Only The Strong Apparently the video is blocked for this one, but the music is powerful of its own accord.
Have a run through those and tell me if I am delusional that it's a great concert, power and passion As there are sixteen tracks there I may or may not post species in the morning, we'll see.
I've been recommending this CD/DVD set for years - the Oils at their best in 2 great concerts. Take note of Peter Garrett going off at an over-exuberant security officer during the Capitol Theatre concert.
Species Deceases EP by Midnight Oil Released 26 November 1985 Recorded September 1985 Paradise Studios, Darlinghurst Genre Rock, pub rock Length 16:22 Label Sprint / Columbia Producer Midnight Oil, François Kevorkian Midnight Oil chronology Red Sails in the Sunset (1984) Species Deceases(EP) (1985) Diesel and Dust (1987) Species Deceases is an extended play by Australian rock music group, Midnight Oil, which was released on 26 November 1985 under the CBS record label. Species Deceases debuted at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music ReportSingles Chart for six weeks from December 1985 to January 1986.[1][2][3][4] It was the first Australian single and/or EP to reach the number-one spot on its chart appearance and remains Midnight Oil's only No. 1 on the national singles chart. On 26 November 1985, Australian rock music group, Midnight Oil, released a four-track extended play, Species Deceases.[1][6] At the time Midnight Oil consisted of Peter Garrett on lead vocals and harmonica; Peter Gifford on bass guitar and backing vocals; Rob Hirst on drums and backing vocals; Jim Moginie on lead guitar and keyboards; and Martin Rotsey on lead guitar.[1][6] It was produced with Francois Kevorkian at Paradise Studios, Darlinghurst for Sprint Music and distributed by the CBS/Columbia label. Species Deceases became a big favourite of FM Radio around the world, with all four songs enjoying frequent airplay, sometimes all of them played back-to-back. [6][7] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, Species Deceases, with the track "Hercules", featured "a stripped-back pub-rock sound. In terms of sheer sonic firepower, it was one of the band's hardest hitting works".[1] A line from the song "Blossom and Blood" appeared in the message that got flashed on infected computers by the worm WANK: "You talk of times of peace for all and then prepare for war." Species Deceases was certified platinum on December 14, 1985, two weeks after its release. I am not generally a singles or EP guy, I find the shortness of these formats incompatible with the way I listen to music. Having said that, I do own this, and this is a fantastic EP. Hercules was huge in Austalia and therefor the EP sold out of this world. This is a fantastic group of four songs. Although I love Red Sails, I sometimes wonder if this album and Red Sails had been morphed into one album, if that album would have rivaled 10-1 as my favourite Oils album. Having said that though Red Sails is a great album and this is a fantastic EP, both worth having and both excellent additions to the Oils catalog. I'll go through the songs tomorrow, to give folks a chance to explore Oils On Water
Easy album and song guide Midnight Oil - 1978 Midnight Oil - the album thread track 1 Powderworks Midnight Oil - the album thread track 2 Head over heals Midnight Oil - the album thread track 3 Dust Midnight Oil - the album thread track 4 Used and Abused Midnight Oil - the album thread track 5 Surfing with a spoon Midnight Oil - the album thread track 6 Run by night Midnight Oil - the album thread Run by night live 1981 - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 7 Nothing lost ... nothing gained Midnight Oil - the album thread Head Injuries - 1979 Midnight Oil - the album thread track 1 Cold cold change Midnight Oil - the album thread track 2 Section 5 (bus to Bondi) Midnight Oil - the album thread track 3 Naked flame Midnight Oil - the album thread track 4 Back on the borderline Midnight Oil - the album thread track 5 Koala sprint Midnight Oil - the album thread track 6 No reaction Midnight Oil - the album thread track 7 Stand in line Midnight Oil - the album thread Stand in line live 1981 - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 8 Profiteers Midnight Oil - the album thread track 9 Is it now? Midnight Oil - the album thread Bird Noises EP 1980 Midnight Oil - the album thread track 1 No time for games Midnight Oil - the album thread track 2 Knife's edge Midnight Oil - the album thread track 3 Wedding cake island Midnight Oil - the album thread track 4 I'm the cure Midnight Oil - the album thread Live at the Melbourne Show Grounds 1980 - Midnight Oil - the album thread Place Without A Postcard 1981 Midnight Oil - the album thread track 1 Don't wanna be the one Midnight Oil - the album thread don't wanna be the one live - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 2 Brave faces Midnight Oil - the album thread Brave faces live in 1982 - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 3 Armistice day Midnight Oil - the album thread Armistice day live 1982 - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 4 Someone else to blame Midnight Oil - the album thread track 5 Basement Flat Midnight Oil - the album thread track 6 Written in the heart Midnight Oil - the album thread track 7 Burnie Midnight Oil - the album thread track 8 Quinella holiday Midnight Oil - the album thread track 9 Love's on sale Midnight Oil - the album thread track 10 If Ned Kelly was King Midnight Oil - the album thread track 11 Lucky country Midnight Oil - the album thread 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - 1982 - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 1 Outside world Midnight Oil - the album thread track 2 Only the Strong Midnight Oil - the album thread Only the Strong Live Midnight Oil - the album thread track 3 Short Memory Midnight Oil - the album thread Short Memory live Midnight Oil - the album thread track 4 Read About It Midnight Oil - the album thread Read About It Live Midnight Oil - the album thread track 5 Scream in Blue Midnight Oil - the album thread track 6 U.S. Forces Midnight Oil - the album thread track 7 Power and The Passion Midnight Oil - the album thread track 8 Maralinga Midnight Oil - the album thread track 9 Tin Legs And Tin Mines Midnight Oil - the album thread track 10 Somebody's trying to tell me something Midnight Oil - the album thread Red Sails In The Sunset 1983 - Midnight Oil - the album thread track 1 When the Generals Talk Midnight Oil - the album thread track 2 Best Of Both Worlds Midnight Oil - the album thread track 3 Sleep Midnight Oil - the album thread track 4 Minutes To Midnight Midnight Oil - the album thread track 5 Jimmy Sharman's Boxers Midnight Oil - the album thread track 6 Bakerman Midnight Oil - the album thread Bakerman demo, with vocals Midnight Oil - the album thread track 7 Who Can Stand In the Way Midnight Oil - the album thread track 8 Kosciuszko Midnight Oil - the album thread track 9 Helps Me Helps You Midnight Oil - the album thread track 10 Harrisburg Midnight Oil - the album thread track 11 Bells And Horns In The Back Of Beyond Midnight Oil - the album thread track 12 Shipyards Of New Zealand Midnight Oil - the album thread Oils On Water - Live On Goat Island 1985 - Midnight Oil - the album thread Best of both worlds Midnight Oil - the album thread When the generals talk Midnight Oil - the album thread Minutes to midnight Midnight Oil - the album thread Sleep Midnight Oil - the album thread Only the strong Midnight Oil - the album thread Short memory Midnight Oil - the album thread Kosciuszko Midnight Oil - the album thread US forces Midnight Oil - the album thread Jimmy Sharman's Boxers Midnight Oil - the album thread Back on the borderline Midnight Oil - the album thread Tin legs and tin mines Midnight Oil - the album thread Don't wanna be the one Midnight Oil - the album thread Power and the passion Midnight Oil - the album thread Read about it Midnight Oil - the album thread Harrisburg Midnight Oil - the album thread Stand in line Midnight Oil - the album thread Species Deceases 1985 - Midnight Oil - the album thread
Progress All the songs on this EP are credited to all band members. This song comes out fairly hard musically and lyrically and is a great opener. This EP, although still encapsulated in good production captures the more live rock sound of the band, and i'm pretty sure that was a conscious decision on the part of the band. Lyrics Say yes to a real life ambition, say yes to our hopes and our plans Forget about your indecision, let's get the beast off our land A tree that can grow no longer, a beach that has got no sand I would pay out a king's ransom, if we could just understand Got your last meal, filled up with pesticide Hamburger chain third world infanticide Got robot car your jobs will disappear It's the politics of a brand new year Manhattanization is coming, open your eyes if you dare Carry us on to the crossroads, come to your senses and care 16 million, I can't hear you at all Some say that's progress I say that's cruel You may be safe in your hemisphere But there's so much junk in the stratosphere We got our eyes on the firmament, hands on the armaments Heads full of arguments, and words for our monuments I won't deny it, can we survive? Some say that's progress I say that's cruel.
Hercules I think this is one of the strongest singles the band ever made. It captured the Ethos of the band, while still being a great sing along tune, with a good beat and a good ballsy feel. Back in 1985 on Australian radio you weren't going to go too long without hearing this song. Lyrics My life is a valuable thing I wan't to keep it that way, I won't cry My life's such a valuable thing Some things don't fade away, I don't mind We give the best we can give We won't forget, we can't forgive Keep us radioactive free Strike a bell in Hiroshima park You know that we can't see in the dark We try and we try and we try... Who waits for the planes to come When everybody's got you on the run South Pacific carry on It seems to me that what we're saying Nobody really wants to talk about it This is no time to be wondering why I do the best I can do The human jungle and the global zoo I'll find my way it's a very special way Why wait for the planes to come When everybody's got us on the run South Pacific carry on Here come the hercules Here come the submarines Sinking south pacific dreams
Blossom and Blood Another great song. I'm not sure what was happening with the Oils on this EP but they were firing on all cylinders and everything on here is high quality. Lyrics You the mothers who sent your sons Wipe away your tears For those who fought and those who fell Become our sons as well. You the warriors with your words Throw away your spears You talk of times of peace for all And then prepare for war. All the people with dreams, all mothers with sons All people with dreams never woken at night by the sound of guns. Like a child that's born on a moonless night Like a child that's born, we parachute down to an unknown fight. This city of blossom and blood This city suffered more than it should These sidewalk silhouettes not washed away, not washed away. Whatever you've done, whatever you've done, whatever you've done. There's a hope in the heart says never again. Whatever you say, whatever you say, whatever you say It's the price of peace to remember that day.
Pictures And the band hit it out of the park again. Lyrics I just want to see that clear clear light Don't want to be a member of a species that's deceasing Keep on making those promises that they aren't keeping Oh I was a talking to the people next door Said they don't want to die in a nuclear war Now we went walking down the old north road We got a common cause we got a heavy heavy load Watching pictures of the world Watching pictures as they pass me by Don't stop at that light Don't go out at night My artificial heart Expensive spare parts I've been a sailor on the sea I've been a flier in the air I've seen a whole lot of bleeding hearts out there They don't talk so much I tell you they still care They can't go on living like this they can't go on Don't sit around in silence you don't need a license It's moving in a hurry there's no need to worry We're really going to change it the critical mass approaches I can almost hear it
I was unaware, at the time, that this EP existed, but I bought the “Dreamworld” 7”-single because it had “Progress” on the Bside. Loved that song! I thought it was a true, unreleased, Bside only to learn later its actual origin.
Diesel and Dust Studio album by Midnight Oil Released 21 August 1987 Recorded January−April 1987 Studio Albert Studios, Sydney, Australia Genre Alternative rock, Australian rock Length 46:37 Label Sprint / Columbia Producer Warne Livesey, Midnight Oil Midnight Oil chronology Species Deceases (EP) (1985) Diesel and Dust (1987) Blue Sky Mining (1990) Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in August 1987 by SPRINT Music label under Columbia Records. Diesel and Dust was produced by Warne Livesey and the band. It is a concept album about the struggles of Indigenous Australians and environmental causes, issues important to the band. It drew inspiration from the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of remote Indigenous communities with the Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland in 1986. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart for six weeks. Midnight Oil spent several months in mid-1986 on the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of outback Australia with indigenous music groups Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland, playing to remote Aboriginal communities and seeing first hand the seriousness of the issues in health and living standards.[1] The tour was criticised by some journalists for being a one-off event instead of a long-term attempt to build bridges between communities.[2] The band was galvanised by the experiences and made them the basis of their next album, Diesel and Dust, which was released in August 1987 and produced by Warne Livesey and the band.[3] The album focused on the need for recognition by white Australia of past injustices involving the Aboriginal nation and the need for reconciliation. Peter Gifford left the band before the album's release due to extensive touring schedules,[4] and was replaced on bass guitar by Bones Hillman, formerly of The Swingers.[3] The track "Gunbarrel Highway" was not included on the United States version of the album, reportedly, because the line "**** falls like rain on a world that is brown" was deemed too offensive for US audiences.[5] Diesel and Dust peaked at No. 1 on the Australian albums charts for six weeks,[6] No. 21 on the US Billboard 200 in 1988,[7] and No. 19 on the UK Albums Chart.[8]"Beds Are Burning" was their biggest international hit single, peaking at No. 6 in Australia,[6] No. 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100[9] and No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.[8]"The Dead Heart" peaked at No. 6 in Australia,[6] and charted on the Hot 100[9] and in the UK.[8] "Put Down that Weapon" also charted in Australia,[6] while "Dreamworld" charted on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and at No. 16 on its Modern Rock Tracks.[9] At the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) 1988 Awards ceremony, Midnight Oil won "Best Cover Artist" for Diesel and Dust and both "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "Beds Are Burning".[10][11] A fracas developed between Gary Morris, their manager who was accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and former Countdowncompere Ian Meldrum who was presenting: Meldrum objected to Morris making political commentary from the podium.[11] There were concerns about Diesel and Dust and Midnight Oil's attempts to express indigenous issues to white urban audiences - namely, the question "who holds the power to tell whose history?"[2] The lyrics of "The Dead Heart" tell the story of colonisation from an indigenous point of view but some critics felt they reinforced the "primitive" stereotype.[2] Use of the bullroarer was criticised as belonging to sacred rituals, and therefore not appropriate for rock songs.[2] "The Dead Heart" had been written in response to a request by organisers of the 1985 ceremony to return control of Uluru to its indigenous caretakers; Midnight Oil originally resisted being added to a concert bill that they believed should contain indigenous groups, but the organisers insisted, arguing that the band would reach a wider audience within the predominantly Caucasian urban centres.[12] Midnight Oil requested that all royalties from the song go to indigenous communities.[13] In addition, two indigenous groups, Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland, toured with them. Following the 1988 American tour in support of Diesel and Dust with Australian band Yothu Yindi, Midnight Oil launched the Burning Bridges album with various artists contributing, including Paul Kelly, Scrap Metal, Coloured Stone, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, The Saints, Crowded House, and INXS.[1] All sales proceeds were donated to the National Coalition of Aboriginal Organisations.[1] During 1989 to 1993 and 1998 to 2002, Peter Garrett, the band's lead singer, was the President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, whilst during 1993 to 1998 he was on the International Board of Greenpeace.[14] In 1990 Midnight Oil played an impromptu lunchtime set in front of Exxon headquarters in New York with a banner reading, "Midnight Oil Makes You Dance, Exxon Oil Makes Us Sick," protesting the Exxon Valdez oil spill the previous year.[4] "Arctic World" was written by Jim Moginie and Peter Garrett and runs for 4 minutes, 21 seconds. The song is about mining and oil drilling in Greenland and Alaska,[15]and was meant to bring attention to the harmful effects these activities have on the environment According to Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, Diesel and Dust showed "Midnight Oil [had] reached the peak of its powers with the release of the groundbreaking ... album. ... [it] is arguably one of the greatest Australian albums of all time. Powerful, dynamic and passionate songs like 'Beds are Burning', 'Put Down that Weapon', 'Dreamworld', 'The Dead Heart' and 'Sell My Soul' were statements of intent and a call to action backed by the strength of their convictions".[1] In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it No. 13 on their list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.[23][24] In October 2010 it was listed at No. 1 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. ----------------------------------------- This is a great album .... I guess my problem relating to this album is a) I love 10-1 so much that this seems pale to my ears in comparison b) some of the politics I don't necessarily agree with ... It is an unusual situation, for me at least ... I see some of the lyrics living in Utopia and not reality and so I find it hard to relate to them. As for the music? It's top class. This is probably the most polished Oils album up to this point. The songs are very strong. The band is very focused. I'm also guessing that every man and his dog has this album also. This is the album that put the world into the mix and everybody knew who Midnight Oil were. Well worth a listen if you don't know it. Please lets not get political here. Let us know where you stand with Diesel and Dust guys. I'll start the songs tomorrow
