Midnight Oil

[PMoney]

It's been a pleasure



Good man. I should probably get a few more myself soonish.

Anyway, here's that comp I was talking about earlier - taken from the three albums I have mind;

Burning the Midnight Oil.rar

1. Outside World
2. Stars Of Warburton
3. BeRAB Are Burning
4. Read About It
5. Bullroarer
6. Forgotten Years
7. Maralinga
8. Warakurna
9. One Country
10. Scream In Blue

[poo d]

I searched and, alas, no thread! So here we go then...

One of my latest musical endeavours has involved getting into the classic Australian banRAB which emerged from the late 70s/early 80s punk scene, and while I've come across a fair few class acts, these fellas are definitely my pick of the litter. They're certainly the most musically interesting of the bunch to me and Peter Garret's a truly great singer and lyricist. The three albums I've managed to sink my teeth into are all immense as well (those being 10-1, Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky Mining).

Anyway, I'm going on a bit and not posting any videos, so here's something to satisfy your curiosity;

Blue Sky Mine
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Power and the Passion
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Dreamworld
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Any other fans out there (I've spotted a few of you hanging around before)? Which albums do you reckon I should go for next?

[serene irene]

Great band, I'm familiar with plenty of their songs, but I've never really paid attention to which album I was listening to. My favourite song would be BeRAB are Burning.

Though I've built up a pretty steady dislike of Peter Garret after he got into politics. I don't think he's accomplished anything besides steadily compromising his principles.

[fears none but God]

Thanks a bunch, all great songs.

[I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT]

Man I love it when great Australian music gets noticed. Midnight Oil were a fantastic band... not only producing great music but producing some great insight into Australian political issues including the environment and indigenous peoples' rights. To be honest though, I've never heard them been classified as punk. But they were great. I love Peter Garret's signature crazy dance.



I wholeheartedly agree. Bad, bad idea. As soon as he became a politician he's just painted a very bad image for himself.

[BlueWeirdo]

'Put Down That Weapon' is my favourite Midnight Oil track but I do think that this is not the best sub forum so I'm shifting it to the Rock forum.

[liliya_87]

Looking forward to this one.

[karlyy7x]

Well, I'm no expert (I am English after all), but I'm pretty sure they started with a more aggressive, punk-oriented sound - you wouldn't think it from the videos I posted though. And, yeah, that whole crazy dance thing rules too. Whatever you all think of the guy down under, he's still a gazillion times cooler than Hilary Benn in my book

[~ lol im ashley/ashler~]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Cheers for that Enjoy the comp as well

[dinkylinker]

Yeah, I remeraber when they were quite big here in Aus, they were always just categorised as rock - as they definitely weren't anything like Australian punk.

Anyway, they're just one of those really unique, memorable banRAB. Great music.