Midnight Oil - Short Memory (1983)

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  • 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.or...
    www.midnightoil...
    www.deadheart.o...
    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

КОМЕНТАРІ • 166

  • @mnemosine93
    @mnemosine93 3 роки тому +37

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

    • @chadbreeden1483
      @chadbreeden1483 Рік тому +2

      Lucky you, twin towers across Brooklyn Bridge

  • @suzanneolsen9895
    @suzanneolsen9895 3 роки тому +48

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

  • @susanstacey4569
    @susanstacey4569 4 роки тому +35

    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 3 роки тому +1

      Hi, Susan Stacey! From Kevin Stacey in Eugene.

  • @kelliefrancis2433
    @kelliefrancis2433 4 роки тому +20

    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 ❤️

  • @Blerrg15
    @Blerrg15 4 роки тому +9

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

  • @rebeccadelbridge2998
    @rebeccadelbridge2998 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @genesiegel2884
    @genesiegel2884 2 роки тому +12

    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!

  • @debbienye6002
    @debbienye6002 4 роки тому +20

    One of the greatest songs ever!

  • @Duendito
    @Duendito 11 років тому +36

    GREAT song from a GREAT band.

    • @seahippies
      @seahippies 6 років тому

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

  • @Lila21697
    @Lila21697 4 роки тому +16

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

  • @Danimal1577
    @Danimal1577 2 роки тому +4

    Cool to see early Oils like this

  • @progmeup
    @progmeup 2 роки тому +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

  • @merlinthemagus
    @merlinthemagus 4 місяці тому +1

    I was at one of these 3 gigs at the Sydney Ent Cent in 1983. Amazing show!

  • @pazzoredento2191
    @pazzoredento2191 5 місяців тому +1

    One of the greatest Aussie bands

  • @LuvHrtZ
    @LuvHrtZ Рік тому +1

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

  • @paulburrows6617
    @paulburrows6617 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @bverheijden
    @bverheijden 2 роки тому +31

    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 Рік тому +2

      And Now Gaza!!!!😓😡🤬🤯

    • @goulddddable
      @goulddddable 11 місяців тому +1

      Big Flash.

    • @solgato5186
      @solgato5186 6 місяців тому

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

    • @ninaanka550
      @ninaanka550 5 місяців тому +1

      Two years ago? Where are our heroes? Fucking nowhere.

    • @jodiadams8964
      @jodiadams8964 3 місяці тому +2

      Listening to this while discussing the US election results with animal rehab and environmental activist friends in Georgia and Texas. Thanking the Oils and my old primary school friend Rob for always supporting us in Greenpeace Australia when we were just starting off (same time as you) and continuing to support groups like The Surfrider Foundation. Am terrified for the planet as well as its people under another term of Trump.

  • @johnkinnane547
    @johnkinnane547 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @jimm3379
    @jimm3379 2 роки тому +6

    Giffo, the master of bass!

  • @MrSeezero
    @MrSeezero 4 роки тому +8

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

  • @jasmineb7106
    @jasmineb7106 3 роки тому +5

    An awesome and intelligent song. 🤘🤘🤘

  • @thoorne6677
    @thoorne6677 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @Monolith-r3g
      @Monolith-r3g 11 місяців тому

      what happened.....shadow of a country

  • @11henger
    @11henger 2 роки тому +4

    masterpiece

  • @lisaswift9122
    @lisaswift9122 Рік тому +1

    Great video goes great with song

  • @lisaswift9122
    @lisaswift9122 Рік тому +1

    Very well doneb

  • @robert333ism
    @robert333ism 9 років тому +9

    never forget history of pain .

  • @shamusobrien1959
    @shamusobrien1959 4 роки тому +6

    Truly magic

  • @MsCaladenia
    @MsCaladenia 9 років тому +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 9 років тому

      +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.

  • @Brennan_Dale3169
    @Brennan_Dale3169 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @timwright1563
    @timwright1563 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @ILuvRocknRoll67
    @ILuvRocknRoll67 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @maxwellsmith80
    @maxwellsmith80 2 роки тому +2

    I was at this concert

  • @bradmurnane209
    @bradmurnane209 9 років тому +3

    Cool tune!

  • @Pamela-q8s
    @Pamela-q8s 6 місяців тому

    You know they are underrated I swear

  • @DustinTV8
    @DustinTV8 7 років тому +6

    Legendary song!

  • @caveman4598
    @caveman4598 3 роки тому +2

    Long live the workers and solidarity ✊

  • @rubenmartinezhernandez6916
    @rubenmartinezhernandez6916 6 років тому +2

    One great song from Midnight Oil 😄

  • @mguarisco77
    @mguarisco77 2 роки тому +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".

  • @captainsensiblefan3385
    @captainsensiblefan3385 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @natishajoycebarry7986
    @natishajoycebarry7986 9 років тому +3

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

    • @siobhanbrock8430
      @siobhanbrock8430 9 років тому +1

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

    • @thelonelydoge0650
      @thelonelydoge0650 4 роки тому +2

      @@siobhanbrock8430 They're regrouped now

  • @waynegretzky3895
    @waynegretzky3895 11 років тому +5

    short memory my fella!

  • @dolphinberserk
    @dolphinberserk 4 роки тому +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 Рік тому +2

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

  • @cogleypeter6697
    @cogleypeter6697 11 років тому +2

    very good song only got in this band late

    • @vanessa11
      @vanessa11 4 роки тому +2

      Better then never....

  • @melissabarrett9750
    @melissabarrett9750 7 років тому +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 3 роки тому

      Hercules 👍🏽

  • @kdobbinhale
    @kdobbinhale 10 років тому

    Keep it there Pete.

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому +1

    Melbourne Has Crossbow For Sale Australia!!!

  • @christopherkeane2295
    @christopherkeane2295 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +5

      So relivant today m8.the clock is ticking.🤔

    • @MsSez
      @MsSez 3 роки тому +2

      And here we are in 2021 feeling the same way 🥲

    • @berko79
      @berko79 2 роки тому +5

      2022: Hold my beer

    • @echelonrank3927
      @echelonrank3927 2 роки тому

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

    • @ettoretavilla3081
      @ettoretavilla3081 Рік тому

      @@berko79 Hold my beer whats that meam

  • @Lila21697
    @Lila21697 4 роки тому +4

    yeah from Guatemala!

  • @treeguyfly
    @treeguyfly 10 місяців тому

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

  • @jackit905
    @jackit905 10 років тому +8

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

    • @baulko1
      @baulko1 10 років тому +2

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

    • @stevengreen6715
      @stevengreen6715 10 років тому

      Don't want to be the one

  • @echelonrank3927
    @echelonrank3927 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @writerspen010
    @writerspen010 3 роки тому +3

    The anti "We Didn't Start the Fire"

  • @JasonThorneMagicLAMP
    @JasonThorneMagicLAMP 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @elliotoblio
    @elliotoblio 9 років тому +14

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

    • @friedoutmukke864
      @friedoutmukke864 5 років тому +1

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

  • @rickypetrie2725
    @rickypetrie2725 4 роки тому

    Rip brother..❤

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому +1

    Most Riddle Problems Is Back Too Tribes Like Start Of A Planet!!!

  • @markw6586
    @markw6586 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @debbieross2508
    @debbieross2508 9 років тому +1

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

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому

    Caught Peak Hour Train Today Was So Many Alian Catch UPS!!!

  • @MrKingmino
    @MrKingmino 10 років тому +7

    Good summary of the G20 event...

  • @brettdwyer2822
    @brettdwyer2822 Рік тому

    Go the Oils ❤

  • @janeamandaford4199
    @janeamandaford4199 7 місяців тому

    💖💖💖

  • @wombah0070
    @wombah0070 10 років тому +4

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

  • @jasonbarbush4991
    @jasonbarbush4991 6 років тому

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

  • @darrenspence2516
    @darrenspence2516 3 роки тому +2

    everyone has a short memory.....

  • @catherinelouise9062
    @catherinelouise9062 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊🎉

  • @jonnightrain
    @jonnightrain 10 років тому +1

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

  • @TheMurdic
    @TheMurdic 9 років тому +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.

  • @WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms
    @WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms 4 роки тому

    Trippy

  • @Asguard82
    @Asguard82 2 роки тому +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”?

  • @alexanderlewisreed2343
    @alexanderlewisreed2343 7 років тому

    Sick sounds

  • @brettdwyer2822
    @brettdwyer2822 2 роки тому

    👍

  • @davros270
    @davros270 Рік тому +1

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

  • @balung
    @balung 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @imbecile126
      @imbecile126 3 роки тому

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

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому +1

    6am Newspaper Is Ok

  • @jakejive7760
    @jakejive7760 10 років тому +1

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

  • @jasonbarbush4991
    @jasonbarbush4991 7 років тому +1

    in the intro i see trails

  • @gusadamson5241
    @gusadamson5241 3 роки тому +1

    How much coal to power this?? Love it

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому +1

    Government At 97 Years Old Is Very Very Tricky Singer!!!

  • @paulmitford5189
    @paulmitford5189 3 роки тому +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.

  • @johncahill5418
    @johncahill5418 11 років тому +5

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

  • @operationscomputer1478
    @operationscomputer1478 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @chadbreeden1483
    @chadbreeden1483 Рік тому

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

  • @Dyegolock
    @Dyegolock 5 років тому +2

    OBRA PRIMA - Midnight Forever

  • @ettoretavilla3081
    @ettoretavilla3081 Рік тому +2

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

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith 3 роки тому +2

    They lost a lot when Pete Gifford left tbh

  • @DrewBlack-or9kr
    @DrewBlack-or9kr 6 місяців тому

    Nwo oil.

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому

    Best Alians Dice Monopoly Game Is Owner Of Planet Earth Yes Or No

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому

    Control A Bad Bad Planet Alians Do

  • @gypsylee73
    @gypsylee73 2 роки тому

    2022 Election..

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому

    I Get Time Stopped In Head Technology If Required

  • @lunagem784
    @lunagem784 2 роки тому

    Now connected from
    Democacy Now
    Share Out

  • @wipout1
    @wipout1 9 років тому +14

    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 9 років тому +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 9 років тому +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 9 років тому +3

      Your an idiot dude and UA-cam 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 9 років тому +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 9 років тому +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.

  • @Murrangurk2
    @Murrangurk2 9 років тому +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 6 років тому +2

      Murrangurk2 very true!

    • @deang.ferris4618
      @deang.ferris4618 6 років тому +1

      Well your a fuck wit for voting

    • @skpy8249
      @skpy8249 4 роки тому

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

    • @caveman4598
      @caveman4598 3 роки тому

      He can’t control what the party does

    • @gillianbullock-uf2gr
      @gillianbullock-uf2gr Рік тому +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 .!!!!!?

  • @ninaanka550
    @ninaanka550 5 місяців тому

    Short memory. He is now a politician. The World is fucked when you can say more in lyrics than you can being a politician with your hands tied by Government bullshit. No one has heard if Midnight Oil.

  • @michaelwebber6804
    @michaelwebber6804 10 років тому +3

    Gareet has lost the polt

  • @MichaelPenney-b1k
    @MichaelPenney-b1k 5 місяців тому

    Japan Started Robots

  • @rods6405
    @rods6405 6 років тому +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!

  • @mikewalker4092
    @mikewalker4092 6 місяців тому

    Fearless chroniclers of imperialist oppression.

  • @gusadamson5241
    @gusadamson5241 3 роки тому +1

    So much effort..for what?