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20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
Smashing! A must own!
A superb, difinitive collection of Midnight Oil music video. All songs are rich is lyric, melody, and message.20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
Dark Allegory
Midnight Oil turned a new leaf and released this collection of video and live performances which will change your mind about this band. They are much more inventive and innovative than the few songs by which they are well known in the USA would indicate. I refer of course to, "Beds are Burning" or "Blue Sky Mining." BEDS ARE BURNING was a little confusing due to the expression, burning the midnight oil, but maybe they don't have that saying in Australia. What they do have there are wild men and lead singer Peter Garrett ranks among them. He's ominous looking with his shaved (?) bald head, a huge head by the way like the dome of some fabled Ayers Rock, and his take no prisoners expression. On the other hand he can get quite sentimental sometimes, his voice a whole orchestra of expression, so he's great at the ballad numbers as well as the flat out rockers.
Plus, Midnight Oil has a political side I wouldn't have guessed at before viewing these videos. Every time they take a position, it's against something or other. Which is what rock has been about historically, taking up the old leftist positions of folk music. Wait till you hear Midnight Oil's take on "US Forces" for example, from 1983. The video collection doesn't have this one, but it has almost two dozen other performances, both live and filmed, and one of the live shows is a protest against EXXON delivered right at EXXON headquarters a la U2! What American band would have the wherewithal to pull that off, not to mention the balls? It's all ironic since fans of MO call the band "the Oils," and in real life they're in there pitching against our oil-driven society and its hand in pushing war down our throats, and for Garrett's anti-nuke activities (he serves on the board of several Nuclear Disarmament organizations).
He strikes the right note with his weird dancing as though he were in a trance of thought. Intellectual rock? Maybe so, at least the Oils know how, and when, to read. Though Garrett no longer works with the band this collection has him cavorting in every kind of set-up, from the desert heat (and bush hats) of "The Dead Heart" at a selection of candid interviews with all the band members and songwriters.20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
One word... AWESOME!!!!
First and foremost, I wasn't a big Oils fan before purchasing this DVD. So I am not one of those die hard fans that are blinded and would praise the DVD regardless of whether it is 'really' good or not. This being said...
I am now a HUGE fan of the Oils.
I have not been smitten by a band like this since I saw Stop Making Sense by the Talking Heads.
Don't let the "I don't know any of their songs" mentality sway you from this purchase. As with me, it is likely that you have only heard their one hit in the US, Beds are Burning. That is the music business today. Good bands have been replaced by marketing schemes.
Peter Garrett (lead singer) is what I would call one hell of an "imposing figure" on stage. How can you not like this guy? He reminds me of the dude from the movie The Hills Have Eyes on speed or some kind of frenzy induced drug. He is remarkable in how he articulates the lyrics... the passsion. The drive. The force. The energy. The heart.
BUY THIS DVD...
smack that bad boy in your dvd player...
crank it up...
I said to CRANK IT UP!!!!
then to introduce you to one of your new favorite bands,
play Redneck Wonderland...
That riff is now stuck in my head...
daw daw daw
daw dah daw daw
daw daw dah
daw daw daw daw daw...
I don't wanna run... I don't wanna hide....
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20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
Good DVD
You sure get your money's worth with this DVD! 20 of their promo clips; including US Forces, Power and the Passion, Blue Sky Mine, Beds Are Burning, and more! Each gets a message across and entertains you with Peter Garrett's Spasm-Dancing! There's also a collection of their live and Powderworks (The Oils' own record label) videos. Hear some of your favourite tracks live and in the flesh! On top of all of this, there's also the bands own commentary on their clips and the track listing for all their albums. As I said, value for money - this DVD is!20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
Nice Work Aussie
If you are a Midnight oil fan you need this DVD. Great video clips, i was looking for their video clips and just found 2 videos online. beds are burning and the dead hearts. The only song they didn't perform in this Video is my favorite (Warakurna). But still i give them 5 stars they really know how to rock the hose i love to have my beers on saturday watching them play again and again. Get it!! is worth the Bucks ...@!20000 Watts R.S.L. - The Midnight Oil Collection
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