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Campaign poster. It's Time was a political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam during the 1972 federal election in Australia.Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal-Country Party coalition) government, Labor put forward a raft of major policy proposals, accompanied by a television advertising campaign of prominent ...
No Aphrodisiac" won Song of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998. It was listed at No. 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1997. [2] Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, for whom the band was named, announced news of their win on air. [3] One of its B-sides is "Gough".
The album features a mix of original and cover songs, including tracks written by Justin Hayes a.k.a. Stanley Claret (Plunder's brother). The album comprises three studio tracks, five live takes and two songs from their first demo, [11] including a tribute song to the band's namesake, "Gough", which was written by Freedman. [6]
Kelly and Carmody performed the song together on 5 November 2014 at the public memorial service at Sydney Town Hall for former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, who is the "tall stranger" referred to in the song.
Eternal Nightcap – New Zealand Release was the first album released by The Whitlams specifically for a country other than Australia.Eternal Nightcap – New Zealand Release contained 17 tracks selected from the band's first three studio albums: Introducing The Whitlams, Undeniably The Whitlams and Eternal Nightcap.
In 1973, when Gough Whitlam, the then Australian Prime Minister, visited the People's Republic of China, a PLA (People's Liberation Army) military band played "Click Go the Shears" as Whitlam stepped off his aircraft at Beijing Airport. In 1988, Australian-British singer Olivia Newton-John included the song in her Olivia Down Under television ...
The lyrics mention former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam and his dismissal in 1975, as well as the Pine Gap spy base, which remain controversial issues in Australia to this day. The song also makes reference to the McDonald's Big Mac and paraphrases Emiliano Zapata with the line "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
Gough Whitlam (1974), under whose government Triple J was established. ... The first song played on the station, "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" by Skyhooks ...