Blow Up the Pokies

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“Blow Up the Pokies”

Single by The Whitlams
from the album Love This City

Released

2000

Format

CD single

Genre

Piano rock

Length

3:27

The Whitlams singles chronology

Thank You (For Loving Me at My Worst)"
(1999)

Blow Up the Pokies
(2000)

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. It is the band's best known song.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Song 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.