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I saw INXS in Cardiff in 1990ish, always been a fan of AC/DC - never saw them live though. I remember M@W's iconic "(I come from a land) Down Under" absolutely

I saw INXS in Cardiff in 1990ish, always been a fan of AC/DC - never saw them live though. I remember M@W's iconic "(I come from a land) Down Under" absolutely smashing it out of the park on the UK's Top of the Pops. I think you'll find that one or two other bands produced videos as well as their music: The Beatles did Yellow Submarine and a few other tunes back in the day - Sgt Peppers is quite well thought of too. The Who did Pinball wizard and the like. Sir Cliff Richard did pretty much everything, with and without the Shadows! The Strolling Bones, err Rolling Stones ran out one or two tunes and a few decent vids. Duran Duran were a bit later. David Bowie managed to keep a tune and a look. Queen have a few fans. Why do you need to single out Australian artists? There is no need to get all chauvinistic. Music is universal. I am a fan of AC/DC, Bach, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Deep Purple, Beethoven, Iron Maiden, Rachmaninov, Black Sabbath, Kylie, that bloke wot wrote Finlandia and rather a lot more.

tomhoward 5y ago
Not intending to chauvinistic/nationalistic! Most of my favorite artists these days are non-Australian. I was just pointing out a notable historical phenomenon. As someone else pointed out, UK had Top of the Pops from the 60s, hence a lot of the UK acts also doing artistic videos, whereas US artists were generally just doing recorded live performances at the beginning.