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#1 Posted: Sun Aug 16th, 2009 07:57 pm |
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Just reading one of the older threads here about Slim Dusty, reminded me of something wonderful. Years ago in the Central West of NSW (around the early 80's I believe) I saw a great entertainer called Stan Coster. Very much in the same mould as Slim Dusty. In fact I believe they were great mates. He sang songs of mateship and hard work and the bush. He had a wicked sense of humour and a true Aussie's observation of the country and he was a brilliant songwriter. We even shared a couple of beers. Great bloke!
Now I'll admit I was never a BIG fan of Slim Dusty, but hearing this kind of music played live was simply a tremendous experience. You could smell the eucalyptus and the red dust, you could feel the scorching heat and hear the galahs and the lizards and the bush. Ever stood out in the middle of nowhere in the Australian bush and just breathed it in? Well, it was JUST like that.
Talk about being proud to be Australian! I'm no flag waver but believe me, he could sure evoke images and memories like no other. It's a unique Australian genre of music that doesn't get heard much any more.
I much prefer this kind of Aussie stuff to the "over the top" flagwaving, suncream-on-the-nose Ockerism of John Wiliamson. That's probably just me, but JW's songs irked me no end. Except perhaps for a composition of his " A bushman can't survive" Now THERE is a brilliant song.
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#2 Posted: Mon Aug 17th, 2009 02:34 am |
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I have never experienced something like you have but i can imagine what it would be like-------unreal experience!
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#3 Posted: Mon Aug 17th, 2009 06:26 am |
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I quite agree with you about John Williamson...I thought it was just me.
His first couple of albums were great, lovely ballads, great lyrics etc. We played them over & over.
But then he just over-did the patriotism, to the point where I got sick of hearing him. (And sick of him & John Laws crawling up each other's bums,...excuse the language)
And my one exception to the rule was also 'A Bushman can't survive'...a great song, & Lee & Tanya Kernighan do an excellent cover of it.
And the next time a great aussie happens to pass away...I DO NOT want to see JW singing Hey True Blue at their tribute/funeral again...great song, but its been done to death on such occasions, & to me has lost all its impact & meaning.
To me, when Slim Dusty died, his "Looking forward, looking back" being played was far more moving.
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#4 Posted: Mon Aug 17th, 2009 08:48 pm |
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Ohhhhhh Dahlsie is going to be so shattered she loves John Williamson.
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#5 Posted: Tue Aug 18th, 2009 02:54 pm |
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sixtiesrule wrote: And the next time a great aussie happens to pass away...I DO NOT want to see JW singing Hey True Blue at their tribute/funeral again...great song, but its been done to death on such occasions, & to me has lost all its impact & meaning.
Im not a big fan of John Williamson as well but who is it that requests these singers to sing at funerals or the song played? i know family should request this but i wonder how much when it comes to famous people is it family who decides or are they pressured to some degree.
True Blue is a great song even i like that one.
Wasn't John Williamson a favorite singer of Steve Irwin? and if im right i can understand why they picked him.
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#6 Posted: Tue Aug 18th, 2009 03:33 pm |
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 you know we use to have True Blue playing this site 
I love John Williamson but i know he isnt everybodys fav singer.
Hmmmmmm i might add the song back  joking with you all.
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#7 Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 08:33 am |
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| true blue ...no that is the song (as well as the national anthem ) that I detest ,so boring ,but I never could stand williamson at all ,have seen him live in a club in sydney and walked out and played the pokies instead .normally I love aussie country music ,the old type that is ,like slim,chad morgan,buddy williams ,don't think much of the modern ones ...a bit too americanized for me ,except for troy casser daley ,now he is good .
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#8 Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 09:21 am |
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kanga wrote: sixtiesrule wrote: And the next time a great aussie happens to pass away...I DO NOT want to see JW singing Hey True Blue at their tribute/funeral again...great song, but its been done to death on such occasions, & to me has lost all its impact & meaning.
Wasn't John Williamson a favorite singer of Steve Irwin? and if im right i can understand why they picked him.
I can understand it too...and I was moved by it like everyone else...but within what seemed like only days he was playing it for the Peter Brock tribute as well, and I just felt there & then that I didn't really want to hear it used this way again.
Probably just me...but sometimes it felt like the tribute became more about JW than the deceased. Plus I thought by then it had lost its impact.
As I said, I loved his early work, plus I also adored Steve Irwin, but something in me must make me a bit of a cynic, because (and I really don't know why)...I just cannot take to Bindi Irwin at all.
I really don't even know what it is...part of me feels like she is being pushed too much in front of the cameras, & part of me thinks she comes across as a bit precocious.
I know that's very unfair of me...she's a very pretty little girl & so at ease in front of cameras, and seems just as enthusiastic as Steve was...in fact she's quite remarkable for a child of her age....but there's just some little thing that makes me feel it is all a bit over the top.
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#9 Posted: Thu Aug 20th, 2009 08:24 pm |
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Ive just spent the morning doing some much needed house work bopping away to John Williams nah_nah darn love or hate him his song River crying out is beautiful.
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#10 Posted: Thu Aug 20th, 2009 10:04 pm |
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sixtiesrule wrote: kanga wrote: sixtiesrule wrote: And the next time a great aussie happens to pass away...I DO NOT want to see JW singing Hey True Blue at their tribute/funeral again...great song, but its been done to death on such occasions, & to me has lost all its impact & meaning.
Wasn't John Williamson a favorite singer of Steve Irwin? and if im right i can understand why they picked him.
I can understand it too...and I was moved by it like everyone else...but within what seemed like only days he was playing it for the Peter Brock tribute as well, and I just felt there & then that I didn't really want to hear it used this way again.
Probably just me...but sometimes it felt like the tribute became more about JW than the deceased. Plus I thought by then it had lost its impact.
As I said, I loved his early work, plus I also adored Steve Irwin, but something in me must make me a bit of a cynic, because (and I really don't know why)...I just cannot take to Bindi Irwin at all.
I really don't even know what it is...part of me feels like she is being pushed too much in front of the cameras, & part of me thinks she comes across as a bit precocious.
I know that's very unfair of me...she's a very pretty little girl & so at ease in front of cameras, and seems just as enthusiastic as Steve was...in fact she's quite remarkable for a child of her age....but there's just some little thing that makes me feel it is all a bit over the top.
I think the producers of the shows they were all on just see $$$$ signs when it comes to Bindi...and my feelings are that her Mother does too.
Last edited on Thu Aug 20th, 2009 10:07 pm by TexasJo
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