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West Gate Bridge (Single)

by Kinematic

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From Flinders Street station to the MCG, The Shrine to St Kilda Pier, Melbourne has plenty of iconic landmarks.

Melburnians use the West Gate Bridge a lot. Whether we’re heading to or from work or jumping on the Princes Highway to head to the surf coast, we use this thoroughfare so much, its history might not occur to many of us.

2020, already notable for so many of the wrong reasons, marks the 50th anniversary of a tragedy that not only changed Melbourne, it changed the working lives of Victorians forever.

At 11.50 am on the 15th of October 1970, two years into its construction, span 10-11 of the bridge collapsed, taking the lives of 35 workers with it. It remains the worst industrial accident in Australia’s history, but is credited with kick-starting a raft of workplace reforms that make Victoria and Australia one of the safest places in the world to work.

This is the legacy of the men who died, and hopefully this is what people remember as they cross the West Gate.

lyrics

West Gate Bridge 4.09

I was travelling on the West Gate Bridge
Above the site where 35 men perished
When I heard a voice that struck me clear
And went a-whispering into my ears

When the ghosts tell you you're hollow in sound
When they tell you one's the loneliest crowd
When you feel like you can walk on clouds
Then you know that it's your final, final, final bow

And I fall down right beside you
Sorry I remind you
Of all the things that trouble you, trial you and puzzle you
Both of us can make it through
And none of this will worry us again

There's a missing piece up in the sky
On the ground we look, wonder why
When the wind blows hard enough to hear
Still haunted by a-whispering in my ears

When the ghosts tell you you're hollow in sound
When they tell you one's the loneliest crowd
When you feel like you can walk on clouds
Then you know that it's your final, final, final bow

If I fall down right beside you
Sorry I remind you
Of all the things that trouble you, trial you and puzzle you
Both of us can make it through
And none of this will worry us again

credits

released October 3, 2020
'West Gate Bridge' was written, performed and engineered by Kinematic (Mike Owen, Gordo Clarke, Mik Clarke and Mark Olszewski), mixed by Greg J Walker, mastered by Tim Johnston and produced by Kinematic and Greg J Walker. Cover painting by Melbourne artist, Zoe Clarke.

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Kinematic Melbourne, Australia

We're an unsigned and independent 'Unpop' band from Melbourne, Australia. We've have been making music for a while and it's something we love doing. So far we've released three albums of sonic treats, ranging from acoustic tunes to distortion laced rock, with a whole bunch of pop songs that fall somewhere in between. Free download or donation, oh well, whatever ... thanks for listening. ... more

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