maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia) | | Posted: May 01, 2013 - 15:19 | |
mefrombrazil wrote:where are they now?
Still around for occasional special ( read: significant) appearances. As you can see from the earlier posts, they do have differing lives now. Rob Hirst was a recent profile supporter/activist of the massive gas hub resistance movement at James Price Point and wrote a great tune dedicated to Joe Roe, a tribal traditional Aboriginal leader here, and, as it happens, the LNG processing plant project has been abandoned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQFvz_ICu2g He's also written a book about life on the road with the Oils. I feel Garrett is turning out to be a very ordinary politician whereas his earlier stiff walk front man oddity in a seminal Oz rock outfit was memorable. |
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Mozart
(Salzburg) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 15:49 | |
mefrombrazil wrote:where are they now?
Peter Garrett, the lead singer, is the current Minister for Education in the Federal Parliament of Australia: http://www.petergarrett.com.au/ |
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 15:46 | |
mefrombrazil wrote:where are they now?
Rob, Martin and Jim founded a band with Violent Femmes bassist. Peter is a politician. |
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mefrombrazil
(ponta grossa, brazil) | | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 18:37 | |
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Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 10:17 | |
what a great song—-we be dancing, too1
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 20:43 | |
jt1 wrote:
On this one, we agree.
I was lucky enough to see Midnight Oil (as a support act to The Tragically Hip) many years ago somewhere near Toronto.
Both bands were highlights for me in a great summer.
That is awesome! Must have been a great show!We be dancing... |
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gypsyman
(just passing through....) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2013 - 00:51 | |
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 21:13 | |
Here a short commercial from Midnight Oil
The Burra Community is asking for everyone's help to preserve and restore the now iconic "Midnight Oil" cottage just north of Burra.
The cottage featured on the cover of the 1987 Midnight Oil album "Diesel & Dust", and has been photographed and used in commercials ever since. Just type "Midnight Oil cottage" into Google and you can see instantly the status it has for photographers and fans alike.
Burra, as a heritage town is remarkably well preserved, but only as a result of support of the community and Governments.
We have close to half of the National Trust of South Australia;s assets in our town, and the Burra Charter is considered the best practice standard for cultural heritage management in Australia.
So why do we need help?
Simply put, the task of preserving and maintaining the hundreds of wonderful buildings and street scapes is one that is well beyond the capacity of our small community and diminishing Government resources.
In the case of the Midnight Oil cottage, the community has encouraged the Burra CMC to support the building's preservation, and to move towards its restoration and possible reconstruction.
With the support of the owners of the land on which it is located, we are establishing a group to oversight the project, and have the support of Midnight Oil as well as the photographer Ken Duncan who took that first picture.
We have established the "Midnight Oil Cottage Preservation Fund" with out local BankSA branch and would welcome donations to the account. (BSB 105-017 ACC 037142840)
Should you require further information, please contact Bruce Stockman, Chair of the Burra CMC on (08) 8892 2260 or email midnightoilcottage@gmail.com
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jt1
| | Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 13:05 | |
Lazarus wrote:
We be dancing... love it...
On this one, we agree. I was lucky enough to see Midnight Oil (as a support act to The Tragically Hip) many years ago somewhere near Toronto. Both bands were highlights for me in a great summer. |
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 17:40 | |
We be dancing... love it...
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: Dec 02, 2012 - 20:02 | |
Here it is:
Mining companies, pastoral companies
Uranium companies
Collected companies
Got more right than people
Got more say than people
Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things
The dead heart lives here.
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onelittlemoose
(Mooseville, Canada) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 16:18 | |
Euskadita wrote:
There is or "was" a website with the numerous rants and raves of Midnight Oil. In this case he says: "Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things"
So what "tongue" would it be? |
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 19:50 | |
Forest267 wrote:I had a friend in the '80's who was a member of a Pentecostal church that prayed in "tongues". He said that's what Peter Garrett was doing at the end of this song... any truth to that? There is or "was" a website with the numerous rants and raves of Midnight Oil. In this case he says: "Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things" |
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 08:36 | |
Little Billy is eating breakfast one morning and gets to thinking about things. “Mommy, mommy, why does Bald Bill have so few hairs on his head?” he asks his mother. “He thinks a lot,” replies his mother, pleased with herself for coming up with such a quick answer to Little Billy’s question. Or she is until Billy thinks for a second and asks, “So why do you have so much hair?” |
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Euskadita
(MX) | | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 16:17 | |
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ick
(...out of the primordial ooze) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 06:10 | |
Businessgypsy wrote:
C'mon - you can have a discussion without the stereotypes and personal attack. I'm neither particularly patriotic, a parrot or a waffle. Not even sure what all that means. Have slit far fewer throats than you might imagine. People like me? I' live in the same world as you. We can have a better discussion than that.
Empires do indeed eventually fail - but why? Why did the great Meso American Empires, for instance, fail? Weakness against a stronger bunch of humans with fewer qualms regarding human dignity. Other native groups before Europeans showed up, but the formula is still valid. Since the colonization of North America, the extremely merciless conquerors have given way to a more pervasive, but diverse and humane government. When it falls, it will be to a less touchy feely, stronger group - which will probably not have the results you're hoping for re: human rights, freedom and standard of living. There's a good, even handed warts-and-all historical accounting of this cycle using the perspective of the British Navy from 1400's till the present in the book To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman. Bit of a slog at first, but captivating as you get into it.
Are you really ready to turn away from all the comforts, security and health advances of the modern world as brought to you by the folks of all nations that have held out against totalitarianism? It's a day you may, indeed, want to wait for. Poster ick commented "I often wonder how well we really live. I think Aboriginal societies had something over us that we really don't get and that is true freedom". Easy enough to find out. Throw off the connected economy of the world we live in and go it alone with nature. Let me know how that works out. Did you get a hot shower this week? Regular meals?
I don't have any illusions about freedom, all of this comes at a price. The indigenous groups you cite got he short end of the stick, as my ancestors and yours surely did at some point in the past. Hardly a survival issue though, not in any way genocide and definitely only a guilt trip for those who choose to assume guilt. Populations in real peril across the world might have a thing or two to say about the picture you paint of Canada's aboriginal population, and see it as belittling and disrespectful of the daily life and death struggles that are reality for them.
The point of all this is to comment that history is clear about the failure to protect freedom, security and the general health and welfare of populations against those who would enslave or oppress bodies and minds - like any sort of theocracy. Yes, there is a great temptation to localize and narrow focus when personal relationships are involved, but the shifting balance of power in the world doesn't notice that so much. A long term overview with good historical record is the best lens we have for seeing this issue.
POI: You might want to check your sources regarding British aristocracy comprising most of early US leadership.
I'll give you the regular meals part Businessgypsy but you cannot miss what you never had so, I don't think the Aboriginals minded too much that they did not get a hot shower during the week. |
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xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone) | | Posted: May 20, 2012 - 23:22 | |
Forest267 wrote:I had a friend in the '80's who was a member of a Pentecostal church that prayed in "tongues". He said that's what Peter Garrett was doing at the end of this song... any truth to that? No. |
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DD rabbi_phil
(beach) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 17:05 | |
had a friend in the old days named "midnight earl'...think about him sometimes when they play these guys.....deserved the nickname....pretty sure some angry husband shot him...definitely not safe hangin out with that guy...a scary kinda fun though
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 21:00 | |
Mozart wrote:I can imagine Romeo dancing in his hotel room You have a vivid imagination, and that is good, because yes we be dancing! Love this song...and everybody in my hotel room loves Mozart... hope you are having a great time right this minute! |
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Mozart
(Salzburg) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 00:41 | |
I can imagine Romeo dancing in his hotel room
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mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 08:29 | |
Forest267 wrote:I had a friend in the '80's who was a member of a Pentecostal church that prayed in "tongues". He said that's what Peter Garrett was doing at the end of this song... any truth to that? I don't speak tongues, but the lyrics search turned up "The dead heart lives here" as the last lyric; that's what it sounded like to me, FWIW. Love the song...fond memories of watching music videos... |
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Forest267
(Milwaukee) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 11:56 | |
I had a friend in the '80's who was a member of a Pentecostal church that prayed in "tongues". He said that's what Peter Garrett was doing at the end of this song... any truth to that?
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GeneP59
(On the edge of tomorrow looking back at yesterday.) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 11:47 | |
kaybee wrote:Wow – love the segue from Blue Oyster Cult!
Could use a little cow bell eh.  |
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 17:52 | |
Wow – love the segue from Blue Oyster Cult!
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marmelock
(Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | | Posted: Dec 21, 2011 - 04:45 | |
Peter Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002. He served as President of the Australian Conservation Foundation for a total of ten years, and in 2003 was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the environment and music industry. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. After the Labor Party won in the November 2007 election, Garrett was appointed Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. On 8 March 2010, his portfolio title was changed to Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts. He continued in this role in Julia Gillard's first Ministry. He was re-elected at the 2010 election and was appointed Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. He was sworn into this portfolio on 14 September 2010 as a member of the Second Gillard Ministry. In 2009, the French Government appointed Garrett an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2010, WWF Australia and International presented him with their Leaders for a Living Planet award. |
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aelfheld
| | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 07:12 | |
allabout wrote:Politics, The man's a hypocrite...blood on his hands..this Australia calling.. Umberdog wrote:I love this whole album. Although the politics are different from those where I live, in the details they are pretty common human issues, and it fires up the rebel inside.
But still and all, he's a better bureaucrat than musician. |
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jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | | Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 05:44 | |
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ozzie1313
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Whereas Blue Oyster Cult is just pap, Midnight Oil has something meaningful to say although not any more musically gifted than the Cult.
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allabout
(Perth Western Australia) | | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 00:54 | |
Politics, The man's a hypocrite...blood on his hands..this Australia calling.. Umberdog wrote:I love this whole album. Although the politics are different from those where I live, in the details they are pretty common human issues, and it fires up the rebel inside.
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Umberdog
(In my body.) | | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 18:15 | |
I love this whole album. Although the politics are different from those where I live, in the details they are pretty common human issues, and it fires up the rebel inside.
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