Blow Up the Pokies

Blow Up the Pokies

Infobox Single
Name = Blow Up the Pokies


Artist = The Whitlams
from Album = Love This City
Released = 2000
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Piano rock
Length = 3:27
Label =
Writer = Tim Freedman, Greta Gertler
Producer =
Chart position =
Last single = "Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)" "
(1999)
This single = Blow Up the Pokies
(2000)
Next single = "Made Me Hard"(2000)

Blow Up The Pokies is the second single by The Whitlams from their album, "Love This City". It was released in 2000 and peaked at #21 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

ong Meaning

The song was written by lead singer Tim Freedman as a statement on the destruction he saw in original Whitlams bassist Andy Lewis's life due to his gambling. During the band's Canadian tour in April 2000 supporting Blue Rodeo, the band received word Lewis had committed suicide back in Australia. Tim soon after wrote The Curse Stops Here, a heartrending piece describing being the 'last one' from the original line-up of the band, and voicing his determination to survive. The Curse Stops Here was included as a B-side track on the Blow Up The Pokies single and also appeared on the album Little Cloud.

Music video

A music video was made for the song and it features all four members playing in an abandoned building.


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