Thursday June 25, 2020 “Better Than That” John Butler Trio

These guys are huge in Australia.

Maybe not the best introduction to draw you into a band that you might not be familiar with and you’re likely thinking wait the only other successful Australian band of recent memory is The Little River Band and that was in 1979*.  

The John Butler Trio has eleven albums/CDs including “Live at Red Rocks” here in the US, they have released 14 singles and they own four (Australian) Songs of the Year awards of which “Better Than That” is included.

Butler attributes his success to the weather.  According to him the band was playing two gigs at the East Coast Blues &  Roots Festival in Byron Bay, apparently the festival is a big deal.  The first of their shows only drew about 50 people to their tent, the second started with the same size crowd and then according to Butler "it absolutely pissed with rain and 3,000 people ran into our tent. And the show just went berserk.”

Into every life some rain must fall and I suspect in this instance John Butler is quite grateful for the downpour.

Stay safe and well ...life’s not what’s better than…

All you want is

What you can't have

And if you just look around man

You see you got magic

So just sit back relax

Enjoy it while you still have it

Don't look back on life man and only see tragic

Because you could be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better than

You can be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better

All the time while you're looking away

There are things you can do man

There's things you can say

To the the ones you're with

With whom you're spending the today

Get your gaze off tomorrow

And let come what it may

Because you could be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better than

You can be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better

All I know is sometimes things can be hard

But you should know by now

They come and they go

So why, oh why

Do I look to the other side

'Cause I know the grass is greener but

Just as hard to mow

Life's not about what's better than

'Cause all you want is

What you can't have

And if you just look around man

You see you got magic

So just sit back relax

Enjoy it while you still have it

Don't look back on life man and only see tragic

Because

You could be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better than

You can be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better than

You could be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better than

You can be better than that

Don't let it get the better of you

What could be better than now

Life's not about what's better than

  

*Just for the record, pun intended, there have been many other internationally successful Australian bands not the least of which would be: ACDC,  INXS, Crowded House, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, The Church, Air Supply, and so many more.