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Peter Garrett on protest music, hope and Midnight Oil's legacy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/peter-garrett-take-5-midnight-oil-zan-rowe-songs/107053812 #music #auspol #auslaw #MidnightOil #protest #activism

♬ In the desert in the dry / before the breaking of the rain / the temperature in the shade / had reached a hundred and ten again ♬

#MidnightOil / #Melbourne / #RMIT / 1987MAR07

Diesel and Dust

#midnightoil #dieselanddust #eightiesrock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #alternativerock #altrock Midnight Oil release their 6th on August 2, 1987. It's their international breakthrough album driven by the single "Beds Are Burning." The album's mentioned by many as one of the most influential in rock history. It's was inspired by the band's '86 tour across the remote outback settlements in Australia where they interacted with the indigenous…

https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/02/diesel-and-dust/

@Blacksmithoz
Outrageous. Heavy metal pollution. Two strikes and you’re still in the game without penalties. Something like that.
Where’s Midnight Oil when you need them? Because this scans like song lyrics:
“Get your gas for free, and pollute with impunity.”
(Fixed the typo: pollute)

#AusPol #mercury #pollution #heavyMetalPollution #MidnightOil #lyrics #song

Just listened to some old music and wondered what Midnight Oil where up to these days… #midnightoil #music

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BWgesOsL2dA&ra=m

My Country

"Was it just a dream, were you so confused
Was it just a giant leap of logic
Was it the time of year, that makes a state of fear
Methods, were their motives for the action

And did I hear you say
My country right or wrong
My country right or wrong
My country right or wrong

Did you save your face
Did you breach your faith
Women, there were children at the shelter
Now who can stop the hail
When human senses fail
There was never any warning, no escape

And did I hear you say
My country right or wrong
My country oh so strong
My country right or wrong
My country right or wrong
My country going wrong
My country right or wrong

I hear you say the truth must take a beating
The flag a camouflage for your deceiving
Cause I know, (I know) I know, it's written on your soul
I know we all make mistakes

This is not a case of blurred vision, it's a case of black holes, pocket
Holes, soul holes

And did I hear you say
My country right or wrong
My country oh so strong
My country right or wrong
My country right or wrong
My country going wrong
My country right or wrong

My country, my country, my country"

- #MidnightOil, 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks7RrRFd-20

#USPol #AusPol #WorldPol #Nationalism

Here's Midnight Oil live in 2018 performing "Power and Passion"

"People, wasting away in paradise
Going backward, once in a while
Taking your time, give it a try
What do you believe, what do you believe
What do you believe is true"

"It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_s2UzdSek

#PowerPlay #JukeBoxFridayNight #MidnightOil

Now playing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E&list=RDejorQVy3m8E&start_radio=1

#MidNightOil #BadsAreBurning

Some are calling for a review of Australia's AUKUS submarine pact due to costs and other concerns, but strategic realities make the agreement too important for the nation to abandon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/11/world/hard-scrutiny-of-aukus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #midnightoil #petergarrett #aukus #australia #uk #us #submarines #defense

Listening to this, I had "US Forces" playing in my head. #midnightoil

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/peter-garrett-to-lead-public-funded-inquiry-into-aukus/106746664

Peter Garrett is so much better free of party handcuffs. Onya!

#aukus #kleptocracy #auspol

#TOTP Right, this is more like it, #MidnightOil

Back to something vaguely sane, and an Old Simon Mayo Record of the Week.

"Beds are burning" - Midnight Oil

The singer is in the outback, wears a big hat to keep the sun off; the rest of the band are performing in the back of a jeep while it's driving at a frightning pace. The song pulls no punches in its pursuit of justice for the Aboriginal people.

Lead singer Peter Garrett would become an MP and cabinet minister down under.

#TOTP #MidnightOil

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix

Midnight Oil:
🎵 Earth and Sun and Moon

#MidnightOil

https://open.spotify.com/track/4AIV312q7OdcYx8pdc4XHj

'In late January Rob Hirst from Midnight Oil died. He was a friend to many of us. Great songwriter, awesome drummer and one of life’s true gentleman. To honour him we decided to put Midnight Oil’s Dead Heart in our set for a while with Jess Hitchcock taking the lead vocal.' Paul Kelly has put up a live Werribee performance of Dead Heart on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr0PQRPXw1w #PaulKelly #RobHirst #DeadHeart #MidnightOil

#music #musik #musica #musique

#MidnightOil #BedsAreBurning

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E&list=RDejorQVy3m8E&start_radio=1&pp=ygUdbWlkbmlnaHQgb2lsIGJlZHMgYXJlIGJ1cm5pbmegBwE%3D

#WeAreTheRadio #pouetradio

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The Sydney Morning Herald 19 January 1985

#Australia #1980s #MidnightOil #Sydney #OldSydney

Love this song
#Makarrata #midnightoil #music #Australia #firstnations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzozYCFW2BU

@Crystal_Fish_Caves The original 'trickle-down' economics debunked in 4 minutes. The wealth gets mined, and the community is left with the poison. #midnightoil

Rob Hirst
1955 – 2026
R.I.P.

#WelcomeToRockNRollCity

#RIP
#MidnightOil #drums

Honour to Rob Hirst whose songs will live on as he flies off to the great gig in the sky.

We will never give in, never give up in our resistance against the vicious colonisers with their hideous blue sky mines.

https://youtu.be/SAFv2NEE-_c?si=koZxeOQcouP4FGh0
#MidnightOil #StopAUKUS