Well at least people these days can largely disregard the threat of nuclear war thanks in large part to the all encompassing distraction of consuming corporate social media run by rapacious thugs so cheer up chum, things are looking up.
His lyrics are alarmingly prophetic. Not fully understood 40 years ago. But now almost genius. "Better to die on your feet than live on your knees " Honor is dead and yes trouble is brewing.
the lyric "Its better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" has motivated me and gotten me through so many hard times it reminds me to stay on track and never give up....thank you so much midnight oil definitely a lyric to live by!
You can see the loyalty to this song. Watch The Librarians. Peter Garrett does a guest appearance on the last show. Oils ain't Oils. The 3 series were hysterically funny. Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope did a brilliant job. Wayne trying to inpersonate Peter Garrett is timeless. Reminded me of the Blues.Brothers trying to get the band back together. Especially when he has to wear a skullcap. Brilliant series.
the Oils might have whinged about the state of Australia back in 1982….but i’d rather live it again compared to where we are in 2024, Australia it isn’t!
@@ozkaz13 I could. A child with a basic understanding of rhythm could. Go listen to some Rush or Led Zeppelin if you want to hear what great drumming sounds like.
I first saw this on MTV. When MTV showed new music, or unlike now had 24 music function. This song got into my head. I bought the cassette at my local record shack (1980's suburban Ohio) I didn't get into many other songs on "10-1" at first. I went with my Parents to Australia in the Summer of 1986 (Dad went for a Medical convention in Sydney - Doctor using a convo' as excuse to travel, with family) We went two weeks before to travel, mostly flying from Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, down to Hobart, Tasmania, up to Melbourne, Canberra, finally to Sydney. I was 17 years old, and Australia was an amazing experience. When I got back to domestic Ohio, and High School, the Oil's "10-1" made far more sense. The "Diesel and Dust" came out...college, "Blue Sky Mine"...eventually saw them in 1994. I know they are active, touring, have recent live and collaborative projects. I really hope they get in the Rock Hall, as they are so damn worthy. And, "Power and the Passion, on MTV made me a fan!
Besides being right on about that , US FORCES too should be covered , it's way relevant ! Also your last name caught my eye , it's my first name spelled the same way so ... Right on ! ✌️🙊🙈🙉👍
No question the man has got the most insane way of dancing. I love it. His moves are what has stuck in my head since I saw The Oils live back in the mid eighties. Saw them twice.
You could spend a year analysing the lyrics. Until it freaks you out it's all so true. I'm a 56yr old Aussie. I LOVE how they aren't actually playing instruments. And Rob Hirst kicks his drum set into the middle of next week.....😂
@@dare3634 it was complete unnecessary and our lives are worse off for having heard it. I'm more of a fan of John Bonham, Steve Jordan and Neil Peart. All who can play circles around Midnight Oil's drummer.
Rockin concert last night in Oakland, hearing old gems like these literally brought me to TEARS!!! I'm so so grateful that I FINALLY, at 55 YEARS OF AGE, got to see Midnight Oil for the first, and probably the last time. THANK YOU OILS! ! !
Watched them at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California last night. I've been a fan of theirs since the 80s, but this was my first live performance I attended. This was the last song they played and it was absolutely insane...just like the rest of their set. Peter Garrett is a monster, in the best way possible.
The lyrics of this song resonate even more in Australia today. The population dulled down by too much comfort, an agreeable climate and not quite enough desire to be engaged in anything beyond MKR or The Bachelorette. FFS. The AFP have just stripped journalists of the right to be a free press. Come back boys. We need you more than ever!
That’s the ultimate irony behind this song, it points out how fucked modern Australia is AND became one of the most popular songs of all time here, and yet people rarely look at the meaning of the lyrics past Peter Garrett’s funny dancing or how catchy the main guitar riff sounds. A song about how society is continually degraded and blinded to its own demise by rampant consumerism, and yet it became a shallow icon of that exact thing- consumerism.
One of the greatest rock songs ever. It's quite rare to see a song driven by drums first, which almost play the role of melody, then bass, then guitar instead of the other way around. It just works in every single way. A true classic.
one of the best drum solo's ever? Are you joking? That has to be literally the worst recorded drum solo of all time. Check out real drummers do a solo before you make a statement like that. That drum solo gave me cancer
Song just sounds like Sydney in the summer. The Oils were everywhere but I never really appreciated how amazing they were. instead of seeing Australia as an embarrassing little island and pretending to write about some other place, they saw the drama and poetry in what was actually going on in the country and wrote song after song about it. Probably not the coolest or most stylistically well fashioned band, but incredibly singular and creative with so so so many truly great songs.
love that drum solo. Completely novel (never heard a solo like that that in my life), and in the middle of a pop song! How many songs have a 'drum' and not 'guitar' solo ... and get away with it?
I've loved this song forever. Never seen the video until now and I'm completely shook. Between the dancing and the annihilation of the drum kit, I'm officially done. Wow..
I remember when this video came out, lots of people thought it was so wild/crazy. One sees bald heads all of the time now, but back then in the 1980s it was pretty much unheard of! To see this big, totally bald guy "dancing" on stage, looking like Frankenstein's monster trying to rock to the beat, was phenomenal/outrageous. I remember a conversation with a guy and him telling me how wild he thought the video was. I'm not saying it was bad, it was just very different. Good song though!
I remember seeing this on MTV before getting into their music. Garrett's scarecrow mannequin dancing sure was like nothing seen before or after. Gotta love the originality of it all.
Every time this song kicks in at the end I feel like throwing off my jacket and running around in circles like an android that's blown a fuse. One of the best bands in history.
Seeing all of that extremely early Australian graffiti at the beginning was always striking to me for some reason. Incredible video capturing the vibe of nocturnal urban 80s Australia
In all the years of hearing this song (and seeing them live), I just now picked up so much more in watching/listening to this video. The Gough Whitlam reference. The subtle takes on the Murdoch media empire. This was 1980-whatever, but JFC it's so on the mark for current affairs it's stunning.
When this came out in the 80's not everyone liked this...I did immediately and I still think this was their best song..I enjoy beds are burning but this is my favorite
the power and the passion indeed !! their great artistry still relevant today also helped to shake the image of AUSSIES just being beer guzzlers and hooligans !! OI!! ENJOY THE NIGHT !!
michael davis You seem surprised. Those who have wealth, and subsequently, influence, will do everything within their power to retain it. And when they are no longer able to exercise these things, they hand them off to the next generation. The faces may change but the names and the games stay the same.
Always one of the most amazing bands - seeing this live was jaw droppingly wonderful. Never seen anyone with presence and never heard such a tight band
I remember 10 -1 was my first album bought as a kid. It was amazing lying on the floor. Big chunky head phones. Big cluncky amplifier hooked up to a heavy record player. Killer record. Good days.
You'd have to be Australia and have some understanding of Australian political history to understand the lyrics. "Laughing at the truth, cause Gough was tough 'til he hit the rough Uncle Sam and John were quite enough."
One of my favourite songs and rock clips of all time. So many memories here. Even little things like the Riptides poster when it's close to where we used to see them on William Street. I think that painting of Fraser is still there - at least it was the last time I passed through there. I voted for Gough. Those were heavy times. There are things in the lyrics you have to have lived in inner-city Sydney, to understand. "No one goes out back, that's that" would bring up memories for every inner city rocker who lived in a terrace house with the tiny, over-shadowed concrete backyard, with one half dead plant and a milk crate in it.
"Better to die on your feet than live on your knees" is a quote I live by..as should everyone. Quite a shame what is happening in Australia these days.
Its one state victoria m8 NSW has tough restrictions cos they have big outbreaks still but every other state has 0 restrictions or masks in shops thats it and its all state government bullshit in Victoria not federal but the cops are without a doubt turning into fucking jackbooted thugs in Victoria and the people rightly said fuck this enough is enough but yeah dont get things twisted thinking this shit is the whole country as its far from that aa i said 1 state the rest of us are free to do what we want
Still the most iconic Australian song ever. It represents a particular time in the Australian identity, when a discord existed. That being; Between the rich and the poor. And we know that as a reality in 2024. When life was simpler, but overwhelmed by the "Ugly Australian." And the "Ugly American Defence Forces." When Australia was dictated by USA politics and huge corporations, that would undermine Australia. It is also a reflection on the loss of the intrinsically key components of being an Australian. The reality portrayed in this song, is no longer the current Australian lived reality. And I believe that Australia is worse off for this change in the Status Quo.
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He was warning us back then. Too late now. Sold to the highest bidder.
This mans dancing should be listed as a national treasure and taught in every Australian school as our national dance
Yes! Yes!
Couldn’t agree more
This must be apart of our school curriculum
Yup, certainly unique. Dance like a man being hit by a tazer.
They learn it at the pub
🤣😂🤣
It's great to see that with this critique of corporate greed and consumerism, after 40-odd years, things are so much worse.
Well at least people these days can largely disregard the threat of nuclear war thanks in large part to the all encompassing distraction of consuming corporate social media run by rapacious thugs so cheer up chum, things are looking up.
Don't lose hope. The poor are angry and many.
@@timedison6687 You can thank hoes like putin for that.
His lyrics are alarmingly prophetic. Not fully understood 40 years ago. But now almost genius. "Better to die on your feet than live on your knees " Honor is dead and yes trouble is brewing.
This song will always be an iconic Aussie anthem. I love Midnight Oil.
I dont think anyone can dance as fabulously as Peter Garrett can.
so true
kend. Its not dance.. Its shitting out passion
That is the perfect description! lol! It's not really dancing. It's just letting all the burning passion out. Loving it!
What about Elaine of Seinflied
powerful singer...much like Ian Curtis was.
How wasn't this band a worldwide phenom?
They were and still are. Their last world tour had one sold out concert to another. The world were very into the political lyrics
This is one of the most iconic songs of Midnight Oil 🦘
It is catchy
the lyric "Its better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" has motivated me and gotten me through so many hard times it reminds me to stay on track and never give up....thank you so much midnight oil definitely a lyric to live by!
❤
Attribute the quote to the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata.
@@SWSadu
Or to James Brown in Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud.
Definitely a lyric to live by! I've played this song more times than I remember over the last two years...it's been a lifesaver.
How ya travelling mate
I didn't realise it back then, but this song is a masterpiece. Classic brilliance.
Midnight Oil is a top notch band with excellent lyrics and well-composed songs. One of Australia's absolute finest with no throwaway songs.
@@johnnymao and not afraid to be unique in both sound and attitude :)
When I was younger, I used to dislike this song. Now, I don’t know exactly why.
one simultaneous take in the studio apparently.
That whole album was just amazing.
In terms of social & political commentary, midnight oil is the clash of down under
One of the best drum solos ever!
You can see the loyalty to this song. Watch The Librarians. Peter Garrett does a guest appearance on the last show. Oils ain't Oils. The 3 series were hysterically funny. Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope did a brilliant job. Wayne trying to inpersonate Peter Garrett is timeless. Reminded me of the Blues.Brothers trying to get the band back together.
Especially when he has to wear a skullcap. Brilliant series.
Agreed, superb.
Peter Garrett cool dude, from the US
You have to be kidding. Have you heard "Moby Dick" by Led Zeppelin? Anything from Tony Williams? Anything by Neil Peart? This drum solo is terrible
You forgot to mention Buddy……@@shanegibbons1990
the Oils might have whinged about the state of Australia back in 1982….but i’d rather live it again compared to where we are in 2024, Australia it isn’t!
full on wake-up call to a complacent australia warning against sunbaking while "wasting away in paradise" as a new state of the USA.
How can there be over 700 dislikes? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???? This is pure legend and truth!
Coalitiion-voting knobs down-voted this.
There will always be haters no matter what
I have never liked this song (or midnight oil) from the begining.
@@peteszoke2645 WTF are you doing here then?🤔
@@walterv8957 actually it was my wife who made this comment, but I agree with her. Midnight Oil is just not my thing.
I just love the fact that before I watch a song about corporate greed I watch an ad about McDonald's.
happens to me too!
Marcus Galo that just happened to me with the macdonalds ad
left party greedy 50 yrs
haven't had a big mac in years.
Well, the lyric at 3:21 is "a Big Mac in every home."
Notice the map of Australia in the background. Sadly true.
Too true..
Rob is without doubt the single greatest rock drummer to ever come out of Australia.
Hahahahahahaha no fucking way. That drum solo was terrible
@@shanegibbons1990cos you can do better lol
@@ozkaz13 I could. A child with a basic understanding of rhythm could. Go listen to some Rush or Led Zeppelin if you want to hear what great drumming sounds like.
@@shanegibbons1990Julien Barbagallo in Tame Impala live is pretty good, as is Kevin Parker
James Baker
Never have these lyrics been so meaningful, the Oils nailed it way back when.
That saying is about jesus. Lancing the boil.
One of the best Aussie songs ever written. Love it!
I first saw this on MTV. When MTV showed new music, or unlike now had 24 music function. This song got into my head. I bought the cassette at my local record shack (1980's suburban Ohio)
I didn't get into many other songs on "10-1" at first. I went with my Parents to Australia in the Summer of 1986 (Dad went for a Medical convention in Sydney - Doctor using a convo' as excuse to travel, with family) We went two weeks before to travel, mostly flying from Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, down to Hobart, Tasmania, up to Melbourne, Canberra, finally to Sydney. I was 17 years old, and Australia was an amazing experience. When I got back to domestic Ohio, and High School, the Oil's "10-1" made far more sense. The "Diesel and Dust" came out...college, "Blue Sky Mine"...eventually saw them in 1994. I know they are active, touring, have recent live and collaborative projects. I really hope they get in the Rock Hall, as they are so damn worthy. And, "Power and the Passion, on MTV made me a fan!
So much to love, that bass line and a Drum solo!. Lyrically Mignight Oil were, still are a force of nature. Been thrashing this song.
100% spot on! Oils superb in every way the combinations are insane! Best ever rock band!!!
This song is relevant today as it was back in 79
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It didn't get released until '82/'83.
Besides being right on about that , US FORCES too should be covered , it's way relevant ! Also your last name caught my eye ,
it's my first name spelled the same way so ... Right on !
✌️🙊🙈🙉👍
Peter Garrett dancing is epic and unique!
I love this band!
Several years later and I still cry from laughter to the dancing hahaha, oh Peter you the man
shesrazorsharp I thought the dancing in Beds are burning was cringe
Laughter?
The world would be a better place if everyone danced like Peter.
sort of a cross between Michael Stipe and Fred Schnieder of the B-52's
Dude watching Peter garret dancing is one of my favourite pastimes
“It’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees” ❤
No question the man has got the most insane way of dancing. I love it. His moves are what has stuck in my head since I saw The Oils live back in the mid eighties. Saw them twice.
You could spend a year analysing the lyrics. Until it freaks you out it's all so true.
I'm a 56yr old Aussie.
I LOVE how they aren't actually playing instruments.
And Rob Hirst kicks his drum set into the middle of next week.....😂
Rob Hirst is a criminally underrated drummer
My dad met him back in the day. Really nice bloke.
How did you come to this conclusion? Because that drum solo was ass
Rob is a beast of a drummer.
@@shanegibbons1990 it was not a drummer solo. It was an intricate part of the song. Who do like that ass Lars Uldick?
@@dare3634 it was complete unnecessary and our lives are worse off for having heard it.
I'm more of a fan of John Bonham, Steve Jordan and Neil Peart. All who can play circles around Midnight Oil's drummer.
Dance to the dance ❤
Rockin concert last night in Oakland, hearing old gems like these literally brought me to TEARS!!! I'm so so grateful that I FINALLY, at 55 YEARS OF AGE, got to see Midnight Oil for the first, and probably the last time. THANK YOU OILS! ! !
On ya mate
❤️❤️
Good on ya m8.
I saw them in the 90s at great America...! Haven't heard this song much since then. 💞💖
Welcome to the party!
The BEST MOST ICONIC AUSSIE SONG OF ALL TIME!!!!
I miss the 80s
Watched them at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California last night. I've been a fan of theirs since the 80s, but this was my first live performance I attended. This was the last song they played and it was absolutely insane...just like the rest of their set. Peter Garrett is a monster, in the best way possible.
Ahmer Khan and Rob’s drums sound like cannons going off! 😍😍😍
Power and the Passion has one of the best percussion solos in it ever. Absolutely love it to bits.
@JezBollah 667 can confirm he still has the water tank :p
This song changes key three times.
Saw them live 35 years ago...still one of the greatest concerts ever
This song rips ass from the beginning all the way to the end. It is amazing!
David Knight. So does this one th-cam.com/video/t-2dzHWHFrE/w-d-xo.html
The lyrics of this song resonate even more in Australia today. The population dulled down by too much comfort, an agreeable climate and not quite enough desire to be engaged in anything beyond MKR or The Bachelorette. FFS.
The AFP have just stripped journalists of the right to be a free press. Come back boys. We need you more than ever!
OMG! Brother you are spot on. Fast forward to 2021 and we are being fucked like no one could have ever imagined!
That’s the ultimate irony behind this song, it points out how fucked modern Australia is AND became one of the most popular songs of all time here, and yet people rarely look at the meaning of the lyrics past Peter Garrett’s funny dancing or how catchy the main guitar riff sounds. A song about how society is continually degraded and blinded to its own demise by rampant consumerism, and yet it became a shallow icon of that exact thing- consumerism.
Yep ... we are still the upside down convicts here
One of the greatest rock songs ever. It's quite rare to see a song driven by drums first, which almost play the role of melody, then bass, then guitar instead of the other way around. It just works in every single way. A true classic.
And the horns at the end!
One of the best drum solos ever...I can only complain it's not long enough. Seeing it live is AMAZING, which I did during the BLUE SKY MINING tour.
It's fucking incredible. I saw that tour too, in New York a few days after the Exxon protest...you?
Qotita del Sol - I was in Atlanta, GA. I think Hunters & Collectors opened.
one of the best drum solo's ever? Are you joking? That has to be literally the worst recorded drum solo of all time. Check out real drummers do a solo before you make a statement like that. That drum solo gave me cancer
@@shanegibbons1990 They were referring to the live version if you were paying attention. Were you paying attention? No..... No you weren't.
@@mysticalsnail7611 it's not a solo FFS
Once voted most popular dance by the ministry of funny walks.
Carnage2K4 slow clap
Lol lol lol
It's called expression. Not dance.
That’s a great joke
Wasn't he the Australian Minister of Silly Walks for a bit
Forget about moving like Jagger, I wanna move like Peter Garrett!!!
We're all only a stroke away from that!
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Actually, he looks pretty cool dancing like that.
NO SHIT EH? I remember once trying to dance like this! I actually put my BACK Out of Whack doing it! And I was a YOUNG MAN Back then!
Peter is the only one Master dance like himself
jajajajajaja right but he is the best only one, er ist das bestte zu heute.,nur er aleine.
NEW York Times described him as dancing like an agitated scarecrow
This video never gets old, this is still my favorite band and song.
Song just sounds like Sydney in the summer. The Oils were everywhere but I never really appreciated how amazing they were. instead of seeing Australia as an embarrassing little island and pretending to write about some other place, they saw the drama and poetry in what was actually going on in the country and wrote song after song about it. Probably not the coolest or most stylistically well fashioned band, but incredibly singular and creative with so so so many truly great songs.
Am I the only one who thinks this song is the best
love that drum solo. Completely novel (never heard a solo like that that in my life), and in the middle of a pop song! How many songs have a 'drum' and not 'guitar' solo ... and get away with it?
Right. I was thinking that myself, and can't think of any others - brilliant touch.
@@chrisb949 Robert their drummer was mentally ill when he recorded it so bashed out the solo.
@@pauljordan4452 mentally ill? I don't recall hearing it that way, but anything is possible. Rob is an amazing drummer regardless.
it is rob herst
when it is played live its awesome rob hirst even broke his drumsticks
Peter Garrett and his horde of musicians were always one of Australia's best bands, bar none!
Midnight Oil defined a musical genre that has never been matched
Thank-you Peter Garrett for teaching me we shall dance like there´s nobody watching!
This was true @ one time in America. Like the message, WE are awaking here In the United States of America now. Better late then never.
I've loved this song forever. Never seen the video until now and I'm completely shook. Between the dancing and the annihilation of the drum kit, I'm officially done. Wow..
That musical interlude is one of the best in rock history
I remember when this video came out, lots of people thought it was so wild/crazy. One sees bald heads all of the time now, but back then in the 1980s it was pretty much unheard of! To see this big, totally bald guy "dancing" on stage, looking like Frankenstein's monster trying to rock to the beat, was phenomenal/outrageous. I remember a conversation with a guy and him telling me how wild he thought the video was. I'm not saying it was bad, it was just very different. Good song though!
Love this song. Peter Garrett is a wild man. And the band is just so damn strong!
Such a great drum solo
I remember seeing this on MTV before getting into their music. Garrett's scarecrow mannequin dancing sure was like nothing seen before or after. Gotta love the originality of it all.
this deserves more views for a song!!!!
Every time this song kicks in at the end I feel like throwing off my jacket and running around in circles like an android that's blown a fuse. One of the best bands in history.
Seeing all of that extremely early Australian graffiti at the beginning was always striking to me for some reason. Incredible video capturing the vibe of nocturnal urban 80s Australia
In all the years of hearing this song (and seeing them live), I just now picked up so much more in watching/listening to this video. The Gough Whitlam reference. The subtle takes on the Murdoch media empire. This was 1980-whatever, but JFC it's so on the mark for current affairs it's stunning.
Yes great time for Aussie music
There is something so mesmerizing to see Peter Garrett dance. Sad thing is, he is still a better dancer than I'll ever be.
Badass!!
He is one off Australias best👍
Very underrated band this is a powerhouse of a song
The best experience of my life was seeing Midnight Oil live with my big brother x
That drum solo is so raw. One of the best ever.
False. I have never seen a statement that is more incorrect.
Dancing so bad it's awesome. What a band, so underrated
😆🤣😄😂🤷🏿♂
I would've loved to have seen them live. So many great songs.
Probably my favourite Midnight oil song. Just soooo many great lyrics!
LA Palladium 1987/88’ish
Epic concert!
Friggen awesome band!
That dance!! Never to be matched, let alone beaten!
When this came out in the 80's not everyone liked this...I did immediately and I still think this was their best song..I enjoy beds are burning but this is my favorite
I really love how Peter Garett dances and moves around, great song by the way!
This needs to be our national anthem :)
I don't know how the rest of the band managed to keep a straight face with Peter Garrett dancing in front of them
Exactly
Later in the video you see them laughing, what do you think they're laughing at? I say it's him they're laughing at.
Coke.
LOL THATS A LIVING LEGEND ;] KEEP ON BEING YOU PETER G AND BAND ....YOU DID THE BEST YOU COULD PETE ;} I BELEIVE IN YOU MATE;]
The funny thing is that if you saw him walk into a bar and had no idea who he actually was you'd expect him to dance exactly like that.
10, 9, 8 is one of the greatest Aussie albums
Kudos to Midnight Oil. Great band in the 1980's, thank you for the passion and great music.
the power and the passion indeed !! their great artistry still relevant today also helped to shake the image of AUSSIES just being beer guzzlers and hooligans !! OI!! ENJOY THE NIGHT !!
Released March '83, this song still kicks ass, and is more relevant than ever.
Excellent memories to this song!!! Miss those days.,
Seems like a more and more appropriate song for just about any holiday these days .
One of the best drum solos ever
Better then Moby Dick…..1000 times more challenging!
Every single move of Peter Garrett is Perfection. Chilling song and video. My favorite video of 1982
30 years later and still relevant, WTF
err 20+ years
michael davis You seem surprised. Those who have wealth, and subsequently, influence, will do everything within their power to retain it. And when they are no longer able to exercise these things, they hand them off to the next generation. The faces may change but the names and the games stay the same.
Not surprised at all. Just a younger me had hoped we would do better as a species.
Humans don’t change.
Not really. So no... it remains relevent
Released 1981
Oh. I forgot to add I went to the Vancouver B.C. concert, it was my 1st time at age 49, seeing the Oils.
It was a great concert. Thanks, guys.
Always one of the most amazing bands - seeing this live was jaw droppingly wonderful. Never seen anyone with presence and never heard such a tight band
great song from an epic album .....their best album by far was 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Peter dances like a man on fire. ;0) Love It. 10/10
Best white man dancing ever !
***** i call peter creepy bald man
***** i call peter creepy bald man
***** I
***** He dances like he's just licked a light switch.
I remember 10 -1 was my first album bought as a kid. It was amazing lying on the floor. Big chunky head phones. Big cluncky amplifier hooked up to a heavy record player.
Killer record.
Good days.
I didn't realise it back then, but this song is a masterpiece. Classic brilliance.
"Its better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
You'd have to be Australia and have some understanding of Australian political history to understand the lyrics.
"Laughing at the truth, cause Gough was tough 'til he hit the rough
Uncle Sam and John were quite enough."
One of my favourite songs and rock clips of all time. So many memories here. Even little things like the Riptides poster when it's close to where we used to see them on William Street. I think that painting of Fraser is still there - at least it was the last time I passed through there. I voted for Gough. Those were heavy times. There are things in the lyrics you have to have lived in inner-city Sydney, to understand. "No one goes out back, that's that" would bring up memories for every inner city rocker who lived in a terrace house with the tiny, over-shadowed concrete backyard, with one half dead plant and a milk crate in it.
Probably my favorite Midnight Oil song. Still holds up after all these years....genius! Got to meet Peter once. He's a tall dude!
It's one of my favorite 80s bands and one if my fav videos
"Better to die on your feet than live on your knees" is a quote I live by..as should everyone. Quite a shame what is happening in Australia these days.
Its one state victoria m8 NSW has tough restrictions cos they have big outbreaks still but every other state has 0 restrictions or masks in shops thats it and its all state government bullshit in Victoria not federal but the cops are without a doubt turning into fucking jackbooted thugs in Victoria and the people rightly said fuck this enough is enough but yeah dont get things twisted thinking this shit is the whole country as its far from that aa i said 1 state the rest of us are free to do what we want
Peter Garret - 7 feet of talent, brains & compassion!
One of the best lyrics ever BETTER TO DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN LIVE ON YOUR KNEES.✊
Never was never will be.
We're the the flowers in the dustin/We're the poison in the human machine
Still the most iconic Australian song ever.
It represents a particular time in the Australian identity, when a discord existed.
That being;
Between the rich and the poor. And we know that as a reality in 2024.
When life was simpler, but overwhelmed by the "Ugly Australian." And the "Ugly American Defence Forces."
When Australia was dictated by USA politics and huge corporations, that would undermine Australia.
It is also a reflection on the loss of the intrinsically key components of being an Australian.
The reality portrayed in this song, is no longer the current Australian lived reality.
And I believe that Australia is worse off for this change in the Status Quo.
This song brings back memories from the 80's.
Better to live on your feet than die on your knees - best lyric ever!
Haha the dancing!
Still my favourite Aussie band, great lyrics.
The uggster I love Icehouse
The uggster midnight oil is better
@The uggster ,, the 1980s were the golden years of Australian rock. Some fantastic music came out of Australia in the 1980s.
REMINDS me of HOLY CORRUPTION.