Wednesday, August 30, 2017


Midnight Oil clip a day, day two... 
"Only the Strong" from th album 10,9,8... which I first listened to about 3-4 years after it's release and loved it!! This is again a clip from the legendary Capitol Saturday Night concert in 1982. 
At Selina's at Coogee many years later the whole crowd, jammed in, swayed back and forth to this song and you could just about lift your feet off the floor and not fall... just the raw power of the Oils guitars and drums is enough to lift this track, then comes PG's unique singing. Sometimes it would be a second track in a concert, other times it'd be right smack bang in the middle of the driving part of the set... great song!!

"Only the Strong"
When I'm locked in my room
I just want to scream
And I know what they mean
(One more day of eating and sleeping)
Speak to me, speak to me
I'm not spoken for, I'm ready to talk
Look at me, look at me
I've been broken up and shaken down
Speak to me, speak to me
I'm at the edge of myself I'm dying to talk
Look at me, won't you look at me
Back once more at the point of no return
When I'm locked in my room
I just want to scream
And I know what they mean
Only the strong

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