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Lawrence

Mar 12, 05 - 10:16 AM

The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

"The Courier-Mail" newspaper in Brisbane, Australia has in the past week published the first installments in its series looking at the first 50 years of rock'n'roll. It has so far featured several short lists of songs, which I've posted below. In the coming week, it'll put out its list of the 50 Defining Rock Albums, which I'll post when it becomes available.

10 CLASSIC SONGS THE '50s (in no ranked order)

Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner
What'd I Say - Ray Charles
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Rave On - Buddy Holly
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
You Send Me - Sam Cooke

15 BEST SONGS WRITTEN BY JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER (AND THE ARTISTS WHO HAD HITS WITH THEM)

I (Who Have Nothing) - Ben E. King
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
Love Potion #9 - The Clovers
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
Ruby Baby - The Drifters
Poison Ivy - The Coasters
Searchin' - The Coasters
Charlie Brown - The Coasters
Along Came Jones - The Coasters
Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Robins
Baby I Don't Care (You're So Square) - Buddy Holly
Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Yakety Yak - The Coasters

CLASSIC LENNON & McCARTNEY SONGS

I Saw Her Standing There
A Day in the Life
A Hard Day's Night
All My Loving
Back in the U.S.S.R.
The Ballad of John & Yoko
Can't Buy Me Love
Day Tripper
Eight Days A Week
Eleanor Rigby
Get Back
Help!
Helter Skelter
Hey Jude
In My Life
Lady Madonna
Let It Be
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Michelle
Nowhere Man
Oh! Darling
P.S. I Love You
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
She Loves You
The Long And Winding Road
Ticket To Ride
Yesterday
Come Together
Love Me Do

ESSENTIAL BRIAN WILSON SONGS

In My Room (1963)
California Girls (1965)
God Only Knows (1966)
Good Vibrations (1966)
Heroes and Villains (2004)

GREAT SONGS BASED ON REAL EVENTS

New York Mining Disaster (1967) - Bee Gees ["...was fictional but the song was inspired by the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a coal waste tip engulfed the Welsh village with the loss of 144 lives"]

A Day in the Life (1967) - The Beatles ["Refers to the wealthy young socialite Tara Browne, a friend of The Beatles who died in a London traffic accident on December 18, 1966. "He didn't blow his mind out," John Lennon explained, "but it was in my mind as I was writing the verse"."]

The Night They Drove old Dixie Down (1969) - The Band ["Robbie Robertson's classic Civil War tale."]

Ohio (1970) - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ["Refers to the May 4, 1970 incident at Kent State University when National Guard troopers shot and killed four university students during a peaceful anti-Vietnam protest."]

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (1972) - Eric Bogle ["On Anzac Day, a Gallipoli veteran reflects on the carnage."]

Hurricane (1975) - Bob Dylan ["Boxing contender Rubin Carter framed for murder."]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976) - Gordon Lightfoot ["On November 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a storm with the loss of 29 crew."]

Biko (1980) - Peter Gabriel ["South African anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko was killed in police custody."]

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983) - U2 ["British troops fire on a civil rights march in Derry, on January 30, 1972, killing 13."]

Blue Sky Mine (1990) - Midnight Oil ["From the point view of a miner at the Wittenoom asbestos mine, Western Australia."]

10 CLASSIC TUNES WITH A STRONG AUSTRALIAN FLAVOUR

Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty
Deep Water - Richard Clapton
Way Out West - The Dingoes
Living in the Land of Oz - Mondo Rock
Cattle and Cane - The Go-Betweens
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
Wide Open Road - The Triffids
Treaty - Yothu Yindi
How to Make Gravy - Paul Kelly
Four Seasons in One Day - Crowded House

... And it certainly is nice to see some lists featuring Aussie artists, including The Go-Betweens, who originally hailed from Brisbane.

I hope you can include these lists, Henrik?

Stefu

Mar 12th, 2005 - 8:37 PM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's leading newspaper, did this last year. They chose one album (or, in some cases, single) for each year. (They also chose three other albums for each year which they mentioned but didn't feature.)

http://www2.helsinginsanomat.fi/extrat/kulttuuri/rock50v/index.html

Lawrence

Mar 13th, 2005 - 10:12 AM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

I tend to agree with the Finnish newspaper regarding the birth date of rock & roll. The correct 50th anniversary is not now in 2005, but was last year. Five decades on from the time when Elvis stepped into Sun Studios in 1954 to record "That's All Right" might have been a more appropriate birthday, if we had to have one. The exact date, of course, is open to debate.

Anyway, Brisbane's Courier-Mail has published yet another list in its 50 Years of Rock series:

20 CLASSIC ALBUMS NO-ONE BOUGHT AT THE TIME

Dustbowl Ballads - Woody Guthrie (1964)
Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)
Oar - Skip Spence (1969)
4 - Scott Walker (1969)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969)
Hunky Dory - David Bowie (1971)
Little Feat - Little Feat (1971)
Tago Mago - Can (1971)
Closing Time - Tom Waits (1973)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1974)
On the Beach - Neil Young (1974)
No Other - Gene Clark (1974)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson (1977)
Sister Lovers - Big Star (1978)
Send Me a Lullabye - The Go-Betweens (1982)
The Violent Femmes - The Violent Femmes (1983)
Saint Julian - Julian Cope (1991)
Harmacy - Sebadoh (1996)
Zaireeka - The Flaming Lips (1997)

Again, nice to see the Go-Betweens in there, with one of their more obscure albums!

Henrik

Mar 13th, 2005 - 4:37 PM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

Lawrence,

Thanks for posting all these lists. At least some of them can be included, see below.

10 CLASSIC SONGS THE '50s (in no ranked order)
No problem.

15 BEST SONGS WRITTEN BY JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER (AND THE ARTISTS WHO HAD HITS WITH THEM)
This is more difficult. I need to know all other songs written by Leiber and Stoller.

CLASSIC LENNON & McCARTNEY SONGS
I know the Lennon & McCartney catalogue, so this is fine. However, was "classic" meant as "the best"?

ESSENTIAL BRIAN WILSON SONGS
See Leiber and Stoller.

GREAT SONGS BASED ON REAL EVENTS
I will not include this list, as it is impossible to define the 'real events' category.

10 CLASSIC TUNES WITH A STRONG AUSTRALIAN FLAVOUR
I will include this list if it roughly can be translated to "the best Australian songs".

20 CLASSIC ALBUMS NO-ONE BOUGHT AT THE TIME
I have actually included similar lists before (The Wire etc.) as it "gives support to albums that haven't always been supported".

Stefu,
The Helsingin Sanomat list is already included.

Lawrence

Mar 14th, 2005 - 12:54 AM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

Henrik,

I think your judgement on these lists is sound. From looking at the lists and accompanying articles, it can be readily deduced that those featuring the Lennon/McCartney and Australian songs are indeed "best of" lists and should be included.

I'll continue to post any further lists published in the Courier-Mail series, and even if they can't be added, they're at least worth having a read of.

(And, that first list should be titled 10 Classic Songs OF the '50s.)

Lawrence

Mar 16th, 2005 - 10:42 AM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

A Few more lists from the Courier-Mail. All very Australian-focused.

5 MEMORABLE SONGS BY ABORIGINAL ARTISTS

Walking Together - Blek Bala Mujik
Jailanguru Pakarnu - Warumpi Band
Pillars of Society - Kev Carmody
My Island Home - Warumpi Band
Treaty - Yothu Yindi

THE BEST CLASSIC AC/DC SONGS

It's A Long Way To The Top (1975)
High Voltage (1976)
TNT (1976)
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Highway To Hell (1979)
Back In Black (1980)
You Shook Me All Night Long (1980)
Jailbreak (1984)

FIVE BEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL SONGS

Treaty - Yothu Yindi (1991)
Power and the Passion - Midnight Oil (1982)
Solid Rock - Goanna (1983)
Bicentennial - Paul Kelly (1987)
I Was Only Nineteen - Redgum (1982)

10 GREATEST ROCK TRACKS BY BANDS FROM QUEENSLAND

Lonely Days - The Bee Gees (1970) [The Brothers Gibb made some of their earliest public appearances and became known as the "Bee Gees" while living in Brisbane in the late '50s]
Know Your Product - The Saints (1978)
Sunset Strip - The Riptides (1978)
Help - The Apartments (1979)
Simple Love - The Saints (1979)
Igloo - The Screaming Tribesmen (1982)
Bachelor Kisses - The Go-Betweens (1984)
The Living Kind - Ups And Downs (1986)
Freedom - Powderfinger (1993)
High Among the Lights - Shutterspeed (2003)

Lawrence

Mar 17th, 2005 - 1:48 AM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

Here are The Courier-Mail’s “50 Defining Rock Albums”. Only one album per artist has been allowed.

1. ASTRAL WEEKS – VAN MORRISON (1968)
2. EXILE ON MAIN STREET – THE ROLLING STONES (1972)
3. REVOLVER – THE BEATLES (1966)
4. LIVE 1966, THE “ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT” – BOB DYLAN (1998)
5. WHAT’S GOING ON – MARVIN GAYE (1971)
6. WHO’S NEXT – THE WHO (1971)
7. PET SOUNDS – THE BEACH BOYS (1966)
8. INNERVISIONS – STEVIE WONDER (1973)
9. ELVIS AT SUN – ELVIS PRESLEY (2004)
10. LONDON CALLING – THE CLASH (1979)
11. s/t – THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967)
12. s/t – JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND (1970)
13. ARE YOU EXPERIENCED – THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE (1967)
14. HUNKY DORY – DAVID BOWIE (1971)
15. AFTER SCHOOL SESSION – CHUCK BERRY (1957)
16. TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT – NEIL YOUNG (1975)
17. PHYSICAL GRAFFITI – LED ZEPPELIN (1975)
18. OTIS BLUE – OTIS REDDING (1965)
19. COSMO’S FACTORY – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1970)
20. CATCH A FIRE – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS (1973)
21. s/t – THE BAND (1969)
22. GET HAPPY – ELVIS COSTELLO (1980)
23. BLUE – JONI MITCHELL (1971)
24. DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1978)
25. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – R.E.M. (1992)
26. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY – ROD STEWART (1971)
27. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN – PINK FLOYD (1967)
28. SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES – PRINCE (1987)
29. HORSES – PATTI SMITH (1975)
30. STAND – SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE (1969)
31. ACHTUNG BABY – U2 (1991)
32. LADY SOUL – ARETHA FRANKLIN (1968)
33. WOODFACE – CROWDED HOUSE (1991)
34. HARD AGAIN – MUDDY WATERS (1977)
35. REMAIN IN LIGHT – TALKING HEADS (1980)
36. ROCKET TO RUSSIA – RAMONES (1977)
37. THE QUEEN IS DEAD – THE SMITHS (1986)
38. LIBERTY BELLE AND THE BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS – THE GO-BETWEENS (1986)
39. SOMETHING ELSE – THE KINKS (1967)
40. OK COMPUTER – RADIOHEAD (1997)
41. LIVE AT THE APOLLO – JAMES BROWN (1963)
42. IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK – PUBLIC ENEMY (1988)
43. NEVERMIND – NIRVANA (1991)
44. BOOKENDS – SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (1968)
45. YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT – WILCO (2002)
46. FRIDAY ON MY MIND – THE EASYBEATS (1967)
47. FUN HOUSE – THE STOOGES (1970)
48. (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? – OASIS (1995)
49. ELECTRIC WARRIOR – T.REX (1971)
50. THE BOATMAN’S CALL – NICK CAVE (1997)

Jacek

Mar 17th, 2005 - 9:58 AM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

Grrr. Astral Weeks. I hate that album.

Henrik

Mar 17th, 2005 - 10:28 AM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

Great list - thanks!

taite

May 31st, 2005 - 12:05 PM

Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll

The list "20 Classic Albums That No One Bought At The Time" is a bit problematic. "On The Beach" actually reached #16 on Billboard, and "Violent Femmes" was a big seller, most notably in Australia - their later album "ROCK!!!" was actually available overseas ONLY as an AUSTRALIAN IMPORT because of the Femmes' popularity in Australia.

As for the list, Joe S. Harrington and David Keenan would certainly question some of it, and the brilliant amatuer "janitor-x" could refute many arguments about them.

Still, if they feel that way and could refute criticisms of writers like "janitor-x", I would be pleased to see it.

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Lawrence Mar 12, 05 - 10:16 AM	The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll "The Courier-Mail" newspaper in Brisbane, Australia has in the past week published the first installments in its series looking at the first 50 years of rock'n'roll. It has so far featured several short lists of songs, which I've posted below. In the coming week, it'll put out its list of the 50 Defining Rock Albums, which I'll post when it becomes available. 10 CLASSIC SONGS THE '50s (in no ranked order) Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner What'd I Say - Ray Charles Maybellene - Chuck Berry Long Tall Sally - Little Richard Rave On - Buddy Holly Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino You Send Me - Sam Cooke 15 BEST SONGS WRITTEN BY JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER (AND THE ARTISTS WHO HAD HITS WITH THEM) I (Who Have Nothing) - Ben E. King Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison Love Potion #9 - The Clovers Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton Ruby Baby - The Drifters Poison Ivy - The Coasters Searchin' - The Coasters Charlie Brown - The Coasters Along Came Jones - The Coasters Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Robins Baby I Don't Care (You're So Square) - Buddy Holly Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King Stand By Me - Ben E. King Yakety Yak - The Coasters CLASSIC LENNON & McCARTNEY SONGS I Saw Her Standing There A Day in the Life A Hard Day's Night All My Loving Back in the U.S.S.R. The Ballad of John & Yoko Can't Buy Me Love Day Tripper Eight Days A Week Eleanor Rigby Get Back Help! Helter Skelter Hey Jude In My Life Lady Madonna Let It Be Maxwell's Silver Hammer Michelle Nowhere Man Oh! Darling P.S. I Love You Paperback Writer Revolution Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band She Loves You The Long And Winding Road Ticket To Ride Yesterday Come Together Love Me Do ESSENTIAL BRIAN WILSON SONGS In My Room (1963) California Girls (1965) God Only Knows (1966) Good Vibrations (1966) Heroes and Villains (2004) GREAT SONGS BASED ON REAL EVENTS New York Mining Disaster (1967) - Bee Gees ["...was fictional but the song was inspired by the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a coal waste tip engulfed the Welsh village with the loss of 144 lives"] A Day in the Life (1967) - The Beatles ["Refers to the wealthy young socialite Tara Browne, a friend of The Beatles who died in a London traffic accident on December 18, 1966. "He didn't blow his mind out," John Lennon explained, "but it was in my mind as I was writing the verse"."] The Night They Drove old Dixie Down (1969) - The Band ["Robbie Robertson's classic Civil War tale."] Ohio (1970) - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ["Refers to the May 4, 1970 incident at Kent State University when National Guard troopers shot and killed four university students during a peaceful anti-Vietnam protest."] The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (1972) - Eric Bogle ["On Anzac Day, a Gallipoli veteran reflects on the carnage."] Hurricane (1975) - Bob Dylan ["Boxing contender Rubin Carter framed for murder."] The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976) - Gordon Lightfoot ["On November 10, 1975 the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a storm with the loss of 29 crew."] Biko (1980) - Peter Gabriel ["South African anti-apartheid campaigner Steve Biko was killed in police custody."] Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983) - U2 ["British troops fire on a civil rights march in Derry, on January 30, 1972, killing 13."] Blue Sky Mine (1990) - Midnight Oil ["From the point view of a miner at the Wittenoom asbestos mine, Western Australia."] 10 CLASSIC TUNES WITH A STRONG AUSTRALIAN FLAVOUR Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty Deep Water - Richard Clapton Way Out West - The Dingoes Living in the Land of Oz - Mondo Rock Cattle and Cane - The Go-Betweens Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil Wide Open Road - The Triffids Treaty - Yothu Yindi How to Make Gravy - Paul Kelly Four Seasons in One Day - Crowded House ... And it certainly is nice to see some lists featuring Aussie artists, including The Go-Betweens, who originally hailed from Brisbane. I hope you can include these lists, Henrik?
Stefu Mar 12th, 2005 - 8:37 PM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's leading newspaper, did this last year. They chose one album (or, in some cases, single) for each year. (They also chose three other albums for each year which they mentioned but didn't feature.) http://www2.helsinginsanomat.fi/extrat/kulttuuri/rock50v/index.html
Lawrence Mar 13th, 2005 - 10:12 AM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll I tend to agree with the Finnish newspaper regarding the birth date of rock & roll. The correct 50th anniversary is not now in 2005, but was last year. Five decades on from the time when Elvis stepped into Sun Studios in 1954 to record "That's All Right" might have been a more appropriate birthday, if we had to have one. The exact date, of course, is open to debate. Anyway, Brisbane's Courier-Mail has published yet another list in its 50 Years of Rock series: 20 CLASSIC ALBUMS NO-ONE BOUGHT AT THE TIME Dustbowl Ballads - Woody Guthrie (1964) Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967) Oar - Skip Spence (1969) 4 - Scott Walker (1969) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1969) Hunky Dory - David Bowie (1971) Little Feat - Little Feat (1971) Tago Mago - Can (1971) Closing Time - Tom Waits (1973) Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1974) On the Beach - Neil Young (1974) No Other - Gene Clark (1974) The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson (1977) Sister Lovers - Big Star (1978) Send Me a Lullabye - The Go-Betweens (1982) The Violent Femmes - The Violent Femmes (1983) Saint Julian - Julian Cope (1991) Harmacy - Sebadoh (1996) Zaireeka - The Flaming Lips (1997) Again, nice to see the Go-Betweens in there, with one of their more obscure albums!
Henrik Mar 13th, 2005 - 4:37 PM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll Lawrence, Thanks for posting all these lists. At least some of them can be included, see below. 10 CLASSIC SONGS THE '50s (in no ranked order) No problem. 15 BEST SONGS WRITTEN BY JERRY LEIBER AND MIKE STOLLER (AND THE ARTISTS WHO HAD HITS WITH THEM) This is more difficult. I need to know all other songs written by Leiber and Stoller. CLASSIC LENNON & McCARTNEY SONGS I know the Lennon & McCartney catalogue, so this is fine. However, was "classic" meant as "the best"? ESSENTIAL BRIAN WILSON SONGS See Leiber and Stoller. GREAT SONGS BASED ON REAL EVENTS I will not include this list, as it is impossible to define the 'real events' category. 10 CLASSIC TUNES WITH A STRONG AUSTRALIAN FLAVOUR I will include this list if it roughly can be translated to "the best Australian songs". 20 CLASSIC ALBUMS NO-ONE BOUGHT AT THE TIME I have actually included similar lists before (The Wire etc.) as it "gives support to albums that haven't always been supported". Stefu, The Helsingin Sanomat list is already included.
Lawrence Mar 14th, 2005 - 12:54 AM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll Henrik, I think your judgement on these lists is sound. From looking at the lists and accompanying articles, it can be readily deduced that those featuring the Lennon/McCartney and Australian songs are indeed "best of" lists and should be included. I'll continue to post any further lists published in the Courier-Mail series, and even if they can't be added, they're at least worth having a read of. (And, that first list should be titled 10 Classic Songs OF the '50s.)
Lawrence Mar 16th, 2005 - 10:42 AM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll A Few more lists from the Courier-Mail. All very Australian-focused. 5 MEMORABLE SONGS BY ABORIGINAL ARTISTS Walking Together - Blek Bala Mujik Jailanguru Pakarnu - Warumpi Band Pillars of Society - Kev Carmody My Island Home - Warumpi Band Treaty - Yothu Yindi THE BEST CLASSIC AC/DC SONGS It's A Long Way To The Top (1975) High Voltage (1976) TNT (1976) Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) Highway To Hell (1979) Back In Black (1980) You Shook Me All Night Long (1980) Jailbreak (1984) FIVE BEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL SONGS Treaty - Yothu Yindi (1991) Power and the Passion - Midnight Oil (1982) Solid Rock - Goanna (1983) Bicentennial - Paul Kelly (1987) I Was Only Nineteen - Redgum (1982) 10 GREATEST ROCK TRACKS BY BANDS FROM QUEENSLAND Lonely Days - The Bee Gees (1970) [The Brothers Gibb made some of their earliest public appearances and became known as the "Bee Gees" while living in Brisbane in the late '50s] Know Your Product - The Saints (1978) Sunset Strip - The Riptides (1978) Help - The Apartments (1979) Simple Love - The Saints (1979) Igloo - The Screaming Tribesmen (1982) Bachelor Kisses - The Go-Betweens (1984) The Living Kind - Ups And Downs (1986) Freedom - Powderfinger (1993) High Among the Lights - Shutterspeed (2003)
Lawrence Mar 17th, 2005 - 1:48 AM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll Here are The Courier-Mail’s “50 Defining Rock Albums”. Only one album per artist has been allowed. 1. ASTRAL WEEKS – VAN MORRISON (1968) 2. EXILE ON MAIN STREET – THE ROLLING STONES (1972) 3. REVOLVER – THE BEATLES (1966) 4. LIVE 1966, THE “ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT” – BOB DYLAN (1998) 5. WHAT’S GOING ON – MARVIN GAYE (1971) 6. WHO’S NEXT – THE WHO (1971) 7. PET SOUNDS – THE BEACH BOYS (1966) 8. INNERVISIONS – STEVIE WONDER (1973) 9. ELVIS AT SUN – ELVIS PRESLEY (2004) 10. LONDON CALLING – THE CLASH (1979) 11. s/t – THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (1967) 12. s/t – JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND (1970) 13. ARE YOU EXPERIENCED – THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE (1967) 14. HUNKY DORY – DAVID BOWIE (1971) 15. AFTER SCHOOL SESSION – CHUCK BERRY (1957) 16. TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT – NEIL YOUNG (1975) 17. PHYSICAL GRAFFITI – LED ZEPPELIN (1975) 18. OTIS BLUE – OTIS REDDING (1965) 19. COSMO’S FACTORY – CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1970) 20. CATCH A FIRE – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS (1973) 21. s/t – THE BAND (1969) 22. GET HAPPY – ELVIS COSTELLO (1980) 23. BLUE – JONI MITCHELL (1971) 24. DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1978) 25. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – R.E.M. (1992) 26. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY – ROD STEWART (1971) 27. PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN – PINK FLOYD (1967) 28. SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES – PRINCE (1987) 29. HORSES – PATTI SMITH (1975) 30. STAND – SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE (1969) 31. ACHTUNG BABY – U2 (1991) 32. LADY SOUL – ARETHA FRANKLIN (1968) 33. WOODFACE – CROWDED HOUSE (1991) 34. HARD AGAIN – MUDDY WATERS (1977) 35. REMAIN IN LIGHT – TALKING HEADS (1980) 36. ROCKET TO RUSSIA – RAMONES (1977) 37. THE QUEEN IS DEAD – THE SMITHS (1986) 38. LIBERTY BELLE AND THE BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS – THE GO-BETWEENS (1986) 39. SOMETHING ELSE – THE KINKS (1967) 40. OK COMPUTER – RADIOHEAD (1997) 41. LIVE AT THE APOLLO – JAMES BROWN (1963) 42. IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK – PUBLIC ENEMY (1988) 43. NEVERMIND – NIRVANA (1991) 44. BOOKENDS – SIMON AND GARFUNKEL (1968) 45. YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT – WILCO (2002) 46. FRIDAY ON MY MIND – THE EASYBEATS (1967) 47. FUN HOUSE – THE STOOGES (1970) 48. (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? – OASIS (1995) 49. ELECTRIC WARRIOR – T.REX (1971) 50. THE BOATMAN’S CALL – NICK CAVE (1997)
Jacek Mar 17th, 2005 - 9:58 AM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll Grrr. Astral Weeks. I hate that album.
Henrik Mar 17th, 2005 - 10:28 AM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll Great list - thanks!
taite May 31st, 2005 - 12:05 PM	Re: The Courier-Mail (Brisbane): Fifty Years of Rock'n'Roll The list "20 Classic Albums That No One Bought At The Time" is a bit problematic. "On The Beach" actually reached #16 on Billboard, and "Violent Femmes" was a big seller, most notably in Australia - their later album "ROCK!!!" was actually available overseas ONLY as an AUSTRALIAN IMPORT because of the Femmes' popularity in Australia. As for the list, Joe S. Harrington and David Keenan would certainly question some of it, and the brilliant amatuer "janitor-x" could refute many arguments about them. Still, if they feel that way and could refute criticisms of writers like "janitor-x", I would be pleased to see it.