Midnight Oil - Short Memory (1983)

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  • čas přidán 11. 08. 2007
  • Music from Australia and New Zealand in th year 1983:
    Midnight Oil's live performance of the track 'Short Memory', taken from the 1982 album '10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1'.
    Band Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Track: Short Memory
    Album: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
    Composed By:
    Produced By:
    Label: CBS
    Chart Position:
    Release Date:
    Footage Information:
    Links:
    - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight...
    - www.midnightoil.com/
    - www.deadheart.org.uk/
    Line-up:
    Peter Garrett -- Vocals
    [ Farm (1973-1976) -- Midnight Oil (1976-2002) ]
    Rob Hirst - Drums
    [ Schwampy Moose-- Farm (1973-1976) -- Midnight Oil (1977-2002) -- Ghostwriters (1991-1992) -- Backsliders -- The Angry Tradesmen -- Hirst and Greene -- The Break ]
    Peter Gifford - Bass
    [ Midnight Oil (1980-1987) ]
    Jim Moginie - Guitar
    [ Farm (1973-1976) -- Midnight Oil (1976-2002) -- solo (2007) -- The Break ]
    Martin Rotsey - Guitar
    [ Midnight Oil (1976-2002) -- Angry Tradesmen -- The Break ]
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    NZOZ NZOZ1983 1983 Australia Early Eighties 1980's 1980s 80's 80s
    Extended Tags: Peter Garrett, Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Peter Gifford
    Musical Terms: New Wave, Ballad, Political, Aussie, Old Australian Band
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Komentáře • 145

  • @mnemosine93
    @mnemosine93 Před 3 lety +35

    I saw this tour in NYC. One of the top 10 concerts I've seen in my life.

  • @suzanneolsen9895
    @suzanneolsen9895 Před 2 lety +47

    This is a song that stays in your head rent free!
    Love it!

  • @susanstacey4569
    @susanstacey4569 Před 4 lety +34

    Saw them live probs over 20 times, maybe more, got to meet Rob and Jim at a local gig not that long ago... Almost fainted with excitement.. Far Out. ha X :-)

    • @Ariesmount
      @Ariesmount Před 2 lety +1

      Hi, Susan Stacey! From Kevin Stacey in Eugene.

  • @bverheijden
    @bverheijden Před 2 lety +24

    Listening this again with the war in Ukraine raging, we really do have short memories. Will humanity ever learn, or will it all end with a big light flash? We just can't seem to get along.

    • @lisaservadei1271
      @lisaservadei1271 Před 9 měsíci

      And Now Gaza!!!!😓😡🤬🤯

    • @goulddddable
      @goulddddable Před 5 měsíci

      Big Flash.

    • @solgato5186
      @solgato5186 Před 12 dny

      USA is the holdout; we began with genocide, slavery, and theft, and never stopped. We hold the world back from better ways to live.

  • @kelliefrancis2433
    @kelliefrancis2433 Před 3 lety +19

    Saw Midnight oil at the Horden Pavillion in 1987. The atmosphere was Awesome and very different in those days. I think someone was pouring buckets of water over Peter Garret and he was dancing his usual dance. We were sitting up the front right next to him. Great memories ❤️

  • @tobyoneil1969
    @tobyoneil1969 Před 3 lety +8

    Fun fact, this performance was used in the 1984 movie One Night Stand. Good movie, would recommend.

  • @debbienye6002
    @debbienye6002 Před 4 lety +19

    One of the greatest songs ever!

  • @genesiegel2884
    @genesiegel2884 Před rokem +11

    Great POWERFUL song that never gets old. Saw MO open for UB40 in the states years ago and their performance remains one of my favorites of all time!

  • @Duendito
    @Duendito Před 10 lety +36

    GREAT song from a GREAT band.

    • @seahippies
      @seahippies Před 5 lety

      You have a short memory. Do some research on Garret...

  • @Lila21697
    @Lila21697 Před 4 lety +16

    Went to see 10 of your concerts in California through the years..

  • @progmeup
    @progmeup Před rokem +5

    Hearing this song in Berlin this summer, a long jam section - Jim on piano dueting with special guest Carolina Eyck on theremin - was magical

  • @Danimal1577
    @Danimal1577 Před 2 lety +4

    Cool to see early Oils like this

  • @paulburrows6617
    @paulburrows6617 Před 21 dnem

    I have been to 11 midnight oil concerts .... FANTASTIC BAND

  • @rebeccadelbridge2998
    @rebeccadelbridge2998 Před 3 lety +6

    Peter Garrett and midnight oil. You have made a difference in this world for the better. Whatever 'they' would like to have us believe...

  • @11henger
    @11henger Před rokem +4

    masterpiece

  • @robert333ism
    @robert333ism Před 9 lety +9

    never forget history of pain .

  • @jimm3379
    @jimm3379 Před 2 lety +6

    Giffo, the master of bass!

  • @SeansMusicVault
    @SeansMusicVault Před 11 měsíci +3

    We need a return to music that actually SAYS something, that screams into the hurricane winds of Mankind's history of bloodlust and lunacy. Midnight Oil was the PERFECT band for those of us who despise injustice, racism, nationalism and Mankind's rape of the natural world.

  • @MrSeezero
    @MrSeezero Před 4 lety +7

    With all the events that have been happening lately including the coronavirus pandemic, Midnight Oil has plenty of material to make another album.

  • @shamusobrien1959
    @shamusobrien1959 Před 3 lety +5

    Truly magic

  • @jasmineb7106
    @jasmineb7106 Před 2 lety +4

    An awesome and intelligent song. 🤘🤘🤘

  • @johnkinnane547
    @johnkinnane547 Před 3 lety +6

    Apart from Peter's great singing most of what his singing about I remember, that lead guitar is absolutely beautiful thanks John

  • @Brennan_Dale3169
    @Brennan_Dale3169 Před rokem +2

    I love the wrecking ball hitting the mirror, for the final chorus.

  • @thoorne6677
    @thoorne6677 Před 2 lety +3

    Saw them live, with almost all lads there.
    Most respectfully concert of all kinds of people...being happy in a Lucky Land🥲

  • @DustinTV8
    @DustinTV8 Před 6 lety +6

    Legendary song!

  • @caveman4598
    @caveman4598 Před 2 lety +2

    Long live the workers and solidarity ✊

  • @MsCaladenia
    @MsCaladenia Před 8 lety +4

    way back in the early 80s, when they brought in simulcasts for radio and television (yes it was amazing then!!) it was so powerful to return to a university residential college just resonating with this song!!!!

    • @Murrangurk2
      @Murrangurk2 Před 8 lety

      +Jacqueline Lucas Kinda funny how ALL those Uni Students went on to become Tony voting, Herald Sun Devouring, McMansion owning, prolific breeding, out of control consumerist, uni funding cutting, refugee torturing, footy headed dumb fucks.

  • @waynegretzky3895
    @waynegretzky3895 Před 10 lety +5

    short memory my fella!

  • @captainsensiblefan3385
    @captainsensiblefan3385 Před 2 lety +3

    Punk Rock without being Punk Rock. . Very very good.....lyrics at all. A great band....and they are all right...

  • @LuvHrtZ
    @LuvHrtZ Před 7 měsíci

    One of the best bands and songs. Bless The Oils.

  • @maxwellsmith80
    @maxwellsmith80 Před rokem +2

    I was at this concert

  • @rubenmartinezhernandez6916

    One great song from Midnight Oil 😄

  • @dolphinberserk
    @dolphinberserk Před 3 lety +7

    This would have been hard to play live (like much of 10 to 1 and also Sails) but they nailed it - the vocals, absolutely solid.
    Interesting to, see Rotsey the master of rhythm and riff, using freetime muffled noise on a Rickenbacker.

    • @daption71
      @daption71 Před rokem +2

      Rotsey played at least as much lead as rhythm across the Oils' career. His combination with Moginie was killer

  • @ILuvRocknRoll67
    @ILuvRocknRoll67 Před 4 lety +2

    I was 15 when this was released. Too young to be allowed to concerts , but saw them a couple of yrs ago anyway. Karma !! :)

  • @mguarisco77
    @mguarisco77 Před 2 lety +2

    "If you read the history books you'll see the same things happen again and again
    Repeat repeat short memory they've all got it
    When are we going to play it again
    Got a short, got a short, got a short, got a short
    They've got a short must have a short they've got a short aah
    Short memory, they've got a".

  • @natishajoycebarry7986
    @natishajoycebarry7986 Před 9 lety +3

    wats done is done there still great musicians regardless, wish i seen them live

    • @siobhanbrock8430
      @siobhanbrock8430 Před 8 lety

      I wish I had seen them live to but they de-grouped before I was born

    • @thelonelydoge0650
      @thelonelydoge0650 Před 4 lety +1

      @@siobhanbrock8430 They're regrouped now

  • @bradmurnane209
    @bradmurnane209 Před 8 lety +3

    Cool tune!

  • @elliotoblio
    @elliotoblio Před 9 lety +14

    this band was really like poetry rock, wasnt it . ..

    • @friedoutmukke864
      @friedoutmukke864 Před 5 lety +1

      It *is* * .. still and again :) so glad they are back

  • @timwright1563
    @timwright1563 Před 4 lety

    Thank you

  • @christopherkeane2295
    @christopherkeane2295 Před 3 lety +12

    A disturbing song from one of MOs best albums. In 1983 at the height of the Cold War there was a dreadful feeling that the world was slipping towards nuclear annihilation.

    • @kevbhoy05
      @kevbhoy05 Před 2 lety +5

      So relivant today m8.the clock is ticking.🤔

    • @MsSez
      @MsSez Před 2 lety +2

      And here we are in 2021 feeling the same way 🥲

    • @berko79
      @berko79 Před 2 lety +5

      2022: Hold my beer

    • @echelonrank3927
      @echelonrank3927 Před rokem

      ​@@MsSez not even close, because we dont let the totally braindead mass media script readers dictate our feelings. im probably wrong.

    • @ettoretavilla3081
      @ettoretavilla3081 Před rokem

      @@berko79 Hold my beer whats that meam

  • @Lila21697
    @Lila21697 Před 4 lety +4

    yeah from Guatemala!

  • @lisaswift9122
    @lisaswift9122 Před 10 měsíci

    Great video goes great with song

  • @lisaswift9122
    @lisaswift9122 Před 8 měsíci

    Very well doneb

  • @jackit905
    @jackit905 Před 10 lety +8

    Goat island live concert 198??? best day out ever.

    • @baulko1
      @baulko1 Před 10 lety +1

      I think this clip might pre-date the Goat Island concert, which I think took place in 1985.

    • @stevengreen6715
      @stevengreen6715 Před 9 lety

      Don't want to be the one

  • @cogleypeter6697
    @cogleypeter6697 Před 10 lety +2

    very good song only got in this band late

  • @writerspen010
    @writerspen010 Před 2 lety +3

    The anti "We Didn't Start the Fire"

  • @alexanderlewisreed2343

    Sick sounds

  • @brettdwyer2822
    @brettdwyer2822 Před 6 měsíci

    Go the Oils ❤

  • @melissabarrett9750
    @melissabarrett9750 Před 6 lety +4

    Still desperately seeking the official version of this video that was used to promote this song. It's their best, but Armistice Day and US Forces are pretty exceptional too.

    • @MsSez
      @MsSez Před 2 lety

      Hercules 👍🏽

  • @rickypetrie2725
    @rickypetrie2725 Před 3 lety

    Rip brother..❤

  • @janeamandaford4199
    @janeamandaford4199 Před 27 dny

    💖💖💖

  • @darrenreed3257
    @darrenreed3257 Před rokem

    Right On - STILL

  • @JasonThorneMagicLAMP
    @JasonThorneMagicLAMP Před rokem +1

    Yah, a song that never gets old, but it should stop being true.

  • @MrKingmino
    @MrKingmino Před 9 lety +7

    Good summary of the G20 event...

  • @kdobbinhale
    @kdobbinhale Před 9 lety

    Keep it there Pete.

  • @debbieross2508
    @debbieross2508 Před 9 lety +1

    DAYUM!
    Although I a first gen Aus with a Russian Dad.....
    GO GARRETT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @treeguyfly
    @treeguyfly Před 4 měsíci

    A smallish man, Afghanistan
    A watchdog in a nervous land
    They’re only here to lend a hand
    Short memory
    Prophetic words.

  • @markw6586
    @markw6586 Před 3 lety +1

    10-1 was a sliding scale to our own deaths destruction, Midnight oil made it easier to digest .

  • @echelonrank3927
    @echelonrank3927 Před rokem +1

    in essence this song is about collective learning disabilities and societys failure to learn from the past.

  • @jonnightrain
    @jonnightrain Před 9 lety +1

    bikes fun work, bikes fun work... that was the order

  • @wombah0070
    @wombah0070 Před 9 lety +3

    Some who have held power have used it selfishly, even recklessly & have a lot of explaining to do both in this life & the next!

  • @WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms

    Trippy

  • @brettdwyer2822
    @brettdwyer2822 Před rokem

    👍

  • @darrenspence2516
    @darrenspence2516 Před 2 lety +1

    everyone has a short memory.....

  • @jasonbarbush4991
    @jasonbarbush4991 Před 5 lety

    my countdown cassette was eaten up by an old Sony. that sucked. it's hard to find a copy of this album these days.

  • @TheMurdic
    @TheMurdic Před 9 lety +3

    A UK police spokesman named Sean Memory was in a news item yesterday about a suppressed investigation of Edward Heath, for child abuse. His name reminded me of this song's title.

  • @Asguard82
    @Asguard82 Před 2 lety +1

    Most of the incidents referenced in this song I know but there is one I have been trying to find out about since I first herd this song. What is “the deadline in South Africa”?

  • @jakejive7760
    @jakejive7760 Před 9 lety +1

    Is there any other videos from this concert that are out there? If so, where can I find it?

  • @davros270
    @davros270 Před rokem +1

    tempo started slow then they sped it to where it needed to be.

  • @balung
    @balung Před 2 lety +1

    2021 Building Nuke Subs in South Australia, Short Memory, right? Pete.

    • @imbecile126
      @imbecile126 Před 2 lety

      You ummm, yeah. Don't mind hitting the target. Nice.

  • @jasonbarbush4991
    @jasonbarbush4991 Před 6 lety +1

    in the intro i see trails

  • @paulmitford5189
    @paulmitford5189 Před 3 lety +2

    I saw Midnight Oil at Sydney University, at Manning House, in 1987 and after ten minutes of their execrable noise, the crowd cleared out. Seriously, the band played to an empty hall. But Short Memories and Wedding Cake Island made up for the disaster.

  • @gusadamson5241
    @gusadamson5241 Před 3 lety +1

    How much coal to power this?? Love it

  • @Dyegolock
    @Dyegolock Před 4 lety +1

    OBRA PRIMA - Midnight Forever

  • @johncahill5418
    @johncahill5418 Před 10 lety +5

    Aborigine- Look it up! They are always first in every country.

  • @operationscomputer1478
    @operationscomputer1478 Před 2 lety +1

    Such a great musician. Such a woeful letdown of a politician.

  • @chadbreeden1483
    @chadbreeden1483 Před rokem

    Americans will do a reaction to beds are burning, I would like to see them do this one

  • @gypsylee73
    @gypsylee73 Před 2 lety

    2022 Election..

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith Před 3 lety +2

    They lost a lot when Pete Gifford left tbh

  • @ettoretavilla3081
    @ettoretavilla3081 Před rokem +2

    everyone has a short memory.....such as my ex slot wife

  • @lunagem784
    @lunagem784 Před 2 lety

    Now connected from
    Democacy Now
    Share Out

  • @Murrangurk2
    @Murrangurk2 Před 8 lety +8

    Peter, how short was your memory when you approved gunns Ltd, and the Port Phillip Channel dredging? And the many other decisions we voted you in for on the understanding YOU'D DO THE OPPOSITE? Oh, sorry, is this yesterday's news? No one remembers? Perfect. Carry on....

    • @rods6405
      @rods6405 Před 5 lety +1

      Murrangurk2 very true!

    • @deang.ferris4618
      @deang.ferris4618 Před 5 lety +1

      Well your a fuck wit for voting

    • @skpy8249
      @skpy8249 Před 4 lety

      You just focus on the negatives of going against a corruption.

    • @caveman4598
      @caveman4598 Před 2 lety

      He can’t control what the party does

    • @gillianbullock-uf2gr
      @gillianbullock-uf2gr Před rokem +1

      hello, didnt know about this, port phillip dredge.
      I spent a night filming the animals living in the drains going to stkilda beach last month.
      Amazing but sad what still survives there in the filthy water.
      The tide tries to go out. But cant, gets trapped by the dredged sands.
      The animals keep trying to do there thing though, every night.
      Thats why ive been filming it.
      Politicians .!!!!!?

  • @michaelwebber6804
    @michaelwebber6804 Před 10 lety +3

    Gareet has lost the polt

  • @coldchills1091
    @coldchills1091 Před 5 lety +1

    50th comment not bout installation batts or whatnot..
    Got 2 simple-arse words 4 ya, Matey :
    DUMP
    DRUMPF

  • @wipout1
    @wipout1 Před 9 lety +13

    I laughed at 1:14 when I saw all the pictures of political atrocities.
    I wonder when the clip will get updated to include insulation batts and electrocutions...

    • @wipout1
      @wipout1 Před 9 lety +1

      ceri mccoy
      Sounds like you've got a Short Memory.
      No soul? forgotten about:
      Matthew Fuller
      Mitchell Sweeney
      Ruben Barnes
      Marcus Wilson
      Garrett knew he fucked up, even tried to wash his hands of it and pass the scheme on to Combet.

    • @cerimccoy
      @cerimccoy Před 9 lety +2

      No. I don't think that making a joke out of the death of people is right guarantee you I know my History better than you do. E.g. The Raj in British India have a chapati?

    • @cerimccoy
      @cerimccoy Před 9 lety +3

      Your an idiot dude and CZcams is Not the forum for trivialising anything and especially not people dying. Peter Garrett fucked up as minister that's for sure and those poor guys died but that shit happens all the time and people get away with it e.g. How many young aussie fellas died in wars for nothing and thats what this song is about besides which Midnight Oil was a band not a solo act.

    • @maccaADL
      @maccaADL Před 9 lety +5

      People die in roof spaces I have been at work when a worker has died. If you in a roof space and don't no the basics of electricity shouldn't be in there but people will always send the cheapest labor in to do there work if your really that worried there still plenty young men working in dangerous places right now you can save other than talk shit on here. Just enjoy the song and go improve somebodys day.

    • @wipout1
      @wipout1 Před 9 lety +3

      ***** the song (and lyrics) covers off a bit more than Hiroshima.
      Good singer but should never have become a politician.
      Bit hypocritical to be an activist themed singer only to bed up with the enemy.

  • @gusadamson5241
    @gusadamson5241 Před 3 lety +1

    So much effort..for what?

  • @robeneadra3980
    @robeneadra3980 Před 7 měsíci

    Long live Palestine long live arabia

  • @mikewalker4092
    @mikewalker4092 Před 14 dny

    Fearless chroniclers of imperialist oppression.

  • @JimmyCall
    @JimmyCall Před rokem +1

    Anti-Settler BS.

  • @rods6405
    @rods6405 Před 5 lety +3

    Use to love the oils. But when they started to make shit up about history and blam us white ( or beige ) Australians for all the problems of black or beige people it just gave me the shits (ditto U2) this song which is very good is way off base with its insinuations and accusations to the listener white & beige!

  • @bradmurnane209
    @bradmurnane209 Před 8 lety +1

    Cool tune!