[Powderworks] Future of Rotsey/Moginie/Hirst/Hillman
Bruce Robertson
the_oil_fish@yahoo.ca
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:15:12 -0500 (EST)
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G'day Mike, (me auld trout)
That's some near perfect c/d - but I must ask, where exactly do you drive to on the Rock? The ferry? (Just jiggin ya mate ;) honestly, I couldn't have picked a better batch of tunes to drive to. And I like the suggested name, but it's bit 'crude'...
...Minutes past midnight,
bruce
Mike Blackwood <mikeb@cs.mun.ca> wrote:
I made a Midnight Oil driving cd the other day, with one track from each
of the albums/ep's (except for SiB-live, since whatever I chose would
result in there being 2 tracks from a single album... yes, I'm anal
retentive). This made for a 14-track wonder-album, plus the 2 unreleased
Oils originals as bonus tracks (The RSITS demo "I Want To Live Here" and
the Capricornia-era live track "Stand Your Ground"). I remember being
very pleased with the mix and planning to revise it in a vew years when
the next album came out and made it incomplete... :-(
Anyway, as my wife and I drove around listening to it, I commented on how
the Oils were the only band I knew where 4 of the 5 members could sing
well enough to be lead vocallists. (I have the Hunting Party and Fuzzface
Ep's, and all the Ghosties albums, which backed up my claims. It was
hearing Rob on Kosciuszko and Bones on Luritja Way that prompted my
comments in the car.) Anyway, I'd like to see the Oils continue as the 4
remaining members, with Rob, Jim and Bones all taking lead vocals on
whatever songs they feel best suited to... That way there's no lead
vocallist per se, but each singer can play to his strengths. I think they
might even be able to do the old Oils classics, as long as they put their
own spin on the vocals and didn't try to copy Peter's style.
Now, I do think the Hillman/Hirst/Moginie/Rotsey lineup will need a new
name, to distinguish them from the Garrett-identified entity of Midnight
Oil. Maybe just shorten the name to Midnight. Or 12:00am Hydrocarbon,
or... ;-)
Mike Blackwood
(thinks 12:00am Hydrocarbon would be a great name for a bootleg!)
ps: my driving cd, "Stand Your Ground", is
01 Surfing With A Spoon
02 Is It Now?
03 I'm The Cure
04 Lucky Country
05 Short Memory
06 Kosciuszko
07 Blossom and Blood
08 Bullroarer
09 One Country
10 Drums of Heaven
11 E-Beat
12 White Skin Black Heart (rusty wheel mix)
13 Last of the Diggers
14 Luritja Way
15 I Want To Live Here (unreleased 1983 demo)
16 Stand Your Ground (unreleased 2001 live performance)
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<P>G'day Mike, (me auld trout)
<P> That's some near perfect c/d - but I must ask, where exactly do you drive to on the Rock? The ferry? (Just jiggin ya mate ;) honestly, I couldn't have picked a better batch of tunes to drive to. And I like the suggested name, but it's bit 'crude'...
<P>...Minutes past midnight,
<P>bruce
<P> <B><I>Mike Blackwood <mikeb@cs.mun.ca></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>I made a Midnight Oil driving cd the other day, with one track from each <BR>of the albums/ep's (except for SiB-live, since whatever I chose would <BR>result in there being 2 tracks from a single album... yes, I'm anal <BR>retentive). This made for a 14-track wonder-album, plus the 2 unreleased <BR>Oils originals as bonus tracks (The RSITS demo "I Want To Live Here" and <BR>the Capricornia-era live track "Stand Your Ground"). I remember being <BR>very pleased with the mix and planning to revise it in a vew years when <BR>the next album came out and made it incomplete... :-(<BR><BR>Anyway, as my wife and I drove around listening to it, I commented on how <BR>the Oils were the only band I knew where 4 of the 5 members could sing <BR>well enough to be lead vocallists. (I have the Hunting Party and Fuzzface <BR>Ep's, and all the Ghosties albums, which backed up my claims. It was <BR>hearing Rob on Kosciuszko and Bones on Luritja Way that prompted my <BR>comments in the car.) Anyway, I'd like to see the Oils continue as the 4 <BR>remaining members, with Rob, Jim and Bones all taking lead vocals on <BR>whatever songs they feel best suited to... That way there's no lead <BR>vocallist per se, but each singer can play to his strengths. I think they <BR>might even be able to do the old Oils classics, as long as they put their <BR>own spin on the vocals and didn't try to copy Peter's style.<BR><BR>Now, I do think the Hillman/Hirst/Moginie/Rotsey lineup will need a new <BR>name, to distinguish them from the Garrett-identified entity of Midnight <BR>Oil. Maybe just shorten the name to Midnight. Or 12:00am Hydrocarbon, <BR>or... ;-)<BR><BR>Mike Blackwood<BR>(thinks 12:00am Hydrocarbon would be a great name for a bootleg!)<BR><BR>ps: my driving cd, "Stand Your Ground", is<BR>01 Surfing With A Spoon<BR>02 Is It Now?<BR>03 I'm The Cure<BR>04 Lucky Country<BR>05 Short Memory<BR>06 Kosciuszko<BR>07 Blossom and Blood<BR>08 Bullroarer<BR>09 O
ne Country<BR>10 Drums of Heaven<BR>11 E-Beat<BR>12 White Skin Black Heart (rusty wheel mix)<BR>13 Last of the Diggers<BR>14 Luritja Way<BR>15 I Want To Live Here (unreleased 1983 demo)<BR>16 Stand Your Ground (unreleased 2001 live performance)<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Powderworks mailing list<BR>Powderworks@cs.colorado.edu<BR>http://www.cs.colorado.edu/mailman/listinfo/powderworks</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Post your free ad now! <a href="http://ca.personals.yahoo.com/"><b>Yahoo! Canada Personals</b></a><br>
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