Favorite Australian Bands #4 - Midnight Oil
@teamfreak16 (43419)
Denver, Colorado
November 7, 2017 4:56pm CST
Yes, I definitely accept ideas and suggestions for musical countdowns. In this case, @JudyEv suggested a series of bands from Australia. We have reached #4: Midnight Oil.
Fronted by vocalist and political activist Peter Garrett, Midnight Oil formed in Sydney in 1976, as Farm, before becoming Midnight Oil (the name was drawn from a hat) that same year.
The band is definitely a message band, with songs about subjects such as the environment, nuclear weapons, and treatment of Aborigines.
Garrett, a lawyer, also has served as the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (three years,) and another three years as Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage of the Arts, and as a member of the Australian Parliament for Kingsford Smith.
The band has won 11 Australian Recording Industry Association Awards, and is in that association's Hall of Fame.
I've linked to the official video for their best known song, "Beds are Burning," a protest tune about giving land back to the Tinputi people.
Enjoy!
(Info verified by Wikipedia)
Midnight Oil's official music video for 'Beds Are Burning'. Click to listen to Midnight Oil on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MidnightOilSpotify?IQid=MidOilBAB ...
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Nov 17
Another terrific song by them.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Nov 17
I am shocked that they only made #4! The extended long play remix of Beds are Burning is great. How many rock bands used a didgeridoo?
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@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
17 Dec 17
@JohnRoberts fair point but make sense considering how enamored he was and the band was with aboriginals and their culture. Freaking love these guys.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Nov 17
We had a neighbor that played a diggeridoo. She is a multi-instrumentalist.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
10 Nov 17
Yeah I love this song Scott..had not heard it in many years thanks xo
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Nov 17
They are a great band. I am particularly fond of their album Red Sails in the Sunset.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Nov 17
Thank you, and you're welcome. They are a great band.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Nov 17
I can see that. They really didn't have a lot of hits over here.
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Nov 17
@NJChicaa - The radio station I worked at in the 80's for played this all the time. And we were an Adult Contemporary format. It didn't really fit, yet it worked.
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@dgobucks226 (34445)
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11 Nov 17
Favorite song from that group. From Diesel and Dust ranked the #1 Australian album of all time.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Nov 17
I'm very fond of their Red Sails in the Sunset album as well.
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@FourWalls (62531)
• United States
8 Nov 17
So shocked (not). It may be their "big hit" here, but it's a dang good song.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Nov 17
The last three aren't going to shock you either. Very predictable.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Nov 17
I like these bands but I will have to listen later at the computer.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Nov 17
You should remember this one. It was on the radio a lot.
@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
8 Nov 17
I was just going to say how the band name made me thinking of "Beds are Burning". I didn't know it was their song
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