scatteroflight
Refugee
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 by Midnight Oil. I kid you not.
I saw Midnight Oil in concert ten days ago--seems like much longer for some reason--and, as some of you know (especially if you visit Zoo Confessionals
) I am now severely obsessed. I considered myself a fairly big fan before seeing them, but like so many other people I had almost nothing before Diesel and Dust (ok, most people have nothing except Diesel and Dust, or maybe Blue Sky Mining as well). I always sort of thought that almost everything they did before Diesel was weird unlistenable punk. THe earlier tracks on their greatest hits should have changed my mind, but somehow I never got around to exploring most of their earlier stuff. I did buy Red Sails in the Sunset a couple of years ago, which is a very experimental album with several great songs and several which are so artsy that they're almost unlistenable. But still I was not driven to buy other stuff.
Then I saw them in concert and that certainly drove me. I now have almost everything they've done, except for a few that are harder to come by.
Yesterday--only yesterday--I bought 10,9 etc. And I know already that this is one of those albums that changes your musical life. It came out in 1983 but it sounds sort of ageless. If anything, I'd say it's a bit overproduced (very unlike their previous albums) but basically the sound is beautiful. It opens with a song called Outside World which has, wait for it, big synths. The Oils have actually used synths quite a bit, but you don't usually notice them as such. The thing is, this song is not cheesy but incredibly cool and eerie. It has a monumental chorus which sounds like nothing you would expect from them. They follow that with a total rocker called Only the Strong which also has a very eerie "speak to me" bit in the middle. And some good screaming. You have to love a song that starts "when I'm locked in my room, I just want to scream." I've given most attention to the earlier part of the album so far, but there's a song called Maralinga in the middle which is incredible. Read About It is an amazing rocker. I'd better shut up now because probably no one cares at all but I am just so blown away by this album. Much as I love Diesel and Dust, Earth and SUn and Moon, Capricornia and the other recent stuff, it makes me sad that so many people probably think Diesel was their first album. This is amazing stuff.
End of rant. And don't you dare tell me that I'm sad for suddenly being obsessed with an old band that hasn't been hugely popular for fifteen years. Because I just don't care.
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See the bird with the leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
I saw Midnight Oil in concert ten days ago--seems like much longer for some reason--and, as some of you know (especially if you visit Zoo Confessionals
Then I saw them in concert and that certainly drove me. I now have almost everything they've done, except for a few that are harder to come by.
Yesterday--only yesterday--I bought 10,9 etc. And I know already that this is one of those albums that changes your musical life. It came out in 1983 but it sounds sort of ageless. If anything, I'd say it's a bit overproduced (very unlike their previous albums) but basically the sound is beautiful. It opens with a song called Outside World which has, wait for it, big synths. The Oils have actually used synths quite a bit, but you don't usually notice them as such. The thing is, this song is not cheesy but incredibly cool and eerie. It has a monumental chorus which sounds like nothing you would expect from them. They follow that with a total rocker called Only the Strong which also has a very eerie "speak to me" bit in the middle. And some good screaming. You have to love a song that starts "when I'm locked in my room, I just want to scream." I've given most attention to the earlier part of the album so far, but there's a song called Maralinga in the middle which is incredible. Read About It is an amazing rocker. I'd better shut up now because probably no one cares at all but I am just so blown away by this album. Much as I love Diesel and Dust, Earth and SUn and Moon, Capricornia and the other recent stuff, it makes me sad that so many people probably think Diesel was their first album. This is amazing stuff.
End of rant. And don't you dare tell me that I'm sad for suddenly being obsessed with an old band that hasn't been hugely popular for fifteen years. Because I just don't care.
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See the bird with the leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out