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22 Sep 98 - 09:43 AM (#38959) Subject: Songs by Redgum From: Trish I was after the words to any songs by Redgum, eg Fabulon, Gladstone Pier, The Last Frontier etc. Cheers, love to all the family, Trish. |
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22 Sep 98 - 10:27 AM (#38966) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Alan of Australia G'day, Here's one that they sang: click here.
Cheers, |
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29 Sep 98 - 02:36 AM (#39846) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Trish Thanks Alan, it was kind of you to reply. Anyone else know any more 'Redgum' lyrics? Love Trish |
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29 Sep 98 - 04:07 AM (#39857) Subject: Lyr Add: FABULON (partial) From: Benjamin Bodhra/nai/ Buy a litre of Fabulon, Dare we spray down, In the scorched trail, Of our Sunbeam Iron. And paint your face with Revlon To hide the frown In the blue-blown glare Of your Rank Television And carry it away from Myers now Requiring a bus alone How can we live without these things in Cammeray An electric toothbrush for your mouth Roche medication for your heart You'll be living in the locked up life in your sauna (two lines I can't remeber) And in the valley of silicon Where we may drown, And there we leapt into blind oblivion And carry it away from Tandy's now A computer of your own How can we live without a VDU and a live program (Another line gone) A pair of ADIDAS for your feet You'll be living to the locked up life of your wardrobe 1st verse again Harpic Blue John Schumann is running in the next electorate to me in the Aust. Fedral Election. Maybe I should go and bug him. This was all done from quick memory, maybe it will jog someone else's. I'll try to listen to what tapes I can find and transcribe a few. BB |
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29 Sep 98 - 12:19 PM (#39914) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Trish Tar Benjamin. Grand to hear from another(presumably) Redgum fan. Cheers. |
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29 Sep 98 - 02:14 PM (#39929) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Jonathan It'samazing what you miss when you don't check the threads for a week! I just got their "Caught in the act CD" sent over from Oz; cheap compared to UK prices. I wanted the lyrics & tune to Only 19, but most of their best known songs are on there; Gregs wmusic store http://www.musicworld.com.au/. I got the words & chords to only 19 at http://www.nobbys.net.au/~ozmc/ozbands/oztabs3/only19.txt Finding this has been one of the high points of getting stuff off the net; I got so much help! Jonathan |
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03 Oct 98 - 07:28 AM (#40263) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: John A warning to all-don't get caught in the act!!!! |
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04 Oct 98 - 12:24 AM (#40302) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Dav Yeah, that's pretty good. Let's here a bit more Ian. |
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06 Oct 98 - 03:11 AM (#40505) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Stevo What a great song The Last Frontier is eh |
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08 Oct 98 - 10:49 PM (#40999) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Bear Stevo, do you have the lyrics to the last frontier? |
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12 Oct 98 - 02:33 AM (#41274) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Gav Anyone know the words to "Gladstone Pier"? |
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12 Oct 98 - 07:41 PM (#41398) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: John in Brisbane An historical note. Further to Benjamin's thread above - John Schumann came within a trice of defeating Australia's Foreign Minister for the seat in the recent Australian Federal election. Although the counting of votes finishes in the next couple of days, it appears as though John has missed out by about 200 or so votes in scoring a significant political boil-over.
Regards |
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19 Oct 98 - 02:27 AM (#42317) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Gerald he did indeed fall just short |
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23 Oct 98 - 12:17 PM (#42948) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Gazza Pipped at the post. |
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12 Nov 98 - 11:47 AM (#45112) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Bear Stevo, if you or anyone else knows the words to "The Last Frontier" or "Gladstone Pier" I'd like to have them. Tar |
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13 Nov 04 - 12:20 AM (#1325335) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: GUEST,Reuben (brissie boy) im very sorry to say that i DON'T have the lyrics to last frontier even though its a bloody brilliant song. I will, though speak up if i do find it. |
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13 Nov 04 - 03:47 PM (#1325902) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Helen The Last Frontier "Gladstone Pier" And you might like this link . I think it's funny but some people may take offence. I'm providing the link as a gentle joke, and not with any nasty intentions. :-) Helen |
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14 Nov 04 - 03:38 PM (#1326645) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Helen Ok, so I seem to have killed the thread with my third link. Mea culpa, and all that, but that link was in the New Scientist magazine in their humourous section at the end. I thought it was funny. The point that I, and the owners of that website, want to make is that it is so easy to find what you want by looking it up in Google.com To find the two song lyrics I used these search terms: Redgum "last frontier" Redgum "gladstone pier" Hint: use double quotes around the words you want to appear together in that order, i.e. you don't want an article about how to rebuild a house pier written by someone in Gladstone, Queensland. You do want an article which has the words Gladstone Pier next to each other in that order. A search using: gladstone pier gives 99,500 hits but A search using: "gladstone pier" gives 64 hits - which is a lot easier to wade through. Hint 2: if you don't find what you want first go, think of another set of search terms. If you want to narrow down the search because you got a million or so hits, add another word to the search box. Think laterally. Is there another word which you could use instead of the first one you thought of? Hint 3: if you are looking for the name of a song or the rest of the lyrics try picking out some unusual bits of the song that are distinctive. The hardest things to find are the ones with very common words like "and" "the" or any of the thousands of common words we use in everything we say and write. Try searching for information about the band called "The Cure" for instance. Google ignores "the" even in the double quotes. You have to add something distinctive to narrow it down to the band. For example: Gladstone Pier He was a sailor Swarthy lean and proud He could take a schooner through a big sea swell Aloof in the mainland crowd In this song I would start by choosing: "swarthy lean and proud" or even just the three words separately: swarthy lean proud but that gives 8,960 hits which you would then have to narrow down. By adding the word Redgum it brings up one page with the lyrics. So, sorry if I was offensive. Helen |
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14 Nov 04 - 04:13 PM (#1326662) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: GUEST,Dale Nope, not offensive, Helen. I have already copied the "blackboard" to my picture file. I thought it was funny, and your description of search methods appropriate. I always regard myself as a first class thread killer. Part of that is that I usually run onto something when it has nearly run its course, so most of what is going to be said has already been said. Incidentally, I think their Diamantina Drover is a first rate song. I have heard it by Lee Kernaghan, John Williamson, and most recently Redgum themselves. All are excellent, but I think I prefer LK's version ~~ it was the first I heard, and you know how that first version of a good song seems to stick with you. |
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14 Nov 04 - 04:15 PM (#1326665) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: GUEST,Dale Uhh, GREENboard, not blackboard. Kinda dates me, doesn't it? |
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14 Nov 04 - 09:36 PM (#1326901) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Bob Bolton G'day Helen, It's worth plugging the extra virtues of doing an "Advanced Search" in Google. By using: with all of the words song lyrics with the exact phrase Gladstone Pier" with at least one of the words redgum without the words I narrowed the choice to only 13 hits. The ability to assign these values makes any search engine very powerful (if not as much fun as wandering across the Delta bottom with Mudcat!). Regards, Bob Bolton |
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15 Nov 04 - 03:47 PM (#1327657) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Helen Dale, I'm glad you're not offended. I'm a first-class threadkiller too. In fact I've killed a couple of other threads in the last few days. Don't ask me how I do it, but I do. Bob, good advice about the Advanced Search. I just find Google so damned clever that most of the time I don't use the AS. I should though. Problem is I'm an info-nut so I just enjoy the search sometimes. I find some interesting sites while on the hunt for other things. Helen |
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26 Jul 05 - 02:55 AM (#1528457) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Amergin Bloody hell...I am having a helluva time trying to find cds for this group...I have found two...Caught In The Act and If You Don't Fight You Lose....the second one is my Mother In Law's cd....any leads on where I could find others? also would like to find John Schumann solo cds.... thanks...sigh and yes I have googled a billion places. |
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26 Jul 05 - 05:07 AM (#1528516) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: Stewie Amergin, try Sanity. They can supply a 'Very Best of' Schumann and a Redgum anthology: CLICK. --Stewie. |
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26 Jul 05 - 08:07 AM (#1528601) Subject: RE: Songs by Redgum From: GUEST,Tír Eoghain Shake me, wake me, tell me it's a dream I've got a B-52 on my TV screen And a man in a tie Pointing to the sky Where ya gonna run to now (... when was that written...???) John Schumann's Home Page |