Midnight Oil - Peter Garrett interview (1980)

[otxin1]

@SaeBap whaaat?? He hasn't alapesha,he has very blonde eyebrows.

[AsinineComment]

@petergills5555 - Good point Mr Gills (except for Peter never having been romantically linked with a mediocre tasty cheese, an Aboriginal woman, or man or any cultural background). You're a sharp one aren't you though - having picked up on his generally Left leaning socio/political views.

[meakd]

he's a GOBSHITE

[jg21300]

you are obviously and ignorant redneck pig!!

[meakd]

your a gobshite garret with your lies, your useless

[AsinineComment]

@meakd - Errr - in case you ever come back here - Peter didn't post this video file, and isn't sitting around reading your, my or anyone else's comments here. Clown!

[chocolatisnice1]

I like his dancing. every time he dances it makes me laugh and think 'wow. I am not the only one who dances like that then'

I like their song 'beds are burning' I think it has lots of meaning.

[scottvska]

Is he really 7ft?

[KeVinRuDDz]

Burn in hell like you burn midnight oil Garrett, for deadly evil insulation scam.

You don't deserve a life after you destroyed so many others. Drugo!

Incompetent cock sucker, playing on your minor celebrity to get into government and do a shit job. Take your life if your really honest. You are a wannabe prime minister scum.

Failure = Garrett will never make PM!!!!! Labors a pack of sideshow freaks

[StraightEdgeStunner]

@KeVinRuDDz You mad bro?



[djkentuckyham]

Politics aside. These guys are ripppers. So f-ing awesome. Garrett is a one in a million front-man

[danielflynn3]

What a dog... he's a scumbag and as fake as 50 cent, needs a bullet for passing that tassie chipping plant. I've got a punching bag with Garrett's face on it and I punch the crap out of it every day. It makes me feel like a better person. We need inflatable Garrett's so we can carry him round and punch him up whenever we feel like it.

[kerrileewolf]

@danielflynn3 -yoo much testosterone honey... start talking sense instead of pure hateful aggression. Then we might listen to you.

You are not a better person at all.

[tonks7000]

Wedding Cake Island was the first song to get ariplay other than JJJ.

[nzoz1980]

@tonks7000 other stations must have been fucked... I can't see what's so unplayable about 'Cold Cold Change'... sounds very standard, to me.

[kangurski]

would you trust this spastic idiot with billions of dollars of taxpayers money? damn

[blacls]

Should we trust you with breathing oxygen you tool

[kangurski]

shouldn't you take your tongue out of kruddie ass before talking? maybe you don't mind, but most people find spitting that shit quite offensive

[blacls]

You started the spitting of shit

[kangurski]

and what cloud do you live on? since my first post even Krudd demoted that retarded prick garrett and he's no longer in charge of the "environment", so you're either stupid or ignorant .. hopefully not both.

[jjstar2211]

Tis my 13 year old times. teenager

[lavakava]

an anti-racist skinhead...awesome!

[nzoz1980]

an anti-nuclear rockstar turned nuclear-approving environmental minister

[Wowbagger86]

Eighter that, or he was just balding ;)

[cabronte]

How is Peter a skinhead? Being bald isn't necessarily skin.

I mean, yeah, he's an awesome lead for the Oils but I don't see him as a 'skin.

[pooisgood123]

@cabronte I do so shut the fuck up!

[cabronte]

You just made my day. LLAMF.

Do you stand up comedy by any chance poo?

[pooisgood123]

yes

[cabronte]

Perfect.

[SaeBap]

@lavakava You will notice he has no eyebrows either , he has a condition called Alapesha it makes your hair fall out.

[echidna18]

Watch the video for Put Down That Weapon - of course he has eye brows :P

[Stratboy999]

The guy is a legend

[wolfgar50]

your the man pete they wont let me get song (my country) on playlist fuckin pricks

[anbanana]

I LOVE MO - but can't help that feel pete need s a dirty groupie slutty whore or two, to cheer him up a bit! I'm free next Thursday!!!

[kerrileewolf]

@anbanana GROSS! he always was better than that.

[fleabone65]

Hey Nzoz  Well done for posting this clip,I am very interested if you have anymore "Sounds" interview clips,I'm 43yrs,good to go back & watch that era.Well done again.

Lee

(Central Coast)

[nzoz1980]

Hi Lee,

I have an account titled 'welovedonnie' which is a channel based on Donnie Sutherland and his shows AFTER DARK and SOUNDS. just type welovedonnie in your search and you'll be able to get access to the channel. Many of these shows are from Donnie's own collection. There'll be plenty more 'SOUNDS' to come.

[Kucingmatt]

He was always a very intense bloke...

[eyeflow9]

i predict that the singer of this band will one day enter politics in a major party and they will actually win government. go the ANTLER!!!

[liber8me]

peter dances like a freaking spastic

[Aussie901]

lmao much agreed fuck he looks like a gumby cunt lol

[lrgrjg]

he's an awesome dancer..

[dina21160]

At last a voice of reason . We have been waiting for an honest person to come along for years.GOODLUCK PETE.

[bankger2]

"and radio have been reluctant to play your records..."

"... they won't play our records, no."

wow, i can't even imagine radio not playing the Oils.

how times have changed.

[nzoz1980]

I don't think radio do play much 'Head Injuries', 'Midnight Oi' nor 'Bird Noises'... the early Oils incarnation still remain unplayed.

[bankger2]

damn, you are so right.

[SumnerMurrayRedstone]

This is because RUPERT put a boycott on them and they just slapped the snouts of too many fat cats. Rupert had a total blackout on them. You weren't supposed to write bad things about them - you were supposed to write NOTHING. Head Injuries went gold with NO promotion whatsoever. This is a novel concept in rock music - it's called 'integrity'. :)

[Kumul007]

Whao! Minister for Environment. Congrats.

[ten2one2006]

Would love to read the lyrics Pete was talking about for wedding Cake Island. Any one out there seen em?

[terrythekittie]

Sorry to bother you matey but is Wedding Cake Island available on CD..I've been hearing it for years now on ABC Regional radio..love it, but it wasn't on their Collection DVD. Cheers

[nzoz1980]

Found on the CD release of 'Bird Noises', which should still be in print.

[terrythekittie]

THANKS FOR THAT!

[thorpe87]

Great interview.

[shorn70]

Donnie was cool. I remember seeing some really cool stuff on Sounds, which you'd rarely see on Channel 9 at any other time.

[nzoz1980]

For a man who hosted a chart show, he certainly had some interesting guests and interviewees: Dead Kennedys, Frank Zappa, Residents... Even the original Pretenders requesting the studio lights to be dimmed because of they were nursing their hang-overs... classic stuff!

[tonycologne]

What a bunch of typical and lightweight questions. There are so many things Donny could have asked Peter rather than stuff like "So how did you guys get together?"

[nzoz1980]

Donnie could do a very good interview if he wanted to. I guess the Oils were still relatively new and Donnie may not wanted to be too intrusive on the industry's standards of 'just some local band doing alright'. You've also got to remember, Donnie's drinking didn't always help him...

[Midex]

Is castration compulsory in the Labour Party? Garrett lost his balls on 9/11 Truth? Easy to remove the fascist oligarchs from our country. Peter Garrett makes the final sacrifice, carefully planned for mass distribution - 9/11 was an inside job. It wasn't a muslim conspiracy. Our country has been stormed by a Nazi regime.

[aragon25x]

The full clip exists nowhere I can find. TV Stations including the ABC/rage did not keep everything from the early days. You would be surprsed to know what no longer exists. The record companies fare even worse.

[nzoz1980]

Maybe some selfish fan is sitting on it at home having a good laugh at all of us. It's painful thinking about it.