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After Midnight Oil toured through the Outback in 1986, playing to remote Aboriginal communities and seeing first hand the seriousness of the issues in health and living standards, Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie and Rob Hirst wrote "Beds Are Burning" to criticise how said populations were often forcibly removed from their lands, highlighted by the pre-chorus lines "it belongs to them, let's give it ...
The name "Midnight Oil" was inspired by the Jimi Hendrix song "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", [6] although the word "oil" appears nowhere in the lyrics. The expression "midnight oil" first appeared in a 1635 poem by Francis Quarles (1592-1644): [ 18 ]
It also won "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "Beds Are Burning". [15] [16] A fracas developed between Gary Morris, their manager who was accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and former Countdown compere Ian Meldrum who was presenting: Meldrum objected to Morris making political commentary from the podium. [16]
20,000 Watt R.S.L. is a compilation album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released on 13 October 1997 on their own label Sprint Music. [4] [5] The word "Collection" appears on the front of the CD along the hinge in the same type face as the title and the name of the band and may have been intended as part of the album's title; however, it does not appear on the spine.
[3] [4] It was the second Midnight Oil song in the list with "Beds Are Burning" declared third behind the Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" and Daddy Cool's "Eagle Rock". [5] It was performed by the band at the 2009 Sound Relief concert in Melbourne. On 5 June 2012, the song was released as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band 3.
Midnight Oil is the debut album by the Australian rock group of the same name. [6] In late 1976, the line-up of Peter Garrett on vocals and synthesiser, Rob Hirst on drums, Andrew James on bass guitar and Jim Moginie on keyboards and lead guitar were performing together in Sydney as the progressive and surf rock group, Farm. [6]
The Midnight Oil performance of Beds Are Burning was a second choice for organisers, as the slot was originally meant to be given to The Seekers to perform The Carnival is Over. However, lead vocalist Judith Durham broke her hip and was unable to perform on the night.
"Put Down That Weapon" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. The song was released in December 1987 as the third single from their sixth studio album, Diesel and Dust . Track listing