Midnight Oil

Oils setlist

My wife, eldest daughter and I had the privilege of attending the Midnight Oil concert in Coffs Harbour on 19th October. In total the Oils played 23 songs and, at the time, I thought a lot came from their albums of the middle period from the early to mid eighties. I thought I’d work it out and let everyone else know, too: # Title Album Count ……….. ………………………………… ……………………………….. ………. 1 Outside World 10 to 1 1/5 2 Only the Strong 10 to 1 2/5 3 Stars of Warburton Blue Sky Mining 1/3 4 Dreamworld Diesel and Dust 1/8 5 Whoah Diesel and Dust 2/8 6 Lucky Country Place Without a Postcard 1/1 7 Section 5 (Bus to Bondi) Head Injuries 1/1 8 Sell My Soul Diesel and Dust 3/8 9 When the Generals Talk Red Sails in the Sunset 1/3 10 Short Memory 10 to 1 3/5 11 Treaty (Yothu Yindi cover) - 12 US Forces 10 to 1 4/5 13 Kosciusko Red Sails in the Sunset 2/3 14 No Time for Games Bird Noises 1/1 15 Put Down That Weapon Diesel and Dust 4/8 16 Warakurna Diesel and Dust 5/8 17 Beds Are Burning Diesel and Dust 6/8 18 Blue Sky Mine Blue Sky Mining 2/3 19 Forgotten Years Blue Sky Mining 3/3 Encore: 20 The Dead Heart Diesel and Dust 7/8 21 Power and the Passion 10 to 1 5/5 22 Sometimes Diesel and Dust 8/8 Encore 2: 23 Best of Both Worlds Red Sails in the Sunset 3/3 I was surprised to discover just how many songs came from Diesel and Dust.