Australian Rage

Five great Australian songs in a row from this morning's Rage playlist:

THE FLOWERS We Can Get Together (Festival)
ICEHOUSE Great Southern Land (Festival)
AUSTRALIAN CRAWL Reckless (EMI)
COLD CHISEL Flame Trees (Warner)
INXS Don't Change (Warner)

I had no idea Icehouse were originally the Flowers. Hmm. But what a golden age for Aussie music. I often wish I had grown up during the height of pub rock. Even with all the great indie music coming out of Australia today, those pub rock years in the late 70s and 1980s were so definitive. Australia finally had its own rock sound, independent of the UK or America.

Who said our parents had it tough? Reckless still gives me goosebumps.