Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] NYC Set List 5/24/02

Tari, Vince fstariv1@NMHG.com
Sat, 25 May 2002 03:50:53 -0500


So you guys got Lucky Country AND Stand In Line AND Hercules ?
That's extremely rare, even for shows they've done in Oz in recent times.
IMHO, this setlist would have to be one of the best of late.

vince

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Vessey [mailto:jbvessey@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 25 May 2002 3:09 PM
> To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
> Subject: [Powderworks] NYC Set List 5/24/02
> 
> 
> Here's the "official" set list for tonight's New York show -- 
> grabbed a copy
> from the soundboard.  Someone correct me if there were any differences
> between this and what was actually played... it seems pretty 
> close to what I
> remember.  
> 
> Bullroarer
> Too Much Sunshine
> Renaissance Man
> Common Ground
> Lucky Country
> --------------
> Luritja Way
> Spirit of the Age
> Now or Neverland
> Blue Sky Mine
> --------------
> Mozzie (Mosquito March)
> Truganini
> Golden Age
> King of the Mountain
> River Runs Red
> Stand in Line
> Deadheart
> Dreamworld
> -------------- (first encore)
> Redneck Wonderland
> Real Thing
> Beds are Burning
> H (Hercules)
> 
> Not on the set list was the second encore: One Country and 
> "Shakin' All
> Over" (written by Johnny Kidd, originally done by the Guess 
> Who and then by
> Iggy Pop, according to a quick 'net search).
> 
> It was a much different set than they played at the Irving Plaza gig a
> couple of months ago, which was nice since this one included 
> a number of
> songs I hadn't seen before, or for awhile, and, seeing them 
> for the third
> time in six months, it was nice to get something over than 
> the standard
> "greatest hits" set.  "Hercules" was the highlight of the 
> show for me -- it
> (and maybe "Only the Strong") is my favorite live Oils tune.  
> They've closed
> most of the shows I've seen in the last couple years with it 
> but it was
> notably absent from the last one, so it was great to see it back.
> 
> Will Hoge joined the Oils on stage for "Shakin' All Over" and 
> looked pretty
> sheepish and out of his element at first -- has he been 
> singing with them at
> other shows?  He warmed up after Peter motioned for him to 
> take the mic to
> sing a verse, and ended up getting into it and singing along 
> with Peter for
> most of the song.
> 
> 
> 
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