Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] [Vid: Fw: Kink 1877]

The Oilman TheOilman@new.rr.com
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:12:25 -0500


Doesn't anyone else find this strange, especially since they didn't tour in
1981 in the U.S. In fact, I have the recording  from their press conference
in 1984 when they finally set foot in the US and had a press conference when
they hit the US shore.

The did open for a reggae type group when they opened for UB40 in 1985.

Am I Wrong? I doubt it, remember that the WHO asked the Oils to open their
ENTIRE US tour in 1981 and they turned them down since they didn't have
anything available in the states to promote or anything. Would they come all
that way to open for some reggae bands when they turned THE WHO down????

Oilman



----- Original Message -----
From: "Magnus Holmgren" <oznut@swipnet.se>
To: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:59 PM
Subject: [Powderworks] [Vid: Fw: Kink 1877]


> Workers,
>
> Excerpt from the Kinks mailing-list.
>
> > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 20:03:19 -0700
> > From: Fred Villanueva <villanueva@cox.net>
> > Subject: Midnight Oil
> >
> > I saw and heard Midnight Oil booed almost off the stage at Red Rocks
about
> > 1981, their first U.S. tour, when they opened for several Reggae groups.
It
> > was a bad mix of music.  I and about 13 others in the entire audience
were
> > there for Midnight Oil (they were totally unknown at the time).  Peter
> > Garrett grabbed the micophone and screamed at the crowd that they hadn't
> > come 5,000 miles not to play.  They proceeded to kick ass and win over
the
> > mostly stoned reggae fans.  They were awesome.
>
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