay's 'Yellow'

werrett1y ago

Here ya go:

King Stingray does Coldplays's 'Yellow' https://youtu.be/sr3iI8gg2fo

Denzel Curry does Rage against the Machine's 'Bulls on Parade' https://youtu.be/ZY4ywyFXdik

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