Midnight Oil...wow I forgot how great they are

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  • IGotShit76
    IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    catefrances wrote:
    you'd like to think he did? you mean you dont know for sure? australia would have ratified the kyoto protocol with or without garrett as federal environment minister. that is my inside opinion. also as i said previously garrett totally flipped on his stand on uranium mining. there is no excuse he could give for this that i would have respect for.

    Well as I said I don't know all details since I'm not Australian ;)
    It's just that I recently saw a documentary on french television about Garrett and his new politician role ... never trust television :)
    I'm quite sure that any hardcore green activist will turn his jacket (wow that a complete french to english translation I'm not sure it's even right) or moderate his ideas once he becomes member of a government if he doesn't want to burn out completely.

    *listened again to Diesel and Dust today ... another blast*
  • suffragette
    suffragette Posts: 253
    light years away

    another great song, as is "forgotten years". blue sky mining very overlooked album.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    bladworth116 wrote:
    Most fans know "Blue Sky Mining," "Deisel & Dust", "10,9,8,7,ect but can anyone recommend the group's later stuff like "Breathe" or "Redneck Wonderland?"

    Earth & Sun & Moon, Breathe, and Capricornia are all amazing albums. I've been trying to find a copy of Redneck Wonderland for a while. It's virtually impossible to find here in Canada. I'll probably have to order it online one of these days.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,827
    They were one of the greatest live bands. I always liked how Peter started off with a few of his creepy dance moves, but as the show progressed, he'd just go crazy!

    I remember a show in L.A. where Paul Hester of Crowded House suddenly popped-out of a metal drum in the middle of a song and began playing percussion for the rest of the song.
  • Tone
    Tone Posts: 1,206
    catefrances wrote:
    you'd like to think he did? you mean you dont know for sure? australia would have ratified the kyoto protocol with or without garrett as federal environment minister. that is my inside opinion. also as i said previously garrett totally flipped on his stand on uranium mining. there is no excuse he could give for this that i would have respect for.

    Did he really!? Holy shit!!! See, this is what happens when you move away... I mean, I knew he was the Minister for the Environment (and I knew many people were against that cause he didn't have the experience), but flipping his stance on uranium mining!? I was ready to leap to his defense... I'm not sure I can now. Very disappointing. The Oils were great and I saw his joining Labor as a way of trying to make a difference... affect a change. Whatever happens, IMO, Labor is a waaaaay better alternative to what we had, but I'm not quite sure how I feel about Garrett right now :S

    Without trying to sound like a total pessimist... I loved that the new government ratified Kyoto immediately... but that part's easy... actually cutting the emissions by the recommended levels is what matters!
    Glaciers melting in the dead of night and the superstars sucked into the supermassive.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    One thing's for sure, regardless of his current political stance, the guy was by far one of the greatest rock n' roll frontmen ever. I'll never forget how crazy he was on stage when I saw them in '93. It was entertaining as hell.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Pretty sure tour dates to be announced next week. Fingers crossed that they hit NA and I finally get to see them live again.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    northerndragon said:

    Pretty sure tour dates to be announced next week. Fingers crossed that they hit NA and I finally get to see them live again.

    You just made my day, deary!!!
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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    direwolf74 said:

    One of the greatest bands of all time. I only got to see them once back in '93 when they toured Canada with The Tragically Hip on the "Another Roadside Attraction" tour. To this day it still stands as one of the most powerful rock shows I've ever experienced. I wish they would reunite just so I could see 'em live one more time.

    your wish came true. how cool is that?
    http://www.midnightoil.com/tour-dates/#usa-canada
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    i signed up for the presale password via the webiste an hour before tickets went on sale and now they are on sale! eek
    anyone want to share the presale password with me?
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,291
    RIP Bones Hillman
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    My first experience hearing Midnight Oil.  Loved this!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,705
    eeriepadave said:
    RIP Bones Hillman
    Wtf really when damn I’m shocked 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,705
    By far my favorite band going from total happiness on Saturday to learning of Bones passing really knocked me out last night😢
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....

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