How does my mind work sometimes.
I set myself the task of associating each AFL club with both an Australian and overseas musical artist.
Here’s what I came up with, with a couple of gaps for those playing along at home.
| Adelaide | Paul Kelly (Adelaide) |
| The Beatles (Blackbird) | |
| Brisbane | Powderfinger (Vulture Street) |
| The Ramones (…”Gabba Gabba Hey”) | |
| Carlton | Skyhooks (Lygon St Limbo) |
| Village People (In The Navy) | |
| Collingwood | |
| Culture Club / Humble Pie | |
| Essendon | (Paul Kelly and) The High Rise Bombers |
| Velvet Undergound (… “when I put a spike into my vein”) | |
| Fremantle | Painters and Dockers |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience (Purple Haze) | |
| Geelong | Australian Crawl (Boys Light Up) |
| Al Stewart (Year of the Cat) | |
| Gold Coast | The Sunnyboys |
| The Beatles (Here Comes the Sun) | |
| GWS | Dingoes (Way Out West) |
| They Might Be Giants | |
| Hawthorn | John Farnham (Playin’ To Win) |
| The Band (nee Levon and the Hawks) / The Stranglers (Golden Brown) | |
| Melbourne | The Easybeats |
| Beck (Loser) | |
| North Melbourne | Rolf Harris (Tie Me Kangaroo Down) |
| RuPaul | |
| Port Adelaide | Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion) |
| Snap (I Got The Power) | |
| Richmond | Richard Clapton (Goodbye Tiger) |
| Survivor (Eye of The Tiger) | |
| St Kilda | The Saints |
| Marvin Gaye (What’s Goin’ On?) | |
| Sydney | XL Capris (My City of Sydney) |
| Gram Parsons (Sin City) | |
| West Coast | Daddy Cool (Eagle Rock) |
| Steve Miller Band (Fly Like an Eagle) | |
| Western Bulldogs | |
| The Beatles (Hey Bulldog) /Gnarls Barkley | |
About Mark 'Swish' Schwerdt
Saw my first SANFL game in 1967 - Dogs v Peckers. Have only ever seen the Dogs win 1 final in the flesh (1972 1st Semi) Mediocre forward pocket for the AUFC Blacks (1982-89) Life member - Ormond Netball Club -That's me on the right
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Very clever Mark. I would claim “West Coast Dave” Warner and his Suburban Boys for my Eagles, but I know that he’s an East Fremantle man.
Essendon – The Verve (The Drugs don’t work)
Brisbane and Richmond to share Katy Perry’s (Roar – “eye of the tiger” and “louder than a lion”). I know, what the hell? Well I hear it all the time, so time to share.
Essendon- Split Enz (My Mistake)
Essendon- Crowded House (Everything is good for you)
Essendon-Australian Crawl (reckless)
Essendon- http://www.tism.wanker.com (the entire album)
Well played Mickey
The Saints have many many titles that are inappropriate for the Saints.
I should start one of these for players
e.g. B Fevola – (Over) Lubricated Goat