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Music of Brisbane. Brisbane is a city in Queensland, Australia, home to many regionally important music institutions and venues, including Big Sound music industry conference. [1] [2] For information about both classical and popular music in Brisbane, please see the following articles: Arts and culture in Brisbane, which includes information ...
Musicians from Brisbane include the Bee Gees (raised in Redcliffe and Cribb Island), Powderfinger (who met at Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland), the Go-Betweens (after whom Brisbane's Go Between Bridge is named, and whose songs and albums, such as Spring Hill Fair, reflect the attitudes of 1980s Brisbane), the Veronicas ...
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Sep 13, 2018 · Brisbane. Pop and rock. Queensland. The Go-Betweens. Hip-hop. Songs of Brisbane is Guardian Australia's celebration of the past, present and future of music in Brisbane.
- ‘Brisbane to Beechworth’ – Matt Taylor
- ‘Streets of Your Town’ – The Go-Betweens
- ‘Meet Me in The Mall in Brisbane’ – Judith Durham
- ‘Brisbane City’ – Joel Turner
- ‘Brisvegas’ – John Kennedy’s ‘68 Comeback Special
- ‘Dreamworld’ – Midnight Oil
- ‘Inferno (Brisbane in The Summer)’ – Robert Forster
- ‘Moreton Bay’ – John Denver
- ‘Brisbane (Security City)’ – The Saints
- ‘Departures (Blue Toowong Skies)’ – Bernard Fanning
The song is an amazing forgotten gem from the past. This 1973 track was about Chain frontman Matt Taylor’s musical journey from when he was born in Brisbane in 1948, to when he quit music ‘for good’ and moved into a commune in Beechworth in 1970. He has a very interesting story, which can be further delved into here. ‘Brisbane to Beechworth’ is hea...
Written by co-founder of the group, Grant McLennan, ‘Streets Of Your Town’, is as the name suggests, about the streets of Brisbane. Especially the hot weather experienced in the city. According to McLennan, this beautiful track was only written in ten minutes, and is the only track the band ever had that was close to being a commercial hit. The Go-...
The Queen of Australian folk has a soft spot for her country – even after achieving worldwide popularity, she still calls Australia home. This track was written about holidaying to Brisbane, and enjoying the beach, shopping, and weather. It isn’t known what mall she was singing about, but with a plethora of outdoor spots, she’s probably talking abo...
Remember Joel Turner? He was the ground-breaking beatbox star of Australian Idol in 2003, the same year Guy Sebastian won. Joel grew up in a lower class area of Brisbane, this track talks about his upbringing in that area, and what life was like as a whole in ‘Brisbane City’. As you’d expect, the track is full of beatboxing, it’ll make you reminisc...
This 2007 track will give you a massive nostalgia hit. ‘Brisvegas’ sounds like a track from many years ago, hence the name of the group. It’s a track about a tattered relationship with the Sunshine state, with frontman John Kennedy singing from his point of view about how the city isn’t how he remembers it. It namedrops a heap of different things a...
This 1987 track was featured on the band’s sixth album, the classic Diesel and Dust. In classic Midnight Oil fashion, this song is all about Australian land. ‘Dreamworld’ is all about the decline in heritage of Brisbane and within the city’s state. It namechecks a few different popular spots in Brisbane and Queensland that have been demolished to m...
The former Go-Betweens frontman penned this track in 2019, and was featured on the album of the same name. The track is about the insane heat in Brisbane, and how to deal with it, many Brisbane nationals find the hot Brisvegas weather a good source for musical inspiration. The music video involves Robert in different rooms of his house, doing diffe...
Yes, that John Denver. The ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ hitmaker held Australia in a special place in his heart, he married Australian actress Cassandra Delaney, in 1988, who was from Brisbane. Therefore he often travelled to the city, and enjoyed it’s surrounds, and his travels inspired ‘Moreton Bay’, a track that first featured on his album reco...
As the name suggests, ‘Brisbane (Security City)’ is about how the city is becoming a police state. It mentions that people aren’t allowed to get up to things they used to, due to the heightened police presence, and how all the population of Brisbane need to stay inside. Crazy to think how relevant this song is, 40 years later. It also mentions the ...
The former Powderfinger frontman wrote this track during a hard period in his life, in an interview about the song he said “my dad died, and it coincided with the biggest floods Brisbane has ever seen.” Bernard grew up in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong, this track was about the memories of his dad, and his upbringing in the suburb. It was featured ...
Website. www.qpac.com.au. The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (also known as QPAC) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is located on the corner of Melbourne Street and Grey Street in Brisbane 's South Bank precinct. Opened in 1985, it includes the Lyric Theatre, Concert Hall, Playhouse and Cremorne Theatre.
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Feb 22, 2018 · The ABC news radio announcer’s incredulous tone said it all: “An unknown band from Brisbane, by the name of the Saints, has earned rave reviews in England for a record it made itself.”
Sep 12, 2022 · Powderfinger has become one of the most celebrated bands in Australian music history. The group won 18 Aria Awards (the second most awards behind Silverchair) and multiple multi-platinum records. From 1989 until their breakup in 2010, their home base has remained in Brisbane, which has encouraged artists to stay in the Sunshine State, most ...
