>The right song at the right time. So this was what you meant by the term "influential" ?

I think that in the context of the new Museum of Aust Democracy this kind of definition means, to coin a phrase, "bugger all".

Given that the museum is meant to give people pause to reflect of the "D" word and what that might mean in the Australian song context the link above to the other thread seems to me to be frivolous and demeaning to the issue at hand.

It seems to me that Guest D doesnt really have much a of sense himself of what those might be and is still not making an attempt to really reflect on the issues that he himself has raised.

That aside I was thinking about Nagers post immediately above that of Guest D's. I agree about the 1% idea. What is interesting is that if you look at it from that point of view, a song like God Save the Queen suddenly becomes particularly influential. By that I mean I am thinking about all those diggers in the 1st & 2nd World Wars and maybe more recent ones who were willing to go and fight and die on HRH's behalf. Their deaths and the actions of the survivors of those campaigns on their return from war shaped our democracy today (whether you agree with whether it is any good or not). Now thats influential. Most if not all folk songs as well as pop songs belong in the 1% realm by those standards.

Cheers,

Andrez

PS: I should say that I dont particularly care for God Save.... as a piece of writing let alone as a song. But there is no denying it has been influential in the Australian context.