| Augie March – The Glenorchy Bunyip Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I saw Augie March a couple of weekends ago at Dark Mofo in Hobart. The theme of the gig, linked with the theme of the Dark Mofo festival, was dark lyrics. At the end of the song Glenn declared that this song is about a paedophile. Glenorchy is a suburb of Hobart in Tasmania when GR now lives. The open lyrics refer to kunanyi/Mt Wellington which dominates the skyline from Hobart. The profile of the mountain as seen from Glenorchy is like a dragon with a bulldog head. In winter it is often snow covered and llok brilliant on those clear winter blue sky days. The remainder of the song seems to about people suspecting the behaviour of the monster but always looking the other way, and if everyone looks the other way, then surely they too are all as guilty. PS: The bunyip is a large mythical creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. The origin of the word bunyip has been traced to the Wemba-Wemba or Wergaia language of Aboriginal people of Victoria, in South-Eastern Australia |
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