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Thread started 09/24/20 1:14pm

SantanaMaitrey
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Any Midnight Oil fans here?

This great Australian band lay dormant for many years, but they're back and they're as great as ever and still have something to say about Australia's Aborigines.
https://youtu.be/wU77EBykmiY
If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am.
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Reply #1 posted 09/25/20 12:09am

spacedolphin

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Yes

music I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. music
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Reply #2 posted 09/25/20 4:27am

JoeTyler

One hit wonders.

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Reply #3 posted 09/25/20 1:56pm

RJOrion

Owl Who Meme GIFs | Tenor

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Reply #4 posted 09/25/20 8:45pm

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JoeTyler said:

One hit wonders.


That's short sighted. Songs from their album without "Beds Are Burning" went #1 in the U.S., yet the album with that song didn't in the U.S. But they've been around since the 70s. And they've had more attention in their home country with singles and hits. It's nice the U.S. is sorta taking notice again. Even for a minute.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #5 posted 09/26/20 11:48am

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Yeah, they're an Australian band, so you can hardly blame them for focussing on Australia. And it's different per country: here in Europe they're more popular in Germany and France than in Holland, where I live.
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Reply #6 posted 09/26/20 2:07pm

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SantanaMaitreya said:

Yeah, they're an Australian band, so you can hardly blame them for focussing on Australia. And it's different per country: here in Europe they're more popular in Germany and France than in Holland, where I live.


It's sorta like that Kylie Minogue thing. She's had 2 or 3 memorable songs here, but she's as big as Madonna ever was everywhere else. Same with Robbie Williams. I can only remember "Rock DJ."

Midnight Oil knows where their bread n' butter is located. I always dug ol' boy's voice, though.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #7 posted 09/26/20 2:28pm

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Same with Manu Chao. He is famous throughout the world without being big in Britain or the US.
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Reply #8 posted 09/26/20 2:29pm

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SantanaMaitreya said:

Same with Manu Chao. He is famous throughout the world without being big in Britain or the US.


good point. I've never heard of him.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #9 posted 09/26/20 2:44pm

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Reply #10 posted 09/27/20 6:27am

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The guys who did "The forgotten years"? smile

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Reply #11 posted 10/01/20 7:20pm

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Yep.

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Reply #12 posted 10/01/20 9:37pm

Kobe

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Finally Peter Garrett decided to get back to music after 18 years.

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Reply #13 posted 10/02/20 12:00am

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Kobe said:

Finally Peter Garrett decided to get back to music after 18 years.


Didn't he delve into politics for a while?

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #14 posted 10/02/20 12:52am

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TrivialPursuit said:



Kobe said:


Finally Peter Garrett decided to get back to music after 18 years.




Didn't he delve into politics for a while?


Yes. He was even a minister in the Australian government.
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Reply #15 posted 10/03/20 8:41pm

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Yep

TrivialPursuit said:

Kobe said:

Finally Peter Garrett decided to get back to music after 18 years.


Didn't he delve into politics for a while?

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Reply #16 posted 10/03/20 8:42pm

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There's the answer

SantanaMaitreya said:

TrivialPursuit said:


Didn't he delve into politics for a while?

Yes. He was even a minister in the Australian government.

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Reply #17 posted 10/08/20 4:22am

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Yes since 1983

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Reply #18 posted 10/14/20 12:38pm

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deanm said:

Yes since 1983


Longer than me! I only got to know them with Beds Are Burning. thumbs up!
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Reply #19 posted 10/16/20 1:14pm

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Delete pls.
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Reply #20 posted 10/16/20 9:50pm

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Yep, good band, used to like them a lot. Blue Sky Ming and Eath Sun and Moon, Diesel and Dust are cool albums. Recently picked up that Essential Oils compilation too.
We're here, might as well get into it.
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