[rick]

          Thanks for the link, that is one of the best Midnight Oil
interviews i've ever seen.
            I particularly liked Rob's comments on the asylum seekers.

               RICK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kiri W" <screaminblue88@hotmail.com>
To: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:19 AM
Subject: [Powderworks] Rob talks about Capricornia


>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Don't know if this has been posted before, but there is a great 30 minute
> video interview with Rob talking about the making of Capricornia etc.
>
> http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/midnightoil/interview-rh.htm
>
> As far as Capricornia being too "pop" for some people on the list. Rob has
> this to say.
>
> "This band loves the idea of being a pop band. We love listening to good
pop
> bands and sometimes we even think we can be a pop band. And in actual fact
> we've tried this - both Jim and myself have put forward obvious pop
songs -
> and occasionally we record them. In this case we even got to the point of
> recording it at Festival as one of the designated songs and after having
> completely finished it and having mixed it we rejected it again. So
there's
> a wishful thinking side to the band as well, but we always err on the side
> of something that's tougher and rockier."
>
> Cheers,
> KW
>
>
>
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