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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: National Songbook
Last post by Wet Willie -
We need to see:
Goanna - Solid Rock
Gangagang - Sounds Of Then
Brodrick Smith's Big Combo - My Father's Hands
Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
Skyhooks - Living In The 70s
Spectrum - I'll Be Gone
Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
Icehouse - Great Southern Land
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by kruddler -
In all honesty, we are better off not winning this one.

Even if we beat them now, we'd come up against them in the Grand Final anyway and would try and catch lightning twice.

Better yet, we try a few things, but get through the game unscathed. Save some things up our sleeve for the Grand Final rematch should we get there.

It is about our best lineup possible.

Maybe Tayla McMillan swapped out for someone else.
Bohanna must surely be done with. Not even on the emergency list.
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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2026 Qualifying Final Carlton vs North Melbourne at home
Last post by crashlander -
Our line-up:

B:   21 Harriet Cordner   49 Madeline Hendrie
HB:   8 Lily Baxter   36 Ciara Fitzgerald   14 Siofra O'Connell
C:   19 Erone Fitzpatrick   20 Lily Goss   17 Dayna Finn
HF:   55 Sophie McKay   7 Poppy Scholz   25 Keeley Sherar
F:   35 Nell Morris-Dalton   3 Darcy Vescio
R:   12 Jessica Good   10 Mimi Hill   5 Abbie McKay
Int:   6 Gabriella Pound   11 Yasmin Duursma   1 Amelia Velardo   26 Tayla McMillan   2 Lauren Bella
Em:   24 Brooke Vickers   13 Aisling Reidy   23 Lila Keck

[1] Hendrie and Good are good 'ins'. Lila Keck ... not quite 100%? On the other hand, we'll miss Whitfort, who has been very good this year.

[2] North are huge favourites: it would be nice to ruin their parade! Can't see it: we're not playing anywhere near our best of late.

[3] Our depth: we don't appear to have as much depth as some of our foes. We do miss Bohanna as a key forward. Not sure what is going to happen with her.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: The New Joke Thread
Last post by DJC -
Old mates Paddy and Liam are standing at the bar of their local enjoying a couple of pints of Guiness.

Paddy:  How long have you been married now Liam?

Liam:  Coming up for 35 years.  How about you?

Paddy: We've been married for over 36 years now.

Liam:  36 years!  Do you still enjoy a bit of the old rumpy pumpy?

Paddy:  After 36 years! No, not any more.  How about you Liam?

Liam:  Yes, we get stuck in three or four times a week.

Paddy:  Three or four times a week after nearly 35 years; that's phenomena!

Liam:  Well, I'll let you into a secret Paddy.  I do take viagra.

Paddy:  Viagra! Can you get it over the counter?

Liam:  I could if I took two tablets!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: National Songbook
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: DJC – on
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Did you watch the recent two part ABC Doco, excellent biography of Chrissie.

I never knew Little Pattie (Patricia Thelma Amphlett)) and Chrissie were related.

No, I haven't watched it yet, but I recently saw Sheridan Harbridge's "Amplified: The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett".  It's a brilliant caberet that brings parts of Chrissie's life back to the stage.  As Sheridan says, she doesn't have Chrissie's voice or legs and is more Chrissie Pamphlett than Amphlett, but she still manages to convey Chrissie's energy and pathos.

Chrissie was usually introduced as Little Pattie's cousin at the start of her career.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: National Songbook
Last post by kruddler -
Icehouse - Great Southern Land is one that would be a shoe-in to make it soon enough IMO.

No idea how you start with a list of 'everything' and narrow it down to 10.



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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: National Songbook
Last post by DJC -
I thought this deserved a thread of its own  :)

I have never heard, or heard of, The Necks, and haven't spent much time listening to Earth Cry or The Presets.  There is a bit of a common theme with most of the others but they're all worthy inclusions as far as I'm concerned.

Songs that I'd like to see added over the coming years:

Cold Chisel - Khe Sanh
Redgum - I was only 19
Eric Bogle - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Spectrum - I'll Be Gone
Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
Archie Roach - Took the Children Away
GANGgajang - Sounds of Then
Ted Egan - The Drover's Boy
Warumpi Band -  Blackfella/Whitefella
Mike Brady - Up There Cazaly
Divinyls - I Touch Myself

And many more ...


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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: National Songbook
Last post by Lods -
A couple of questions, more like dilemmas.

1) Should lyrics and songs that were once acceptable but nowadays would not be considered as such be a part of this project? Our own club song has its roots in racism.

2) Should artists who were bits of icons, but subsequently proven to have commited offences in the past be disqualified from inclusion?