R.I.P. Bones Hillman
Although my blog is a Queen related blog, I’d like to make a humble homage to Midnight Oil’s bass player Bones Hillman who passed away yesterday. Such a grand Australian band! I was lucky to see them live in 2017. The Oils were the only one of my favourite bands still active and complete, having their 5 members still alive and working together (the problem we face when we like “old” bands: 50% on Earth/50% on heaven or away from the band). Now they are working on a new album for next year, having released a project last week.
If you don’t know their work, I strongly recommend you to do so. It’s a pity people only know them for “Beds are Burning”, a radio hit, but they are much more than that. They recorded their first album in 78, and have always made great rock n roll plus intelligent, protest, political, historical, environmental, cultural, etc etc lyrics. A perfect combination of great energetic music and important issues being said without sounding dull. While you have fun, you learn a lot about their country, about world issues, about history. Their message makes you rethink and is always relevant. Nowadays more than never...
Bye Bones, the bassman with a sweet pretty voice.
💔🖐