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'Bliss' (Th' Dudes, 1979) Kiwi rockers score speed in Coogee and falafels in Kings Cross.
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'Power and the Passion' (Midnight Oil, 1982) Peter Garrett, now a federal MP, vents about Sydney 'wasting
away in paradise'. Listen also to Midnight Oil songs 'Wedding Cake Island' and 'Section 5 (Bus to Bondi)'.
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'Reckless' (Australian Crawl, 1983) Glacial '80s pop: 'as the Manly ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay'.
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'Incident on South Dowling' (Paul Kelly, 1986) The Melbourne bard turns his pen to Sydney. Listen also to
Kelly's 'From St Kilda to Kings Cross', 'Randwick Bells' and 'Darlin' It Hurts'.
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'My Drug Buddy' (the Lemonheads, 1992) Evan Dando gets wasted in Newtown.
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'Purple Sneakers' (You Am I, 1995) 'Had a scratch only you could itch, underneath the Glebe Point Bridge'.
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'God Drinks at the Sando' (the Whitlams, 1999) The band named after Australia's grooviest Prime Minister
digs into Sydney's best and worst on
Love this City
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'Never Had So Much Fun' (Frenzal Rhomb, 1999) Local punks advise against drinking the water.
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'Sydney Song' (Eskimo Joe, 2001) Ode to Sydney wannabes.
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'Darlinghurst Nights' (the Go-Betweens, 2005) Sad Darlinghurst memories get an airing.
