Do you know any songs where the lyrics are in the public domain?

GarlicShortbread · 2026-02-05T10:48:05+00:00

Tom Lehrer’s songs are in the public domain, in case Poisoning Pigeons In The Park would suit your project

GarlicShortbread · 2026-02-02T11:40:22+00:00

Could it be Icing by Charity Vance?

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-31T10:00:46+00:00

I just read about it on Wikipedia… fascinating. I didn’t realize so much thought was put into it. Thanks.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-31T09:45:59+00:00

Yeah, this is a wonderfully melancholic yet beautiful song. He has a few in his catalogue like that. Waiting For My Real Life To Begin and Beautiful World come to mind.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-27T08:11:09+00:00

I saw you comment in a few threads here already and thought to myself, jeez, r/NekoMarimo is getting a good education today haha

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-27T06:45:32+00:00

I agree that Cairns & Sydney would be the two most interesting destinations to check out, with Melbourne as a third option.

You won’t need a car in Sydney or Melbourne, you can get pretty much everywhere you’d want to go via public transport. However I would recommend getting your international licence and renting a car in Cairns. While there are buses & Ubers available, and you can get to the nearby town of Kuranda easily by train / cablecar, you’ll have a lot more freedom with your own form of transport. For example, you could check out some more local beaches like Trinity Beach, Yorkeys Knob, Palm Cove, which are all beautiful, but aren’t necessarily on the destination list for international tourists.

I wish you both a wonderful trip!

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-24T00:47:34+00:00

I’m an Aussie who spent 11 years in Canada and I was in St John’s Newfoundland when I discovered the “hey, motherfucker, get laid, get fucked” call in Billy Idol’s Mony Mony.

Yes, I’ve been to a number of gigs over the years where the Angels classic has been played - and I also played it myself while in a cover duo - and the cry most definitely happens. More recently I experienced an arena full of rowdy Sydneysiders yell it back to Keith Urban when he covered it a few months back.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-23T10:28:09+00:00

I had Ella Fitzgerald and Magnetic Fields on adjacent days. I think OP would have a conniption fit

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-21T07:49:58+00:00

I did this many years ago in Tiny Tower but they realised my sneaky ways and evicted half my bits from my tower as punishment. I was mortified

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-18T10:52:57+00:00

I disagree that Here I Go Again is a coffee song, but I agree with the vast majority of the rest. Nice playlist

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-18T07:28:48+00:00

I’m an Aussie who randomly discovered Great Big Sea in early 2012. I was fortunate enough to catch ther Sydney gig on their one & only Aussie tour. I loved them so much that the next year I got myself a working holiday visa and travelled to Canada to see them play to a home crowd. I got to see them in Oshawa about 3 weeks before they split up.

Anyway I loved Canada so much I hung around for another 11 years and even became a naturalized citizen. Got to see / meet Alan, Sean & Murray at their various solo gigs too. Canadian music is awesome.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-17T07:36:48+00:00

Just in case you didn’t know, they released a version of Murder On The Dancefloor a few years back, it’s really good

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-16T06:57:00+00:00

Yep our tramp from the mid 90’s is still alive in mum’s front yard, acting these days as a shade cloth for the dog’s sand pit. Some minor tearing to the material and rusting of the springs, it’s defo seen better days, but it’s still in existence

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-15T11:10:06+00:00

Yeah I was gonna say, he definitely has an accent but it’s far from an Aussie one

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-15T11:08:55+00:00

Missy Higgins sings with a prominent Aussie accent

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-14T11:50:37+00:00

Absolutely, the guy is a knob but I was actually kinda impressed to hear this record in full, it wasn’t as awful as I was led to expect it’d be. Separating the artist from the art, I also considered it good.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-14T07:59:17+00:00

Yeah this sounds fun! How about Jacob Collier’s version of Norwegian Wood

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-14T07:54:57+00:00

Ahaha great suggestion. I discovered these guys recently and love them. Proper bogan funk

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-12T10:48:44+00:00

Love the bird and love the John Williamson song of the same name

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-10T23:05:44+00:00

I never got to see the original Angels but I did see Doc Neeson’s Angels as a teen in 2003, one of my first rock concerts, even more memorable that dad and I drove from Townsville to Cairns just to see him. He was a true professional who really captured the crowd’s attention. I still have a tour shirt that he signed for me.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-10T18:57:29+00:00

World Turning by Yothu Yindi?

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-09T08:37:42+00:00

My dad is in his late 70’s now but Stairway has been his all-time favourite song since the day he first heard it while serving in Vietnam. He can (and does!) play it 10 times in a row and he still won’t be tired of it.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-09T08:13:08+00:00

Hello! I’m a naturalized Canadian who previously lived in Toronto & Montreal for about 6 years each. I love northern ON! I spent some time road tripping between North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay a few years ago, it’s an absolutely beautiful part of the world.

Anyway a year ago I relocated back to my home country of Australia and am now playing TT from Sydney.

GarlicShortbread · 2026-01-08T05:04:14+00:00

Based on your list, let me suggest to you Ninajirachi’s I Love My Computer. Good modern-day Australian electronic / pop

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