Heard this song on my favourite radio station a few weeks ago and liked it but didn't think any more about it until I saw something about it in this blog. Apparently the lyrics to the Aerial Maps song come from a poem by Adam Gibson.
I pretty much consider myself a global citizen and not into stereotyping by nationality (unlike some of the idiots on Sam de Brito's blog) but quite liked Gibson's explanation of the song:
"The sentiment behind the song is a light-hearted one, it's not coming from a place of glib nationalism, like the 'Aussie Aussie Aussie' bullshit. I hate that completely. But it's more of a sense of saying, 'hey, you know what, there's some bloody good characteristics that many Aussie girls have that I really like and I admire' - so I wrote a song about them!"
I also like the band's musical influences which include Go Betweens and Not Drowning Waving (probably why I liked the song so much when I heard it).
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