[Andrew Pye]

Capricornia just sounds like Eurythmics to me, that's why I don't like it!
Hey Kev!! "Thorn in my side....." aarrrggghhh!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Henderson" <vorrox at maxis.net.my>
To: "Heidi Shenk" <nedkellytheking at hotmail.com>
Cc: <powderworks at cs.colorado.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] The Worst Midnight Oil Song/Bakerman


>
> In all fairness, I tend to agree about Bakerman. I only mentioned
> Bakerman because it's probably the most politcally correct suggestion -
> it's the least Oilish of all the Oils toonz, thus the least likely to
> cause newbie backlash :) I'm a bit sensitive y'know y'know ...
>
> A few people have mentioned Capricornia - I'd be more inclined to go
> with a song like that. Capricornia seems to be the culmination of a
> gathering lyrical rot that first appeared on Red Sails - a stiffness in
> the way the words and music worked together, a dorky earnestness to get
> meaning into the song. There was such an ingenious flow before Red
> Sails, even on songs where the lyrics weren't so intelligible, they
> invariably flowed and *sounded* cool. Something musta happened in Japan
> ... not to say that they lost their lyricflow altogether after Red Sails
> - certainly not - just that this other 'stiff' thing seemed to arrive.
> Set up those gunsights in HG Wells backyard. Capricornia, for me, is the
> culmination of this thing.
>
> Yours brazenly opinionatedly ....
>
> :)
>
>
> Heidi Shenk wrote:
> >
> > I really don't think that there are any Oils songs that I don't like.
In
> > fact, I've had other Oils fans laugh at me about this because we'll be
> > talking about particular songs and it doesn't matter what it is, every
time
> > it seems like I say, 'Oh, I love that song!!'  Anyways...I like
> > Bakerman...and I like a lot of the obscure songs just as much as the
> > 'normal' ones (if any Oils songs are normal).  I tried to ask Rob about
how
> > Bakerman came about when he did that online forum a while back, because
I
> > really do like the song (especially the demo version) and I know that
he's
> > the one that wrote it.  He wouldn't answer the question though...I don't
> > know if it was because he was embarassed by the song or what (just
thinking
> > this might be the case since I've heard a lot of people bash it), but in
my
> > opinion it's fun and it's great and I love it! :)
> >
> > Heidi
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Greg Henderson <vorrox at maxis.net.my>
> > To: powderworks at cs.colorado.edu
> > Subject: [Powderworks] The Worst Midnight Oil Song
> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 03:57:38 +0800
> >
> > OK, I know it's not exactly an Oilhead's favourite subject, and being a
> > newbie I don't know if it's been asked before, but I want to pop the
> > question anyways.
> >
> > So Powderworkers, in your opinion, what is The Worst Midnight Oil song
> > of all time?
> >
> > Bakerman?
> >
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