With all this Oils discussion going on I was just listening to "Read About It" from one of the warm-up concerts the Oils played for Sound Relief in 2009
(it was made available - just the one song - for download some time ago). For some reason I thought that a possible live album could come from these shows, and looking back I really wish it had. The performance of "Read About It" is just incredible, especially for a band that had barely played together for the previous seven years. Also the set lists for the two shows are incredible. As much as I want the box set to be released, I think a release from these shows would be just as awesome. Maybe they'll see the light of day as part of the box set. Anyway is this just wishful thinking, or does anyone else remember some talk about these shows being released?
Midnight Oil - Live at the Royal Theatre, Canberra |
| 12-Mar-09 | | 13-Mar-09 |
1 | Redneck Wonderland | 1 | Lucky Country |
2 | Brave Faces | 2 | No Time for Games |
3 | Dreamworld | 3 | Short Memory |
4 | Under The Overpass | 4 | Dreamworld |
5 | Blue Sky Mine | 5 | Stars Of Warburton |
6 | Only The Strong | 6 | Too Much Sunshine |
7 | When The Generals
Talk | 7 | Armistice Day |
8 | Golden Age | 8 | Progress |
9 | Read About It | 9 | Redneck Wonderland |
10 | River Runs Red | 10 | Blue Sky Mine |
11 | Bullroarer | 11 | King of the Mountain |
12 | Power and the Passion | 12 | One Country |
13 | One Country | 13 | Forgotten Years |
14 | Luritja Way | 14 | The Dead Heart |
15 | King of the Mountain | 15 | Beds Are Burning |
16 | Dead Heart | 16 | Power and the Passion |
17 | Beds are Burning | 17 | Best of Both Worlds |
18 | Best of Both Worlds | | Encore: |
| Encore One: | 18 | Tone Poem |
19 | Truganini | 19 | Truganini |
20 | Too Much Sunshine | 20 | US Forces |
21 | Forgotten Years | 21 | Don't Wanna Be the
One |
| Encore Two | | Encore 2: |
22 | In The Valley | 22 | Surf's Up Tonight |
23 | Sometimes | 23 | Read About It |