Music

G’day Erik

This is the list of your Mum and Dad’s favourite songs of all time. The aim is to bore you by playing them to you as you grow up, so that you can hear the songs we loved while we were growing up. I might come back to this post and provide comments on particular songs later and maybe even separate them into individual years. Until then, you can view the complete list of our favourite songs below or view by decade. I’ve also listed the gigs I’ve been to.

Lotsa Love Dad

Favourite Songs – Top Ten of All Time
Favourite Songs – Hottest 200 of All Time
Triple J Hottest 100 Songs of All Time
Greatest Songs | 2000s
Greatest Songs | 1994 | 1993 |
Greatest Songs – 1980s
Greatest Songs – 1970s
Greatest Songs – 1960s
Greatest Songs | 1950s

Gigs

13 November 2010 | Metallica | Acer Arena Sydney NSW
18 March 2010 | Grinspoon, Calling All Cars - Hellenic Club
14 March 2010 | Dragon, Eskimo Joe – Stage 88
6 May 2009 | The Grates, Children Collide & Tom Ugly – ANU Bar
2008 | The Drop Bears (Mick’s Cover Band) – Mawson Club
25 January 2008 – Australia Day Live (The Basics, Ben Lee, Blue King Brown, Gotye, Katie Noonan, Thirsty Merc, Tripod, Richard Clapton, Ricki Lee and The Veronicas) – Parliament House
17 Sep 2007 – Grinspoon & Something with Numbers – ANU Bar
11 March 2007 - Rogue Traders, Thirsty Merc & Choir Boys - Stage 88
12 March 2006 - Something For Kate & Alex Lloyd – Stage 88
27 August 2004 – Grinspoon, The Camels – Hellenic Club
23 January 1997 – The Corrs – Royal Theatre
24 November 1996 – Crowded House, You Am I, Powderfinger, Custard – Sydney Opera House
May 1996 – The Cranberries, Pollyanna - Bruce Indoor Stadium
4 February 1996 – Chris Isaak – Royal Theatre

2010

2009

Art vs Science – Parlez Vous Francais (2009)
Bat for Lashes – Daniel (2009)
Grinspoon – Run (2009)
Hungry Kids of Hungary – Scattered Diamonds (2009)
Impossible Odds – Laugh It Off (2009)
James Yuill – This Sweet Love (2009)
John Bulter Trio – One Way Road (2009)
Mumford & Sons – Cave (2009)
Paul Dempsey – Out The Airlock (2009)
Paul Dempsey – Ramona was a Waitress (2009)

2008

Birds of Tokyo – Silhouettic (2008)
Josh Pyke – Make You Happy (2008)
Kings of Leon – Sex is on Fire (2008)
Metallica – All Nightmare Long (2008)
Something With Numbers – Stay With Me Bright Eyes (2008)
The Getaway Plan – Where The City Meets The Sea (2008)
The Grates – Carve Your Name (2008)
The Killers – Spaceman (2008)
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma (2008)
Weezer – Pork and Beans (2008)

2007

Bloc Party – Hunting for Witches (2007)
British India – Run The Red Light (2007)
Clare Bowditch – When the Lights Went Down (2007)
Editors – Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors (2007)
Grinspoon – Black Tattoo (2007)
Gyroscope – Snakeskin (2007)
John Butler Trio – Better Than (2007)
Josh Pyke – Lines on Palms (2007)
Kings of Leon – On Call (2007)
Soko – I’ll Kill Her (2007)

2006

Augie March – One Crowded Hour (2006)
Ben Folds – Such Great Heights (2006)
Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats (2006)
Panic! At The Disco – The Only Difference Between Martydom and Suicide is Press Coverage (2006)
Placebo – Infra Red (2006)
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars (2006)
The Cops – Call Me Anytime (2006)
The Grates – Inside Outside (2006)
The Killers – When You Were Young (2006)
Youth Group – Forever Young (2006)

2005

After the Fall – Concrete Boots (2005)
Bloc Party – Two More Years (2005)
Bloodhound Gang – Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo (2005)
Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life (2005)
Faker – Love For Sale (2005)
Jack Johnson – Better Together (2005)
System of a Down – BYOB (2005)
The Mountain Goats – This Year (2005)
Ween – Gabrielle (2005)
Xavier Rudd – Messages (2005)

2004

Eskimo Joe – Older Than You (2004)
Grinspoon – Hold On Me (2004)
Missy Higgins – Scar (2004)
Spiderbait – Black Betty (2004)
The Dresden Dolls – Coin Operated Boy (2004)
The Killers – Mr Brightside (2004)
The Von Bondies – Cmon Cmon (2004)
The Waifs – Bridal Train (2004)
The White Stripes – Joelene (2004)
William Shatner – Common People (2004)

2003

Amiel – Love Song (2003)
Ben Folds – There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You (2003)
Blink 182 – Feeling This (2003)
Jack Johnson – Taylor (2003)
John Butler Trio – Zebra (2003)
Kelis – Milkshake (2003)
Metallica – St Anger (2003)
OutKast – Hey Ya (2003)
Placebo – The Bitter End (2003)
Something For Kate – Deja Vu (2003)

2002

Antiskeptic – Called (2002)
Ben Kweller – Wasted and Ready (2002)
Bodyjar – One In Million (2002) – Holden EK
George – Breathe In Now (2002)
Goodshirt – Sophie (2002)
Grinspoon – Lost Control (2002)
Nirvana – You Know You’re Right (2002)
Something For Kate – Say Something (2002)
The Vines – Get Free (2002)
The Waifs – London Still (2002)

2001

Alex Lloyd – Amazing (2001) - Holden LJ Torana
Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal (2001)
Blink 182 – Rock Show (2001)
Jack Johnson – Flake (2001)
John Butler Trio – Betterman (2001)
NERD – Rock Star (2001)
Something For Kate – Monsters (2001)
System of a Down – Chop Suey (2001)
The Shins – New Slang (2001)
Weezer – Island in the Sun (2001)

2000

Augie March – There is no Such Place (2000)
Blink 182 – Man Overboard (2000)
Cypress Hill – Rock Superstar (2000)
Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You (2000)
Lo-Tel – Teenager of the Year (2000)
Magic Dirt – Dirty Jeans (2000)
Powderfinger – My Happiness (2000)
The Superjesus – Gravity (2000)
The Whitlams – Blow Up The Pokies (2000)
Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag (2000)

1999

Ben Harper – Steal My Kisses (1999)
Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again? (1999)
Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch (1999)
Diana Ah Naid – Perfect Family (1999)
Foo Fighters – Generator (1999)
Grinspoon – Ready 1 (1999)
Placebo – Every You Every Me (1999)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication (1999)
Something For Kate – Whatever You Want (1999)
Travis – Driftwood (1999)

1998

Jebediah – Harpoon (1998)
Adam Sandler – Somebody Kill Me (1998)
Elliot Smith – Miss Misery (1998)
Grinspoon – Black Friday (1998)
Metallica – Fuel (1998)
Powderfinger – Passenger (1998)
The Mavis’s – Cry (1998)
The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (1998)
The Whitlams – Buy Now, Pay Later (1998)
U2 – Sweetest Thing (1998)

1997

Grinspoon – Just Ace (1997)
Ben Folds Five – Brick (1997)
Blink 182 – Dammit (This is growing up) (1997)
Foo Fighters – Everlong (1997)
Front End Loader – Pulse (1997)
Quindon Tarver – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) (1997)
Something For Kate – Captain (Million Miles An Hour) (1997)
The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work (1997)
The Whitlams – No Aphrodisiac (1997)
Third Eye Blind – Semi Charmed Life (1997)

1996

Powderfinger – Pick You Up (1996)
Bush – Swallowed (1996)
Lemonheads – Outdoor Type (1996)
Local H – High Fiving MF (1996)
Metallica – Hero of the Day (1996)
Nada Surf – Popular (1996)
Regurgitator – Kong Foo Sing (1996)
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (1996)
The Mavis’s – Thunder (1996)
Weezer – El Scorcho (1996)

1995

Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet (1995)
Ash – Girl From Mars (1995)
Better Than Ezra – Good (1995)
Custard – Apartment (1995)
Everclear – Santa Monica (1995)
Grinspoon – More Than You Are (1995)
Jewel – You Were Meant For Me (1995)
Pulp – Disco 2000 (1995)
Rail – Immune Deficiency (1995)
Regurgitator – Blubber Boy (1995)

1994

1993

1992

Screaming Trees – I Nearly Lost You (1992)
4 Non-Blondes – What’s Up (1992)
Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail (1992)
Paul Westerberg – Waiting For Somebody (1992)
REM – Everybody Hurts (1992)
Screaming Jets – Living in England (1992)
Screaming Jets – Helping Hand (1992)
Spin Doctors – Two Princes (1992)
Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You (1992)
Vanessa Williams – Save the Best For Last (1992)

1991

Def FX – Surfers of the Mind (1991)
Crowded House – Fall At Your Feet (1991)
Guns N’ Roses – Civil War (1991)
Hoodoo Gurus – 1000 Miles Away (1991)
Metallica – Enter Sandman (1991)
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
Pearl Jam – Alive (1991)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Soul To Squeeze (1991)
Screaming Jets – Better (1991)
Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose (1991)

1990

Concrete Blonde – Joey (1990)
Extreme – More Than Words (1990)
Go West – King of Wishful Thinking (1990)
Midnight Oil – Forgotten Years (1990)
Nick Cave – The Ship Song (1990)
Rat Cat – That Ain’t Bad (1990)
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul (1990)
Warrant – Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1990)

1989

1927 – If I Could (1989)
Belinda Carlisle – Summer Rain (1989)
Elvis Costello – Veronica (1989)
Faith No More – Epic (1989)
Hoodoo Gurus – Come Anytime (1989)
Madonna – Like A Prayer (1989)
Motley Crue – Kickstart My Heart (1989)
Samantha Fox – I Only Wanna Be With You (1989)
The B-52′s – Love Shack (1989)
Young MC – Busta Move (1989)

1988

Billy Bragg – Waiting For The Great Leap Forward (1988)
Crowded House – You’d Better Be Home Soon (1988)
Enya – Orinoco Flow (1988)
Guns’n'Roses – Patience (1988)
Manowar – Kings of Metal (1988)
Metallica – Blackened (1988)
REM – Orange Crush (1988)
The Beach Boys – Kokomo (1988)
The Choirboys – Run To Paradise (1988)
Travelling Wilburys – Handle With Care (1988)

1987

Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a Place on Earth (1987)
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over (1987)
George Harrison – I Got My Mind Set On You (1987)
Guns’n'Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine (1987)
Hoodoo Gurus – What’s My Scene? (1987)
Manowar – Carry On (1987)
Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning (1987)
Motley Crue – Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind (1987)
REM – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (1987)

1986

Belinda Carlisle – Mad About You (1986)
Metallica – Battery (1986)
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (1986)
Peter Gabriel – Don’t Give Up (1986)
REM – Fall On Me (1986)
Run DMC – Walk This Way (1986)
Samantha Fox – Touch Me (1986)
Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life (1986)
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again (1986)
The Triffids – Wide Open Road (1986)

1985

A-Ha – Take On Me (1985)
Cyndi Lauper – The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (1985)
Dire Straights – Money for Nothing (1985)
Dire Straights – Walk of Life (1985)
Gangajang – Sounds of Them (This is Australia) (1985)
Madonna – Into the Groove (1985)
Talking Heads – Road to Nowhere (1985)
Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World (1985)
Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels (1985)
The Dream Academy – Life in a Northern Town (1985)

1984

Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69 (1984)
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time (1984)
Hall and Oats – Out of Touch (1984)
Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me (1984)
Metallica – Ride the Lightning (1984)
Mondo Rock – Come Said The Boy (1984)
Pat Benatar – We Belong (1984)
Phil Collins – Against All Odds (1984)
REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling (1984)
The Smiths – How Soon is Now? (1984)

1983

Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (1983)
Hoodoo Gurus – My Girl (1983)
Metallica – Seek & Destroy (1983)
Metallica – The Four Horsemen (1983)
Pat Benatar – Love is a Battlefield (1983)
Redgum – I Was Only 19 (1983)
The Police – Every Breath You Take (1983)
The Smiths – This Charming Man (1983)
The Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now (1983)
Toto – Africa (1983)

1982

Goanna – Solid Rock (1982)
Hall and Oats – Maneater (1982)
Ice House – Great Southern Land (1982)
Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)
Midnight Oil – Power and the Passion (1982)
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love (1982)
Roxy Music – Avalon (1982)
Split Enz – Six Months in a Leaky Boat (1982)
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (1982)
Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun (1982)

1981

Cliff Richard – Wired For Sound (1981)
Hall and Oates – Private Eyes (1981)
Madness – It Must Be Love (1981)
Men At Work – Down Under (1981)
Mondo Rock – Cool World (1981)
Motley Crue – Live Wire (1981)
REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You (1981)
Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl (1981)
The Church – Unguarded Moment (1981)
The Police – Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (1981)

1980

Mondo Rock – State of the Heart (1980)
Split Enz – I Got You (1980)
Split Enz – One Step Ahead (1980)
Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime (1980)

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