http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/09/21/1158431820827.html#

For the record, my choices were:
Best album: You Am I - Hourly, Daily
Best song: You Am I - Berlin Chair
Best band: You Am I
Best male artist: Paul Kelly
Best female artist: Angie Hart
Best tour of this century: Flaming Lips - 2004
Best newcomer for 2006: The Grates

Where is Air Supply?

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Originally posted by Stocky:
Best tour of this century: Flaming Lips - 2004

I was always under the impression the Flaming Lips were from Oklahoma, not Austrailia.

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Originally posted by ericg75:

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Originally posted by Stocky:
Best tour of this century: Flaming Lips - 2004

I was always under the impression the Flaming Lips were from Oklahoma, not Austrailia.

Northern Oklahoma Territory. Lern your geograffy.

Bands that have toured Australia.

I like your selections, Stocky, given what the choices were.

I think I would have to put the Triffids Born Sandy Devotional on the best albums list (or the Go-Betweens 16 Lover's Lane).

Paul Kelly's "How to Make Gravy" or "So Much Water So Close To Home" would trump any of the song selections.

Nice list, though. It is odd that an Australian music list would feature, primarily, American bands for best tour...

The best Australian music of the last 21, or, for that matter, 221, years has been made by Warren Ellis and his band of merry men, Dirty Three. And lets not forget his Bad Seeds bandleader Mr. Nicholas Cave.
Coming home for the bronze medal would of course be the soundtrack for Crocodile Dundee !
What a flick...

I was a little surprised not to see INXS on that poll. Surely they were one of the most successful Aussie bands from the last 20 years.

I agree with Frank on Nick Cave though. Anyone denying the man's talent should listen to "The Boatman's Call" right away.

The day I lost respect for Pitchfork.

The reviewer should come of no surprise.

The Boatman's Call is still in my all-time Top 10 or 20. I guess. I've never made one. But it sounds good.

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Originally posted by m.leland:
The day I lost respect for Pitchfork.

The reviewer should come of no surprise.

The Boatman's Call is still in my all-time Top 10 or 20. I guess. I've never made one. But it sounds good.

That's funny. What really kills me is that Schrieber's sole reason for disliking the album is based on Nick Cave writing about God. He admits the the songwriting is good and the album is pretty innovative. Fast forward 10 years, and everyone over there is shitting themselves over Sufjan Stevens, who likes to write about...you guessed it...God. But of course, it's no big deal now.

Well, to be fair, the only album of Sufjan's in which the lyrics were very religious was Seven Swans. (There were maybe 2 songs on Michigan that were religious-themed and only 1 that I can think of on Illinois.) Pitchfork did like Seven Swans, though not as much as his other stuff.

I've never heard Nick Cave, but from what I've heard, his religious lyrics are quite a bit different than Sufjan's. More fier-and-brimstone-type stuff. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
I've never heard Nick Cave, but from what I've heard, his religious lyrics are quite a bit different than Sufjan's. More fier-and-brimstone-type stuff. Correct me if I'm wrong.

You're welcome to go listen to him. I've counted too many instances on this board of people making assumptions about artists without ever actually, you know, listening to them.

At least you admit it instead of pretending like you've been a fan for 10 years. A little o' that around here too.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
I've never heard Nick Cave, but from what I've heard, his religious lyrics are quite a bit different than Sufjan's. More fier-and-brimstone-type stuff. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Well, you're wrong. Although Nick Cave's songwriting style is darker than Sufjan Stevens, [i]The Boatman's Call[i]'s subject matter is above love as much as it's about God (ocassionally the two meet). There's no fire-and-brimstone and I never got the impression that Cave's trying to sell anyone one God. God's just another character in his stories.

But, as m.leland said, check out the album for yourself. Or any of Nick Cave's albums. The guy's got 20+ years worth of albums, most of which are pretty damn good.

Well, I guess I have listened to a couple albums of Cave's and it just didn't sound like anything I'd much like. I think the one's I listened to were Let Love In and Boatman's Call. It was a couple years ago, but i've still got them on my computer.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Well, I guess I have listened to a couple albums of Cave's and it just didn't sound like anything I'd much like. I think the one's I listened to were Let Love In and Boatman's Call. It was a couple years ago, but i've still got them on my computer.

Hmm. Surprising. I would've thought Cave's sullen piano ballads would be right up your alley.

Oh wait. I forgot both were recorded prior to the year 2000.

Leland, did you accidentally sign in as ericg?

Jedi mind trick.

(Get it? Get it?)

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
Leland, did you accidentally sign in as ericg?

Sorry if that came off as harsh. I'd just like to see you expand your palette a little. Especially since you're apparently a music fan. Besides the dozen or so flavor-of-the-month bands you talk about in here, it doesn't seem like you like anything. I just wonder how much of a chance you really give any of it.

Don't apologize, eric. He compared you to me. What a compliment!

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Originally posted by m.leland:
Jedi mind trick.

(Get it? Get it?)

Wait a sec. You're no Jedi. You haven't been anointed one by the Metacritic Jedi Council. Which means you must be....a Sith! I've suspected it all along.