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Aussie song lyrics contest - can you guess them?

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How many of these Austrlian songs can you guess from a few snippets of the lyrics?

1) "Despair and hope go hand in hand."
2) "Dream on white boy, dream on black girl."
3) "You can take me anywhere, I'd strip down to my underwear if you give me half a chance."
4) "Break my body with the back of your hand, doesn't make sense from where I stand."
5) "The balaikas ringing out, the Beratles singing Twist and Shout."
6) "I can keep a secret and throw away the key. But sometimes to release it is to set our childfren free."
7) "I gave you my liver, you sold it down the river."
8) "Well you've gotta make choices be wrong or right."
9) "You're not always easy to share space with."
10) "I don' smoke. I don't don't drink. I don't eat no meat."
11) "I come from Brisbane, but what the heck?"
12) "Sittin' on the beach drinkijng rocket fiuel."
13) "Well I don't believe in an interventionalist God."
14) "You know the latest fashions, you know the latert brands. You know you bore me stupid with your growing economic plans."
15) "Goodbye to the 60's goodbye to free love. If you want to shake my hand then you'd better wear a glove."
16) "Ice will melt, water will boil. You and I shake off this mortal coil."
17) "Doctor, I'm in trouble, see faith heaing double. I'm shooting out of air."
18) "Tonight, I'm putting on makeup on my face. A star like Paul's star and got lips as black as Ace."
19) "It's cos I love you, it's cos I lust after you."
20) "Be my man, I'll do all that I can - is this what he's been waiting for?"
21) "If you do want me, give me a little sugar."
22) "Sittin here in the company of strangers."
23) "Mamma never loved her much and Daddy never keeps in touch."
24) "Well there was long ones, short ones, skinny ones, fat ones."
25) "The generation gap means the war is never won."
26) "So tell me what is my life without your love? And tell me who am I without you by my side?"
27) "Well she said 'Daddy, Daddy at school today somebody told me a lie."
28) "The guy who slagged the football team - these yobs were not for him. He became a real estate dealer who believes in discipline!"
29) "Everytime I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for the final moment you say the words that I can't say."
30) "I'd go mad, if it wasn't for you." (Bev would get this one easily!)
31) "We decided to have a game of cricket. Bass wasn't getting into it or getting out of it. I asked them 'what's up, is Bass Strait or something?"
32) "I said 'do you speaka my langwidge? He just smiled and he gave me a vegetmite samwidge." (Anyone who doesn't know this and is Australian should emigrate to Norway lest they die of embarrassment!)
33) "Show me, show me, scratch me, blow me."
34) "There's something that I must believe in, and it's there when I look in your eyes."
35) "You've got the body of a woman, the way you move is like a queen. You have the face to raise a riot and still you're only 17."
36) "I love your plastic hair, your plastic eyes. Marvel at your plastic breasts and your plastic thighs."
37) "They got married early, never had no money. Then when he got laid off he really hit the skids."
38) "You don't mind if I abuse myself so I can hold my head up."
39) "Don't want no-one to tell me what I don't already know."
40) "You looked into my eyes, it came as no surprise. You washed me in the shower, it lasted for an hour."


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Only got a few mins - so I'll take the easy ones first

2) "Dream on white boy, dream on black girl." - Original Sin - INXS
12) "Sittin' on the beach drinkijng rocket fiuel." - Cheap Wine - Cold Chisel
16) "Ice will melt, water will boil. You and I shake off this mortal coil." - It's Only Natural -Crowded House
32) "I said 'do you speaka my langwidge? He just smiled and he gave me a vegetmite samwidge." (Anyone who doesn't know this and is Australian should emigrate to Norway lest they die of embarrassment!) - Down Under - Men at Work
37) "They got married early, never had no money. Then when he got laid off he really hit the skids." - To Her Door - Paul Kelly
 
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Okay, Brismatt and I have come up with the following answers:

3. Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove
8. Delta Goodrem - Born to Try
23. Savage Garden - To the Moon and back
34. John Paul Young - Love is in the Air
35. Suzi Quatro - Evie
36. Regurgitator - Polyester Girl (brilliant song, BTW)
37. Paul Kelly - To her door
38. Nick Skitz vs the Choirboy - Run to Paradise.

We also knew a couple of ones that the previous posters had solved - no there's no need for us to move to Norway!!!:p
 
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Workingmum said:
Okay, Brismatt and I have come up with the following answers:

3. Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove
8. Delta Goodrem - Born to Try
23. Savage Garden - To the Moon and back
34. John Paul Young - Love is in the Air
35. Suzi Quatro - Evie
36. Regurgitator - Polyester Girl (brilliant song, BTW)
37. Paul Kelly - To her door
38. Nick Skitz vs the Choirboy - Run to Paradise.

We also knew a couple of ones that the previous posters had solved - no there's no need for us to move to Norway!!!:p

35. Suzi Quatro covered it for the 'If You Knew Suzi' album, but who had the original hit? He was in a very successful Australian band around the time of the Beatles. Hint: his first name rhymes with the song title.

I haven't heard the Nick Skitz versh of Run To Paradise but being the rock pig I am if I did I'd probably put my fist through the radio.


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crashedman said:
How many of these Austrlian songs can you guess from a few snippets of the lyrics?

1) "Despair and hope go hand in hand."
2) "Dream on white boy, dream on black girl."
3) "You can take me anywhere, I'd strip down to my underwear if you give me half a chance."
4) "Break my body with the back of your hand, doesn't make sense from where I stand."
5) "The balaikas ringing out, the Beratles singing Twist and Shout."
6) "I can keep a secret and throw away the key. But sometimes to release it is to set our childfren free."
7) "I gave you my liver, you sold it down the river."
8) "Well you've gotta make choices be wrong or right."
9) "You're not always easy to share space with."
10) "I don' smoke. I don't don't drink. I don't eat no meat."
11) "I come from Brisbane, but what the heck?"
12) "Sittin' on the beach drinkijng rocket fiuel."
13) "Well I don't believe in an interventionalist God."
14) "You know the latest fashions, you know the latert brands. You know you bore me stupid with your growing economic plans."
15) "Goodbye to the 60's goodbye to free love. If you want to shake my hand then you'd better wear a glove."
16) "Ice will melt, water will boil. You and I shake off this mortal coil."
17) "Doctor, I'm in trouble, see faith heaing double. I'm shooting out of air."
18) "Tonight, I'm putting on makeup on my face. A star like Paul's star and got lips as black as Ace."
19) "It's cos I love you, it's cos I lust after you."
20) "Be my man, I'll do all that I can - is this what he's been waiting for?"
21) "If you do want me, give me a little sugar."
22) "Sittin here in the company of strangers."
23) "Mamma never loved her much and Daddy never keeps in touch."
24) "Well there was long ones, short ones, skinny ones, fat ones."
25) "The generation gap means the war is never won."
26) "So tell me what is my life without your love? And tell me who am I without you by my side?"
27) "Well she said 'Daddy, Daddy at school today somebody told me a lie."
28) "The guy who slagged the football team - these yobs were not for him. He became a real estate dealer who believes in discipline!"
29) "Everytime I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for the final moment you say the words that I can't say."
30) "I'd go mad, if it wasn't for you." (Bev would get this one easily!)
31) "We decided to have a game of cricket. Bass wasn't getting into it or getting out of it. I asked them 'what's up, is Bass Strait or something?"
32) "I said 'do you speaka my langwidge? He just smiled and he gave me a vegetmite samwidge." (Anyone who doesn't know this and is Australian should emigrate to Norway lest they die of embarrassment!)
33) "Show me, show me, scratch me, blow me."
34) "There's something that I must believe in, and it's there when I look in your eyes."
35) "You've got the body of a woman, the way you move is like a queen. You have the face to raise a riot and still you're only 17."
36) "I love your plastic hair, your plastic eyes. Marvel at your plastic breasts and your plastic thighs."
37) "They got married early, never had no money. Then when he got laid off he really hit the skids."
38) "You don't mind if I abuse myself so I can hold my head up."
39) "Don't want no-one to tell me what I don't already know."
40) "You looked into my eyes, it came as no surprise. You washed me in the shower, it lasted for an hour."


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28's Greg! The Stop Sign (Tism)
31's Australiana (Austen Tayshus)
 
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2) "Dream on white boy, dream on black girl."- "Original Sin"- INXS

21) "If you do want me, give me a little sugar."- "Give Me Some Kind of Sign"- Peter Andre


23) "Mamma never loved her much and Daddy never keeps in touch."- "To The Moon And Back"- Savage Garden

27) "Well she said 'Daddy, Daddy at school today somebody told me a lie."- "My Little Angel"- William Shakespear(the singer not the play-write)

29) "Everytime I see you falling I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for the final moment you say the words that I can't say."- don't know the title but Frente had a version.

30) "I'd go mad, if it wasn't for you."- "Just When I Think Of You"- 1927

31) "We decided to have a game of cricket. Bass wasn't getting into it or getting out of it. I asked them 'what's up, is Bass Strait or something?"- "Australiana"- Austintacious

32) "I said 'do you speaka my langwidge? He just smiled and he gave me a vegetmite samwidge."- "Downunder"- Men At Work

34) "There's something that I must believe in, and it's there when I look in your eyes."- "Love Is In The Air"- John Paul Young

35) "You've got the body of a woman, the way you move is like a queen. You have the face to raise a riot and still you're only 17."- "Evie"- Stevie Wright(from the Easybeats)

37) "They got married early, never had no money. Then when he got laid off he really hit the skids."- "To Her Door"- Paul Kelly

38) "You don't mind if I abuse myself so I can hold my head up."- "Run To Paradise"- Choirboys

(26) "So tell me what is my life without your love? And tell me who am I without you by my side?"
Not an Aussie song, George Harrison from the Beatles sang it and so did Shawn Mullins who is American.
 
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2) INXS - Original Sin
3) Hoodoo Gurus - Miss Freelove
5) Skyhooks - Jukebox in Siberia
12) Cold Chisel - Cheap Wine
16) Crowded House - Only Natural
23. Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back
25) Living End - Prisoner of Society
32) Men at Work - Land Down Under
34) John Paul Young - Love is in the Air
35) Stevie Wright - Evie
36) Regurgitator - Polyester Girl
37) Paul Kelly - To Her Door
38) Choir Boys - Run to Paradise
 
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