I've heard a bit of Billy Thorpe since he passed away recently, more specifically his anthem "Most people I know.......", I'd like to nominate it as the most overrated song in Australian history. From all reports he was a terrific guy, but that songs gives me the shits.
My top 5 Most Overrated Australian songs are:
1 - Most people I know.... - Billy Thorpe
2 - Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool - singalong crap at it's worst
3 - Solid Rock - Goanna - the song that launch a 1000 rock eisteddfords,this is reason enough!
4 - Sounds of then - Ganggajang - if a song becomes more popular due to a TV ad, than when it was around the first time, it's no good.
5 - Because I love you - Master's Apprentices - see point 4.
2 comments:
I think most of these songs are from the school of "it's old - therefore it must be good!".
What about that draw though Bowie? Where's your comment on that and how Richmond are going?
Answer or ask the hard questions! Not easy hits like, "Oh, Macca's food is crap!" Like, DUH!
Harsh Bowie. There are plenty of worse songs than most of these. The John Farnham back catalog for example. Does Collette 'ring your bell'? Joe Dolce? Sky Hooks? Sherbet? Jimmy Barnes (sans Cold Chisel)? There is a long list.
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