Bleeding Ears and Road Trip Tears<br />"Hannah… one thing I need you to learn is that the people singing your yahoo music are temporary… Jimmy Barnes is forever." I really could not for the life of me piece together what he was talking about,<br />but all I knew was the man on the CD sounded like he was going to pop a blood vessel every time the track hit a chorus.<br />Even worse than that, despite every bone in my body attempting to divert from the teachings my dad so consistently gave me, every time<br />"To Her Door" comes on at a Brisbane Pub, I thank my lucky stars it was played until my ears bled because I will never forget a word.<br />It didn’t really matter though, because as long as we were stopping at Goondiwindi McDonald’s in two hours<br />and then hopefully getting a pie and a strawberry milk at whichever servo deemed most suitable four hours after that, I could take on anything… even listening to Paul Kelly’s greatest hits.<br />These days, Shannon Noll’s rendition of "What About Me" just isn’t considered to be an extensive archive… oh<br />and don’t even try and drop your pants during "Eagle Rock." Looking for Hannah Ferguson’s definitive Australian playlist?<br />Ten years on and it is with great sadness that I admit to having more than four Spotify playlists<br />that contain a song by Cold Chisel (usually "Flame Trees" or "Khe Sanh," let’s not pretend like anything tops them).<br />Brisbane By Hannah Ferguson When I was 9, I asked my dad if I could put my ‘So Fresh’ CD on as our family drove to Brisbane for a holiday.
