DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #25
MILLION MILES FROM HOME One of the best songs I’ve written and I know many fans love it, so hope you enjoy it. (Just click on the title for the video)
January 2022
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #25
SUBURBAN BOY My most well known song and one of the very first songs I wrote back in 1972, it was always a declaration of my intent to try and make popular art from our […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #24
OLD STOCK RD With my band Pus I was punk before punk – well before the Sex Pistols anyway. This song represented my advancement to the next step: high energy suburban rock. Cars, footy, sex, […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX#23
WAITING FOR THE CYCLONE One of the best tracks I’ve done. WAITING FOR THE CYCLONE The Hoppers are hoppin’ and the crickets are clickin’ The boys are sweating and the girls all glisten The fridge […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX
NO FENCES Martin Cilia and I wrote this song around 1991. I wanted to make a statement about the importance of including one another into our culture. It’s a country feel with a bridge inspired […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #21
WELCOME TO THE HOSPITAL This track was not played by the band all that often. I think I may have written it on the first tour in 1978 but I’m hazy on it and can’t […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #20
LONELY BAR ROOM CRAWLER
Dave’s Australia Day Advent Jukebox #19
JOEY BLACK One of my hard rock numbers from the 1979 Correct Weight album. Has a few of my favourite lyrics in here. (`these streets aren’t safe for violence any more’) Live Johnny and Tony […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #18
FREE KICKS Second single for Mushroom, a football-themed disco-rock number. Mixing footy with pop music was just too ahead of its time. Or maybe it wasn’t very good? Though I reckon it’s not bad at […]
DAVE’S AUSTRALIA DAY ADVENT JUKEBOX #17
MUGS GAME In my Pus days (1973-75) I developed the idea of satirical monologue over a riff with Throbbing Knob. At the same time Pus was playing The Fugs’ ‘Couldn’t Get High.’ When I wrote […]