[rick]

           I'd have to agree with that too.


       I've been particularly interested how Rob has said a few times that
"the songwriters are still in the band".

     I think that over the years Pete has had more songwriting credits than
Rob.Maybe Rob is referring to the fact that Pete hasn't written any of the
music???I don't know.

         Whenever i saw Pete's name on a song i pretty much assumed that he
wrote the bulk of the lyrics and Jim and Rob came up with the music and
maybe the chorus.

         I've always wondered that about songwriting credits.How much do you
have to contribute to get a credit? 1 line,3 lines, a verse?

       For example,i've always wondered if when a songwriter brings a song
to his band,does he have the bass lines and the drum beat worked out too.I
guess it varies, but sometimes the bass or the drums can be the main hook of
the song and i sometimes think if that bassist or drummer came up with that
themselves then their name should be on the song.

           I'm not sure if Rob's bitter about Pete leaving or it's because
he is aware of the fact that, to some ignorant people, Midnight Oil *IS*
Peter Garrett and he is probably trying to dispel that myth.


                       RICK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Van Vliet" <bigdaddyrv@yahoo.com>
To: <sweetapj@bellsouth.net>; <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] future??


> Does it seem that Rob is, how to say, less than
> pleased with Pete's departure from the band.  I don't
> have anything to base it on except for trying to read
> between the lines of Rob's various interviews from his
> book tour that he kind of resents the fact that
> everyone seems to assume that PG WAS the band and that
> since he split, that the band would die.  Also he
> seems to be very loud about reminding us that the
> *music* talent hasn't gone anywhere.  Makes me wonder
> if he and PG may have had a falling out?
> Just wondering.
>
> Randy
>
> --- sweetapj@bellsouth.net wrote:
> > Got this from Tom Spencer, who is temporarily
> > unsubscribed due to exams!
> >
> >
> > > Brisbane News   4/6/03, p.24
> > >
> > > In an interesting interview with Rob re: his book
> > > (which I won't transcribe in full due to exam
> > > pressures) :
> > >
> > > .For fans of Midnight Oil, however, the news isn't
> > all
> > > bad. They may have lost one of rock's most
> > charismatic
> > > and recognisable frontmen in Peter Garrett, but
> > the
> > > other band members plan to record together again.
> > >
> > > It will be under a different name, with bass
> > player
> > > Bones Hillman on vocals, and the guys haven't even
> > > decided what sort of music it will be, or whether
> > > they'll tour. The only definite is that the band
> > will
> > > live on.
> > >
> > > 'I'm going to get together with Jim, Martin
> > (Rotsey)
> > > and Bones in the next few weeks and start working
> > > towards some new songs', Rob says.
> > >
> > > 'The singers are still in Midnight Oil, we've
> > still
> > > got strong vocalists, and the songwriters are
> > still in
> > > Midnight Oil, and we've got this shared history.
> > I'm
> > > looking forward to doing that.'
> > >
> > > The political issues that defined Midnight Oil
> > will
> > > also still have a strong presence. Rob says those
> > > issues have never been more important to him, and
> > > expressing his opinions through music has always
> > been
> > > his way.
> > >
> > > 'We've always just made our music and put it out
> > there
> > > and joined the chorus of disapproval'.
> >
> > Thanks to Tom in Brissie!!
> >
> > Jill in Atlant
> >
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