The Couch is a podcast exploring everything to do with Midnight Oil's music: every album albums, all the lyrics, historical and social content, covers, demos, b-sides, live albums, and videos. Occasional guest include the album producers.
| Episode | Shownotes |
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| 48 |
Warne Livesey on Blue Sky Mining |
Guest Warne Livesey |
| 47 |
Warne Livesey on Diesel and Dust |
Guest Warne Livesey |
| 46 |
Malcolm Burn on Breathe |
Guest Malcolm Burn |
| 45 |
Couch Questions and Answers |
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| 44 |
Nick Launay on Earth and Sun and Moon |
Guest Nick Launay |
| 43 |
Nick Launay on Red Sails in the Sunset |
Guest Nick Launay |
| 42 |
Nick Launay on 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 |
Guest Nick Launay |
| 41 |
Breathe Era Rarities 2 |
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| 40 |
Breathe Era Rarities 1 |
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| 39 |
Oils Chat 2020 |
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| 38 |
Earth and Sun and Moon 2 |
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| 37 |
Oils Chat: Tarkine |
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| 36 |
Earth and Sun and Moon 1 |
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| 35 |
Blue Sky Mining 2 |
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| 34 |
Another Road Side Attraction |
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| 33 |
Blue Sky Mining 1 |
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| 32 |
The Early Years |
The Ghost of the Roadhouse in Making of Midnight Oil exhibit |
| 31 |
Listener Survey |
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| Series One, 2017 |
| 30 |
Capricornia pt 3 |
Triple J Exploding Head t-shirt
Jim on the drums
Santa Pete
Yodeling in not what Pete does in World that I See
|
| 29 |
Capricornia pt 2 |
Do You Hear What I Hear, Fun, Fun, Fun and Piano Man
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| 28 |
Capricornia pt 1 |
Xavier Herbert's Capricornia (Affiliate Link)
The Hockey Song
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| 27 |
Saturday Night at the Capitol |
Commander Riker plays the trombone |
| 26 |
The Real Thing |
Rob does not use in-ear-monitors
That Pedal Show's Jim Mogine sound discussion
Malungungu
Sydney Olympics Close-imonies
Russel Morris plays The Real Thing
2000 Pete interview and Short Memory
Crotchos
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| 25 |
Redneck Wonderland pt2 |
Safety Chain Blues on the pump organ |
| 24 |
Redneck Wonderland pt 1 |
Judy at Goat Island
Redneck and Cemetery videos
Robin and Darren play Comfortable Place on the Couch
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| 23 |
Breathe 3 |
Duluth slowcore band, Low
Breathe song playing credits
Surely not Gravelrash lyrics
Bones sings Emmylou while Jim plays bass on Home
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| 22 |
Breathe 2 |
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Surfs Up Tonight on Letterman
Percussive broom on Harvest Moon
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| 21 |
Breathe 1 |
Chapman stick on You're a Strange Animal
Cameron's Midnight Oil and Me Blog
1990's Blue Planet doco
Only The Strong: The Making of Ten to One
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| 20 |
Great Circle Tour Minneapolis |
From the Bush and Only the Strong
Most of the First Avenue concert
Midnight Oil on Much Music's Intimate and Interactive with Denise Donlon
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| 19 |
Earth and Sun and Moon 3 |
Flower People plus Children of the Sun equals Outbreak of Love
Robin and Darren's commentary on Outbreak of Love
In the Valley with extra Pete "lyrics"
Oils on Jools
Old, rocking version of In the Valley
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| 18 |
Earth and Sun and Moon 2 |
Awful NYC Truganini video vs better "Australian" version
Compare Truganini's bass line with The Choir's Another World
Cry Baby pedal demo
1979 Solar Eclipse from Winnipeg
My Country, with extra lyrics: "Think about it! Talk about it!"
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| 17 |
Earth and Sun and Moon 1 |
Making of Earth and Sun and Moon video
"Proof" of the Beds Mouth Metronome
Matt Blick's Beatles Songwriting Academy
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| 16 |
Scream in Blue Live 2 |
Beds drum fill on old Simmons gear?
Our Common Future television promo
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| 15 |
Scream in Blue Live 1 |
Toggleswitch by Fred Eaglesmith
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| 14 |
Black Rain Falls |
Screaming Skulls of Burke's Falls
Alternate King of the Mountain video
The Deadheart in Paris with Doo-Doo reprise
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| 13 |
Blue Sky Mining 2 |
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| 12 |
Blue Sky Mining 1 |
Darren adn Robin's Oils, Neil & Dylan medly from 1993
Pan flute: Shadow of the Beast and Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer
Non-fade-out ending of Antarctica played at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall |
| 11 |
Diesel and Dust 2 |
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| 10 |
Diesel and Dust 1 |
Peter Garrett beer?
Sesame Street's SAM the Robot
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| 9 |
Species Deceases |
Australian newspaper clippings from 88,
London Blue Sky Mining store display and receipts
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| 8 |
Goat Island Concert |
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| 7 |
Great Circle Tour Toronto |
Robin's Best of Both Worlds and Ships of Freedom
Rare song, "Ships of Freedom" was a B-side on both In The Valley and My Country according to Oil Base
The band takes control of The Dead Heart as the audience sings too fast
In the Valley played quickly
Mr. Dressup's Treehouse
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| 6 |
Red Sails in the Sunset |
Powderworkers' Oils Cover-Tribute Project
Elvis Costello or Michael Jackson
Korg Muki guitar pedal
Bakerman demo
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| 5 |
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
Koala Sprint without chimes at Selina's
Gorilla gated drums In the Air Tonight
Runout groove discrepency: 10, 9, 8 vs Somebody's Trying to Tell me Something
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Bonus: Place Without a Computer |
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| 4 |
Place Without a Postcard |
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| 3 |
Bird Noises |
Mark Dodshon's Beds Are Burning: Midnight Oil, the Journey (Affiliate Link)
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| 2 |
Head Injuries |
The Disco Cretan
Non-fade-out ending of Is It Now
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| 1 |
The Blue Album |
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Introducing the Couch |
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I know, I know. Everyone has a podcast these days. But I made my first podcast in 2004, so take that Mr. Jonny-Come-Lately. My podcasts with Robin Harbron are: Growing Up '80s and Comfortable Place on the Couch.
