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The 50 best Australian songs of the 90s (www.abc.net.au)
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[โ€“] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Some classics in this list. Such a list can't exist without people pointing out who was missed, though. This reads like a top 50 of what JJJ had on high rotation. It's missing several acts that were bigger than most of the names on this list. Off the top of my head (and only in the order I think of them), there's:

  • Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby
  • Taxiride - Get Set / Everywhere you Go
  • Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply / Affirmation / To the Moon & Back / I Knew I loved you
  • John Farnham - Chain Reaction / That's Freedom / Every Time You Cry - Plus his duets with Barnsy. Speaking of...
  • Jimmy Barnes - When Something is Wrong with my Baby (with Farnsy) / Stone Cold
  • Kate Cebrano - Pash (Can't count the Jesus Christ Superstar album, unfortunately)
  • Tina Arena - Chains
  • Wendy Matthews - The Day You Went Away / Friday's Child
  • Black Sorrows - Harley and Rose / Ain't Love the Strangest Thing / The Chosen Ones / Hold On To Me
  • Icehouse - Miss Divine
  • Hunters & Collectors - Holy Grail (Yes, the AFL flogged it to death, but it was still huge)
  • Human Nature - Tellin' Everbody / Got It Goin' On / Wishes
  • Merril Bainbridge - Mouth / Under the Water

How some of these names were left off the list is beyond me. Savage Garden are one of the only Australian Bands who have managed more than a single hit in the US charts. Farnsy and Barnsy are Australian staples. Even with some of the acts they did get right, I'd have picked different songs.

In the making of this list, I learned that Torn by Natalie Imbruglia and The Horses by Daryl Braithwaite are covers and don't count. Also, an honorable mention to The Waifs and John Butler Trio who were pretty popular around the Perth pub scene of the 90s, but didn't really crack the national consciousness until 2000 or later. This shocked me, I'm normally behind the trends, but I liked these bands before they were charting. Does that make me a hipster?

[โ€“] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Jonny Diesel was doing OK too, with 3 consecutive ARIA Best Male Artist in the 90s.

I had Solid State Rhyme playing for a bit and still quote some Chill Pill when things get hectic:

Push until we make it break
Sometimes I think we all should take
A chill pill

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