Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] mark dodshon

Aliester Crowley aliestercrowleyy at hotmail.com
Fri Jan 21 15:25:30 MST 2005


I just have finished the Oils book and, in my opinion, Mark Dodshon has done 
a really good job. In fact, for me, that reading means a “before and after 
point”.

I love the Breathe album, but now I can´t listening their songs without 
thinking about the lack of motivation from Rob during that time.  Also has 
been a shock to know that Jim left the band twice. I agree with jim about 
the discussion around the Greatest Hits uselessness, but I can´t agree with 
him on the second time, the one about the Real Thing album. For me the 
acoustic version of Warakurna is simply perfect, emotional, passionate, 
vibrant.....and it´s good to have this song officially released.

...and has been very interesting to discover the Martin´s roles inside the 
band and the  Rob´s frustration about the Peter´s limitations as a vocalist.

After reading the book I admire the Oils a lot more than before because 
their fragility as an artists and their humanity .


Al

“Who will march for peace, now that the last of the diggers has gone”