Midnight Oil - Cold Cold Change (1979)

[cattycakes64]

I went to every gig I could and never once was it average or off in any way. I even forgive Pete for joining the ALP(well sort of). It was a great time for Australian music.

[Gosford4ever]

@cattycakes64 I guess he could have joined the liberals, what a hypocrite that would have made him.

[cattycakes64]

@Gosford4ever I don't think there was ever a risk that Pete would have joined The Liberal Party. Just disappointed he chose The ALP and not The Greens.

[64g15csr]

i always came outa an oils gig drippin with sweat!!!... combncutter 1981

[southwestsearch]

I saw them at the Bondi Lifesaver

[originlal67]

cruzin in the HQ holden with this was blastin.

[MidnightOilNumbah1]

Thumbs up if these frames are the best! Also thumbs up if you think the 5 people who disliked this video are idiots.

[MidnightOilNumbah1]

The old Oils were best. The new ones are good, but I like their older hits.

Oils rock! OILS!OILS!OILS!

[Blissbomb2]

Gen X rules.

[57Cusso]

@Blissbomb2 My son, Gen Y, just asked me, what crap is this? And my Old man used to ask me the same question in 1985. Dont you just feel so sorry for them. As you said, Gen X rules.....

[shakypam]

you know what I like? The LRB-style bassist messing up the punk credentials even more!

[Bambooandlotus]

GO!!!!! Still fantastic.... I too enjoyed the Oils at the Antler @ Narrie..... what a life!!!! Surf & Oils ...... Happy days.... ¸¸.♫♪ Լღvє ♪♫.¸¸

[oldredun]

who caught them supporting the Ramones ??? Unfuckingbelievable !!! Any other band would have been blown off stage by the Oil that night, thankfully, Joey and the boys had their own stuff to appease us with but the Oil on that tour took a step up to match the occasion. Funny thing, I have never been sympathetic to anything more than about 60% of their poltical viewpoint . . it's just that they were undeniably the best live rock band in the world for over a decade, simple !!! No Oil - no R.A.T.M .

[munggirl]

the royal antler narrabeen

narrara

wanda

brighton millers can u remember back when the oils were the number one band in australia?

[ingeniusable]

Early Oils is classic Oils. You can see why Peter Garrett kept an oxygen tank backstage!

[youandyamum]

raaaaaaaaage....

[lozarok]

OILS for ever !! LOZA

[munggirl]

the oils

wanda

narraaa

the royal antler

the oils reighned

god fucking bless the oils

[dusysoonerable]

Hey I'm not stalking... who would of thought. HA maybe I have been here before.. not sure. Memories that is all I'm doing... Carrying on like bloody Sid James. Joke Joyce.. next song I think of is not going to come from nzoz. Graham Bonnet.. It's all over now Babyblue.. Then Warm Ride, If you can find it... HA

[nzoz1979]

@dusysoonerable I would, but Graham Bonnet is not Aussie. He is a pom who had success in Australia prior to joining UK band Rainbow.

[dusysoonerable]

@nzoz1979 Hey nzoz, I just received your reply. I'm shocking, I remember doing stuff the other night. This one threw me though. I do love this song. One name Uwe. That's the bloke that this song reminds me most of. Anyway how's The Mentals going with "Come Around"? I do remember that one .... Unless I pressed the wrong key.

[nzoz1979]

@dusysoonerable The Mentals come around is on my nzoz1980 channel... however, the Mentals have had it removed from public viewing...

[TheMpickup]

@dusysoonerable 

[krelbow]

god, how this takes me back; i was 18 and just had my heart shredded by a woman too young to know better. i remember reading those orange letters off the black inner sleeve and thinking: "oh god yes, cold cold change, that's her ... " so began a long love affair with the Oils. songs like this got me thru that time, helped get rid of the rage. bless the oils and their memory.

[joydivisionboy1]

memories of The Antler 78-81...me @ 14-17...

[bodger1223]

Excellent!

[dusysoonerable]

I was roller skating at Liverpool's new rink..... Man I used to think some of the older guys that used to hang around there were not so right... why would 21 yearc olds want to hang around 14-15 year olds....

[RosaleeCarten99]

I heard mp3iiiiify is the best site to download songs like this. Google mp3iiiiify.

[vinto34]

some great music came from australia and new zealand during the 70s and 80s...split enz being my favourite nz band and the oils my fave aussie band.

[lcportinho]

excelente!

[barticus04]

Best oils tune in my humble opinion

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

Its real hard not to agree with you. The whole second album is unreal. This song is the first thing I think of when the name Midnight Oil comes up.

[Alvinsweeeeet]

peter garrett may need to put some insulations batts in roof space to deal with the cold cold change...

[bagoos73]

great times ...pitty i missed garrets funeral..i would have loved to piss on his grave.

[fantomdoggy]

hear ya there Blissbomb2, danmn politics!!!

[Blissbomb2]

I call it the Bob Dylan factor, he got too famous and had to change his music to piss off the people that were trying to put him up on a pedastel. Same thing with Midnight Oil, they were australias great rock hope with the 3 albums + bird noises, so they changed their music to a more commercial sound and got rid of their faithful pub fans. Its a shame.

[tabletennisdeluxe]

a great song from a great Australian album, i didn't realise there was a video for it, nice surprise, thanks

[nzoz1979]

if only Midnight Oil traders would let go of 'Run By Night' video....

[romie1410]

unique sound , kickass band

[brookechooke]

Fucken wanker

[missionpants]

Don't get out much do u Marc? LOL

[Marcuskristicus]

1:20 looks like he's auditioning for Devo!! LOL.

[josamill]

The first 3 albums & Bird Noises were raw, powerful, Aussie melody....unbeatable. They lost me after that.....not saying it was crap, just not as interesting and too produced.

[chukrock]

I agree completely - first 3 albums + Bird Noises EP.

[admeer70]

@josamill Right on! 10,9,8... and Red Sails... were good albums but marked a very definite change in direction and sound, mainly due to music/production technology. No one could ignore the Fairlight at that time because it was just SO groundbreaking. Like yourself, give me the rawness of those early classics any day though - every track a winner!

[blueshound611]

@josamill totally agree, they kinda lost me after Diesel and Dust

[munggirl]

I can understand your resentment at peter becoming a politician

But this vidio,this time frame is 30 years ago they dominated the auss rock scene like the angels and cold chisel i have only seen them 10 times every gig was brilliant i judge them on their performance only

[NathanWooley]

you say Lil Wayne- I say Marilyn Manson

you say Jonas Bros- godsmack

you say 50 cent- I say Dope

you say Soulja Boy- Slayer

you say Justin Timberlake- I say Slipknot

you say MIA- I say Cradle Of Filth.

you say rap and pop- I say listen to some real music.

92% of teens have turned to pop and rap.

If your one the 8% who like to to headbang and disturb the peace, copy and paste

[Llam4Face]

i hate rap and pop and love rock and am a kid, but all the artists you mentioned are rubbish lol

[TonKa1969]

Oils were fantastic till Giffo left, then they sold out. The last GREAT album was 10,9,8. Considering Garret's deal with the wood-chippers in Tas I'm ashamed I ever listened to them.

[losbeastias]

Man you´re right

[GreyBang]

This band to me is a Australian, Hard Rock/Aussie Rock version of The Clash. I got their album Head Injuries on Itunes. So inspiring and brilliant. Even the sound, vocal and instrument wise is great. ROCK ON!!!!!

[powerhouston]

this song rocks, the cold cold change we were so excited, cold cold days ahead for the world due to the greedy elite fucking us all over, down with the top two percent, they make us slaves

[pattonmc]

how bloody good were they!?! They rocked the MCG to the ground!!

[nzoz1979]

I was there the entire day and that was the moment. Split Enz, H&C and the Oils... tops!

[Greatfox200]

@nzoz1979 I was at the front of the crowd! I swear it was me who started the crowd singing at the start of The Dead Heart!!!

[nzoz1979]

@Greatfox200 cool!!!! it certainly spread.

[wombatpoo1961]

they were so good in melbourne tonight oils forever

[nzoz1979]

i'm in melbourne right now - still getting over just how good they were!

[tommyrock69]

The Oils!!!!!

Gods.

[labotomy36]

I'm looking for nothing ventured nothing gained off the blue self titled album.. garyschoolofcool@hotmail

Nothing on you tube yet..

Best song ever!!!

[shingaki777]

I love M.Oil. They light a fire in my gut every time I hear them. M.Oil!!!!

[bent2]

This song fits perfect to the early post-punk period. They had some serious punk-attitude in the beginning. I also like the power and the passion song, guess they were more new wave when that song came out.

[fullboref9r]

midnight oil is the best oz band ive ever seen and heard i first saw them in byron bay seabreeze hotel in 1979 i think totally wild mate and i had never heard of them but after that nigth and meeting rob hirst they became our no 1 pre surf gee up band maybe 1 day peter will come to his sences and go back to music still listen to them all the time anyone got vids of them doing wedding cake island love it

[Bf109D]

I would love to do this as a cover in a band. i think it was ahead of its time. Sounds even better when your on the turps :)

[shearn666]

I love the *sound* of this song - so raw & energetic, with a menacing riff. The bass really drives this. Head Injuries - one of my faves.

[joh2]

Did Peter Garrett EVER have a head of hair???

[nzoz1979]

see 'used & abused' clip from 1977 on my NZOZ1977 account. He does display a head of hair - very short, but hair none the less.

[chrisb1953]

Yes, it was a blonde colour. I went to primary school with him.

BTW my younger brother went to school with Andrew James, the Oil's original bass guitarist who features in this song and left shortly afterwards.

Guess who won the bragging rights in the family home!

[rl65914040]

Rob Hirst at his best !

[HeadlandRoad]

Left us all angry and bewildered,

Laughing at the way we were taken in.

Congratulations on your cold cold change of career, Peter.

[nzoz1979]

Interesting observation! You never know, he might be on his best behaviour at the moment, waiting for the day when he becomes PM and then wham! We'll get the old PG back, jumping about, demanding that we 'pay our rent', saving trees, dismantling nuke devices, surfing on spoons and getting high with Daniel Johns.

Maybe...

[rivotrich7]

Great Baseline by Bear!

[SolidSnake900]

Thanks, What a great Flash Back